To physically touch or border upon; to share a common property line but not overlap. See ADJOINING LOT OR LAND

A structure detached from the principal building which:

A use of land or of a building or portion thereof customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building and located on the same lot with the principal use.

A lot or parcel of land that shares all or part of a common lot line with another lot or parcel of land. See ABUT

A public service space or roadway providing secondary means of public access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.

A commercial establishment in which dogs or other domesticated animals are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained, or sold, all for a fee or compensation.

See DWELLING, MULTIPLE-FAMILY

A plan that has been granted final approval by the appropriate approving authority.

The use of any building, land area, or other premises for the display and sale of new or used automobiles generally but may include light trucks or vans, trailers, or recreational vehicles and including any vehicle preparation or repair work conducted as an accessory use.

Any building, land area, or other premises, or portion thereof, used for the retail dispensing or sales of vehicular fuels; servicing and repair of automobiles; and including as an accessory use the sale and installation of lubricants, tires, batteries, similar vehicle accessories and sundry items.

Any building or premises or portions thereof used for washing automobiles.

Any building, premises, and land in which or upon which a business, service, or industry involving the maintenance, servicing, repair, or painting of vehicles is conducted or rendered.

That portion of a building between floor and ceiling, which is partly below and partly above grade, but so located that the vertical distance from grade to the floor below is less than the vertical distance from grade to ceiling.

An owner-occupied residence, other than a hotel; which provides temporary sleeping accommodations and a meal only to registered guests of the establishment at no additional cost; and which meets the criteria established for “Bed and Breakfast Home” as stated in Article XXI of the Zoning Ordinance.

An area within the City enclosed by streets and occupied by or intended for buildings; or, if said word is used as a term of measurement, it shall mean the distance along a side of a street between the nearest two streets which intersect said street on said side.

A building other than a hotel, where lodging and meals for five or more persons are served for compensation.

Any structure or building for the support, shelter, and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or movable property of any kind.

The vertical distance from finished grade to the top of the highest roof beams on a flat or shed roof, the deck level on a mansard roof, and the average distance between eaves and the ridge level for gable, hip, and gambrel roofs. In measuring the height of a building, the following structures shall be excluded: chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, penthouses, tanks, water towers, radio and television towers, ornamental cupolas, domes or spires, flagpoles, and parapet walls not exceeding four (4) feet in height.

A line parallel to the street line establishing the minimum required front yard.

A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is located.

Includes retail, commercial and manufacturing uses and districts as herein defined.

It is common practice for an establishment not licensed or permitted by the Texas Alcoholic Beverages Commission to allow patrons to bring their own alcoholic beverages onto the premises for consumption. This practice is often referred to as "BYOB," an acronym for "bring your own beverage."

Land where individuals can camp overnight in tents but where RV’s, trailers, and similar vehicular units are not permitted.

A building or structure, or group of buildings or structures, that by design and construction are primarily intended for conducting organized religious services and associated and accessory uses.

An establishment where patients are admitted for examination and treatment on an outpatient basis by one or more physicians, dentists, or other medical personnel or social worker.

A facility providing entertainment to the public where activities take place indoors or outdoors and which may include rides, games, concessions, and exhibits.

A building used for recreational, social, educational and cultural activities generally owned, maintained and operated by a homeowners association for the enjoyment of resident members.

A commercial activity that:

Any structure which is utilized to provide care to more than six children (exclusive of the natural, foster, or adopted children of the residents of the structure); utilizes persons other than those residing in the structure to provide care; or provides care between 12:00 Midnight and 7:00 A.M.

Any dwelling structure, which is utilized by only the residents of that structure, to provide care for not more than six children (exclusive of the natural, foster or adopted children of the residents of the structure) between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 12:00 Midnight; and which displays a current registration certificate for the provision of child care from the appropriate State Agency.

An operation in which an authorized entity is permitted to manufacture distilled spirits and rectify, purify, and refine distilled spirits, mix liquor, bottle and package finished products and sell to wholesalers and qualified individuals outside this state and import from nonresident seller distilled spirits for manufacturing and rectifying purposes in compliance with state and federal law.

An operation in which an authorized entity is permitted to manufacture distilled spirits and rectify, purify, and refine distilled spirits, mix liquor, bottle and package finished products and sell to wholesalers and qualified individuals outside this state and import from nonresident seller distilled spirits for manufacturing and rectifying purposes in compliance with state and federal law. The operation is authorized to sell distilled spirits to the ultimate consumer for consumption on the licensed premises (up to 3,000 gallons annually) and for consumption off the premises (up to 3,500 gallons annually, no more than two 750 ml bottles to a person in a 30-day period) in compliance with state and federal law.

A section of the city for which the regulations governing the area, height or use of the building are uniform.

Any building or premises primarily engaged in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages such as beer, ale, wine and liquor, for consumption on the premises. Typical establishments include: bars, nightclubs, lounges and dance halls.

See DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY

A building or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied as three or more dwelling units; or which is occupied as the home or residence of three or more families living independently of each other.

A building containing one dwelling unit and that is not attached to any other dwelling by any means and which is occupied by not more than one family.

A building on a single lot containing two dwelling units, each of which is totally separated from the other by an unpierced wall extending from ground to roof or an unpierced ceiling and floor extending from exterior wall to exterior wall, except for a common stairwell exterior to both dwelling units and which is occupied by not more than two families.

One or more rooms, designed, occupied, or intended for occupancy as a separate living quarter.

Any building or premises primarily engaged in the retail sale of prepared food and drink for on-premise or immediate consumption.

Means an electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) simulates smoking by using a mechanical heating element, battery, or electrical circuit to deliver nicotine or other substances by inhalation. The term includes any such device, whether manufactured or distributed, marketed or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe or under any other product name or descriptor.

A family is any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit, in which not more than four individuals are unrelated by blood.

An area of two acres or more, which is used for the growing of the usual farm products such as vegetables, fruit trees and grain and their storage on the area as well as the raising thereon of the usual farm poultry and farm animals such as horses, cattle, sheep and swine including dairy farms with the necessary accessory uses and for treating and storing the produce; provided, however, that the operation of such accessory use shall be secondary to that of the normal activities and provided further that it does not include the commercial feeding of offal or garbage to swine or other animals.

The total horizontal areas of the several floors of a building or structure from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the centerline of a wall separating adjoined buildings or structures, but excluding any space where the floor-to-ceiling height is less than six feet.

An establishment in which food is processed or otherwise prepared for eventual human consumption but not consumed on the premises.

A building other than a hotel, which is occupied only by individuals enrolled in a college or university located within the City and persons to attend the house and supervise the activities of the fraternity or sorority. Except for the attendants, each resident must be a member of a fraternity or sorority that is recognized by the college or university and chartered by a state or national organization.

A game room is a for-profit business located in a building or place that contains six or more amusement redemption machines or electronic, electromechanical, or mechanical contrivances that, for consideration, afford a player the opportunity to obtain a prize or thing of value, the award of which is determined solely or partially by chance, regardless of whether the contrivance is designed, made or adopted solely for bona fide amusement purposes. See Local Government Code section 234.131.

For buildings having walls adjoining one street only.[,] It is the elevation of the sidewalk at the center of the wall adjoining the street; for buildings having walls adjoining more than one street, it is the average of the elevation of the sidewalks at the center of all walls adjoining the street; for buildings having no wall adjoining the street, it is the average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the building; any wall approximately parallel to and not more than five (5) feet from a street line is to be considered as adjoining the street. Where no sidewalk has been constructed, the City Engineer shall establish such sidewalk level or its equivalent for the purpose of these regulations.

See CUSTOMARY HOME OCCUPATION

An institution providing primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients, suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity and other abnormal physical or mental conditions and including, as an integral part of the institution, related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient facilities, training facilities, medical offices and staff residences.

A facility offering transient lodging accommodations to the general public and which may provide additional services, such as restaurants, meeting rooms, entertainment, and recreation facilities.

The Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standard Act, 42 U.S.C.S., Section 5401 et seq., as the same now exists or as is amended.

A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.

A nonprofit, religious, or public use, such as church, library, public or private school, hospital, or government owned or operated building, structure or land used for public purpose.

An [Any] manufactured good, appliance, fixture, furniture, machinery, vehicle, personal property or any other thing or part thereof, whether of value or valueless, that is demolished, discarded, dismantled, dilapidated, or so worn, deteriorated or in such a condition as to be generally unusable and/or inoperable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, anything that is water-soluble, primarily organic or not typically associated with junkyard activities may not be considered junk.

The outdoor use of any lot for the sale, storage, display, dismantling, demolition, abandonment or discarding of junk as defined by this Article.

A school for children of pre-public school age in which constructive endeavors, object lessons, and helpful games are prominent features of the curriculum.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in the landscaping section of Article XXI (Supplemental Regulations) shall have the following meanings ascribed to them, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.

An establishment providing washing, drying or dry cleaning machines on the premises for use by the general public.

A designated parcel, tract or area of land established by plat, subdivision, or as otherwise permitted by law, to be separately owned, used, developed or built upon.

The area of the lot shall be the net area within the lot lines and shall not include portions of streets and alleys.

A lot abutting two or more streets at their intersection or upon two parts of the same street forming an interior angle of less than 135 degrees.

A lot which has a stem, or a narrow strip of land connecting the main property to the street. The stem or strip must be wide enough to meet the subdivision requirement for frontage on a street, but may be less than the required width for the particular zone in which it is situated.

A lot other than a corner lot.

A lot that fronts upon two parallel streets or that fronts upon two streets that do not intersect at the boundaries of the lot.

The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot line on interior lots; between the front and opposite side lot line on corner lots; and between front yard lines on through lots.

A line of record bounding a lot that divides one lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public space. The front lot line shall be the line addressed by the City of Lufkin. The rear lot line shall be the line opposite of that addressed. Any lot line not a front or a rear, shall be a side lot line. Front lot lines shall be determined by the City of Lufkin, if there are two potential front lot lines.

A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the County Clerk, or a parcel of land, the deed for which was recorded in the office of the County Clerk prior to June 18, 1963.

The horizontal distance between the side lines of a lot measured parallel to the front lot line at the minimum required building setback line.

A structure, constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States 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, 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 foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems. The term does not include a recreational vehicle.

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

A use or activity that was lawful prior to the adoption, revision or amendment of the zoning ordinance but that fails by reason of such adoption, revision or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district.

An establishment where patients are admitted for examination and treatment on an outpatient basis by one or more physicians, dentists, or medical personnel or social worker.

Administrative, managerial, service, executive, professional, governmental, educational, research, or similar entities and laboratories, whether for profit or nonprofit, having only limited contact with the public. Entities which benefit from and contribute to an environment of semi-residential nature characterized by low vehicular traffic and pedestrian volumes, lack of distracting, irritating, or sustained noise, and low density of building developments. It has limited activity regarding sales or distribution of merchandise as to be incidental or accessory to the principal permissible use and constitute no greater than twenty percent (20%) of the gross revenue of the office. Uses in which sales are greater than twenty percent (20%) of the gross revenue of the organization are classified as Retail or Wholesale stores.

Any primary use of a premises not specifically listed in the Schedule of Permitted Uses, whereon goods, stock in trade or other commodity is displayed for the purpose of sales and which the display area is greater than 30% of the gross floor area of the principal building.

A recreational facility either Public or Private containing a park or playground.

An area meeting the dimensional requirements prescribed by this ordinance, surfaced with an all-weather surface together with an all-weather surfaced driveway connecting the parking space with a street or alley permitting free ingress and egress. The space shall not be located within a public street or alley, nor shall head-in parking adjacent to a public street or alley, wherein the maneuvering is done on a public street or alley, shall not be classified as off-street parking in computing the parking requirements for any use.

A created surface, such as brick, stone, concrete, or asphalt, placed on the land to facilitate pedestrian or vehicular passage as may be required.

Any person, partnership, firm, company, corporation, tenant, owner, lessee or licensee, agent, heir or assign.

An open, unoccupied space reserved for purposes of access to abutting property.

An association of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated, and whose members must be passed upon and elected as individuals by a committee or board made of members of such club, said association being required to be licensed or permitted by the Alcoholic Beverage Commission of the State of Texas, and as further defined in Article 666-15e of Vernon’s Annotated Penal Code of the State of Texas, as presently written or as the same may be amended or rewritten from time to time hereafter.

A vehicular-type portable structure without permanent foundation that can be towed, hauled, or driven and primarily designed as a temporary living accommodation for recreational, camping and travel use and including, but not limited to, travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers, and self propelled motor homes.

Any lot or parcel of land upon which two or more recreational vehicle sites are located, established, or maintained for occupancy by recreational vehicles of the general public as temporary living quarters for recreation or vacation purposes.

Residences usually occupied by the frail elderly that provide rooms, meals, personal care, and health monitoring services under the supervision of a professional nurse and that may provide other services, such as recreational, social, and cultural activities, financial services, and transportation.

An establishment where horses are boarded and cared for and where instruction in riding, jumping, and showing is offered and where horses may be hired for riding.

See JUNKYARD.

A site for solid waste disposal.

An educational institution authorized by the state to award associate, baccalaureate or higher degrees.

A secondary or higher education facility primarily teaching usable skills that prepare students for jobs in a trade and meeting the state requirements as a vocational facility.

See JUNKYARD.

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.

A nonprofit or for-profit boarding home for the sheltered care of persons with special needs, which, in addition to providing food and shelter, may also provide some combination of personal care, social or counseling services and transportation.

A group of commercial establishments planned, constructed and managed as a total entity with customer and employee parking on-site.

A sign giving the nature, logo or other identifying symbol, address, or any combination of the name, symbol and address of an apartment complex or housing project. The sign shall be located only within a common area associated with the development and shall not be construed to identify an individual lot or occupant of a premises.

A sign that directs attention to a business or profession conducted; or to a commodity or service sold, offered, or manufactured; or to an entertainment offered on the premises where the sign is located.

Permanent sign wherein the entire bottom of the sign is affixed to the ground, not to a building or similar structure.

A sign not exceeding one square foot in area, located on the premises, giving the name or address, or both, of the owner or occupant of a building or premises.

Any sign or structure used for advertising or display purposes promoting or advertising goods or services not sold, manufactured, distributed, nor stored for commercial purposes, on the premises on which said sign or structure is located.

A sign that identifies an institutional use on the premises of which it is located and that contains the name of the institution and general announcements of events or activities occurring at the institution or similar messages. Said sign may include the display of sponsor(s) of the institution provided such display area on each sign face does not exceed 15% of the smallest area that encompasses the name of the institution and the message portion of the sign or 24 square feet, whichever is smaller.

A freestanding sign with visible support structures or with the support structure enclosed within a pole cover or similar device.

A sign pertaining to the sale or lease of the premises, or a portion of the premises, on which the sign is located.

A structure containing separate, individual and private storage spaces of varying sizes leased or rented on individual leases or varying periods of time.

Any vehicular way, whether improved or unimproved, that:

A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and a contiguous street.

Any change in the supporting member of a building, such as a bearing wall, column, beam, or girder.

Any man-made object that needs support and rises more than 2.5 feet above ground level.

A building used for construction purposes or a field office for the sale of real estate.

Enterprises such as circuses, carnivals, rodeos, pony rides and miniature train rides for a maximum period of ten consecutive days.

Any premises for the storage or parking of mass transit vehicles such as buses, shuttles and passenger trains and the loading and unloading of passengers.

Means use of an electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) for nicotine or other substances.

Means any commercial establishment with a significant focus on selling ENDS that derives more than fifty percent (50%) of its annual gross sales from e-cigarettes, vaping products, vapes, vaping implements or any accessories thereto and the sale of other products is merely incidental.

A place where animals are given medical care and the boarding of animals is limited to short-term care incidental to the hospital use.

See JUNKYARD.

An open space between the principal building or buildings and the nearest lot line. The minimum required yard as set forth in the ordinance is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as may be specifically provided in the zoning ordinance.

An open space running parallel to an abutting street(s), which is unoccupied by structures from the ground up except for such projections as are expressly permitted.

An open, unoccupied space on a lot, and being the minimum horizontal distance between rear lot line and the principal building.

An open, unoccupied space on a lot, and being the minimum horizontal distance between the side lot line and the principal building. Any lot line not the rear line or a front line shall be deemed a side line.