(a) 
Building Line:
A separately designated driving lane permitting one-way or two-way traffic in a parking lot. A line initially established by this zoning regulation, or imposed subsequently by the City Commission, across the front, side, or rear of any lot or tract of land bordering upon a thoroughfare larger than a residential street to accomplish the purposes of this section;
(b) 
Prohibited Erection Area:
The area between the street, right-of-way, alleyway, greenbelt or other physical boundary or thoroughfare (so identified in connection with a “building line”) and a building line on a lot or tract established under this section within which the erection, re-erection, reconstruction, or substantial repair of a structure is prohibited.
(c) 
Structure:
A building or any other structure (including signs, towers, etc.), or a part of a building or other structure. A structure shall not include a paved or landscaped area.
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)
No permit may be granted by the City for the erection or re-erection of a building or structure within the Prohibited Erection Area of any tract subject to the following exceptions:
(a) 
The Commission finds that to prohibit the erection under the proposed circumstances would constitute an unreasonable and arbitrary or capricious determination; and
(b) 
Proper conditions are imposed (i.e., height, width, area, lighting).
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)
A building line may be established across one or more tract(s) which abut upon a thoroughfare, alley, street (not including a residential street), greenbelt or other physical boundary, under the following procedures:
(a) 
The building line shall be recommended by the Planning Director. Such recommendation shall at a minimum include the rationale with respect to 1) safety; 2) traffic flow; 3) enforcement of other applicable regulations set out in the Code; 4) open space and community-wide landscaping needs; and 5) the financial or economic impact on the affected tracts.
(b) 
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold at least one public hearing on the proposed building line, notice of which shall be given by published notice and certified mail to the record owners of affected property.
(c) 
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall give its recommendation for or against the adoption of the building line.
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)
An access lane shall be provided on each tract adjacent to the expressway frontage road or other major thoroughfare if the following conditions are applicable:
(a) 
the width of the tract or tracts adjacent to frontage road exceeds 500 feet;
(b) 
the tract or aggregate of tracts which have access to the frontage road on thoroughfare exceed 4 acres in size; or
(c) 
the Planning Director has recommended and the Planning and Zoning Commission has found that the lane shall be designed and constructed to direct two-way traffic among all tracts adjacent to the frontage road and to convey traffic to other traffic arterials. Access lanes shall be paved; shall include a reverse curb and gutter on the frontage road side, and shall at the closest point to the thoroughfare be at a distance of no less than 8 feet from the street right-of-way line.
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)
The preliminary and final plat shall include a separate page dedicated to the design and specifications of the access lane. No preliminary plat for a commercial or industrial zone shall be approved unless a notation is included on the plat indicating if an access lane is required.
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)
The Expressway Overlay Zone is generally all property abutting U.S. Expressway 83 and extends two hundred feet (200') from the Expressway right-of-way. In addition to the particular requirements of the Base Zone classification(s) applicable to tracts in this zone, tracts in this zone shall conform to the following additional requirements:
(a) 
Building Lines.
All buildings and structures shall be set back according to a building line of no less than 60 feet from the front property line;
(b) 
Access lane.
A paved access lane shall be provided more or less reasonably parallel to the frontage road. Said access lane shall conform to the following requirements:
(1) 
shall be paved;
(2) 
shall be set aside by curbs, landscaping or otherwise marked as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission;
(3) 
shall be designed and constructed to permit two-way traffic and to allow access to tracts along the frontage road;
(4) 
shall be designed and constructed to intersect (at 90 degrees) with a public street;
(5) 
shall be provided with directional signs and traffic-control signs or devices;[.]
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)
No separate direct access from a frontage road shall be permitted to any property whose frontage on the frontage road is less than three hundred feet (300'). Unless it would be unreasonable to impose this requirement, a public street more or less perpendicular to the frontage road and Access Lanes shall be required in all cases to provide access to properties along the frontage road.
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)
A request for an exception from any requirement of the Overlay Zone shall be submitted as soon as practicable to the City Commission which shall have the authority to consider the exception.
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)
Upon submission of a preliminary plat for the development of one or more tracts within the Expressway Overlay Zone, the Planning Director shall recommend modifications and/or amendments to the Major Thoroughfare Plan of particular impact, if any, to the development of the tract or tracts.
The following roadway segments are part of the city’s thoroughfare plan:
Expressway Corridors - 350' of right-of-way
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US Expressway 83/lnterstate 2 from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Dicker Road from San Juan Road to Cesar Chavez Road (toll road)
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San Juan Road from Veteran’s Boulevard to Military Highway (toll road)
High-Speed Principal Arterials - 150' of right-of-way
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Veteran’s Boulevard from Juan Balli Road to US 281 (Military Highway)
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US 281 (Military Highway) from Stewart Road to Cesar Chavez Road
Principal Arterials - 120' of right-of-way
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Raul Longoria Road/Nebraska Avenue from Owassa Road to US Business 83
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Stewart Road from Ridge Road to US 281 (Military Highway)
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Owassa Road from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Nolana Avenue from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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FM 495 from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Dicker Road from Veteran’s Boulevard to 3,875 East of Stewart Road
Minor Arterials - 100' of right-of-way
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US Business 83 from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Ridge Road from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Hall Acres Road from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Anaya Road from San Juan Street to Cesar Chavez Road
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Veteran’s Boulevard from Owassa to Juan Balli Roads
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Nebraska Avenue from US Business 83 to Hall Acres Road
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Stewart Road from US Expressway 83/Interstate 2 to Ridge Road
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Cesar Chavez Road from Owassa to Juan Balli Roads
Collector - 80' of right-of-way
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Minnesota Avenue from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Eldora Avenue from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Sioux Avenue from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Sgt. Leonel Trevino Avenue from Raul Longoria to Cesar Chavez Roads
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Carroll Road from Stewart to Cesar Chavez Roads
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First/Second Street from Veteran’s Boulevard to Stewart Road
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4th Street from San Antonio to Wyoming Avenues
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6th Street from Standard to Nebraska Avenues
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7th Street from Standard to Kansas Avenues
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Sam Houston Boulevard from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Moore Road from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Juan Balli Road from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Thomas Road from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Las Milpas Road from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Highline Road from Veteran’s Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Road
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Oblate Avenue from Minnesota Road to First Street
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Standard Avenue from First Street to Sam Houston Boulevard
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Lincoln Avenue from First to 5th Streets
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Wyoming Avenue from US Expressway 83/Interstate 2 to Sam Houston Boulevard
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Cesar Chavez Road from Juan Balli Road to US 281(Military Highway)
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Alameda Avenue from Veteran’s Boulevard to Oblate Avenue
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Retama Street from Owassa Road to US Expressway 83/Interstate 2
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall require that all preliminary plats submitted for approval under the City’s subdivision regulation shall include thereon a legend detailing the compliance with the additional requirements of the applicable Overlay Zone. In particular, it shall require:
(a) 
that the Building Lines and the Access Lanes be clearly designated in the preliminary and final plats; and
(b) 
no plat shall ever be approved for recording unless it shall so comply with these requirements.
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)
In addition to the landscaping requirements of the landscaping regulations, tracts in the Expressway Overlay Zone shall comply with the following landscaping and storm drainage requirements:
(a) 
Trees with a trunk diameter of no less than 3" shall be planted (or an escrow arrangement made with the regard thereto) prior to approval of the final plat or issuance of a certificate of occupancy;
(b) 
Include, to the extent reasonably possible, for retention of storm drainage facility on the tract by use of swales or landscaped temporary ponds.
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)
The plat shall include all proposed drainage improvements conforming to the master drainage plan for the Expressway Overlay Zone and shall provide easements granted to the City.
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)
Off-street parking shall be designed to allow:
(a) 
conformity with a plan to allow parking to and access to all tracts in the zone;
(b) 
consistent with the design of the Access Lane;
(c) 
zone-wide landscaping for all tracts;
(d) 
access to garbage truck, fire trucks and emergency vehicles; and
(e) 
fire lanes.
(Ordinance 15-10 adopted 8/11/15)