§ XI. R-5 One conventional dwelling or one HUD-Code manufactured home district.

(A)

Use regulations. This district includes only land which is used for:

(1)

Permanent conventional dwellings of single families; and

(2)

Individually owned HUD-Code manufactured homes which are used as a single-family dwelling and where the owner thereof owns the land on which it is located.

(B)

Permitted uses.

(1)

One conventional dwelling or one HUD-Code manufactured home.

(2)

Accessory buildings and accessory uses, customarily incident to the above uses, when located on the same lot, including a private garage for one or more cars. Detached accessory buildings shall be not less than 60 feet from the front lot line and 12 feet from the main use building.

(C)

Height regulations. No HUD-Code manufactured home in this district shall exceed one story.

(D)

Area regulations. The following regulations of area shall apply to 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 half the depth required for the front yard. See section X for special exception.

(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.

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

Prefabricated 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 lots 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. Minimum of 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.

(E)

Special requirements for manufactured dwellings.

(1)

All axles, wheels and external trail hitch tongues or similar devices on or by means of which such dwelling is or may be transported must be removed from the dwelling and the district within ten days.

(2)

All manufactured dwellings brought into this district must be placed on and secured to a permanent concrete foundation and connected to the municipal water and sewer system within ten days.

(3)

Within ten days after any manufactured dwelling is placed on a permanent foundation in this district, metal or masonry skirting completely surrounding the exterior of such dwelling must be installed so as to provide adequate access and ventilation and must thereafter be continually maintained in a good state of repair. As used herein, "access" means a crawl space of at least 12 inches but not more than 24 inches.

(4)

All manufactured dwellings placed in this district must meet all then current requirements for a HUD-Code manufactured home located in Counties of Texas located on the Gulf of Mexico contained in federal and state HUD-Code manufactured home construction and safety standards or statutes as well as any then current standard building or other standard code adopted by the Code of Ordinances of the city except as modified by this subsection of the comprehensive zoning ordinance of the city and not in conflict with such standards and statutes.

(Ord. No. 97-12, § 2(e), 9-11-97)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 79-22, § 2(18), enacted Aug. 9, 1979, provided that the land intensity use chart, formerly included at § XI, be made a part of § IX(E)(2). Section 2(20) of Ord. No. 79-22 provided that former § XI be repealed.