Ord 3448 4/3/1979 ORDINANCE NO. s
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, ORDINANCE NO. 2118, APPENDIX A, CODE
OF ORDINANCES, ESTABLISHING BUILDING SETBACK LINES, MINIMUM
REAR YARD DEPTH, AND SIDE YARD REQUIREMENTS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Section 9, subparagraph (L) (6) of Ordinance No. 2118,
Appendix A, Code of Ordinances, be amended to read as follows:
"(6) Minimum setback lines.
(a) Minimum building setback lines on the front street shall be required
of at least twenty-five (25) feet on all residential lots. However, if there are
two or more existing principal buildings on the same side of the street on the same
block and fronting on such street, which have an average setback of less than 25
• feet, then the Planning Board may establish a minimum building setback line closer
to the front property line, except such setback line shall not be less than twenty
(20)_ feet.
(b) A corner residential lot shall have a minimum building setback line
on the side street of at least fifteen (15) feet. However, if there are buildings
fronting on the side street in the same block on the same side of the street,
which have an average setback of less than 25 feet, the Planning Board may establish
an exterior side setback line for such corner lots closer to the side property
line, except such setback line shall not be less than ten (10) feet.
(c) Minimum building setback lines on front and side streets for other than
residential lots shall be twenty-five (25) feet except where physical conditions or
other factors make such setback impractical in the opinion of the Planning Board.
However, the Planning Board shall not authorize a front setback line of less than
fifteen (15) feet nor an exterior side setback line of less than ten (10) feet. When
a reduced setback line is authorized, such determination shall take into account not
only the factors presented by the owner/developer of the tract in question but also
the health, safety and general welfare of the City at large. In establishing such
setback lines the Planning Board shall consider, but not be limited to, the following
criteria:
1. City of Wichita Falls General Plan
2. Major Thoroughfare Plan
3. Proposed use, e.g. , retail, commercial, industrial
4. Parking requirements
5. Existing right-of-way width
6. Utility and drainage easement requirements
7. Flood plain
8. Existing structures within the block
9. Height of proposed or existing structure
10. View obstruction line on corner lots
In each instance where a setback line of less than twenty-five (25) feet is
authorized, the Planning Board shall fully document their rationale for such deter-
mination and append same to the Minutes of the meeting at which the determination
was made.
(d) Interior side setback line on a lot other than a residential lot shall
be not less than five (5) feet when it is adjacent to a residential lot; in all other
cases, lots other than residential lots shall have no minimum building setback lines
on interior side lot lines and rear lot lines, and the buildings shall be located
thereon with reference to the interior side lot lines and rear lot lines in any
manner authorized by the Building Code.
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(e) Lots in a mobile home subdivision shall have a front building setback
line of not less than twenty (20) feet.
(f) Corner lots in a mobile home subdivision shall have a minimum setback
line of at least fifteen (15) feet on the side street."
SECTION 2. Section 9, subparagraph (L) (7) of Ordinance No. 2118, Appendix
A, Code of Ordinances, be amended to read as follows:
"(7) Rear Yards. Minimum rear yard depths shall be required on all
residential lots of at least twenty per cent (20%) of the depth of the lot.
However, the depth need not exceed thirty-five (35) feet from the center line of
the alley or rear utility easement. Minimum rear yard setbacks in mobile home
subdivisions shall be ten (10) feet."
SECTION 3. Section 9, subparagraph (L)' (8) of Ordinance No. 2118,
Appendix A, Code of Ordinances, be amended to read as follows:
"(8) Side Yards. Minimum side yards shall be required on all residential
lots of at least five (5) feet on each side of buildings on interior lots and on
the building side of corner lots."
SECTION 4. Section 3, of Ordinance No. 2118, Appendix A, Code of
Ordinances, be amended to add the following:
"Residence. A building occupied as the dwelling place of one (1) or more
persons in which the use and management of sleeping quarters, and all appliances for
cooking, ventilating, heating, or lighting, are under one (1) control, and which
shall include one (1) and two (2) family dwellings, apartment houses, boarding house:3
and mobile homes.
Residential lot. A parcel of land described and recorded as a lot in the
records of Wichita County, Texas which has or is intended to have located thereon
a residential building. Such lot shall be a residential lot whether the residence
is the principal or accessory building occupying or intended to occupy the lot. For
the purposes of this Ordinance, a lot without a structure shall be presumed to be a
residential lot in the absence of a deed restriction or similar legal action indicating
otherwise."
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE AC day of (/1/24,Q.
1979.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK