Levelland City Zoning Code
§ 9.502
Definitions.
For the purpose of this article certain terms and words are hereby defined as follows:
The words "used for" include "designated for" and vice versa; words used in the present tense include the future; words in the singular number include the plural number and vice versa; the word "building" includes the word "structure"; the word "dwelling" includes the word "residence"; the word "lot" includes the word "plot" and the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.
A subordinate building located on the same lot with the main building, and which is reasonably necessary and incidental to the conduct of the primary use of such building.
A subordinate use located on the same lot with the main use, and which is reasonably necessary and incidental to the conduct of the main use.
A public way which customarily affords only secondary means of access to abutting property.
Any building, structure or open area used for the dismantling or wrecking of any type of used vehicles or the storage, sale or dumping of dismantled or wrecked vehicles or their parts and accessories, including any farm vehicles or farm machinery or parts thereof, stored in the open and not being restored to operating condition, and including the commercial salvaging, storage and scrapping of any other goods, articles or merchandise.
A single family dwelling unit or duplex constructed, used, intended for use, or altered for use as overnight or short term occupancy by one or more individuals who are not the owners thereof, for which compensation is paid, provided that the outside appearance resembles a single family dwelling unit or duplex.
Any structure or portion thereof upon which are outdoor advertising signs which advertise, promote or otherwise disseminate information pertaining to goods, products or services, including charitable services or appeals and political services or appeals, and which are not related to goods, products or services comprising a primary use on the premises on which the sign is located, being either:
Poster panels or bulletins normally mounted on a building wall or free-standing structures with advertising copy in the form of pasted paper; or
Multi-prism signs - same as above, and alternating advertising messages on the one display area; or
Painted bulletins, where the advertiser's message is painted directly on the background of a wall-mounted or free-standing display area.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Levelland.
An establishment holding a brewpub license (BP) from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
To erect, convert, enlarge, reconstruct, or structurally alter a building or structure.
Any structure designed or built for the enclosure, support, shelter, or protection of persons, animals, chattels or property.
The temporary indoor storage of wine in barrels and/or vats for the purposes of aging and fermentation. Does not include the crushing of the fruit or the bottling of the wine for retail sale.
The City of Levelland, Texas.
An office or group of offices for one or more physicians, surgeons, dentists or chiropractors engaged in treating the sick or injured as outpatients.
The City Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Levelland, Texas.
The City Council of the City of Levelland, Texas.
The elevation of the established curb in front of the building measured at the center of such front. Where no curb grade has been established, the City Engineer shall establish such curb grade or its equivalent for the purpose of this article.
A place maintained or conducted under public or private auspices which cares for no more than ten (10) children during a part of the twenty-four (24) hours of the day.
A building or portion thereof designed exclusively for residential occupancy, including one family, two family, and multiple family dwellings,
A dwelling unit consisting of a minimum of one thousand, three hundred (1,300) square feet of living area constructed as a series of dwelling units, and which are either attached to the adjacent dwelling or dwellings by party walls or are located immediately adjacent thereto with no visible separation between walls or roof. It is required by the City of Levelland that any townhouse or condominium have an attached garage.
A building designed for occupancy by two (2) individuals or families living independently of each other within separate units which have a common wall and under one (1) roof.
A building designed for occupancy by three (3) or more individuals and/or families living independently of each other within separate units.
A detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one (1) family.
A building or buildings designed for occupancy by two (2) individuals or families living independently of each other within separate units which do not have a common wall and are not under one (1) roof but which are located on the same lot.
One (1) or more rooms in a dwelling designed for occupancy by one (1) individual or family living independently as a single housekeeping unit, with no more than one (1) kitchen unit.
A one (1) room dwelling, designed for occupancy by one (1) person, containing two hundred and fifty (250) through three hundred and fifty (350) square feet of net floor area, which may include kitchen facilities within the room and shall have a bathroom within such area.
A person or persons, occupying a dwelling, living together and maintaining a common household, of which not more than three (3) may be boarders or roomers.
Street Frontage.
All of 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 deadened, then all of the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead end of the street.
Lot Frontage.
The distance for which the front boundary line of the lot and the street line are coincident.
An accessory building for storage of motor vehicles.
An occupation, profession, domestic craft, or economic enterprise which is customarily conducted in a "residential dwelling" as hereinafter defined, subject to compliance with each of the following conditions:
"Residential Dwelling" as used in this section shall mean a detached building designed, used and occupied exclusively by members of one (1) family as a residence.
That no person other than members of a family who reside in the residential dwelling be engaged in such occupation, profession, domestic craft or economic enterprise.
That such use be and remain incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the residential dwelling as a family residence and the area utilized for such occupation, profession, domestic craft or economic enterprise shall never exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the total of the floor area of the residential dwelling.
That to prevent increased traffic congestion in residential areas, no advertising of the occupation, profession, domestic craft or enterprise be conducted by means of any device such as a sign, display, handbills or other visible indication thereof displayed inside or outside the residential dwelling.
That the residential dwelling shall maintain its residential character and shall not be altered or remodeled in order to create any type of exterior commercial appeal.
That no exterior storage of material equipment and/or supplies used in conjunction with such occupation, profession, domestic craft or enterprise be placed, permitted or allowed on the premises occupied by the residential dwelling.
That there be no offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat or glare beyond the property lines.
That such occupation, profession, domestic craft or enterprise be wholly within the residential dwelling and no accessory building be used in conjunction therewith, other than as storage.
That only equipment be used in such occupation, profession, domestic craft or enterprise that is ordinarily used in a private home in a like amount and kind.
A residence allowed to have little or no side yard on one side, where the wall on that side has no doors, widows or other openings.
Means a structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United State Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or when erected on site is 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. The terms does not include a recreational vehicle as that term is defined by 24 C.F.R. Section 3282.8(g).
A HUD manufactured home park means any tract of land under single ownership where accommodation is provided for non-transient HUD manufactured home use.
A tract of land constituting a unified development oriented to HUD manufactured home dwelling which has been finally platted of record in its entirety in accordance with the City of Levelland Subdivision Regulations and in accordance with the specific provisions of zoning regulations No. 635 pertaining thereto.
Plant material of the evergreen variety, a minimum of six (6) feet in height at the time of installation and planted on four (4) feet centers. All such landscape screens shall be permanently maintained.
An area within the main building or on the same lot, providing for the standing, loading or unloading of trucks, having a minimum dimension of 15 by 40 feet and a vertical clearance of at least 14 feet.
A building other than a hotel where lodging and/or meals are provided for five or more persons for compensation pursuant to previous arrangements, but for the public or transient.
Means an undivided parcel of land adequate for occupancy by a use herein permitted, providing the yards, area, and off-street parking herein required and fronting directly upon a street, which parcel of land is identified by a tract or lot number in a duly approved subdivision plat of record .
The distance from the front street line to the rear line measured in the mean direction of the side lines.
The lines designated on a plat as being the boundaries of the lot.
Any lot line that forms a boundary of a lot on the side where the primary structure or building faces a street and is contiguous to the street. Every property must have a front lot line.
Any lot line that forms a boundary of a lot and is contiguous to an alley and is not a front lot line.
Any lot line that forms a boundary of a lot and does not meet the definition of a front lot line or a rear lot line.
The mean horizontal distance between side lines measured at right angles to the depth.
Means a structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one or more sections, which in traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 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 modular home is a dwelling that is manufactured in two or more modules at a location other than the homesite and which is designed to be used as a residence when the modules are transported to the homesite, and the modules are pinned together and installed on a permanent foundation system. The term modular home shall not mean nor apply to:
Sectional or panelized housing in which the basic components assembled at the home site are not at least three dimensional modules; and
Ready-built homes which are constructed so that entire living areas are contained in a single unit or section at a temporary location for the purpose of selling it and moving it to another location.
A sign not larger than two square feet in area identifying the owner or occupant of a premises and the street address and which does not contain flashing or intermittent illumination.
A building or premises existing legally at the time of the passage of this article which does not by reason of use conform to the regulations of the district in which it is situated.
An all weather surfaced area enclosed or unenclosed not in a street, alley or other right-of-way, and having an area of not less than one hundred and eighty (180) square feet, inclusive of driveways, permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one automobile and connected with the street by an all weather surfaced driveway which affords satisfactory ingress and egress for automobiles.
An accessory building located on the same property as a residential dwelling that is ancillary to and utilized in conjunction with a permanent in-ground or above-ground swimming pool. A pool house may contain a changing area or a changing room with a bathroom and shower.
Means land, together with any building or structures occupying it.
A ready-built home is a dwelling which is constructed so that the entire living area is contained in a single unit or section at a temporary location for the purpose of selling and moving it to another location to be placed on a permanent foundation system and the home completed for the purposes of making a livable residence.
A portable structure, self-propelled or towable by another vehicle, of such size and weight as not to require special highway movement permits, primarily designed, constructed or modified to provide temporary living quarters while in transit, or for recreational camping purposes or for profit. Recreational vehicles include travel trailers, camping trailers, truck campers, and motor homes.
A parcel of land on which two or more spaces are used or intended for use by transient recreational vehicles and their occupants.
A solid six (6) feet fence or wall of wood, filled chain link, or masonry construction or equivalent landscape screen which shall be installed prior to or concurrently with the first building permit issued for a lot, and which shall be permanently maintained.
An accessory building located on the same property as a residential dwelling and used as living quarters for guests, servants employed on the premises only, or a related family member, not for rent or lease, not used for commercial purposes, which is clearly subordinate and incidental to the main residential dwelling and shares utilities with the main residential dwelling with no separate utility meters.
A graphic device which identifies a business or advertises only the commodities or services offered on the premises where the sign is located .
A public thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.
Anything constructed or erected, which requires location on the ground, or attached to something having a location on the ground, including, but not limited to advertising signs, billboards and poster panels.
Any change in the supporting members of a building, including, but not limited to bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders, or any substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls.
The purpose for which land or building is arranged, designed or intended, or for which either land or building is or may be occupied or maintained.
An unobstructed parcel of land located at the intersection of two streets across which vehicles must be able to see in order to allow safe traffic flow through intersections. Within the visibility triangle no foliage or structures are permitted to be taller than thirty-six (36) inches above the curb grades.
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An establishment for the sampling and retail sale of wine by the bottle and/or glass.
Wine production facility which can entail all processes of wine production as included in a state winery permit.
An open space on a lot unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this article.
Front Yard. The front of a lot shall be considered to be that side of the lot, which fronts on a street. In the case of a corner lot, the narrowest side fronting on the street shall be considered to be the front of the lot. In case the corner lot has equal frontage on two or more streets, the lot shall be considered to front on that street which the greatest number of lots abut.
Yard, Side. An open unoccupied space on the same lot with the building between the main building and the adjacent side of the lot, and extending entirely from the front yard to the rear lot line thereof.
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(Ordinance 635, sec. 2, adopted 11/17/81; Ordinance 673, secs. 3, 6, adopted 10/5/83; Ordinance 843 adopted 12/18/00; Ordinance 849 adopted 11/6/01; Ordinance 999 adopted 1/18/16; Ordinance 1025, secs. 1–2, adopted 10/16/17)