In accordance with the land use designations noted in table 11.02.063, Residential Uses by Zoning District, table 11.02.064, Nonresidential Uses by Zoning District and table 11.02.065, Temporary Uses by Zoning District, the following uses are permitted as conditional uses or may be considered as special uses if the following requirements are met:
1. Accessory dwelling unit, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The accessory dwelling unit is accessory to a residential dwelling unit, and cannot be a manufactured home; and
b. All requirements of section
11.04.032,
Accessory Dwelling Units, are met.
2. Adult day care, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
3. Alcoholic beverage establishment, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
b. Pursuant to Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code. the use is not located:
4. Alcoholic beverage sales, off-site consumption, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
b. Pursuant to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, the use is not located within:
5. Animal grooming, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. No operations, including dog runs or recreation areas, are conducted outdoors;
b. If the use is located less than 100 feet from any residential zoning district, the building is sound attenuated such that the sound is not audible at the residential property line; and
c. If the use is located in a multi-tenant building, ventilation systems are installed to prevent odors and allergens from circulating to other parts of the building.
6. Animal veterinary services, large animal, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. If the use is located less than 100 feet from any residential zoning district, the building is sound attenuated such that the sound is not audible at the residential property line;
b. Any docks and animal shoots are placed in an interior or rear yard provided that such yard does not face a public street or a residential zoning district; and
c. If the use is located in a multi-tenant building, ventilation systems are installed to prevent odors and allergens from circulating to other parts of the building.
7. Animal veterinary services, small animal, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. No operations, including dog runs or recreation areas, are conducted outdoors;
b. If the use is located less than 100 feet from any residential zoning district, the building is sound attenuated such that the sound is not audible at the residential property line; and
c. If the use is located in a multi-tenant building, ventilation systems are installed to prevent odors and allergens from circulating to other parts of the building.
8. Apartment, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The use meets the standards of section
11.03.153(G),
Garden-Style Apartments in Multifamily District; and
b. The use is only permitted on properties zoned Multifamily (MF) as of the effective date of this Chapter.
9. Automotive, minor service, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. All service and repairs are performed within a fully enclosed building;
b. Wrecked or inoperable vehicles are not stored within or outside of the facility;
c. Automobile bay doors are located perpendicular to the public right-of-way and are not visible from abutting residentially zoned districts; and
d. Primary access is taken from a collector or higher roadway classification.
10. Automobile, rental, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. All permanent storage of material, merchandise, and equipment, including wrecked vehicles and excluding the display of vehicles for rent, are stored in areas screened from view;
b. Access is taken from a collector or higher roadway classification; and
c. The office space is no larger than 3,000 square feet.
11. Bank, credit union, and financial institution, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. Drive-through facilities are prohibited in the Mixed Use (MU) district; and
b. Drive-through facilities are not adjacent to or within 100 feet of a residential zoning district.
12. Bed-and-breakfast facility, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The facility owner or innkeeper occupies the residence;
b. The rental of rooms is on a daily or weekly basis to tourists or vacationers, for which the rental period does not exceed 14 consecutive days in any 30-day period for any such tourist or vacationer;
c. No meals are served to the general public;
d. There are no more than five (5) guest rooms;
e. Each guest room has access to a hall or exterior door;
f. The use has been permitted by the Williamson or Travis County Health Department;
g. No other bed-and-breakfast is located within a one-mile radius of the property;
h. Access is taken from a collector or higher roadway classification; and
i. The minimum lot size is 15,000 square feet.
13. Broadcasting center, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The use is an accessory use within educational campuses, governmental facilities and professional sports venues; and
b. Building- and/or roof-mounted antennas or towers project no higher than 20 percent of the allowable building height in the district in which it is located.
14. Caretaker or guard residence, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The use is an accessory use to the principal use of the property; and
b. The residence has the same architecture as the principal use.
15. Carwash, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. It is automatic or full-service;
b. There are no more than three (3) carwashing bays;
c. All mechanical equipment, excluding vacuum and air units is enclosed within a building;
d. All facilities are designed and configured such that any outdoor spraying preparation or drying activities are directed away from any abutting residential district;
e. Bay access is designed to prevent headlights from shining onto any street or abutting a residential district;
f. If self-service vacuums are provided, a minimum of one (1) parking space per vacuum is required, which will not interfere with site circulation, driveways, or fire lanes;
g. Access is taken from a collector or higher classification roadway; and
h. All new full-service vehicle wash facilities, are equipped with, operate, and maintain in operation, a water recycling system that will recycle not less than 50 percent of the water being used by the facility, and for existing automobile wash facilities, such system is required as a condition of any permit to:
i. Expand the floor area of the vehicle wash facility building by more than 50 percent of the area of the vehicle wash facility building as it existed on the effective date of this Chapter;
ii. Demolish, destroy or remove and then replace more than 50 percent of the floor area of the vehicle wash facility building as it existed on the effective date of this Chapter, except for the purpose of replacing or repairing water recycling equipment; or
iii. Enlarge the water tap, meter, or service line.
16. Community garden, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. Compost materials are stored at least 20 feet from all adjacent property lines;
b. All seed, fertilizer, and animal feed is stored in sealed, rodent-proof containers and housed in an enclosed structure; and
c. The land is served by a water supply sufficient to support the cultivation practices on-site.
18. Construction sales and services, are permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. Liquids, gels, and pastes (e.g., paints, sealers, etc.) are stored only in enclosed buildings;
b. There is no storage of explosives;
c. There is storage of no more than 50 gallons of motor fuel; and
d. There is no disposal of inoperable machines or wastes on-site.
19. Craft brewing/distillery/winery production with on-premise consumption, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The use complies with the standards for alcoholic beverage establishments, stated above, if applicable; and
b. The area devoted to on-site consumption must utilize at least 25 percent of the gross floor area.
20. Credit access business is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The use is the sole occupant located in a stand-alone building; and
b. It is located at least 1,000 feet from another credit access business, measured in a straight line between the nearest points of one (1) lot to the other.
21. Day-care center, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The use does not involve overnight lodging, medical treatment, counseling, or rehabilitative services; and
b. The use is in compliance with all certification, licensing, and/or monitoring requirements as per
Texas Human Resources Code, chapter 42,
Regulation of Certain Facilities, Homes, and Agencies that Provide Child-Care Services.
22. Day-care center, incidental, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The use is completely contained within the primary use;
b. The use shall not constitute more than 15 percent of the gross floor area of the primary use;
c. The operating hours are the same as the primary use and shall not include overnight lodging, medical treatment, counseling, or rehabilitative services;
d. The use is in compliance with all certification, licensing, and/or monitoring requirements as per
Texas Human Resources Code, chapter 42,
Regulation of Certain Facilities, Homes, and Agencies that Provide Child-Care Services.
23. Drug store, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The gross floor area of the building is no larger than 24,000 square feet; and
b. The use does not include a drive-through facility in the Mixed Use (MU) district.
24. Extraction (gas, gravel, minerals, oil, or sand), may be considered subject to the following conditions:
a. The hours of operation are restricted to 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., weekdays;
b. The extraction use is not located closer than 0.25 miles to any residential or educational occupancy; and
c. The site is not within the cone of influence around a wellhead.
25. Family home is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. No person other than a family member who resides in the dwelling unit is employed on-site;
b. The use does not include overnight lodging;
c. The residential character of the lot and the dwelling unit is maintained, and neither the interior nor the exterior of the dwelling are structurally altered so as to require compliance with nonresidential construction codes to accommodate the home occupation;
d. No additional buildings are added on the property to accommodate the home occupation;
e. There is adequate space for temporary parking, drop-off, and pick-up during peak times; and
f. The use is in compliance with all listing or certification requirements of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, as per
Texas Human Resources Code, chapter 42,
Regulation of Certain Facilities, Homes, and Agencies that Provide Child-Care Services.
26. Food processing, is permitted subject to all operations and processes associated with the use being conducted completely indoors.
27. Fortune teller/psychic, may be considered subject to the following conditions:
a. The use is not operated as an accessory use; and
b. The use is not conducted in any manner that permits the observation of any such services by display, signage, show window, or other opening from a public area.
28. Gasoline service station, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. With the exception of gasoline service stations that exist, including both principal and accessory uses or buildings, on the effective date of this Chapter, the property on which the station is located is situated no less than 300 feet from the boundary or a property line of an Estate Residential (ES), Suburban Residential (SR), or Semi-Urban Residential (SU) district.
b. No above-grade equipment for the service of gasoline, oil, air, or water (except irrigation systems) is closer than 10 feet to any public right-of-way, or 20 feet to the property line of a residential district;
c. Canopies shall be connected to or integrated into the architectural design of the building in terms of color, cladding, roofing and roof pitch, if provided;
d. No overnight storage of material, merchandise, or equipment unless it is stored within the principal building;
e. Refuse and trash is stored in closed containers and in an area screened from view at all points on any public or private property or street;
f. In the event the use is abandoned, all underground storage tanks and pumps are removed; and
g. Car washes, if accessory to the service station, shall direct vehicular circulation for the car wash facility away from the circulation for the rest of the site and a stacking lane for the car wash includes a 12-foot wide “escape lane” to bypass the car wash.
29. Grocery, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The gross floor area of the building is no larger than 24,000 square feet in the Local Business (LB) district; and
b. Gasoline pumps and services are not included as an accessory use.
30. Home occupation, is permitted as an accessory to the principal residential use subject to the following conditions:
a. The home occupation is conducted entirely within a dwelling unit that is the legal residence of the practitioners, or entirely within only one (1) accessory garage building (not to include a carport or pole barn);
b. No person other than a family member who resides in the dwelling unit is employed in the home occupation on the premises;
c. The residential character of the lot and the dwelling unit is maintained, and neither the interior nor the exterior of the dwelling are structurally altered so as to require compliance with nonresidential construction codes to accommodate the home occupation;
d. No additional buildings are added on the property solely to accommodate the home occupation;
e. The home occupation does not generate customer-related vehicular traffic in excess of three (3) vehicle trips per 24-hour day in the residential neighborhood;
f. No direct selling of merchandise occurs on the premises, provided however, that direct marketing is permitted;
g. No storage of equipment or materials is visible from the public right-of-way;
h. No highly explosive or combustible equipment or vehicles with more than two (2) axles are present on the property; and
i. The use is compatible with nearby uses and specifically does not include:
i. Animal training, grooming, breeding, and/or boarding;
x. Tattoo and/or body piercing businesses;
31. Hospital services, is permitted subject to the site area being a minimum of 10 acres.
32. Hotel, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. External balconies are set back a minimum or [of] 200 feet from any single-family residential district measured along a straight line from the ground below the balcony to the closest single-family residential district boundary line;
b. All rooms are accessed through an internal hallway, lobby, or courtyard; and
c. Hotel staff is on-site 24 hours a day.
33. Industrialized home, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The home is affixed to a permanent concrete slab or grade beam foundation;
b. If any space is exposed between the structure and the slab or ground, the home is skirted with matching weatherized material; and
c. The home has either an attached or detached carport that can accommodate one (1) passenger vehicle or a fully enclosed one-car garage.
34. Manufactured home, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The home unit is transported, installed, occupied, and used in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws;
b. The home unit is installed on a permanent foundation consisting of masonry or concrete, with running gear, tongue, towing hitch, axles, and transporting lights removed, and has an anchoring system that is totally concealed under the structure in compliance with
Texas Occupations Code, chapter 1202,
Industrialized Housing and Buildings;
c. The home unit is oriented such that the longer side is parallel to the centerline of the most adjacent public roadway where the lot is addressed, or in instances where this standard cannot be met, the unit is rotated 90 degrees so that the side wall faces parallel to the same aforementioned street frontage;
d. The home unit is not placed on a vacant lot or a lot previously established with a site-built dwelling;
e. The home is less than 10 years old at the time of building permit application and will replace an existing manufactured home;
f. The home is built to the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards (HUD Code, 42 USC ch. 5401–5426); and
g. The home displays a certification label on the exterior of each transportable section.
35. Nursery/greenhouse, retail, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. Access is taken from a collector or higher classification roadway;
b. The area containing the plants and other accessory materials or products, e.g. soil. mulch, sod, pots and containers, etc., is enclosed within a fenced area;
c. Stacked materials do not exceed the height of a screening fence; and
d. Greenhouses are placed to the rear of the property.
36. Outdoor arena, stadium, or amphitheater, is permitted subject to the use being spaced a minimum of 600 feet from any single-family residential district, measured along a straight line between the closest district boundary lines.
37. Outdoor commercial amusement, major, may be considered subject to the use being spaced a minimum of 600 feet from any single-family residential district, measured along a straight line between the closest district boundary lines.
38. Outdoor recreation (athletic field/facility), is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. Accessory uses or activities are subordinate in area, extent, and purpose to the principal use and are those which are customarily established in conjunction with the operation of permitted open space type recreation facilities, including accessory sales of alcoholic beverages, accessory food services, and accessory sales and rental of equipment;
b. Access to any service and parking areas for over 50 vehicles is taken from a collector or higher classification roadway; and
c. After-hours lighting is limited to that necessary only for security purposes.
39. Paintball course, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The minimum area of the parcel proposed for development is 30 acres;
b. The course is a minimum of 500 feet from residential zoning districts, schools, places of public assembly, day cares, and parks used for active recreation, which shall be measured along a straight line between the closest property lines;
c. The course is not combined with a skeet course, shooting range, or archery range; and
d. The use is designed to prevent projectiles from leaving the site.
40. Print shop, is permitted if the occupied/leased space is no larger than 3,000 square feet.
41. Research, testing lab, or product development, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. All testing conducted on-site is within a fully enclosed building; and
b. All materials and equipment are stored in areas screened from public view.
42. Restaurant, dine-in only, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. All sales of alcoholic beverages are in compliance with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code.
43. Restaurant, drive-in or drive-through, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The speakers associated with the drive-through are a minimum 200 feet from a residential structure in a residential district, measured along a straight line between the speakers and the residential structure at the closest points.;
b. Any alcoholic beverage sales for on-premises consumption are in compliance with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code.
44. Retail sales, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. There is no and will be no drive-through or drive-up drop-off of materials or goods by personal vehicle, excluding commercial deliveries via trucks or tractor-trailer; and
b. If located in the Local Business (LB) district, a single retail tenant does not exceed 40,000 square feet of gross floor area.
45. Self-storage facility, may be considered subject to the following conditions:
a. The site is a minimum of four (4) acres, which includes an office, enclosed individual self-storage lease space, and may include a caretaker residence and outdoor parking lease spaces for boats, RVs, trucks, and trailers, excluding storage of wrecked or inoperable vehicles, comprising no more than 20 percent of the gross site area;
b. Any buildings with exterior access to the storage facilities do not exceed 12 feet in height, which may be increased to 16 feet for buildings built solely for boats and recreational vehicles;
c. Any buildings with interior access to the storage facilities have a maximum height of 30 feet;
d. A six (6) foot privacy fence constructed of masonry construction encloses the entire area that includes the self-storage use, with exception of the office and its customer and employee parking. Wrought iron or black tubular steel fencing may be substituted for masonry only at the gates. The outer wall of the building, when constructed of brick, stone, or tilt wall, may serve also as that portion of the fence; however, the required building setback remains. Cinderblock is not allowed for the fence; however, split-faced concrete blocks may be used;
e. Any outdoor storage/parking of boats, RVs, trailers, etc. is located a minimum of 20 feet from any property line;
f. If a caretaker residence is part of the use, it is in connection with the office at the entry to the development and is:
i. A minimum of 800 square feet;
iii. Has a maximum height of 30 feet;
g. The exterior of all buildings, including exterior walls, roofs, trim and doors is finished in neutral earthen colors; and
h. Is located a minimum of 500 feet from any primary collector or arterial roadway.
46. Sexually oriented business, may be considered subject to the provisions of Cedar Park Code of Ordinances, Chapter
4,
Business Regulations.
47. Tattoo parlor/body piercing studio, may be considered subject to the following conditions:
a. The use is not operated as an accessory use; and
b. The use is not conducted in any manner that permits the observation of any such services by display, show window, or other opening from a public area.
48. Townhome is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. Each residence has an attached or detached garage, which may include a tandem, two (2) car garage, for which the garage counts toward one (1) required parking space under the parking regulations stated in Cedar Park Code of Ordinances, Chapter
14,
Site Development;
b. Any townhouse groupings do not exceed a length of more than 150 feet for any one (1) group; and
c. Primary entrance(s) into the building are oriented to face the street, provided that they may have a shared entrance with access provided for no more than three (3) individual units.
49. Transportation terminal, may be considered subject to the following conditions:
a. It is not located within 1,000 feet from the lot line of a residential district measured along a straight line between the closest residential district boundary line and the terminal property line;
b. Canopies are connected to or integrated into the architectural design of the building in terms of color, cladding, roofing, and roof pitch, if provided;
c. The truck circulation for a truck wash facility is directed away from the circulation for the rest of the terminal site; and
d. If a truck wash is included, a stacking lane for the truck wash includes a 12-foot wide “escape lane” to bypass the truck wash, if provided.
50. Utility services, major, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. All above-ground structures and equipment are screened from public view by a masonry wall with a minimum height of 12 feet or the height of the structure or equipment, whichever is less; and
b. The use is set back a minimum of 25 feet from the right-of-way of all streets bounding the property on which the use is located.
51. Vending kiosk, is permitted subject to meeting the standards noted in section
11.04.063.
52. Warehouse and distribution, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. It is not located within 600 feet from the lot line of a residential district measured along a straight line between the closest district boundary lines;
b. Truck bays and loading docks are located perpendicular to the public right-of-way and on an interior side or rear elevation of the building, provided they do not abut a street or highway or a residential district; and
c. Access is taken from a collector or higher classification roadway.
53. Wireless telecommunication facilities, building-mounted, are permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. Any building-mounted telecommunication facilities within any nonresidential districts are designed to not be visible at six (6) feet above grade at the property line;
b. Any antenna and all related equipment are located to the rear of the property;
c. Any building-mounted telecommunication support equipment is constructed of non-reflective material (visible surfaces only) and is located underground or hidden by an earthen berm, vegetation, and/or painted to match or complement the architecture of the building or structure to which it is attached;
d. Any building-mounted telecommunication antenna or equipment is not lighted unless required by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) or Federal Aviation Administration (FAA);
e. Any building- and/or roof-mounted antennas or towers project no higher than 20 percent of the allowable building height in the district it is located;
f. The use is in compliance with title 47, U.S. Code section 332(c)(7); and
g. The use is in compliance with Cedar Park Code of Ordinances, Chapter
14,
Site Development.
54. Wireless telecommunication facility, is permitted subject to the following conditions:
a. The use is in compliance with title 47, U.S. Code, section 332(c)(7); and
b. The use is in compliance with Cedar Park Code of Ordinances, Chapter
14,
Site Development.
(Ordinance CO02-17-11-09-H1, exh. A, sec. 11.02.04.02, adopted 11/9/17; Ordinance CO27-19-08-22-E3 adopted 8/22/19; Ordinance CO06-21-01-14-E1 adopted 1/14/21; Ordinance CO22.23.05.30.B1 adopted 5/30/2023; Ordinance CO16.24.02.22.H4 adopted 2/22/2024; Ordinance CO28.24.06.27.H5 adopted 6/27/2024)