A way of approaching or entering a property.

See "Accessory Structure."

Any equipment serving or being used in conjunction with a CF or support structure. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, utility or transmission equipment, power supplies, generators, batteries, cables, equipment buildings, cabinets and storage sheds, shelters or other structures.

A subordinate building detached and used for a purpose customarily incidental to the main structure such as a private garage for automobile storage, tool house, bath or greenhouse as a hobby (no business), home workshop, children's playhouse, storage house or garden shelter, but not involving the conduct of a business or occupancy by any long-term or paying guests. Accessory structure shall include storage buildings permitted as an accessory use in the O, B-1, and B-2 districts.

A use that is incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the parcel of land on which it is located; a use that is customarily a part of the principal use, a use which is clearly incidental, subordinate and secondary to the permitted use, and which does not change the character thereof. See: Accessory structure.

Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et. seq.

Abutting and directly connected to or bordering.

Water use for ornamental or decorative purposes such as fountains, reflecting pools and water gardens.

Land which is zoned as agriculture.

A complete physical separation between the free-flowing discharge end of a potable water supply pipeline and an open or unpressurized receiving vessel.

A retail store or similar facility which sells beer, wine or liquor for off-premises consumption.

An establishment or facility, which serves beer, wine or mixed drinks, which contain alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.

A minor right-of-way, dedicated to public use, which gives a secondary means of vehicular access to the back or side of properties otherwise abutting a street, and which may be used for public utility purposes.

A geomorphologic feature characterized by a cone or fan-shaped deposit of boulders, gravel, and fine sediments that have been eroded from mountain slopes, transported by flood flows, and then deposited on the valley floors, and which is subject to flash flooding, high velocity flows, debris flows, erosion, sediment movement and deposition, and channel migration.

Flooding occurring on the surface of an alluvial fan or similar landform which originates at the apex and is characterized by high-velocity flows; active processes of erosion, sediment transport, and deposition; and unpredictable flow paths.

Any change, addition, or modification in construction; any change in the structural members of a building, such as walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders; and may be referred to as "altered" or "reconstructed."

Clock towers, steeples, light poles and similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas or towers. See also the definition of "stealth tower."

A radio communication antenna used by a person holding an amateur station license from the Federal Communications Commission.

A plat that is modified or amended only to correct one or more specific, listed items or errors set forth herein, or in section 212.016, Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code, as amended.

A facility that benefits property, typically a residential subdivision, the existence of which increases the value, desirability, or community nature of that property, such as a meeting center, community swimming pool or gym, decorative or botanical garden, or recreational facility, available for use by residents of the property.

A method of eliminating nonconforming uses by requiring the termination of the nonconforming use after a specified period of time.

An amusement enterprise such as a video game arcade wholly enclosed in a building which is treated acoustically so that noise generated by the enterprise is not audible at the property line.

Any amusement enterprise offering entertainment or games of skill to the general public for a fee or charge wherein any portion of the activity takes place in the open.

Any animate being that is not a human.

The incorporation of land area into the city with a resulting change in the boundaries of the city.

A device used in communications, which transmits or receives radio signals, television signals, digital signals, analog signals, radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunications signals or other communication signals.

The mast, pole, structure, tower, building, equipment and other supporting material used to mount the antenna and equipment, including equipment storage buildings, and concealing or screening structures needed to operate an antenna. The antenna is considered part of the antenna facility. This definition does not include satellite antennas less than one (1) meter in diameter.

An antenna attached to an existing structure in two general forms: (1) roof-mounted, in which antennas are placed on the roofs of buildings, or (2) building-mounted, in which antennas are placed on the sides of buildings. These antennas can also be mounted on structures such as water tanks, billboards, church steeples, electrical transmission towers, etc.

A business that sells items whose value is greater than the original purchase price because of age or intrinsic value.

A room or group of rooms used as a dwelling for one (1) family unit that includes full kitchen facilities for the preparation of meals and cooking therein.

A building or portion thereof used or intended to be used as a home for five (5) or more families or households living independently of each other and equipped for preparation of food.

A point on an alluvial fan or similar landform below which the flow path of the major stream that formed the fan becomes unpredictable and alluvial fan flooding can occur.

A request for a review of an administrator's interpretation of any provision of this article.

A person applying for plan or zoning approval under this Code.

An application to develop or improve land which includes a completed application form, development plat and applicable fees.

The final approval in a series of required actions. For instance, the approval date of a plat requiring approval of the commission and then the council is the date of council approval.

Having the approval of the building inspector as the result of an investigation and tests that the officer conducted or by reason of accepted principles or tests by national authorities or technical or scientific organizations; or having the approval of the appropriate enforcement official of the city as being represented by the applicant in compliance with the standards and requirements of this code or ordinance of the city that applies specifically to the item in question; or other customary approvals reserved to the city by state law or city ordinance.

A person or entity holding a certificate of registration as such issued by the state fire marshal's office.

The city administrator or his duty authorized representative.

An International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborist.

The land area that would be inundated by the 1-percent-annual chance (100-year) flood based on future conditions hydrology.

A designated AO, AH, AR/AO, AR/AH, or VO zone on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) with a one-percent or greater annual chance of flooding to an average depth of 1 to 3 feet, where a clearly defined channel does not exist; the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate; and velocity flow may be evident. Such flooding is characterized by ponding or sheet flow.

The land in the floodplain within a community subject to a one-percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. The area may be designated as zone A on the Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM). After detailed ratemaking has been completed in preparation for publication of the FIRM, zone A usually is refined into zones A, AO, AH, A1-30, AE, A99, AR, AR/A1-30, AR/AE, AR/AO, AR/AH, AR/A, VO, V1-30, VE or V.

The land within a community that is most likely to be subject to severe flood-related erosion losses. The area may be designated as zone E on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM).

A building where objects of art are created or displayed for the public enrichment or where said art objects are displayed for sale, including the teaching of painting and/or sculpting.

The brightening of the night sky attributable to man-made sources of light.

A set of certified construction plans specifying how the public improvements required for the subdivision were actually constructed.

A use providing 24-hour supervision and assisted living for more than 15 residents not requiring regular medical attention. This classification includes personal care homes for the physically impaired, and persons 60 years of age or older.

An athletic field or stadium owned and operated by a public agency for the general public including a baseball field, golf course, football field or stadium which may be lighted for nighttime play.

An assembly containing an air inlet valve, a check seat, and an air inlet port. The flow of water into the body causes the air inlet valve to close the air inlet port. When the flow of water stops the air inlet valve falls and forms a check against backsiphonage. At the same time it opens the air inlet port allowing air to enter and satisfy the vacuum. Also known as an atmospheric vacuum breaker backsiphonage prevention assembly.

Either materials needed to address the specific requirements of this Code, or any information which the applicant feels necessary to explain the submittal.

A business specializing in major repair of motor vehicles, marine equipment and other motorized equipment entirely within an enclosed building, including any use listing below, as well as any use not listed as minor vehicle servicing.

A business specializing in minor, routine, periodic, preventive maintenance of a motor vehicle, watercraft, truck or trailer conducted entirely within an enclosed building, including the following.

An open, dust-free, all-weather area, other than a street, alley or other public place, used for the display and sales of new or used automobiles, where no repair work, except those actions normally associated with vehicle operator service, is done on the cars to be displayed and sold on the premises. A sales office is normally located on the premises and such shall be limited to an area less than 10% of the total sales lot.

One or more buildings and an open, dust-free, all-weather surface other than a street, alley, or other public place, used for the display, wholesale or retail sale of automobiles, with repair and renovation authorized entirely within an enclosed building, and temporary storage of vehicles for repairs or renovation not to exceed ninety (90) days.

The grade of the finished ground level at the midpoint of each exterior surface of a sign or building regarding maximum height.

A flow in a direction opposite to the normal flow or the introduction of any foreign liquids, gases, or substances into the public water system.

The mechanical prevention of reverse flow, or backsiphonage, of nonpotable water from an irrigation system into the potable water source.

Any assembly used to prevent backflow into a potable water system. The type of assembly used is based on the existing or potential degree of health hazard and backflow condition.

Any business establishment required to have a state license for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.

A flood that has a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (also called the "100-year flood"). Base flood is the term used throughout this article.

The elevation shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and found in the accompanying Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for zones A, AE, AH, A1-A30, AR, V1-V30, or VE that indicates the water surface elevation resulting from the flood that has a 1-percent chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year - also called the base flood.

Any area of the building having its floor sub grade - i.e., below ground level - on all sides.

An establishment engaged in providing rooms or groups of rooms in a dwelling unit for temporary lodging for overnight guests on a paying basis.

A parcel of land, intended to be used for urban purposes, which is entirely surrounded by public streets, highways, railroad right-of-way, public walks, parks or green strips, rural land, drainage channels, or a combination thereof; or if the same word is used as a term of measurement, it shall mean the distance along one side of a street between the nearest two streets which intersect said street on said side.

See Board of Adjustments and Appeals.

A committee appointed by the council to consider appeals from certain administrative actions pursuant to section 211.008 of the Texas Local Government Code and that is given the authority set forth in this article and in section 211.009 of the Texas Local Government Code. The board of appeals shall be the board of adjustments and appeals.

A building other than a hotel, occupied as a single housekeeping unit where lodging or meals are provided for three (3) or more persons for compensation, pursuant to previous arrangements for definite periods, but not to the general public or transients.

A watercraft or vessel designed for use on water.

A noncommercial dock associated with a single-family residence for which no compensation is/will be received by the owner(s) of the dock for its use. This definition also includes swim platforms and piers. A floating dock located on Lake Travis that occupies more than 1,500 square feet of water surface area, excluding the square footage occupied by the gangway, shall be considered a marina facility. Any dock structure exceeding 1,500 square feet and not associated with a single-family residence may be subject to LCRA's Highland Lakes Marina Ordinance, as amended.

The assembly of prefabricated boat dock sections manufactured in advance at another location and shipped in units of standard sections.

The value of the 5-day test for biochemical oxygen demand, as described in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater."

Any form of security including a cash deposit, surety bond, collateral, property, or instrument of credit in an amount and form satisfactory to the City Council.

Providing adequate drainage for backflow prevention assemblies installed in vaults through the use of an unobstructed drainpipe.

Any type of walls, whether solid or lattice, and whether constructed of concrete, masonry, wood, metal, plastic or any other suitable building material which is not part of the structural support of the building and which is designed to break away under specific lateral loading forces without causing any damage to the structural integrity of the elevated portion of the building or supporting foundation system on which they are used or any buildings to which they might be carried by floodwaters. A breakaway wall shall have a safe design loading resistance of not less than ten and no more than twenty pounds per square foot. Use of breakaway walls must be certified by a registered engineer or architect and shall meet the following conditions:

(See also riparian buffer):

A band of land established to protect one (1) type of land use from the adverse effects of another incompatible use.

A land area used to separate one (1) use from another or to shield, reduce or block noise, lights, or other nuisances. Bufferyards may be required to include fences, walls, berms, as well as shrubs and trees.

See "Structure."

The gross area covered by a structure when placed on the lot.

The building official, the building inspector and the building inspector designated to inspect building or construction or designated to enforce the provisions of this Code.

A line formed by the face of a building.

The building codes and related ordinances of the city providing standards, requirements and regulations for site development and the construction and erection of buildings and structures within the city, including, but not limited to, the electrical code, plumbing code, building code, and minimum housing code, adopted by the City Council from time to time.

A permit issued by the City of Jonestown which is required prior to commencing construction or reconstruction of any structure.

The land, lot, lots or tract of land upon which a building or buildings are located, or upon which they are to be constructed, including yards.

See "Setback or Building Setback Line."

The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal (also called the house lateral and house connection).

Any premises, locations or entities, public or private, including all industrial and commercial entities, within the corporate limits of the city not a residential unit.

A commercial establishment where snacks or meals are served or sold for consumption indoors or on the premises.

The diameter of a tree trunk (indicated in inches) measured at breast height, which is four feet six inches (4' 6") above the ground. For multi-trunked trees, the caliper of each trunk shall be measured one of the following ways:

The unit of luminous intensity of a lighting source emitted into a given direction.

A roof-like covering over an area, in or under which a lighting fixture is mounted.

Tall tree having thick foliage providing shade for smaller trees and plants below.

A structure with one or more sides, covered with a roof and constructed specifically for the storage of one or more motor vehicles.

Facility for the cleaning of the exterior of automobiles, typically including vacuums for interior cleaning, and which may include self-service, coin-operated or jet washing equipment, in-bay or tunnel automatic washing, chemical, steam, or waterless carwashes, hand washing, or similar means of cleansing vehicles.

The centerline of the waterway and refers to existing topographically defined channels. If not readily discernible, the centerline shall be determined by (first) the low flow line, or (second) the center of the two-year floodplain.

A certificate that the building inspector issues upon the permittee's satisfactory completion of operations that the city's building permit requires.

A facility (including nonresidential structures) which provides custodial care and supervision for less than 24 hours a day for between seven (7) and twelve (12) children, excluding foster and group homes. The facility must contain a minimum 150 square feet of floor area for each child.

A facility where over twelve (12) children receive custodial care and supervision for less than 24 hours a day, excluding foster and group homes.

A private residence where the occupant provides custodial care and supervision during daylight hours for a maximum six (6) children at any one time. The maximum of six (6) children includes the family's natural or adopted children under the age of fourteen (14). The residence must contain a minimum 150 square feet of floor area for each child. This use shall exclude a family/group home.

Any children's home, orphanage, institution, private home, residence or other place, whether public, parochial or private, operated for profit or not, which keeps, cares for, has custody of or is attended by more than six (6) children under sixteen years of age at any one time, who are not members of the immediate family or any person operating any such place, during any part or all of the twenty-four hours in a day.

A place of worship and religious training of recognized religions including on-site housing of ministers, rabbis, priests, nuns and similar staff personnel.

The City of Jonestown, Texas.

The mayor or other chief administrative officer of the city, or his/her designated representative.

The designated building official for the city or his or her designated representative.

The Jonestown City Council.

The city engineer for the City or his/her designated representative.

A public or city use area intended for the purposes of gardening.

Within the incorporated boundaries of the City.

The person designated as city manager or city administrator.

The city or a third-party entity under contract with the city for operation and maintenance of the city's wastewater or water system.

Public use areas, including school and athletic fields, composed of predominantly turf grass intended for recreational purposes.

The officers, employees and agents of the city assigned and designated from time to time by the city administrator and/or council, including but not limited to the city engineer, to review and/or comment and report on development plans.

A library of city-approved drawings and technical data representing typical drainage, transportation, erosion and sedimentation control, and utility appurtenances to be constructed for city acceptance.

The wastewater pipes, lines, pumps, lift stations, facilities, and equipment used by or useful to the city to provide wastewater service within the city, including both existing and those to be installed, excluding the wastewater lines located within an individual's lot connecting the structure on the lot to the tap or connection.

The water pipes, lines, pumps, facilities, and equipment used by or useful to the city to provide water service within the city, including both existing and those to be installed, excluding the water lines located within an individual's lot connecting the structure on the lot to the tap or connection.

An establishment providing customers with self-service laundry and/or dry cleaning facilities, and does not include a commercial laundry or cleaning plant.

A custom cleaning shop not exceeding two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of floor area.

The broad removal of trees, shrubs, or undergrowth with the intention of preparing real property for nonagricultural development purposes.

The selective removal of vegetation from a property, whether by cutting or other means.

A building where customers access their storage units through a lobby and the facility will use reasonable efforts to avoid temperature extremes in a unit by keeping the unit warmer than the outside temperature in cold weather and cooler than the outside temperature in hot weather through an HVAC or other system.

A public or private station or establishment for the examination and treatment of outpatients by an individual or group of doctors, dentists, opticians, veterinarians, or other similar medical professionals.

Cutting, sewing and forming garments, millinery and accessories, when no noise, dust, vibration, odor or other undesirable or obnoxious condition is created to affect adjacent property.

See "Social Club."

The value of the test for chemical oxygen demand, as described in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater."

This Development Code.

The person designated by the city for purposes of making inspections, sending notices, and otherwise enforcing the provisions of this division.

A street which collects traffic from local streets and serves as the most direct route to a major or minor arterial street.

An academic institution of higher learning, accredited or recognized by the state and offering a program or series of programs of academic study.

The act of locating CFs and/or equipment on an existing structure without the need to construct a new support structure and without a substantial increase in the size of the existing structure.

The act of locating CFs and/or equipment on an existing structure without the need to construct a new support structure and without a substantial increase in the size of the existing structure.

Water use which is integral to the operations of commercial and nonprofit establishments and governmental entities such as retail establishments, hotels and motels, restaurants and office buildings.

Any building or structure that is used or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for retail or wholesale business, industrial, manufacturing, storage, religious, educational, amusement, entertainment, health, professional, scientific, office, or other business purposes. Commercial buildings are a type of nonresidential building.

Any establishment, public or private, rendering a service, manufacturing a product, offering a product for sale or any other similar activity.

A vehicle or trailer that exceeds two tons rated capacity that is used to transport persons or property for profit or in the course of a commercial enterprise, or that transports hazardous materials which require the vehicle to be placarded under state or federal law.

The planning and zoning commission of the City of Jonestown.

Privately owned land and improvements within a townhouse, condominium, planned development, or community unit development including buildings, common open space, central services and utilities, streets, walks, parking areas, fencing and screening walls, landscaping, and any other elements and facilities under common ownership and available for the use of all owners or tenants.

That portion of the common area which is designated for outdoor recreation area, private park, play lot, plaza, athletic court, swimming pool, fountain, stream or pond, ornamental landscaping or natural vegetation offering visual amenity, and which is open to general view and conveniently accessible to pedestrians within the project.

An establishment engaged in providing broadcasting and other information relay services accomplished through the use of electronic and telephonic mechanisms, and photocopy and reproduction mechanisms (excludes broadcast towers).

A recreational facility, including both indoor and outdoor facilities, for use by residents and guests of a particular residential community development, subdivision, planned unit development, or membership group.

A building and grounds owned or leased and operated by a governmental body for the social, recreational, health or welfare of the community served.

The comprehensive plan of the city and adjoining areas adopted by the commission and approved by the City Council, including all its revisions as defined by chapter 219 of the Texas Local Government Code. The plan may indicate the general locations recommended for various land uses, transportation routes, public and private buildings, streets, parks, and other public and private developments and improvements, to include detailed plans for water and sewer facilities. Such plan is the overall development plan for the community adopted to provide long-range development policies and may include all specified individual elements thereof among which are the plans for land intensities; land subdivision; circulation; and community facilities, utilities and services. The comprehensive or master plan does not constitute zoning regulations or establish zoning district boundaries.

A generalized plan that meets the requirements of this ordinance and that indicates the boundaries of a tract or tracts under common ownership, and identifies the purpose of the proposed development and the proposed land use, general lot or parcel layout, community use or public areas, and street alignments.

An additional use which may be permitted in a district, subject to meeting certain conditions or procedures established by the City Council. No conditional use shall be permitted in any location where it will be inconsistent with the existing adjacent and nearby uses.

A building or group of buildings in which dwelling units are owned individually, while the structure and common areas and facilities are owned by all the owners on a proportional, individual basis. This requires the plans be prepared and approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1.14, Planned unit development.

The initial or first connection ("tap") or any subsequent additional connection of a residential or business unit to the city's water or wastewater system.

Those practices, techniques, and technologies that reduce the consumption of water, reduce the loss or waste of water, improve the efficiency in the use of water or increase the recycling and reuse of water so that a supply is conserved and made available for future or alternative uses.

Any clearing of land, excavation, or other action that would adversely affect the natural environment of the site. This definition does not include uses in securing survey or geological data such as necessary borings to ascertain subsurface conditions.

Shall include, but is not limited to, the causing or carrying out of any man-made change in any property or facility through building, erecting, installing, bulkheading, filling, mining, dredging, clearing, paving, grading, excavating, boring, drilling, or the addition, removal or alteration of any facility or any improvement to property, including altering of the size of any facilities, or other similar work or activity, in, over, under, through, along or across the rights-of-way or streets within the city limits.

The maps, drawings, plans and specifications indicating the proposed location and design of improvements to be installed as part of a development.

The entry into or presence in a public water supply system of any substance which may be harmful to health or to the quality of the water.

The entry into or presence in a public water supply system of any substance which may be harmful to health or to the quality of the water.

Adjacent property whose property lines are shared or are separated by only a street, alley, easement or right-of-way.

Shall mean and include, but is not limited to, the person possessing a permit, franchise or license agreement as required under this division and all persons actually performing, directing, monitoring, managing or overseeing any construction activity, work or other such similar activity in, over, under, through, along or across any streets or rights-of-way within the city limits.

A manhole giving access to a building sewer at some point before the building sewer discharge mixes with other discharges in the public sewer.

Point of access to a course of discharge before the discharge mixes with other discharges in the public sewer.

Any structure used or occupied by three (3) or more persons recovering from illness or being provided geriatric care for compensation.

A retail establishment of less than 2,500 square feet of total floor area selling a variety of consumables, notions and/or similar items, usually serving as a convenient outlet to a neighborhood. This activity can include the retail sale and self-service dispensing of gasoline or other fuels in appropriate zoning districts. The sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption is allowed with a conditional use permit, in compliance with the zoning regulations of this article.

Any person shall be deemed to have been convicted for whom the municipal court imposes any penalty or sentence, the person receives community service, supervision or deferred adjudication, or the court defers final disposition of the case.

A lot located at the intersection of and abutting on two (2) or more streets.

Property located in an area where any corridor overlay requirements apply.

See "City Council."

A member of the City Council of Jonestown.

An area of twenty (20) acres or more containing a golf course and a clubhouse and available only to private specific membership, such a club may contain adjunct facilities such as private club, dining room, swimming pool, tennis courts and similar recreational or service facilities.

Travis County, Texas.

The Travis Central Appraisal District and/or Williamson County Appraisal District.

An open, unoccupied space, bounded on more than two sides by the walls of a building. An inner court is a court entirely surrounded by the exterior walls of a building. An outer court is a court having one side open to a street, alley, yard or other open space.

An integral and readily identifiable part of a flood protection system, without which the flood protection provided by the entire system would be compromised.

A circular area around a significant tree equal to one (1) foot in radius for each one (1) inch caliper, and the center of the circular area located at the trunk.

An actual or potential connection between a potable water source and any fixture, tank, receptacle, equipment or device that may contain contaminates or pollutants or any source of water that has been treated to a lesser degree in the treatment process.

The transverse slope as related to a given longitudinal slope and measured by the rise to run ratio.

A strip of land dedicated for public use and which is reserved across a lot or block for the purpose of providing pedestrian access to adjacent areas.

A minor street having one (1) end open to vehicular traffic and having one (1) closed end terminated by a permanent turnaround.

A variation of a species, one that has been produced through breeding or deliberate selection.

A library, museum, or similar registered nonprofit organizational use displaying, preserving, and exhibiting objects of community and cultural interest in one or more of the arts and sciences.

A time each night after which certain electric illumination must be turned off or reduced in intensity.

Any building located within the incorporated limits of the city that is:

The grant of an interest in property for public use.

A small shop, with seating for no more than 20 people at one time, where such foods as prepared cooked meats, smoked fish, cheeses, salads, relishes and other prepared foods are sold, mainly for takeout.

A probable rainfall event the frequency of which is specified in periods of years and which is used to design drainage facilities and determine flood elevations.

That portion of a lot, easement, or parcel upon which a building, structure, pavement or other improvements have been placed.

The legal owner of land to be improved and/or subdivided or his/her authorized representative.

Generally, any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials. Regarding subdivisions, a subdivision of land as defined herein or the construction or placement of any buildings, utilities, access, roads or other structures, excavation, mining, dredging, grading, filling, clearing or removing vegetation, and the deposit of refuse, waste or fill. Lawn and yard care, including mowing of tall weeds and grass, gardening, tree care and maintenance, removal of trees or other vegetation damaged by natural forces, and ranching and farming shall not constitute development. Utility, drainage, and street repair, and any construction maintenance and installation which does not require land disturbance or result in additional impervious cover shall also not constitute development.

A scaled drawing representing an area of land to be improved/developed and indicating the legal boundary of said property and the nature and extent of all existing and proposed improvements to said project.

The maps, drawings, plans and specifications indicating the proposed location and design of improvements to be installed as part of a development and containing all of the information required by Section 3.3.2 of this chapter, prepared by a registered professional land surveyor as a boundary survey and sealed by a licensed professional engineer or architect.

The public works director, person designated by the public works director, city administrator, or person designated by the city administrator.

Planning Director of the City of Jonestown.

The introduction of pollutants into a publicly owned treatment work from any non-domestic source.

A parabolic or bowl-shaped device that receives and/or transmits signals in a specific directional pattern.

The total surface, including frame, but shall include only one-half of a freestanding back-to-back sign, provided the freestanding sign's sides are back-to-back and that both sides have the identical sign.

A zoned section or sections of the city for which regulations governing the use of buildings and premises, the height of buildings, the size of yards, and the intensity of use are uniform.

Piers, platforms, or other structures designed to extend into or float on the surface of the water, often used for the mooring of boats, swimming, and fishing.

Water use for personal needs or for household or sanitary purposes such as drinking, bathing, heating, cooking, or sanitation, or for cleaning a residence, business, industry or institution.

An assembly composed of a line-size approved double check assembly with bypass containing a specific water meter and an approved double check valve assembly. The meter shall register accurately for very low rates of flow.

An assembly that is composed of two (2) independently acting, approved check valves, including tightly closed resilient seated shutoff valves attached at each end of the assembly and fitted with properly located resilient seated test cocks. Also known as a double check valve backflow prevention assembly or DC.

A lot which runs through a block from street to street and which abuts two (2) or more streets.

See "Waterway."

Private sewage facility disposal area, trench or bed utilized for final wastewater disposal.

The area on the ground enclosed by vertical planes extending downward from the outer solid edge of a tree canopy.

A paved surface connecting the street to a front lot line.

The surface connecting a drive approach with a parking space, parking lot, loading dock or garage.

Any building or portion thereof built on-site which is designed for or used exclusively for residential purposes, including single-family, two-family, three-family, four-family and multifamily dwellings, but not including hotels, motels, manufactured housing, campers, trailers or other structures without a permanent foundation.

A detached building designed and constructed with four (4) separate dwelling units under a single roof for occupancy by four (4) families.

Any building or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased or let to be occupied as five (5) or more dwelling units or apartments or which is occupied as a home or residence of five (5) or more families.

A detached building having accommodations for occupancy by not more than one family.

A detached building designed and constructed with three (3) separate dwelling units under a single roof for occupancy by three (3) families.

A detached building designed and constructed with two (2) separate dwelling units under a single roof for occupancy by two-families.

A residential unit designed to accommodate one (1) household.

A grant by the property owner of the use of a strip of land for stated purposes.

For insurance purposes, a nonbasement building, which has its lowest elevated floor, raised above ground level by foundation walls, shear walls, posts, piers, pilings, or columns.

A point of vertical ground elevation reference to be shown on the FIRM for comparison to the BFE. ERMs shall be referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) or the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD).

Any occurrence or set of circumstances involving actual or imminent physical trauma or property damage or loss that demands immediate action.

Any work performed for the purpose of:

The advance or infringement of uses, plant growth, fill, excavation, buildings, permanent structures or development into a floodplain that may impede or alter the flow capacity of a floodplain.

Any plant species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant part of its range.

The aggregate of social and physical conditions that influence the life of the individual and/or community.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency.

An unmanned, single-story equipment building or structure used to house telecommunications equipment necessary to operate the telecommunications network.

To build, construct, alter, reconstruct, pour, lay, move upon, attach, hang, place, suspend, or affix, and also includes the painting of wall signs, murals or supergraphics, or any physical operation on the premises required for the construction of a sign including excavation, site clearance, landfill, and similar activities.

Built, constructed, altered, reconstructed, poured, laid, moved upon, excavated, site cleared, land filled, or any physical operations on the premises that are required for construction.

The process by which the ground surface is worn away by the action of wind or water and soil and material is carried, or is likely to be carried, across any property line in significant quantities.

A deposit of cash or other approved security with the local government or approved bank or other financial institution in lieu of a performance or maintenance bond.

Any privately owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited, including, but not limited to, any place of amusement or entertainment.

The limits of the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction as granted under chapter 43, Local Government Code.

Street addresses, box numbers, or rural postal route numbers ending in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8, and locations without addresses.

Any breaking of ground, digging, scooping, or other method of removing earth materials, except common household gardening and ground care.

For the purposes of determining rates, structures for which the "start of construction" commenced before the effective date of the FIRM or before January 1, 1975, for FIRMs effective before that date. "Existing construction" may also be referred to as "existing structures."

A manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed before the effective date of the floodplain management regulations adopted by a community.

Previously permitted support structure or any other structure, including but not limited to, buildings or water tanks, to which a communication facility can be attached.

The addition of buildings, structures, machinery, equipment, or payroll for purposes of increasing production capacity.

The preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads).

That geographic area outside the corporate boundaries of the city as established pursuant to sections 42.021 and 42.022 of the Texas Local Government Code.

The exterior wall of a building.

Any plant, equipment and property, including, but not limited to, duct spaces, manholes, poles, towers, utility pipes, pipes, conduits, lines, wires, transmission media, underground and overhead passageways or other equipment, structures and appurtenances which are located in, over, under, through, along or across the rights-of-way or streets.

Any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping and economic unit.

A community-based residential home operated in accordance with the Community Homes for Disabled Persons Location Act and its amendments.

A structure, other than a dwelling, on a farm as herein defined, for the housing, protection or storage of the usual farm equipment, animals and crops.

An area of three (3) acres or more which is used for the primary purpose of growing of vegetables, fruits, trees, hay, livestock feed and/or grain, and/or for the raising thereon of poultry and farm animals such as horses, cattle and sheep and including the necessary accessory uses for raising, treating and storing products raised on the premises, but not including the commercial feeding of offal and garbage to swine and other animals and not including any type of agriculture or husbandry specifically prohibited by ordinance or law.

Organic polar compounds derived from animal and/or plant sources that contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules. These substances are detectable and measurable using analytical test procedures established in 40 CFR 136, as may be amended from time to time. All are sometimes referred to herein as "grease" or "greases."

Federal Emergency Management Agency.

With respect to plats and plans, the date of their first public hearing before the commission regarding such plat or plan; provided that, with respect to the required council approval of plats and plans, the filing date for such council approval shall be the date of the approval, disapproval or conditional approval by the commission or, provided the developer requests action, the date the commission's approval is deemed granted by operation of law.

Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration.

A map of a land subdivision prepared in a form suitable for filing of record with necessary affidavits, dedications and acceptances, and with complete bearings and dimensions of all lines defining lots and blocks, streets, alleys, public areas and other dimensions of land.

Services provided by an establishment primarily engaged in financial and banking activities. Typical uses may include banks, savings and loan institutions, stock and bond brokers, loan and lending activities, and similar services.

Sculpture, fountains, or similar objects that do not in any way identify or advertise an object or business.

A tester who is employed by an approved fire sprinkler contractor and is qualified to test backflow prevention assemblies on fire lines.

Any device capable of discharging a projectile through a barrel using the energy generated by an explosive charge or burning substance, or any device readily convertible to such use, or any device capable of discharging a projectile through a barrel using the energy generated by compressed air, including, without limitation, an air gun, BB gun, or toy gun.

A cooperative effort among local, state, federal, and private agencies and organizations to promote fire safety in the wildland/urban interface.

Any combustible or explosive composition, or any substance or combination of substances or article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration or detonation, and includes, but is not limited to, blank cartridges, toy pistols, toy cannons, toy canes, or toy guns in which any such explosives are used, unmanned balloons which require fire underneath to propel the same, firecrackers, lady fingers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, dago bombs, sparklers, or other devices containing any such explosive substance.

The official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the floodway.

An examination, evaluation and determination of flood hazards and, if appropriate, corresponding water surface elevations, or an examination, evaluation and determination of mudslide (i.e., mudflow) and/or flood-related erosion hazards.

The official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated the areas of flood hazards.

The official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency or Federal Insurance Administration has delineated both the areas of special flood hazards and the risk premium zones applicable to the community.

See "Flood Elevation Study."

Those physical structural works for which funds have been authorized, appropriated, and expended and which have been constructed specifically to modify flooding in order to reduce the extent of the area within a community subject to a "special flood hazard" and the extent of the depths of associated flooding. Such a system typically includes hurricane tidal barriers, dams, reservoirs, levees or dikes. These specialized flood modifying works are those constructed in conformance with sound engineering standards.

The collapse or subsidence of land along the shore of a lake or other body of water as a result of undermining caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated cyclical level or suddenly caused by an unusually high water level in a natural body of water, accompanied by a severe storm, or by an unanticipated force of nature, such as a flash flood or an abnormal tidal surge, or by some similarly unusual and unforeseeable event which results in flooding.

Flood-related or erosion prone area means a land area adjoining the shore of a lake or other body of water, which due to the composition of the shoreline or bank and high water levels or wind-driven currents, is likely to suffer flood-related erosion damage.

The operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood-related erosion damage, including but not limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood-related erosion control works, and floodplain management regulations.

That land which is lying within a stream channel or adjacent to a stream channel within which flooding frequently occurs, the elevation above sea level of which shall be as established by the most recent FIRM map; regarding subdivision drainage designs, the channel of a waterway and the adjacent land area subject to inundation during the design storm.

The individual appointed to administer and enforce the floodplain management regulations.

The operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood damage and preserving and enhancing, where possible, natural resources in the floodplain, including but not limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood control works, floodplain management regulations, and open space plans.

This article and other zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes, health regulations, special purpose ordinances (such as grading and erosion control) and other application of police power which control development in floodprone areas. This term describes federal, state or local regulations in any combination thereof that provide standards for preventing and reducing flood loss and damage.

Any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source - see "Flooding."

Any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures, and their contents (Refer to FEMA Technical Bulletins TB 1-93, TB 3-93, and TB 7-93, or subsequent replacement bulletins, for guidelines on dry and wet floodproofing.)

The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot. Also referred to as "Regulatory Floodway."

That area of the floodplain on either side of the "Regulatory Floodway" where encroachment may be permitted.

The total square feet of floor space within the outside dimensions of a building, including each floor level, but excluding cellars, carports, garages, porches, patios or decks.

The maximum square footage of total floor area permitted for each square foot of land area. It is the ratio between the total square feet of floor area in all buildings located on a lot in relation to the total square feet of land in the lot or tract on which the buildings are located.

A retail establishment of greater than 2,500 square feet of total floor area, selling a variety of consumables, notions and/or similar items, usually serving a significant market area.

An establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale of food, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, or household products for home consumption. Typical uses include grocery stores, delicatessens, meat markets, and retail bakeries.

As related to Division 4.4, variance procedure, of this article, means that the variance granted must not cause fraud on or victimization of the public. In examining this requirement, the board of adjustments and appeals or other appropriate governing body of the city will consider the fact that every newly constructed building adds to government responsibilities and remains a part of the community for fifty to one hundred years. Buildings that are permitted to be constructed below the base flood elevation are subject during all those years to increased risk of damage from floods, while future owners of the property and the community as a whole are subject to all the costs, inconvenience, danger, and suffering that those increased flood damages bring. In addition, future owners may purchase the property, unaware that it is subject to potential flood damage, and can be insured only at very high flood insurance rates.

The same thing as a front setback line.

The lot line facing a public street from which the required front setback is measured and also from which any parcels or structures take their address. On corner lots, the front lot line shall be consistent with the front lot lines in the neighborhood.

A yard extending across the full width of a parcel measured perpendicularly from the front lot line of the parcel to the front walls of the primary structure situated on the parcel. The front lot line is defined as the lot line from which any structures take their addressed street from.

That side of a lot, parcel or tract of land abutting a street right-of-way and ordinarily regarded as the frontal orientation of the lot.

All the property on one side of a street between two intersecting streets (crossing or terminating), measured along the line of the street, or if the street is dead-ended, then all of the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead-end of the street.

A luminaire light distribution where zero candela intensity occurs above an angle of 90 above nadir. Additionally, the candela per 1,000 lamp lumens does not exceed 100 (10%) at or above a vertical angle of 80 above nadir. This applies to all lateral angles around the luminaire.

An outdoor luminaire constructed so that in its installed position, all of the light emitted from the light fixture is projected below the horizontal plane passing through the lowest light-emitting part of the fixture. See figure 1.

A use that cannot perform its intended purpose unless it is located or carried out in close proximity to water. The term includes only docking facilities, port facilities that are necessary for the loading and unloading of cargo or passengers, and ship building and ship repair facilities, and does not include long-term storage or related manufacturing facilities.

An accessory building for parking or storage of not more than that number of vehicles that may be required in connection with the permitted use of the principal building.

Any premises and structure used for housing more than five (5) motor vehicles or where any vehicles are repaired for operation or kept for remuneration, hire or sale, and where a retail service station may be maintained as a secondary use.

Animal and vegetable wastes and residue from preparation, cooking and dispensing of food; and from the handling, processing, storage and sale of food products and produce[.]

An establishment where gasoline, oil and grease, or automobile accessories are sold, supplied, or dispensed to the motor vehicle trade or where motor vehicles receive limited repair, or where electric storage batteries are charged and cared for, or a place where any two (2) or more such activities are carried on or conducted as the principal use of the establishment.

A residential development enclosed by a fence with access provided only at gated access points.

A tester who is qualified to test backflow prevention assemblies on any domestic, commercial, industrial or irrigation service except fire lines. Recognized backflow prevention assembly testers shall have completed a TCEQ executive director approved course on cross-connection control and backflow prevention assembly testing, pass an examination administered by the TCEQ executive director, and hold a current license as a backflow prevention assembly tester.

Any person who owns or operates a grease trap/grease interceptor, or whose act or process produces a grease trap waste.

Light that causes visual discomfort or disability, or a loss of visual performance.

A golf course or driving range privately owned but open to the public for a fee and operated as a commercial venture.

The local governing unit, i.e. county or municipality that is empowered to adopt and implement regulations to provide for the public health, safety and general welfare of its citizenry.

The slope of a road, street, other public way or utility line specified in terms of percent (%); the topographic relief of a parcel of land; the average elevation at ground level of the buildable area of a lot or parcel of land.

Any stripping, cutting, filling or stockpiling of earth or land, including the land in its cut or filled condition.

A device designed to use differences in specific gravities to separate and retain light density liquids, waterborne fats, oils, and greases prior to the wastewater entering the sanitary sewer collection system. These devices also serve to collect settleable solids, generated by and from food preparation activities, prior to the water exiting the trap and entering the sanitary sewer collection system. Grease traps and interceptors are also referred to herein as "grease traps/interceptors."

Material collected in and from a grease trap/interceptor in the sanitary sewer service line of a commercial, institutional, or industrial food service or processing establishment, including the solids resulting from de-watering processes.

The floor area of a building or room measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the centerline of walls separating two rooms or buildings, including the floor area of each room and of any basement or attic.

Low growing plants planted in such a manner as to form a continuous cover over the ground, or low growing vines.

A home-based facility providing 24-hour care in a protected living arrangement for not more than six (6) residents. This classification includes foster homes, homes for the physically and mentally impaired, homes for the developmentally disabled, congregate living facilities for seniors and maternity homes. Requires licensing by the State of Texas. Does not include post-incarceration facilities or facilities for those who are a danger to themselves or others.

An area that meets all of the environmental conditions necessary for an animal, tree or plant to survive, including the right combination of light, air, water and soil.

A partial story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two (2) opposite exterior walls are not more than four (5) [sic] feet above the floor of such story, except that any partial story used for residence purposes, other than by a family occupying the floor immediately below it, shall be deemed a full story.

A dwelling unit used as a single housekeeping unit for not more than six (6) persons who have demonstrated a tendency towards alcoholism, drug abuse, anti-social or criminal conduct, together with not more than two (2) persons providing supervision and other services to such persons.

Lighting associated with architectural features, such as fountains, sculptures, and the like.

As related to Division 4.4, Variances, of this article, means the exceptional hardship that would result from a failure to grant the requested variance. The City Council requires that the variance be exceptional, unusual, and peculiar to the property involved. Mere economic or financial hardship alone is not exceptional. Inconvenience, aesthetic considerations, physical handicaps, personal preferences, or the disapproval of one's neighbors likewise cannot, as a rule, qualify as an exceptional hardship. All of these problems can be resolved through other means without granting a variance, even if the alternative is more expensive, or requires the property owner to build elsewhere or put the parcel to a different use than originally intended.

A cross connection or potential cross connection with any fixture, tank, receptacle, equipment or device that involves any substance that may, if introduced into the potable water supply, cause death or illness, spread disease, or have a high probability of causing such effects.

Soils with a continued capacity to maintain a diverse community of soil organisms that help to control plant disease, insect and weed pests, that form beneficial symbiotic associations with plant roots; that recycle essential plant nutrients; that improve soil structure with positive repercussions for soil water and nutrient holding capacity, and that function as vital living ecosystems that sustain animals, plants and humans.

Large vehicles, particularly those designed for construction and earth moving operations, including large trucks, bulldozers, graders, large tractors, also known as heavy machines, heavy trucks, construction equipment, engineering equipment, heavy vehicles, or heavy hydraulics, often comprised of five equipment systems: implement, traction, structure, power train, control and information.

The vertical distance from the highest point of the undisturbed natural grade within the building footprint to the highest point of the building or structure, excluding spires, antennas, ventilators, chimneys, or other similar appurtenances. Undisturbed natural grade elevations shall be certified by a registered architect, surveyor or engineer.

Landing facility for rotary wing aircraft subject to regularly scheduled use and may include fueling or servicing facilities for such craft.

A landing pad for occasional and infrequent use by rotary wing aircraft not exceeding a gross weight of 6,000 pounds.

A native tree twenty-four (24) inches or greater in diameter when measured at breast height, which is four (4) feet six (6) inches above the ground.

The highest natural elevation of the ground surface prior to construction next to the proposed walls of a structure.

Any structure that is:

A home where elderly people are provided with lodging and meals without nursing care.

A commercial use customarily carried on in the home.

Any association or organization of co-owners within a condominium or townhouse project, including the council of co-owners or a condominium or townhouse management association, or the owners of lots within a subdivision; organized for the primary purpose of managing and maintaining the common areas and common open space in any such project, or otherwise owned by the association. An organization, association, or other entity formed and controlled by the developer, project owner or general partner for this purpose will be included in this definition.

A building or portion thereof used or designated for the treatment of the sick, aged, mentally ill, injured, convalescent or infirm persons; provided that this definition shall not include rooms in any residential dwelling, hotel or apartment hotel not ordinarily intended to be occupied by said persons.

Water at a temperature of not less than 120° Fahrenheit.

A building in which lodging is provided and offered to individual transient guests, but not excluding permanent guests, and may include a cafe, drugstore, clothes, pressing shop, barbershop or other service facilities for guests for compensation, and in which ingress and egress to and from all rooms is made through and inside a lobby or office supervised by a person in charge at all hours. As such, it is open to the public in contradiction to a boarding house, a lodging house, or an apartment. To be classified as a hotel an establishment shall contain a minimum of six (6) individual guest rooms or units and shall furnish customary hotel services such as linen, maid service, telephone, and the use and upkeep of furniture.

The practice of grouping together plants with similar water needs in order to better manage water usage.

Roads, parking areas, buildings, swimming pools, rooftop landscapes and other construction limiting the absorption of water by covering the natural land surface; this shall include, but not be limited to, all streets and pavement within the development.

Area on a property to be developed, including structures, driveways, parking areas, and utilities (e.g., septic fields).

Any street, alley, roadway, barricade, sidewalk, bikeway, pedestrian way, water line system, wastewater system, storm drainage network, public park land, landscaping, or other facility or portion thereof for which the local government may ultimately assume responsibility for maintenance and operation or which may affect an improvement for which local government responsibility is established. The term "improvement" shall include private streets, being streets that are not dedicated to the public or to the city.

All territory over which the city now has, or shall hereafter obtain, jurisdiction for the exercise of its police, regulatory, and other powers.

Terms of enlargement and not of limitation or exclusive enumeration, and use of the terms does not create a presumption that components not expressed are excluded.

Those species of plants naturally occurring within a specific habitat or biogeographical region prior to significant human impacts.

The introduction of pollutants into a POTW from any non-domestic source.

Waste resulting from a process of industry, manufacturing, trade, or business from the development of any natural resource, or any mixture of the waste with water or normal wastewater, or distinct from normal wastewater.

The charge made on those persons who discharge industrial wastes into the city's sewerage system.

The use of water in processes designed to convert materials of lower value into forms having greater usability and value, including the development of power by means other than hydroelectric.

The presence of insects, rodents, vermin, or other pests within or contiguous to a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, rooming unit, premises, or other residential or nonresidential structure or building.

A licensed plumbing inspector, water district operator, other governmental entity, or irrigation inspector who inspects irrigation systems and performs other enforcement duties for a municipality or water district as an employee or as a contractor, other than a building inspector.

The addition, removal, repair or alteration of any facility located in, over, under, through, along or across the rights-of-way or streets.

A discharge which alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal, or is a cause of a violation of the city's TPDES permit.

A lot other than a corner lot and, bounded by a street on only one (1) side.

A plant or tree reproducing outside its native range and outside cultivation that disrupts naturally-occurring native plant or tree communities by altering structure, composition, natural processes or quality of habitat, or a species of tree or plant which does not normally survive in the local habitat, climate, ecological or geological conditions and which are listed in Appendix C, of this article.

All worn-out, worthless and discarded material, in general, including, but not limited to, scrap iron, scrap tin, scrap brass, scrap copper, scrap lead or scrap zinc and all other scrap metals and their alloys, and bones, rags, glass, paper, cordage, cloth, rubber, rope, tinfoil, bottles, old cotton, machinery, tools, construction materials, appliances, furniture, fixtures, utensils, boxes or crates, pipe or pipe fittings, automobile or airplane tires, dismantled motor vehicles, boats, boat trailers, boathouses or travel trailers or parts thereof, or other manufactured goods or odds and ends that are worn-out, worthless, deteriorated, obsolete, discarded material or other wastes, especially those that are unusable in their existing condition.

Any person who engages in the business of buying, selling, trading, or otherwise dealing in new or used scrap materials, including ferrous and nonferrous metal, brass, waste material, and the like. Such term shall also include any person who engages in the business of processing iron, steel, or nonferrous scrap, and whose principal product is scrap iron and steel or nonferrous scrap for sale for re-melting purposes.

A place in which five (5) or more dogs or cats at least six (6) months of age are kept, boarded or trained, by the owners of the dogs or cats or by persons providing facilities and care with or without compensation.

A place in which more than five or more dogs or cats or a combination thereof over 6 months of age are boarded, trained, or bred for compensation or are offered for sale, except for veterinary hospitals, veterinary services, farm accessory buildings, farms, or ranches.

A place at or adjoining a private residence in which more than five dogs at least six months of age are kept and which are owned by the persons residing on said property, are bred or kept for the purpose of hunting, training, for field work, obedience trials, and other competition or for the enjoyment of the species, and not for the purpose of sale or other commercial purpose.

A room used or designed to be used for the preparation of food.

Total or partial removal of trees and/or vegetation from the land surface.

Any activity which may result in soil erosion from water or wind and the movement of sediments into state and local waters, or onto lands within the state, including, but not limited to, clearing, dredging, grading, excavating, transporting, or filling of land, but not including agricultural practices such as a family vegetable plot.

Areas of the city may be divided into landscape categories based upon their similar soil, topography and hydrology. Since lands within one category will have similar soil, topography, and hydrology features, the same species of native plants that are appropriate at one site are likely to be appropriate native plants to all lands within the same landscape category.

Trees, shrubs, ground cover, vines or grass installed in planting areas.

Water used for the irrigation and maintenance of landscaped areas, whether publicly or privately owned, including residential and commercial lawns, gardens, parks, and rights-of-way and medians.

The entire parcel less the building footprint, driveway, non-irrigated portions of parking lots, hardscapes such as decks and patios, and other nonporous areas. Water features are included in the calculation of landscaped areas.

Any combination of living plants and nonliving landscape material (such as rocks, pebbles, sand, mulch, walls, fences, or decorative paving materials).

Any vehicle having a gross vehicle weight rating of 17,000 pounds or more.

An establishment engaged in providing laundering, dry cleaning, or dyeing services for clothing, linen and drapes.

Lower Colorado River Authority.

The Lower Colorado River Authority, or successor agency.

The construction and design standards for private sewage facilities adopted by the Lower Colorado River Authority board of directors and approved by the state commission on environmental quality, as amended.

Either a lot recorded in the official county records pursuant to and in compliance with the subdivision regulations in effect at the time of its creation, or a tract of land having existed in its present configuration prior to October 1, 1927.

A lot which is part of a subdivision approved by the city and recorded in the official county records.

A letter from a bank or other reputable creditor acceptable to the city that guarantees to the city that upon failure of the subdivider to fulfill any improvement requirements that at the city's request, funds will be provided to the city to complete the specified improvements.

A human-made structure, usually an earthen embankment, designed and constructed in accordance with sound engineering practices to contain, control or divert the flow of water so as to provide protection from temporary flooding.

A flood protection system that consists of a levee, or levees, and associated structures, such as closure and drainage devices, which are constructed and operated in accord with sound engineering practices.

An establishment engaged in the manufacture of finished products or parts, including packaging of such products, and incidental storage, sales, and distribution of such products.

Light emitted from fixtures that cause light to be cast on a property other than the one where it is installed, upwards toward the sky or any other location where it is not needed. See figure 11 below.

A light source separated from the surface and illuminating the sign surface by means of shielded spotlights or similar fixtures or from a light source from within.

A type of area defined on the basis of ambient lighting levels, population density, and/or other community considerations. The lighting zones are determined by the authority.

Any quantity of paper, metal, plastic, glass or miscellaneous solid waste that may be classed as trash, debris, rubbish, refuse, garbage or junk, not placed in a solid waste container.

The use of water for the open-range watering of livestock, exotic livestock, game animals or fur-bearing animals. For purpose of this definition, the terms "livestock" and "exotic livestock" are to be used as defined in section 142.001 of the Texas Agriculture Code, as amended, and the terms "game animals" and "fur-bearing animals" are to be used as defined in section 63.001 and section 71.001, respectively, of the Parks and Wildlife Code, as amended.

An off-street space for the parking of a vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials from commercial or industrial vehicles.

The Travis County Health District.

A MFV business selling edible goods as an additional business on private property where a business already exists. A long-term MFV may be stationary as a semi-permanent business providing edible goods longer than four (4) days and not related to an event. A long-term MFV may be permitted to remain overnight.

A subdivision of a block or other parcel intended as a unit for transfer of ownership, or for development, or for occupancy and/or use.

The total horizontal area within the lot lines of a lot.

The horizontal distance between the front and rear lot line measured along the median between the side lot lines.

The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.

The average horizontal distance at the front building setback line of a lot.

The lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area, including basement (see "Basement" definition).

A unit of measurement used to quantify the amount of light produced by a bulb or emitted from a fixture. The lumen rating associated with a given lamp is generally indicated on its packaging or may be obtained from the manufacturer (abbreviated lm).

A complete lighting unit that usually includes the fixture, ballasts, and lamps.

The amount of light emitted in a given direction from a surface by the light source or by reflection from a surface. The unit is candela per square meter.

A measure of the total light output from a source, the unit being the lumen.

A building in which the principal use of the lot upon which it is situated is conducted.

A street designed to provide connections between municipalities or major highways.

A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities. The term does not include a recreational vehicle as that term is defined by 24 C.F.R. section 3282.8(g).

A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.

Shall have the same meaning set forth in the Highland Lakes Marina Ordinance, as amended.

Shall be determined by estimating the cost to replace the structure in new condition and adjusting that cost figure by the amount of depreciation that has accrued since the structure was constructed. The cost of replacement of the structure shall be based on a square foot cost factor determined by reference to a building cost estimating guide recognized by the building construction industry. The amount of depreciation shall be determined by taking into account the age and physical deterioration of the structure and functional obsolescence as approved by the floodplain administrator, but shall not include economic or other forms of external obsolescence. Use of replacement costs or accrued depreciation factors different from those contained in recognized building cost estimating guides may be considered only if such factors are included in a report prepared by an independent professional appraiser and supported by a written explanation of the differences.

Shall include all construction of stone material, brick material, or stucco, which is composed of solid, cavity, faced, or veneered-wall construction. The standards for masonry construction types are listed below:

The overall development plan for the community which has been officially adopted to provide long-range development policies including all specified individual elements thereof among which are the plans for mean land intensities; land subdivision; circulation; and community facilities, utilities and services.

For purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929 or other datum, to which base flood elevations shown on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map are referenced.

The same as parts per million and is a weight-to-volume ratio; the milligram-per-liter value multiplied by the factor 8.34 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons of water.

A building or group of buildings consisting of individualized shelters of various sizes for rent or lease for the purpose of providing protection of commodities stored therein. The size of each individual storage unit of a mini-storage warehouse shall be limited to 2,000 cubic feet.

The percentage of lot area or tract area that must be maintained with living vegetation.

A street designed to provide a connection between major arterial streets.

A local street designed primarily for access to abutting residential properties. A minor street does not include a street designed or required to be designed for through traffic.

Any business which sells edible goods from a nonstationary location within the city. The term shall include:

A structure constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on-site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems.

A structure or building module as defined Texas Occupations Code, Ch. 1201 that is inspected and permitted by and under the jurisdiction and control of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations that is transportable in one or more sections and designed to be used on a permanent foundation system. The term includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained in the component. The term does not include a mobile home or a manufactured home.

A self-supporting tower facility composed of a single spire used to support telecommunication antennas. Monopole towers cannot have guy wires or bracing.

A calendar month, unless otherwise expressed.

A building or group of detached, semi-detached or attached buildings containing guest rooms or apartments with automobile storage space provided in connection therewith, which building or group is designed, intended or used primarily for the accommodation of automobile travelers, including groups designated as auto cabins, motor courts, motels and similar designations.

Every vehicle, car, boat or similar vehicle that is, or was originally, designed to be self-propelled.

The vertical distance between the lowest part of the luminaire and the ground surface directly below the luminaire.

Describes a condition where there is a river, flow or inundation of liquid mud down a hillside, usually as a result of a dual condition of loss of brush cover and the subsequent accumulation of water on the ground, preceded by a period of unusually heavy or sustained rain.

A single structure designed to accommodate four (4) or more households.

Water used by any residential customer of the water supply and includes duplexes, multiplex, housing and apartments where the individual units are each on a separate meter; or, in cases where two (2) or more units are served by one (1) meter, the units are full-time dwellings.

More than one principal building on a building plot or lot.

The downward direction, exactly vertical, directly below a luminaire.

A plant that lives or grows naturally in a particular region without direct or indirect human intervention and as listed in Appendix A of this article.

A tree that lives or grows naturally in a particular region without direct or indirect human intervention and as listed on Appendix A of this article.

Vegetation found in the natural community that is suited to the soil, topography, hydrology, and wildfire risk of a particular site.

An area on a site that contains substantial populations or clusters of protected trees or plants and that shall be left to the extent feasible undisturbed during development and will remain undisturbed when the property is fully developed. Activities are restricted in perpetuity.

The topography of a waterway prior to construction, installation of improvements or any regrading.

A stormwater runoff conveyance system not altered by development.

Any outlet into a watercourse, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water or groundwater.

Substantially the same conditions of the land which existed prior to its development, including but not limited to, the same type, quality, quantity and distribution of soils, ground cover, vegetation and topographic features.

The area of the city characterized by residential land uses which is bounded by physical (such as river, major street, back of access) and/or political features (such as voting districts, subdivision boundaries).

A privately owned parcel of land, within a subdivision, dedicated solely for recreational uses and maintained by the residents of said subdivision.

For the purpose of determining insurance rates, structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of an initial FIRM or after December 31, 1974, whichever is later, and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. For floodplain management purposes, "new construction" means structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or after the effective date of a floodplain management regulation adopted by a community and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures.

A manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed on or after the effective date of floodplain management regulations adopted by this community.

An establishment required to have a state permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages and in which fifty percent (50%) or more of the monthly gross revenues are from the sale of alcoholic beverages; or any business or commercial establishment in which alcoholic beverages are consumed and live entertainment is provided.

An area that is intended to remain undeveloped and preserved in perpetuity and may be created to preserve natural areas or to act as buffer or screening mitigation between differing or denser land uses.

A lot, the area, dimensions, or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the zoning code, but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.

A structure or building the size dimensions or location of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the zoning code, but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment, to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.

Any building, structure or land lawfully occupied by a use or lawfully existing at the time of passage of this article or amendments thereto, which does not, by reason of design or use, conform after the passage of this article or amendments with the regulations of this article or amendment.

Water uses that are not essential nor required for the protection of public health, safety and welfare, including:

A cross connection or potential cross connection from any fixture, tank, receptacle, equipment or device that involves any substance that generally would not be a health hazard but would constitute a nuisance or be aesthetically objectionable if introduced into the potable water supply.

Are noninvasive, nonnative shrubs or other vegetation that are able to thrive in the local climate and soil conditions and as listed on Appendix B of this article.

Are noninvasive, nonnative trees that are able to thrive in the local climate and soil conditions and as listed on Appendix B of this article.

Water that is not suitable for human consumption. Nonpotable water sources include, but are not limited to, irrigation systems, lakes, ponds, streams, gray water that is discharged from washing machines, dishwashers or other appliances, water vapor condensate from cooling towers, reclaimed water, and harvested rainwater.

A driveway that provides access to a property that is primarily used for nonresidential purposes, such as a commercial, industrial, or retail center, or a building with more than five dwelling units.

Water used by any person or company other than a residential customer of the water supply.

Wastewater excluding industrial wastewater discharged by a person into sanitary sewers and in which the average concentration of total suspended solids is not more than 200 mg/l and BOD is not more than 200 mg/l.

As corrected in 1988 is a vertical control used as a reference for establishing elevations. If a datum other than NAVD 88 is used, then use the datum listed as the reference datum on the applicable FIRM panel for use on elevation certificate completion.

The following:

Includes, but is not limited to, any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, protection, excavation, channelization, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock, gravel, refuse, fill, structure, vegetation or other material in, along, across or projecting into any watercourse which may alter, impede, retard or change the direction and/or velocity of the flow of water, or due to its location, its propensity to snare or collect debris carried by the flow of water, or its likelihood of being carried downstream.

Glare and light trespass.

The use or intended use of land or a building by any person.

Any person who rents, leases or appears to reside, rent or lease a building, structure or property through custody of the premises or who has the legal right to possession of such premises.

The minimum number of parking spaces without parking time limits required for each dwelling unit, establishment or use.

Street addresses, box numbers, or rural postal route numbers ending in 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9.

Any required improvement which lies outside of the property being developed.

A facility, other than one for single-family dwellings, providing vehicular parking spaces, along with adequate drives and aisles for maneuvering, for the parking of more than three (3) vehicles.

Two or more offices or office establishments, sharing customer parking area(s), regardless of whether the offices or office establishments occupy separate structures or are under separate ownership, or are on separate tracts or lots of land.

A building, which has a storefront, which occupies no less than 10% of the total square footage of the commercial, storage and inventory space.

The official records of Travis County, Texas.

See "Base flood."

That flood which has a probability of occurring once in a 100-year period or a one percent (1%) chance in any given year.

The keeping, in an unroofed area, of any goods, junk, material, merchandise, in the same place for more than twenty-four (24) hours.

Any open piece of land that is undeveloped (has no buildings or other built structures) and is accessible to the public.

Outdoor lighting that is installed mainly or entirely for its decorative effect or to accent an object or a feature, rather than as an aid to visibility.

An outboard motor subject to registration under chapter 31, Parks and Wildlife Code.

Activities for the purpose of amusement, the giving of pleasure and delight, education, or other entertainment conducted in an exterior setting, such as a park, public square, or other outdoor venue, public or private, typically for the purpose of amusing and entertaining an audience, spectators, or visitors, including musical concerts, dances, performances, storytelling, plays or dramas, pageants, historical reenactments, banquets, fiestas, festivals, carnivals, and parties.

Stormwater runoff which is not confined by any natural or man-made channel such as a creek, drainage ditch, storm sewer, or the like.

The imposition of organic or hydraulic loading treatment facility in excess of its engineering design capacity.

A person recorded as the owner on official records. The owner of the premises on which a sign is located is presumed to be the owner of the sign unless facts to the contrary are established. Any person who holds any interest in the legal title of a building, structure or property or who has the legal right of possession thereof. Any person having financial interests in property or facilities located in, over, under, through, along or across streets and rights-of-way in the city, including the person directing the actions of any contractor, paying a contractor, or for whose benefit the actions of the contractor are undertaken.

Tract or lot as described by deed or plat, which includes one (1) or more lots that are being subdivided.

A special fund established by the city to retain monies paid by developers in accordance with the payment in-lieu of park land dedication provisions of these regulations and to be used for the purchase of park land or improvements in the vicinity of the subdivided property for which funds have been collected.

An open recreation facility or park owned and operated by a public agency such as the city or the school district and available to the general public for neighborhood use.

A parking area to accommodate vehicles, which utilize any multiple-family, retail, commercial, office, business or industrial property.

An area of definite length and width, exclusive of drives, aisles, or entrances for access, that is fully accessible for the storage or parking of permitted vehicles. Said parking space and connecting driveway shall be durably surfaced and so arranged to permit satisfactory ingress and egress of an automobile.

A structure devoted to the parking or storage of automobiles for a fee and may include a facility for servicing of automobiles, provided such facility is primarily an internal function for use only by automobiles occupying the structure, and creates no special problems of ingress or egress.

Land used primarily for the grazing of animal stock.

Unless specifically stated otherwise by context, "paved" means a surface made of asphalt, concrete, pavers, bricks, "eco-crete" or similar pavement providing an all-weather surface. Gravel is not an acceptable paved surface.

An area surfaced with asphalt, concrete, pavers, bricks, "eco-crete" or similar pavement, providing an all-weather surface. Gravel is not an acceptable paved surface.

A set of criteria or limits relating to nuisance elements which a particular use or process may not exceed.

Any facility located in, over, under, through, along or across the rights-of-way or streets within the city limits that occupies, affixes or otherwise is to remain in the same location for a period of time of more than thirty (30) days.

A permit to construct, modify, or replace a private sewage facility issued by the city or the Lower Colorado River Authority.

The building official or other city officer, employee or agent designated by lawful authority to issue the applicable permit.

A use specifically allowed in the applicable zoning districts without the necessity of obtaining a conditional use permit.

An individual, partnership, firm, company, association or corporation of any kind, or other legal entity.

A facility that provides supervised living arrangements for persons with physical or mental disability, which by reason of federal or state law, is not subject to limitations set forth in deed restrictions or single-family zoning districts. This definition includes a community-based residential home operated by:

An establishment for the purpose of supplying personal services.

An establishment engaged in providing services to an individual to enhance the quality of the individual's life.

The measure of the relative acidity or alkalinity of water and is defined as the negative logarithm (base 10) of the hydrogen ion concentration.

A use where medicines are compounded or dispensed under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist.

A zoning district which permits development of five (5) acres or more under single or multiple ownership pursuant to a plan and which requires specific approval by the City Council. It is a development of land under unified control, planned and developed as a whole in a single development operation or a programmed phasing of developments, including streets, utilities, lots or building sites, structures, open spaces and other improvements. This district may permit mixed uses of land (e.g. industrial, commercial, residential) within a single subdivision or multiple subdivisions as part of or pursuant to a plan which seeks to minimize adverse impacts when development occurs and protects the environment and the residential character of nearby neighborhoods.

The City Planning and Zoning Commission.

Any area designed for landscape planting having a minimum of ten (10) square feet of actual plantable area and a minimum inside dimension on any side of eighteen (18) inches.

Any structure permanently anchored to the ground that is designed for recreational purposes. Sports courts such as basketball or tennis courts are not considered playscapes.

A privately owned parcel of land, within a subdivision, dedicated solely for recreational use by persons in such subdivision and their guests, and maintained by the residents of said subdivision.

An actual or potential threat to the physical properties of the water system or the potability of the public or consumer's potable water system or the consumer's potable water system but which would not constitute a health hazard. Maximum degree of intensity of pollution which the potable water system could be degraded under this definition would cause a nuisance or be aesthetically objectionable or could cause damage to the system or its appurtenances.

Postal services, including post office, bulk mail processing, or sorting centers operated by the United States Postal Service or a private postal service.

A treatment works which is owned by a state or municipality as defined by section 502(4) of the Clean Water Act. This definition includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes all sewers, pipes and other conveyances that convey wastewater to a POTW treatment plant. The term also means the municipality as defined in section 502(4) of the act, which has jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the discharges from such a treatment works. For purposes of this article, the terms "sanitary sewer system" and "POTW" may be used interchangeably.

A building with fifty percent (50%) of the square feet, excluding porches, garages, or carports, that consists of preexisting structural or used components.

Any tower or antenna for which a building permit or conditional use permit has been properly issued prior to February 26, 2009, including permitted towers or antennas that have not yet been constructed so long as such approval is current and not expired.

Any school, attended by twelve (12) or more children at any one time during part of a twenty-four-hour day, which provides a program of instruction for children below the first grade level in which constructive endeavors, object lessons and helpful games are prominent features of the curriculum.

A map of a proposed land subdivision showing the character and proposed layout of the property in sufficient detail to indicate the suitability of the proposed subdivision of land.

A lot or tract within the city and contiguous land(s) in the same ownership that is not divided by any public highway, street, alley, or right-of-way, and any buildings and appurtenances located on or attached to the lot or tract.

A structure in which the principal use of the lot is conducted. For example, for single-family residential lots, the house is the primary structure.

Sensitive environmental areas as described in Section 3.2.6.9.

An opaque fence or screen at least six (6) feet in height. A fence shall be considered opaque if it is made of opaque materials and constructed so that gaps in the fence do not exceed one-half (1/2) inch. Fences using boards placed on alternating sides of fence runners shall be considered opaque if the boards overlap at least one-half (1/2) inch.

An establishment required to have a state-issued alcoholic beverage permit for the sale, storage or vending of alcoholic beverages to its members.

An accessory building housing vehicles owned and used by occupants of the main building.

Any swimming pool, wading pool, or soaking/hot tub, situated on any premises as an appurtenance to a dwelling for the use of the residents or guests of the residents of the dwelling.

Any septic system or other facility, system, or method for the storage, treatment, or disposal of sewage (other than a disposal system regulated by the state commission on environmental quality) which serves only an individual household, multiple-unit residential structure, or commercial establishment within a designated area.

Development and testing of nonhazardous products related to research services. See: Research services (general).

Any and all experts that the city deems necessary to carry out the city's functions in considering an application for a permit, variance, or any other request for approval by an applicant. Such experts may include, without limitation, engineers, attorneys, accountants or auditors, sanitarians, hydrologists, and arborists to collect data, examine plans and specifications, present evidence, and advise and represent the city with respect to the application. The applicant shall pay the city the reasonable cost of such services, along with all other reasonable costs attributable to processing the application.

A use providing professional or consulting services in the fields of law, architecture, design, engineering, accounting, and similar professions licensed by the state.

Both real and personal property.

An incorporated, nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which:

Any living hardwood tree that has a caliper of ten inches (10") or greater, measured 4-1/2 feet above grade, is designated as a protected tree; or any heritage tree, or any tree of 10 caliper inches or greater (but not including Ashe Juniper trees unless the tree is 18 inches or greater) as described in Appendix A or Appendix B, to this article, when measured at breast height, which is four feet six inches (4' 6") above the ground; but not including invasive or undesirable trees or plants.

With respect to land and interests in land within the city limits, the city; and, with respect to land and interests in land within the ETJ limits, the general public.

A facility such as office buildings, and maintenance yards and shops required by branches of local, state or federal government for service to an area.

Unless otherwise specifically defined, any public road, street, alley, park, building, or other property of the city or any other places to which people commonly resort or have access to for the purpose of business, recreation or amusement.

As related to Division 4.4, Variances, of this article, means that the granting of a variance must not result in anything which is injurious to safety or health of an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, or unlawfully obstructs the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any navigable lake, or river, bay, stream, canal, or basin.

Any business or commercial activity which is not included in the definition of "utility service" that requires the use of the public streets or rights-of-way for the location of any facility or equipment to provide services to persons or property situated within the city, including but not limited to cable television service and services using transmission media, but excluding telephone and taxi service and solid waste collection.

Pipe or conduit carrying wastewater or unpolluted drainage in which owners of abutting properties shall have the use, subject to control by the city.

Places of noncommercial public assembly or administrative functions where the primary activity is contained within a building(s), including but not limited to churches, schools and government buildings.

Any public or privately owned water system which supplies water for public domestic use including all service lines, reservoirs, facilities, and any equipment used in the process of producing, treating, storing or conveying water for public consumption.

Structures supporting antennae for transmitting or receiving any portion of the radio spectrum, but excluding noncommercial antennae installation for home use of radio or television.

A scarce plant species that may or may not have been designated with a legally protected status such as "threatened" or "endangered." Some rare plants naturally occur less frequently than other plants, which make the rare plants more susceptible to decline or extinction.

A space extending across the full width of the lot between the principal building and the rear lot line, and measured perpendicular to the building to the closest point of the rear lot line.

Domestic or municipal wastewater which has been treated to a quality suitable for beneficial use, such as landscape irrigation.

Any structural addition to the recreational vehicle or site, including cabanas, carports, garages, porches, storage cabinets, storage sheds, and similar appurtenant structures.

Any licensed travel trailer, pickup camper, motor home, or camping trailer that may have its own sink, lavatory, toilet, and tub or shower that is designed so that it may be connected to available utilities.

Any licensed travel trailer, pickup camper, motor home, or camping trailer that may have its own sink, lavatory, toilet, and tub or shower that is designed so that it may be connected to available utilities; or a vehicle that is:

Any lot, tract, or parcel of land upon which accommodation is provided for one or more recreational vehicles used as temporary living or sleeping quarters by the day, week, or month, whether a charge is or is not made. A recreational vehicle park is a unified development of recreational vehicle spaces provided for recreational vehicle use, with or without community facilities and permitted permanent buildings.

Any lot, tract, or parcel of land upon which accommodation is provided for one or more recreational vehicles used as temporary living or sleeping quarters by the day, week, or month, whether a charge is or is not made. A recreational vehicle park is a unified development of recreational vehicle spaces provided for recreational vehicle use, with or without community facilities and permitted permanent buildings.

That part of a lot or area in a recreational vehicle park or RV park that has been reserved for the placement of one recreational vehicle or RV.

Use of property as a location where glass, paper, plastics and/or aluminum cans only are deposited in containers, with no sorting or processing on-site, and usually occurring as an accessory use on the property.

An assembly containing two (2) independently acting approved check valves, a hydraulically operated, mechanically independent pressure differential relief valve located between the check valves and at the same time below the first check valve, and including properly located test cocks and tightly closing shut-off valves at each end of the assembly.

An assembly containing two (2) independently acting approved check valves together with a hydraulically operating mechanically independent pressure differential relief valve located between the two (2) check valves and below the first check valve.

Any material or device that has the effect of intensifying reflected light.

See "Garbage."

The 100-year floodplain as defined by the Federal Emergency Management Act Agency (FEMA).

The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot.

A use (located in a permanent or temporary building) providing regular organized religious worship and/or religious education incidental thereto.

To bring the structure or other development into compliance with state or local floodplain management regulations, or, if this is not possible, to reduce the impacts of its noncompliance. Ways that impacts may be reduced include protecting the structure or other affected development from flood damages, implementing the enforcement provisions of this article or otherwise deterring future similar violations, or reducing state or federal financial exposure with regard to the structure or other development.

Any act which removes a tree or causes a tree to die within two years after commission of the act, including, but not limited to, damage inflicted upon the root system or trunk as a result of:

To transport a protected plant or tree from the premises on which it has been growing.

The reconstruction, renovation, or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance. This term shall not apply to any change or construction, alteration, or additions to a building other than for the purpose of reconstruction, renovation, or renewal.

Flood-related damages sustained by a structure on two occasions during a ten-year period, for which the cost of repair, at the time of each flood event, on the average, equals or exceeds 25% of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

New landscape trees to be planted by the developer to replace significant trees removed during the development of property. A list of approved replacement trees can be obtained at the office of the city.

A modification or amendment of a subdivision plat that changes the size or configuration of any lot, parcel of land, roadway or required improvement, including any replat authorized by section 212.015, Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code, as amended. "Replat" includes the vacation of a prior plat and, within one year thereafter, the filing of a concept plan or other plat to subdivide a portion of the land included in the area of the vacated plat.

The open space between a lot line and the buildable area within which no structure shall be located except as provided for herein.

Establishments engaged in research of an industrial or scientific nature not involving or requiring the use of any biological, chemical or other agent that could cause a hazard to adjacent property.

A narrow strip of property usually separating a parcel of land from a roadway or utility line easement, that is characterized by limited depth which will not support development and which is intended to prevent access to the roadway or utility easement from adjacent property and which are prohibited by these regulations unless their control is given to the city.

Any driveway providing access to private property not included under the definition of commercial driveway.

For purposes of tree mitigation shall mean a manufactured home, a detached one-family or two-family dwelling, the including the accessory structures of the dwelling, a multiple single-family dwelling that is not more than three stories in height with a separate means of entry of each dwelling, and including accessory structures, or any other multifamily structure.

A dwelling within the corporate limits or service area of the city intended for occupancy by a person or group of persons comprising not more than one family. A dwelling shall be deemed occupied and shall be deemed by the city to be a separate residential unit for billing and collection purposes when either water or electrical power services are being supplied thereto.

Water used by any residential customer of the water supply and include single-family dwellings.

An establishment engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages for on-premises consumption.

The sale or rental of commonly used goods and merchandise for personal or household use.

A double frontage lot which is to be developed with the rear yard abutting a major street and with the primary means of ingress and egress provided on a minor street.

A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by street, crosswalk, railroad, road, electric transmission line, or oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, or for other similar purpose or use. The usage of the term "right-of-way" for land platting purposes shall mean that every right-of-way hereafter established and shown on the final plat is to be separate and distinct from the lots or parcels adjoining such right-of-way and not included within the dimensions or areas of such lots or parcels. Right-of-way intended for streets, crosswalks, water mains, wastewater lines, storm drains, or any other use involving maintenance by a public agency shall be dedicated to the public by the maker of the plat where such right-of-way is established.

Thirty-five (35) foot buffer from the water's edge at normal high-water mark or landward side of floodplain boundary maintained in native woody vegetation for water quality including control of sediment and for wildlife habitat.

Relating to, form by, or resembling a river (including tributaries), stream, brook, etc.

That portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, and includes the terms "streets" and "highways."

All combustible and noncombustible waste, except garbage.

A facility to conduct public safety and emergency services, including police and fire protection services and emergency medical and ambulance services.

Ownership by the same person, corporation, firm, entity, partnership, or unincorporated association; or ownership by different corporations, firms, partnerships, entities, or unincorporated associations in which a stockholder, partner, or associate or a member of his/her family owns an interest in each corporation, firm, partnership, entity, or unincorporated association.

A public sewer that conveys domestic wastewater or industrial wastes or a combination of both, and into which stormwater, surface water, groundwater, and other unpolluted wastes are not intentionally passed.

An antenna, greater than one (1) meter in diameter, which enables the transmission of signals directly to and from satellites. Such antennas are commonly known as a satellite dish, dish antenna, parabolic antenna, or satellite earth station antenna.

An antenna, one (1) meter or less in diameter that enables the receipt of television signals transmitted directly from satellites to be viewed on a television monitor and/or enables the transmission of signals directly to and from satellites for high-speed internet access. Such antennas are commonly known as a satellite dish, television receive-only antenna, dish antenna, parabolic antenna, or satellite earth station antenna.

A business organized to operate for a profit and offering instruction and training in a service, art or trade.

A school under the sponsorship of a public or religious agency having a curriculum generally equivalent to public elementary or secondary schools, but not including proprietary schools.

Any structure that is subordinate and incidental to the primary structure; and is subordinate in area, extent and purpose to the primary structure; and contributes to the comfort, convenience or necessity of the occupants, business or industry in the primary structure, and is located on the same lot as the primary structure.

The removal of tree and shrub species or removal of dead trees when the soil is left relatively undisturbed.

An accessory building or portion of a main building located on the same lot as the main building and used as living quarters for servants employed on the premises and not rented or otherwise used as a separate domicile.

The point of delivery at which the public water system connects to the private supply line or lateral of a water user.

The minimum amount of space required between a lot line and a building line.

A line that marks the setback distance from the property line, and establishes the minimum required front, side or rear yard space of a building plot.

An adult arcade, adult bookstore or adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio, or sexual encounter center or other commercial enterprise the primary business of which is the offering of service or the selling, renting, or exhibiting of devices or any other items intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer. See the city's sexually oriented business ordinance for related definitions, permitting, and development standards pertaining to sexually oriented businesses.

A mandatory term.

See "Area of Shallow Flooding."

A composite arrangement of shops and stores which provides a variety of goods and services to the general public, when developed as an integral unit.

A dwelling, including but not limited to, a single-family dwelling, multiple family attached dwelling, apartment house, condominium or duplex rented by the public for consideration and used for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes for any period less than thirty (30) consecutive days.

An operating license issued by the city authorizing the operation of a short-term rental establishment in compliance with the terms set forth in the license for a property so approved pursuant to Article 4.09, short-term rentals, of the Code of Ordinances.

Any self-supporting woody evergreen and/or deciduous species.

A space extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the setback line and the side lot line measured perpendicular from the side lot line to the closest point of the setback line.

A public right-of-way intended for pedestrian use that is not being used as a street or road and that is generally located between the curb or edge of the street or road and the adjacent property line.

A name, identification, image, light device or accent, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, banner, description, display or illustration which is affixed to, painted or represented directly or indirectly upon a building, picture, window, piece of land or item of personal property, and that is designed, intended, or used to communicate by text or images and directs attention to an object, project, place, activity, facility, service, event, attraction, person, institution, organization, or business which is visible from any street (both public and private), right-of-way, sidewalk, alley, park, or other public property, lake or golf course.

A living hardwood tree that the city desires to preserve to the greatest extent possible as it pertains to building regulations. A Significant Tree may be a Protected Tree as defined in this Code if it meets the criteria listed in the definition of "Protected Tree."

The use of a site for two or more dwelling units, constructed with common or abutting walls and each located on a separate lot within the total development site.

A building designed for or occupied exclusively by one (1) household.

Any clearing of vegetative cover except common household gardening, pruning, and ground care.

A development plan of one or more lots on which is shown the following:

The vertical change in grade divided by the horizontal distance over which that vertical change occurred. The slope is usually given as a percentage.

Any discharge of water, wastewater or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four hour concentration or flows during normal operation.

A district organized within county boundaries by landowner petition based on a need for soil and water conservation and in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare. A soil and water conservation district so organized constitutes a governmental subdivision of the state.

An area in the floodplain subject to a one-percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. It is shown on an FHBM or FIRM as zone A, AO, A1-A30, AE, A99, AH, V1-V30, VE or V. See area of special flood hazard.

Lighting from a lighting installation that falls outside of the boundaries of the property on which the installation is sited.

An assembly containing an independently operating, internally loaded check valve and independently operating, loaded air inlet valve located on the discharge side of the check valve. This assembly is to be equipped with a properly located resilient seated test cock and tightly closing resilient seated shutoff valves attached at each end of the assembly.

A point or zone of natural groundwater discharge having measurable flow and/or a pool, however small, and characterized by the presence of a plant community adapted to the moist conditions of the site.

When used as a measurement of a building means the square footage computed from the outside dimensions of the dwelling or structure, excluding attached garages, attics, basements, open or screened porches.

An accessory building for quartering horses.

The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the latest edition, at the time of analysis, of Standard Method for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, as prepared, approved, and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation.

For other than new construction or substantial improvements under the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (Pub. L. 97-348), includes substantial improvement and other proposed new development and means the date the building permit was issued, provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, placement, or other improvement was within 180 days from the date of the permit. The actual start means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slab or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufacture home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading, and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement, the actual start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of a building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

The Texas Department of Health.

A tower that is camouflaged to be unrecognizable as a telecommunications facility and shall include architecturally screened roof-mounted antennas, building-mounted antennas painted to match the existing structures, antennas integrated into architectural elements such as church spires or window walls, and antenna structures designed to resemble light poles, flagpoles or trees.

An establishment offering wholesaling, storage, and warehousing services of nonhazardous materials in enclosed structures.

A public sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage and into which domestic wastewater or industrial wastes are not intentionally passed.

Rainfall or any other forms of precipitation.

That portion of a building, other than a cellar, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.

Any public or private right-of-way which affords the primary means of vehicular access to abutting property.

That line limiting the right-of-way of the street and being identical with the property line of persons owning property fronting on the streets.

The side yard of a corner lot abutting the street right-of-way.

A space extending across the length and/or width of a lot between the street right-of-way and the closest faces of the buildings on the lot.

Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as loadbearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders, or any complete rebuilding of the roof or the exterior walls.

The ability of a structure to maintain stability against normal forces experienced by said structure.

Anything constructed or erected on the ground or which is attached to something located on the ground. Structures include buildings, telecommunications towers, sheds, parking lots that are the primary use of a parcel and permanent signs. Sidewalks and paving shall not be considered structures unless located within a public utility or drainage easement.

Any person, developer, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity, acting as a unit subdividing or proposing to subdivide land as herein defined.

A division of any tract of land that is situated within the corporate limits of the city, or within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city, into two (2) or more parts for the purpose of development, or for the purpose of laying out any addition to the city, laying out any suburban lots, building lots or building sites, or for the purpose of laying out any lots, streets, alleys, access easements, public utility easements, parks or other land intended for public use or for the use of any purchaser, owner or occupant of a lot or parcel fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, or for the use and benefit of any person being served thereby or having the use and/or benefit thereof.

Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.

Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other proposed new development of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the "start of construction" of the improvement. This term includes structures that have incurred "substantial damage," regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either:

The water and wastewater superintendent of the city or his duly authorized deputy, agent or representative.

Solids measured in mg/l that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and which are largely removable by a laboratory filtration device.

A structure designed to support CFs including, but not limited to monopoles, towers and other freestanding, self-supporting structures.

Any artificial structure or excavation, either indoors or outdoors, used or suitable to be used for bathing or swimming purposes, together with buildings, equipment and appurtenances used in connection.

A swimming pool with accessory facilities that are not a part of the municipal or public recreational system or a private swim club and that is available to the general public for a fee.

A swimming pool constructed for the exclusive use of the residents of a single-family, duplex, multiplex or multifamily dwelling, or other residential dwelling, located and fenced in accordance with city regulations and not operated as a business or maintained in a manner to be hazardous or obnoxious to adjacent property owners.

Texas Administrative Code.

An establishment required to have a state permit for the sale and on-premises consumption of beer or wine that is not licensed or permitted to sell any other alcoholic beverage.

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and its predecessor or successor agency.

Any unmanned facility established for the purpose of providing wireless transmission of voice data, images or other information including, but not limited to, cellular telephone service, personal communications service, radio services, television services, or data transmission services. A CF can consist of one or more antennas and accessory equipment.

Any structure that is designed and constructed for the purpose of supporting one (1) or more antennae used for the provision of commercial wireless telecommunications services. This definition includes monopole towers, alternative mounting structures or any other vertical support used for wireless telecommunications antennae. This definition does not include commercial radio or television towers; nor does it include such things as TV antennas, dish or satellite antennas less than one (1) meter in diameter or amateur radio antennas.

A facility that contains a telecommunications tower and equipment storage building or structure.

Switching relay and transmitting equipment, but not including public business facilities, storage or repair facilities.

An antenna support structure designed to be lowered and raised either manually or mechanically.

A structure or shelter used in connection with a development or building project, for housing on-site the temporary administrative and supervisory functions, and for sheltering employees and equipment, related to the development.

Lighting installed with temporary wiring and operated for less than 60 days in any calendar year. Lighting intended for uses of a limited duration, such as civic events or construction projects.

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or successor agency.

The natural change in volume of a confined quantity of water as a result of the raising of the temperature of that water.

Any plant species that is likely to become an endangered plant within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range; see also rare plant.

Includes to deposit, conduct, drain, emit, throw, run, allow to seep, or otherwise release or dispose of, or to allow, permit, or suffer any of these acts or omissions.

A single-family attached dwelling where two or more dwelling units are constructed with common or abutting walls and each located on a separate lot within the total development site.

A report analyzing current and future traffic movements with and without additions or subdivision impact which includes the analysis of mitigation measures prepared by a licensed professional engineer.

A conductor of electrical energy, water, gas, or communication service, including all associated facilities, except for telephone transmission or distribution lines.

All cables, fibers, wires, tubes, pipes or other physical devices used to transmit and/or receive communication signals, whether analog, digital or of other characteristics, and whether for voice, video or data, or other purposes, which are physically located in the rights-of-way or streets.

A facility for loading, unloading, and interchange of passengers and baggage, between modes of transportation, including bus terminals, railroad stations and public transit facilities utilizing park and ride stations.

A person who is registered with and authorized by the TCEQ to transport sewage sludge, water treatment sludge, domestic septage, chemical toilet waste, grit trap waste, or grease trap waste in accordance with 30 Texas Administrative Code section 312.142.

A device designed to skim, settle, or otherwise remove grease, oil, sand, flammable wastes or other harmful substances.

See "Garbage."

A self-supporting woody plant having a single trunk or a multi-trunk of lower branches, growing to a mature height of at least twelve (12) feet.

A scaled drawing accurately showing the location, caliper and critical root zone of significant trees in relation to the property boundaries.

Selective cutting or thinning of trees for the purpose of good forestry management to protect said forest from disease or infestation.

The value of the test for total suspended solids, as described in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater."

Continuous plant coverage consisting of a grass species that is mowed to maintain an established height.

An antenna that enables the receipt of television signals transmitted from broadcast stations.

Shorter-growing tree, often found beneath the foliage cover provided by canopy trees, more shade-tolerant than canopy trees.

Water containing:

A business establishment engaged in the installation of soft covering material such as fabric and underlayment for furniture and other objects. Except however, with respect to motor vehicles, it shall only include interior upholstering. In no event shall an upholstery shop include the manufacture or building of furniture or other objects.

The process of constructing public improvements required to support suburban or urban land use.

A structure that has been previously used as a building at a different site.

Water supplied by a public water system to a water user's system after it has passed through the service connection.

Any person, including those located outside the jurisdictional limits of the city, who contributes, causes or permits the contribution or discharge of wastewater into the POTW, including persons who contribute such wastewater from mobile sources.

Shall have its common meaning and shall specifically include, but not be limited to, electric, water, wastewater, gas and telephone service.

A grant of relief to a person from the requirements of this article that permits construction or development in a manner otherwise prohibited by this article. (For full requirements see section 60.6 of the National Flood Insurance Program regulations.)

Undeveloped land not directly associated with wetlands or streams.

An establishment offering veterinary services and clinics for pets, small and/or large animals. Temporary housing of large animals is permitted in an attached or adjacent roofed building, with three (3) or more sides having walls or solid fence extending from the foundation to at least three-fourths of the distance to the roof line.

An establishment offering veterinary services and clinics for pets and small domestic animals, with all activities and work indoors.

An establishment engaged in the sale or rental of motion pictures or games.

Any of a group of woody or herbaceous plants which may cling by twining, by means of aerial rootlets or by means of tendrils, or which may simply sprawl over the ground or other plants.

The failure of a structure or other development to be fully compliant with this article. A structure or other development without the elevation certificate, other certifications, or other evidence of compliance required in this article is presumed to be in violation until such time as that documentation is provided.

An establishment engaged in the storage of merchandise or commodities in an enclosed structure.

Rejected, unutilized or superfluous substances in liquid, gaseous, or solid form resulting from domestic, agricultural, or industrial activities.

A combination of the water-carried waste from residencies, businesses buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with any ground, and stormwater that may be present.

Includes all facilities for collection, pumping, treating, and disposing of wastewater and industrial wastes.

The geographic area to which wastewater service is provided by the city.

The charge on all users of the public sewer system whose wastes do not exceed in strength the concentration values established as representative or normal wastewater.

Any city-owned facilities, devices, and structures used for receiving, processing and treating wastewater, industrial waste, and sludges from the sanitary sewers.

The geographic area to which water service is provided by the city.

The height, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929, (or other datum, where specified) of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of coastal or riverine areas.

A survey conducted or caused to be conducted by the local authority designed to identify any possible source of contamination to the potable water supply.

A natural or manmade channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.

Area from which stormwater drains into a given basin, river or creek.

Any natural or man-made channel conducting stormwater from a two-year storm event at a depth of eight (8) inches or more and at a rate of fifteen (15) cubic feet per second or more. Street pavement shall in no instance be considered a waterway.

Plants that can survive on normal rainfall or that require minimal irrigation.

The portions of the wastewater service area to which wastewater service is provided by the city by means of one or more interlocal wholesale wastewater agreements.

The portions of the water service area to which water service is provided by the city by means of one or more interlocal wholesale water agreements.

A glazed opening, including glazed doors, that opens upon a yard, court, or recess from a court, or a vent shaft open and unobstructed to the sky.

A staffed or unstaffed facility operating for the transmission and reception of telecommunication or radio signals consisting of an equipment shelter or cabinet, a supporting structure, antennae (including, but not limited to, omnidirectional, panel/directional, or parabolic) and related equipment.

A tract of property used for the storage of wood either for use as firewood or as a building material, containing a fence for safety and security.

Monday through Friday exclusive of city-recognized holidays.

See "Work Days."

An open space that lies between the principal or accessory building or buildings and the nearest lot line.

The shortest distance between a lot line and a yard line.

A line drawn parallel to a lot line at a distance therefrom equal to the depth of the required yard.

A reinvestment zone that the City designates by ordinance.

The division of a municipality into districts in an effort to achieve compatible land use relationships, and the associated establishment of regulations governing the use, placement, spacing and size of land and buildings in order to achieve that compatibility as defined in chapter 211 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended.

The zoning or rezoning of a lot or parcel of land to benefit an owner for a use incompatible with surrounding uses and not for the purpose or effect of furthering the comprehensive plan.

Typically, commercial and/or retail zoning proposed to accommodate commercial or retail development, fronting a portion of a major street, usually one lot deep.

The official certified map showing the division of the city into districts, which is a part of this zoning code.