§ XIII. Exceptions and variations of the use, height, and area regulations.
The district regulations hereinafter set forth in this section qualify or supplement, as the case may be, the district regulations appearing elsewhere in this ordinance.
1.
Public, semi-public or public service buildings, hospitals, institutions or schools, when permitted in a district, may be erected to a height not exceeding sixty (60) feet and churches may be erected to a height not exceeding seventy-five (75) feet if the building is set back from each yard line at least one (1) foot for each foot additional building height above the height limit otherwise provided in the district in which the building is located.
2.
Chimneys, cooling towers, elevators, bulkheads, fire towers, monuments, stacks, stage towers, tanks, water towers, ornamental towers, spires, church steeples, radio towers or necessary mechanical apparatus, may be erected to any safe height not in conflict with existing or hereafter adopted ordinances of the City of Carrizo Springs.
3.
Accessory buildings may be built in a required rear yard, but such accessory buildings shall have the same minimum side yard as is required for the main building or the main use of the premises to which the accessory building is incidental. Any accessory building shall not be nearer than five (5) feet to any rear lot line. Nor shall any accessory building occupy any more than thirty (30) percent of the total area of the rear yard.
4.
No accessory building shall be constructed upon a lot until the construction of the main building has actually commenced and no accessory building shall be used for dwelling purposes other than by domestic servants employed on the premises.
5.
Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky, unobstructed except for accessory buildings in the rear yard and except for the ordinary projection of sills, belt courses, cornices, and ornamental features projecting not to exceed twelve (12) inches.
6.
Fences constructed of solid wood or stone may be erected to a height not exceeding five (5) feet along the boundaries of a lot, except that no such fence shall be erected within fifty (50) feet of a street intersection, nor shall such a fence be erected in a front yard. Wire fences and other fences in which the openings between the materials of which the fence is constructed represents more than seventy (70) percent of the total fence area may be erected to a height of six (6) feet except that no fence or hedge that cannot be viewed through or over from a five-foot height above the traveled street shall be constructed or planted within fifty (50) feet of a street intersection.
7.
For the purpose of side yard regulations, a two-family, group house or a multiple dwelling shall be considered as one (1) building occupying one (1) lot.
8.
Buildings that are to be used for storage purposes only may exceed the maximum number of stories permitted in the district in which they are located but such buildings shall not exceed the number of feet of building height permitted in such districts.
9.
Temporary buildings that are used in conjunction with construction work only may be permitted in any district during the period the work is under way, but such temporary buildings shall be removed upon the completion of the construction work as determined by the administrative officer.
10.
More than one (1) industrial, commercial, multiple-dwelling or institutional building may be erected upon a single lot or tract, but the yards and open spaces required around the boundaries of the lot or tract shall not be encroached upon by any such buildings nor shall there be any change in the intensity of use regulations.
11.
Railroad rights-of-way: On all existing rights-of-way of railroad companies, regardless of the zoning district in which such right-of-way is located, railroad trackage and accessories to railroad movement may be constructed or maintained.
State law reference
Authority of board of adjustment, special exceptions, variances, etc., Texas Local Government Code § 211.009.