The tables in this article describe which land uses are prohibited, permitted, limited, special, and temporary within the zoning districts identified in table 14.02.002, Zoning Districts and Purposes.
(Ordinance 19-3690 adopted 4/23/19)
(a)
Using the tables.
The tables in this section list the applicable land uses in rows, organized by general land use category. The zoning districts are arranged in columns. Where rows and columns intersect, a letter indicates if the use is permitted, limited, special, temporary, or prohibited in the district, as set out below.
(b)
Symbols.
All the tables in this section use the following symbols:
(2)
“L” means that the land use is a limited use, which is permitted and may be administratively approved by the administrator, subject to:
(3)
“S” means that the use is allowed only as a special use, which may be approved only after a public hearing and consideration by the planning and zoning commission and a subsequent public hearing and determination by the city council, and are subject to:
(4)
“T” means that the use is allowed only for a fixed duration of time as a temporary use, which is permitted and may be administratively approved by the administrator, subject to:
(5)
“B” means that the use is unaffected by the presence of the Floodplain Overlay District (see section 14.02.005, Floodplain Overlay District). The permissibility of the use is determined by its base zoning district designation.
(6)
“–” means that the use is a prohibited use in the specified zoning district. Uses listed as prohibited within an overlay district are prohibited regardless of their base zoning district designation.
(Ordinance 19-3690 adopted 4/23/19)
Table 14.03.003. Residential Uses by Zoning District |
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P = Permitted; L = Limited; – = Prohibited; B = Base |
Limited Use Standards - Section 14.04.002 |
Land Use | Zoning Districts | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rural | Residential | Nonresidential/Mixed Use | Overlay/Special | ||||||||||||
Single-Family Residential3 | RA | SR | MR | MF | MH | CU | MU | DT | NC | GC | LI | HI | AP1 | FP | PD2 |
Single-family detached dwelling | P | P | P | P | – | – | P | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Duplex (2 du) | – | – | P | P | – | P | P | – | – | – | – | – | B | ||
Townhouse (3 to 10 du) | – | – | P | P | – | P | P | – | – | – | – | – | B | ||
Multiple-Family Residential | RA | SR | MR | MF | MH | CU | MU | DT | NC | GC | LI | HI | AP1 | FP | PD2 |
Apartment (> 3 du) | – | – | – | L | – | L | L | L | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Dormitory | – | – | – | L | – | L | L | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Manufactured home park | – | – | – | – | L | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Retirement housing | – | – | – | L | – | – | L | – | L | L | – | – | – | ||
Residential Accessory | RA | SR | MR | MF | MH | CU | MU | DT | NC | GC | LI | HI | AP1 | FP | PD2 |
Accessory building | L | L | L | L | – | L | L | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Attached accessory dwelling unit | L | – | L | L | – | – | L | – | L | – | – | – | B | ||
Detached accessory dwelling unit | L | – | L | – | – | – | L | – | – | – | – | – | B | ||
Downtown loft | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | – | – | – | – | B | ||
Commercial Uses of the Home | RA | SR | MR | MF | MH | CU | MU | DT | NC | GC | LI | HI | AP1 | FP | PD2 |
Bed and breakfast | L | – | L | L | – | – | L | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Home occupation | L | L | L | L | L | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | B | ||
Registered family home (child care) | L | L | L | L | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Notes: |
1 See article 1.14, Airport Overlay District [Airports]. This overlay district affects the height of structures within a close proximity to the airport. |
2 See Planned Development section for use and standards. |
3 Group homes: Group homes are permitted within all three subtypes of single-family residential: single-family dwelling, duplex, and townhouse as required per federal law. |
(Ordinance 19-3690 adopted 4/23/19)
Land Use | Zoning Districts | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rural | Residential | Nonresidential/Mixed Use | Overlay/Special | ||||||||||||
RA | SR | MR | MF | MH | CU | MU | DT | NC | GC | LI | HI | AP1 | FP | PD2 | |
Agricultural Uses and Agricultural Support Services | |||||||||||||||
Animal husbandry | L | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | 1 | B | 2 |
Community garden | – | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | – | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Farm, ranch, or orchard | P | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Farming, landscaping, and horticultural sales and services | L | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | – | P | P | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Greenhouse/nursery | L | – | – | – | – | – | L | – | – | L | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Automobile and Related Service Uses | |||||||||||||||
Automobile and vehicle wash | – | – | – | – | – | P | – | – | – | L | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Automobile structured parking (primary use) | – | – | – | – | – | S | L | L | – | L | L | L | 1 | B | 2 |
Automobile parking lot (primary use) | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | P | – | P | P | P | 1 | B | 2 |
Automobile/vehicle parts and/or accessories | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | – | – | L | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Automobile/vehicle sales and rental | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | – | – | L | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Automobile/vehicle repair and auto body | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Automobile/vehicle service | – | – | – | – | – | S | L | – | – | L | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Truck parking lot (primary use) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Civic, Institutional, and Health Care Uses | |||||||||||||||
Adult day care center | – | – | – | – | – | – | P | – | P | P | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Cemetery/funeral services | – | – | – | – | – | – | P | – | – | P | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Correctional institution | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | S | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Child-care, day care center | – | – | – | – | – | P | L | – | L | L | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Educational services | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | P | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Hospital/rehabilitative care | – | – | – | – | – | P | – | – | – | P | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Library, museum, or gallery | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | P | P | P | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Medical and diagnostic laboratories | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | 1 | – | 2 |
Medical office/clinic | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | P | P | P | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Place of public assembly, indoor | – | L | L | L | – | P | L | L | P | P | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Governmental service (police, fire, emergency medical services) | P | – | – | – | – | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | 1 | – | 2 |
Commercial Uses | |||||||||||||||
Bank, credit union, and financial services | – | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | P | P | P | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Building materials and hardware store | – | – | – | – | – | – | P | L | – | P | P | P | 1 | B | 2 |
Dance hall/nightclub | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | – | L | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Gasoline station | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | – | L | L | L | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Grocery (food sales) | – | – | – | – | – | P | L | L | L | P | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Heavy machinery sales and rentals | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Home furnishing store | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | L | P | P | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Kennel | P | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | S | L | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Manufactured home sales | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Motel/hotel | – | – | – | – | – | S | L | L | – | P | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Office, general | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | P | L | P | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Pawn shop | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | S | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Personal services | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | L | P | P | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds | L | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Repair service | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Restaurant | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | P | L | P | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Retail sales | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | P | L | P | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Self-storage, mini-warehouse | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | 1 | B | 2 |
Sexually oriented businesses 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | S | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Studio or shop (arts, crafts, or recording) | – | – | – | – | – | P | L | L | L | P | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Veterinary clinic and/or service, small animal | – | – | – | – | – | – | S | – | – | P | P | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Veterinary clinic, large animal | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Industrial and Manufacturing Uses | |||||||||||||||
Bakery, wholesale | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | P | 1 | B | 2 |
Batch plant, permanent | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | S | 1 | – | 2 |
Contractor’s shop and/or service yard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | 1 | – | 2 |
Industrial and manufacturing product sales and supply | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | 1 | B | 2 |
Junkyard/salvage yard | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | S | 1 | – | 2 |
Manufacturing, heavy (includes handling of explosive and/or foul materials) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | 1 | – | 2 |
Manufacturing, light (includes product assembly and processing) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | 1 | B | 2 |
Publishing services | – | – | – | – | – | – | P | – | – | P | P | P | 1 | B | 2 |
Resource extraction | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | 1 | B | 2 |
Warehousing and storage | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | 1 | B | 2 |
Recreation and Entertainment Uses | |||||||||||||||
Commercial amusement, indoor | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | P | P | P | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Commercial amusement, outdoor | L | – | – | – | – | L | L | – | – | L | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Outdoor shooting/archery range | S | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Park and recreation facility | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Transportation, Utility, and Communication Uses | |||||||||||||||
Cargo terminal | P | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | 1 | – | 2 |
Landfill | S | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | S | 1 | – | 2 |
Passenger terminal | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | P | – | P | P | – | 1 | – | 2 |
Power generation, transmission, and distribution (includes large solar collectors and windmills) | L | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | 1 | B | 2 |
Water and sewage treatment | P | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | P | 1 | B | 2 |
Water storage | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | 1 | B | 2 |
Wireless telecommunications tower | – | – | – | – | – | L | – | – | – | L | L | L | 1 | B | 2 |
Accessory Uses | |||||||||||||||
Alcohol sales (off-site consumption)4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Alcohol sales (on-site consumption)4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | – | L | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Automated teller machine (ATM), non-freestanding | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | P | P | P | P | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Donation bin/recycling collection, drop-off | – | – | – | – | – | P | P | P | P | P | P | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Drive-in or drive-through facility | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Garden center | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Helipad | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | L | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Solar collectors (small accessory structures) | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | 1 | B | 2 |
Utility line | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | 1 | B | 2 |
Utility transfer station | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | 1 | B | 2 |
Vending kiosk | – | – | – | – | – | L | L | L | L | L | L | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Temporary Uses | |||||||||||||||
Asphalt/concrete batching plant (temporary) | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | 1 | B | 2 |
Construction buildings and structures (temporary) | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | 1 | B | 2 |
Construction dumpsters (temporary) | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | 1 | B | 2 |
Construction yard (temporary) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | T | T | 1 | – | 2 |
Model homes and on-site real estate offices | T | T | T | T | T | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | B | 2 |
Special event | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | T | 1 | B | 2 |
Notes: |
1 See article 1.14, Airports. This overlay district affects the height of structures within a close proximity to the airport. |
2 See Planned Development section for use and standards. |
3 All sexually oriented businesses are required to comply with article 4.08, Sexually Oriented Businesses, of the city’s Code of Ordinances. |
4 All alcohol sales including on-site and off-site are required to comply with article 4.03, Alcoholic Beverages, of the city’s Code of Ordinances. |
(Ordinance 19-3690 adopted 4/23/19)
(a)
Authorization of proposed use.
(1)
Administrator discretion.
If a proposed use is not specified in either table 14.03.003, Residential Uses by Zoning District, or table 14.03.004, Nonresidential Uses by Zoning District, the administrator shall make a determination as to whether the use is either a subcategory or functionally similar to a specifically identified use.
(2)
Referral to planning and zoning commission.
Should the administrator feel that it is necessary, he or she may refer the determination of whether a use is a subcategory or functionally similar to a specified use to the planning and zoning commission.
(b)
If not authorized then prohibited.
If the administrator determines that a proposed use is not a subcategory of or functionally similar to a listed use in either table 14.03.003, Residential Uses by Zoning District, or table 14.03.007 [table 14.03.004], Nonresidential Uses by Zoning District, then the use is a prohibited use.
(c)
Decision criteria.
The following decision criteria shall be evaluated by the administrator, or at the administrator’s discretion, the planning and zoning commission, to decide whether a proposed use is a subcategory of, or is functionally comparable to, a use specifically identified in either table 14.03.003, Residential Uses by Zoning District, or table 14.03.004, Nonresidential Uses by Zoning District:
(1)
Parking demand;
(2)
Average daily and peak hour trip generation (cars and trucks);
(3)
Impervious surface;
(4)
Regulated air or water emissions;
(5)
Noise;
(6)
Lighting;
(7)
Dust;
(8)
Odors;
(9)
Solid waste generation;
(10)
Potentially hazardous conditions, such as projectiles leaving the site;
(11)
Use and storage of hazardous materials;
(12)
Character of buildings and structures;
(13)
Nature and impacts of operation; and
(14)
Hours of operation.
(d)
Industrialized housing.
In accordance with chapter 1202 of the Texas Local Government Code (TLGC) [Occupations Code], industrialized (modular) housing and buildings are permitted within each land use type provided that all building materials are in strict compliance with article 3.03, Buildings, of the city’s Code of Ordinances.
(Ordinance 19-3690 adopted 4/23/19)