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Alamo Heights City Zoning Code

ARTICLE II

LAND USE

§ 3-8 Use of land and buildings.

Land and buildings in each of the following classified districts may be used for any of the specified uses shown on the schedule as permitted in each district. No land shall hereafter be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, altered, converted, designed, arranged or used for other than those uses specifically indicated as permitted uses in the district in which such land or building is located according to the following schedule of permitted uses:
Use Type:
SF-A
SF-B
2F-C
MF-D
P
O-1
B-1
B-2
B-3
Primary Residential Uses
One-family dwelling (detached)
*
*
*
*
 
*
*
*
*
One-family dwelling (attached)
 
 
*
*
 
*
*
*
*
Two-family dwelling
 
 
*
*
 
*
*
*
*
Modular or manufactured housing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Multiple-family dwellings
 
 
 
*
 
*
*
*
*
Special Uses
Church or rectory
*
*
*
*
 
*
*
*
*
College, university or accredited private school
S
S
S
S
 
*
*
*
*
Day nursery or kindergarten school
 
 
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
Hospital, general acute care
 
 
S
S
 
 
S
S
S
Institutions of a religious or philanthropic nature
 
 
S
S
 
S
S
S
S
Library or art gallery (public)
 
 
 
*
 
*
*
*
*
Park or playground (public)
*
*
*
*
 
*
*
*
*
Service center, municipal
 
 
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
School, public or parochial
*
*
*
*
 
*
*
*
*
Utility and Service Uses
Electrical substation
S
S
S
S
S
S
*
*
*
Electrical transmission line
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Fire station
*
*
*
*
 
*
*
*
*
Local utility distribution line
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Local transit station or off-street turnaround
S
S
S
S
*
S
*
*
*
Radio, television or micro-wave towers
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Sewage pumping station
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Telephone line and exchange
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Water reservoir, well or pumping station, municipal
S
S
S
*
*
*
*
*
*
Accessory & Incidental Uses
Accessory building to residence
*
*
*
*
 
*
*
*
*
Home occupation
*
*
*
*
 
*
*
*
*
Off-street parking incidental to main use
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Servants or caretakers quarters (detached)
*
*
*
*
 
*
*
*
*
Signs, name plate
 
 
 
*
*
*
*
*
*
Signs, civic, church or school
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Sign, real estate (sale or rental)
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Swimming pool, private
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Temporary field or construction office
*
*
Subject to approval by city's building official
*
*
*
Business & Related Uses
Accountants, architects, dentists, engineers, lawyers, optometrists, physicians, realtors and offices with similar characteristics without the sale of merchandise from the premises
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
*
Amusement, commercial (indoor only)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
Antique shop (inside building only)
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Art gallery
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Appliance repair, household (indoor storage)
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Auto laundry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
Auto parts and accessory (indoors only)
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Auto repair garage
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
Auto sales, new (indoor display only)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
Bank, savings and loan
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Barber or beauty shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Bakery or confectionery shop (retail)
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Beverage sale alcoholic; package store
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Wine and beer with food for on-premises consumption
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Camera shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Cleaning shop or laundry, self-service, cleaning or laundry pick-up station, or pressing shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Cleaning or laundry pick-up station
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Cleaning or pressing shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Clinic
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
*
Custom personal service shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Custom sewing and millinery
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Drive-through facilities, single lane only
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
S
Drug store or pharmacy
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Restaurant or cafeteria
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Fix-it shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
Florist shop, lath or greenhouse
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Food store
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Gasoline service station
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
Gun shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
S
Insurance office
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
*
Job printing and newspaper print shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
Letter or mimeograph shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Locksmith or key shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Lodge or fraternal organization hall or headquarters
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Offices for the businesses and professions specifically authorized in this schedule
(Offices may only be located in the zoning districts specified herein for such permitted businesses and professions.)
Optometrist or optical shop with merchandise
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Municipal offices, city hall
S
S
S
S
 
*
*
*
*
Parking, commercial lot or garage (parking only)
 
 
 
 
*
 
*
*
*
Pawnshops licensed by State of Texas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
Retail general
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Stores other than listed
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
S
Shop or office for maintenance service
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
*
*
Signs, advertising commodities sold on premises
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Stock broker
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
*
Studio, drama, speech, music or dance
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Studio, display art and decorator's objects
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Studio, radio or television
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Studio, photographer or artist
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Theater, not of drive-in type
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
Title company
 
 
 
 
 
*
*
*
*
Legend:
* — Designates use permitted in zone
S — Indicates specific use permit as provided in section 3-87 of this chapter.
(Ordinance 1750-C, sec. 2, adopted 1/28/2008; Ordinance 1774, adopted 6/9/2008; Ordinance 1877 adopted 8/23/2010; Ordinance 1952 adopted 11/13/2012; Ordinance 1953 adopted 11/13/2012; Ordinance 2006 adopted 10/13/2014; Ordinance 2020 adopted 5/26/2015; Ordinance 2065 adopted 12/12/2016; Ordinance 2075, exh. A, adopted 4/24/2017)

§ 3-9 Location of adult enterprises.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the zoning code, no sexually oriented business, as defined in the Local Government Code, shall be established or maintained within one thousand (1,000) feet of any school, regular place of religious worship, or residence. Measurements shall be made in a straight line from the nearest boundary of the property used for school, regular place of religious worship, or residence to the nearest part of the building in which such sexually oriented business is conducted.
(Ordinance 1750-C, sec. 2, adopted 1/28/2008; Ordinance 2075, exh. A, adopted 4/24/2017)

§ 3-10 Conformity with minimum regulations.

Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered or converted for any use permitted in the district in which it is located unless it is in conformity with all the minimum regulations specified for that zoning district.
(Ordinance 1750-C, sec. 2, adopted 1/28/2008; Ordinance 2075, exh. A, adopted 4/24/2017)