Bandera City Zoning Code

The Nature Place Type is land that has been left in a natural state or reverting to a wilderness condition, including lands unsuitable for settlement due to topography, hydrology or vegetation. P1 is intended to preserve areas that contain sensitive habitats, active or passive civic spaces, parks, and limited agriculture uses.

The Rural Place Type regulates mainly large lot sparsely settled land or land used for agricultural purposes and food production. This place type helps preserve Bandera's natural beauty and agricultural roots. Rural living and sparsely settled lands are to be located in a manner that does not cause a nuisance to more intensely inhabited areas.

The Neighborhood Place Type is a residential place type. It regulates generally low density detached housing types in varied styles. Neighborhood also supports civic spaces, such as schools and places of worship. Owner occupied residential lots may have one (1) bunkhouse behind the primary building. Neighborhood is adjacent to higher density place types that have some mixed use buildings. Landscaping is naturalistic and build-to-lines vary from relatively deep to shallow. In certain areas where the topography requires an alternative development pattern, the roads and blocks may be irregular to accommodate for natural conditions.

The Neighborhood Mix Place Type functions as a smooth transition from the commercial oriented P5 Core place type outward to the established residential P3 Neighborhood Place Type. P4 Neighborhood Mix regulates a variety of building types ranging from smaller more traditional commercial form buildings to intermixed house-from commercial and detached residential residences. This place type provides flexibility for this area to easily transition between low intensity commercial and residential building types allowing for the neighboring P5 Core Place Type to expand and contract overtime, increasing Bandera's economic resiliency.

The Core Place Type regulates a higher density mixture of building types that accommodate commercial, restaurants, and bars, retail, offices, hotels, and apartments. The P5 Core Place Type radiates out from Main Street splitting Bandera in half. Main Street has buildings set close to the sidewalk and high pedestrian and car traffic. P5 is integrated into the grid through a network of streets with the potential for wide sidewalks, consistent street tree planting, and a highly walkable environment throughout the place type. P5 promotes a continuous line of buildings critical to defining the public frontage.

Civic spaces and/or civic buildings serve as community features appropriate to their place types. Civic spaces provide relief from the urban environment inside each neighborhood. See civic space types below:

A natural preserve available for unstructured recreation. It is standalone from building frontages. Its landscape shall consist of paths and trails, meadows, water bodies, woodlands and open shelters, all naturally disposed. Parks may be lineal, following the trajectories of natural corridors.

A civic space, available for unstructured recreation. A green may be spatially defined by landscaping rather than building frontages. Its landscape shall consist of lawn and trees, naturally disposed.

A civic space available for unstructured recreation and civic purposes. A square is spatially defined by building frontages. Its landscape shall consist of paths, lawns and trees, formally disposed. Squares shall be located at the intersection of important streets.

A civic space available for civic purposes and commercial activities. A plaza shall be spatially defined by building frontages. Its landscape should consist of pavement related materials. Trees are optional. Plazas should be located at the intersection of important streets.

A civic space designed and equipped for the recreation of children. A playground should be fenced and may include an open shelter. Playgrounds shall be interspersed within residential areas and may be placed within a block. Playgrounds may be included within parks and greens.