The Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction–North Central Texas, second edition, is adopted as the specifications for public works projects carried out within the city. As formal amendments are developed by the advisory committee and adopted by the North Central Texas Council of Governments Executive Board and published, they shall be included and substituted in the specifications adopted hereby, and shall thereafter have the force of law, the same as if originally adopted hereby, provided that any new edition or republication of such standard specifications shall be adopted by amendatory ordinance of the city.
(1996 Code, art. 3.1300)
No mobile home, trailer home, portable home, nor any similar temporary structure shall be assembled, parked, placed, stored, occupied, or used as a place or abode on any residential lot in the city, nor may any of said structures or buildings be used or occupied as a residential building on any lot in the city.
(1996 Code, art. 3.300)
(a) 
Definitions.
For the purpose of this section, the words and phrases used herein shall have the following meanings:
Alley easement.
The area dedicated to the use of the public by plat, deed or public use between the property lines of lots or tracts of land, the abutting property owner on each side having fee title to the underlying land from the centerline of the alley paving to his property line.
Encroachment.
Any blockage, impediment, structure, personal property or landscape material that prevents free passage or use or impedes or obstructs an alley easement.
(b) 
Surface materials allowed.
(1) 
Grass, gravel, pavers, and other permeable materials shall be permitted surfaces in an alley easement.
(2) 
Concrete shall be a permitted surface in an alley easement.
(3) 
All installations of the above-listed materials in an alley easement must be done in accordance with city specifications.
(c) 
Removal of encroachments.
(1) 
Masonry and/or concrete retaining walls must be removed from the alley easement upon issuance of a building permit, other than a permit for repairs and/or replacement of existing structures, valued in excess of $10,000.00 for any work on the abutting private property. For purposes of this chapter, “repair and/or replacement” shall mean the reconstruction or renewal to original condition of any damaged or deteriorated part or component of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance; “remodel” shall mean work which changes the original size, location or material of a part or component of an existing building.
(2) 
Fences must be removed from the alley easement upon issuance of a building permit valued in excess of $10,000.00 for any work on the abutting private property, or upon issuance of any permit to construct, replace, repair, or alter any fence thereon.
(1996 Code, art. 3.2400; Ordinance 13/025 adopted 7/16/13)