If a proposed use is not specified in the UDC, and the City Official has made a determination that the use is either a subcategory of a permitted, limited, conditional, or temporary use, or a use that is functionally similar to a permitted, limited, conditional, or temporary use, the City Official will authorize the proposed use, and apply all standards that would have applied to the similar use.

If the Code Official determines that a proposed use is not a subcategory of, or functionally similar to, a permitted, limited, conditional, or temporary use, then the use is a prohibited use[.]

Where an apartment building or buildings are erected so as to create enclosed inner courts, the faces of all opposite walls in such courts shall be a minimum distance of twenty (20) feet apart and no balcony or canopy shall extend into such minimum inner court area.

Only one (1) main building for One-Family, Two-Family or Multi-Family use with permitted accessory buildings may be located upon a lot or unplatted tract. Every dwelling shall face or front upon a public street, or approved place other than an alley, which means of access shall have a minimum width of thirty (30) feet of right-of-way. Where a lot is used for other than residential use or for residential and retail, commercial or industrial uses, more than one (1) main building may be located upon the lot, but only when the buildings conform to all the open space, parking and density requirements applicable to the uses and districts; and when all such main buildings face upon a public street or approved place other than an alley. Whenever two (2) or more main buildings, or portions thereof, are desired to be placed upon a single lot or tract and such buildings will not face upon a public street, the same may be permitted when the site plan for such development is approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council so as to conform with the normal requirements for platting. No parking area, storage area, or required open space for one (1) building shall be computed as being the open space, yard or area requirements for any other building or other use.

The office of a notary public, accountant, bookkeeper, architect, lawyer, engineer, musician, or artist;

Dressmaking, millinery, washing or ironing;

All territory hereafter annexed to the City of Hondo shall be temporarily classified as “RE”, Residential Estate Zoning District, until permanent zoning is established by the City Council of the City of Hondo.

Where physical features of the ground are at variance with information shown on the official Zoning Map, or when there arises a question as to how or whether a parcel of property is zoned and such question cannot be resolved, the property shall be considered as classified “RE” Residential Estate Zoning District, temporarily, in the same manner as newly annexed territory. The issuance of a building permit and the determination of permanent zoning shall be in accordance with the provisions prescribed in Temporary Zoning for temporarily zoned areas.