(A) Front
and Side Yards Along Streets.
Accessory Buildings (including
Accessory Dwellings) must adhere to the same requirements governing
front yards adjacent to a street(s) as are required for the main building.
(B) Street
Side Yard.
An Accessory Building (including Accessory
Dwellings) in a street side yard must provide the same side yard setback
as required for the main building.
(C) Habitation
Prohibited.
No Accessory Building may be used as a place of habitation or as an Accessory Dwelling except as provided for in Section
2.51 of Chapter
2 of this GDC.
(D) Main
Building.
Accessory Buildings (including Accessory Dwellings)
and accessory uses are prohibited without a main building being located
on the same lot, except a barn or agricultural building in the Agricultural
(AG) district.
(E) Not
Sold or Sublet.
Accessory Buildings (including Accessory
Dwellings) may not be sold separately from sale of the entire property,
including the main building(s), and may not be sublet.
(F) Building
Permit.
Accessory Buildings (including Accessory Dwellings) that have a total floor area over twenty square feet in size require a Building Permit (see Article 1, Division
4 of Chapter
4 of this GDC).
(G) Total
Floor Area.
The total floor area of all Accessory Buildings
on a lot may not exceed thirty percent of the floor area of the main
building on the lot, except that this requirement does not limit the
floor area of an Accessory Building to less than six hundred square
feet.
(H) Accessory
Building Exceeding 200 Square Feet.
An Accessory building
that exceeds two hundred square feet in floor area must comply with
the following provisions:
(1) The
height of an Accessory Building having more than two hundred square
feet in floor area may not exceed fifteen feet, with a maximum wall
height of ten and one-half feet measured from the finished floor to
the top plate.
(I) Accessory
Building Exceeding 500 Square Feet.
An Accessory Building
that exceeds five hundred square feet in total floor area must comply
with the following provisions:
(1) The
height of an Accessory Building having more than five hundred square
feet in floor area may not exceed twenty-five feet or the height of
the main structure, whichever is less, with a maximum wall height
of twelve and one-half feet measured from the finished floor to the
top plate.
(J) Non-Street/Interior
Side & Rear Yard.
An when an Accessory Building (including
an Accessory Dwelling) is located in the rear yard, a minimum side
and rear yard of three feet must be provided for the Accessory Building.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15; Ordinance 7079, sec. 29, adopted 8/20/19; Ordinance 7107, sec. 29, adopted 12/3/19)
(A) Carports.
Residential carports, canopies, and porte cocheres must comply
with the following provisions:
(1) No
carports, canopies, or porte cocheres of metal construction may be
located in front of a single-family residence or within a side yard
adjacent to a street.
(2) Carports,
canopies, or porte cocheres that are located in front of a single-family
residence or within a side yard adjacent to a street shall not exceed
the height of the main building.
(3) Carports,
canopies, or porte cocheres of metal construction may be located at
the rear of a single-family residence so long as access is from a
paved alley at the rear of the property.
(4) A
carport, canopy, or porte cochere that is located in the rear yard
of a one-story single-family residence is restricted to a height not
to exceed the height of the peak of the roof of the residence or fifteen
feet, whichever is greater. A carport, canopy, or porte cochere that
is located in the rear yard of a two-story (or greater) single-family
residence is restricted to a height of fifteen feet.
(5) All
construction plans submitted for permit approval must meet applicable
load span specifications required by the Building Code or bear the
stamp of an Engineer licensed in the State of Texas.
(6) Carports,
canopies, or porte cocheres may not be enclosed or converted into
a garage space, living space, storage, or work room.
(7) The
siding of carports, canopies, or porte cocheres may extend down a
maximum of two feet from the roof on the open sides of the structure.
(8) These
requirements apply only to carports, canopies, and porte cocheres
constructed after the original effective date of the adopting Ordinance
No. 5993, April 18, 2006.
(9) Carports, canopies, and porte cocheres located in multifamily developments (including senior living facilities) must comply with the below Section
2.60.
(B) Exemption.
This Section
2.59 does not apply to farm or agricultural buildings.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15; Ordinance 7079, sec. 30, adopted 8/20/19; Ordinance 7107, sec. 30, adopted 12/3/19)
(A) Carports,
Canopies and Porte Cocheres.
A carport, canopy or porte
cochere for a nonresidential use (regardless of zoning district) must:
(1) Not
encroach into a required front, side or rear yard setback;
(2) Not
extend over a public street, a City easement (unless approved by the
Director of Engineering), or a refuse or solid waste container (dumpster);
(3) Have
a minimum fourteen-foot clearance when extending over a fire lane
or vehicular drive aisle;
(4) Be
supported by columns that are architecturally integrated and are similar
to the colors of the main building;
(5) Have
no more than ten parking stalls under each roof structure; and
(6) Not
be located closer than eighteen feet, measured post-to-post, to another
parking structure without a landscaped island and at least one large
canopy tree between structures.
(7) The
siding of carports, canopies, or porte cocheres may extend down a
maximum of two feet from the roof on the open sides of the structure.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15; Ordinance 7079, sec. 31, adopted 8/20/19)
(A) Definition.
A Home Occupation may be lawfully conducted only as a secondary,
accessory use.
(B) General
Prohibition.
A Home Occupation is prohibited, unless:
(i) it is conducted entirely indoors, only by a person residing in
the home; (ii) it offers no goods for sale or display on the premises;
and (iii) it does not require the delivery or shipment of goods from
the residence.
(C) Criteria.
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Section
2.61(B) above, that the Home Occupation meets each of the following criteria:
(1) Only
one person, other than occupants of the residence, is engaged in the
Home Occupation at the residence regardless whether that person is
a volunteer, an employee or is otherwise compensated;
(2) There
is no outside storage of materials connected with the Home Occupation;
(3) There
is not more than one vehicle used in connection with the Home Occupation
located on the premises or on an adjacent residential street. A vehicle
used in the operation of the home occupation may be no larger than
a passenger van or pick-up truck;
(4) There
is no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises,
or other visible evidence of the conduct of the Home Occupation;
(5) There
is no substantial increase in traffic and no need for additional parking;
(6) The
Home Occupation does not create noxious conditions to abutting or
neighboring property such as noise, odor, light, or smoke; and
(7) The
business is conducted completely indoors, except where the business
activities conducted outdoors do not unreasonably disturb or interfere
with the peace, comfort, and repose of neighboring persons of ordinary
sensibilities.
(D) Prohibited
Activities.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section
2.61, the following are hereby expressly prohibited in a residential zoning district:
(1) Vehicle
sales.
It shall be an offense for any person within view
from a public right-of-way in a residential zoning district to cause,
allow, suffer, or permit the sale or advertising for sale of a motor
vehicle that is not registered to a person who owns the property (or
named on the electric utility bill) on which the motor vehicle is
located, parked, or stored. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution
under this section that the vehicle being sold or advertised for sale
is registered to a relative of the owner of the property (or person
named on the electric utility bill) by blood, adoption, or marriage
within two degrees of affinity or consanguinity, and that the registered
owner of the vehicle resides at the property on which the vehicle
is located, parked, or stored, according to the address listed on
a current driver’s license or state identification card.
(2) Vehicle
repairs.
(a) It shall be an offense for any person, within view from a public right-of-way in a residential zoning district, to cause, conduct, allow, suffer, or permit Major Automobile Repair, as defined in Chapter
6 of the Garland Development Code.
(b) It shall be an offense for any person in a residential zoning district to cause, conduct, allow, suffer, or permit Major or Minor Automobile Repair, as defined in Chapter
6 of the Garland Development Code, to a motor vehicle if the vehicle being repaired is not registered to a person who owns the property (or named on the electric utility bill) on which the motor vehicle is located. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the vehicle being repaired is registered to a relative of the owner of the property (or person named on the electric utility bill) by blood, adoption, or marriage within two degrees of affinity or consanguinity.
(5) Contracting
or construction services.
(a) It shall be an offense for any person, within view from a public
right-of-way in a residential zoning district, to cause, conduct,
allow, suffer, or permit the storage, parking, or staging of construction
equipment or materials, or a trailer or motor vehicle loaded with
construction equipment or materials, where the equipment and materials
are primarily used for a commercial enterprise.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under 2.61(D)(5)(a) that
the construction equipment, construction materials, or vehicle or
trailer loaded with the construction equipment or materials is lawfully
parked or stored on property in which there is ongoing, lawfully permitted,
construction or remodeling activities for which the equipment or materials
are necessary to complete the project.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15; Ordinance 7208 adopted 3/16/21)