Katy City Zoning Code
§ 6
“R-1” SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT.
The “R-1” single-family district is the most restrictive district. The principal use of land in this district is for low density, single-family dwellings and related recreational, religious and educational facilities normally required to provide the elements of a balanced, orderly, convenient and attractive residential area. The following regulations shall apply in all “R-1” districts:
6.1
Uses Permitted.
6.1-1
Dwellings, one-family.
6.1-2
Public parks and playgrounds, including public recreation or service buildings within such parks.
6.1-3
Tool house and construction shed to be used for construction purposes only, and which shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of construction work.
6.1-4
Customary home occupations ordinarily carried on in a home that are not detrimental or injurious to adjoining property by reason of vibration, noise, odor, dust, smoke, gas or unsightly appearance. These may include dressmaking, millinery, washing, ironing, the office of a physician, dentist, surgeon, architect, lawyer, engineer, musician, or artist, provided that such uses are located in the dwelling used by such a person as his or her private residence, and provided that no assistant not a member of the family residing on the premises is employed. Said incidental use shall never be permitted as a principal use but only as a secondary use when indispensable necessary to the enjoyment of the premises and cannot involve the conduct of retail business. Customary home occupations shall not include barbershops, beauty shops, carpenter shops, electrician shops, plumbing shops, radio shops, tin shops, auto repairing, furniture repairing, or other similar uses. No use shall be permitted which is noxious or offensive by reason of vibration, noise, odor, dust, smoke, gas or unsightly appearance.
6.1-5
Municipal surface or underground or overhead water storage, water wells, and pumping stations.
6.1-6
Churches.
6.1-7
Public schools.
6.1-8
Reserved for future use. [Deleted and reserved for future use by Ordinance 2158 adopted June 11, 2001.]
6.1-9
Accessory Dwelling Unit. A dwelling unit to a principal single-family residence for use by family members, guests or employees, working within the residence for the family. The principal dwelling and accessory unit shall have all utilities under single metering. Such accessory dwelling shall be for the use and convenience of the family and shall be used for no commercial purpose. Such accessory dwelling may have self-contained kitchen and bath facilities. The accessory dwelling may have its own entrance and exit to the outside.
6.1-10
Bed and Breakfast establishments with a Special Use Permit in accordance with Section 15 of the Zoning Ordinance.
6.2
Height and Area Requirements.
6.2-1
Height.
The main building shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet and shall not exceed two and one-half (2-1/2) stories in height.
6.2-2
Minimum Lot Size.
a.
Every single-family dwelling hereafter erected or altered shall provide a lot area of not less than eight thousand six hundred twenty-five (8,625) square feet per family, except that where a lot has less area than required and had separate ownership at the time of the passage of this ordinance, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of one-family dwelling. Where a public or community sewer is not available and in use for the disposal of all sanitary sewage, each lot shall provide not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet per family.
b.
Rectangular residential lots shall have a width of at least seventy-five (75) feet.
c.
All lots shall have a depth of at least one hundred fifteen (115) feet, inclusive of utility easements.
d.
Radial residential lots shall have a minimum width of seventy (70) feet with such measurement to be made at the building line.
e.
Corner residential lots shall have a minimum width ten (10) feet greater than the adjacent lot except on a major street, then they shall have a width fifteen (15) feet greater than the width of the adjacent lot.
f.
Lots facing a major street shall be at least ten (10) feet deeper than the average interior lot depths facing a minor street.
g.
Each lot shall front upon a public street. Lots of irregular shape shall have a frontage of at least thirty-five (35) feet unless otherwise approved by the City Planning and Zoning Commission.
6.2-3
Yard Requirements:
a.
Corner lots.
(1)
A minimum building setback of twenty-five (25) feet shall be provided on the front and fifteen (15) feet on the side of all corner single-family residential lots where such lots side upon minor streets.
(2)
A minimum building setback of thirty-five (35) feet shall be provided on the front and twenty (20) feet on the side of all corner single-family residential lots where such lots side upon major streets.
b.
Interior lots.
A minimum building setback of twenty-five (25) feet shall be provided on the front of lots facing minor streets, thirty-five (35) feet setback on those facing major streets and seven and one-half (7.5) feet on each side of all interior single-family residential lots facing on minor and secondary streets.
6.2-4
Floor Area.
Every dwelling unit hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, or altered in a District “R-1” shall have a floor area, excluding basements, open and screened porches and garages of not less than one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet.
6.2-5
Reserved for future use. [Deleted and reserved for future use by Ordinance 2158 adopted June 11, 2001.]
(Ordinance 621 adopted 3/24/83; Ordinance 699 adopted 2/28/85; Ordinance 871 adopted 1/14/88; Ordinance 971 adopted 12/13/90; Ordinance 1020 adopted 10/22/92; Ordinance 1077 adopted 12/13/94; Ordinance 2158 adopted 6/11/01; Ordinance 2516 adopted 10/10/11)