HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-O-14 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING DISTRICTORDINANCE NO. 1986-14
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, TO INCLUDE SECTION XII.1 "MANUFACTURED
HOUSING DISTRICT".
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE,
TEXAS:
Section XII.1 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of
Stephenville, Texas, is hereby included as follows:
I. DESCRIPTION:
The Manufactured Housing District is intended to serve as a
residential district for persons living in manufactured
homes outside a mobile home park. The primary use of land
is for single-family dwellings, along with related uses to
provide the basic elements of an attractive living area.
II. USE REGULATIONS:
A. Primary Uses:
1. Accessory Building to main use.
2. Manufactured Homes
3. Mobile Homes
4. Home Occupation
B. Conditional Uses: (Special Use Permit Required)
None.
III. AREA REGULATIONS:
A. Front Yard:
All buildings must be set back from the street right-of-
way lines to comply with the following front yard
requirements:
a. The minimum depth of the front yard must be twenty-
five (25) feet.
b. Whe a lot has double frontage the front yard
requirements must be provided on both streets.
B. Side Yard:
All lots must have side yard setbacks of not less than
ten (10) percent of width of the lot, but such side yard
need not exceed five (5) feet and shall not be less than
four (4) feet. However, for buildings located on corner
lots there must be a side yard setback from the inter-
secting street of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.
C. Rear Yard:
A lot with a primary use building located on it must
n have a rear yard of at least ten (10) percent of the
depth of the lot, but such rear yard need not be more
than twenty-five (25) feet and shall not be less than
ten (10) feet.
IV. INTENSITY OF USE:
Every lot or tract of land shall have an area of not less
than five thousand (5,000) square feet and an average width
of not less than fifty (50) feet, except that if a lot or
tract should have less area or width than is herein required
and its boundary lines along their entire length should
V.
VI.
touch lands under other ownership on the effective date of
this ordinance and shall not have changed since said date,
such parcel of land may be used for a single-family dwelling.
SIZE REGULATION:
The minimum area of the main
(700) square feet, exclusive
and servant quarters.
HEIGHT REGULATION
building shall be seven hundred
of garage, breezeways, porches,
No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.
VII. ACCESSORY BUILDINGS:
A. No accessorybuilding shall be constructed upon a lot
until the main use building has been placed on the lot.
No accessory building shall be used unless the main use
building on the lot is also being used.
B. Accessory buildings may be constucted, not exceeding
four hundred (400) square feet in floor area, when
located on the same lot as the main use building. This
does not include private garages, bonafide servants'
quarters not for rent or used for commercial purposes.
Such buildings may be used for customary home occupations
as defined in this ordinance.
C. In the MH District accessory buildings shall not occupy
more than thirty (30) percent of the required minimum
rear yard area. Accessory buildings shall be mainimum
of twelve (12) feet from the main use building. In the
MH District no accessory building shall be more than one
(1) story in height.
D. An accessory building cannot be located closer than five
(5) feet from any easement or property line.
VIII.PARKING REGULATIONS:
In the MH District there shall be provided, in connection
with appropriate allowable uses, off-street vehicle parking
spaces in accordance with the following requirements:
1. A single-family dwelling, in the MH District shall pro-
vide on each lot, two (2) vehicle parking spaces. Each
space shall be enclosed, or unenclosed, sufficient in
size to store one automobile together with a driveway
connecting the parking space with a street or alley and
permitting ingress or egress of an automobile. Said
driveway may be a single driveway for both parking spaces.
For purposes of this ordinance, the size of a parking
space for one (1) vehicle consists of a rectangular area
having dimensions of not less than ten (10) feet by six-
teen (16) feet plus adequate area for ingress or egress.
Such parking spaces and driveways must be paved with a
sealed surface pavement and maintained in such a manner
that no dust will be produced.
2. ALL OTHER USES PERMITTED IN THE MH DISTRICT:
See Section XIV for additional primary and conditional
use parking regulations.
IX. SIGN REGULATIONS:
See Section XV for sign regulations
X. EXCEPTIONS TO USE, HEIGHT, AND AREA REGULATIONS:
See Section XIII
XI. MOTOR VEHICLE REGULATIONS:
The regular or non -delivery parking of motor vehicles in the
MH District shall be limited to passenger automobiles and
commercial or hauling vehicles not exceeding twenty-five
(25) feet in length. Tractors for tractor -trailer trucks
shall not be allowed to park in residentail areas.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of June, 1986.
David Cla n, Mayor
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