This article shall be known, cited and referred to as “The Single Site Built Home Regulations of the City of Troup.”
(Ordinance 3-06 adopted 8/12/03)
Articles 970a, 974a and 974a-1 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, Texas Local Government Code section 212.001 et seq. and section 43.001 et seq., and any amendments thereto, are hereby adopted, and the provisions of this article are adopted in exercise of power granted to municipalities by such statutes, as well as all other powers granted to cities through appropriate provisions of the laws and constitution of the state. Specifically, but not by way of limitation, the city council shall have the power to bring suit in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin or abate any violation of a restriction contained or incorporated by reference in a duly recorded plan, plat, replat or other instrument affecting a single site built home within the boundaries provided by law, to the fullest extent permitted under article 974a-1, to be uniformly applied and enforced as provided therein. Further, the city council specifically requires that any plan, plat, replat, or other instrument required by law be submitted to the city council for approval prior to recording.
(Ordinance 3-06 adopted 8/12/03)
This article is to provide for the orderly, safe, healthful and harmonious development and growth of the city and its environs. This article sets forth rules and regulations regarding nonconforming uses and structures and rules and regulations for the construction of and/or additions to a single site built home.
(Ordinance 3-06 adopted 8/12/03)
Hereafter, before any plan, plat or replat of a single site built home inside the city or within one-half (1/2) mile of the city limits thereof shall be recorded with the county clerk, it shall be first approved by the city council in conformance with the provisions of this article. The filing of any plan, plat or replat without complying with the requirements of this article, or the transfer of land by filing of any instrument in the nature of a conveyance without having first complied with the requirements of this article, shall be deemed a violation of the provisions of this article.
(Ordinance 3-06 adopted 8/12/03)
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Any office referred to in this article by title means the person employed or appointed by the city in that position, or duly authorized representative.
Definitions not expressly prescribed herein are to be construed in accordance with customary usage in municipal planning and engineering practices.
A minor public right-of-way, not intended to provide the primary means of access to abutting lots, which is used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or sides of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
The line within a property defining the minimum horizontal distance between a building and the adjacent street line.
A street having but one outlet to another street, and terminated on the opposite end by a vehicular turnaround.
A street, other than a cul-de-sac, with only one outlet.
A person duly authorized under the provisions of the Texas Engineering Registration Act, as heretofore or hereafter amended, to practice the profession of engineering.
An undivided tract or parcel of land having frontage on a public street and which is, or in the future may be, offered for sale, conveyance, transfer or improvement; which is designated as a distinct and separate tract, and which is identified by a tract or lot number or symbol in a duly approved subdivision plat which has been properly filed of record.
The portion of a street available for vehicular traffic; where curbs are laid, it is the portion measured back to back of curb.
(Ordinance 3-06 adopted 8/12/03)
Whenever the standards and specification in this article conflict with those contained in another section of this code, the most stringent or restrictive provisions shall govern.
(Ordinance 3-06 adopted 8/12/03)