Each buildable residential lot has a Maximum Lot Cover, expressed as a percentage, which represents the maximum percent of impervious surface area allowed on a lot within each particular Zoning District. A bona fide intrafamily transfer means a transfer to a member of the owners immediate family of a portion of the owners property for the purpose of establishing a residence for that family member. Any base zoning district in the downtown overlay can be conditionally upzoned to C-2, following the procedures and criteria for a conditional use permit. 1. A. Applicability. Comprehensive Utility Plan. Nonresidential subdivisions and residential subdivision of four or fewer single-family lots shall not be subject to the parkland dedication requirements of this section. D. New development must occur in a fiscally responsible manner for the City. The average horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured at right angles to the lot depth from the required front yard setback and from the required rear yard setback or from the rearmost point of the lot depth in cases where there is no rear lot line. A Wireless Transmission Facility (WTF) is permitted in accordance with Table 4-4. G. Appeal of an administrative decision must be made to the BOA in a format acceptable to the BOA. Wall area. Net Yield. Such uses are subject to all other applicable regulations of this Code. SAFETY SERVICES. To engage in any development, use, construction, remodeling, or other activity of any nature in any way inconsistent with any approved plan, plat, permit, certificate, or other form of authorization granted by the City for such activity. Property that touches or is directly across a street from the subject property. Harmonious with the public interest. All new territory hereinafter annexed to the City shall have the Agriculture (AG) zoning district classification. Increased stormwater runoff attributable to new development must not exceed the capacity of the downstream drainage systems or adversely affect adjoining property. The building height shall be measured from finished grade to the highest point on a flat roof or a mansard or the midpoint between the cornice and the eave on a pitched roof. Every building erected (or moved) and every lot platted for development must conform to the following minimum requirements: A. Abandoned Vehicle. Completeness. C. Once consideration of an application has continued past the standard review period and is eligible for final action upon request of the applicant, the applicant may request in writing a final action decision from the final action authority. More Information Any questions regarding the Design Criteria and Technical Specifications, public works projects, or this process should be directed to the Engineering Division at 816.439.4500. Interpretation of the Code. A self-illuminated or externally illuminated sign or sign structure in which electric wiring, connections and/or fixtures are used, as part of the sign, to provide illumination. Vehicular access shall be provided in such manner as to protect the safety of persons using such access or traveling in the public street from which such access is obtained. Maximum Development Density. No special action or hearing will be required for zoning upon annexation into the Agriculture (AG) district. C. Final Plat Application Requirements. PARK AND OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION SERVICES. Rotating Sign. Cemetery, Crematoria, Mausoleums, Memorial Parks, (Ordinance 14-O-11 adopted 4/14/14; Ordinance 15-O-04 adopted 1/26/15). Development in the City must occur in compliance with all regulations of this Code. How do I sign up to be a vendor at Liberty Hill's festivals? Divisions of land created by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Clearing. Utilities for electric and telephone service and associated utility easements shall be installed in conformance with the terms and regulations of the provider of said utility[.]. As used herein, utility shall include, but not be limited to, electric, gas, or telephone companies and water and sanitation districts. Any sign not permanently affixed to a building or structure, or not permanently attached to a mobile vehicle. 3. Within five days of receiving an application for a sign permit or for a Master or Common Signage Plan, the City Administrator shall review it for completeness. Generally a PUD is understood as a parcel of land or contiguous parcels of land of a size sufficient to create its own environment, controlled by a single landowner or by a group of landowners in common agreement as to control, to be developed as a single entity, the environment of which is compatible with adjacent parcels and the intent of the zoning district or districts in which it is located; the developer or developers may be granted relief from specific land use regulations and design standards, and may be awarded certain premiums in return for assurance of any overall quality of development, including any special feature which that [sic] will be of exceptional benefit to the community as a whole and which that [sic] would not otherwise be required by this Ordinance Code [sic]. Campground facilities providing camping and/or parking areas and incidental services for travelers in recreational vehicles or tents. The growing of horticulture and floricultural specialties, such as flowers, shrubs, or trees intended for ornamental or landscaping purposes, but excluding retail sales. Plans for the improvements required by this Chapter shall be prepared and approved in accordance with the provisions contained herein and certified for accuracy and completeness by a registered professional engineer licensed by the State of Texas. Granting of a variance in one case does not set a precedent for a subsequent case. A. Any accessory use may be permitted provided there is association with a primary use that may be permitted in accordance with Section 4.8 [sic] of this Code. Preserve and protect waterways and floodplains. 2. B. TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL. B. no progress has been made towards completion of the project, as defined in Texas Local Government Code 245.005. Any building, structure, or use lawfully existing at the time of passage of this Code, although not in compliance therewith, may be maintained as provided in Chapter 4, Zoning, Section 4.14, Nonconforming Uses. The lawful use of land existing at the time of the passage of this Section of the Code, although such use does not conform to the provisions hereof, may be continued, but if said nonconforming use is discontinued for a period of time in excess of six (6) consecutive months, any future use of said premises shall be in conformance with the provisions of this Code. Approved zoning changes shall be entered on the Official Zoning Map by the City Administrator and each change shall be identified on the Map with the date and number of the Ordinance making the change. Notice shall be required for review of an application as shown in the following table. What are the current projects going on in Liberty Hill. The Mayor and City Council for the City of Liberty Hill. The Downtown Overlay District (O-D) is intended to create a pedestrian-friendly environment, enable a mixture of uses, promote higher residential density, and ultimately create a vibrant area as a gathering place for the community. B. Buffer requirements can be applied within the required setback spaces and can be used to satisfy any landscaping requirements of this Code. Minimum Lot Area is the minimum amount of square footage allowed within a lot, based on its zoning district classification. 2. The Future Land Use Map should be consulted for areas located outside of the current City Limits of Liberty Hill in order to determine the recommended use(s) of land for a specific area. Upon completion of installation and construction of all required improvements, the landowner or developer may seek acceptance of all public improvements by the City by submitting the required number of copies of as-built plans and a one- (1-) year maintenance bond as specified in the terms and conditions above. The interpretation given by the Manager shall be final unless an appeal is made by the applicant to the City Council or Board of Adjustment to review and overturn his decision. All other words and phrases shall be given their common, ordinary meaning, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. If such a resolution is not adopted by the City Council, then the authority of the City Administrator to set aside standard review periods for this exception is no longer valid. This section provides specific approval criteria for the following policy-related applications: A. Applicability. Denial or disapproval of any concurrently submitted application shall prevent consideration of any related applications unless and until the denied or disapproved application is resolved or approved. Completion of a preapplication conference does not imply or indicate subsequent City approval of the permit or application. 2. Recommendations regarding the Code text amendments shall be made by the Planning and Zoning Commission. lot area per living unit in MH2 districts and minimum 15' side separation between homes. The final grade or elevation of the ground surface conforming to the proposed design. Park land in accordance with parkland dedication requirements. CONVALESCENT SERVICES. Phased Project. Land-Based Aquaculture. B. Predominantly spectator uses conducted in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Administrative decisions. Comprehensive Drainage Plan. If the City is unable to deliver written notice to the responsible party, a telephone call shall be made by the City Administrator or his designee, date and time recorded, informing the owner of the premises on which the sign is located that on a set day, a fine shall commence to be assessed to the owner of the sign for each day of the violation until the sign(s) are removed. Any tract, lot or parcel of land or combination of tracts, lots or parcels of land, which are in one ownership, or are contiguous and in diverse ownership and where development is to be performed as part of a unit, subdivision, or project as shown on an application. C. Approval Criteria. Submission requirements for administrative exceptions will be developed by the City Administrator but applications must include an affidavit from the owners or authorized agents of any property abutting the area subject to the administrative exception attesting to the applicants exception. They must be reviewed and approved before any final action may be taken by the City Administrator or the developer. The City may require the phasing of development, and/or the construction of improvements to maintain adequate fire protection. Use of Property. It does not include any space with a dimension of less than ten (10) feet in any direction or an area of less than one hundred (100) square feet. Substantial improvement occurs when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences. Repairs or modifications required under the City Construction Code shall not entitle the owner of the Nonconforming Sign to compensation under this Subchapter. All monuments and control points shall be placed by a licensed land surveyor, and must be in place prior to the installation of any roadway improvements. An outdoor facility or enclosed building that receives municipal solid waste and/or rubble from collection vehicles and reloads the materials into trailers or other containers for the purpose of transporting it to a processing or final disposal facility. The submittal shall contain the following information as part of the site plan: A. Global Positioning System - a technology used to identify exact geographical coordinates for use in surveying and planning. If the City Administrator fails to establish review periods for each procedure, the default review period will be ninety (90) days unless State law imposes a shorter period, in which event the shorter period will prevail. The total number of units allowed (not yet permitted) based on the Preliminary Yield and Lot Standards for a tract. 5. (If the City Administrator does not approve such a plat, the plat must automatically be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Commission under the Subdivision Plat Review procedure.). On-site Wastewater permits shall be required from Williamson County for any development that applies for a development permit and wishes to use a septic tank or similar type of on-site wastewater system. E. Basis for Appeal. Wireless Transmission Facilities are allowed, without a Conditional Use Permit, on existing towers or tanks, utility, lighting standard, sign support or other appropriate structures provided that the antenna or related equipment or structures do not exceed, by 10 feet, the lesser of the height of the structure or the height limits of the highest permitted structure in the district in which it is located. Criteria for Review and Required Findings. Ongoing consideration of an application beyond the standard review period allows a review body or the final action authority to work in good faith with the applicant to make changes, modifications, and corrections in order to continue consideration of an application that might otherwise be disapproved without the changes, modifications, or corrections. The nature of the permitted uses and scale of buildings are intended to blend with adjacent and nearby properties without causing adverse visual or environmental impacts. Street. The BOA will determine whether the appeal is complete. C. Approval Criteria (PUD). A single-family dwelling constructed as part of a series of dwellings, all of which are either attached to the adjacent dwelling or dwellings by party walls or are located immediately adjacent thereto with no visible separation. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF RESIDENTIAL USE TYPES, GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COMMERCIAL USE TYPES, GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF INDUSTRIAL USE TYPES, PARK AND OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION SERVICES, GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF AGRICULTURAL USE TYPES, Dwelling, Multiple-family (also multifamily), Motel, Motor Court, Motor Hotel, Lodge, or Inn, Nursery, Commercial and/or Gardening Supplies Sales, Planned Development or Planned Unit Development (PUD), Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND). The Comprehensive Plan of The City of Liberty Hill, as approved by the City Council, including any amendments. Hereafter, no building or structure shall be erected, demolished, remodeled, reconstructed, altered, enlarged, or relocated in the City of Liberty Hill except in compliance with the provisions of this Code; and then only after securing all required permits and licenses. Day. To the extent it is practicable, monuments should be installed in locations that will prevent disturbance or destruction of the monument by construction activities. Projecting Sign. Typical uses include liquor stores, bottle shops, or any licensed sale of liquor beer or wine for off-site consumption. A strip of land having vegetation that provides habitat and a safe passageway for wildlife. The City shall not issue a building permit or certificate of occupancy required by any City ordinance for any land located within the jurisdictional limits to which this Code applies, until and unless the owner of the property, or its agent, is in compliance with the requirements of this Code. Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District. A. By submitting an application to the City, the applicant consents to entry upon the site by the City or its representatives during regular business hours for the purpose of making reasonable inspection to verify information provided by the applicant and to verify that work is being performed in accordance with the approved plans and permits and the requirements of this Unified Development Code. Educational Facilities. The applicant has sufficiently and legally established any other factor that may demonstrate vested rights under State or Federal law. Additionally, as provided in subsection (g) of this section, this section shall not apply to the types of ordinances, or other governmental action, enumerated in VTCA Local Government Code 245.004 or exempt from the requirements of Local Government Code 43.002. For those contributions and improvements beyond the developers pro-rata participation, the City may either credit the developers future fiscal posting or reimburse the developer out of City funds or funds allocated from other area landowners contributions for those specific improvements. 3. One room, or rooms connected together, constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for human occupancy, or rental or lease on a weekly, monthly or longer basis, and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure, and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities. Any previous written interpretations. Plat, Preliminary. E. The platting or subdivision of any lot or any parcel of land, by the use of GPS as a substitute for metes and bounds for the purpose of sale, transfer, lease or development is prohibited. Indoor Entertainment. K. Maximum of 8 living units in a row, per building. C. The City Engineer will review and make either a report or recommendation to the City Administrator, Planning and Zoning Commission or City Council on the following procedures, subject to the terms and conditions set forth for such procedures in this Code: D. The City Engineer shall comply with any specific procedures or technical criteria described in this Code. The duration shall be established by the City Administrator at the time of approval of the temporary use permit. Buffer yards shall not be located within existing streets or public rights-of-way. You may come into the Development Services Center at 17575 Peak Avenue and buy a binder for $20, or you can download the Design Standards and Standard Details below at no cost. Application and permit types can be categorized as (A) Policy- and Legislative-Related Applications and Permits, (B) Subdivision-Related Applications and Permits, or (C) Development-Related Applications and Permits. Fixed Projection Sign. Final plats are technically complete versions of an already approved preliminary plat. The GIS interface for the City is ArcView (an ESRI Product). The guarantee shall be either in the form of a one (1) year warranty bond executed by a corporate surety licensed to do business in the State of Texas, conditioned that the improvements are free from defects in materials and workmanship, or an irrevocable letter of credit from a financial institution authorized to do business in Texas, and approved by the City Administrator, committing funds for the correction and repair of any defects in materials or workmanship. This district is further intended to encourage efficient utilization of land, affordable housing opportunities, and open space preservation. Construction Plans. The certificate issued by the City Administrator or designee that permits the use of a building or premises in accordance with the approved plans or permits and the provisions of law for the use and occupancy of the building in its several parts, together with any special stipulations or conditions of the building permit. In such a case the burden shall be on the applicant to prove that the Administrators interpretation is unreasonable and in clear conflict with the governing law and the goals of the Comprehensive Plan. A lot other than a corner or reversed corner lot. The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of the building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls, or from the centerline of walls separating two buildings but excluding areas where the floor to ceiling height is less than six (6) feet. Any person who violates any provision of this Code is subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or more as permitted by law, for each act of violation and for each day of violation. 2. Supermajority. Building Height. Any electrical sign having a continuous message flow across its surface by utilizing lights or other electrical impulses that form various words and/or designs, including but not limited to time and temperature signs. Right-of-way. This is allowed with a Special Use Permit. A sign with flashing, blinking or moving lights, regardless of wattage, whether directly or indirectly illuminated, except for time and temperature signs. 3. A. Light trespass reduces everyones privacy, degrades the enjoyment of the night sky, and higher energy use results in increased costs for everyone. Commercial Off-Street Parking. D. The BOA review process will be required for any permit or application that requires final action from the BOA, as described in this Code. A historic resource comprised of 2 or more properties which that [sic] are significant as a cohesive unit and contribute to historical, architectural, archeological, or cultural values, which has been identified by the Historic Preservation Commission and duly classified pursuant to the procedures of the Texas Historical Commission. E. General Industrial (I2). D. Light Industrial/Warehousing (I1). All Nonconforming Signs that were erected in violation of the ordinances of the City in existence at the time the sign was permitted or should have been permitted, and which violation was or has not been cured, shall, upon written notice, be required to be brought into compliance with this Section or removed within a reasonable time frame specified by the City Administrator, but not to exceed 30 days. Postal Facilities. Residential lots with frontage on an arterial street shall also have frontage on a local street so that such lot(s) have vehicular access to a local street and not only to an arterial. C. No change of any nature shall be made on the Official Zoning Map or matter shown thereon except in conformity with procedures set forth in this Code. DETENTION SERVICES. Landscape. Net site area can include floodplains in the calculations (except for areas above the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone) if floodplains are used as public space for such uses as public open space, parks, or hike and bike trails. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. Sale or rental of automobiles, noncommercial trucks, motorcycles, motor homes (RVs), recreational vehicles or boats, including incidental storage, maintenance and servicing. B. 2. Failed loading. A. The purpose of this Chapter is to establish application procedures, internal review procedures, public notice and hearing procedures, and review criteria for the processing of applications and actions that affect the development and use of property subject to the jurisdiction of the City of Liberty Hill. The penalties in this section shall be cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies the City may have or pursue. To establish a permit system to allow a variety of types of signs in commercial and industrial zones and a limited variety of signs in other zones, subject to the standards and the permit procedures of this Section.[;]. Side Yard, Interior. Gross Floor Area. Any use of land, buildings, or structures, lawfully existing at the time of the enactment of this Code, or of any amendment hereto, governing use for the zoning district in which such use is located, which does not comply with all regulations of this its [sic] amendments. Criteria for Approval. These signs must be removed within seven days after the property is sold or leased; 3. The City assumes no project design or engineering responsibility. Establishments or places of business engaged in retail sale for consumption off the premises of alcoholic beverages. To prohibit all signs not expressly permitted by this Section; and, 5.
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