Baytown |
Code of Ordinances |
SubPart B. LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE |
Chapter 118. SIGNS |
Article III. REGULATIONS |
Division 4. LOCATION |
SubDivision IV. Off-Premises Signs |
§ 118-356. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this subdivision, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Commercial or industrial activity means property that is devoted to use for commercial or industrial purposes, and not for residential purposes. Commercial or industrial activity shall not include the following:
(1)
Signs;
(2)
Agricultural, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming and related activities, including but not limited to temporary wayside fresh produce stands;
(3)
Activities not housed in a permanent building or structure;
(4)
Activities not visible from the traffic lanes of the main-traveled way; or
(5)
Railroad right-of-way.
Primarily residential area means the right-of-way and adjoining property area between two public streets intersecting such right-of-way in which a majority of the total front footage is used for residential purposes.
(Code 1967, § 25½-10(A); Ord. No. 3593, § 1, 4-14-83; Ord. No. 4123, § 6, 4-11-85; Ord. No. 7735, § 1, 6-27-96; Ord. No. 7771, § 1, 8-8-96)
Cross reference
Definitions generally, § 1-2.