Internal programs and services are designed to support activities and standards necessary to ensure quality service, legal compliance, and fiscal accountability. CEMETERY. Design of improvements shall conform to the standards and specifications of the City of Round Rock Design and Construction Standards, as amended. Uses Permitted By Right (P): indicates that a use is allowed by right. B. Double-Faced Sign. Typical conditions may include an excessive number of applications received by the City during a certain period of time, inadequate staff time due to temporary limitations of personnel resources or lack of availability of a required professional staff member such as the City Engineer. Development Standards. Full compliance with the standards contained within this Code must be obtained before the issuance of a building repair, plumbing or electrical permit for any structure on a lot within a subdivision within the jurisdiction of the City. A use located in a permanent or temporary building and providing regular organized religious worship and religious education incidental thereto, but excluding private primary or private secondary educational facilities, community recreational facilities, and parking facilities. G. Multifamily Residential (MF2). Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of maintenance and custodial services to firms rather than individuals. Notice shall be required for review of an application as shown in the following table. Storage services primarily for personal effects and household goods within enclosed storage areas having individual access, but excluding uses such as workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, or commercial activity. Transferor Parcel. Unified Development Code Text Amendment. 3. A. Applicability. Adult Cabaret means a business that primarily offers live entertainment that emphasizes specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas. If greater than fifty (50) percent and less than the total, the City Council, may grant a permit for repair after public hearing and having due regard for the property rights of the persons affected when considered in the light of the public welfare and the character of the area surrounding the designated nonconforming use and of the conservation and preservation of property. B. The city was chartered in 1876 and is central to the region's natural . B. Subdivisions and plats of land shall be reviewed using the criteria specified or referenced in State Law. The landowner or developer shall complete all such improvements specified or referenced in the subdivision plat or site development permit and the construction plans for the same, within one (1) year from the date of final plat approval or site development permit issuance unless granted an extension by the City. The City Council will appoint a City Engineer to function as described in this Code. New developments or improvements of existing developments should consult the City of Liberty Hill or appropriate wastewater utility service provider for compliance. The City of Liberty Hill has the statutory authority to exercise a broad range of powers within its city limits. Home occupations are permitted provided the occupation meets the following provisions: 1. Typical uses include storage of private parking tow-a-ways or impound yards, (but specifically excluding dismantling or salvaging of vehicles). Streets including alleys, bridges and street lighting, rights-of-way, sidewalks, signalization. The City Council of the City of Liberty Hill will act as the BOA until such time as a separate BOA has been created. The purpose of this district is to provide for development of quality multiple-family living in a moderately dense setting, at a density not to exceed 10 units per acre. As defined by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Riparian Habitat. Floodway Fringe. Public Water - Oriented Recreation. Any sign that transmits light through its face or any part thereof[.]. 3. Commercial Off-Street Parking. Marquee Sign. Subdivision Preliminary Plan is a map or drawing of a proposed subdivision plan which upon approval establishes an agreement to the layout. Infill will require adherence to be consistent with the stated zoning classification. Trellises and similar structures which that [sic] do not have solid roofs. The City Administrator may waive the requirement for installations of a bench mark for subdivisions smaller than 50 acres when at least two benchmarks are located within one-half mile of the proposed subdivision boundaries. An administrative final action authority must respond with written notification of final action within ten (10) days. See Section 3.6(6) [sic] for further information on PUD applications and applicability. Administrative decisions. F. Estimates for posting fiscal surety for landscaping requirements, maintenance, erosion and sedimentation control, roads, and utilities are also required for final plat review. B. E. Continue a Violation. Campground facilities providing camping and/or parking areas and incidental services for travelers in recreational vehicles or tents. A stream containing surface water throughout an average rainfall year, as shown on the most recent 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle published by the United States Geologic Survey. B. Plans for the improvements required by this Chapter shall be prepared and approved in accordance with the provisions contained herein and certified for accuracy and completeness by a registered professional engineer licensed by the State of Texas. Other temporary uses approved by the City Council (festivals, carnivals, fairs, night-time construction). 3. H. Provision of Access Easements. Projecting Sign. Application and permit types can be categorized as (A) Policy- and Legislative-Related Applications and Permits, (B) Subdivision-Related Applications and Permits, or (C) Development-Related Applications and Permits. Establishment or places of business primarily engaged in providing informational, instructional, personal improvement and similar services of a nonprofessional nature. Typical uses include motion picture theaters, meeting halls, and dance halls. The total number of units allowed (not yet permitted) based on the Preliminary Yield and Lot Standards for a tract. BSEACD. Variances. Residential Sign. The prevention of soil movement by any of various vegetative and/or structural means of soil movement. In some cases, the words should or may are used instead of shall or must to connote this legal distinction. That the development objectives of the property owner are or will be frustrated. The purpose of this Chapter is to establish the responsibilities and structure for administering and enforcing this Code, including the reviewing authority and minimum review procedures that will be followed by each reviewing authority. During the course of installation and construction of the required improvements, the City Engineer or another designee of the City Administrator shall make periodic inspections of the work to insure that all improvements comply with this Code and other municipal, county and State requirements. No such extension shall be granted unless fiscal surety, as set forth above, has been provided by the landowner or developer covering the extended period of time. On-Premises Sign. Permits for such use and occupancy must be granted by an incorporated city for the replacement of a mobile home within its corporate limits with a HUD-Code manufactured home. (Texas Revised Civil Statues, Article 5221 f(4A)). The nature of the permitted uses and scale of buildings are intended to blend with adjacent and nearby properties without causing adverse visual or environmental impacts. Establishments primarily engaged in research of an industrial or scientific nature but excluding product testing. B. B. A portion of a subdivision or tract of land having frontage on a street or road which that [sic] is intended for development and which meets the requirements as a legal building site per this Ordinance Code [sic]. 1. The fifth anniversary of the effective date of Chapter 245 of the Local Government Code; or, B. Call (319) 627-2418. The total number of units permitted by the City for a tract of land. The financial institution shall be reviewed and approved in advance and the letters of credit or bonds shall conform to forms or criteria approved in advance by the City Council. ], B. Any dedicated area where a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, road, avenue, alley or other vehicular use facility is or will be constructed for public use. Nuisance. The standards also serve to implement selected goals and policies identified in the City of Liberty Hills Comprehensive Plan. In reliance upon properly issued permits or approvals the applicant made substantial financial commitments or assumed substantial financial obligations within the purview of the activities authorized by said permit or approvals; and, 2. Download PDF file King's Hill Historic District Design Guidelines (2001) 6.53 MB. The size, location, and number of signs on the Lot conform to the requirements of Tables 6-2, 6-3, Number, Dimensions, and Location of Individual Signs by Zoning District., Table 6-3 Number, Dimensions and Location of Individual Signs by Zoning District. D. New development must occur in a fiscally responsible manner for the City. Farm Plan. B. During the course of installation and construction of the required improvements, the City Administrator or his designee shall make periodic inspections of the work to insure that all improvements comply with the requirements of this Code. C. Land Clearing and Modification. DRIVE THROUGH FACILITIES. A building in which one or more specializing physicians and/or dentists have their offices. (2) The dedicated parkland shall provide a minimum of 200 feet of frontage on a dedicated public street or of a width acceptable to the parks board and the city. Other activities, including outdoor processing of materials, storage of materials, and display of products are subject to conditional use standards for potential nuisance mitigation. 4. Within five days of receiving an application for a sign permit or for a Master or Common Signage Plan, the City Administrator shall review it for completeness. F. Lighting. Enclosed Storage. The notice is deemed delivered when deposited in the United States Postal mail, with postage paid to the last known address of the party responsible for such sign. All other words and phrases shall be given their common, ordinary meaning, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. The purpose of this Chapter is to define words with a special meaning relative to the goals and purposes of this Unified Development Code. Indoor Entertainment. 2. 1. D. Responsibility for Final Action. A. The Parks and Recreation Board shall be an advisory body to the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council on policies, programs, public and private parks within new developments in Liberty Hills jurisdictional area, and park and recreation facilities that serve the citizens of Liberty Hill. R. A person aggrieved by a final action on a BOA procedure may appeal to a competent court of record within ten (10) days of the final action (see Texas Local Government Code, SS 211.011). Development Requiring Multiple Approvals. Words not listed in this section shall be defined using the Websters Third New International Dictionary, unabridged. Final action on the PUD includes final action on the proposed development agreement. The Planning Department provides comprehensive land use services, both to the public and to the City, in support of the preservation, assistance and regulation of development in the City of Liberty Hill and its Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). C. The landowner or developer of a site development shall post fiscal surety, as provided below, to assure completion of all construction required under this Code following issuance of the site development permit. Abandoned Sign. The regulations and restrictions of the Planning and Zoning Commission for the City of Liberty Hill will be pursuant to the provisions of applicable statutory requirements of the State of Texas. Action Following Preliminary Plat Approval. Wherever this Code imposes a higher standard than that required by any other ordinance or requirement, the provisions of this Code shall govern to the extent permitted by law. These signs may not be posted earlier than three days before and must be removed within one day after the sale; 7. A. Applicability. Residential Land Use Report Future Development Projects Under Review Resolution 2023-R-003 Public Improvement District Policies Recent Resolution Regarding Public Improvement Districts (PID) City of Round Rock Design and Construction Standards View All Contact Us 512-548-5519 Pay Online Utility Billing All land generally to the west and upstream of the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone that provides drainage into the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone. CONVENIENCE STORAGE. Nonrenewable Resources. The City of Round Rocks Design and Construction Standards shall apply for all public facilities within the City limits and ETJ of Liberty Hill. The City assumes no project design or engineering responsibility. Property that touches or is directly across a street from the subject property. Outparcel. Public Utility. Applications. A conditional use application follows the same procedures as a rezoning application, The Planning and Zoning Commission will review an application for conditional use with consideration of the following criteria, which may exceed the standards prescribed in Chapter 6, Site Development Standards: A. E. Replatting a portion of a recorded lot is not permitted. 4. This district is intended to control and guide the development of commercial uses in downtown Liberty Hill. All amendments must be in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan. C. Insufficient Findings. I. No yard for one lot shall be considered a yard for another lot as well, except in planned developments. This district is intended to provide for low intensity, limited impact industrial uses, which may include office warehousing, wholesaling, product assembly and light manufacturing conducted primarily within the confines of a building. K. Action Following Plat Approval. Applicants Actions. Comprehensive Plan. After each application receives final action, the next consecutive application in the Code process will be reviewed for completeness pursuant to the appropriate process. 2. The City Administrator shall create a file of all certificates issued pursuant to this Section of the Code that will be available for the publics review during regular business hours. A piece or tract of land that remains within a subdivision but which that [sic] does not meet the minimum requirements of the Ordinance Code [sic] for a lot and is therefore not useable as a building site. Sign. Also included in certain sections of this Chapter are recommended guidelines that are not mandatory and not legally enforceable outside of the city limits of Liberty Hill. Modifications of the application during a public hearing may be made if assurances can be given by the applicant that the changes will be made. The Planning and Zoning Commissions authority extends to and includes review and recommendation of the following: 8. The direction any street or road travels the longest in distance (i.e., north-south or east-west). 2. Establishments or places or [of] business primarily engaged in automotive related or heavy equipment sales or services. F. Approval Criteria. A sign suspended from a building and located under a permanent canopy projecting from a building. Typical uses include stockyards and animal sales in auction yards. The vertical location of the existing ground surface prior to excavating or filling. 3. Historic Area Work Permit. Joint Use Facilities. Floor Area, Net. No final plat may be considered or approved unless the preliminary plat for the same land has been approved. A tentative drawing made by a licensed surveyor or registered engineer for inspection purposes only, showing the entire tract of land for which subdivision is sought. B. Buildings in the Downtown Overlay District shall be oriented such that the front facade of the building faces Main Street, or another collector street within the Downtown District, in such as [a] way as to be parallel to the street. J. This number ONLY provides the maximum number of units allowed on the site. Accessory Structure, Building or Use. Administrator. COMMERCIAL RECREATION. The City Administrator shall require sufficient fiscal surety to insure the orderly development within any subdivision or site development in the form of either (1) a performance bond or (2) an irrevocable letter of credit, equal to 110% of the estimated total cost of the improvements not yet completed and/or accepted as complete. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COMMERCIAL USE TYPES. The penalties in this section shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies the City may have. Approval of the final plat shall not be granted until written approval plans for dedication of land and community facilities has been given by the City Administrator. C. No building permit or certificate of occupancy may be issued for any parcel or tract of land until such property has received final plat approval and is in conformity with the provisions of this Code, the plat has been recorded, public improvements have been accepted by the City (if applicable), and no private improvements will take place or be commenced except in conformity with these regulations in this Code. NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN REVIEW STANDARDS FOR LIBERTY HILL AT STONEHILL VILLAGE Nutter Enterprises, Ltd., an Ohio limited liability company ("Developer") adopts this First Amendment and Restatement of the Neighborhood Design Review Standards for Liberty Hill at Stonehill Village (the "Neighborhood DRS") effective as of August 1,2020. Simple majority. To engage in any development, use, construction, remodeling, or other activity of any nature in any way inconsistent with any approved plan, plat, permit, certificate, or other form of authorization granted by the City for such activity. The careful and planned removal of trees, shrubs, and plants using specific standards and protection measures under an approved forest conservation plan. The Minimum Lot Width is the minimum width of a lot (in feet), measured parallel to and along the front property line. Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in wholesaling, storage, distribution and handling of materials and equipment other than live animals and plants. The purpose or activity for which the land or building thereon is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained. The City shall not sell or supply water, gas, electricity or sewerage within a subdivision for which a final plat has not been approved and filed for record, or parcel or lot for which a site development permit has not been issued, nor in which the standards contained herein have not been complied with in full. Buffering provides visual screening and spatial separation of two adjoining buildings and areas of intense activity. C. A stormwater permit will be issued after the City Engineer has determined that the development meets the stormwater and pollution management requirements of Chapter 5 of this Code. Approval Criteria. 4. The purpose of this section is to provide guidance for annual updates to the Code in order to modify procedures and standards for workability and administrative efficiency, eliminate unnecessary development costs, and to update the procedures and standards to reflect changes in the law or the state of the art in land use planning and urban design. Typical uses include beauty salons, barber shops, seamstresses, tailors, shoe repair shops, tanning salons, dry cleaning pick-up station services, and coin operated laundries. The BOA will determine whether the appeal is complete. 21. To increase the density of a use above that permitted by the applicable district. G. Seasonal decorations with lights in place no longer than sixty (60) days. Agriculture includes, but is not limited to, the related activities of tillage, fertilization, pest control, harvesting, and marketing. A legal description of the subject property and the names of the legal and equitable owners; ii. Buffering applies to all development except single-family construction adjacent to residential zoned property. Compatible with the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. 5. A Letter of Regulatory Compliance or Written Interpretation stays in effect indefinitely where no related development is proposed. A final plat or replat or site development permit will not be approved unless the land proposed for subdivision or site development is adequately served by essential public facilities and services. Chapter 2 sets forth the specific responsibilities and authority for each administrative official and review entity as it relates to the implementation of this Code. The purpose of this Section is to require that the parking and circulation aspects of all developments are well designed with regard to safety, efficiency and convenience for vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians, both within the development and to and from surrounding areas. C. Responsibility for Final Action. Lowest Floor. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall forward its recommendation to the City Council, which is responsible for final action on the Variance request. The Citys current and future streets, sidewalks, alleys, parks, playgrounds, and public utility facilities; and. If this is the case, the City Administrator shall reject the applicants proposed written interpretation and refer the applicant to the appropriate section of the Code.