For the purpose of this article, certain terms and words are hereafter defined[;] words used in the present tense shall include the future; the singular number shall include the plural and the plural the singular; and the word “shall” is mandatory and the word “may” implies an option.
Accessory use, accessory structure or building.An accessory use or structure, customarily a part thereof, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the permitted use and which does not change the character thereof, including, but not limited to garages, garage apartments, bathhouses, greenhouses, [or] tool sheds.
Alley.A public or private way not more than twenty-five feet (25) wide affording only secondary means of access to abutting property.
Antique shop.A business which sells items whose value is greater than original purchase price because of age or intrinsic values.
Apartment.A room or group of rooms used as a dwelling for one (1) family unit which does its cooking therein.
Apartment building.A building or portion thereof used or intended to be used as the home of four (4) or more families or households living independently of each other and equipped for the preparation of food.
Apartment dwelling group.Two (2) or more apartment buildings as an integral unit and occupying a lot or parcel of land in one (1) ownership connected by common water and sanitary sewer systems.
Art studio or gallery.Where objects of art are created or displayed for the public enrichment or where said objects of art are displayed for purposes of sale (including the teaching of both painting and sculpturing).
Automotive repair shop.Any premises and structures when used primarily for the servicing and/or repair of motor vehicles, including paint and bodywork, engine rebuilding and minor maintenance activities.
Bed and breakfast home.A property that is designed for and occupied as a one-family residence dwelling providing overnight accommodations to transient guests. The structure serves as the primary residence or homestead of its owner-operator with the bed and breakfast home considered to be an accessory use and not the primary use of the property. The person who owns the property must also be the operator of the establishment.
Bed and breakfast inn.A property providing overnight accommodations to guests operated by an owner and/or operator, with premises being a commercial enterprise. This term excludes any bed and breakfast home.
Boardinghouse.A building, built and/or used for residential purposes, where meals for five (5) or more persons are served for compensation.
Buildable area.The maximum amount of allowable space upon which a structure or building may be erected. (Building area of the lot is the gross area covered by the structures when placed on the lot.)
Building.Any structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or moveable property of any kind and which is affixed to the land.
Cafe, restaurant.A commercial eating establishment, where snacks or meals are vended for consumption on the premises.
Carport.A structure covered with a roof and constructed specifically for the storage of one (1) or more automobiles.
City.The City of Weimar, Texas.
Clinic.An institution, public or private, or a station for the examination and treatment of outpatients by a group of doctors, dentists, opticians, ophthalmologists, orthopedists, or other similar professional physicians.
Cold storage plant.A commercial establishment where foods are stored either in lockers, rented or leased, or in vaults in bulk for distribution to the home or other commercial businesses. There is no slaughtering of animals on the premises.
Commercial structure.A building or portion devoted to commerce, business trade, or having to do with stores, office buildings, etc.
Commission.The City of Weimar planning and zoning commission.
Conditional use.A use which may be permitted in a district subject to meeting certain conditions or procedures set forth in this article.
Convalescent home.Any structure used or occupied by three (3) or more persons recovering from illness or receiving geriatric care for compensation.
Corner lot.A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection.
Drive-in eating establishment.Any structure and premises specifically designed for the preparation and dispensing of food and meals for consumption either indoors or in a vehicle parked on the premises or taken away for consumption in the home or other places.
Dwelling.Any building or portion thereof which is designed or used exclusively for residential purposes.
Family.One (1) or more nontransient person(s) living as a single housekeeping unit who are related by blood, legal adoption, marriage, or conservatorship, and up to one other person who is not related to any of the family members by blood, legal adoption, marriage, or conservatorship.
Filling, retail service station.An establishment where gasoline, oil and grease, or automobile accessories are sold, supplied, or dispensed to the motor vehicle trade or where motor vehicles receive limited repair, are equipped for service, or a place where any two (2) or more such activities are carried on or conducted as the principal use of the establishment.
Garage, commercial.Any premises and structure used for housing and storing more than three (3) motor-driven vehicles [that] are kept for remuneration, hire, or sale and where a retail service station may be maintained as a secondary use.
Garage, private detached.A garage wholly separated and independent of the principal building on a lot, or connected to the principal building by an enclosed or latticed passageway, pagoda, arbor, or covered walk.
Home occupation.A commercial use customarily carried on in the home by members of the occupant family without structural alterations in the principal building or any of its rooms, without the installations of machinery or additional equipment other than that customary to normal household operations, without the employment of additional persons, without the use of a sign to advertise the occupations, and which does not cause the generation of other than normal noise, and pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
Hospital, sanitarium nursing, or convalescent home.A building or any portion thereof, used or designed for the housing or treatment of the sick, mentally ill, injured, convalescent or infirm persons; provided that this definition shall not include rooms in any residential dwelling, hotel, apartment hotel not ordinarily intended to be occupied by said persons.
HUD-code manufactured home.(1) A structure:
(A) Constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;
Built on a permanent chassis;
Designed for use as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when the structure is connected to the required utilities;
Transportable in one or more sections; and
In the traveling mode, at least eight body feet in width or at least 40 body feet in length or, when erected on site, at least 320 square feet;
Includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems of the home; and
Does not include a recreational vehicle as defined by 24 C.F.R. section
3282.8(g).
Industrialized building.A commercial structure as defined, under the jurisdiction and control of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation that meets the applicable international or national codes as may be approved by the State of Texas for such industrialized buildings, that is constructed in one (1) or more modules or constructed using one (1) or more modular components built at a location other than the permanent commercial site, and that is designed to be used as a commercial building when the modules or modular components are transported to the permanent commercial site and are erected or installed on a permanent foundation system. This term does not include any commercial structure that is in excess of three (3) stories or forty-nine (49) feet in height as measured from the finished grade elevation at the building entrance to the peak of the roof.
Industrialized housing.A residential structure as defined, under the jurisdiction and control of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation that meets the applicable international or national codes as may be approved by the State of Texas for such industrialized buildings, that is designed for the use and occupancy of one (1) or more families, that is constructed in one (1) or more modules or constructed using one (1) or more modular components built at a location other than the permanent residential site, and that is designed to be used as a permanent residential structure when the modules or modular components are transported to the permanent residential site and are erected or installed on a permanent foundation system. This term does not include any residential structure that is in excess of three (3) stories or forty-nine (49) feet in height as measured from the finished grade elevation at the building entrance to the peak of the roof. This term does not mean nor apply to:
(1) Housing constructed of sectional or panelized systems not utilizing modular components; or
Any ready-built home which is constructed so that the entire living area is contained in a single unit or section at a temporary location for the purpose of selling it and moving it to another location
Kindergarten.A school for more than five (5) children of preschool age in which constructive endeavors, object lessons, or educational games are prominent features of the curriculum.
Mixed use.Structure containing residential and nonresidential uses with the purpose to promote affordable housing and mixed income opportunities to promote increased investment into existing buildings.
Mobile home.(1) A structure:
(A) Constructed before June 15, 1976;
Built on a permanent chassis;
Designed for use as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when the structure is connected to the required utilities;
Transportable in one or more sections; and
In the traveling mode, at least eight body feet in width or at least 40 body feet in length or, when erected on site, at least 320 square feet; and
Includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems of the home.
Modular home.A single-family dwelling structure as defined, under the jurisdiction and control of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation that meets the applicable international or national codes as may be approved by the State of Texas for such modular homes. Modular homes require that plans are sealed by a registered architect or engineer and submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for review and approval that the construction meets the applicable international or national codes as may be adopted by the State of Texas prior to submission to the City of Weimar.
Motel.A building or group of two (2) or more detached, semi-detached, or attached buildings containing guest rooms or apartments with automobiles storage spaces provided in connection therewith, which building or group is designed, intended, or used primarily for the accommodation of automobile travelers, including groups designated as auto cabins, motor courts, motels, and similar designations.
Officer.Referred to in this article by title means the person employed or appointed by the city of that position, or his duly authorized representative.
Pasturage.Land, fallow, and used primarily for the grazing of animal stock.
Permitted use.A use specifically allowed in one (1) or more of the various districts without the necessity of obtaining a use permit.
Personal service shop.An establishment for the purpose of supplying limited personal services such as, but not limited to, barber, shoe, boot, saddle, shine shop.
Planning consultant.A private practitioner in planning as planning is defined in the constitution of the American Institute of Planners.
Residential structure.A building or portion thereof devoted to living quarters of a permanent nature or suitable for long term residency.
Retail food store.A retail establishment selling meats, fruits, vegetables, bakery products, light hardware, and other similar items which are purchased for use and consumption off the premises (may be drive-in or supermarket type).
Roominghouse.A group of rooms provided for compensation either in a converted single-family home or in a structure specifically designed for such purpose. No cooking facilities are provided in individual living units.
Shopping center.A composite arrangement of shops and stores which provides a variety of goods and services to the general public, when developed as an integral unit.
Structure.Anything constructed, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground.
Townhouse or rowhouse.One of a group of no less than four (4) attached dwelling units for each located on a separate lot.
Variance.A legal modification of the district provisions (such as yards, height, walls, fences, area, etc.) granted due to the peculiar conditions existing within a single piece of property.
Variety store.A retail commercial establishment which supplies a variety of household goods, toys, limited light hardware items, candy, some clothing, and other general merchandise.
(Ordinance 05-2014 adopted 9/11/14; Ordinance 02-2018 adopted 2/8/18; Ordinance 09-2019 adopted 12/12/19; Ordinance 01-2025 adopted 2/13/2025)