The following table delineates the minimum requirements for yards, lot dimensions, building height and area requirements within each zoning district. A lot of record, which on March 17, 1998, had an area or width less than herein required, but not less than 40 feet in width, may be used for a permitted single-family dwelling or a permitted non-residential use, unless the adjacent property is under the same ownership and is undeveloped and could be replatted to make conformity possible.

TABLE 2. SCHEDULE OF YARDS, LOT DIMENSIONS, AND
BUILDING HEIGHT/AREA REQUIREMENTS

All requirements are minimum unless otherwise noted.

Measured in feet unless otherwise specified.

• Maximum height of fire unprotected/protected buildings.

•• Refer to NASA Parkway (NP) district regulations.

••• There is no maximum building height in the office (O) district per city ordinance; this does not, however, relieve developments from having to comply with any applicable Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) height regulations.

•••• R-2 minimum lot area applies to condominium and apartment complexes only, not to patio homes, duplexes or townhouses.

Yards, lot dimensions and building height/area requirements in the PD district shall be established by the approved development plan.

(Ord. No. 10-03, § 1, 6-1-10; Ord. No. 13-10, § 1, 8-6-13; Ord. No. 23-13, § 3, 5-16-23)

In addition to the maximum heights set forth in table 2 of this article, the height of buildings in commercial, multifamily or mixed-use developments within 200 feet of a single-family residential lot line shall not exceed that of a 45-degree sky exposure plane, beginning at a point 14 feet above ground level and ten feet from the nearest single-family residential lot line, and going up one foot in height for every one foot in distance away from said single-family residential lot line, illustrated as follows:

(Ord. No. 10-03, § 1, 6-1-10)

The following shall not be considered to be obstructions when located in the required yards or open space specified:

(1)

In all required yards and open space.

a.

Open terraces not over four feet above the average level of the adjoining ground but not including a permanently roofed-over terrace or porch;

b.

Awnings and canopies;

c.

Steps four feet or less above grade which are necessary to provide access to a permitted building or for access to a building lot from a street or alley;

d.

Chimneys projecting 24 inches or less into the yard, but not occupying more than two percent of the required yard area;

e.

Recreational equipment;

f.

Clotheslines;

g.

Flag poles;

h.

Off-street parking spaces as regulated by table 3, schedule of off-street parking regulations; and

i.

Fences and walls, either structural or nonstructural, not exceeding eight feet in height, and including walls required to be erected as buffers between land uses and districts as regulated by this chapter. In no case shall a fence or wall or other screening device be of a height or placed in such a position so as to cause danger to traffic by obstructing the view. Not withstanding the above no fence or wall greater than four feet in height may be located in a required front yard in an R-1 or R-1A district.

(2)

In front yards. Bay windows, balconies, overhanging eaves or gutters, none of which shall project more than four feet into the required yards, and fences not exceeding four feet in height, except for multi-family developments which are required to have an eight to nine-foot tall steel picket fence in the front yard.

(3)

In side yards. Overhanging eaves or gutters projecting three feet or less into the required yards, but in no case shall such eaves or gutters be closer than one foot to the side lot line. Enclosed, attached, or detached off-street parking structures, when accessory to multiple-family residential projects, but in no case shall such structures be closer than five feet to the side lot line.

(4)

In rear yards. Enclosed, attached, or detached off-street parking structures, greenhouse, open off-street parking spaces, accessory sheds, tool rooms, and similar buildings for domestic or agricultural storage, balconies, breezeways and open porches, one story bay windows, swimming pools, and overhanging eaves or gutters.

(Ord. No. 10-03, § 1, 6-1-10; Ord. No. 13-10, § 1, 8-6-13)

On a reverse corner lot in any district, the rear line of which abuts a lot zoned or designated for residential purposes, no structure or portion thereof shall be located within five feet of any part of said rear lot line. Further, any portion of a structure which is located within fifteen feet of such rear lot line shall observe the same yard requirements on its side street side as are specified by this chapter for the lot which abuts it to its rear.

(Ord. No. 10-03, § 1, 6-1-10)

(a)

On double frontage lots, a minimum front yard shall be required on both streets, provided, however, that when a principal structure on a double frontage lot will back up to a major thoroughfare, the minimum rear yard in a R-1, R1-A or R-2 residentially zoned district may be reduced to 20 feet, when:

(1)

The front and rear yards and building lines therefor are designated on a plat approved by the commission and recorded in the plat records of Harris County, Texas, and a screening device is erected along the entire length of the rear property line of all lots backing up to the major thoroughfare.

(2)

Double frontage lots which abut major thoroughfares shall not be permitted to have driveways or other vehicular access to the major thoroughfare. In such cases all access shall be from the interior minor street.

[(b)

Reserved.]

(Ord. No. 10-03, § 1, 6-1-10)