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1. What documents do I need to submit for new residential construction?

Documents that will need to be submitted include:

• Two complete sets of stamped blueprints and calculations with a maximum size of 24" by 36" drawn to a scale of not less than 1/8" to one foot. (Architectural, structural, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC).
  
• Foundation plans and framing plans must have the seal of a structural engineer, registered in the State of Texas.
  
• Plot plan and site survey including a legal description. The survey must have been completed within the last 18 months and certified by a registered professional land surveyor.
  
• Electrical load analysis, plumbing and gas riser diagram, and mechanical layout.
  
  • FEMA Elevation Certificate
    
  • Tree survey / protection plan
    
  • Drainage and/or fill plan
    
  • Green space calculations (house / deck drip line must be less than 40% of building lot, dripline and non-permeable surfaces must be less than 50%). Make sure you ask the building inspector about these regulations and all setback requirements

2. Looking to find our City's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports?

On September 27, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided our community with Preliminary copies of the (FIRM) and (FIS) report for City of Clear Lake Shores, Galveston County, Texas. You can find them by clicking the link below
Flood Insurance Rate Map and Flood Insurance Study

3. Do I need a permit to cut down trees?

Yes. A permit application must be submitted and approved by the building official for all tree removals. A tree survey and/or tree protection plan is required upon submittal.

4. What are the regulations for fences in a residential district?

Regulations for fences in a residential district are:

• A fence may be erected and maintained on a building lot along or adjacent to a lot line within the required side and rear yards. Said fences may not exceed 6 feet 6 inches in height.
  
• Within these districts, a fence may also be erected in the front yard. A fence located in a front yard may not exceed 4 feet 6 inches.
  
• All fence heights shall be measured:
  
  • From the lowest ground elevation, within 3 feet of either side of the lot line that is along and nearest to the proposed fence
    
  • To the uppermost part of the fence structure

5. Do you have more questions?

Click this link below to read full Building FAQs

https://www.clearlakeshores-tx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/677/FAQS-BUILDING

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1. How do I contact a city/county department?

Visit the Staff Directory to find all department and staff contact information.

2. Where can I find the answers to my frequently asked questions?

Use the FAQs module to easily find answers to the questions you ask the most.

3. What are the water restrictions for our area?

Please check with WCID # 12 for updated information regarding the use of water in our area.

4. Where do I find the Annual Budget?

Go to Help Center then, look under View tab and click on Budget & Financial Reports.

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1. Do you need to find out about the Island Golf Cart Rules?

• Persons who operate a golf cart within Clear Lake Shores must hold a valid Texas Drivers's License. Children 16 years or younger are allowed to drive a cart ONLY if they have a DRIVERS LEARNING PERMIT and are accompanied by a licensed passenger of proper age.
  
• A "slow moving" emblem or hazard triangle must be attached and visible to the rear of the cart.
  
• Open containers of alcohol are NOT permitted on golf carts.
  
• You must follow all Texas traffic laws as golf carts are considered moving vehicles. This includes stop signs, yield signs. traffic lights, pedestrians, stopped school buses, and DWI/DUI laws.
  
• You may cross over FM 2094 in your golf cart, however it is not legal to drive on the roadway itself as the speed limit is over 35 mph on this roadway.
  
• Just like an automobile, your golf carts must be equipped with operable headlights, taillights, blinkers, mirrors, and a parking break.
  
  
  
  
  For more information and all of the rules regarding the use of Golf Carts, you can contact the Clear Lake Shores Police Department.

2. May a golf cart be driven on a city street?

Yes , if allowed by city ordinance and in other, very limited circumstances. Three sections of two Texas Transportation Code provisions govern whether a golf cart may be driven on a city street:

1) a golf cart may be driven on a street if the street is: (1) in a master planned community that meets
certain conditions; (2) on a golf course; or (3) on a public or private beach. TEX TRANSP. CODE
551.403 (a). (Because state law provides no definition of "master planned community," and the
attorney general declined to define the term in Texas Attorney General Opinion GA-0966, each city
will likely have to look at its own definition of master planned community within its subdivision and
zoning regulations.); NOT APPLICABLE FOR CLEAR LAKE SHORES

2) a golf cart may also be driven on a city street that has a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or
less, if the golf cart is operated to and from a golf course during the day time and no more than two miles from
the place where the golf cart is usually parked. Id.; the Attorney General also added that the purpose of driving
the golf cart on public streets under this subsection must be to transport a person
to and from the golf course under GA-0966; and/or NO APPLICABLE FOR CLEAR LAKE SHORES

3). a city council may, by ordinance, authorize a golf cart to be operated on any street in the city that has a posted
speed limit of not more than 35 miles per hour, so long as the golf cart has special safety equipment, including
headlamps, tail lamps, reflectors, parking brakes, and mirrors. Id. § 551.404.

In addition, a golf cart may be driven across an intersection of any street if the cart is
being lawfully operated under one of the provisions above. Id. § 551.405. Under a
provision adopted in 2013, the Texas Department of Transportation can now offer license
plates to golf carts that are driven on public streets as described above. Id. § 551.402.

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1. What can i put in our recycle bins?

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