The "R" retail district is intended for neighborhood shopping facilities which provide limited business service and office facilities predominately for the convenience of residents of the community.

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A building or premise shall be used only for the following purposes:

1.

Any use permitted in the "O" office district.

2.

Consumer repair services.

3.

Personal services.

4.

Pet services.

5.

Day nursery or day care centers.

6.

Dry cleaning and laundry.

7.

Other general retail sales of similar nature and character provided that the business establishment is subject to the following conditions:

(A)

That it be conducted wholly within an enclosed building.

(B)

That required yards not be used for display, sale or storage or merchandise, or for the storage of vehicles, equipment, containers or waste material.

(C)

That all merchandise be first-hand and be sold at retail on the premises.

(D)

That such use not be objectionable because of odor, excessive light, smoke, dust, noise, vibration or similar nuisance.

8.

Film developing and printing.

9.

Fix-it shops for such items as bicycles and lawn mowers but without outside storage.

10.

Furniture stores.

11.

Hardware store.

12.

Printing shop or company (retail only).

13.

Meat market (retail only).

14.

Moving picture theater (indoor).

15.

Seed store.

16.

Veterinarian or animal hospital (no outside kennels).

17.

Auto parts sales (new).

18.

Community centers (public or private).

19.

Museum.

20.

College or university.

21.

Uses permitted by special use permit according to section 12-30-8.

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The maximum height regulations will be:

35 feet nor more than two and one-half stories high.

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1.

Minimum size of yards:

(A)

Front yard: 30 feet, with no front yard parking. If front yard parking is utilized, then 60 feet front yard shall be observed.

(B)

Side yard: (adjacent to a street or property line); 30 feet.

(C)

Rear yard: Ten feet unless adjacent to a residential zoning district in which case 20 feet minimum be observed.

2.

Minimum size of lot:

(A)

Lot area: None.

(B)

Lot width: None.

(C)

Lot depth: None.

3.

Lot coverage: In no case shall more than 40 percent of the lot area be covered by buildings.

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One space per 200 square feet of gross leasable floor area or in accordance with article 30. In addition, no parking area shall be allowed within ten feet of the front property line or within five feet of the rear property line.

Along existing or future divided arterials which have been identified as primary image zones in the streetscape plan, no parking will be allowed within 15 feet of the property line except under conditions specified in article 33. At all intersections, the no parking areas shall include a nine feet by nine feet triangle whose sides coincide with the ten or 15 feet no parking lines adjacent to the right-of-way lines. (See figure 13 of the Coppell Streetscape Plan) These no parking areas shall be landscaped in accordance with standards established in article 33.

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Exterior wall construction in districts permitting non-residential uses shall be of such material that is required to conform with the City of Coppell Building Code for the particular non-residential use or occupancy or as approved by city council. All structures shall be 80 percent masonry exterior exclusive of doors and windows.

1.

Masonry is further defined as brick and stone of earth tone colors, other brick colors shall be permitted as accent provided that, in combination, accent materials and non-masonry materials do not exceed the 20 percent non-masonry benchmark on any one facade.

2.

Flat roofs and parapet walls around flat roofs shall have a cornice, cap or other detail with a vertical dimension equal to at least 3 percent of the height of the building. Where as architectural feature extends above the roof line, and is visible from a public right-of-way, then the back side of this feature shall be finished of a material that is of the same or similar material as the front of this feature, i.e. brick. Pitched roofs shall have roofing material of a lusterless neutral/earth tone or green color. Green colors shall be limited to dark forest greens, gray greens, pale bluish-gray greens, slate greens and copper patina. Metal roofs may be standing seam either with a baked-on lusterless finish or made of copper.

3.

Exterior wall surfaces should consist of no more than three colors-a base color, and/or a trim color, and/or an accent color. The base color may be utilized on up to 100 percent of the surface area of any one facade of a building. Another color, other than a base color, shall be permitted on up to only 5 percent of the surface area of any one facade, and an accent color on up to only 1 percent of the surface area of any one facade. For calculation purposes, wall surfaces should include eaves, gables and parapets, but should exclude roofs, awnings, or signs.

4.

Glass should not exceed 50 percent of the total area of any one facade of a building.

5.

Awnings are limited to canvas, or a lusterless, non-metal material that closely resembles canvas, at least 98 percent of which is a single deep or neutral solid color. The remaining up to 2 percent, if different, shall be contrasting. Awnings shall not be backlit. Lettering and logos should be limited to a monogram, not exceeding 20 percent of the sign area.

(Ord. No. 91500-A-129; Ord. No. 91500-A-319, §§ 1, 2, 3-19-02)

Landscaped areas shall be provided according to article 34.

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No owner, occupant or operator shall cause, permit, suffer or allow outside storage and/or display of goods and/or services as defined in this chapter, unless screened from public view from an adjacent street, except for the incidental or secondary use as a garden center or conducting a special event permitted under article 6-5 of the Code of Ordinances.

(Ord. No. 91500-A-551, § 1, 5-11-10)