(a) Generally.
The following uses, where permitted in the various zoning districts,
shall be operated only in accordance with the requirements set forth
below.
(b) Child
care centers.
(1) No
portion of a child care center site may be located within 300 feet
of gasoline pumps or underground gasoline storage tanks, or any other
storage area for explosive or highly combustible materials.
(2) Child
care centers shall be located adjacent to a street having a pavement
width of 27 feet or greater.
(3) Site
plan approval by the planning and zoning commission and city council
shall be required for all child care center sites, whether or not
a specific use permit is required.
(4) Child
care centers located within any single-family or two-family residential
district shall be required to plat in multiples of the minimum lot
width of the district classification requirements. The lot depth shall
meet the minimum district requirements and must be platted in a configuration
which can be converted into standard lots for residential development.
(5) All
child care centers shall comply with the following standards:
a. All
vehicular entrances and exits shall be clearly visible from the street.
b. All
passenger loading and unloading areas shall be located so as to avoid
safety hazards from vehicular traffic and adequate walkways shall
be provided.
c. Outdoor
play areas shall be provided at a rate of 65 square feet per child
based on maximum design capacity of the center. This requirement may
be waived by the planning and zoning commission if the child care
is provided for less than four hours per day for an individual person.
d. In
residential districts, a maximum of one-half of the required outdoor
play space may be provided off site. When off-premises outdoor play
area is utilized, it must be located within 100 feet of the child
care facility premises and safely accessible without crossing, at-grade,
any major or secondary street.
e. No
child care center shall be part of a one-family or two-family dwelling.
(c) Construction
yards, field offices, and other temporary buildings.
Temporary permits for construction yards and field offices shall
be issued for a period of time not to exceed 18 months. Extensions
may be granted by the city council. Upon due notice and hearing before
the city council, any such permit may be revoked if the city council
finds the use is contrary to the intent of this chapter or results
in noise, traffic, or other conditions considered to be a nuisance
or hazard.
(d) Residence
hotels.
Residence hotels shall be designed to allow for their potential conversion to multifamily residences and as such shall comply with all minimum standards set forth in section
42-28. Residence hotels constructed in the MF district shall comply with the MF district requirements. Open space shall be provided in sufficient quantity and locations to allow for required additional parking should the residence hotel convert to multifamily residences.
(e) Automobile
service stations.
Gasoline pump islands at automobile
service stations and convenience stores may not be located nearer
than 18 feet to the front property line. An unenclosed canopy for
a gasoline pump island may extend beyond the front building line but
shall not be closer than ten feet to the property line.
(f) Swimming
pools.
It is the purpose of the following provisions
to recognize an outdoor swimming pool as a potentially attractive
nuisance and to promote the safety and enjoyment of property rights
by establishing rules and regulations governing the location and improvement
of swimming pools whether privately, publicly, or commercially owned
or operated.
(1) No
swimming pool shall be constructed or used until a swimming pool building
permit has been issued therefor. No building permit shall be issued
unless the proposed sanitary facilities and water supply comply with
applicable local and state health department regulations.
(2) A
swimming pool may be constructed and operated when:
a. The
pool is not located in any required front yard or side yard abutting
a street;
b. A
wall or fence, not less than four feet in height, with self-enclosing
and self-latching gates at all entrances, completely encloses either
the pool area or the surrounding yard area;
c. All
lighting of the pool is shielded or directed to face away from adjoining
residence. If lights are not individually shielded they shall be so
placed, or the enclosing wall or fence shall be so designed, that
direct rays from the lights shall not be visible from adjacent properties;
d. No
broadcasting system is used for the purpose of advertising the operation
of the pool or for the attraction of persons to the premises. This
shall not prevent a public address system necessary or useful to the
supervision of the pool and the safety of swimmers;
e. The
swimming pool is no closer than eight feet from any property line
for all public and commercially owned pools; and
f. For
private residential pools, the swimming pool is no closer than:
1. Three feet from any property line, and
2. Five feet from the main building.
(g) Teen
clubs.
In order to provide a safe and secure environment,
at least one uniformed security officer or off-duty police officer
for every 100 occupants shall be working in the club during all hours
of operation of a teen club; provided, however, the first security
officer or off duty police officer shall not be required until the
building occupancy reaches 50.
(h) Regulation
of sexually oriented businesses.
(1) No
sexually oriented business shall be allowed within 1,000 feet of:
a. A
church, rectory or place of worship;
b. A
public or private elementary or secondary school;
c. A
boundary of a residential district;
f. The
property line of a lot devoted to a residential use; or
g. Another
sexually oriented business.
(2) For
the purpose of subsections (h)(1)a.--f., measurement shall be made
in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects,
from the nearest portion of the building or structure used as a part
of the premises where a sexually oriented business is conducted, to
the nearest property line of the premises of a use listed in subsections
(h)(1)a.--f.. For the purpose of subsection (h)(1)g., the distance
between any two sexually oriented businesses shall be measured in
a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects,
from the closest exterior wall of the structure in which each business
is located.
(3) No
sexually oriented business shall be operated in any building or structure
containing another sexually oriented business.
(4) No
sexually oriented business shall begin operations until the applicant
thereof provides proof of compliance with V.T.C.A., Local Government
[Code] § 42-243.0075.
(5) Any sexually oriented business that is in violation of subsection
(h)(1) or any other location requirement of any other city ordinance, that was legally operating on the effective date of adoption or amendment of such ordinance or regulation, shall be deemed a nonconforming use, except if two or more sexually oriented businesses are within 1,000 feet of each other, or are located in the same building or structure, and otherwise in a permissible location, the sexually oriented business that was first established and continually operating as a sexually oriented business at a particular location (regardless of which business was first located in the city), even if operating under a different name, ownership, or selling different sexually oriented merchandise or services, is the conforming use and the later-established business is nonconforming. The provisions of this subsection shall also apply to legally operating sexually oriented businesses made nonconforming by annexation into the city limits.
(6) Any sexually oriented business that is lawfully operating within the city as a conforming use on or after March 16, 2015 shall not be rendered a nonconforming use by the subsequent location of a protected use listed in subsection
(h)(1) within 1,000 feet of the sexually oriented business.
(7) Nothing
in this section shall be construed to limit the amortization of a
nonconforming sexually oriented businesses pursuant to the procedures
set forth in this chapter.
(8) A
nonconforming sexually oriented business shall not be increased, enlarged,
extended or altered except that the use may be changed to a use other
than a sexually oriented business to the extent allowed by this chapter.
A person commits an offense if he increases, enlarges, extends or
alters, or causes to be increased, enlarged, extended or altered a
nonconforming sexually oriented business.
(i) Mobile
food vendors.
(1) Vehicle requirements.
a. All
mobile food units shall be readily identifiable by business name,
printed in bold letters not less than three inches in height, not
less than one and one-half inches in width, permanently affixed, and
prominently displayed upon at least two sides of the unit.
b. All
mobile food units shall maintain a current state motor vehicle inspection
sticker and a current Texas motor vehicle license plate registration
sticker.
c. All
mobile food units must be readily moveable (capable of moving immediately
upon the request of the code enforcement officer).
d. Mobile
food vendors who only sell prepackaged goods on their mobile food
units shall not remain parked in one location for longer than three
hours. No time restriction shall apply for mobile food vendors who
prepare food on their mobile food unit.
(2) Restroom access and trash receptacles.
Mobile food vendors
who prepare food on their mobile food unit shall:
a. Provide
one or more trash receptacles for disposal of waste from customers,
and shall provide for the disposal of such waste; and
b. Provide
access to restroom facilities for customers within 300 feet of the
mobile food unit.
(Ordinance 2015-005, sec. 1, adopted 4/20/2015)