(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) 
Definitions.
(1) 
Home-based business
is defined in section 6.02 of this GDC and Texas Local Government Code, Section 229.902.
(2) 
No-impact home-based business
means a home-based business that:
(a) 
Has at any time on the property where the business is operated a total number of employees and clients or patrons of the business that does not exceed the municipal occupancy limit for the property;
(b) 
Does not generate on-street parking or a substantial increase in traffic through the area;
(c) 
Operates in a manner in which none of its activities are visible from a street; and
(d) 
Does not substantially increase noise in the area or violate a municipal noise ordinance, regulation, or rule.
(B) 
General Prohibition.
A Home-based business is prohibited unless it is being operated as a No-impact home-based business.
(C) 
Criteria.
A home-based business operating as a no-impact home-based business must be:
(1) 
In compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, including:
(a) 
All applicable municipal fire and building codes; and
(b) 
All municipal regulations related to health and sanitation, transportation or traffic control, solid or hazardous waste, or pollution and noise control.
(2) 
Compatible with the residential use of the property where the business is located; and
(3) 
A secondary use of the property as a residential dwelling.
(D) 
Prohibited Activities.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section 2.61, the following home-based businesses are hereby expressly prohibited:
(1) 
Vehicle sales: It shall be an offense for any person to cause, allow, suffer, or permit the sale or advertising for sale of a motor vehicle that is located, parked, or stored on the premises of where is home-based business is operating and which is not registered to a person who has a property interest in 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.
(3) 
Wrecker services;
(4) 
The sale of alcohol or illegal drugs; and
(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 subsection (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.
(6) 
Sexually oriented businesses.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15; Ordinance 7208 adopted 3/16/21; Ordinance 7618 adopted 9/2/2025)