When in conflict, the more restrictive standard shall apply. Design and construction of infrastructure in the City and ETJ shall be consistent with the policies and guidelines established in the most recent versions of the Liberty Hill Comprehensive Plan. Community Sewerage System. A description of the public facilities that will service the proposed development, including who shall provide such facilities; the date any new facilities, if needed, will be constructed; and a schedule to assure that public facilities are available concurrent with the impacts of the development; v. A description of any preservation or dedication of land for public purposes; vi. These procedures are used to establish what is commonly referred to as a legal lot on which development may occur. That the granting of the variance would not substantially conflict with the Comprehensive Plan and the purposes of this Code. B. The Planning and Zoning Commission has the powers and duties of a Planning and Zoning Commission in accordance with Texas Local Government Code 211.007 and 371.042, provided, however, that it serve only in an advisory capacity to City Council. Minor plats, amending plats, or replat may be approved by the City Administrator following an evaluation for plan compliance and technical compliance with this Code. In cases where state or federal laws supersede the Citys requirements, then the applicable state or federal requirements shall apply. For the purposes of these regulations, a minor plat subdivision is defined as a subdivision: Involving not more than five (5) lots fronting on an existing approved street; and, Not involving any new street or prospectively requiring any new street for access to interior property; and, Not requiring extension of public sewage or water lines to serve properties at the rear; and. Surveys and plats submitted for review and Flood Elevation Certificates are required to be referenced to NGVD. The City Administrator or his/her designee shall have the authority to issue a sign violation notice and shall be empowered to enter upon the premises of any person within the City or its extraterritorial jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing the provisions herein. Lot. The City Administrator may approve the temporary use of attention attracting devices that generally conform to the requirements of this Code. The total amount of acreage of raw land. Code Ann. Prior to the subdivision, resubdivision, or development of any land within the City, all plans, and plats plans for infrastructure improvements must first be approved in accordance with regulations specified in Section 3.08 except for: 1. I. See also Subdivider.. Front setbacks adjacent to streets in the Downtown Overlay district shall be similar to the nearest existing adjacent principal structure on the same street. The final grade or elevation of the ground surface conforming to the proposed design. No sign may hereafter be erected, moved, added to, or structurally altered within the City or the ETJ without a permit issued by the City Administrator in conformity with the provisions of this Section and Section 6.12 of this Code. A person commits an offense if the person intentionally alters, defaces, injures, knocks down, or removes or attempts to do so, any sign designating a fire lane which has been erected under the terms of this Code section. COCKTAIL LOUNGE (BAR or TAVERN). A traffic-way including toll roads for through traffic, in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting property or lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same, except as may be permitted by the public authority having jurisdiction over such traffic-way. A site or portion of a site located off of a public road devoted to the loading or unloading of motor vehicles or trailers, including loading berths, aisles, access drives, and landscaped areas. Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundary of such cemetery. B. CAMPGROUND. Typical uses include stockyards and animal sales in auction yards. Electric Sign. The next whole number beyond fifty percent of the members present and voting (e.g., three out of either four or five; four out of either six or seven)[.]. Class 3: Neighborhood and other local commercial and service activities, including but not limited to retail operations, restaurants (without drive-up windows), banks (without drive-up windows), convenience stores (without gasoline sales), offices (over three stories), multifamily and manufactured housing. C. Cooperate with area governmental entities to ensure water quantity. H. Upon submission of an application, the City Administrator will determine whether the application is complete, as described in Chapter 3. An application for Consent Agreement Approval may be approved subject to compliance with requirements of a Consent Agreement. H. A preliminary or final plat, Conditional Use permit, zoning map amendment, or variance request will not be recommended for approval until the application is complete and the information contained within the application is sufficient and correct so as to allow adequate review and a decision on a recommendation by the appropriate review authority. These standards are understood to be the minimum acceptable and more rigorous standards may be required depending on the nature of the development. Any minor plat, replat, amending plat, preliminary plat, or final plat approved pursuant to Subdivision Regulations in effect prior to the date of enactment of this Code that is dormant according to the provisions of Texas LGC 245.005 will expire within three years of the adoption of this Code. Any place, home or institution that receives nine (9) or more children under the age of fourteen (14) years, and not of common parentage, for care apart from their natural parents, legal guardians, or custodians, when received for regular periods of time for compensation, provided that this definition shall not include public or private schools organized, operated, or approved under Texas laws, custody of children fixed by a court of competent jurisdiction, children related by blood or marriage within the third degree to the custodial person, or to churches or other religious or public institutions caring for children within the institutional building while their parents or legal guardians are attending service, activities, or meetings. The City Council may initiate the legal process to obtain an injunction, mandamus, abatement or any other action available in law or equity to prevent, enjoin, abate, correct or remove such unlawful structure, use, or development, or otherwise ensure compliance with this Code. The City Council shall have the authority to hear and grant requests for a variance from the development standards of this Code. PDF W.C.E.S.D.No.4/Liberty Hill Fire For example, a variance might be justified because of topographic, or other special conditions unique to the property and development involved, while it would not be justified due to inconvenience or financial disadvantage. Canopy. City of Round Rock Design and Construction Standards. The following restrictions apply to development applications requiring multiple approvals: 1. Within ten (10) days after a final decision is made by the authority authorized to make the final determination under the requirements of this Code, a copy of the written decision will be sent to the applicant. Community service signs, as approved by the City Council, are exceptions to this definition. If such conforming use is changed to a use otherwise authorized in said zoning district, then such premises may be used thereafter only for a use authorized in the zoning district where the premises are located. If an owner, occupant, or other person repeats the same violation, within a five-year period from the date of the initial violation, it shall be considered to be a repeat of the initial violation and shall be subject to additional penalties and remedies. 6. Design Standards - City of West Liberty Whenever there appears to be an uncertainty, vagueness, or conflict in the terms of the Code, the Manager, in consultation with the staff, city engineer, or city attorney, as may be appropriate, shall make every effort to interpret the Code in such a way that it fulfills the goals of the Comprehensive Plan and the Code. To violate, by act or omission, any term, variance, modification, condition, stipulation or qualification imposed by the City Council or its authorized agents upon any required permit, plat, certificate, or other form of authorization for the use, development, or other activity upon land or improvements thereon. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining sound, stable, and desirable development within the corporate limits of the City, the Official Zoning Map may be amended based upon changed or changing conditions in a particular area or in the City generally, or to rezone an area, or to extend the boundary of an existing zoning district. The build-to line shall be measured from an exterior wall to the property line such that the accuracy of the building placement shall be within a foot, as authorized. Doctor, dentist, veterinarian or other medically related office; or. B. Appeal of an administrative decision may be initiated by any person aggrieved by the administrative decision, in compliance with 211.010 of the Texas Local Government Code. Call (319) 627-2418. A general restaurant may include live entertainment with amplified sound. During said period City Council shall take action it deems necessary to provide municipal protection for ongoing projects from the adverse impact of unanticipated subsequent regulations. The Planning and Zoning Commission will have no authority for final action. To promote and protect the safety of persons and property by assuring that signs do not create traffic hazards or impair motorists ability to see pedestrians, other vehicles, obstacles or read traffic signs; B. 6. The City Council shall make a final decision on any variance request from floodplain or stormwater management regulations. Simultaneous Submission of Related Applications. B. 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. 6. Subdivision, Farmstead. This overlay applies in the area identified as the Downtown Overlay District on the Official Zoning Map. Also, the area between the lot line and the building setback line. The penalties in this section shall be cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies the City may have or pursue. AUTOMOTIVE AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES. I. An integrated grouping of commercial activity, primarily of a retail and personal service nature, in a building complex having the individual establishments joined by a common covered pedestrian mall or walkway. After each application receives final action, the next consecutive application in the Code process will be reviewed for completeness pursuant to the appropriate process. The City Administrator may waive the requirement for installations of a bench mark for subdivisions smaller than 50 acres when at least two benchmarks are located within one-half mile of the proposed subdivision boundaries. 5. The impervious cover standards are essential in order to manage or avoid the adverse problems of excessive quantity and degraded quality of urban stormwater runoff, increased erosion of downstream channels and waterways, reduced interception and absorption of rainfall and runoff by the soil and vegetative cover, increased reradiating of excessive heat from large pavement surfaces, and other related problems that can arise as a result of intensive urban development. Unified Development Code Text Amendment. Any permanent roof-like structure projecting beyond a building or extending from a facade, along and projecting beyond the wall of the building, generally designed and constructed to provide protection from the weather. 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. Any individual historic resource that is significant and contributes to historical, architectural, archeological, or cultural values, which has been identified by the Texas Historical Commission and duly classified. M. Voluntary Compliance. The owner of any premises on which there is displayed or maintained an abandoned sign or abandoned supporting structure shall comply with the following requirements: 1. B. D. New development must occur in a fiscally responsible manner for the City. Ordinance 2019-07, Establishment of Standards for Placement of Small Wireless Facilities; Ordinance 2019-08, Liberty Budget Ordinance FY 2019 - 2020 . Net floor area shall be used for calculating parking requirements. Chapters 211 and 212 of the Texas Local Government Code together with the general police powers of municipalities empower the City to adopt this Unified Development Code. B. C. All corners of subdivisions and points of curvature (P.C.) The City Administrator shall have the authority to remove all signs, without notice to the owners thereof, placed within any street or highway right-of-way, or attached to trees, telephone and utility poles, other natural features or signs otherwise prohibited or not authorized by this Code, and to impound them for a period of fourteen (14) days. Design Guideline Documents | Portland.gov Typical uses include federal, state, county, and city offices. A zoning location, together with all buildings and structures thereon. The Citys current and future streets, sidewalks, alleys, parks, playgrounds, and public utility facilities; and. The notice is deemed delivered when deposited in the United States Postal mail, with postage paid to the last known address of the party responsible for such sign. Comprehensive Drainage Plan. A. Typical uses include sports arenas, racing facilities, and amusement parks. City Hall 409 N Calhoun St West Liberty, IA 52776. The existing configuration of the earths surface including the relative relief, elevation, and position of land features. Member City Website: www.libertyhilltx.gov Region: 10-Highland Lakes-Austin Area County: Williamson Address: PO Box 1920 Liberty Hill, TX 78642-1920 Phone: (512) 778-5449 Council Date: (2 & 4 M 6:30 P.M.) Year Incorporated: Standards for the placement and anchoring of manufactured housing apply in this district. No such extension shall be granted unless fiscal surety, as set forth above, has been provided by the landowner or developer covering the extended period of time. Streets including rights-of-way, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, signalization, and street lighting; B. D. Geometric Design. Manufactured Housing Community (MH2). A binding Site Plan for the Conditional Use Permit must be approved by the City Council in order to approve issuance of a Conditional Use Permit. 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. It may be a loop street or may link local and/or collector streets. A public record of the disposition shall be made and maintained in the appropriate City records. In the absence of any provision to the contrary, the subdivider, developer or applicant shall provide the following improvements, as approved in the construction plans, in conformance with the standards, specifications and requirements of this Unified Development Code: A. Compliance with rules and regulations that were enacted after the application for recognition of vested rights would cause a substantial economic hardship to the developer/property owner that would preclude the capability of completing the project in a reasonable and prudent manner. A person authorized to issue citations for violations as provided in this section may cause to be removed any vehicle found to be in violation. Gross Residential Density. The City shall not provide or connect City water, sewer, or other utility owned or licensed by the City to any property to which the provisions of this Code apply, unless and until the owner of the property, or its agent, is in compliance with the provisions of this Code. J. Also, a strip of land used, or intended to be used, wholly or in part, by said governmental entity. Typical uses include administrative offices, and services including real estate, insurance, property management, investment, personal, travel, secretarial services, telephone answering, photocopy and reproduction, and business offices of public utilities, organizations and associations, or other use classifications when the service rendered is that customarily associated with administrative office services. A lot situated at the intersection of two (2) or more streets. (m) Any land that is dedicated as parkland and is disturbed during construction of the subdivision must be restored by the developer to its original condition or better prior to release of fiscal for the subdivision. The coordinate number and street name assigned to any structure or parcel of land. No Development or permit application may be considered if there is pending subdivision activity for the same tract of land, except for administrative determinations. Any transmission line or electric generating station; or water, sewer, electric, gas, telephone, and television or data cable service line. Application by the property owner of the affected property or its authorized agent. Any sign erected, mounted or displayed prior to the adoption of this subchapter[.]. Site Development and Stormwater Permit Building PermitFee Schedule. Under Canopy Sign. The City Administrator, Building Official, or another designee of the City Council shall not be required to provide notice of intent to suspend or revoke for violations of this Code that cause imminent destruction of property or injury to persons. Redevelopment. Natural Vegetation. C. The landowner or developer of a site development shall post fiscal surety, as provided below, to assure completion of all construction required under this Code following issuance of the site development permit. The financial institution shall be reviewed and approved in advance and the letters of credit or bonds shall conform to forms or criteria approved in advance by the City Council. To act and serve as staff for each review body designated by this Code; and. The use of a site for only one dwelling unit, other than mobile home or modular home. Any waste materials, except garbage, including but not restricted to, paper, rags, boxes, cartons, wood excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery, dust, and the residue from the burning of combustible materials. 2. The manufactured housing base district is a residential district intended to allow HUD-code manufactured housing on subdivided, individually-owned lots, at a maximum density of 6.7 units per acre (minimum lot size 6,500 sf). A piece or tract of land that remains within a subdivision but which that [sic] does not meet the minimum requirements of the Ordinance Code [sic] for a lot and is therefore not useable as a building site. Courtyards may exist between buildings, and buildings may open up to the courtyard; however, the front facade of the building must face the street as described above. The lines bounding a zoning area, as defined herein. A statement that the City Attorney and City Council or its designee shall review progress pursuant to the consent agreement at least once every twelve (12) months to determine if there has been demonstrated good faith compliance with the terms of the consent agreement. Typical uses include driving ranges, miniature golf courses, golf courses, swimming pools, tennis courts, and outdoor racquetball courts. Recent Resolution Regarding Public Improvement Districts (PID). It is the intent of the Comprehensive Plan and this Code to encourage a mix of uses. Typical uses include banks, savings and loan institutions, loan and lending activities, and similar services. What are the current projects going on in Liberty Hill. In many cases, the total number of units that can be placed on a site, after considering the land area needed to accommodate infrastructure and environmental factors (right-of-way, drainage, floodplains, steep slopes, impervious cover limitations, minimum lot size standards, yard setbacks, and maximum lot coverage) will be less than the amount based simply on the maximum development density. E. The Parks and Recreation Board serves as an Advisory group to the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council. Dwelling, Detached. In granting a variance, the City Council shall first review the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and then shall prescribe only conditions that it deems not prejudicial to the public interest. Nursery, Commercial and/or Gardening Supplies Sales. The city was chartered in 1876 and is central to the region's natural . An area of land, building, structure, or object, or a group or combination thereof, including appurtenances and environmental setting which that [sic] may be significant in national, state, or local history, architecture, archeology, or culture. E. General Industrial (I2). Where the projected runoff would exceed capacity based on the standards specified in this Code, the City may require the phasing of development, the use of control methods such as retention or detention, and/or the construction of off-site drainage improvements as means of mitigation.
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