Robstown City Zoning Code
§ 5
“R-1” First one-family dwelling district.
The following regulations shall apply to the “R-1” First One-Family Dwelling District:
A.
Use Regulations:
A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Single-family dwellings.
2.
Church (except temporary revival).
3.
School, public or private, having a curriculum equal to a public elementary, high school, or institution of higher learning.
4.
Public parks, playgrounds, golf courses, public recreation and community buildings.
5.
Municipal buildings, nonprofit libraries or museums, police and fire stations.
6.
Farms, nurseries, truck gardens and greenhouses, provided no sales office is maintained.
7.
Customary home occupations.
8.
Accessory buildings and accessory uses customarily incident to the above uses (not involving the conduct of business), when located on the same lot, including a private garage for one or more cars, bona fide servants’ quarters not for rent or used for commercial purposes, and private club swimming pools except, however, any application for a building permit submitted to the building inspector for the construction of a private club swimming pool shall be referred by the building inspector to the city secretary who shall call a special hearing before the city council in the same manner and procedure as hearings before the board of adjustment.
9.
Signs:
a.
One unlighted sign, which shall not exceed one (1) square foot in area, indicating the name of the occupant or occupation of a customary home occupation, provided the sign is attached flatwise to the building.
b.
One sign, which shall not exceed eighteen (18) square feet, for church or school.
c.
One sign which shall not exceed four (4) square feet in area for temporary unlighted sign pertaining to the lease, hire, or sale of building or premises, provided the sign is immediately removed upon the lease, hire, or sale of such building or premises.
B.
Height Regulations:
No building shall exceed two and one-half (2-1/2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height except as provided in Section 12 hereof.
C.
Area Regulations:
1.
FRONT YARD: There shall be a front yard along the front line of the lot. The minimum depth of such front yard shall be thirty (30) feet.
2.
SIDE YARDS: There shall be a side yard on each side of a building of not less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot, but such side yard need not exceed six (6) feet and shall not be less than five (5) feet.
3.
REAR YARD: The depth of the rear yard shall be at least thirty percent (30%) of the depth of the lot, but such depth need not be more than twenty (20) feet.
D.
Intensity of Use:
Every lot or tract of land shall have an area of not less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet and an average width of not less than sixty (60) feet, except that if a lot or tract should have less area or width than is herein required and its boundary lines along their entire length should touch lands under other ownership on the effective date of this ordinance and shall not have been changed since said date, such parcel of land may be used for a single-family dwelling.
E.
Additional Use, Height and Area Regulations:
Additional use, height, and area regulations and exceptions are found in Section 12 herein.
(Ordinance 305 adopted 4/11/60; Ordinance A-264, sec. I, adopted 8/14/06)