The termination of, or termination of an interest in, an easement, right-of-way, or public dedication of land. a. that primarily offers books, magazines, films or videotapes, periodicals, or other printed or pictorial materials that emphasize specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; and. Berms may not have a slope greater than four-to-one (4/1) and must have a crown width of at least three (3) feet. The city requires that: (1) development impacts are mitigated through contributions of street rights-of-way and/or improvements to existing and new roadways; or (2) new developments contribute their fair share of the costs of needed transportation improvements. Best practices in the planning and land development professions. Covered sign faces must be of a material or substance that renders the resulting sign face completely blank, opaque, and resistant to deterioration. F. 7,500 sq. The City will inspect the work as it progresses, and upon completion and final acceptance by the City, and upon written request of the subdivider, the final plat may be approved and filed of record with the County Clerk; or. That there is a self-created hardship by the property owner or its agent. iv. This district is appropriate in areas where the Comprehensive Plan reflects the specific uses proposed in the PUD or mixed use as a land category. D. That the conditions applicable to approval are the minimum necessary to minimize potentially unfavorable impacts on nearby uses and ensure compatibility with existing or permitted uses in the same district and the surrounding area, and that the prescribed Site Development Regulations do not provide enough mitigation of the impacts identified, thus warranting stricter standards, if so recommended. 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. No. B. The City Council shall have the authority to hear and grant requests for a variance from the development standards of this Code. Such signs shall be placed only by: units of local, state or federal governments; nonprofit organizations; schools, the chamber of commerce; or normally recognized religious organizations. Competent evidence (evidence that people of ordinary prudence would rely on in conducting their own affairs.) 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. 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. z2 by Content Technology Solutions. These documents shall clearly indicate the location of all improvements including the location of above-and-below ground utilities. C. Development-Related Applications and Permits. Information regarding format requirements and submittal materials required for the application will be made available by the City Administrator in advance of any application. Acceleration/Deceleration Lane. The act of exploring for or recovering stone, soil, peat, sand, gravel, limestone, coal, granite or other mineral resources from the ground for sale or for use off the property where it is recovered; it does not include removal of loose, surface stone, excavation related solely to agricultural activities or preparation of individual building sites. A residential structure occupied as a dwelling place of one or more persons in which the use and management of sleeping quarters and all appliances for cooking, ventilation, heating, or lighting are under one persons control. 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. O. Williamson County shall be the primary platting authority in the Citys ETJ, until such time as the City of Liberty Hill and Williamson County enter into an interlocal agreement which stipulates the division of review authority. A summons or notice to appear in answer to a charge of parking, standing or stopping in violation of this section must specify the location of the fire lane or accessible space in which the violation occurred. Mutual access easements may be required during the platting process to limit the number of curb cuts along Major and Minor Arterials. Floor Area, Net. Any use of property existing at the time of the passage of this section of the Code that does not conform with the regulations prescribed in the preceding sections of this Code shall be deemed a nonconforming use, except that any single-family, duplex, or apartment use existing at the time of passage of this Code shall be thereafter deemed a conforming use. The purpose of the Planned Unit Development District (PUD) is to provide land for uses and developments that promote development that is more sensitive to the natural environment, creates a significantly enhanced natural setting and/or sense of place, or otherwise enhances the standard pattern of development in Liberty Hill. K. Action Following Plat Approval. 7. Other activities, including outdoor processing of materials, storage of materials, and display of products are subject to conditional use standards for potential nuisance mitigation. Dwelling Unit. 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. The landowner or developer shall provide the City Administrator with a certifiable receipt showing that all taxes have been paid in conjunction with the submittal of an application for final plat approval or site development permit issuance. Permanent subdivision identification signs approved by the City Council as part of the platting process; 9. New or additional information is available that was not available at the time of the original application that might reasonably affect the decision-making bodys review of the relevant standards to the proposed development; or, C. A new application is proposed to be submitted that is materially different (e.g., proposes new uses, or a substantial decrease in proposed densities and intensities) from the prior application; or. Nonpoint source pollution is not generally corrected by end-of-pipe treatment, but rather, by changes in land management practices. H. Responsibility for Final Action. City Council.. E. A plat submitted for consideration as a Preliminary Plat may not have an area or signature block for any endorsement and approval by the City Council, as is required to file the final plat with the County Clerk. Washing and cleaning of automobiles and related light equipment. 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. As defined by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. If any regulation in an overlay zoning district requires a development standard different than the base zoning district standards, the more restrictive standard shall apply. C. Responsibility for Final Action. To prohibit all signs not expressly permitted by this Section; and, 5. B. The summons or notice shall require the appearance of the violator before the Municipal Court of the City and all fines paid by the violator shall be paid to the Municipal Court Clerk. On-Premises Sign. Publicly owned and operated parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, and open spaces. Roadside Stand. BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES. Soils or other materials transported by wind or surface water as a product of erosion. C. The BOA shall have the authority to authorize an adjustment of up to ten (10) percent of any numerical standard. G. The Planning and Zoning Commission will serve as an Advisory Body to the City Council. 2. The Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the Mayor, attested to by the City Secretary and bear the Seal of the City of Liberty Hill under the following words: This is to certify that this is the Official Zoning Map referred to in Section of the Unified Development Code, Ordinance No. Extraordinary Conditions. C. Priority Growth Areas should be recognized and planned for by developing an infrastructure plan to encourage development in specific areas of the community. Applications submitted to the City for consideration of a permit for construction. Whenever a violation of this Code occurs, or is alleged to have occurred, any person who witnessed the violation may file a written complaint with the City Secretary or City Administrator. If a supporting structure used or designed to be used with a sign is deemed dilapidated by the City Administrator on or before the adoption date of this Section, the owner shall remove the supporting structure within 30 days after receiving written notice from the City Administrator. 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. Provision of fuel, lubricants, parts and accessories, and incidental services to motor vehicles. C. Where appropriate, a letter from each respective utility service provider (when such utility is not provided by the City of Liberty Hill) which states that all requirements have been met, is sufficient in meeting the intent of this section. All Nonconforming Signs shall be brought into compliance with this chapter in accordance with the provisions of this Section. When a vehicle is towed, the owner shall be liable for the wrecker and the storage fees in addition to the fine for the violation of this Code section. Sale or rental of commonly used goods, and merchandise for personal or household use. 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. The purpose of this district is [to] provide for development of quality multiple-family living including two-family residences and higher density residences, such as triplexes, town homes, garden homes, condominiums, and apartments in a moderately dense setting, at a density of 10 units per acre. D. The Planning and Zoning Commission review process will be required for any permit or application that requires review and recommendations from the Planning and Zoning Commission, as described in this Code. The threshold requirement for a TIA shall be a development or combination of developments that would result in trip generation of more than an average of one thousand (1,000) trips per day based upon the latest edition of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual. Lot Area. The subdividers professional engineer certifying the plans is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the documents and the soundness of the designs as submitted for review and actual construction. Cluster Development. Any subdivision not defined as a minor, or farmstead, subdivision. ft min. B. An accessory building, not related to the ordinary operation of a farm, for the housing of horses or mules owned by a person or persons living on the premises and which horses or mules are not for hire or sale. Where flow records are available, a stream with a 7Q2 flow of less than 0.1 ft3/s is considered intermittent. 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. Typical uses include boarding stables or public stables. C. Uses Not Allowed (-): indicates that a use is not allowed. Ordinance 2019-07, Establishment of Standards for Placement of Small Wireless Facilities; Ordinance 2019-08, Liberty Budget Ordinance FY 2019 - 2020 . Historic Area Work Permit. Table 3-1 also provides guidelines for the procedures that apply in the city limits or ETJ. B. no progress has been made towards completion of the project, as defined in Texas Local Government Code 245.005. Immediate family. The careful and planned removal of trees, shrubs, and plants using specific standards and protection measures under an approved forest conservation plan. If the City Council finds, on the basis of substantial competent evidence, that the applicant has failed to comply with the terms of the Consent Agreement, the Consent Agreement may be revoked or modified by the City Council after a public hearing which has been noticed by publication, and for which written notice has been expressly provided to the Applicant. The cutting and removal of trees for personal use, generally restricted to clearing of fewer than ten (10) trees on a site. Commercial Off-Street Parking. 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. Wireless Transmission Facilities are allowed, without a Conditional Use Permit, on existing towers or tanks, utility, lighting standard, sign support or other appropriate structures provided that the antenna or related equipment or structures do not exceed, by 10 feet, the lesser of the height of the structure or the height limits of the highest permitted structure in the district in which it is located. The TIA will follow the criteria outlined in the City of Round Rock Transportation Criteria Manual, Section 2, as amended. Any modification to an approved site plan that was filed as part of a Conditional Use Permit shall cause the Conditional Use Permit to become void, regardless of its current status, including any approval previously given by the City Council. The City and its agents shall enforce and ensure compliance with the provisions of this Code and shall take necessary and appropriate actions to prevent or cease any violations of the provisions of this Code. 4. Offsets. B. Computation of Area of Multifaceted Signs. 3. E. The Commission has given due consideration to all technical information supplied by the applicant. A site development permit will not be approved unless the parcel on which the development is proposed is a legal lot, duly recorded in the County Deed Records. A permit issued, or to be issued, by the City Administrator, authorizing work on a historic resource within a designated historic district or landmark. Liberty Hill Comprehensive Plan Update 2040. A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical services for sick or injured persons exclusively on an out-patient basis, including emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, administration, and services to out-patients, employees, or visitors. Typical uses include mobile home parks or mobile home subdivisions. Any sign erected at a private residence identifying its address or the residents name. Construction Plans. A type of multifamily housing. The extension of the City or the extension, improvement, or widening of its roads, taking into account access to and extension of sewer and water mains and the instrumentalities of public utilities. The subdivider shall pay the record filing fee and the City shall file the final plat with the County Clerk. Any stripping, excavating, filling, including hydraulic fill, stockpiling or any combination thereof. TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL. All outdoor lighting fixtures existing and legally installed and operating before the effective date of this Code shall be exempt from this Code unless they are determined to create a safety hazard. The average depth of any lot shall not exceed four times the average width of the lot. Pavement Cut Policy. The City Engineer may at his professional discretion (and approval by City Council) issue a waiver to this requirement. (a) The provision of adequate parkland for use as parks is necessary for the protection of public health, safety and general welfare of the community. Pollution generated by diffuse land use activities rather than from an identifiable or discrete source or facility. Cemeteries complying with all state and local laws and regulations. The landowner or developer shall ensure that all of the facilities constructed in accordance with the requirements of this Code will perform and remain in good working order and in accordance with the design performance criteria of each such facility, for one (1) year commencing on the date of approval of final completion by the City Administrator or his designee. The number of dwelling units divided by the gross area of the lot reflected as a number of units per acre. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall refer the Annual Update Requests to the City Council with recommendations for amendments to the Code by December 1st of each year. G. Appeal of an administrative decision must be made to the BOA in a format acceptable to the BOA. 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. Some of these procedures may be followed concurrently, while some procedures require pre-approval of other procedures. C. All corners of subdivisions and points of curvature (P.C.) The duration of the temporary use shall be consistent with the intent of the use and compatible with the surrounding land uses. A habitat that is strongly influenced by water and which that [sic] occurs adjacent to streams and/or wetlands. Appeals of administrative decisions will be forwarded to the BOA regardless of completeness. Such uses are subject to all other applicable regulations of this Code. A variance, therefore, permits construction or development in a manner otherwise prohibited by this Ordinance Code [sic]. Typical uses include motion picture theaters, meeting halls, and dance halls. Marquee Sign. B. A preliminary plan approval is required prior to final plat approval, except under certain conditions[.]. Community Water Supply. Zoning Overlay District. No plat shall be recommended without a determination that the plat conforms to the following: 1. Works of art that do not include a Commercial Message; 4. Stable, Commercial. A. Electric Sign. This district is intended to control and guide the development of commercial uses in downtown Liberty Hill. The gross floor area of the building or buildings on a zoning area divided by the total area of such zoning area. D. Setback Measurements. Establishments or places or [of] business primarily engaged in automotive related or heavy equipment sales or services. The request for amendment shall be labeled an Annual Update Request and shall include a summary of the proposed changes, the reason for the proposed changes, and suggested text amendments. Utilities for electric and telephone service and associated utility easements shall be installed in conformance with the terms and regulations of the provider of said utility[.]. Abandoned Sign. Any monuments disturbed or destroyed during roadway construction shall be reestablished in conformance with the provisions of this Code by a licensed land surveyor. Any application submitted simultaneously with other applications is subject to approval of all other related applications that are prerequisite(s) to consideration of another application in the development process. Landscape. Parking lots shall be designed in accordance with the City of Round Rock Transportation Criteria Manual, as amended. Customary displays of merchandise, objects or materials placed, without lettering, behind a store window are neither signs nor parts of signs. Rezoning to the PUD district requires a specific PUD ordinance and a General Development Plan from the property owner. Permits for such use and occupancy must be granted by an incorporated city for the replacement of a mobile home within its corporate limits with a HUD-Code manufactured home. (Texas Revised Civil Statues, Article 5221 f(4A)). The Planning and Zoning Commission shall forward its recommendation to the City Council who is responsible for final action on a Code Text Amendments. ft. min. Farming activities, including but not limited to plowing, tillage, cropping, installation of best management practices, seeding, cultivating, and harvesting for production of food and fiber products (except commercial logging and timber harvesting operations), the grazing and raising of livestock, aquaculture, sod production, orchards, nursery, and other products cultivated as part of a recognized commercial enterprise. A structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one or more sections, which, 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. No special action or hearing will be required for zoning upon annexation into the Agriculture (AG) district. Window Sign. Other requirements. 1. The total number of units permitted by the City for a tract of land. 2. Lot, Corner. A recreational facility for use by residents and guests of a particular residential development, planned unit development, church, private primary educational facility, private secondary educational facility, club or lodge, or limited residential neighborhood, including both indoor and outdoor facilities. A publicly operated use providing housing and care for individuals legally confined. Sediment. A. Applicability. A landscaped area adjoining and part of the landscaped interior[.]. The vertical dimension measured from finished grade to the highest point of the thing being measured. Industrial use types include the on-site extraction or production of goods by methods not agricultural, and storage and distribution of products. The Comprehensive Plan reflects Liberty Hills long-term plan for growth and development. 2. Rules for setback averaging are shown in the diagrams. Construction plans must be submitted to the City Engineer for all existing or proposed streets, sidewalks, drainage and utility improvements, water quality controls, park improvements, and any other infrastructure or public improvements that are required or proposed to be constructed, reconstructed, improved, or modified to serve the development. The purpose of this Chapter is to assure that subdivision and site development projects constructed within the City of Liberty Hill and its extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), are adequately furnished with necessary public infrastructure. F. Criteria for Administrative Exceptions. 6.12.07 Abandoned signs and supporting structures. B. E. Change of use: Whenever a land use changes, any nonconforming sign must be modified or removed so as to be in full compliance with these sign regulations. CAMPGROUND. Nonpoint Source Pollution. Grading does not include plowing, disking and cultivating for lawn establishment or renovation. In addition, land must be appropriately subdivided and platted before any development project may occur. This section shall not be applicable to any ordinance that concerns the development of real property; as adopted prior to the adoption of this chapter and is exempted by 245.004 from the protection provided by Chapter 245. That the development encourage walking and biking, enhance transit service opportunities, and improve traffic safety through promoting low speed, cautious driving while fully accommodating the needs of pedestrians and bicyclists. However, the total sign area that is oriented toward a particular Street may not exceed the portion of the Lots total sign allocation that is derived from the Lot, building, or wall area frontage on that Street. D. Building Height Restriction. Developer. Riparian Habitat. Landscaping, Interior. 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. L. For corner lots, the side yard setback on side facing public right-of-way shall meet the same as front yard setback. Typical uses include janitorial, landscape maintenance, or window cleaning services. P&Z discusses comp plan, updates ordinances | News | lhindependent.com Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the structure (less land value) either: (a) before the improvement or repair is started; or (b) if the structure has incurred substantial damage and been restored, before the damage occurred. D. Compliance with these requirements shall be administered by the City Administrator or his designee. A zoning location, together with all buildings and structures thereon. Any application for subdivision approval or subdivision improvements, zoning or zoning change, or site development in accordance with this Code must comply with these standards. Residential Land Use Report Future Development Projects Under Review Resolution 2023-R-003 Public Improvement District Policies Recent Resolution Regarding Public Improvement Districts (PID) City of Round Rock Design and Construction Standards View All Contact Us 512-548-5519 Pay Online Utility Billing Start of Construction. Appointments will be made on the recommendation of the Mayor and a vote of approval by the City Council. The removal of single, scattered, mature trees or other trees from uneven-aged stands by frequent and periodic cutting operations.
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