§ II. R-1 One-family district.

(A)

Use regulation. In the R-1 district, no building or land shall be used and no building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered, unless otherwise provided in this ordinance, except for one or more of the following uses:

(1)

One conventional dwelling.

(2)

School, public or private, having a curriculum equal to a public elementary, high school, or institution of higher learning.

(3)

Public parks, playgrounds, golf courses (except miniature), public and community buildings.

(4)

Municipal buildings, nonprofit libraries or museums, police and fire stations, and other city installations.

(5)

Home occupations as defined in section 18.1 of Article XVIII, but excluding any type of business which trades in any kind of commodities or makes any type of retail sales, or any type of business which generates high volume traffic, and especially excluding beauty shops, barber shops, book and stationery sales, and the sale or service of food in any form.

(6)

Farms, nurseries, gardens, greenhouses, provided no sales are made and no sales office is maintained.

(7)

Accessory buildings and accessory uses, customarily incident to the above uses (not involving the conduct of a business), when located on the same lot, including a private garage for one or more cars, bona fide servant's quarters not for rent or used for commercial purposes. Detached accessory buildings shall be not less than 60 feet from the front lot line and 12 feet from the main use building.

(8)

Registered family home child care facility as defined by state law.

(B)

Signs. The following signs shall be permissible in this district:

(1)

One unlighted sign, which shall not exceed one square foot in area, indicating the name of the occupant or occupation of a customary home occupation, provided the sign is attached flat to the building.

(2)

One sign, which shall not exceed 16 square feet in area, for church or school.

(3)

One sign, which shall not exceed four square feet in area, for temporary unlighted sign pertaining to the lease, hire for sale of building or property upon which it is located, provided the sign is immediately removed upon the lease, hire or sale of such building or property.

(C)

Height regulations. No buildings in this district shall exceed 2½ stories or 35 feet in height. See section X for special exceptions.

(D)

Area regulations. The following regulations of area shall apply in this district:

(1)

Front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 25 feet to the front line of the building on all lots. On corner lots, a front yard of the required depth shall be provided in accordance with the prevailing yard pattern, and a second front (or side) yard shall be provided on the other frontage which is one-half the depth required for the front yard. See section X for special exception. Provided, however, only 50 percent of the required front yard may have a nonpermanable surface.

(2)

Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 25 percent of the total depth, but such rear yard need not be more than 25 feet deep.

Accessory buildings not exceeding one story in height may occupy as much as 40 percent of a required rear yard. Accessory buildings exceeding one story in height may occupy as much as 30 percent of a required rear yard, provided however that no part of an accessory building may extend over the rear property line.

Carports and patio covers, which shall be anchored securely to the ground, shall be considered as structures when computing rear yard requirements.

Preconstructed metal accessory buildings shall not exceed 144 square feet and shall be securely anchored to the ground.

(3)

Side yard. On interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side of a building having a width of not less than five feet. Side yard for corner lot shall be not less than five feet on the interior side, and shall be as provided in [subsection] (1) above for the other side. Accessory buildings shall not be built within five feet of the property line on interior lots, or within ten or 12½ feet of the property line of the street side of corner lots. See section X for special exceptions.

(4)

Lot area per family. Every lot or tract of land shall have an area of not less than 7,200 square feet and an average width of not less than 60 feet.

(5)

Living area per family. Minimum living area per family shall not be less than 850 square feet of area. The term "living space" excludes any attached garage area.

(6)

Reserved.

(E)

Materials of construction. All customary materials of construction may be used so as to conform to the Standard Building Code with the following exceptions:

(1)

Galvanized sheet steel;

(2)

Corrugated tin;

(3)

Transite; and

(4)

Wooden shingles are not permitted.

Provided, however galvanized sheet steel or corrugated tin may be used if they conform to the Standard Building Code class 4 construction and if there is filed with the building official a certificate issued by a registered professional engineer licensed to practice in Texas, to which are affixed his signature and seal, certifying that the building or structure as so constructed meets the wind load requirements of the Standard Building Code for coastal regions.

(F)

Parking regulation. See minimum off-street parking requirements, section XII.

(G)

Specific uses permitted. Refer to section XIII below.

(Ord. No. 83-23, §§ 6, 7, 13, 12-8-83; Ord. No. 92-17, § 2(c), 11-5-92; Ord. No. 97-12, § 2(b), (f), 9-11-97; Ord. No. 2014-004, § 2, 6-12-14)