Blue Mound City Zoning Code
§ 6
“CF” COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT.
A.
PURPOSE.
The Community Facilities District is for those institutions, health care facilities and related uses which are established in response to the health, safety, educational and welfare needs of the community. These uses are separated from others in the community due to their unique service and often very special area requirements in the community in relation to the whole. Their replacement should not be arbitrary but should be located to respond to the community’s needs.
B.
USE REGULATIONS.
In the “CF” Community Facilities District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected, reconstructed, altered or enlarged except for one or more of the following uses:
a.
PERMITTED USES.
The following uses may be established as principal uses upon compliance with the provision of Development Controls, below:
1.
Public, private, and parochial elementary and secondary schools of a proprietary and commercial nature which by their exterior appearance and method of operation resemble a conventional public school operated by a special purpose unit of government.
2.
Higher Education Institutions: Junior and senior colleges, universities, conservatories and seminaries, offering curricula recognized by collegiate, academic and professional organization crediting boards.
3.
Religious institutions, churches and facilities for related activities including those of worship, fellowship and education.
b.
CONDITIONAL USES
1.
Museums, libraries, fine arts centers, parks, playgrounds, community centers or recreational areas owned and operated by the City of Blue Mound, Tarrant County, or the State of Texas, or owned by such agencies and operated under their control and supervision.
2.
Golf courses (except commercially operated miniature golf courses and commercially operated golf driving ranges) on a site containing a total area of not less than forty (40) acres; parks, playgrounds, community centers, or country clubs not otherwise permitted.
3.
Medical Care Facilities: Nursing and care homes; hospitals with their related facilities and supportive retail and personal services uses operated by or under the control of the hospital primarily for the convenience of patients, staff and visitors.
4.
Public Safety Facilities: Civil Defense Operational Centers, Police and Fire Stations and training facilities.
5.
Post offices, utility administrative offices, and other governmental uses not otherwise permitted.
6.
Day care centers operated as part of and in the facility of a religious institution.
c.
SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES.
The following uses may be established only when authorized by the Board of Adjustment under the provision of Section 23.
1.
Utility buildings and structures; power substations, water tanks and reservoirs, water and sewerage treatment plants. Parking for permitted uses the purpose of which does not include or requires routine vehicular access by the public shall be adequate for a specific facility, but in no case be less than two (2) spaces. Parking, maneuvering and drive space for such facilities, under the above circumstances, may be other than hard surface and dust free.
2.
Helistop for loading and unloading of passengers and air express.
3.
Riding stable, riding hall, horse track. Includes related retail and service uses operated by or under the control of the riding stable, riding hall or horse track primarily for the convenience of employees and customers or members of the riding establishment. Parking requirements for such facility shall be determined by the Board of Adjustment in conjunction with Special Exception Use consideration.
C.
DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS.
It is intended by these regulations that development in the “CF” Community Facilities District shall be compatible with development in the district which it adjoins.
1.
Height and Area:
The height and area regulations of the contiguous district which has the most permissive height and area regulations shall govern.
2.
Parking:
The parking requirements of Section 18 shall apply to all uses established in the “CF” District with the exception as noted in B-c-i and B-c-3 of this Section.
3.
Site:
The site for any use permitted in the “CF” District may be composed of one or more parcels of land whether or not the same are contiguous or separated by a dedicated right-of-way. No permit shall be issued for any construction or to establish a use on any site unless the same is identified in an approved subdivision filed in the Tarrant County Plat Records.
(Ordinance 200 adopted 7/19/88)