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3. In order to grant a variance from the provisions of this section, the City Council must find that: 1. This section contains standards on lot size, minimum setback requirements, and maximum building heights in order to provide for a variety of housing and land development patterns and to meet the diverse needs of the current and future residents of Liberty Hill, all in a manner consistent with the goals and objectives set forth in the Comprehensive Plan. G. The Planning and Zoning Commission will serve as an Advisory Body to the City Council. Note: Williamson County has review authority in the Citys ETJ until the City and County have entered into an interlocal agreement which defines the authority and procedures otherwise. The City Administrator is responsible for final action on Administrative Plat Reviews. Any act by which soil or rock is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, or relocated including the conditions resulting therefrom. Dilapidated Sign. Private restrictions. Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in wholesaling, storage, distribution and handling of materials and equipment other than live animals and plants. Nonrenewable Resources. Sale or rental of commonly used goods, and merchandise for personal or household use. Action on Plan. Increased stormwater runoff attributable to new development must not exceed the capacity of the downstream drainage systems or adversely affect adjoining property. All lands lying within a measured distance from the top of each bank of a perennial or intermittent stream, intended to protect the stream, its water quality, and riparian habitat. 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. Stream Buffer. To comply with any other duty or responsibility clearly assigned to the City Administrator elsewhere in this Code; 2. The termination of, or termination of an interest in, an easement, right-of-way, or public dedication of land. After receiving an application for recognition of vested rights, the City Administrator shall review the application and approve, deny or request additional information to be provided by the applicant for consideration within twenty (20) working days. A. Applicability. The use of a site for four or more dwellings units intended for separate ownership, together with common area serving all dwelling units. These documents provide standards for the construction of all infrastructure and the proper plan documentation to submit for approval and permit for the construction of such facilities. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF AGRICULTURAL USE TYPES. The applicant shall provide the City Administrator with a completed application together with a permit application review fee required by the City and two (2) copies of any documents applicant is relying upon to establish vested rights. The lines bounding a zoning area, as defined herein. Recommendations regarding the Code text amendments shall be made by the Planning and Zoning Commission. The County's GIS Department develops web based intranet applications to distribute GIS data to County employees via web browsers to increase users access to updated GIS data. The location generally corresponds to the Town Center Plan area in the Comprehensive Plan. The City Council may consider criteria it deems relevant and important in taking final action on the amendment, but shall generally determine that the amendment promotes the health, safety, or general welfare of the City and the safe, orderly, and healthful development of the City. Each day a separate offense. Nonpoint Source Pollution. The property owner shall be responsible for maintaining any vehicular use area in good condition and free of refuse, debris, and vehicles that have not been driven for two weeks or longer, and all landscaping in a healthy and growing condition, replacing it when necessary as specified in the approved site development permit. The City Administrator may request additional relevant material prior to issuing the acknowledgement. Educational institutions of higher learning which offer a course of study designed to culminate in the issuance of a degree as defined by the Education Code of the State of Texas. However, the absence of such a statement shall not be determinative as to whether the ordinance is or is not exempted. Vehicle. C. No building permit or certificate of occupancy may be issued for any parcel or tract of land until such property has received final plat approval and is in conformity with the provisions of this Code, the plat has been recorded, public improvements have been accepted by the City (if applicable), and no private improvements will take place or be commenced except in conformity with these regulations in this Code. GROUP RESIDENTIAL. A sign for which a valid permit has been issued. Sanitary sewer system including utility easements, sanitary sewer lines, manholes, and lift stations. F. Application must be made in a format consistent with requirements determined by the City Administrator. A PUD may be used to permit new or innovative concepts in land use not permitted by other zoning districts in this code or to permit development projects that existing districts do not easily accommodate. Provision of a gross site area as well-designed and appropriately improved open space. 1. 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. BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES. Compared with conventional suburban developments, TNDs have a higher potential to increase modal split by encouraging and accommodating alternate transportation modes. The horizontal distance from the midpoint of the front lot line to the midpoint of the rear lot line or to the most distant point on any other lot line where there is no rear lot line. Moving Message Board. 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. 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. In no case shall building height exceed 35 feet in the Downtown Overlay District. Any permit, certificate or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this Code is null and void. Special conditions may apply in some cases. Temporary real estate signs (commonly referred to as bandit signs) are permitted Friday, Saturday and Sunday only, and must be removed by Monday morning, per TxDoT regulations. Such extension may be granted at any time prior to or within the twelve (12) months preceding the expiration date, but the extension period may not begin later than the original expiration date. B. F. 7,500 sq. Any motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer, or watercraft that is inoperative and left unattended on public or private property; or that has remained illegally on public or private property; or that has remained on public or private property and (a) does not display valid registration plates or (b) displays registration plates of another vehicle. RAILROAD FACILITIES. A preliminary plan approval is required prior to final plat approval, except under certain conditions[.]. A building permit or temporary certificate of occupancy may be required before any structure to be used in conjunction with the temporary use is constructed or modified. Lot, Corner. A. A type of ownership arrangement in which an owner has legal title over a single unit in a multifamily dwelling or nonresidential development and over an equal portion of the land upon which the structure stands. C. Construction or expansion of a building other than a single-family or duplex residential building, with a floor area expansion of more than one thousand (1,000) square feet or more requires a site development permit. Have direct access to an approved public or private street or street right-of-way, as specified in this Code; C. Provide safe parking and fire and police access; and. 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. The first application must be submitted within twelve (18) [sic] months from the date site plan approval is granted. The gross floor area of the building or buildings on a zoning area divided by the total area of such zoning area. Caliper. 1. Review and Approval. Efficiency Unit. The parkland shall be dedicated to the city by general warranty deed, and acceptable evidence of clear title and evidence that all taxes have been paid shall be furnished by the city. The base flood elevation plus one foot. 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. 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. The direction any street or road travels the longest in distance (i.e., north-south or east-west). A sign which is attached directly to the ground or is supported by a sign structure that is placed on or anchored in the ground and is independent from any building or other structure. G. The City Administrator may extend the expiration date of any permit one time for a period not to exceed one (1) year in length. Open Space. To provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this Section[.]. B. Pedestrian/Vehicle Separation. The same as hotel, except it is designed to accommodate any number of guests, the building or buildings are designed primarily to serve tourists traveling by automobile, and ingress and egress to rooms need not be through a lobby or office. Buffer yards shall not be located within existing streets or public rights-of-way. The mediator will coordinate the mediation or other alternative form of resolution with the parties, including the date, time, and place of meetings. Certificate of Occupancy. Land that is unconstrained by such conditions as steep slopes, floodways, floodplains, or adverse soil or water conditions that preclude development, and that does not have a significant environmental resource identified such as wetland, critical environmental features, or critical riparian habitats. Failure to do so shall authorize the City to complete the improvements using the fiscal surety provided by the landowner or developer. If, within fourteen (14) days, the responsible party fails to contact the City Administrator in writing, bring the sign into conformance with this Code, or apply for a permit for the sign, the City Administrator shall have the sign removed or impounded without further notice, and/or shall fine the owner on a daily basis as set forth within this Code. That granting the administrative exception will ensure an equal or better level of land use compatibility than the otherwise applicable standards. I. regulation of signs, hours and other characteristics of operation. Buffering is intended to protect the character and stability of residential areas, to conserve the value of land and buildings of the properties and neighborhoods adjacent to nonresidential developments, and to enhance the visual and aesthetic image of the City of Liberty Hill. A stream which that [sic] has a period of zero flow for at least one week during most years. Residential use types include the occupancy of living accommodations on a wholly or primarily nontransient basis. New developments or improvements of existing developments should consult the City of Liberty Hill or appropriate utility provider for compliance. Failure to appeal within ten (10) days shall cause the final action to be contractually agreed to and the action will become final and unappealable. Site. 3. The standards also serve to implement selected goals and policies identified in the City of Liberty Hills Comprehensive Plan. Any subdivision design and improvement standards adopted by the City pursuant to Texas Local Government Code 212.002 or Texas Local Government Code 212.044, governing plats and subdivision of land within the Citys jurisdiction to promote the health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the City and the safe, orderly, and healthful development of the City. Construction on single-family or duplex lots in existing subdivisions with average lot sizes greater than one-half (1/2) acre or twenty-one thousand seven hundred and eighty (21,780) square feet do not require a site development permit. Community service signs, as approved by the City Council, are exceptions to this definition. The following are wholesaling, storage and distribution use types: Limited Warehousing and Distribution. xi. 2. When a sign requiring a permit under Chapter 6 of this Code is erected without a sign permit, the City Administrator shall use the following procedures. That because of the conditions that create the need for the variance, the application of this Code to the particular piece of property would effectively prohibit or unreasonably restrict the utilization of the property. Any natural or artificial stream, river, creek, ditch, channel, canal, conduit, culvert, drain, waterway, gully, ravine or wash, in and including any area adjacent thereto, which is subject to inundation by reason of overflow or flood water. The Parks and Recreation Board shall be an advisory body to the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council on policies, programs, public and private parks within new developments in Liberty Hills jurisdictional area, and park and recreation facilities that serve the citizens of Liberty Hill. When the City Council determines there is a failure to comply with any term, condition, or requirement that was a condition of the approval of a variance or special use permit, the City Council may direct the City Administrator, City Attorney, or another agent or official to suspend the variance or special use permit pending compliance with the terms, conditions, or requirements under which the variance or special use permit was approved. Resources that are not naturally regenerated. The City Administrator is responsible for final action. An applicant may withdraw any individual application from a group of simultaneously submitted applications. Start of Construction. A public record of the disposition shall be made and maintained in the appropriate City records. Interactive Map Gallery Data and Map Catalogs GIS Data Catalog Approval of Water Quality Controls. Trellises and similar structures which that [sic] do not have solid roofs. Sale or rental of automobiles, noncommercial trucks, motorcycles, motor homes (RVs), recreational vehicles or boats, including incidental storage, maintenance and servicing. 5. Land transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. Land Clearing (or Disturbance). 2. (PRIVATE). General Development Plan. A sign installed on an arm, mast or spar that is also not permanently fastened to an adjacent wall or an upright pole. F. That the proposed use, together with the conditions applicable thereto, will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare or materially injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity. A Planned Unit Development District (PUD) is intended to provide a development that is more sensitive to the natural environment, creates an improved sense of place, or otherwise enhances the standard pattern of development in Liberty Hill. 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. Buffering provides visual screening and spatial separation of two adjoining buildings and areas of intense activity. In the case of adjacent frontage or service roads for state and federally designated highways, the property owner shall dedicate sufficient right-of-way and make authorized improvements in order to provide an adequate road network to serve the development. Upper story residential is a secondary use to a commercial use, where the commercial use is on the first floor and the upper story is used for residential purposes. The City will inspect the construction work as it progresses and will make the final inspection to assure compliance with City requirements; and upon completion of construction, the subdivider shall deliver to the City a one (1) year guarantee of workmanship and materials. Issuance of a site development permit or a final plat for a single-family residential subdivision within the City Limits constitutes approval of a Stormwater Permit for that specific development. In the event an applicant for recognition of vested rights is denied recognition of a vested right by the City Administrator and is aggrieved by such action or by the application of the above requirements, the applicant may appeal the decision of the City Administrator to the City Council by filing a request for appeal with the City Administrator within fifteen (15) calendar days from the date the applicant is notified of the adverse decision or action taken. to meet the open space requirements of the Ordinance Code [sic]; to provide a well site, to provide a sewerage disposal parcel,) or a tract of land that may meet zoning requirements for area, width, depth, etc., but is not intended for development due to environmental constraints, density restrictions or other legal encumbrances. 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. Because zoning only applies to areas within the City limits, these standards are nonbinding guidelines for development in the ETJ. Conversion or expansion of a residential structure to a nonresidential use must apply for and receive a site development permit prior to commencement of construction.