§ 1.12. Unified Development Code Definitions

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this UDC, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this UDC, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Those terms not expressly defined in this Article are to be defined in accordance with the City UDC or other applicable Ordinances or the City Code of Ordinances or in the absence of ordinances in accordance with customary usage in municipal planning and engineering practices.

Accessory, Agricultural
Relating to the science or art of cultivating soil or producing crops to be used or consumed directly or indirectly by man or livestock.

Accessory Building
An enclosed structure on the same lot with a principal structure that is of a nature that is incidental and subordinate to the principal structure.

Accessory Living Quarters
An accessory building used solely as the temporary dwelling of guests of the occupants of the premises; such dwellings having no kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling unit.

Accessory Residential Units, Commercial District
The residential occupancy of a portion of the principal use, not exceeding one-third of the gross floor area, and is owner-occupied. If intended to serve for security it may include a full kitchen and must comply with all building and fire codes.

Accessory Residential Units, Residential District
The residential occupancy of a portion of the principal use, not exceeding one-third of the gross floor area, and is owner-occupied. Commonly referred to as "mother-in-law flat", it may include a full kitchen and must comply with all building and fire codes. One additional off-street parking space is required.

Accessory Structure
An unenclosed structure on the same lot with a principal structure that is incidental and subordinate to the principal structure. Patios, decks, pergolas, trellises, and swimming pools are examples.

Accessory Use
A use that is incidental and subordinate to that of the principal use of a building or land and that is located on the same lot and under the same ownership in all respects.

Acreage, Gross
Refers to the total acreage of a site development, land study or subdivision.

Acreage, Net
Total acreage of a subdivision less recreation areas and those areas dedicated to public use such as street and alley rights-of-way.

Administrative and Business Offices
Offices, firms or organizations that provide executive, management or administrative services. Typical uses include administrative offices and services; including real estate, insurance, property management, investment, personnel, travel, secretarial services, telephone answering, photocopy and reproduction, and business offices or public utilities, organizations and associations, or other use classifications when the service rendered is that customarily associated with administrative office services.

Administrative Officers
Refers to any officer of the City referred to in this UDC by title, including but not limited to the City Planner, Director of Planning and Development Services, City Engineer, Building Official, City Secretary, Police Chief, Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, and City Manager, or his or her duly authorized representative. This definition also includes engineering, planning, legal, finance, or any consultants retained by the City.

Administrative Services
Offices, administrative, clerical or public contact services that deal directly with the citizens, together with incidental storage and maintenance of necessary vehicles, such as federal, state, county, and city offices.

Adult/Community Group Home
A dwelling unit for sixteen (16) or fewer people in which food, shelter, and minor medical treatment under the direction and supervision of a physician, or services which meet some need beyond boarding or lodging are provided to residents of that dwelling unit, but not including care provided to any family member residing with his family in a one-family dwelling. Residents of an Adult Group Home depend on staff to provide various degrees of assistance in everyday living, but are not considered dangerous to themselves or others and require only occasional or temporary services by professional medical or nursing personnel which are provided through individual arrangement with each resident, per UDC Article 6.

Advisory Body
Refers to any Commission, Board, Committee or other group of persons appointed by City Council for any purpose to provide recommendations and direction on any matter that pertains to the City of Cibolo.

Agricultural
The use of land for the production and primary processing of food and fibers for sale, including cultivating, dairying, horticulture, pasturing, floriculture, silviculture, viticulture, animal and poultry husbandry, and such incidental accessory facilities as greenhouses and nurseries, provided that the operation of such accessory facilities shall be clearly secondary to normal agricultural activities. Agriculture includes, but is not limited to, the related activities of tillage, fertilization, pest control, harvesting, and marketing. It also includes, but is not limited to, the activities of feeding, housing, and maintaining of animals such as cattle, dairy cows, sheep, goats, hogs, horses, and poultry and handling their by-products. Establishments primarily engaged in supplying equipment, pesticides, landscaping, food processing and warehousing on a commercial or industrial scale; shall not be considered to be an agricultural use.

Agricultural Sales and Services
Establishments or places of business engaged in sale (from the premises) of feed, grain, fertilizers, pesticides and similar goods or in the provision of agricultural related services with incidental storage on lots other than where the service is rendered. Typical uses include nurseries, hay, feed and grain stores and tree service firms.

Alley
A minor public right-of-way not intended to serve as the primary access to lots; but rather as a secondary means of vehicular service access to the back or sides of properties that abut a street.

Alteration
Any change, addition or modification in construction.

Amended or Amending Plat
A revised plat correcting errors or making minor changes to a recorded plat.

Amendment
A change in the wording, context, or substance of this ordinance, or a change to zoning district boundary of the Cibolo Zoning Map, which map is incorporated in this UDC by reference.

Amenity
An improvement to be dedicated to the public or to the common ownership of the lot owners of the subdivision and providing aesthetic, recreational or other benefits.

Amenity Center
A private facility associated with a specific development that provides social gathering areas, recreational facilities, or other types of common space for the exclusive benefit of residents of the development.

Amusement Center
An establishment offering five (5) or more amusement devices, including, but not limited to, coin-operated electronic games, table games and similar recreational diversions in an enclosed building.

Apartment Residential
The use of a site for three (3) or more dwelling units, within one (1) or more buildings.

Applicant
A person or entity who submits an application for an approval required by this ordinance, who sometime may also be referred to as "developer", "subdivider", or other similar term.

Application
A written request, on forms provided by the City, for an approval required by this UDC.

Artisan Sales
The sale of hand-crafted wares such as pottery, jewelry, art, and similar products of craftsmanship.

Assembly, Large scale
Religious, cultural or fraternal activity that is conducted primarily within an enclosed facility of 10,000 square foot or grosser floor area.

Automobile Dealership
Includes new and used car, pick-up truck and motorcycle sales/display and associated maintenance facilities.

Automotive Rentals
Rental of automobiles, noncommercial trucks, trailers and recreational vehicles, including incidental parking and servicing of vehicles available for rent or lease. Typical uses include auto rental agencies, trailer rental agencies and taxi cab parking and dispatching.

Automotive Repair, Major
An establishment primarily engaged in the repair or maintenance of motor vehicles, trailers and similar large mechanical equipment, including paint, body and fender, and major engine and engine part overhaul, which may require the outdoor storage of wrecked or damaged vehicles or the repair of trucks and large scale equipment, such as trailers.

Automotive Repair, Minor
An establishment primarily engaged in the repair, maintenance or washing of automobiles and pick-up trucks and similar mechanical equipment, including brake, muffler, upholstery work, tire repair and change, lubrication, tune ups, washing and transmission work, which is conducted within a completely enclosed building.

Automotive Sales and Rentals
Sale or rental of automobiles, noncommercial trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, recreational vehicles or boats, including incidental storage, maintenance and servicing. Typical uses include new and used car dealerships, motorcycle dealerships and boat, trailer and recreational vehicle dealerships.

Automotive service station
That portion of property where flammable or combustible liquids or gases used as fuel are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles. Accessory activities shall be permitted to include an automatic car wash and convenience food and beverage sales. Refer to Article 6 of this UDC for additional requirements.

Automotive washing
Refers to establishments where the primary use is the washing, cleaning and detailing of automobiles and related light equipment. Typical uses include auto laundries or car washes.

Aviation Facilities
Landing fields, aircraft parking service facilities, and related facilities for operation, service, fueling, repair, storage, charter, sales, and rental of aircraft, and including activities directly associated with the operation and maintenance of airport facilities and the provision of safety and security.

Bar
A use engaged in the preparation and retail sales of alcohol beverages for consumption on the premises, including taverns, cocktail lounges and similar uses.

Base Flood
Refers to a flood that has a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on a Flood Insurance Rate Map.

Basement
The portion of a building (floor level) that is at least 12 (12') feet below ground level.

Basic Industry
A use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of materials or products predominately from extracted or raw materials or a use utilizing flammable explosive or commonly recognized offensive conditions or materials.

Billboard
A structure for the purpose of leasing advertising space to promote an interest other than that of an individual, business, product or service available on the premises on which the billboard is located.

Block
A tract of land bounded by streets or a combination of streets, public parks or corporate boundaries.

Block Length or Street Length
Refers to distances measured along the centerline of the street from the intersecting center point of one through street to the intersecting center point of another street, or to the midpoint of a cul-de-sac. The through street referred to above shall not be a cul-de-sac, a dead-end street, or a looped street, but shall be a street which clearly has points of ingress from two different directions.

Boarding House
A dwelling containing a single dwelling unit and not more than 10 (ten) guest rooms or suites of rooms, where lodging is provided with or without meals, for compensation for more than 1 week.

Buffering
The installation of walls, fences berms and/or planting of trees and/or shrubs designed to minimize the transmission of unwanted noise, light, vibration, dust, traffic or activity from one property to adjoining public or private properties.

Building
Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.

Building Code
Refers to all current building, fire and accessibility codes adopted by the City of Cibolo.

Building Coverage
All areas covered by principal and accessory buildings or roofed areas, as measured along the outside wall at ground level, and including all projections other than open porches, canopies and the first two feet of a roof overhang.

Building Height
The vertical distance above the average existing grade measured to the highest point of the building. The height of a stepped or terraced building shall be the maximum height of any segment of the building.

Building Line
The perimeter of that portion of a building or structure nearest a property line, but excluding open steps, terraces, cornices and other ornamental features projecting from the walls of the building or structure.

Building Lot
A tract of land which, at the time of filing for a building permit, is intended by its owner or developer to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit, under single ownership or control, fronting on a dedicated street.

Building Maintenance Services
Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of maintenance and custodial services to firms rather than individuals. Typical uses include janitorial, landscape maintenance or window cleaning services.

Building, Commercial/Recreation
Any building designed for or occupied by, bowling alleys, health clubs, swimming pools, ice skating, billiards or like uses.

Building, Detached
A building or structure that is surrounded by open yards or open space.

Building, Primary
A building or structure where the principal use of a site is conducted.

Building Setback Line
Refers to a boundary governing the placement of buildings, structures or accessory buildings relative to property lines.

Building, Temporary
A building used temporarily for the storage of construction materials and equipment incidental and necessary to on-site permitted construction of utilities, or other community facilities, or used temporarily in conjunction with the sale of property within a subdivision under construction.

Business and Financial Services
An establishment intended for the conduct or service or administration by a commercial enterprise, or offices for the conduct of professional or business service.

Business Day
Refers to Monday through Friday, excluding an official city, state or federal holiday.

Business Support Services
Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the sale, rental or repair of equipment and supplies used by office, professional and service establishments to the firms themselves rather than to individuals, excluding automotive, construction and farm equipment. Typical uses include office equipment and supply firms, small business machine repair shops or hotel equipment and supply firms.

Business or Trade school
A use providing education or training in business, commerce, language, or other similar activity or occupational pursuit, and not otherwise defined as a home occupation, college or university or public or private educational facility.

Campground
Facilities providing camping or parking areas and incidental services for travelers in recreational vehicles or tents. Typical uses include recreational vehicle parks.

Canopy
A roofed structure constructed of fabric or other material supported by the building or by support extending to the ground directly under the canopy placed so as to extend outward from the building providing a protective shield for doors, windows and other openings.

Capital Improvements Program (CIP)
The official schedule of all future public projects listed together with cost estimates and the anticipated means of financing each project, as adopted by City Council.

Cemetery
Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundary of such cemetery.

Change of Use
Any alteration in the primary use of a lot for zoning purposes that may entail the need for additional parking or loading facilities.

City
The City of Cibolo, Texas.

City Attorney
Refers to only such attorney, or firm of attorneys, that has been specifically employed by the City to represent the City in legal matters and offer legal opinions to the City.

City Council or "Council"
The duly elected or appointed governing body of the City of Cibolo, Texas.

City Engineer
Refers to the only such engineer, or firm of engineers, that has been specifically employed by the City to represent assist in engineering matters and to offer engineering recommendations to the City.

City Manager
Refers to the City Manager of the City of Cibolo, or his/her designee, as appointed by City Council.

City Planner
Refers to the duly authorized employee or representative of the City who administrates all requirements of this UDC, providing planning function for the City and who is charged with implementing the platting, zoning and other growth related ordinances of the City of Cibolo.

City Standards
Refers to the City of Cibolo Design and Construction Standards and specifications, together with all tables, drawings and other attachments as may be approved by the City Council, and those standards, adopted by reference as a part of this UDC.

Clinic
An establishment or offices in which a group of physicians, dentists, or other practitioners of the healing arts, and allied professional assistants are associated for the purpose of diagnosing and treatment of ill or injured persons on an outpatient basis only. A clinic may include a medical or dental laboratory, but may not include facilities for providing room or board for patients, nor may a clinic include offices or facilities for veterinarians.

Club or Lodge
A use providing meeting, recreational, or social facilities for a private or non-profit association, primarily for use by members and guests. Typical uses include private social clubs and fraternal organizations. An association of persons for the promotion of a non-profit common objective, such as literature, science, politics, good fellowship and similar objectives which meets periodically and which is limited to members.

Cluster Housing
Any dwellings arranged according to an approved site plan in a configuration which may depart from the conventional zoning district lot or yard requirements. A cluster housing development shall be considered a single-use occupying a single lot for zoning purposes.

College and University Facilities
An academic institution of higher learning accredited or recognized by the state and offering a program or series of programs of academic study. This category shall also include technical institutions offering associate degrees and similar professional credentials.

Commercial, Heavy
An establishment or business that generally uses open sales yards, outside equipment storage or outside activities that generate noise or other impacts considered incompatible with less-intense uses. Typical businesses in this definition are lumberyards, construction specialty services, heavy equipment suppliers or building contractors.

Commercial, Light
An establishment or businesses that generally have retail or wholesale sales, office uses, or services, conducted completely indoors and do not generate noise or other impacts considered incompatible with less-intense uses.

Commercial, Recreation
Any building designed for or occupied by, bowling alleys, health clubs, swimming pools, ice skating, billiards, or similar uses.

Commercial Center (Convenience, Neighborhood, Community and/or Regional)
A completely planned and designed commercial development providing for the sale of general merchandise and/or convenience goods and services. A community commercial center shall provide for the sale of general merchandise, and may include a variety store, discount store or supermarket.

Commercial Off-Street Parking
Parking of motor vehicles on a temporary basis within a privately owned off-street parking facility, other than accessory to a principal use. Typical uses include commercial parking lots or parking garages.

Commercial Retail Sales and Services
Establishments that engage in the sale of general retail goods and accessory services. Businesses within this definition include those that conduct sales and storage entirely within an enclosed structure (with the exception of occasional outdoor sidewalk" promotions); businesses specializing in the sale of either general merchandise or convenience goods.

Commission
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Cibolo, Texas.

Communications Services
Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of broadcasting and other information relay service accomplished through the use of electronic and telephonic mechanisms but excludes those classified as major utility facilities. Typical uses include television studios, telecommunication service centers or telegraph service offices.

Community Hall
A building and related grounds used for social, civic, or recreational purposes and owned and operated by a nonprofit group serving the area in which it is located and open to the general public on equal basis.

Community Swimming Pool
An outdoor or indoor pool owned jointly by two (2) or more property owners, designed to be used by residents of a subdivision or community, and not operated for a profit. A community swimming pool shall not include an individual's private pool, a semi-public pool, a public pool, or a pool operated for a profit.

Community Treatment Facility
Any dwelling or place licensed, certified or authorized by state, federal or local authorities as a residence and treatment facility for children or adults with mental disabilities, alcoholism or drug abuse problems needing a supervised living arrangement and rehabilitation services on a short-term or long-term basis. This definition does not include detoxification centers, but would allow alcohol and/or drug abuse treatment facilities and adult treatment facilities.

Community Recreation
A non-profit recreational facility for use by residents and guests of a particular residential development or limited residential neighborhood, including both indoor and outdoor facilities.

Community Residential Facility
Any dwelling licensed, certified or authorized by state, federal or local authorities as a residence for children or adults with physical, developmental or mental disabilities, dependent children or elderly individuals in need of supervision, support and/or independent living training. May include specialized group home for the developmentally disabled, group care for children or a boarding home.

Comprehensive Master Plan (CMP)
Refers to the Comprehensive Master Plan of the City of Cibolo and includes any unit or a part of such unit separately adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof, such as the Future Thoroughfare Plan, Future Land Use Map and Master Park Plan.

Concrete/Asphalt Batching Plant
Implies a temporary, short term use, until a particular construction project or projects are completed. City Council may stipulate a condition of time to allow this temporary use and may decide to renew the CUP for a specific term.

Conditional Use
A use or occupancy of a structure, or a use of land, permitted only upon issuance of a conditional use permit and subject to stated conditions required to make the use compatible with other uses permitted in the same zone or vicinity.

Condominium
A form of real property with portions of the real property designated for separate ownership or occupancy, and the remainder of the real property designated for common ownership or occupancy solely by the owners of the portions. Real property is a condominium only if one or more of the common elements are directly owned in undivided interests by the unit owners. Real property is not a condominium if all of the common elements are owned by a legal entity separate from the unit owners, such as a corporation, even if the separate legal entity is owned by the unit owners.

Condominium Residential
A single-dwelling unit in a multi-unit dwelling or structure that is separately owned and may be combined with an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities of the property.

Construction Plans
Technical drawings and specifications, including bid documents and contract conditions, where applicable, providing a graphic and written description of the character and scope of the work to be performed in construction of a subdivision.

Construction Sales and Services
Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in construction activities and incidental storage on lots other than construction sites as well as the retail or wholesale sale, from the premises, of materials used in the construction of buildings to other structures other than retail sale of paint, fixtures and hardware excluding those classified as one of the automotive and equipment services use types. Typical uses included building materials stores, tool and equipment rental or sales or building contractors.

Consumer Repair Services
Establishments primarily engaged in the provision or repair services to individuals and households rather than firms, but excluding automotive and equipment use types. Typical uses included appliance repair shops, watch or jewelry repair or musical instrument repair firms. All incidental storage shall be enclosed.

Contiguous Lots
Lots that have at least one boundary line or point of one lot touches a boundary line, or lines, or point of another lot are considered to be contiguous.

Convalescent Services
A use providing bed care and in-patient services for persons requiring regular medical attention, but excluding a facility providing surgical or emergency medical services, and excluding a facility providing care for alcoholism, drug addition, mental disease, or communicable disease.

County
Guadalupe County, Texas.

Court
A space, open and unobstructed to the sky, located at or above grade level on a lot.

Court, Inner
A court entirely surrounded by the exterior walls of a building.

Court, Outer
A court that has one side open to a street, alley, yard or other permanent open space.

Cul-de-Sac
A short, minor street that terminates on the opposite end with a vehicular turnaround.

Cultural Services
A library, museum, art gallery, or similar non-profit use affording display, preservation and exhibition of objects of permanent interest in one (1) or more of the arts and sciences.

Custom Manufacturing
Establishments primarily engaged in the on-site, indoor production and storage of goods by hand manufacturing which involves only the use of hand tools or mechanical equipment not exceeding two (2) horsepower or a single kiln not exceeding eight (8) kilowatts. Basic industrial processing activities are excluded.

Day(s)
Applies to all calendar days unless otherwise specified.

Day Care Services, Residentially Based; Family/Group
A facility, or use of a building or portion thereof, for daytime care of six (6) or fewer individuals. This term includes nursery school, pre-schools, day care centers for children or adults, and similar uses. Refer to Article 6 of this UDC for additional requirements.

Day Care Services, Group
Group Day Care homes provide regular care for between five (5) and twelve (12) adults or children for less than 24 hours a day. This shall include nurseries, preschools and adult care facilities. Refer to Article 6 of this UDC for additional requirements.

Day Care Services, General Commercial
A facility or use of a dwelling unit or portion thereof for daytime care of seven (7) or more individuals. This term includes nursery school, pre-schools, day care centers for children or adults and similar uses. Refer to Article 6 of this UDC for additional requirements.

Dead-End Street
A street, other than a cul-de-sac, with only one outlet.

Dedication
A conveyance or donation of property by the owner to the City, Guadalupe County, Texas Department of Transportation, or any other public or private utility provider or other entity within the jurisdiction.

Density
The amount of land per dwelling unit excluding the area for roads, parks, churches and schools, common open space, public/private capital facilities, and dedicated public lands, and any other nonresidential use except tax-exempt open space.

Depth of Rear Yard
The horizontal distance between the rear line of the main building and the rear lot line.

Detention Facilities
A publicly operated use providing housing and care for individuals confined by law, as defined by Section 1.07 of the Texas Penal Code.

Developer
An individual, partnership, corporation, or governmental entity undertaking the subdivision or improvement of land and other activities covered by this UDC, including the preparation of a subdivision or development plat showing the layout of the land and the public improvements involved therein. The term "developer" is intended to include the term "subdivider" even though personnel in successive stages of a project may vary.

Development
The construction of one or more new buildings or structures on one or more building lots, the moving of an existing building to another lot, or the use of open land for a new use. "To develop" shall mean to create development.

Development Agreement
A contract entered into by the applicant and the City, by which the applicant promises to complete the required public improvements or perform other required obligations within the subdivision or addition within a specified time period following final plat approval. A Development Agreement may be used to deal with current and future platting issues for a proposed project or in conjunction with annexation.

Development Application
See "Application" definition.

District
Any section of the City of Cibolo for which the zoning regulations governing the use of buildings and premises, the height of buildings, the size of yards, and the intensity of use are uniform.

Driveway
A private access road, the use of which is limited to persons residing, employed, or otherwise using or visiting the parcel in which it is located.

Dry Cleaning Plant
A large scale establishment primarily engaged in the large scale industrial scale cleaning of textiles and garments in large revolving washers where they are washed with the cleansing fluid and special soaps, rinsed with pure cleansing fluid, and then spun to remove most of the fluid. They are then dried with warm air in a tumbler where cleansing fluids are reclaimed and used again.

Duplex residential
The use of a site for two (2) dwelling units within a single building.

Dwelling
A building or portion thereof, designed exclusively for residential occupancy, including one-family, two-family, and multifamily dwellings, but not including boarding and lodging houses, apartment hotels, hotels, tourist courts and motels.

Dwelling unit
One (1) or more rooms in a dwelling, designed, occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, with an individual entrance, cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities provided within the dwelling unit for the exclusive use of one (1) family maintaining a household.

Dwelling, Multi-Family (Low Income)
A multi-family dwelling designed and constructed to primarily serve persons of low income as defined by the U. S. Census Bureau.

Dwelling, Multi-Family
A building designed for occupancy by three (3) or more families living independently of each other within three (3) or more dwelling units.

Dwelling, Multiple Units
A building or portion thereof designed for occupancy by three or more families living independently in which they may or may not share common entrances and/or other spaces. Individual dwelling units may be owned as condominiums, or offered for rent.

Dwelling, Single Family
A detached dwelling unit with kitchen and sleeping facilities, designed for occupancy by one (1) family.

Dwelling, Two-Family
A building designed for or occupied exclusively by two (2) families.

Easement
An area for restricted use on private property upon which the City or a utility shall have the right to remove and keep removed all or part of any buildings, fences, trees, shrubs and other improvements or growths which in any way endanger or interfere with the construction, maintenance or efficiency of its respective systems in said easements.

Eating and drinking places
A retail establishment primarily engaged in the sale of food and drinks for consumption on the premises.

Educational Facilities (Primary and Secondary)
A public, private or parochial school offering instruction in the branches of learning and study required to be taught in a public school of the State of Texas. (For additional information reference UDC Article 13.4)

Electric Vehicle
Any vehicle that is licensed and registered for operation on public and private highways, roads, and streets; either partially or exclusively, on electrical energy from the grid, or an off-board source, that is stored on-board via a battery for motive purpose. "Electric vehicle" includes: (1) a battery electric vehicle; and (2) a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.

Electric Vehicle Charging Station
A public or private parking space that is served by battery charging station equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle.

Engineer
A professional duly authorized under the provisions of the Texas Engineering Registration Act, as amended, to practice the profession of engineering.

Equipment Repair Services
Repair of trucks, tractors, construction equipment, agricultural implements and similar heavy equipment. Typical uses include truck repair garages, tractor and farm implement repair services and machine shops, but exclude dismantling or salvage.

Equipment Sales
Sale or rental of trucks, tractors, construction equipment, agricultural implements, mobile homes, similar heavy equipment, including incidental storage, maintenance and servicing. Typical uses include truck dealerships, construction equipment dealerships and mobile home sales establishments.

Escrow
A deposit of cash with the City in accordance with this UDC.

Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ)
The unincorporated area, not a part of any other City, which is contiguous to the corporate limits of the City of Cibolo, the outer limits of which are measured from the extremities of the corporate limits of the City outward for a distance stipulated in the Texas Local Government Code Chapter 42.021 as may be amended from time to time in accordance with the total population of the incorporated City, and in which area, within the terms of the act, the City may enjoin the violation of this UDC.

Face of Building, Primary
A façade of a building facing a public street or right-of-way, excluding any appurtenances such as projecting fins, columns, pilasters, canopies, marquees, showcases or decorations.

Farm Animals
Animals other than household pets which, where permitted, may be kept and maintained for commercial production and sale and/or family food production, education or recreation. Farm animals are identified by these categories: large animals, e.g., horses and cattle; medium animals, e.g., sheep and goats; or small animals, e.g., rabbits, chinchillas, chickens, turkeys, pheasants, geese, ducks and pigeons.

Farmers Market
Places of business primarily engaged in the retail sale of farm grown food. Use is allowed on a day to day or part time basis with the permission of the property owner on whose property the sales will be conducted.

Final Plat
The one official and authentic map of any given subdivision of land prepared from actual field measurement and staking of all identifiable points by a surveyor or engineer, with the subdivision location referenced to a survey corner, and with all boundaries, corners and curves of the land division sufficiently described so that they can be reproduced without additional references. An amended plat is also a final plat.

Financial Services
Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of financial and banking services. Typical uses include banks, savings and loan institutions, loan and lending activities and similar services.

Fire Lane
An access designed for emergency escape from an entrance to a parcel of land or its improvements.

Flea Market; Outdoor Open Air Sales
Buildings or open areas in which sales areas or stalls are set aside or rented and which are intended for use by two or more individuals or by educational, religious or charitable organizations to sell articles that are either homemade, homegrown, handcrafted, or antique.

Floodplain
Any and all land area adjoining the channel of a river, stream, lake, watercourse, marshy area, or other drainage element, which has been or may be inundated by stormwater runoff. The extent of the floodplain shall be determined by the crest of a flood having a 1% chance of occurrence in one year (see "Base Flood" definition).

Floodway
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot.

Floor Area, Gross (GFA)
The sum of the horizontal areas of floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls or, if appropriate, from the center line of dividing walls; this includes courts and decks or porches when covered by a roof.

Floor Area, Net (NFA)
Gross floor area minus vents, shafts, courts, elevators, stairways, exterior walls and similar facilities.

Mobile Food Establishment
Means one of two (2) types of mobile food operations:

a)

A restricted unit that offers only prepackaged food in individual servings; beverages that are not potentially hazardous and are dispensed for covered urns; or other protected vessels and packaged frozen foods. Preparation, assembly or cooking of food is not allowed. A foot peddler is a restricted unit that is limited to one portable ice chest, cooler, case or unit per permit, capable of being carried by one (1) person; or

b)

An unrestricted unit that may serve food as allowed in (a), and may cook, prepare and assemble a full menu of food items;

i.

Except as provided in subsection (ii) below, an unrestricted unit must be secured and completely enclosed; and

ii.

Foods such as hotdogs, coffee, shaved ice or food with prior approval from the health authority may be served from vehicles with three sides and a cover.

Food Sales
Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the retail sale of food or household products for home consumption. Typical uses include groceries, delicatessens, meat markets and bakeries.

Frontage
The width of a lot or parcel abutting a public right-of-way measured at the front property line.

Front Building Setback Line
A line parallel to the street right-of-way which the building faces, and takes its primary access from and that is the required minimum distance establishing the area within which the principle must be exited or placed.

Funeral Services
Establishments engaged in undertaking services such as preparing the human dead for burial and arranging and managing funerals.

Future Acquisition Area
The land area between the existing road or street right-of-way boundary and the future street right-of-way. This area will be used for future right-of-way acquisition, roadway improvements and utilities improvements as the area-wide vicinity develops and increased traffic warrants the roadway expansion.

Garage, Detached
A garage wholly separated and independent of the principal building.

Garage, Private
A building or a portion of a building in which only private or pleasure-type motor vehicles used by the tenants of the building or buildings on the premises are stored or kept.

Garden Homes
A single-family detached or duplex home on a small lot with amenities similar to townhomes or condos. Amenities may include community pool or yard maintenance provided by Homeowners Association (HOA).

Garage, Public
A building or portion thereof, other than a private or storage garage, designed or used for equipping, servicing, repairing, hiring, selling, or storing motor-driven vehicles.

General Contractor Services
General contractor services are permitted subject to compliance with all environmental performance standards of this UDC.

General Plan
A term synonymous with the definitions of " Master Plan" and "Land Study".

General retail sales; neighborhood scale
Sales or rental of commonly used goods and merchandise for personal or household uses for surrounding neighborhoods.

General retail sales; regional scale
Sales or rental of commonly used goods and merchandise for personal or household use. Typical uses include department stores, apparel stores, furniture stores, mail order stores or similar establishments.

Governing Authority
Shall refer to City Council of the City of Cibolo, Texas.

Grade (Adjacent Ground Elevation)
The lowest point of elevation of the existing surface of the ground, within the area between the building and a line 5' (five feet) from the building.

Greenbelt
A natural or relatively undeveloped area near or surrounding an urban area which remains undeveloped through restrictions on building. Greenbelts typically provide a buffer between differing land uses, preserve the natural features of an area, or provide recreation space. Greenbelts tend to be linear and are thus ideal sites for trail development.

Gross Density
The number of dwelling units per gross acre within the subdivision.

Gross Floor Area (GFA)
The total area of a building measured by taking the outside dimensions of the building at each floor level intended for occupancy or storage, which excludes attics and underground parking areas.

Group Care Facility
A facility, required to be licensed by the state, which provides training, care, supervision, treatment and/or rehabilitation to the aged, disabled, those convicted of crimes, or those suffering the effects of drugs or alcohol; this does not include day care centers, family day care homes, foster homes, schools, hospitals, jails or prisons.

Group Residential
The residential occupancy of living accommodations by groups of more than five (5) persons (not defined as a family) on a weekly or longer basis. Typical uses include occupancy of fraternity or sorority houses, dormitories, residence halls, or boarding house.

Guidance Services
A use providing counseling, guidance, recuperative, vocational or similar services to persons requiring rehabilitation assistance as a result of mental illness, alcoholism, detention, drug addiction, family violence or similar conditions, either on a residential or daytime care basis.

Habitable Space (Room)
Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking. Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage or utility space, and similar areas are not considered habitable space.

Hazardous Waste Storage
The holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period, as regulated by the TCEQ.

Hazardous Waste Treatment
The physical, chemical or biological processing of hazardous waste for the purpose of rendering these wastes non-dangerous or less dangerous, safer for transport, amenable for energy or material resource recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume.

Hazardous Waste
All dangerous and extremely hazardous waste as defined in Section 70.105.010 (15) RCW, except for moderate risk waste as set forth in Section 70.105.010 (17) RCW.

Heavy Industry
An establishment engaged in the manufacture, processing, assembly, compacting, packaging, or compounding and/or treatment of raw materials.

Health Care Offices
A use providing consultation, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventative or corrective personal treatment services by physicians, dentists, medical and dental laboratories and similar medical practitioners.

Height
When referring to a tower, the distance measured from the natural ground level to the highest point on the tower. When referring to a building or other structure the vertical distance between the average grade of the ground under the footprint of a building to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or the deck line of a mansard roof or to the midpoint of the pitch of the highest gable of a gable, gambrel or hip roof (See Appendix B).

Hospital
An institution designed for the diagnosis, treatment and care of human illness or infirmity and providing health services, primarily for inpatients, and including as related facilities, laboratories, outpatient departments, training facilities and staff offices.

Hospital services
A facility providing medical, psychiatric or similar service for sick or injured persons primarily on an inpatient basis including ancillary facilities for outpatient and emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, research, administration and services to patients, employees or visitors.

Home Occupation
A profession or craft, excluding an adult retail use establishment or adult entertainment establishment, carried on within a residence by the occupants, which activity is clearly incidental to the use of said residence as a dwelling and does not change the residential character of the dwelling or neighborhood, and is conducted in such a manner as to not give any outward appearance of a business in the ordinary meaning of the term.

Hotel-Motel
Lodging services involving the provision of room and/or board. Typical uses include hotels, motels, bed and breakfast or transient boarding houses.

Household Pets
Dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, and the like for family use only (noncommercial).

Hospital Services
A facility providing medical, psychiatric or similar service for sick or injured persons primarily on an inpatient basis including ancillary facilities for outpatient and emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, research, administration and services to patients, employees or visitors.

House and Apartments
Any building which is designated or occupied as the home or residence of more than two (2) families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking in the said building and shall include flats and other multi-family buildings.

Ice Dispensing; Portable Building/Structure
Refers to an automatic self-contained portable ice dispensing structure that produces and dispenses ice for retail sale as a primary or secondary use of site. This does not include typical ice machines that sell packaged bags of ice.

Impervious Surface/Cover
Any hard surface, man-made area that does not readily absorb or retain water, including but not limited to building roofs, parking and driveway areas, graveled areas, sidewalks and other paved areas.

Indoor Entertainment
Predominantly spectator uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include motion picture theaters, meeting halls and dance halls.

Indoor sports and recreation
Uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, billiard parlors, ice and roller skating rinks and arcades.

Indoor Gun Range
Permitted subject to building being soundproofed and a building design that will prevent ammunition from leaving the building, as per the Cibolo building codes.

Industrial or Research Park
A tract of land developed according to a master site plan for the use of a family of industries and their related commercial uses, and that is of sufficient size and physical improvement to protect surrounding areas and the general community and to ensure a harmonious integration into the neighborhood.

Jurisdiction
As used in this UDC, jurisdiction is the corporate limits and ETJ of the City of Cibolo.

Kennels
The domicile of a person or persons who own or breed five (5) or more dogs and/or cats but less than eleven (11) dogs and/or cats over six (6) months of age, primarily for personal recreational use, such as participation in recognized conformation shows, field or obedience trials, racing, scenting, puling, specialized hunting or working trials, and water trials, search and rescue, tracking and for the purpose of improving the physical soundness, temperament, and conformation of a given breed to a standard.

Kitchen
Any room or portion of a room within a building designed and extended to be used for the cooking or preparation of food.

Landfill
A method of disposing solid waste by utilizing land in a manner that allows the disposal of solid waste without creating hazards to public health, significant impacts to the environment, or nuisances.

Landscaping
The finishing and adornment of unpaved yard areas. Materials and treatment generally include naturally growing elements such as grass, trees, shrubs and flowers.

Land Study
A term synonymous with the definition of " Master Plan".

Laundromat; dry cleaning
Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of laundering, dry cleaning or dyeing services as personal services.

Laundry Services
Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of laundering, dry cleaning or dyeing services other than those classified as personal services. Typical uses include bulk laundry and cleaning plants, diaper services, or linen supply services.

Legislative Body
The political entity of the adopting jurisdiction, which is the City Council of the City of Cibolo.

Life Care Services
Retirement housing for the elderly providing residential housing and care for retired, elderly, and/or disabled people including congregate housing with common meals and/or community facilities for social events, community recreation, convalescent services, guidance services, personal services and personal improvement services, or self-contained dwelling units specifically designated for the needs of the elderly, either rented or owner-occupied. To qualify as life care housing or facilities, a minimum of 80% of the total units shall have a household head 55 years of age or greater and no long term or permanent skilled nursing care or related services are provided.

Light Manufacturing
A use engaged in the manufacture, predominantly from previously prepared materials, or finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, and packaging of such products, and storage, sales and distribution of such products, but excluding basic industrial processing.

Limited Manufacturing
Establishments primarily engaged in the on-site, indoor production and storage of goods by hand manufacturing equipment not exceeding a single kiln of two (2) HP or eight (8) kilowatts.

Liquor Sales
Establishments or places of business engaged in retail sale for consumption (off the premises) of alcoholic beverages. Typical uses include liquor stores, bottle shops or any licensed sales for off-site consumption.

Livestock
Includes, but is not limited to, horses, bovine animals, sheep, goats, swine, reindeer, donkeys, mules and any other hoofed animals.

Loading Space
A space within the main building or on the same lot therewith, providing for the standing, loading or unloading of trucks and trailers.

Local Convenience Store
A commercial activity engaged in the sale of commonly used goods and merchandise, including petroleum products, for personal or household use in a structure five thousand (5,000) square feet or more in size. Refer to Article 6 of this UDC for additional requirements for fuel sales and stores exceeding 5,000 square feet.

Local Utility Services
Services which are necessary to support principal development and involve only minor structures such as lines and poles which are necessary to support principal development.

Lot
An undivided tract or parcel of land having frontage on a street or an approved open space having direct street access, 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.

Lot Area
The area of a lot between lot lines, including any portion of an easement which may exist within such lot lines, exclusive of any area in a public or private way open to public use.

Lot, Corner
A lot situated at the intersection of 2 (two) or more streets, the street frontage of which lot form an angle not greater than 1 (one) hundred and twenty-eight degrees, and not less than 45° (forty-five degrees).

Lot/Impervious Coverage
That portion of a lot, parcel or tract covered by the primary structure and inclusive of all area enclosed under a permanent roof including attached and detached garages. Lot coverage includes driveways, sidewalks, accessory buildings, unenclosed porches and patios, and similar paved areas.

Lot Depth
The length of a line connecting the midpoints of the front and rear lot lines.

Lot, Double Frontage
A lot with frontage on two streets parallel to each other or within 45 degrees of being parallel.

Lot Frontage
The length of street frontage between side property lines.

Lot, Front Line
A line separating the lot from the street or public right-of-way other than an alley of a street does not exist. In the case of a corner lot, the shortest continuous line separating the lot from the street or public right-of-way shall be the lot front line. In the case of corner lots having equal lines abutting a street or public right-of-way, that property line which when extended creates the front property line for the greatest number of interior lots in the same block shall be considered as the lot front line of such corner lot. Where a lot does not abut a public right-of-way or street, the front line shall be the lot line nearest to a street or right-of-way.

Lot, Interior
A lot other than a corner lot.

Lot, Irregular
Any lot not having equal front and rear lot lines, or equal side lot lines; a lot, the opposite lot lines of which vary in dimension and the corners of which have an angle of either more or less than 90 degrees.

Lot Lines
The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.

Lot of Record
A lot which is part of a subdivision, the map of which has been recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Guadalupe County; or a parcel of land with a deed recorded by the County Clerk of Guadalupe County.

Lot, Rear Line
The boundary line which is most distant and opposite from the street

Lot, Through
An interior lot with frontage on two (2) streets.

Lot Width
The horizontal distance between side lines, measured at the front building line.

Maintenance and Service Facilities
A facility supporting maintenance, repair, vehicular or equipment servicing, materials storage and similar activities, including corporation yards, equipment service centers and similar uses having characteristics of commercial services or contracting or industrial activities.

Major Utility Facilities
Generating plants, electrical switching facilities and primary substations, refuse collection or disposable facilities, water and wastewater treatment plants and similar facilities of public agencies or public utility firms having potentially significant impact upon surrounding uses.

Manufactured Home Residential
The residential occupancy of HUD-code manufactured homes on small lots owned by residents and are typically meant for more permanent habitation than the following mobile home use.

Manufactured Housing Park
Any lot upon which are located one or more manufactured homes, occupied for dwelling purposes regardless of whether or not a change is made for each accommodation.

Manufactured Modular Housing
Structures that are constructed in one or more modules or modular components built at a location other than the permanent site that are transported to the permanent site and are erected or installed on a permanent foundation system. The term includes plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems. Per the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, examples of such housing include one-family and two-family (duplex) dwellings, apartment complexes, equipment shelters, restaurants, offices, classrooms, medical complexes, and hazardous storage buildings.

Manufacturing, Heavy
All other types of manufacturing not included in the definitions of light and medium manufacturing

Manufacturing, Light
The manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging or testing of goods or equipment, including research activities, conducted entirely within an enclosed structure, with no outside storage, serviced by a modest volume of trucks or vans and imposing a negligible impact on the surrounding environment by noise, vibration, smoke, dust or pollutants.

Manufacturing, Medium
The manufacturing, compounding, processing, assembling, packaging or testing of goods or equipment within an enclosed structure or an open yard that is capable of being screened from neighboring properties, serviced by a modest volume of trucks or other vehicles.

Master Plan, Subdivision
The first or introductory plan of a proposed subdivision, in such case where the developer intends to develop and record only an individual portion to such subdivision, and which exhibits the proposed development of the balance of the subdivision. The Master Plan is synonymous with Land Study and General Plan.

May
The word "shall" is always mandatory, while the word "may" is merely permissive.

Minor Plat
A subdivision resulting in four (4) or fewer lots that will not create a new street or necessitate the extension of any municipal facilities. Properties proposed to be subdivided as a minor plat shall already be adequately served by all required City utilities and services, and all lots will have frontage on a public roadway.

Minor Utility Facility
Fire hydrants, lift or pump stations, post office boxes, public or private streets, water/sewer lines and similar facilities of public agencies or public utility firms having potentially minimal impact upon surrounding uses.

Mixed Use District
A zoning district that allows land uses from multiple base zoning classifications.

Mobile Home
A structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in 1 (one) or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on-site is 320 (three hundred and twenty) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems.

Mobile Home Community/Mobile Home Park
A unified development of mobile home spaces restricted to mobile home use, with community facilities and permitted permanent buildings; this development being located on a single tract of land under 1 (one) ownership and meeting the requirements of all applicable ordinances.

Mobile Home Subdivision
A mobile home subdivision is any parcel of land changed, re-subdivided or rearranged into 2 (two) or more parts, for the purpose of accommodating the location of mobile homes thereon.

Mobile Home Residential
The residential occupancy of a mobile home by an individual or families on a weekly basis, or longer, typically in a mobile home park or mobile home subdivision.

Mortuary, Funeral Home
An establishment in which the dead are prepared for burial or cremation and may a chapel or other suitable rooms to conduct funeral services, memorial services and the display of funeral equipment.

Motel/Hotel
Any building containing six or more guest rooms intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied, or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests and which are not intended as a permanent residence.

Multiple-Family Residential
The use of a lot for two (2) or more dwelling units, in one or more buildings.

Must
The word "must" indicates a mandatory action or requirement.

Municipal Infrastructure
Water, wastewater, drainage, road, pedestrian and bicycle, utility, and communication easements, rights-of-way and facilities.

Non-conforming
A lot, use, building, or structure, which was legal when commenced or built, but which does not conform to this UDC.

Nursery School
A private agency, school, or institution engaged in educational work with preschool children. Enrollment for four or more hours per day shall classify the facility as a "Day Care Facility" or "Kindergarten."

Occupancy
The use or intended use of the land or buildings by proprietors or tenants.

Off-street Parking
Space occupied by automobiles on premises other than streets.

On-Site Facilities or Improvements
Existing or proposed facilities or improvements constructed within the property boundaries of the plat. Facilities and improvements include, but are not limited to, streets, alleys, water lines, sewer lines, storm drainage facilities, sidewalks, screening devices, and curbs and gutters.

Off-Site Facilities or Improvements
Existing or proposed facilities or improvements that are required to serve a site or subdivision that are not located within the boundaries of the site or plat.

Open Space
Private property designated for recreational area, private park (for use of property owners within the subdivision), play lot area, plaza area, building setbacks, other than those required by City Ordinance, and ornamental areas open to the general view within the subdivision. "Open space" does not include streets, alleys, utility easements, public parks or required setbacks.

Outdoor Entertainment
Predominantly spectator uses conducted in open facilities. Typical uses include sports arenas, racing facilities and amusement parks.

Outdoor Sports and Recreation
Uses conducted in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include driving ranges, miniature golf courses, golf courses, swimming pools, tennis courts, racquetball courts and marinas.

Outdoor Storage
The storage of any material, personal or business for a period greater than 72 consecutive hours, including items for sale, lease, processing and repair not in an enclosed building. This definition does not include automobile sales, leasing or rental.

Overlay District
A district established to prescribe special regulations to be applied to a site in combination with the underlying or base-zoning district.

Owner (also known as "Applicant" or "Subdivider" or "Developer")
Any person or legal entity that has sufficient proprietary interest in the land proposed to be subdivided or developed.

Paint Shop (Non-Retail)
Establishments primarily engaged in the painting of cars, motorcycles, RV's and other materials.

Park (or Parkland)
Land dedicated to, or otherwise owned by, the City for the purpose of providing public or private recreational and/or open areas and may include improvements dedicated to the public.

Park and recreation services
Publicly owned and operated parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities and open spaces.

Park-and-Ride Facility
A parking area or structure used for the specific purpose of storing motor vehicles in order that the occupants can transfer to a higher occupancy vehicle (HOV) (e.g., buses, vans, carpool autos) to complete a trip.

Parking Aisle
The clear space for traffic movement and maneuvering between rows of parking stalls.

Parking Lot
An open area, other than a street, used for the parking of automobiles.

Parking Space, Automobile
A paved space within a building or private or public parking lot, exclusive of driveways, ramps, columns, office and work areas, for the parking of an automobile.

Patio Home
A detached, single-family unit typically situated on a reduced-sized lot that orients outdoor activity within the rear or side patio areas for better use of the site for outdoor living space.

Paved Area
An area surfaced with asphalt, concrete or similar all weather surfaces, not including gravel.

Pavement Width
The portion of street available for traffic; measured curb face to curb face or from the edges of pavement.

Pedestrian Way
The area which provides pedestrian access.

Performance Standard
Regulations that permit uses based on a particular set of standards of operation rather than on a particular type of use. Performance standards provide criteria limiting noise, air pollution, emissions, odors, vibration, dust, dirt, glare, heat, fire hazards, wastes, traffic impacts and visual impact of land uses.

Perimeter Street
Any existing or planned street which is adjacent to the subdivision or addition to be platted.

Permitted Use
A use which is permitted by right in a district without the need for special administrative review and approval upon satisfaction of the standards and requirements of this Ordinance.

Person
A natural person, heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, and includes a firm, partnership or corporation, it's or their successors or assigns, or the agent of any of the aforesaid. The term "person" shall include both singular and plural, and the masculine shall embrace the feminine gender.

Personal Improvement Services
Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of informational, instructional, personal improvement and similar services of a nonprofessional nature. Typical uses include photography studios, driving schools, health or fitness studios, reducing salons, dance studios, handicraft and hobby instruction.

Personal Services
Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the provision of frequently or recurrently needed services of a personal nature. Typical uses include beauty and barber shops, seamstress, tailor, shoe repair shops and self-service laundry or self-service apparel cleaning services.

Pet Services
Retail sales and grooming of dogs, cats, birds, fish, and similar small animals customarily used as household pets. Typical uses include pet stores, dog bathing and clipping salons or pet grooming shops.

Place
An open, unoccupied space other than a street or alley permanently established or dedicated as the principal means of access to property abutting thereon.

Planned Development or Planned Unit Development (PUD)
A tract or subdivision that may consist of a variety of land use types, incorporating a single or variety of types of residential dwelling units, and/or compatible commercial and industrial land uses, and may include public land uses and common open space and recreational areas, adequate to service the needs of the tract when fully developed and populated, and which is to be developed as a single entity under unified control.

Plat
A map, drawing, chart or plan showing the exact layout and proposed construction of a proposed subdivision into lots, blocks, streets, and may include parks, school sites, drainage ways, easements, alleys, and/or any other elements as required by this UDC and which an applicant shall submit for approval in accordance with this UDC.

Plat, Final
A plat submitted to provide for subdivision or combination of properties for development in conformance with all requirements of this UDC. The final plat and the review thereof are intended to produce a subdivision design in which all planning factors are recognized and reconciled prior to final plat submittal.

Plat, Preliminary
A plat submitted to provide for subdivision or combination of properties for development in conformance with all requirements of this UDC. The preliminary plat and the review thereof are intended to produce a subdivision design in which all planning factors are recognized and reconciled prior to final plat submittal.

Plat Revision, Replat, Resubdivision
A plat that modifies an existing subdivision in lieu of a new pattern of development, the subdivision of an existing or duly recorded lot or lots, the combining of two or more lots to create one lot, or the subdividing of an existing platted but undeveloped subdivision into a new pattern of lots and blocks, or the abandonment or dedication of public rights-of-way and/or easements.

Plot Plan; Site Plan
A lot plan drawn to scale showing the measurements, size and location of any existing buildings or buildings to be erected, the location of the lot in relation to abutting streets, and other such information.

Portable Building Sales
This use is applicable to the outdoor display and/or sale of heavy machinery and equipment.

Postal Facilities
Postal services, including post offices, bulk mail processing or sorting centers, operated by the United States Postal Service or private enterprise.

Preliminary Approval
Approval expressed by the City of Cibolo as to the arrangement and approximate size of streets, alleys, parks, reserves, easements, blocks and lots indicated on a preliminary plat.

Primary educational facilities
A public, private or parochial school offering instruction at the elementary school level in the branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools of the State of Texas.

Principal Use
The main use to which a premises is devoted and the primary purpose for which a premises exists.

Principal Structure
A structure in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is located.

Private Recreational Amenities
Any recreational, social and multipurpose uses within a subdivision or other residential development which are operated and maintained by a property owner association or other designated management agency for the benefit and enjoyment of members and their guests. Typical uses include clubhouses, tennis courts, playgrounds and swimming pools.

Private Street
A privately owned vehicular access way, including an alley, that is shared by and that serves two or more lots, which is not dedicated to the public and which is not publicly maintained.

Professional Office
A use providing professional or consulting services in the fields of law, architecture, design, engineering, accounting and similar professions.

Prohibited Use
A use not specifically enumerated as a permitted use, conditional use or nonconforming use. Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, the enumerated "prohibited uses" within each district of this UDC.

Project
An endeavor over which the City exerts its jurisdiction and for which one or more permits may be required to initiate, continue, or complete a development.

Public Assembly
Publicly owned or operated facilities for major public assembly, recreation, sports, amusement or entertainment, including civic or community auditoriums, sports stadiums, convention facilities, fairgrounds and exhibition facilities.

Public Improvements (also referred to as "Subdivision Improvements")
Refers to facilities, infrastructure and other appurtenances, typically owned and maintained by the City (but not necessarily located upon City-owned property or right-of-way, as public improvements can be located on private property), which serve a public purpose in providing a needed service or commodity, such as wastewater collection and water storage and distribution, and which are for the purpose or protection of the general health, safety, welfare and convenience of the City's citizens, including efficiency in traffic circulation and access for emergency services. Required public improvements may include, but shall not be limited to, street and alley paving, including any necessary median openings and left turn lanes on major thoroughfares; water lines and pumping stations; sanitary sewer lines and lift stations; storm drainage structures and stormwater management devices; water quality and erosion controls; screening and retaining walls; fire lane paving and fire hydrants; landscaping, where such is used for required screening or other required landscaped area, and associated irrigation system; and any required public sidewalks, street lights and street name signs. The term "public improvements" shall not include facilities or infrastructure of private providers of utility services other than water and wastewater, but shall be deemed to include facilities and infrastructure that the City would normally require of a development but which will be owned and maintained by an entity such as a homeowners association.

Public Services
Uses operated by a unit of government to serve public needs, such as police (with or without jail), fire service, ambulance, judicial court or government offices, but not including public utility stations or maintenance facilities.

Public Use
Any use controlled by the City, County, State, Federal or any other governmental entity.

Public Utility Station
A structure or facility used by a public or quasi-public utility agency to store, distribute, generate electricity, gas, telecommunications, and related equipment, or to pump or chemically treat water. This does not include storage or treatment of sewage, solid waste or hazardous waste.

Public Way; Public Right-of-Way
Any street, alley or similar parcel of land essentially unobstructed from the ground to the sky, which is deeded, dedicated or otherwise permanently appropriated to the public for public use.

Railroad Facilities
Railroad yards, equipment servicing facilities, and terminal facilities.

Rear Yard Area
The total square foot of area as measured from the rear of the main structure on the lot to the rear property line multiplied by the width of the lot, as measured from 1 (one) side property line to the other side property line, subtracting all easement area.

Recreation, Indoor
An establishment providing completely enclosed recreation activities. Accessory uses shall be permitted to include the preparation and serving of food and/or the sale of equipment related to the enclosed uses. Included in this definition shall be bowling, roller-skating or ice skating, billiards, pool, motion picture theatres, and related amusements.

Recreation, Outdoor
An area free of buildings except for restrooms, dressing rooms, equipment storage, maintenance buildings, open-air pavilions and similar structures used primarily for recreational activities.

Recreational Area, Commercial
An indoor and/or outdoor area or structure(s) operated for profit and devoted to facilities and equipment for recreational purposes, including, but not limited to, swimming pools, tennis courts, racquet ball courts, dance and other similar uses whether the use of such area is limited to private membership or whether open to the public upon the payment of a fee.

Recreational Vehicle (RV)
A vehicular type portable structure without permanent foundation, primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, with or without motor power, This includes, but is not limited to, travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers and self-propelled motor homes.

Recreational Vehicle Park
An area where facilities are provided for recreational or camping vehicles or travel trailers, tents or other portable habitation, utilized by the public as a place for camping, vacationing, or temporary usage. The park may include certain recreational or service facilities for the use of the residents of the park. Recreational or camping vehicle parks shall comply with all applicable State and County regulations.

Recycling Facility
Any location whose primary use is where waste or scrap materials are stored, bought, sold, accumulated, exchanged, packaged, disassembled or handled, including, but not limited to, scrap metals, paper, rags, tires and bottles, and other such materials.

Registered Design Professional
An architect, engineer or land surveyor registered or licensed to practice professional architecture, engineering or surveying as defined by statutory requirements of registration laws of the State of Texas.

Regulatory Agency
The governing body of, or a bureau, department, division, board, commission or other agency acting in its capacity of processing, approving, or issuing a permit.

Rehabilitation Center; Halfway House
An establishment whose primary purpose is the rehabilitation of persons. Such services include drug and alcohol rehabilitation, assistance to emotionally and mentally disturbed persons, and halfway houses for prison parolees and juveniles.

Religious, Cultural and Fraternal Activity
A use or building owned or maintained by organized religious organizations or nonprofit associations for social, civic or philanthropic purposes, or the purpose for which persons regularly assemble for worship.

Renovation
Interior or exterior remodeling of a structure, other than ordinary repair.

Replatting or Replat
The re-subdivision of any part or all of a previously platted subdivision, addition, lot or tract.

Research Services
Establishments primarily engaged in research of an industrial or scientific nature but exclude product testing. Typical uses include electronics research laboratories, space research and development firms, or pharmaceutical research labs.

Reserve Strip
A privately owned strip of land adjacent to public right-of-way to prevent access from a street onto said private property.

Residence
A building or structure, or portion thereof, designed and used as a place of abode for human beings, but not including hotels or motel units, or places of abode having no kitchen within each unit.

Residential Use
Any use consisting principally of dwelling units.

Restaurant-Convenience
A use engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages (excluding alcoholic beverages), for on-premises consumption. Typical uses include soda shops, ice cream parlors, and coffee shops.

Restaurant, Fast Food
A use engaged in the retail sale of prepared or rapidly prepared food and beverages directly to customers (excluding alcoholic beverages), for on-and off-premises consumption, commonly referred to as having "take-out" service. Typical uses have drive-thru window service and have extended hours of operation.

Restaurant-Neighborhood
A use engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages, including the sale of alcoholic beverages when conducted as an accessory or secondary feature producing less than twenty five (25) percent of the gross income. For a neighborhood restaurant including outdoor entertainment, see Article 6 of this UDC for additional requirements.

Right-of-Way
A parcel of land occupied, or intended to be occupied, by a public road, street or alley or some other public purpose, such as drainage. Where appropriate, right-of-way may include other facilities and utilities such as sidewalks; electrical, communication, oil and natural gas lines and facilities; and water and sanitary and storm sewer facilities. The use of right-of-way shall also include parkways and medians outside of the paved portion of the street. The usage of the term right-of-way for land platting purposes shall mean that every right-of-way hereafter established and shown on a final plat is to be separate and distinct from the lots or parcels adjoining such right-of-way.

Roof
A structural covering over any portion of a building or structure, including the projections beyond the walls or supports of the building or structure.

RV Park
An area where facilities are provided for recreational or camping vehicles or travel trailers, tents or other portable habitation, utilized by the public as a place for camping, vacationing, or temporary usage, which are in place for not more than 30 (thirty) days.

Safety Services
Facilities for conduct of public safety and emergency services, including police and fire protection services and emergency medical and ambulance services.

School, Commercial
A school establishment to provide for the teaching of industrial, clerical, managerial or artistic skills. This definition applies to schools that are owned and operated privately for profit and that do not offer a complete educational curriculum (e.g., beauty school or modeling school).

Scrap and Salvage Services
Places of business primarily engaged in the storage, sale, dismantling or other processing of used or waste materials which are not intended for reuse in their original forms. Typical uses include automotive wrecking yards, junk yards or paper salvage yards.

Self Service Storage Facility
A facility including buildings or structures containing space of varying sizes leased/rented on an individual basis and used exclusively for the storage of excess property and outdoor storage of vehicles and boats.

Septic Tank
Refers to a watertight receptacle that receives the discharge of sewage from a building, sewer or part thereof, and is designed and constructed so as to permit settling of solids from this liquid, digestion of the organic matter, and discharge of the treated liquid portion into a disposal area.

Service Station
An establishment where the sale of petroleum products is the principal use but may also offer incidental indoor automobile service and repair. All services provided and all storage supplies, parts, equipment shall be kept indoors.

Sewerage Disposal System, Individual Private
Any system designed to provide on-site treatment and disposal of sewage flows from individual residences, duplexes, businesses, or any other buildings. The system may be anaerobic, e.g., a septic transpiration bed, or other. Said system must not require a permit from the State of Texas.

Sewerage System, Public
A system designed for the wastewater collection, treatment and disposal that is wholly owned and operated by the City or any other legally incorporated town or City or public system approved by the State of Texas, such as Cibolo Creek Municipal Authority and Green Valley Special Utility District.

Sexually Oriented Businesses
Refers to those acts, services and businesses described in Cibolo Ordinance Number 744.

Shall
The word "shall" is always mandatory, while the word "may" is merely permissive.

Shopping Center
A group of commercial establishments planned and constructed as a total entity that will typically have multiple regional scale retail establishments and/or multiple neighborhood scale retail buildings.

Should
The word "should" is used to express obligation to a developer/development or expectations of the City.

Sidewalk
A pedestrian way generally located in the public or private street right-of-way, but outside of the roadway.

Sign
Any visual communication device which is visible from any right-of-way advertising a message, announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration, insignia, surface or space erected or maintained in view of the observer thereof for identification, advertisement or promotion of the interests of any person, entity, product or service, including the sign structure, supports, lighting system and any attachments, ornaments or other features used to draw the attention of observers. For additional Sign definitions and regulations refer to Sign Ordinance 1188, as amended.

Single-Family Residential
The use of a site for one (1) dwelling unit.

Site Plan
Refers to a plan, or plans, drawn to scale, showing uses and structures proposed for a parcel of land as required by the regulations

Small Engine Repair
Refers to the maintenance and repair of small engines (low-power internal combustion engines or electric engines). Equipment repair includes chain saws, lawn mowers go-karts and the like.

Solid Fence
A fence, including entrance and exit gates, constructed of materials that creates an opaque view of property from adjoining properties, streets, alleys or public rights-of-way.

Stable, Private
An accessory building for the keeping of horses, ponies, donkeys or mules owned by occupants of the premises, and not kept for remuneration, hire or sale.

Stable, Riding
A structure in which horses, ponies, donkeys or mules, used exclusively for pleasure riding or driving, are housed, boarded, or kept for hire.

Standard Street
Any street or road that meets or exceeds the minimum construction and design specifications in the City and which is constructed to the ultimate configuration for the type of roadway designated by the Future Thoroughfare Plan.

Steep Slope
Areas with slopes over 15% grade and that have increased runoff, erosion and sediment hazards levels.

Story
That portion of building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. If the finished floor level directly above a usable or unused under-floor space is more than 6' (six feet) above grade as defined herein for more than 50 percent of the total perimeter or is more than 12' (twelve feet) above grade as defined herein at any point, such usable or unused under-floor space shall be considered as a story.

Story, Half
A partial story under a gable, hip, or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least 2 (two) opposite exterior walls are not more that 4 (four) feet above the floor of such story, except that any partial story used for residence purposes, it shall be deemed a full story

Street, Arterial
A thoroughfare designated as a freeway, expressway, major arterial, or minor arterial by the Future Thoroughfare Plan with a primary function to accommodate a high degree of safe and quick progression of traffic across the City. The term "arterial" is also commonly known as a "major thoroughfare."

Street, Collector or Sub-Collector
A street that primarily carries traffic from local or residential streets to major thoroughfares and highways, including the principal entrance streets for circulation to schools, parks, and other community facilities within such a development, and to adjacent commercial or industrial areas.

Street, Local or Residential
A street used primarily for access to abutting residential property and circulation of traffic within residential neighborhoods. It is of a width and design to discourage through traffic to protect the residential area. A local street may serves the same purpose in a commercial or industrial district.

Street, Marginal Access
A street that is parallel and adjacent to an arterial street and which primarily provides vehicular access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.

Street, Private
A right-of-way or easement in private ownership that is not dedicated or maintained as a public street, which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.

Street, Public
A public thoroughfare recorded with the County Recorder which affords primary means of access to abutting property.

Street Improvements
Any street or thoroughfare, together with all appurtenances required by City design and construction requirements to be provided with such street or thoroughfare, and including but not limited to curbs and gutters, sidewalks, drainage facilities to be situated in the right-of-way for such street or thoroughfare, traffic control devices, street lights, traffic control signs, and street signs, for which facilities the City will ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation.

Street Side Yard
The portion of a yard which abuts the street right(s)-of-way.

Structural Alteration
Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders; provided, however, that modifications that are of a cosmetic nature shall not be considered a structural alteration.

Structure
Refers to any improvement built or constructed as an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner.

Subdivider
Any person or any agent thereof dividing or proposing to divide land so as to constitute a subdivision as that term is defined in this section. In any event, the term "subdivider" shall be restricted to include only the owner, equity owner, or authorized agent of such owner or equity owner, of land to be subdivided.

Subdivision
The division, combination or redivision of any tract of land situated within the City's corporate limits or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, lots or sites, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale, division of ownership, or building development. Subdivision includes resubdivisions of land or lots which are part of a previously recorded subdivision, or the combination of more than one lot into a lesser number of lots.

Substandard Street
An existing street or road that does not meet the minimum specifications in the City's standard street design and construction specifications, or which is not constructed to the ultimate configuration for the type of roadway designated for that street on the Comprehensive Master Plan and/or Future Thoroughfare Plan.

Surveyor
A licensed state land surveyor or a registered professional land surveyor as authorized by State of Texas statutes to practice the profession of surveying.

Temporary Building
An enclosed building, the use of which is incidental to work on the premises, and is removed upon the completion or abandonment of the work.

Temporary Construction Office
A portable building used as an office for construction personnel during construction of a principal building on the premises or during construction of houses in a new subdivision.

Temporary Improvements
Improvements built and maintained by the property owner that are needed to remedy a circumstance that is temporary in nature, such as a temporary drainage easement or erosion control device, that will be removed upon completion of the subdivision or development or shortly thereafter.

Temporary Real Estate Sales Office
A structure or building used as a sales office for the sale of homes in a new subdivision.

Temporary Use
Land uses and/or structures that are needed or are in place for only short periods of time.

Theater
A building used primarily for the presentation of live stage productions, performances or motion pictures.

Thoroughfare Plan
Refers to the Future Thoroughfare Plan, which is an element of the City of Cibolo Comprehensive Master Plan.

Tower
Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting 1 (one) or more antennas, including self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers, or monopole towers. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, cellular telephone towers, and the like.

Townhouse or Rowhouse
One of a group of not less than four nor more than eight adjoining single-family dwelling units sharing a common wall with one or more adjoining dwelling units, with each unit located on a separate lot.

Transitional Homes, Rehabilitation Centers and Halfway Houses
A facility in which persons live for a short period of time while receiving physical, social, or psychological therapy and counseling, as is more particularly defined and regulated in Article 6 of this UDC.

Transportation Terminal
A facility for loading, unloading, and/or interchange of passengers, baggage and incidental freight or package express between modes of transportation.

Use
Any purpose for which a lot, building, structure or a tract of land may be designated, arranged, maintained or occupied; or any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on or intended to be carried on in a building or other structure or on a tract of land.

Use, Change of
The change within the classified use of a structure or premise.

Utility
A term inclusive of all water, sanitary sewer, electrical telephone, natural gas, CATV, storm sewer, and all other services, as determined by the City of Cibolo, inclusive of Cibolo Creek Municipal Authority, Green Valley Special Utility District and all other public/private utility providers.

Vacation
An action intended to cancel, rescind or render an act that has the effect of voiding a subdivision plat as recorded in the county recorder's office.

Variance
A deviation from the requirements established by this UDC.

Vehicle Storage
Long term storage of operating or non-operating vehicles. Typical uses include storage of private parking for towed vehicles or as an impound yard, but would exclude dismantling or salvage.

Veterinary Services
Refers to medical service for all animals and shall include animal clinics and hospitals. Veterinary services shall not include the boarding of large animals.

Warehousing and Distribution
Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in wholesaling, storage, distribution and handling of materials and equipment other than live animals and plants. The following are wholesale, storage and use types:

A.

Convenience storage. Storage services primarily for personal effects and household goods within enclosed storage areas having individual access, but excluding use as workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, or commercial activity. Typical uses include mini-warehousing.

B.

General warehousing and distribution. Open-air storage, distribution and handling of materials and equipment. Typical uses include monument or stone yards, or open storage yards.

C.

Limited warehousing and distribution. Wholesaling, storage and warehousing services within enclosed structures. Typical moving and storage firms, retail mail and internet order distribution centers.

Wastewater Service
The collection of waste-bearing water requiring treatment prior to its return to nature and the system of equipment used to collect and transmit water to treatment facilities; also called sanitary sewer service.

Will
Used to express a frequent or customary future action or result.

Wrecking or Salvage Yard
A place where waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, baled, packed, disassembled or handled, including auto wrecking yards, house wrecking yards, used lumber yards, and places for storage of salvaged house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment; but not including such places where such uses are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building, and not including pawn shops and establishments for the sale, purchase or storage of used furniture and household equipment when conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building, sale of used cars in operating condition, or salvaged materials incidental to a manufacturing operation.

Xeriscape
A landscaping method developed for arid and semi-arid climates that use water conservation techniques, such as drought-resistant and native plants, mulch, native stone and gravel, and efficient irrigation.

Yard
Required open space, other than a court, unoccupied and unobstructed by any structure or portion of a structure from the general ground level of the graded lot upward; provided however, that fences, walls, poles, posts and other customary yard accessories, ornaments and furniture are not deemed to be obstructions if height limitations and requirements limiting obstruction of visibility are observed.

Yard, Front
A yard extending across the front of a lot between the side lot lines, and being the minimum horizontal distance between the street or place line and the main building or any projections of the usual uncovered steps, uncovered balconies, or uncovered porch. On corner lots the front yard shall be considered as parallel to the street upon which the lot has its least dimension.

Yard, Rear
A yard extending across the rear of a lot and being the required minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the rear of the main building or any projections thereof other than the projections of uncovered steps, unenclosed balconies, or unenclosed porches. On all lots, the rear yard shall be in the rear of the front yard.

Yard, Side
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot, between the building and a side lot line.

Zero Lot Line Lot
A lot where no setback is required on one or more sides of a lot.

Zoning District
Any section of the City for which the regulations uniformly govern the use, placement, density, bulk, height and coverage of land and buildings.