Aubrey, TX Zoning Ordinance

All business, servicing or processing, except for off-street parking, off-street loading and automobile service station operation, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings except as otherwise provided.

No use hereunder shall be permitted if said use entails storage or display of items for sale not enclosed by a building except for incidental display of sale or seasonal retail items and such incidental display shall be permitted only if it occupies no more than five percent (5%) of the total lot area.

Accessory off-street parking is required for SC [C] districts as provided in Section 25.

USES PERMITTED.

The following type of uses shall be permitted:

Day care center; subject to the following conditions, and upon approval of a Specific Use Permit, subject to the provisions of Section 6:

Hours of operation not to exceed 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.;

Adherence to all state requirements that govern day care centers for children and adults;

Day care center should provide adequate outdoor recreation space.

Existing residential dwelling units and lodging uses as such on the effective date of this Ordinance;

Bakery shops;

(4)

Candy shops and candy making;

(5)

Cleaning and dyeing facilities;

(6)

Commercial recreation uses, including bowling alleys, arcades, golf driving ranges, gymnasiums, miniature golf courses, pool halls, swimming pools and skating rinks;

(7)

Creameries and ice cream plants;

(8)

Hotels, apartment hotels and motels;

(9)

Ice plants, cold-storage plants;

(10)

Laundries, including automobile washes;

(11)

Mortuaries;

(12)

Pumping stations;

(13)

Radio, AM or FM or television broadcasting stations or transmitters and microwave radio relay structures;

(14)

Printer;

(15)

Repair and storage garages;

(16)

Telephone exchanges;

(17)

Theaters, lodges, assembly halls, auditoriums;

(18)

Tire repair shops;

(19)

Auto body operations;

(20)

Spray-painting operations;

(21)

Antique shops;

(22)

Art galleries and museums;

(23)

Auction rooms;

(24)

Automobile accessory stores;

(25)

Automobile service stations; including the incidental storage of rental trucks and trailers, except that trucks and trailers for storage or rental may not be parked within the public right-of-way.

(26)

Banks and financial institutions;

(27)

Blueprinting and photostating establishments;

(28)

Business machine sales and service establishments;

(29)

Camera and photographic supply stores;

(30)

Carpet and rug stores;

(31)

Catering establishments;

(32)

China and glassware stores;

(33)

Clothing and costume rental stores;

(34)

Coin and philatelic stores;

Department stores;

Dry goods stores;

Employment agencies;

Exterminating shops;

Floor covering;

Florist shops and conservatories;

(41)

Fraternal, philanthropic and eleemosynary uses;

(42)

Furniture stores;

(43)

Furrier shops, including the incidental storage and conditioning of furs;

(44)

Hospitals and sanitariums;

(45)

Household appliance stores, including radio and television sales and services;

(46)

Interior decorating shops, including upholstering and making of draperies, slipcovers, and other similar articles when conducted as part of the retail operation and secondary to the principal use;

(47)

Laboratories for research development and testing;

(48)

Leather goods and luggage stores;

(49)

Loan offices;

(50)

Locksmith shops;

(51)

Meat markets, including sale of meat and meat products to restaurants, hotels, clubs and other similar establishments when such sale is conducted as part of the retail business on the premises;

(52)

Musical instruments sales and repair;

(53)

Office supply stores;

(54)

Optical sales;

(55)

Orthopedic and medical appliance and supply stores;

(56)

Paint and wallpaper stores;

(57)

Phonograph, record, sound equipment and, sheet music salons;

(58)

Physical culture and health services and reducing salons;

(59)

Picture framing;

(60)

Restaurants;

(61)

Schools for music, dance, business or trade;

(62)

Sewing machine sales and service, household appliances only;

(63)

Sporting goods store;

Tailor shops;

Taxidermists;

Telegraph offices;

Theaters, indoor;

Ticket agencies, amusement;

(69)

(Reserved)

(70)

Travel bureaus and transportation offices;

(71)

Upholstery shops;

(72)

Water softener sales and service;

(73)

Vehicle service centers;

(74)

Other retail sales and service uses which are similar in character to those enumerated in this subsection, and which will not be dangerous or otherwise detrimental to persons residing or working in the vicinity thereof, or to the public welfare, and will not impair the use, enjoyment or value of any property, but not including any of the following uses;

Any use permitted only in an IND District.

Manufacturing and processing other than an accessory use customarily incidental to permitted commercial sales and service uses.

Any use which is objectionable by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, vibration or noise, or which may impose hazard to health or property.

(75)

Government use, as defined in section 4.

CONDITIONAL USES.

Conditional uses in the C District shall include:

Any uses not specifically enumerated in Section 17 that can be considered commercial in character.

Machinery and equipment sales and service establishments for equipment under one and one-half (1-1/2) tons gross weight.

AREA; YARD; HEIGHT; AND LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.

The requirements regulating the minimum lot size, minimum yard sizes (front, side, and rear), maximum building height (stories and feet), and maximum percent of lot coverage by buildings, as pertains to this district, [shall conform with the provisions of Section 22,] “Schedule of District Regulations,” and other applicable provisions of Section 23, “Supplementary District Regulations.”

AUTOMOBILE PARKING SPACE REGULATIONS.

For parking space regulations, see Section 25.

SCREENING.

In the C District, whenever a C use abuts an SF1, SF10, or SF75 use, a wall or fence of not less than six feet (6') shall be required. Natural screening may be substituted for a wall or fence upon approval of the City Council. Walls must be of masonry construction. Fences must be solid and of metal or wood material construction.

(Ordinance 135-87 adopted 4/14/87; Ordinance 579-16, sec. 6, adopted 12/15/15; Ordinance 643-18, sec. 6, adopted 9/28/18; Ordinance 776-23 adopted 1/26/2023; Ordinance 830-24 adopted 3/28/2024; Ordinance 852-24 adopted 6/27/2024; Ordinance 904-25 adopted 5/22/2025)

Aubrey City Zoning Code

§ 17 C

COMMERCIAL.

PURPOSE.

GENERAL CONDITIONS.

Accessory off-street parking is required for SC [C] districts as provided in Section 25.

USES PERMITTED.

The following type of uses shall be permitted:

Day care center; subject to the following conditions, and upon approval of a Specific Use Permit, subject to the provisions of Section 6:

Hours of operation not to exceed 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.;

Adherence to all state requirements that govern day care centers for children and adults;

Day care center should provide adequate outdoor recreation space.

Existing residential dwelling units and lodging uses as such on the effective date of this Ordinance;

Bakery shops;

(4)

Candy shops and candy making;

(5)

Cleaning and dyeing facilities;

(6)

Commercial recreation uses, including bowling alleys, arcades, golf driving ranges, gymnasiums, miniature golf courses, pool halls, swimming pools and skating rinks;

(7)

Creameries and ice cream plants;

(8)

Hotels, apartment hotels and motels;

(9)

Ice plants, cold-storage plants;

(10)

Laundries, including automobile washes;

(11)

Mortuaries;

(12)

Pumping stations;

(13)

Radio, AM or FM or television broadcasting stations or transmitters and microwave radio relay structures;

(14)

Printer;

(15)

Repair and storage garages;

(16)

Telephone exchanges;

(17)

Theaters, lodges, assembly halls, auditoriums;

(18)

Tire repair shops;

(19)

Auto body operations;

(20)

Spray-painting operations;

(21)

Antique shops;

(22)

Art galleries and museums;

(23)

Auction rooms;

(24)

Automobile accessory stores;

(25)

Automobile service stations; including the incidental storage of rental trucks and trailers, except that trucks and trailers for storage or rental may not be parked within the public right-of-way.

(26)

Banks and financial institutions;

(27)

Blueprinting and photostating establishments;

(28)

Business machine sales and service establishments;

(29)

Camera and photographic supply stores;

(30)

Carpet and rug stores;

(31)

Catering establishments;

(32)

China and glassware stores;

(33)

Clothing and costume rental stores;

(34)

Coin and philatelic stores;

Department stores;

Dry goods stores;

Employment agencies;

Exterminating shops;

Floor covering;

Florist shops and conservatories;

(41)

Fraternal, philanthropic and eleemosynary uses;

(42)

Furniture stores;

(43)

Furrier shops, including the incidental storage and conditioning of furs;

(44)

Hospitals and sanitariums;

(45)

Household appliance stores, including radio and television sales and services;

(46)

Interior decorating shops, including upholstering and making of draperies, slipcovers, and other similar articles when conducted as part of the retail operation and secondary to the principal use;

(47)

Laboratories for research development and testing;

(48)

Leather goods and luggage stores;

(49)

Loan offices;

(50)

Locksmith shops;

(51)

Meat markets, including sale of meat and meat products to restaurants, hotels, clubs and other similar establishments when such sale is conducted as part of the retail business on the premises;

(52)

Musical instruments sales and repair;

(53)

Office supply stores;

(54)

Optical sales;

(55)

Orthopedic and medical appliance and supply stores;

(56)

Paint and wallpaper stores;

(57)

Phonograph, record, sound equipment and, sheet music salons;

(58)

Physical culture and health services and reducing salons;

(59)

Picture framing;

(60)

Restaurants;

(61)

Schools for music, dance, business or trade;

(62)

Sewing machine sales and service, household appliances only;

(63)

Sporting goods store;

Tailor shops;

Taxidermists;

Telegraph offices;

Theaters, indoor;

Ticket agencies, amusement;

(69)

(Reserved)

(70)

Travel bureaus and transportation offices;

(71)

Upholstery shops;

(72)

Water softener sales and service;

(73)

Vehicle service centers;

(74)

Any use permitted only in an IND District.

Manufacturing and processing other than an accessory use customarily incidental to permitted commercial sales and service uses.

Any use which is objectionable by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, vibration or noise, or which may impose hazard to health or property.

(75)

Government use, as defined in section 4.

CONDITIONAL USES.

Conditional uses in the C District shall include:

Any uses not specifically enumerated in Section 17 that can be considered commercial in character.

Machinery and equipment sales and service establishments for equipment under one and one-half (1-1/2) tons gross weight.

AREA; YARD; HEIGHT; AND LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.

AUTOMOBILE PARKING SPACE REGULATIONS.

For parking space regulations, see Section 25.

SCREENING.

Aubrey City Zoning Code

§ 17 C

COMMERCIAL.

PURPOSE.

GENERAL CONDITIONS.

Accessory off-street parking is required for SC [C] districts as provided in Section 25.

USES PERMITTED.

The following type of uses shall be permitted:

Day care center; subject to the following conditions, and upon approval of a Specific Use Permit, subject to the provisions of Section 6:

Hours of operation not to exceed 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.;

Adherence to all state requirements that govern day care centers for children and adults;

Day care center should provide adequate outdoor recreation space.

Existing residential dwelling units and lodging uses as such on the effective date of this Ordinance;