The Commercial Corridor District is intended primarily for employment center uses such as light manufacturing, warehousing, wholesaling, office, and distribution operations that do not depend upon frequent customer or client visits, as well as service uses necessary to support such employment center uses. Such uses do require accessibility to major thoroughfares or highways. This zoning district may be appropriate in areas designated as Tollway Corridor, US 380 Adjacency Corridor, or Industrial on the Future Land Use Plan.
A.
Size of Yards:
1.
Minimum Front Yard: 30 feet for one or two story buildings, 50 feet for buildings taller than two stories.
2.
Minimum Side Yard:
a.
Twenty-five feet adjacent to a nonresidential district. The minimum side yard setback may be eliminated for attached buildings on separate lots as shown on an approved site plan.
b.
Forty feet for a one story building adjacent to a residential district and 60 feet for a two story building adjacent to a residential district.
c.
Forty feet adjacent to a street.
3.
Minimum Rear Yard:
a.
Twenty-five feet adjacent to a nonresidential district. The minimum rear yard setback may be eliminated for attached buildings on separate lots as shown on an approved site plan.
b.
Forty feet for a one story building adjacent to a residential district and 60 feet for a two story building adjacent to a residential district.
C.
Maximum Height: Eight stories, not greater than 100 feet. Where buildings or structures exceed 40 feet in height, such buildings or structures shall not be located closer to any residential district boundary line than a distance equal to the sum of the required side or rear yard specified plus twice the height of the building above 40 feet.
D.
Lot Coverage: 60 percent.
E.
Floor Area Ratio: Maximum 1.5:1
A.
Compliance with State and Federal Law: No uses shall be allowed which are prohibited by state law or which operate in excess of state or federal environment or pollution standards as determined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Texas Air Control Board, Texas State Department of Health, or the Texas Water Commission, as the case.
B.
Open Storage: Not more than 20 percent of the lot or tract may be used for the open storage of products, materials, or equipment, all of which shall be screened from adjoining properties or streets.
C.
High Risk or Hazardous Uses:
1.
The uses listed in § 2.22.3(D) below are permitted in the Commercial Corridor District, provided that such uses shall not disseminate dust, fumes, gas, noxious odor, smoke, glare, or other atmospheric influence beyond the boundaries of the property on which such use is located and which produces no noise exceeding the average intensity of noise of street traffic at that point and provided that such use does not create fire hazards on surrounding property.
2.
"High risk or hazardous" uses are not permitted in the Commercial Corridor District. In this division, "high risk or hazardous" use means any use whose operation, in the opinion of the Fire Chief, involves a much higher than average risk to public health and safety. These uses include but are not limited to facilities where significant amounts of radiation, radioactive materials, highly toxic chemicals or substances, or highly combustible or explosive materials are present, used, produced, stored, or disposed of.
(Ordinance 15-74, adopted 12/8/2015)