Ord 3042 12/16/1975 ORDINANCE NO. 3042
ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION (1) OF
SECTION 7-15 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
ESTABLISHING BUILDING SETBACK LINES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
Subsection (1) of Section 7-15 of the Code of Ordinances
is hereby amended to read as follows:
" (1) Amend Section 105 by adding Section 105. 8 to
read as follows:
'Front, side and back building setback lines.
(a) Except in the Fire Districts, no building, shed or open
shed shall be erected closer to the property line than the building
setback lines herein established.
(b) If a front building setback line is shown on the
subdivision plat, such line is hereby established as the
front building setback line. If no front setback line is
shown on the subdivision plat, but there are two or more
existing principal buildings on the same side of the street
on the same block and fronting on such street, then the
front setback line is hereby established at the same distance from
the front property line as the average existing setback of
such existing buildings. If the front setback line is not
established by the subdivision plat, and has not been
established by existing buildings, the front building
setback line is hereby established twenty-five (25) feet
from the front property line.
(c) If the exterior side building setback line on a corner lot
is shown on the subdivision plat, it is hereby established
as the exterior side setback line. If the exterior side
setback line on a corner lot is not shown on the subdivision
plat, and if interior lots have been platted fronting on
the side street in the same block on the same side of
the street, the exterior side setback line for such a corner lot
is hereby established ten (10) feet closer to the side property
line than the front setback line for the said interior lots,
but in no event closer than ten (10) feet to such side property
line. If the exterior side setback line on a corner lot is
not shown on the subdivision plat, and if interior lots have
not been platted fronting on such side street in the same block
on the same side of the street, the exterior side setback line
for such a corner lot is hereby established ten (10) feet from
the side property line.
(d) If the side setback line on interior lots is shown
on the subdivision plat, it is hereby established as such
interior side setback line. If the side setback line on interior
lots is not shown on the subdivision plat, the side setback line
on interior lots is hereby established five (5) feet from the
side property line. However, a detached building containing no
more than one hundred fifty (150) square feet, constructed of
non-combustible materials, located on the rear one quarter of
the lot may be built within three (3) feet of the side lot line.
(e) If a back building setback line is shown on the
subdivision plat, it is hereby established as the back building
setback line. If such back building setback line is not shown
on the subdivision plat, the back building setback line is hereby
established five (5) feet from the back property line; however,
a detached building containing no more than one hundred fifty (150)
square feet, constructed of non-combustible materials, located on
the rear one quarter of the lot, may be built within three (3)
feet of the back property line. Provided, however, if an alley
or a utility easement abuts the back property line of the lot,
then the back building setback line is hereby established
one (1) foot from the right-of-way line of the alley or utility
easement, but the roof overhang shall not extend over the
alley or easement.
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(f) The following exceptions shall apply to roof
overhangs and carports:
1. A roof overhang may extend four (4) feet beyond
the front setback line, if such overhang is unsupported.
2 . A carport may extend as much as ten (10) feet,
but no more, in front of a front building setback line,
but under this exception no carport shall be built closer than
twenty-five (25) feet to the front property line; further, any
part of a carport that so extends beyond the front building
setback line shall not be enclosed with walls. '"
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 16th day of December, 1975.
/yMnYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK