Temporary signs for special events such as charitable, church, or community activities. Transportation Facilities. All structures and the site as a whole shall meet all applicable building Code, zoning district, and fire Code standards and shall be promptly removed upon the cessation of the use or event. Payment of a fine shall be considered admission of a violation for the purposes of a repeat violation. Responsibility for Final Action. Increased stormwater runoff attributable to new development must not exceed the capacity of the downstream drainage systems or adversely affect adjoining property. The applicant proceeded in good faith, and no approvals or permits have lapsed or been revoked; and. Stream Buffer. Before the City initiates the process for suspension or revocation of a permit or other form of approval pursuant to this Code, the City Administrator or Building Official or another designee of the City Council shall give written notice of intent to suspend or revoke via certified mail, return receipt requested. RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY. A structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is three hundred and twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems. Minimum side setbacks may be waived for one side for zero lot line residential subdivisions (one side of each lot shall adhere to the minimum setback requirements in such case), C. Minimum side yard and back yard and lot area requirements may be modified using PUD in a mixed-use development. To change the runoff characteristics of a parcel of land in conjunction with residential industrial, commercial, or institutional construction or alteration. If the landowner or developer of a subdivision decides or elects to post fiscal surety in lieu of completing construction prior to final plat approval, the landowner or developer may utilize one of the following methods of posting fiscal surety. E. General Permit Procedures. The Planning and Zoning Commission will have no authority for final action. Revisions to this standard shall only be considered with respect to fire protection capability. A sign that is freestanding and whose primary purpose is to give directions to parking lots, exits, entrances, drive-through windows or similar locations. The owner of an impounded sign may recover the same upon payment of an impoundment fee for each sign, and all costs associated with the removal of the sign, prior to the expiration of the fourteen (14) day impoundment period; in the event the sign is not claimed and retrieved from the Citys possession within fourteen (14) days, the City Administrator shall have authority to dispose of such sign. Shopping Center. Divisions of land created by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Impervious surfaces on a lot include buildings, driveways, garages, porches, patios, private walks, accessory buildings, and any other impervious surfaces constructed on the lot. An open area within a residential development reserved for the exclusive use of residents of the development and their guests. Significantly Eroding Areas. Equipment Repair Services. Plat. However, the minimum setbacks shall remain for at least one side of the lot. C. All corners of subdivisions and points of curvature (P.C.) For example, in areas where the Future Land Use Map indicates Medium Density Residential Development, but also reflects Duplex Residential, Mixed Use and Neighborhood Commercial Districts, a developer is encouraged to consider utilizing Duplex Residential and Commercial development within proposed development in that area. These standards are also supplemented by standards found in other sections of this Code. The passage or movement of water into the soil surface. A public or private right-of-way which that [sic] affords a primary means of vehicular access to abutting property, whether designated as a street, avenue, highway, road, boulevard, lane throughway, or however otherwise designated, but does not include driveways to buildings. 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. In the sixty (60) day period prior to September 1st of each year, any person may provide a request for amendment to the Code to the City Secretary. 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. C. A development for which an approval or permit has been issued pursuant to this Code shall be considered to be in process as set forth below: D. A complete building permit application has been submitted or, if no building permit is required, a certificate of occupancy has been issued. The next whole number beyond a specified percent greater than fifty percent (e.g., two-thirds or three-fourths). Construction that involves paving or other impervious surface alteration of seventy-five hundred (7,500) square feet or more, or modifications to a drainage channel or storm drain or pipe or other storm drainage feature with a drainage area, whether on site or off site, equal to five (5) acres or more, and that does not join or abut a public right-of-way requires a site development permit. Community Sewerage System. Height. Q. Any monuments disturbed or destroyed during roadway construction shall be reestablished in conformance with the provisions of this Code by a licensed land surveyor. C. Responsibility for Final Action. Wall area. The City Administrator shall place the appeal on the next agenda of the City Council and the City Council shall hold a hearing on the appeal and make its ruling within thirty (30) days from the date the hearing is held by the City Council. (Impervious Cover calculations are based on the Net Site Area.). Any person, including a workman on the site, who fails to comply with a stop work order, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in this Chapter of the Code. B. If the landowner or developer elects to construct the required improvements prior to recording of a subdivision plat, after such plat has been approved, all such construction shall be inspected while in progress; in addition, the construction must be approved upon completion by the City Administrator or his designee. B. Any Nonconforming Sign that has been destroyed or damaged to the extent that the cost of repairing the sign is more than 50 percent of the cost of erecting a new sign shall be removed or shall be brought into compliance with this Chapter within six months from receipt of an order from the City Administrator. The City Engineer as referenced in this Code is acting as agent for the City Administrator, and shall have the powers specified in this Code only to the extent that the Engineer is expressly delegated those powers by the City Administrator. Property that touches or is directly across a street from the subject property. A certificate by the City Administrator or his designee that the construction conforms to the plans and specifications and the standards contained in or referred to in this Code must be presented to the City Council by the landowner or developer prior to approval of the final plat. A use providing professional or consulting services in the fields of law, architecture, design engineering, accounting, and similar professions. 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. Density. Net Site Area is the aggregate of: 100 percent of land with a gradient of 15% or less; 40% of the land with a gradient of more than 15% and not more than 25%; and. The multifamily district is intended to allow smaller and more financially-accessible dwelling units than the SF districts. The temporary use shall not cause undue traffic congestion or safety concerns, as determined by the City Engineer, given anticipated attendance and the design of adjacent streets, intersections and traffic controls. A use located in a permanent or temporary building and providing regular organized religious worship and religious education incidental thereto, but excluding private primary or private secondary educational facilities, community recreational facilities, and parking facilities. B. E. Site Orientation. Streets including rights-of-way, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, signalization, and street lighting; B. The following are automotive and equipment use types: Automotive Washing. L. Recordation. I. Anything constructed or erected, other than a fence or retaining wall, which requires location on the ground or if attached to something having a location on the ground, including but not limited to, buildings, advertising boards, poster boards, mobile homes, manufactured homes, gas and liquid storage tanks, garages, barns, and sheds. Could not expand node. Development or permit applications may generally be considered concurrently. If the City Administrator determines the Administrative Plat does not meet the approval criteria, the applicant may request that the application be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Commission for its review and for its recommendation to City Council, which will take final action. 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. Each variance request will be judged on its own merit based on subparagraph (b) [B] below. This district is intended to control and guide the development of commercial uses in downtown Liberty Hill. The lines bounding a zoning area, as defined herein. 1. Banners and Balloons. O. No Person shall alter an abandoned sign or supporting structure without first obtaining a permit to do so from the City Administrator. Campground facilities providing camping and/or parking areas and incidental services for travelers in recreational vehicles or tents. The horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot measured at the narrowest width within the first thirty (30) feet of lot depth immediately in back of the front yard setback line. Building Permits - Nothing in this Code shall require any change in plans, construction, size or designated use of any building, structure or part thereof that has been granted a building permit prior to the effective date of this Code, or any amendment to this Code, provided construction shall begin consistent with the terms and conditions of the building permit and proceed to completion in a timely manner. 1. Typical uses include hotels, motels and inns. Lot Width. C. Building Setbacks. Trees that must be moved during a fire prevention operation. The weighted sound pressure level obtained by the use of the sound level meter and frequency-weighting network, as specified in the American National Standards Institute specifications. Any minor plat, replat, amending plat, preliminary plat, final plat, concept plan (approved pursuant to previous Subdivision Regulations) or Detailed Development Plan (approved pursuant to previous Subdivision Regulations) that is dormant in accordance with the provisions of Texas Local Government Code 245.005 will expire within the provision for expiration described in the most current version of Texas Local Government Code 245.005. The duplex or two-family district is intended to provide opportunities for two attached single-family residences at a maximum density of 8 units per acre. Story. Flat Sign. It also includes, but is not limited to, the activities of feeding, housing, and maintaining of animals such as cattle, dairy cows, sheep, goats, hogs, horses, and poultry and handling their by-products. Each Zoning District has a maximum number of dwelling units per acre that can be placed on a tract. Exception can be granted by the City Administrator if an acceptable replacement plan is provided. These Standards establish uniform requirements to promote the public safety, welfare, convenience, aesthetics and economical maintenanceof public and private improvements. 3. 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)[.]. Subdivision means the division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots, plats, sites, or other division of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or of building development provided that this definition of a subdivision shall not include a bona fide division or partition of agricultural land not for development purposes. Agricultural use types include the on-site production of plant and animal products by agricultural methods. G. Any plat that requires a waiver from Subdivision Design and Improvement Standards, any utility dedication, or any dedication of land must be reviewed as a preliminary plat by the Planning and Zoning Commission. 1. To render advice and guidance, upon reasonable request of any property owner, or its agent, or occupant, on development or new construction or the restoration, alteration or maintenance of any building within the City. All construction of public infrastructure shall be designed and submitted to the office of the City Engineer according to the requirements set forth in the City of Liberty Design Criteria and Technical Specifications. A bar preventing one from making an allegation or a denial that contradicts what one has previously stated as the truth. Conditions and proposed decisions regarding rezoning shall be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Industrial Park. Based on the design engineer s certification of compliance with all applicable City, State and Federal regulations, the wastewater portion of the plans and specifications contained herein have been reviewed and are found to be in compliance with the requirements of the City of Liberty Hill Perry C. Steger, P.E. Contributing Zone. Adjustment of Numerical Standard. However, the City Engineers review is limited to facts as presented on submitted plans. C. It shall be unlawful to offer and cause to be recorded any Preliminary Plat of land within the City limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of Liberty Hill with the County Clerk by any party other than the City Administrator or another duly authorized representative of the City of Liberty Hill. DETENTION SERVICES. CULTURAL SERVICES. If greater than fifty (50) percent and less than the total, the City Council, may grant a permit for repair after public hearing and having due regard for the property rights of the persons affected when considered in the light of the public welfare and the character of the area surrounding the designated nonconforming use and of the conservation and preservation of property. 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 uses permitted within this district are meant to serve the retail and personal service needs of residents in adjacent and nearby neighborhoods (1/4 to 1/2 mile). A summons or notice may be issued by any police officer or code enforcement officer employed by the City of Liberty Hill, an employee designated by the Fire Marshal, or an employee of the City authorized to issue tickets for parking violations. Other activities, including outdoor processing of materials, storage of materials, and display of products are subject to conditional use standards for potential nuisance mitigation. The Letter of Regulatory Compliance certifies that specific uses of land and any new development is in compliance with the requirements of these development regulations. The applicant shall present sufficient evidence and have the burden to justify a reversal of the action being appealed. A Soil Conservation and Water Quality Plan prepared by the Soil Conservation District. The provisions of this Code shall be interpreted and applied as the minimum requirements for the promotion of public health, safety, and general welfare. Class 2: Offices (3 stories or less), churches, schools, public facilities including playgrounds, ball fields, community swimming pools, and similar facilities, day care facilities. Any matter or material that yields an odor which that [sic] most persons find to be offensive. Any boundary of a lot that is not a front lot line or a side lot line but generally running parallel to, and opposite of, a front lot line. Applications submitted to the City for consideration of a permit for construction. 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: See Rules of Measurement. 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. Any animated, rotating, fluttering or nonstationary device made of flexible materials designed to attract attention. Minor Plat, Final Plat or Amending Plat. That the conditions that create the need for the variance do not generally apply to other property in the vicinity. PAWN SHOP SERVICES. S. Prior to filing an appeal with a competent court of record, any party to an appeal may request that alternative resolution of the dispute be attempted. B. The City Council shall make a final decision on any variance request from floodplain or stormwater management regulations. B. The careful and planned removal of trees, shrubs, and plants using specific standards and protection measures under an approved forest conservation plan. The City of Round Rocks Design and Construction Standards shall apply for all public facilities within the City limits and ETJ of Liberty Hill. All required fees shall be made payable to The City of Liberty Hill, by local check, money order, or cashiers check. Fiscal surety is for the purpose of securing the estimated cost of completing capital improvements, should the City find it necessary to complete the improvements instead of the landowner or developer. A historic district includes all property within its boundaries, and may overlay any zoning district. The Planning and Zoning Commissions authority extends to and includes review and recommendation of the following: 8. 3. 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 landowner or developer shall be required to comply with all the requirements for Fiscal Surety relating to Construction and Maintenance as detailed in Chapter 7. For developments planning to utilize on-site treatment systems, please consult the Williamson County rules for On-site treatment standards. 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. Lodging services involving the provision of room and/or board. C. Compatibility with existing or permitted uses on abutting sites, in terms of building height, bulk, scale, setbacks and open spaces, landscaping and site development, and access and circulation features. The length of all the property fronting on one side of a street between the two nearest intersecting streets, measured along the line of the street; or if dead-ended, then all of the property abutting on one side between an intersection street and dead end of the same. 1. On a through lot, both street lines shall be deemed front lot lines. B. A type of multifamily housing. F. One permanent benchmark must be installed and referenced to the North American Datum 1983 and the State Plane Coordinate System (Texas State Plane grid coordinates, Central Zone, Feet). Part of a building between any floor and the floor next above, and if there be no floor above, then the ceiling above. B. A special district that is placed over the base zoning area which imposes additional restrictions. A use providing meeting, recreational, or social facilities for a private or nonprofit association, primarily for use by members and guests. Family. Establishments primarily engaged in research of an industrial or scientific nature but excluding product testing. Useable open space available for use by the occupants of more than one dwelling unit; controlled and maintained by a property owner or an incorporated nonprofit homeowners association; or dedicated in fee to, and maintained by, a public agency and devoted to use by residents who will occupy the dwellings. The landowner or developer shall complete all such improvements specified or referenced in the subdivision plat or site development permit and the construction plans for the same, within one (1) year from the date of final plat approval or site development permit issuance unless granted an extension by the City. F. No tree shall be planted in a public right-of-way without prior authorization from the City Administrator and any other applicable entity (e.g., Williamson County, TxDoT). RAILROAD FACILITIES. Adult Arcade means a movie arcade, game arcade, or other business that primarily offers still or motion pictures or games that emphasize specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas. Reject the sign permit if the sign(s) that is the subject of the application fails in any way to conform to requirements of the Section and the applicable Master or Common Signage Plan. Future ordinances. 2. Marquee Sign. Is clearly incidental and secondary to the principal use of the dwelling; 3. The construction or substantial alteration of open lands, or agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, or transportation facilities or structures including any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to buildings and other structures, dredging, fill, grading, paving, clearing, excavation, dumping, extraction, or storage of equipment or materials. 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. The process of developing land which that [sic] is or has been developed. Typical uses include boarding kennels, pet motels, or dog training centers. Both parties will equally share any costs associated with the alternative dispute resolution process, unless they agree otherwise in writing. 5. J. G. Five copies of a site plan, drawn at a minimum scale of 1"=60', which reflects the property boundary dimensions, all setbacks and easements, and the location of physical improvements, including buildings, parking lots, landscaping, utilities, and accessory structures. Plans indicating the location, type, and height of lighting fixtures including both building mounted and ground mounted fixtures; B. If the City Administrator certifies in writing that such a cessation of activity would cause imminent peril to life and property, the development may proceed, unless a stop order is issued by the BOA, or a restraining order is issued by a competent court of record. 4. To comply with any other duty or responsibility clearly assigned to the City Administrator elsewhere in this Code; 2. J. Upper Story Residential. 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. A. Applicability. 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. The temporary use must be compatible with the purpose and intent of this Code and the zoning district in where it will be located. 1. Right-of-way. The standard is measured in decimal numbers, not percentages. 1. Transferee. In addition, cross-access easements may be required between adjacent lots to encourage a secondary circulation system. Whenever there appears to be an uncertainty, vagueness, or conflict in the terms of the Code, the City Administrator, 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 UDC. One of a group of attached, single-family dwellings that are designed as single structures, with each dwelling unit separated by firewalls, fire separations, or similar party walls. HOTEL-MOTEL. I. However, overly bright lighting emitted from a structure will be subject to this Code if it is determined by the City Administrator that it creates a nuisance or a safety hazard as defined in the References section of this Code. The Planning and Zoning Commission may conduct workshops to informally discuss the Annual Update Requests with interested neighborhoods, developers, homebuilders, design professionals, and other stakeholders in the development process. 6. 3. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall forward its recommendation to the City Council, which is responsible for final action on the Variance request. Engineer. More detailed information regarding Vested Rights and Nonconforming uses can be found in Chapter 4. Any street, avenue, boulevard, highway, sidewalk, alley, drain, or similar place which that [sic] is owned or controlled by a governmental entity. ii. The City Administrator shall take action on or before the applicable one of the following dates: i. Fourteen days after the submission of a complete application if the application is for existing buildings; or. D. Responsibility for Final Action. Washing and cleaning of automobiles and related light equipment. A. Applicability. Those decisions that are made by the City Administrator. A. 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. A permanent structure used for the display and sale of locally produced agricultural products. 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. A tract of land designated on a subdivision plat for future development, or not designated for any specific purpose, that has not been evaluated for compliance with the requirements of this Ordinance Code [sic] for adequate facilities or zoning requirements and is, therefore, not useable as a legal building site. 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. Adjoining Properties. B. A. Impervious Cover Limitations also subject to Edwards Aquifer Rules where applicable inside the Citys jurisdiction. The floor area ratio requirements, as set forth under each zoning district, shall determine the maximum floor area allowable for the building or buildings (total floor area of both principal and accessory buildings) in direct ratio to the gross area of the zoning area. (3) Where there has been entered into a special agreement with the city including specific provisions for the dedication of parkland or cash payments or in lieu of the requirements of this section. Site Development and Stormwater Permit Building PermitFee Schedule. Fiscal surety can be in the form of a line of credit or Assurance of Bonds. 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. A. Document. A permanent or temporary sign affixed to a vehicle.