All
words used in the present tense shall include the future; all words
in the singular number include the plural number and all words in
the plural number include the singular number; the word “structure”
includes the word “building,” and “dwelling”
includes “residence” and “place of habitation”;
the word “person” includes “corporation,”
“co-partnership,” “association,” and “individual”,
the word “shall” is mandatory and not discretionary. Terms
not herein defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the
building codes terms not defined herein or in the building code shall
have the meaning customarily assigned to them.
Accessory structure.
A detached subordinate building containing more than 20 square
feet of area and more than four feet in height used for purposes customarily
incidental to the residential occupancy of the main building and not
involving the conduct of a business or service not normally found
in conjunction with the residential use. Accessory buildings shall
not be utilized nor rented as a dwelling unit.
Accessory use.
A use customarily incidental, appropriate and subordinate
to the principal use and located on the same lot therewith.
Adjacent.
Touching, adjoining, contiguous, or abutting.
Agriculture.
Any activity related to the cultivation of the soil, the
production of crops for human food, animal feed or planting seed or
for the production of fibers; floriculture, viticulture, horticulture;
the raising or keeping of livestock; the planting of cover crops.
Airport/heliport.
A facility for the landing, taking off, storage and servicing
of fixed or rotary wing aircraft.
Alley.
Any public right-of-way affording a secondary means of vehicular
access to abutting property, and not intended for general traffic
circulation.
Alterations.
Any change, addition, or modification in construction, any
change in the structural members of a building, such as walls or partitions,
columns, beams or girders, the consummated act of which may be referred
to herein as “altered” or “reconstructed.”
Ambulance service.
A privately owned business which provides ambulance service
to the public. Any site for such business may contain facilities for
the storage of ambulances, office space, and sleeping quarters for
those employees who are on call.
Amenity center.
A private recreation facility which may include swimming
pools, meeting rooms, open space, or other amenities maintained by
a Homeowner’s Association.
Analytical laboratory.
A facility for testing and analyzing scientific problems
to include but not limited to soil testing, concrete compression testing
and similar uses.
Antennas.
See definition for telecommunications.
Antique shop.
An establishment offering for sale objects d’art, furniture,
glassware, china or similar furnishings, which have value and significance
as a result of age, design and sentiment.
Arcade.
An establishment in which there is located four or more skill
or pleasure machines that may be operated by giving or paying any
form of currency, credit or debit cards, or tokens for which a fee
has been or will be paid.
Assisted living facility.
An establishment that furnishes, in one or more facilities,
food and shelter, to four or more persons who are unrelated to the
proprietor of the establishment and that provides personal care services
as defined by Chapter 247 of the Texas Administrative Code. Personal
care services include assistance with meals, dressing, movement, bathing,
or other personal needs or maintenance; the administration of medication;
or the general supervision or oversight of a person’s physical
and mental well-being.
Athletic club/instruction-Indoor.
An area providing exercise or recreational facilities such
as game courts, swimming pools or exercise equipment and whose facilities
are entirely contained indoors.
Athletic club/instruction-Outdoors.
An area providing exercise or recreational facilities such
as game courts, swimming pools, exercise equipment or areas and playing
fields, some of which may be located outdoors.
Auto (motorized) leasing.
A facility for the display and rental of passenger vehicles
(no heavy equipment or commercial leasing/rental).
Auto (motorized) sales or storage.
A facility for the display, service and retail sale or new
or used automobiles or motorcycles. Vehicles that require repair or
which cannot be legally operated shall not be stored on-site for longer
than 14 days.
Automobile repair, major.
Major repair, rebuilding, replacement or reconditioning of
engines or transmissions for motor vehicles; wrecker service with
vehicle storage; collision services including body, frame or fender
straightening or repair; customizing; overall painting or paint shop;
automotive glass and upholstery; those uses listed under “automobile
repair, minor”; and other similar uses. All repair work shall
be performed inside a structure. Vehicles shall not be stored on site
for longer than 60 days. The modifications of automobiles, motorcycles,
watercrafts. All-terrain vehicles (ATV’s) shall be considered
a major automotive use. The use shall include hot rod vehicles.
Automobile repair, minor.
Minor repair or replacement of parts, tires, tubes, and batteries;
diagnostic services; minor motor services such as grease, oil, spark
plug, and filter changing; tune-ups; emergency road service; replacement
of starters, alternators, hoses, brake parts, mufflers; automobile
washing, steam cleaning, and polishing; performing state inspections
and making minor repairs necessary to pass said inspection; servicing
of air-conditioning systems, and other similar minor services for
motor vehicles except heavy load vehicles, but not including any operation
named under “automobile repair, major” or any other similar
use. All repair work must be performed inside a structure. Vehicles
shall not be stored on site for longer than 14 days.
Automobile wrecking yard.
A place used for the dismantling, disassembling, crushing
or compacting of motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sales
or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked
vehicles or their parts.
Bakery, commercial.
A manufacturing facility for the production and distribution
of baked goods and confectioneries.
Batch plant.
An asphalt or concrete batching plant which has fixed features
with foundations for the plants, conveyor belts (usually), office
buildings of permanent nature, fixed storage, as well as other amenities;
permanent plants generally sell the products on contract or by the
truck load.
Batch plant, temporary.
A concrete or asphalt batching plant constructed for the
purpose of providing concrete or asphalt for a single construction
project and intended to be removed following the completion of that
project.
Bed and breakfast.
An establishment that provides no more than ten bedrooms
for guests, exclusive of the owner/operator’s sleeping quarters.
Guests shall be permitted to stay for no more than 14 days. The facility
may contain a kitchen and dining area. No food shall be prepared within
a bedroom, nor shall the facility contain a restaurant or banquet.
Bingo hall.
A facility that is primarily used for commercial bingo operations
as defined under Texas law. This does not include facilities primarily
used (50 percent or more) by nonprofit organizations for fund raising
or other charitable purposes.
Birthing center.
An establishment where a woman is scheduled to give birth
following a normal, uncomplicated low-risk pregnancy. The term does
not include a hospital, ambulatory surgical center, a nursing home,
or the residence of the woman giving birth.
Board.
The board of adjustment.
Boarding/rooming house.
A residence structure other than a hotel where lodging and/or
meals for four or more persons is provided for compensation or other
consideration.
Boarding school.
An educational institution that has a curriculum for elementary
or secondary education and that contains facilities for lodging and
meals for students.
Boat and watercraft sales, leasing service and repair.
A facility for the display, service and retail sale or rental
of new or used boats and/or watercrafts. Boats and watercrafts that
require repair or which cannot be legally operated shall not be stored
on-site for longer than 14 days.
Body art studio (tattoo, piercing etc.).
An establishment that offers either tattooing or body piercing.
Tattooing is the marking or coloring of skin with dyes or inks. Tattooing
for medical purposes, plastic surgery or reconstructive surgery and
for cosmetic purposes such as permanent and eye and lip make-up that
are accessory to other uses are not included in this definition. All
tattoo studios shall be licensed by the Texas Department of Health.
Bottling plant.
A facility for the mixing, bottling, storing and distribution
of soft drinks, mineral water or similar products.
Building.
Any structure having a roof or other covering, and designed
or used for the shelter or enclosure of any person, animal, or property
of any kind.
Building height.
The vertical distance measured in feet from finished grade
to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs; to the deck line
for mansard roofs; and to the average height between eaves and the
ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
Building line.
The line parallel or approximately parallel to a lot line,
marking the required minimum setback from a lot line at which a building
may be erected.
Building material sales.
The indoor or outdoor storing and retailing or wholesaling
of various types of building materials, such as lumber, bricks, paint,
roofing, electrical, plumbing, concrete, doors, windows, siding, and
other such materials used in the building construction industry.
Building official.
The officer or other designated authority charged with the
administration and enforcement of this ordinance.
Building permit application.
An application submitted to development services for new
construction and remodeling, including any exterior remodeling which
increases the exterior dimensions of any structure. The construction
of masonry walls or fences exceeding 30 inches in height measured
at the natural grade, the enclosure of an existing canopy, carport,
porte-cochere or the construction of decking which exceeds 30 inches
in height from the natural grade.
Bus terminal building.
Any premises for the transient storage or parking of motor
driven buses and the loading or unloading of passengers.
Carport.
An unenclosed structure open on two or more sides for one
or more vehicles.
Car title loan business.
An establishment that makes small consumer loans that leverage
the equity value of a car or other vehicle as collateral, where the
title to such vehicle is owned free and clear by the loan applicant
and any existing liens on the car or vehicle cancel the application.
Such loans are often for 30-day terms and failure to repay the loan
or make interest payments to extend the loan allows the lender to
take possession of the car or vehicle.
Car wash.
A structure used to wash motorcycles, automobile and other
light load vehicles. The facility has to have an attendant.
Catering.
An establishment that serves and supplies food to be consumed
off premises; a service providing meals and/or refreshments for public
or private entertainment for a fee; provides food and incidental service
for a social affair or for a private dwelling, but does not use commercial
vehicles that are equipped in any manner for purposes of transporting
food to be sold directly from such vehicles.
Cemetery.
Land used for the burial of human or animal dead and dedicated
for cemetery purposes, including crematories, mausoleums and mortuaries
if operated in connection with and within the boundaries of such cemetery.
Charitable boarding (temporary).
Facilities for providing overnight sleeping accommodations
and/or food facilities for poor and indigent people such as provided
by Salvation Army missions.
Charter school.
A school operated under a charter by the Texas Education
Board.
Check cashing business.
An establishment that provides to the customer an amount
of money that is equal to the face of the check or the amount specified
in the written authorization for an electronic transfer of money,
less any fee charged for the transaction, and where there is an agreement
not to cash the check or execute an electronic transfer of money for
a specified period of time. This definition excludes a state or federally
chartered bank, savings and loan association or credit union, pawnshop
or grocery store.
Child care center (day care).
A facility providing care, training, education, custody,
treatment or supervision for four or more children for all or part
of the 24-hour day and licensed by the state department of human services.
Child/children.
A person or persons under the age of 21 and living with a
parent or guardian.
City.
The City of Sachse.
City manager.
The chief executive officer and administrative head of the
city government. The city manager may designate persons who are under
direction to act in his behalf as he deems appropriate.
Civic clubs/fraternal lodges.
A regular meeting place accommodating ten or more members
of a nonprofit membership organization engaged in civic, social and
fraternal activities.
College or university.
An institution established for educational purposes offering
courses for study beyond the secondary education level, but excluding
trade and commercial schools.
Commercial amusement, indoor.
A facility that offers entertainment or games of skill to
the general public for a fee and that is wholly enclosed within a
building.
Commercial amusement, outdoor.
A facility offering entertainment or games of skill to the
general public for a fee where any portion of the activity takes place
outside. This definition shall also include a skateboard ramp and
related activities.
Commercial laundry/cleaners.
A facility greater than 4,000 square feet (gross floor area)
in area for laundering or dry cleaning garments or similar items on
a bulk basis and received from businesses or laundry and cleaners
as well as individuals.
Commercial school.
A private business offering, on a regular basis, instruction
or training, in a trade, craft, skill, activity, and/or profession,
exclusive of other listed schools. Examples of commercial schools
include: auto and truck repairing, welding, building construction
and repairing, truck driving, bartending, secretarial training, electronics
assembling and repairing, computer programming and maintenance, medical
training, legal training, artistic and design training, personal grooming,
modeling and private schools specializing in such things as speech,
hearing, sight or reading therapy; teaching or training of retarded,
handicapped or blind persons. A commercial school shall be considered
as a permitted use in any district in which [that same trade, craft,
skill, activity, and/or profession is permitted as a business or other
non-school use.]
Construction office.
A temporary building used as an office by a contractor during
the development of a property.
Contractor’s yard (equipment and storage).
A building, part of a building or land area for the storage
of materials, tools, products and vehicles used in the conduct of
a construction business and plumbing, electrical, welding, etc.
Convention facility.
A building or complex of buildings that house cultural, recreational,
athletic, convention or entertainment facilities owned and/or operated
by a government agency.
Convent or monastery.
The living quarters for a religious order or for the congregation
of persons under religious vows.
Country club.
Land area and buildings which may include a golf course,
club house, dining room, swimming pool, tennis courts and similar
recreational or service uses available only to members and their guests.
Coverage.
The percent of a lot or tract covered by the first floor
or the largest floor of a building or structure whichever is larger,
including all covered porches, patios, garages, accessory buildings,
etc. Unsupported roof overhangs and other allowed architectural projections
shall be excluded from coverage computation.
Custodial quarters.
Living quarters provided for the on-site dwelling of a security
guard within a retail, commercial or industrial facility. For residential
uses, custodial quarters shall be considered as living or sleeping
accommodations for the on-site dwelling of a servant or employee.
Day camp.
A land area which may include buildings or outside areas
for activities such as arts, crafts, games, exercise or sports.
Density.
The ratio of the number of dwelling units per net acre of
platted area being developed. Net acre shall be defined as the acreage
of a site less any existing or proposed rights-of-way, or flood plain
that is not either reclaimed or substantially improved as open space
and incorporated into the project.
Detention center.
Living facilities for juveniles being detained or held under
governmental jurisdiction.
Distribution center, general warehousing.
The storage in an enclosed building of materials and goods
including all office, distribution and sales space. This definition
does not include motor freight terminals or railroad freight terminals.
Drive-in movie theater.
An area containing a movie screen, concession stand and vehicle
parking spaces for the purpose of viewing motion pictures from parked
vehicles.
Drive-through establishment.
A business that allows the interior passage of motor vehicles
for the retail sale of food or beverages, or the delivery of food
or beverages to the occupants of the vehicle.
Driving range.
A place or facility where golfers can practice their driving
strokes, usually consisting of a row of tees fronting an open area
of ground. Putting areas shall also be permitted.
Drug store/pharmacy.
A facility for the preparing, preserving, compounding and
the retail sale of drugs, medicines and related items.
Duplex.
A residential structure providing complete, independent living
facilities for two (2) separate families containing two dwelling units
attached by a common wall.
Dwelling unit.
A building, or a portion thereof, designed or used for occupancy
by one family for residential purposes, but not including hotels and
motels, travel trailers, tents, and other such temporary residences.
Electronic cigarette or e-cigarette.
Any device that uses an atomizer or similar device that allows
users to inhale nicotine vapor or other vapor without the use of fire,
smoke, or ash. The definition of e-cigarette shall include, but is
not limited to, electronic cigars, electronic cigarillos, or electronic
pipe, and any cartridge or other component of the device or related
product including any liquid products that are manufactured for use
with e-cigarettes.
Erected.
Built, constructed, altered, reconstructed, moved upon, or
any physical operations on the premises which are required for construction.
Exterior corridor.
A hallway or other pedestrian access way for a building,
which is not fully enclosed and is open to the elements.
Family.
One or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption
or a group of not to exceed five persons not all related by blood
or marriage, occupying a single-family dwelling, boarding or lodging
house, hotel, club or similar dwelling for group use.
Farms, ranches, orchards.
An area which is used for growing of farm products such as
vegetables, fruits, trees and grain and for the raising thereon of
the farm animals such as horses, poultry, cattle and sheep and including
the necessary accessory uses for raising, treating, and storing products
raised on the premises, but not including the commercial feeding of
offal or garbage to swine or other animals.
Financial institution.
An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange or issue
of money, the extension of credit and/or facilitating the transmission
of funds.
Flea market, indoor.
A site where space inside a building is rented to vendors
for the sale of merchandise such as new and used household goods,
personal effects, tools, art work and similar items in small quantities.
Individual vendors shall not be required to obtain a certificate of
occupancy for the space they are renting.
Flea market, outdoor.
A site where space outside a building is rented to vendors
for the sale of merchandise such as new and used household goods,
personal effects, tools, art work and similar items in small quantities.
Floodplain.
Any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from
any source.
Floodway.
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent
land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood
without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than
one foot.
Floodway fringe.
The area between the floodway and the boundary of the base
or 100-year flood.
Floor area, gross.
Total area of a structure measured by taking the outside
dimensions of the building at each floor level intended for occupancy
or storage. In computing floor area in residential districts, garages
and carports shall be excluded.
Floor area, net.
The gross floor area of a structure less stairs, washrooms,
elevator shafts, and other common areas open to the public or semi-public
uses.
Floor area ratio.
An indicated ratio between the number of square feet of total
floor area of building(s) on a lot and the total square footage of
land in the lot.
Foster home.
Temporary care of more than four children who are unrelated
to the foster parent.
Frontage.
All the property, measured along the property line abutting
on one side of the street upon which such property is addressed.
Furniture and appliance sales.
Retail stores selling goods used for furnishing the home
including, but not limited to furniture, floor coverings and household
electrical or gas appliances.
Garage, private.
An accessory building or a portion of a main building for
storage of motor vehicles or parking as may be required in connection
with the permitted use of the main building. For residential uses,
a private garage shall be utilized for purposes customarily incidental
to the residential occupancy of the main building and not involving
the conduct of a business or service not normally found in conjunction
with the residential use.
Gas pumps, fuel sales.
A retail fuel sales facility selling fuel for motor vehicles
including, but not limited to, automobiles, motorcycles, buses, or
recreational vehicles (excluding semi-trailer trucks with at least
three axles that are designed to tow trailers) with no ancillary services
such as vehicle service, vehicle repair, or sale of items other than
fuel. The fueling or gasoline station may be attended or automated.
Go cart track.
A facility for the driving of motorized vehicles less than
ten feet in length (except motorcycles), including closed course,
straightaway or acceleration runs.
Golf course.
An area of twenty or more acres improved with trees, greens,
fairways, hazards and which may include a clubhouse or pro shop.
Grade, average.
A ground elevation established for the purpose of regulating
height and number of stories, determined by averaging ground elevations
at corners, ends, or turning points of the structure in question.
A.
Average grade for a building shall be determined by averaging
the elevation of the ground at each corner of the building.
B.
Other average grade determinations shall be made by the building
official.
Grain elevator.
A facility for the temporary storage of large quantities
of agricultural grain.
Grocery/supermarket.
An establishment for the display, preparation and retail
sale of foods and associated items.
Group home (community home).
A home serving six (6) or fewer mentally or physically handicapped
persons provided the home provides care on a 24-hour basis and is
approved or licensed by the State for that purpose. A group home shall
be considered a single-family home and is defined pursuant to Chapter
123 of the Human Resources Code.
Guard and patrol service.
Facilities for storing and maintaining equipment used by
private security, guard, or patrol services including motor vehicles
and firearms as well as office and dispatching facilities for said
service.
Guest house.
A secondary structure on a lot which contains dwelling accommodations
for the temporary occupancy by guests, relatives, servants, or caretakers
and is not for rent.
Halfway house.
A residential facility providing shelter, supervision and
residential rehabilitative services for persons who have been inmates
of any county, state or federal correctional institution and released
and require a group setting to facilitate the transition to a functional
member of society.
Heavy industrial, plant operations.
Heavy industrial manufacturing, processing, assembling, researching,
and developing, packaging, shipping, storing, servicing or other such
activities which are not prohibited by law and do not meet standards
set forth in the definition of light industrial uses and high risk
uses.
Helipad.
A landing pad for the occasional and infrequent use by rotary
wing aircraft.
High risk uses.
Any use which is determined to be of special health or safety
hazard due to excessive and/or toxic fumes, smoke, gas, or dust; odors;
noise; vibration; or danger from fire, explosion or radiation and
involves materials meeting the “degree of hazard-4” criteria
of the International Fire Code in quantities deemed to be hazardous
by the Director of Development Services.
Home improvement center.
The indoor retail sale and storage of building materials
for home improvements, repairs, or maintenance. Plants materials shall
not be required to be indoors.
Home instruction.
The teaching in the home of such activities as piano, voice,
swimming, hobbies, and crafts and paintings when such uses are secondary
to the use of the structure. Such activities should not involve the
use of equipment not normally found in the home and shall not be advertised
by a sign on the property. There shall not be more than four individuals
receiving instruction at one time.
Home occupation.
An occupation customarily carried on in the home by a member
of the occupant’s family without the employment of additional
persons, without the use of a sign to advertise the occupation, without
offering a commodity for sale on the premises, without the use of
materials and equipment not usually found in a home and does not create
obnoxious conditions to abutting or neighboring property such as noise,
odor, increased traffic, light, or smoke.
Hookah/smoke lounge.
A business establishment for which the configuration of the
floor area is to facilitate on-site consumption of tobacco, cigarette,
and nicotine-enriched solutions. For clarification purpose, a hookah/smoke
lounge and/or any other similar uses shall be considered an individual
business class separated from a retail tobacco store or a retail electronic-cigarette/vaporizer
store.
Hospital.
A building licensed by the state as a hospital that provides
health services primarily on an in-patient basis.
Hotel/motel.
A building occupied or used as a temporary abiding place
of individuals or groups of individuals who are lodged with or without
meals for compensation.
HUD-code manufactured home.
A manufactured home constructed with a permanent chassis
designed for over-the-road transportation and delivered to the home
site in one or more sections according to the National Manufactured
Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1976 enforced by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD regulates the
home’s design and construction, strength and durability, transportability,
fire resistance, energy efficiency and quality control. It also sets
tough performance standards for heating, plumbing, air-conditioning,
thermal and electrical systems.
Improved surface.
A continuous parking surface such as concrete or other alternative
materials that are shown to be impervious yet as durable as concrete
pavement to be approved by the city engineer.
Incidental and secondary uses.
Uses that have not been specifically identified within the
use chart, which may require a determination of use by the development
services director.
Independent senior living.
A facility containing dwelling units, accessory uses and
support services specifically designed for occupancy by persons 55
years of age or older. Such facilities may include accommodations
for persons who are fully ambulatory or who require no medical or
personal assistance or supervision, as well as accommodations for
persons who require only limited or intermittent medical or personal
assistance.
Janitorial service.
A facility providing the storage of equipment or supplies
used for janitorial work and the administrative offices for the offering
of such services.
Junk.
Manufactured goods that are so worn, deteriorated or obsolete
as to make them unusable in their existing condition; and all other
used products subject to being dismantled or recycled.
Kennel (indoor and conditioned).
A facility including outside runs for the short-term boarding
or keeping of animals permitted by the Health Code to be kept within
the city.
Laboratory, light manufacturing, distillery.
Manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging, shipping,
storing, servicing activities not elsewhere listed for other than
retail purposes which do not emit dust, odor, smoke, gas or fumes
beyond the bounding property lines of the tract upon which the use
is located and which do not generate noise or vibration at the boundary
of the property, which is generally perceptible in frequency or pressure
above the ambient level of noise or vibration in the adjacent areas,
except as provided by any noise ordinance.
Landscape nursery.
An establishment for the growth, display and/or sale of plants,
shrubs, trees and other materials used in indoor or outdoor planting.
Landscape nursery, wholesale.
Land, buildings, structures or a combination thereof for
the storage, cultivation, transplanting of live trees, shrubs or plants
offered on the premises and including products used for gardening
or landscaping.
Laundromat.
A facility for self-service laundering of garments, bundle
service and similar items not on a bulk basis.
Laundry or cleaners, on-site processing.
A facility for laundering or dry cleaning garments or similar
items on a bulk basis and received from businesses or laundry and
cleaners as well as individuals, which operates in a maximum allowed
area of 4,000 square feet.
Lawn equipment sales and repair.
An establishment primarily engaged in the sale and repair
of new and used merchandise, including mowers, blowers, lawn tractors,
edgers or other lawn equipment.
Library.
An establishment for the loan or display of books, or objects
of art.
Loading space.
An off-street space on the same lot or on a contiguous lot
with a building or group of buildings, for temporary parking of a
commercial vehicle while loading and unloading merchandise or materials.
Lot.
See “lot of record.”
Lot area.
The net area of a lot exclusive of any portion of streets,
alleys, or right-of-way.
Lot, corner.
A lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection.
Lot coverage.
The percent of a lot or tract covered by the largest floor
of a building or structure, including all covered porches, patios,
garages, accessory buildings, etc. Unsupported roof overhangs and
other allowed architectural projections shall be excluded from coverage
computation.
Lot depth.
The average horizontal distance between the front and rear
lot lines.
Lot, double frontage.
A residential lot other than a corner lot abutting more than
one street and having access to more than one street.
Lot lines.
The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
A.
Front lot line.
That lot line adjacent to street right-of-way. In the case
of a corner lot, only one lot line shall be designated as the front
lot line.
B.
Rear lot line.
That lot line opposite the front lot line of said lot not
intersecting with the front lot line.
Lot of record.
A parcel of land, the dimensions of which are shown on a
recorded plat on file with the county clerk of the encompassing county.
Lot width.
The straight-line distance between the side lot lines, measured
at the two points where the front building line intersects the side
lot lines.
Main building.
A building or buildings in which the primary use of the lot
upon which it is situated is conducted.
Marina.
A facility for the docking, wet storage, refueling and servicing
of boats and other uses as may be specified in the ordinance granting
the planned development under which a marina is permitted.
Massage therapy.
An establishment which provides massage or other physical
therapy by licensed physical therapists.
Medical building, clinic or lab.
A facility operated for the purposes of examining, consulting,
and limited treatment of people with physical or mental ailments,
including necessary accessory facilities, but excluding patient stays
for a period in excess of 24 hours. Includes facilities operated for
medical, dental or optical research, testing and analytical work.
Microbrewery.
An establishment where beer, ale, etc. is brewed and served.
Mining.
The process by which metallic ores, coal, precious stones,
salt or other minerals are extracted from the earth.
Mobile home.
A structure designed or used for residential occupancy, built
upon or having a frame or chassis to which wheels may be attached
for movement upon a highway.
Model home.
A dwelling unit built by a builder or developer to allow
potential purchasers to see what the finished product will look like.
Mortuary/funeral home.
A place for the storage of human bodies prior to their burial
or cremation, or a building used for the preparation of the deceased
for burial and the display of the deceased and ceremonies connected
therewith before burial or cremation.
Motor freight terminal.
Any premises where cargo is stored and where trucks, including
tractor and trailer units, load and unload cargo on a regular basis.
This definition shall also include facilities for the temporary storage
of loads and cargo prior to shipment.
Motor vehicle.
Any vehicle which is propelled by mechanical power such as
automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, or buses designed to carry one or
more persons.
Motor vehicle race track.
A facility for the racing of motorized vehicles of any size
including close course, straightaway and acceleration runs.
Multi-family.
A structure containing three or more dwelling units which
are not located on individually platted lots.
Museum or art gallery.
An institution for the collection, display and distribution
of objects or art or science whose facilities are open to the general
public.
Neighborhood assistance center.
A group of offices designed to serve a neighborhood by offering
facilities whereby residents can obtain information relating to various
social and civic organizations which may provide services to them.
Such services could include a referral service, transportation for
the elderly, and coordination of other such services for low-income,
handicapped, and elderly families.
Noxious matter.
Material(s) capable of causing injury to living organisms
by chemical reaction or capable of causing detrimental effects upon
the physical or economic well-being or comfort of humans.
Occupancy.
The purpose for which a building, or part thereof, is used
or intended to be used.
Open storage.
The storage of any equipment, machinery, commodities, raw,
semi-finished materials, and building materials, not accessory to
a residential use, which is visible from any point on the building
lot line when viewed from ground level.
Outdoor display (sales).
The outdoor display of goods, materials and (or) equipment
sold on premises during normal business hours of a retail or wholesale
business.
Parking space.
An area of definite length and width as specified in the
city’s traffic management standards and engineering paving specifications;
said area shall be exclusive of drives, aisles or entrances giving
access thereto, and shall be fully accessible for the parking of permitted
vehicles.
Pawnshop.
An establishment where money is loaned on the security of
personal property and the sale of unclaimed items.
Personal or professional services.
An establishment which provides services related to grooming,
appearance, care, or repair of personal apparel; and which may sell
products used or recommended for those same purposes incidental to
the services provided.
Pest control.
A facility for the storage of equipment and supplies necessary
for an exterminating service and including the administrative offices
for the operation of said business.
Plat.
A plan illustrating a subdivision of land creating building
lots or tracts showing all dimensions and other information essential
to comply with the subdivision standards of the City of Sachse, which
has been filed in the plat records of the encompassing county and
is therefore a plat of record.
Premises.
Land together with any buildings or structures occupying
it.
Printer, large scale.
An establishment which reproduces in printed form orders
from a business, profession, service, industry or government organization
and containing more than 2,500 square feet.
Printer, small scale.
An establishment which reproduces in printed form individual
orders from a business, profession, service industry or government
organization and containing 2,500 square feet or less.
Private club.
An establishment providing alcoholic beverage service to
an association of persons and falling within the definition of that
portion of the Alcoholic Beverage Code of the State of Texas as it
pertains to the operation of private clubs.
Public building.
A building owned, operated or occupied by the City of Sachse,
which may include but not limited to libraries, fire stations, police
buildings, public works facilities, city hall or museums.
Railroad freight terminal.
An establishment or facility which is designed for the storage
and handling of goods and cargo which are transported by railroad.
The outside storage of railroad cars, engines, or other railroad equipment
shall be prohibited.
Railroad yard.
Any place or premises for the loading and unloading materials
on trains, including freight terminals, freight docks, freight depots
and railroad equipment storage yards.
Radio and T.V. recording studios.
A facility for the production and transmission of commercial
programming by radio or television within the commercial band of the
electromagnetic spectrum or containing the facilities and equipment
necessary for the production of records, audio tapes, video tapes
or video cassette tapes.
Reception facility.
An establishment that is open to the general public or made
available for private use, primarily for the provision of facilities
for parties, dances, receptions banquets, or similar social events.
This use does not include restaurants, hotels, country clubs, theaters
or commercial amusements that provide for such activities as a secondary
use.
Recreational vehicle park.
An area designed for the overnight or temporary parking of
vehicular, portable structures built on a chassis designed to be used
as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses.
Overnight stay shall not exceed 14 days and the recreational vehicles
shall be operational at all times and shall have current inspection
decals.
Recycling center.
A facility that is not a salvage yard and in which recoverable
resources such as newspapers, glassware and metal products are collected,
stored, flattened, crushed or bundled.
Religious institution.
An institution that people regularly attend to participate
in or hold religious services.
Research and development, data center.
An establishment engaged in research and new product development
activities in the field of medicine or in high-technology intensive
fields, including the on-site manufacture and assembly of high-technology
prototypes, provided all activities and storage of equipment and materials
take place within the principal building.
Residential districts.
Includes the following districts: R-39, R-15, R-12, R-10,
R-E, and portions of any PD, which permits residential occupancy.
Restaurant.
An eating establishment where customers are primarily served
at tables or self-served and food is consumed on the premises.
Restaurant with drive through.
An eating establishment where customers are primarily served
at tables or self served and food is consumed on the premises. The
facility contains a drive-through window.
Retail CBD and hemp based products.
A business establishment for which more than 50 percent (50%)
of sales are based on the retail sale of products related to or derived
from CBD oil (cannabidiol) or hemp. This includes, but is not limited
to oils, vitamins, supplements, food, personal care and garments.
Retail electronic-cigarette/vaporizer store.
A business establishment for which more than 50 percent of
the gross floor area is dedicated to the storage, mixing, display
and/or retail sale of electronic cigarette devices, nicotine-enriched
solutions and/or liquid products that are manufactured for use with
e-cigarettes.
Retail sales, general stores.
An establishment engaged in the selling of merchandise to
the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering
services incidental to the sale of such goods or these businesses
which provide services customized for individuals such as a tailor,
barber or beauty shop or photographic studio.
Retail tobacco store.
A business establishment for which more than 50 percent of
the gross floor area is dedicated to the display and retail sale of
tobacco products such a cigars, pipe tobacco and cigarettes. This
business may also sell tobacco accessories such as lighters, matches,
cigarette holders and devices used to preserve tobacco, cigars or
cigarettes, which are merely incidental to the sale of tobacco products.
Rodeo.
A facility for public performances of rodeo events including
but not limited to bronco riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, and
bull riding.
Salvage yard.
A yard or building where automobiles or parts of automobiles
or machinery are stored, dismantled or offered for sale in the open
as whole units, as salvaged parts or as processed metal.
Sanitary landfill.
A facility for the collection, handling, storage and disposal
of solid waste in accordance with Texas Department of Health regulations.
Schools, public and private.
A facility that provides a curriculum of elementary and secondary
academic instruction, including kindergartens, elementary schools,
middle schools and high schools.
Seasonal sales.
Temporary sales of product normally sold in a period of the
year devoted to or marked by certain activities, events, or climate
conditions, such as special holidays, summer season, winter season.
Secondary use.
A use subordinate to the main use on a lot, but not necessarily
incidental or related to the main use.
Self-storage units.
An enclosed structure divided into individual or spaces intended
for storage of goods, products or equipment. Custodial quarters are
permitted as a secondary use within a self-storage unit development.
Septic tank service.
A facility for the storage of equipment and supplies necessary
for a business providing for repair and cleaning of private septic
tanks or portable facilities and the administrative offices for said
business.
Servant quarter(s).
Quarters used by bona fide farm workers, or other accessory
buildings such as barns, sheds and other structures necessary for
farming operations may be permitted, provided, however, that no such
accessory building or quarters to be used by servants or farm workers
shall be occupied as a place of abode or dwelling by anyone other
than a bona fide servant or farm worker and actually and regularly
employed by the land owner or occupant of the main building.
Setback.
The required minimum distance between any structure and any
property line of the lot on which it is located. Setbacks shall be
measured perpendicular to lot lines. The terms “setback”
and “required yard” shall mean the same and can be interchanged.
Sexually oriented business.
An adult arcade, adult bookstore or adult video store, adult
cabaret, adult motel, adult movie theater, escort agency, nude model
studio, sexual encounter center, or other commercial enterprise that
the primary business of which is the offering of a service or selling,
renting or exhibiting of devices of other items intended to provide
sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer.
Site.
That area of land, upon which a structure is placed, utilized
in meeting requirements of this ordinance. No portion of land, when
once used as a site area for a structure, may be used as a site for
another structure.
Smoking (tobacco, E-cig, vape, etc.).
A retail store where more than 15 percent of the gross square
footage of the establishment is dedicated to the sale, distribution,
delivery, furnishing of smoking paraphernalia, from one person to
another. Smoking paraphernalia shall mean paraphernalia, devices,
or instruments that are designed or manufactured for the smoking,
ingesting, inhaling or otherwise introducing into the body of tobacco,
products prepared from tobacco, or controlled substances as defined
in the Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 481. Smoking paraphernalia
includes, but is not limited to, pipes, bongs, and hookahs. Smoking
paraphernalia does not include lighters, matches, cigarette holders
and device used to store or preserve tobacco, tobacco cigarettes,
cigarette papers or cigars. For purposes of this definition, smoking
paraphernalia establishments may also be referred to as head shops.
Story.
See City of Sachse current Building Code.
Street.
A public or private thoroughfare right-of-way, which affords
the principle means of access to abutting property. The term “street”
shall include avenue, drive, circle, road, boulevard, highway, or
any other similar term.
Substation, generating plant.
A facility that generates electricity from mechanical power
produced by gas, coal or steam. Includes facilities for transforming
electricity for distribution to individual customers.
Taxidermist.
A facility for preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins
of animals, birds and fish.
Telecommunications.
The transmission of audio and/or visual information.
A.
Alternative mounting structure.
Water tower, man-made tree, clock tower, church steeple,
bell tower, utility pole, flagpole, or similar structure, designed
to support and camouflage or conceal the presence of telecommunication
antennas.
B.
Antenna, type 1.
An antenna and associated mast or tower or a facility for
transmission or reception of voice or data by radio or television
of local business communications within a business.
C.
Antenna, type 2.
An antenna and associated mast or tower or a facility for
transmission or reception of voice or data by radio or television
for all communications other than those defined under antenna, type
1, or antenna, private.
D.
Antenna, private.
An antenna or facility for transmission or reception of voice
or data of (a) noncommercial communications by radio or television
within the noncommercial band of the electromagnetic spectrum or (b)
private reception of commercial broadcasting.
E.
Antenna tower/antenna support structure.
A structure, other than an antenna mast placed, erected or
constructed to support one antenna mast and/or one or more antennas
for the purpose of transmitting and/or receiving any portion of the
electromagnetic spectrum.
F.
Co-location.
A single telecommunications tower and/or site used by more
than one telecommunications service provider.
G.
Stealth.
A telecommunications antenna that is effectively camouflaged
or concealed from view.
H.
Antenna height.
The distance measured from grade to the highest point of
any and all components of the structure, including antennas, hazard
lighting, and other appurtenances.
I.
Monopole.
A self-supporting telecommunications tower, which consists
of a single vertical pole, fixed into the ground and/or attached to
a foundation.
Theater or cinema.
A building or part of a building devoted to the showing of
motion pictures or for dramatic, musical or live performance.
Tire dealer, no outside storage.
A facility for the display and sale of automobile or truck
tires including facilities for the mounting, balancing and repair
of tires but with no outdoor storage of parts, equipment or inventory.
Tire dealer, outside storage.
A facility for the display and sale of automobile or truck
tires including facilities for the mounting, balancing and repair
of tires and including outdoor storage.
Townhouse.
A dwelling that is part of a structure containing three or
more dwellings, each designed and constructed for occupancy by one
family, with each dwelling attached by a common wall in which each
dwelling is located on a separate platted lot.
Toxic and noxious matter.
Any solid, liquid, or gaseous material which is capable of
endangering the health, safety, comfort, or economic well-being of
persons in the vicinity or which may cause injury or damage to property
as defined by the Uniform Fire Code and/or the Environmental Protection
Agency.
Truck or bus storage, commercial.
An area for the temporary parking of vehicles having a manufacturer’s
recommended gross vehicle weight of greater than 11,000 pounds.
Truck or bus washing.
A facility for the washing of vehicles having a manufacturer’s
recommended gross vehicle weight of greater than 11,000 pounds.
Truck terminal.
An establishment designed equipped, intended, adapted or
primarily for the parking, storage, fueling or repair of other than
passenger motor vehicles. The use may include the retail sale of convenience
food items, a fast food/take-out restaurant, truck weighing scales,
truck washes, showers, laundry facilities and personal services such
as barber shops.
Uniform supply service.
An establishment which provides for the pick-up, delivery,
sale or leasing of uniforms to individuals or businesses.
Use.
The purpose for which land or a building is or may be occupied.
Variance.
A modification of the literal provisions of the zoning ordinance
granted by the board of adjustment when strict enforcement of the
zoning ordinance would cause undue hardship owing to circumstances
unique to the individual property on which the variance is granted.
Vehicle pound.
An area for the temporary storage and parking of wrecked
or impounded vehicles.
Vet or pet store (indoor).
A facility operated by a veterinarian for the purpose of
examining and treating household pets permitted by the Health Code
to be kept within the city. The keeping of animals overnight is permitted
when kept inside the clinic building. Also includes a retail establishment
offering small animals for sale where all such creatures are housed
within the building, including the grooming of small animals and the
sale of associated supplies.
Water reservoir or well.
A natural or artificial system, device or facility used for
storing water for human consumption or agricultural uses.
Water treatment plant.
A facility for storing, purifying, supplying and distributing
city water, which may include a system of reservoirs, channels, mains,
and purifying equipment.
Wholesaling, general.
The sale of commodities for the purpose of resale, as to
retailers rather than directly to consumers.
Wind energy system.
A wind energy conversion system that converts wind energy
into electricity through the use and consisting of a wind turbine,
a tower, and associated control or conversion electronics, that has
a rated capacity of not more than 20 kw for residential systems and
not more than 100 kw for commercial systems and is intended for on-site
production and consumption of electricity to serve the needs of the
consumer.
Wrecker service.
A primary use operating a wrecker or wreckers designed to
transport all types of vehicles.
Wrecker service (one).
Operating one wrecker designed to transport automobiles and
other vehicles only when said operation is secondary to main use of
motor vehicle service, repair and/or sales.
Wrecking, salvage yard.
A yard or building where automobiles or parts of automobiles
or machinery are stored, dismantled or offered for sale in the open
as whole units, as salvaged parts or as processed metal.
Yard, required front.
An open space extending the full width of the lot, the depth
of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot
line and the front building line.
Yard, required rear.
An open space extending the full width of the lot, the depth
of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line
and the rear building.
Yard, required side.
An open space extending from the required front yard to the
required rear yard, the width of which is the minimum horizontal distance
between the side lot line and the side building line.
Zoning district.
A classification applied to any certain land area within
the city stipulating the limitations and requirements of land usage
and development.
Zoning map.
The Official Zoning Map of the City of Sachse together with
all amendments thereto.
Zoo.
A facility consisting of a zoological garden or a collection
of animals for display to the public.