A main or primary use of land, as distinguished from an accessory use. Design Guidelines | the City of Liberty Official Website! STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS MANUAL City of AUSTIN, TEXAS Codified through Rule No. If the landowners determine to either fund in advance or fund more than their pro-rata share, the City shall credit the developers future fiscal posting. Compliance with any additional site plan approval criteria required under Chapter 5 [6] of this Code, or any additional approval criteria for overlay districts, or any site plan approval criteria adopted as part of a neighborhood or special area plan. For this type of development, only one of the side yard setbacks may be waived for areas between housing units. If a permit is administratively denied the property owner may appeal to a committee composed of the Mayor, Mayor Pro tem, and City Administrator. 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. This chapter addresses policies contained in the Comprehensive Plan and legal requirements for the adequate provision of infrastructure for the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the City of Liberty Hill and its surroundings. These signs must be removed within seven days after the property is sold or leased; 3. The City Administrator shall review all signage in conjunction with the issuance of the permit. The City of Liberty Hill has issued a $10 million wastewater treatment facility bond that will allow a major expansion and improvements to be made at The South Fork Wastewater Treatment Plant over the next several years. 5. The soils, topography, land slope and aspect, and local climate that influence the form and species composition of plant communities. 2. HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. Responsibility of Subdividers Engineer. Note Future Land Use Map for those areas that are designated as Mixed Use, Clustered Residential, or Duplex Residential. The boundaries of the recharge zone shall encompass all land over the Edwards Aquifer, recharging the same, as determined by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ formerly TNRCC) and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD). Demolition by Neglect. Facilities provided by an establishment or place of business for the purpose of allowing a customer or patron to transact business, whether it be pick-up, drop-off, ordering, or service, from a motor vehicle. G. Maintenance. An applicant who has paid the appropriate fee pursuant to submission of an application, but who chooses to withdraw such application prior to the formal written notification of completeness or incompleteness, shall be entitled to a refund of fifty (50) percent of the total amount paid upon written request to the City. Flood Protection Elevation (FPE). When an appeal is taken to the Board of Adjustment, the City Administrators or other administrative officials action is presumed to be valid. 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. Premises. Lot Line, Side. Merchandise displays shall not be considered window signs. The subdivider may obtain a Letter of Regulatory Compliance from the City Administrator prior to commencing work on any development, and may be required to do so by the City as part of an application for another procedure. HOTEL-MOTEL. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (formerly Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission TNRCC). Establishment or places of business engaged in the preparation and retail sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, including taverns, bars[,] cocktail lounges, and similar uses other than a restaurant as that term is defined herein. 5. This is likely a browser-related issue. A junk or salvage yard includes an auto wrecking yard, but does not include uses established entirely within enclosed buildings. FINANCIAL SERVICES. If any development permit application or other application for approval, any petition for a plan amendment or any petition for an amendment to this Code is disapproved by the final action authority, another application or petition for the same permit, approval, or amendment for the same property or any portion thereof may not be filed within a period of ninety (90) days or within a period of twelve (12) months for zoning change applications from the date of final disapproval, except with written approval of the City Council. B. The owner shall be responsible for all costs associated with removal and disposal of the sign. Facade Easement. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans or plats, site or facility designs, or specifications shall not be construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any provision of this Code or any other City ordinance. B. The City Council is responsible for final action on all developments, after determination of compliance and recommendation by the City Administrator. Competent evidence. B. The requirement for assessment of and improvements to the transportation network applies to existing and future transportation networks associated with land development activities, within the City limits and within the Citys extraterritorial jurisdiction. The purpose of this Section is to require that the parking and circulation aspects of all developments are well designed with regard to safety, efficiency and convenience for vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians, both within the development and to and from surrounding areas. During these periods, all applications being considered are subject to the extended review period. City of Liberty Lake Engineering Design Standards - CivicPlus Such requirements must be sufficient to permit the Administrator to effectively review the application and for the final approving authority to render an informed decision. A sign, generally informational, that has a purpose secondary to the use of the lot on which it is located, such as no parking, entrance, loading only, telephone, an address, and other similar directives limited to four square feet. The duration of the temporary use shall be consistent with the intent of the use and compatible with the surrounding land uses. Offices or private firms or organizations which are primarily used for the provision of executive, management, or administrative services. The City Administrator may approve the temporary use of attention attracting devices that generally conform to the requirements of this Code. The home occupation shall be clearly incidental to the residential use of the dwelling and shall not change the essential residential character of the dwelling or adversely affect the uses permitted in the district of which it is a part. Double-Faced Sign. That there is a self-created hardship by the property owner or its agent. D. Lighting fixtures and illumination requirements imposed by TxDOT within TxDOT right-of-way. 2. Chapter 3 provides supplemental information to the review procedures described in Chapter 2. Off-Street Parking. Retail sales, veterinary services, grooming, boarding when totally within a building, of dogs, cats, birds, fish, and similar small animals customarily used as household pets. A. A. Applicability. 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. 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. Any sign located or proposed to be located at any place, if otherwise permitted by this subchapter, within the property boundaries for the business or other activity identified on such sign. To provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this Section[.]. Inflatable Sign. The subdivider will pay the record filing fee. 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. Appointments will be made on the recommendation of the Mayor and a vote of approval by the City Council. 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. A. Uses conducted in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. (f) All land proposed for dedication as parkland that is located in a floodplain area shall: (1) Be easily accessible and have adequate street frontage; (2) Have any alteration of its natural character and that of its waterway approved by the parks board and city; (3) Be at least 100 feet in width, or of a width acceptable to the parks board and the city; (4) Have a configuration and topography suitable for placement of facilities such as playgrounds, picnic facilities, and open playfields. 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. 3. It shall be the duty of the City Council and the City Administrator, acting on behalf of the City Council, to enforce the requirements of this Code. Full compliance with the standards contained within this Code must be obtained before the issuance of a building repair, plumbing or electrical permit for any structure on a lot within a subdivision within the jurisdiction of the City. Download PDF file Ladd's Addition Conservation District Design Guidelines (1990) 25.66 MB. Side yard setbacks are measured from the side lot line with no vertical obstructions within the setback. When in conflict, the more restrictive standard shall apply. New development must maintain small town character, look and feel of community. Streets including rights-of-way, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, signalization, and street lighting; B. In the context of subdivision platting, a parcel is either a tract of land platted for a designated purpose other than as a legal building site (e.g. Evidence that people of ordinary prudence would rely on in conducting their own affairs. Educational Facilities. E. The City Engineer may develop and implement additional procedures or technical criteria to clarify implementation of this Code, provided that such procedures or criteria are approved by the City Administrator prior to their implementation and enforcement, and provided further that the additional procedures do not violate any other provisions of this Code. A. Failure to do so shall authorize the City to complete the improvements using the fiscal surety provided by the landowner or developer. In addition to the general criteria for consideration of administrative procedures in Section 2.03, the City Administrator will determine, based on analysis of the requested interpretation, and considering this Code, the correct interpretation for whatever question is raised. All Nonconforming Signs shall be brought into compliance with this chapter in accordance with the provisions of this Section. A drainage structure placed beneath an embankment typically with a span of less than twenty (20) feet. Any interpretation of the requirements of this Section shall be made in a manner consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Floor Area, Gross. A commercial sign identifying more than one business or organization located on the premises. Except for lots along an approved cul-de-sac or where it is impracticable, all lots must be provided service connections from a looped water main providing water flow from two directions or sources. Action on Permit. The applicant used its property or filed an application as provided in Texas Local Government Code 43.002 prior to annexation by the City of Liberty Hill, and the regulations against which vested rights are claimed are not subject to an exemption as provided in Texas Local Government Code 43.002(c). 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. Back-to-Back Sign.. A sign constructed on a single set of supports with messages visible on any side. Classification of areas as wetlands shall follow the Classification of Wetlands and Deep-water habitats of the United States as published by the U.S. The City Administrator or his designee shall be the primary point of contact with the landowner or developer or his agents, and has considerable authority and responsibility for administering the provisions of this section of the Code. CAMPGROUND. All owners, tenants, subtenants and purchasers of individual units within the development shall comply with the approved master sign plan. Building Height. (j) All required cash payments must be submitted prior to final plat approval:[.]. The construction of improvements and the provisions for participation in costs by the City shall be included in a subdivision improvement agreement. 4. Substantial Improvement. D. Effect of Council Approval. The party responsible for a sign shall be: (1) The person whose name of business is being identified on the sign, and/or. Lot design standards within the Liberty Hill City limits are categorized by Zoning District. Buffer yards shall not be located within existing streets or public rights-of-way. Recommendations regarding Comprehensive Plan amendments may be by [sic] made by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Typical uses include private social clubs and fraternal organizations. A dwelling that is manufactured in two or more modules at a location other than the home site and which is designed as residence when the modules are transported to the home site, and the modules are joined together and installed on a permanent foundation system in accordance with the appropriate Code requirements. Military facilities of the federal and state governments. C. Responsibility for Final Action. It includes a wall, gate, or structure which that [sic] functions to enclose an open space or yard; however, a retaining wall, freestanding sign, or landscape structure is not considered a fence except for that portion which that [sic] functions as a fence. A plat that complies with Texas Local Government Code 212.016, as amended, which is generally submitted to correct errors and omissions when agreed to by all adjacent property owners. (2) The owner of the premises upon which the sign is located. 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. 3. SHOPPING CENTER OR MALL. Allowable Density. Corner side yard. House Number. I. F. The City Council shall serve as the final action authority for all development-related applications listed in Section 2.03.07(B) above, and as indicated throughout this Code. C. Approval Criteria. A road improvement may be considered adequate for an application if the City Administrator determines that the required improvement is included, funded, and approved in the Citys, Countys or States capital improvements plan for roads, provided that the applicant agrees to phase development to conform to the date of completion of such scheduled improvement. An applicant may withdraw any individual application from a group of simultaneously submitted applications. 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. A condominium is not a type of structure per se, but rather a form of ownership. A grant of relief to a person from the requirements of this Ordinance Code [sic] when specific enforcement would result in unnecessary hardship. Approval Criteria (Administrative Plat). The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend to City Council the approval, approval with conditions, or disapproval of waivers of the standards required for plat approval, by using the criteria for consideration of Variances in Section 3.08.06. Means, for the purposes of a forestation, reforestation, or payment of fees-in-lieu into a fund: A) the release of the development bond, if required; B) acceptance of the projects streets, utilities, and public services by the responsible Department(s); or C) designation by the City Council (Planning and Zoning Commission) that a development project has been completed, or a particular stage of a staged development project, including a planned unit development, has been completed. The use of a site for residential occupancy of a manufactured home (or mobile home if on premises prior to the adoption of this Code) on a weekly or longer basis. 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. E. Profitability Not to Be Considered. Because zoning only applies to areas within the City limits, these standards are nonbinding guidelines for development in the ETJ. No Development or permit application may be considered if there is pending subdivision activity for the same tract of land, except for administrative determinations. B. ii. CONSUMER CONVENIENCE SERVICES. D. Computation of Maximum Total Permitted Sign Area for a Zone Lot. The grade of the finished ground level at the midpoint of each exterior surface of a sign, or that of a structure to which a sign has been attached. PDF Liberty Hill Design Review Standards - Stonehill Village Annual Update Requests shall serve a legitimate purpose. The Board of Adjustment considers whether the City Administrators or City Councils official action was appropriate considering the facts of the case and the requirements contained in this Code. Front Yard. 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. 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. 2. Stockyard services involving the temporary keeping of livestock for slaughter, market or shipping. The City of Liberty Hill has adopted the City of Round Rock Design and Construction Standards - see link below. STOCKYARDS. The unincorporated area that is contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality and that is located within one-half mile of those boundaries (in the case of a municipality with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants). Dwelling, Detached. A bar preventing one from making an allegation or a denial that contradicts what one has previously stated as the truth. B. D. Consent Agreements. B. no progress has been made towards completion of the project, as defined in Texas Local Government Code 245.005. B. 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. Common Usable Open Space. 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. B. In reliance upon properly issued permits or approvals the applicant made substantial financial commitments or assumed substantial financial obligations within the purview of the activities authorized by said permit or approvals; and, 2. A dwelling that is joined to another dwelling at one or more sides by a party wall or walls. Community Sewerage System. All development activities permitted by the action being appealed, or any subsequent approval, must stop upon appeal, and remain inactive until the appeal is resolved. Establishments or places of business engaged in sale from the premises of feed, grain, fertilizers, pesticides and similar goods or in the provision of agriculturally related services with incidental storage on lots other than where the service is rendered. 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]. A dormant project, as defined in subsection 4.17.02, above, shall expire on one of the following dates, whichever comes later: A. Abandoned Sign. RESOURCE EXTRACTION. Modifications of the application at the public hearing by the Applicant can be referred back to the recommending body by the decision-making body. It shall be unlawful for any person to perform any work on the site pursuant to the site plan unless and until a new application for site plan approval has been filed and processed in accordance with the provisions of this Code and the City Council grants approval of a new final site plan that remedies the violations of the original site plan. A sign that advertises or solicits support for a nonprofit community use, public use or social institution. No buffers shall be required for property in the Downtown Overlay District although some landscaping and buffering standards may apply per the conditional use permitting process. Person. E. Initiation of a BOA process may be made upon: 1. Private Road. The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and rear lot line of a lot, measured within the lot boundaries. B. b. in which at least 35 percent of the gross floor area is devoted to offering merchandise described in above in (2) (a). The temporary use shall not endanger or be materially detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare, or injurious to property or improvements in the immediate vicinity of the temporary use, given the nature of the activity, its location on the site, and its relationship to parking and access points. C. Nonconforming Signs that do not comply with the City Construction Code shall be subject to enforcement under the Construction Code, as well as this Section. In order to provide a method by which human error (e.g., miscalculations) may be corrected, administrative exceptions or adjustments may be permitted. G. Parking. That the variance is necessary for the preservation of a substantial property right of the applicant. Adequacy and convenience of off-street parking and loading facilities. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of laundering, dry cleaning or dyeing services other than those classified as Personal Services. The applicant would suffer a hardship in the absence of a variance that is not the result of the applicants own negligence; and, 2. Public Utility. A. Submission requirements for written interpretations will be developed by the City Administrator. J. Typical uses include the renting of private postal and safety deposit boxes to individuals and automated banking machines. No building permit issued under the provisions of this Code for signs shall be considered valid unless signed by the City Administrator. See Section 6.11 [6.13] of this Code for lighting standards. Meet the minimum lot requirements of at least one type of lot described in this Chapter; B. A deposit of materials of any kind placed by artificial means. Outlot. Use of Property. For residential subdivisions using a cluster development, minimum lot standards may be decreased based on a Planned Unit Development Concept. 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. LAUNDRY SERVICES. When a TIA is required, the type and scope of the study shall be determined during a scoping meeting with the City Administrator or his designee. A sign supported by a sign structure secured in the ground, and which is wholly independent of any building, fence, vehicle or other support. Adequate on-site solid waste containers may also be required. The City shall not sell or supply water, gas, electricity or sewerage within a subdivision for which a final plat has not been approved and filed for record, or parcel or lot for which a site development permit has not been issued, nor in which the standards contained herein have not been complied with in full. PDF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS - American Planning Association No Nonconforming Sign shall be required to be relocated or removed unless such Nonconforming Sign is more than 50 percent destroyed or damaged as provided above. This district is intended to provide for conventional detached single-family dwellings at a density not to exceed 6.7 units per acre (minimum lot size of 6,500 sf). Off-Premises Sign. Block. Significantly Eroding Areas. Criteria for Approval. Other temporary uses approved by the City Council (festivals, carnivals, fairs, night-time construction). Our service delivery philosophy is best described as: . Simultaneous Submission of Related Applications. Lot Depth. All applications for sign permits of any kind and for approval of Master or Common Signage Plan shall be submitted to the City Administrator. The total area of all floors of a building measured to the outside surfaces of the exterior walls. The City Administrator shall require sufficient fiscal surety to insure the orderly development within any subdivision or site development in the form of either (1) a performance bond or (2) an irrevocable letter of credit, equal to 110% of the estimated total cost of the improvements not yet completed and/or accepted as complete. B. Moving Message Board. CONSUMER REPAIR SERVICES. The proposed bylaws shall be submitted to the City Council for review approval before the Parks and Recreation Board becomes effective. Lot Line, Rear. The overburden and reject materials as piled or deposited during surface mining. That granting the administrative exception will ensure an equal or better level of land use compatibility than the otherwise applicable standards. 1. C. Reduction of Minimum Residential Lot Width. An increase in the number of units per acre not to exceed 120% of the Maximum Development Density (e.g., Maximum Density Bonus in Medium Density Residential is 4.8 units per acre). Those plant communities that develop in the absence of human activities. 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. The City Council of the City of Liberty Hill will act as the BOA until such time as a separate BOA has been created. The vertical location of the existing ground surface prior to excavating or filling. Parking lots shall be designed in accordance with the City of Round Rock Transportation Criteria Manual, as amended. Newly annexed areas shall be zoned AG during the annexation process. Plat, Final. This agreement includes the location and width of proposed streets, lots, blocks, floodplains, and easements. BUILDING MAINTENANCE SERVICES. F. A lapse of a period equal to or greater than the period set forth in Table 3-2 shall cause the related approvals or permits to expire and be of no further force and effect. Places of business primarily engaged in the storage, sale, dismantling or other processing of used or waste materials which are not intended for reuse in their original forms. CLUB OR LODGE. Each day any violation of this Code or of any ordinance of the City continues shall constitute a separate offense.