Big Lake, TX Zoning Ordinance

Big Lake City Zoning Code

§ 14

SCHEDULE OF USES AND OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

SCHEDULE OF USES AND OFF-STREET PARKING ESTABLISHED

Land and buildings in each of the following classified districts may be used for any of the following listed uses but no land shall hereafter be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be occupied, used, erected, altered, removed, placed, demolished, or converted which is arranged or designed to be used for other than those uses specified for the district in which it is located as set forth by the following schedule of uses:

X	Designates use permitted in district
	Designates use prohibited in district
S	Use permitted with specific use permit

NOTE: Gross floor area is abbreviated as g.f.a. Also, any numbers in parentheses represent a footnote and all footnotes are found at the end of this schedule of uses.

Residential Use:	R-1	R-2	R-3	R-4	MH	LR	C	I	Parking
Single-Family Dwelling	X	X	X	X	X	S	S	S	2/dwelling unit
Two-Family Dwelling			X	X	X	S	S	S	2/dwelling unit
Three-Family Dwelling				X		X	X	S	2/dwelling unit
Four-Family Dwelling				X		X	X	S	2/dwelling unit
Apartment or Multifamily Bldg.				X		X	X	S	2/dwelling unit
Manufactured Home		S			X			S	2/dwelling unit
Industrialized Housing		X	S	S	X			S	2/dwelling unit
Manufactured Home Park					X				2/dwelling unit
Townhouse				X					2/dwelling unit
Condominium				X					2/dwelling unit
Trailer Camp or Park					S				1/dwelling unit
Recreational Vehicle		S			X			S	1/dwelling unit
Boarding (Rooming) House				X					1/dwelling room
Child Day Care Home	X	X	X	X	S	S	S		2/dwelling
Group Home	S	S	S	S					2/dwelling
Group Day Care Home	S	S	S	S					Specified by SUP
Halfway House	S	S	S	S	S				1/2 per occupant
Guest House or Quarters	X	X	X	S	S				1/dwelling unit
Accessory Building	X	X	X	X	X				None
Tennis Court (private)	X	X	X	X	X				None
Swimming Pool (private)	X	X	X	X	X				None
Home Occupation	(1)	(1)	(1)	(1)	(1)				None

Agriculture/ Ranch Uses:	R-1	R-2	LR	C	I	Parking
Farm	X					2/dwelling unit
Farmer’s Market				X		2/stall
Orchard	X	X				1/employee
Produce Stand			X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Ranch	X					2/dwelling unit
Rodeo Ground, Arena					S	Specified by SUP
Stable, Private	X	X				None
Stable, Public					X	1/2 stalls

Utility/ Solid Waste Uses:	R-1	R-2	R-3	R-4	MH	LR	C	I	Parking
Cable TV Lines	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	None
Electric Substations	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	None
Gas Line (6" or larger)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	X	None
Gas Regulating/Gate Station	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	X	None
Microwave Tower	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	X	None
Radio and Television Tower	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	X	None
Railroad Yard								X	1 per employee
Recycling Center							S	X	1 per employee
Refuse Transfer Station								S	1 per employee
Sewer Lift Station	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	None
Telephone Exchange	S	S	S	S	S	X	X	X	None
Telephone Poles and Lines	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	None
Utility Mains and Lines	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	None
Wastewater Treatment Plant	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	X	2 minimum
Water Pump Station	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	None
Water Storage Tank	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	None
Water Treatment Plant	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	X	2 minimum
Water Well	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	None

Gov’t & Institutional Uses:	R-1	R-2	R-3	R-4	MH	LR	C	I	Parking
Athletic Field or Stadium	S	S	S	S	S	S	X	X	1/4 seats
Auditorium or Amphitheater	S	S	S	S	S	X	X	X	1/4 seats
Cemetery or Mausoleum	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	None
Church or Rectory	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	1/4 seats
College or University	S	S	S	S	S	X	X	X	1/3 students
Community Center	S	S	X	X	S	X	X	X	1/200 g.f.a.
Convalescent Center						S	X	S	1/3 beds
Fire Station	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	2/bay
Hospital	S	S	S	S	S	S	X	X	1/bed
Library	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	1/300 g.f.a.
Museum or Art Gallery	S	S	S	S	S	X	X	S	1/200 g.f.a.
Park or Playground	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	1/2000 site area
Police Station	S	S	S	S	S	X	X	X	2 visitor spaces
Post Office						S
Sanitarium								S	1/6 beds
School (nursery or kindergarten)	S	S	S	S	S	X	X	S	1/10 children
School (trade or business)						X	X	X	1/3 students
School (elementary or middle)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	S	1/15 students
School (high school)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	S	1/3 students
Government Office						X	X	S	1/300 g.f.a.
Swimming Pool (public)	S	S	S	S	S	X	X	S	10 minimum
Tennis Court (public)	S	S	S	S	S	X	X	S	2/court
Religious Camp	S	S	S	S	S	X	X	X	1/3 beds

Commercial Uses:	R-1	R-2	R-3	R-4	MH	LR	C	I	Parking
Amusement Park (outside)							X	X	1/500 site area
Animal Shelter							X	X	1/500 g.f.a.
Antique Shop						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Apparel or Clothing Store						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Appliance Repair Shop						X	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Appliance Store (retail)						X	X		1/400 g.f.a.
Arcade						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Art Supply Store						X	X		1/300 g.f.a.
Athletic or Fitness Club						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Auction						X	X	X	1/200 g.f.a.
Audio Store (retail)						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Auto Inspection Station						S	X	X	2/service bay
Auto Paint & Body Shop							X	X	1/200 g.f.a.
Auto Rental						S	X	X	1.25/rental car
Auto Repair Garage						S	X	X	3/service bay
Auto Sales Lot						S	X	X	1/1000 site area
Bakery (retail)						X	X	S	1/200 g.f.a.
Bank or Financial Institution						X	X	X	1/300 g.f.a.
Bed & Breakfast Accommodation	S	S	S	S		S	X		1/guest room
Barber or Beauty Shop	S	S	S	S	S	X	X		1/chair
Bicycle Sales & Repair						X	X		1/300 g.f.a.
Boat Sales							X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Boat Storage							X	X	1/1000 site area
Book Store						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Bowling Alley						X	X	S	6/lane
Building Materials/Lumber Yard							X	X	1/500 g.f.a.
Bus Terminal						S	X	X	1/300 g.f.a.
Business Office						X	X	X	1/300 g.f.a.
Cabinet Shop						S	S	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Camera Store (retail)						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Carwash						S	X	X	1/wash bay
Carnival or Circus						S	S	S	Specified by SUP
Carpet Store (retail)						X	X		1/400 g.f.a.
Cemetery Monument Sales							X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Child Care Center or Facility						S	X	S	1/6 children
Christmas Tree Sales						X	X	X	1/1000 site area
Computer Store (retail/service)						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Contractor Yard (outside storage)						S	X	X	1/2000 site area
Dental Clinic or Office						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Department Store						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Electrical Sales & Service						X	X		1/400 g.f.a.
Electronics Store (retail)						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Employment Agency						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Farm Implement Sales							X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Feed Store							X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Feed Store with animal sales							S	S	1/400 g.f.a.
Firewood Sales						S	X	X	1/1000 site area
Florist Shop						X	X		1/300 g.f.a.
Flea Market (inside)							S	S	1/200 g.f.a.
Flea Market (outside)						S	X	X	1/1000 site area
Fraternity/Sorority Lodge						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Furrier						X	X		1/400 g.f.a.
Furniture Store (retail)						X	X		1/400 g.f.a.
Game Hall						S	X	X	1/100 g.f.a.
Gift or Novelty Shop						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Go-Cart Track							X	X	1/go-cart
Golf Course	S	S							2/green
Golf Course, miniature						S	X	X	1.5/hole
Golf Driving Range	S	S						X	1/driving tee
Grocery Store						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Gun Shooting Range (indoor)								X	1/500 g.f.a.
Gunsmith Shop						X	X	X	1/300 g.f.a.
Hardware Store						X	X		1/400 g.f.a.
Heating/AC Sales & Service						S	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Heavy Equipment Sales							X	X	1/1000 site area
Hobby Shop						X	X	X	1/200 g.f.a.
Hotel or Motel						S	X	X	1/guest room
Insurance Sales Office						X	X		1/400 g.f.a.
Jewelry Store						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Kennel							S	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Laboratory, Medical or Dental						S	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Laundry or Dry Cleaners						X	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Lawnmower Sales & Service						S	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Leather Goods Shop (retail)						X	X		1/400 g.f.a.
Lithographic Shop						X	X		1/300 g.f.a.
Locksmith Shop						X	X		1/300 g.f.a.
Meat Market						X	X		1/300 g.f.a.
Medical Clinic or Office						X	X		1/300 g.f.a.
Mini-warehouse					S	S	X	X	1/500 g.f.a.
Manufactured Home Sales Lot							X	X	1/1000 site area
Massage Establishment							S	S	1/200 g.f.a.
Mortuary or Funeral Home						S	X	X	1/3 sanctuary seats
Motorcycle Sales							X	X	1/200 g.f.a.
Movie Theater (drive-in)							X	X	1/employee
Movie Theater (indoor)						X	X		1/3 seats
Musical Instrument Store						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Newspaper Office						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Newsstand						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Nightclub or Dance Hall							X	X	1/100 g.f.a.
Office Supply Store						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Optical Clinic or Office						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Optical Dispensary Store						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Paint Sales Store (retail)						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Pawnshop						S	X	X	1/200 g.f.a.
Pet Grooming Shop						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Pet Shop						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Pharmacy or Drugstore						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Photography Studio						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Picture Framing Shop						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Plant Nursery						S	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Plumbing Sales & Service						S	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Pool or Billiard Hall						S	X		1/100 g.f.a.
Print Shop						X	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Private Club (serving alcohol)						S	X	X	1/100 g.f.a.
Professional Offices						X	X	X	1/300 g.f.a.
Racquetball Court						X	X	X	2/Courts
Real Estate or Leasing Office	(2)	(2)	(2)	(2)	(2)	X	X	(2)	1/300 g.f.a.
Recording Studio						X	X		1/300 g.f.a.
Recreational Vehicle Storage						S	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Rental Store						X	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Restaurant or Cafe (inside)						X	X	X	1/3 seats
Restaurant (drive-in)						X	X	X	1/100 g.f.a.
Restaurant (kiosk)						X	X	X	1/100 g.f.a.
Secondhand Store						X	X	X	1/200 g.f.a.
Service Station						S	X	X	4 minimum
Sexually Oriented Business								S	Specified by SUP
Shoe or Boot Store						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Shopping Center or Mall						X	X	X	1/200 g.f.a.
Sign Shop						S	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Skating Rink						S	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Snow Cone Stand						X	X		2 minimum
Sporting Goods Store						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Tack Store							X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Tailor or Seamstress Shop						X	X	X	1/300 g.f.a.
Tanning Salon						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Tattoo Shop						S	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Taxidermist							X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Tire Sales & Repair						S	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Title and Abstract Office						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Tool & Equipment Rental							X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Trailer Sales and Rental							X	X	1/1000 site area
Travel Agency						X	X	X	1/300 g.f.a.
Truck Rental							X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Truck Repair							X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Truck Sales							X	X	1/1000 site area
Truck Wash						S	X	X	2/wash bay
Upholstery Shop						S	X	X	1/400 g.f.a.
Veterinary Clinic							X	X	1/300 g.f.a.
Veterinary Hospital							S	S	1/300 g.f.a.
Video Store						X	X		1/200 g.f.a.
Washateria (self-service)						X	X		1/wash machine

Industrial Uses:	R-1	R-2	R-3	MH	LR	C	I	Parking
Airport						S	S	Specified by SUP
Ammonia Manufacturing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Apparel Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Appliance Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Artificial Limb Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Asphalt Batching Plant							S	See Sec. 17-E
Bakery, Commercial						X	X	See Sec. 17-E
Bleach Manufacturing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Bookbinding & Publishing						S	X	See Sec. 17-E
Bottling Plant						S	X	See Sec. 17-E
Box Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Brewery							X	See Sec. 17-E
Brick or Tile Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Canning Operation							X	See Sec. 17-E
Carpet Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Chemical Storage or Mfg.							S	See Sec. 17-E
Chlorine Manufacturing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Cold Storage Plant							X	See Sec. 17-E
Concrete Batching Plant						S	X	See Sec. 17-E
Concrete Product Casting Plant							X	See Sec. 17-E
Contractor Yard (outside storage)						S	X	See Sec. 17-E
Creamery							X	See Sec. 17-E
Creosote Manufacturing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Distribution Center (small)					S	X	X	See Sec. 17-E
Distribution Center (large)						S	X	See Sec. 17-E
Distillation Plant							S	See Sec. 17-E
Dyeing Plant							X	See Sec. 17-E
Electrical Components Mfg.							X	See Sec. 17-E
Electroplating							X	See Sec. 17-E
Envelope Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Explosives Manufacturing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Fertilizer Manufacturing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Fiberglass Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Fireworks Manufacturing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Food Processing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Foundry							S	See Sec. 17-E
Freight Terminal, Motor							X	See Sec. 17-E
Freight Terminal, Railroad							X	See Sec. 17-E
Furniture Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Garment Manufacturing						S	X	See Sec. 17-E
Glass Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Glue Manufacturing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Granary or Gin							X	See Sec. 17-E
Gypsum Manufacturing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Heliport or Helistop							S	See Sec. 17-E
Ice Cream Plant							X	See Sec. 17-E
Ice Plant							X	See Sec. 17-E
Incinerator							S	See Sec. 17-E
Insecticide Processing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Junkyard							S	See Sec. 17-E
Laundry Plant							X	See Sec. 17-E
Light Fabrication Plant							X	See Sec. 17-E
Machine Shop							X	See Sec. 17-E
Marble Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Mattress Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Meat Processing Plant							S	See Sec. 17-E
Metal Fabrication							X	See Sec. 17-E
Metal Stamping and Extrusion							X	See Sec. 17-E
Mining, Extraction Operation							S	See Sec. 17-E
Monument Works							X	See Sec. 17-E
Packaging Operation						S	X	See Sec. 17-E
Paint Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Pallet Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Paper Mill							X	See Sec. 17-E
Paper Products Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Pesticide Processing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Petroleum Products (wholesale)							S	See Sec. 17-E
Petroleum Refinery or Storage							S	See Sec. 17-E
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Planing Mill							X	See Sec. 17-E
Plastic Product Manufacturing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Pottery Manufacturing							X	See Sec. 17-E
Poultry Processing Plant							S	See Sec. 17-E
Radio Transmitting Station						S	X	See Sec. 17-E
Rendering Plant							S	See Sec. 17-E
Rock Crushing Plant							S	See Sec. 17-E
Salvage Yard							S	See Sec. 17-E
Smelter Plant							S	See Sec. 17-E
Tanning Plant							S	See Sec. 17-E
Television Transmitting Station					S	S	X	See Sec. 17-E
Temporary Construction Office	S	S	S	S	S	S	X	See Sec. 17-E
Textile Manufacturing						S	X	See Sec. 17-E
Tire Manufacturing							S	See Sec. 17-E
Tire Recapping Plant							S	See Sec. 17-E
Vehicle Conversion Facility						X	X	See Sec. 17-E
Warehouse						S	X	See Sec. 17-E
Welding Shop						S	X	See Sec. 17-E

Notes to Schedule of Uses:
(1)	Home occupations are permitted when in accordance with Section 16 hereof. Home occupations not specifically permitted in Section 16 may be permitted only with a specific use permit.
(2)	Allowed for a period of one year or until the development is sold out, whichever is longer.

(Ordinance 050517-1 adopted 5/17/05; Ordinance 100601-1 adopted 6/1/10)