Deer Park City Zoning Code

Deer Park Municipal Airport subject to the provisions and limitations as follows:

Government buildings and uses operated by federal, state, county, or municipal government entities, or operated by special purpose districts.

Libraries.

Museums.

Open space/conservation areas.

Parks, recreational uses including, but not limited to, tennis courts, swimming pools, playfield, golf courses, and other similar uses as determined by the planning commission and city council.

Public schools.

Publicly operated recreational camps with or without overnight accommodations.

Publicly or privately operated public utility uses, structures, or transmission facilities.

Fairgrounds and rodeo arena facilities.

Storage of equipment and/or materials required in connection with the primary use; provided, that such storage observes the following standards:

Short-term recreational vehicle parking. For purposes of this title, "short-term recreational vehicle parking" shall mean parking of a recreational vehicle on the property for any one recreational vehicle for a period of up to 21 consecutive days. Each period of 21 consecutive days of parking by any one recreational vehicle shall be followed by 30 days of absence of that recreational vehicle from the subject property.

Fencing when required due to security concerns shall be permitted to a maximum height of 96 inches, not including barbed or razor wire above the top of fence fabric, along property line in compliance with the "clear view triangle" as delineated in DPMC § 18.94.010.

Privately operated institutions for educational, philanthropic, or charitable uses.

Privately operated recreational camps with or without overnight accommodations.

Solid waste processing and/or reclamation facilities, whether public or private, including landfills, recycling collection/processing facilities, and transfer stations.

Specific uses at the Deer Park Airport. The following uses may be permitted when the same is situated on municipal property constituting the Deer Park Municipal Airport:

Uses not otherwise listed amongst permitted or conditional activities, or directly discouraged prohibited under the terms of this chapter, subject to such duration limit and other conditions as may be imposed by the city to ensure that the long range viability of the Deer Park Municipal Airport as an essential public facility is not compromised or diminished in any way.

Any use that creates or causes interference with the operations of radio or electronic facilities at the airport or with radio or electronic communications between airport and aircraft or aircraft to aircraft.

Any use or lighting that impairs a pilot's ability to distinguish between airport lights and other lights, or that creates glare affecting pilot vision, or that otherwise impairs visibility in the vicinity of the airport. All lighting shall be downward directed and fully shielded.

Any other uses or activities determined to be incompatible with aviation, aviation safety, or any activity that has a potential or would require a temporary flight restriction (TFR) or interfere with airport traffic patterns and operations, including but not limited to overhead utilities, hazardous material storage and flammable materials storage (except aviation fuel storage).

Any use, building or structure that emits fly ash, dust, vapor, or other forms of emissions that may conflict with any planned operations of the airport.

Stockyards, poultry farms, rendering plants, open water lagoons, wetland mitigation banks, or other similar uses that attract hazardous wildlife to the airport. (Some wildlife hazards may be mitigated through use of best management practices for wildlife attractants consistent with Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular 150/5200-33A "Hazardous Wildlife Attractants on or near Airports.")

Special use sites that promote concentrations of people, including, but not limited to, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, medical facilities, day care centers, churches and other religious gathering sites, recreational parks and playgrounds, arenas and stadiums, exhibit centers and auditoriums or theaters, amusement parks and fairgrounds, plus other types of special functions that promote a high concentration of people, etc.

High intensity commercial uses, including, but not limited to, retail shopping centers, large retail stores, etc.

Residential development – short plats, long plats and other land divisions intended for residential usage.

Street Frontage Yard. The minimum setback from any street, fronting or flanking, shall be 25 feet.

Rear Yard. Rear yards shall have a minimum depth of 10 feet.

Side Yard. Side yards shall have a minimum depth of five feet.

When property in the public/quasi-public (P/QP) zone is located adjacent to any residential zone, with no intervening street or alley, the maximum height of buildings, structures, and uses in the public/quasi-public (P/QP) zone shall not exceed the height allowed in the adjacent residential zone.

When the property is located on municipal property constituting the Deer Park Municipal Airport, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no building or structure shall be constructed, altered, or maintained so as to project or otherwise penetrate Federal Aviation Regulations, Title 14, Chapter I, Subchapter E, Part 77 – Objects Affecting Navigable Airspace. The subject airspace surfaces of said Part 77 are based on the category of each runway according to the type of approach available or planned for that runway. The slope and dimensions of the approach surface applied to each end of a runway are determined by the most precise approach existing or planned for that runway end. The airspace surfaces applicable to the Deer Park Municipal Airport are explained in DPMC § 18.72.030, Height restrictions. Where an area is covered by more than one airspace surface limitation, the more restrictive limitation shall prevail.

Where the parking requirements for a use are not specifically defined in Chapter 18.74 DPMC, the parking requirements for such use shall be determined by the community services director, and such determination shall be based upon the requirements for the most comparable use specified therein, or other requirements based upon the best available information concerning the proposed use.