Ennis City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
Sections
- 1.1 - TITLE
- 1.2 - EFFECTIVE DATE
- 1.3 - AUTHORITY
- 1.4.1 - Within the (Jurisdiction) Limits
- 1.4.2 - Within the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ)
- 1.4.3 - Annexed Property
- 1.4.4 - Application to Public Agencies
- 1.5.1 - Generally
- 1.5.2 - Reasonable Consideration
- 1.6 - RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
- 1.7.1 - Continuity of Provisions
- 1.8 - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- 1.9.1 - Harmonious Development
- 1.9.2 - Conflict with Other Public Laws, Ordinances, Regulations, or Permits
- 1.9.3 - Conflict with Agreements between Private Parties
- 1.10.1 - Generally
ARTICLE II
Review Authorities
Sections
- 2.1 - PURPOSE & ORGANIZATION
- 2.2.1 - Powers and Duties
- 2.3.1 - Powers and Duties
- 2.3.2 - Organization and Membership
- 2.3.3 - Meetings, Hearings and Procedures
- 2.4.1 - Power and Duties
- 2.4.2 - Organization and Membership
- 2.4.3 - Meetings, Hearings, and Procedures
- 2.5.1 - Powers and Duties
- 2.5.2 - Organization and Membership
- 2.5.3 - Meetings, Hearings and Procedures
- 2.6.1 - Power and Duties
- 2.7.1 - Powers and Duties
ARTICLE III
Review Procedures
Sections
- 3.1 - SUMMARY OF REVIEW PROCEDURES
- 3.2.1 - Applicability
- 3.2.2 - Compliance with State and Federal Law
- 3.2.3 - Pre-Application Meeting
- 3.2.4 - Application Submittal and Completeness Determination
- 3.2.5 - Application Review
- 3.2.6 - Public Notice
- 3.2.7 - Public Hearing and Approval Procedures
- 3.2.8 - Withdrawal and Reapplication
- 3.2.9 - Modifications
- 3.2.10 - Expirations
- 3.3.1 - Zoning Map Amendment (Rezoning) and Zoning UDO Text Amendment
- 3.3.2 - UDO Text Amendments (Non-Zoning Related)
- 3.3.3 - Special Use Permit (SUP)
- 3.3.4 - Concept Plan
- 3.3.5 - Type I Development Plan and Type I Site Plan
- 3.3.6 - Type II Development Plan and Type II Site Plan
- 3.3.7 - Historic Overlay or Local Landmark Designation
- 3.3.8 - Certificate of Appropriateness (COA)
- 3.3.9 - Certificate of Demolition or Relocation of a Historic Building
- 3.3.10 - Zoning Variances and Appeals
- 3.3.11 - Administrative Modification
- 3.3.12 - Preliminary Plat
- 3.3.13 - Final Plat
- 3.3.14 - Minor Plat
- 3.3.15 - Replat
- 3.3.16 - Amending Plat
- 3.3.17 - Plat Vacation
- 3.4.1 - Purpose
- 3.4.2 - Violations
- 3.4.3 - Responsible Persons
- 3.4.4 - Responsibility for Enforcement
- 3.4.5 - Enforcement Procedures
- 3.4.6 - Cumulative Remedies
- 3.4.7 - Penalties for Violations
ARTICLE IV
Zoning Districts
Sections
- 4.1.1 - Zoning Districts Established
- 4.1.2 - Zoning District Map
- 4.1.3 - Zoning District Boundaries
- 4.1.4 - Annexed Territory
- 4.2.1 - General Purposes of Residential Zoning Districts
- 4.2.2 - Agricultural (A)
- 4.2.3 - Residential Estate (RE)
- 4.2.4 - Single-Family Residential District - 10 (R-10)
- 4.2.5 - Single-Family Residential District - 7 (R-7)
- 4.2.6 - Single-Family Residential District - 5 (R-5)
- 4.2.7 - Neighborhood Conservation District (NC)
- 4.2.8 - Residential Duplex District (D)
- 4.2.9 - Townhome District (TH)
- 4.2.10 - Multi-Family Residential District 1 (MF-1)
- 4.2.11 - Multi-Family Residential District 2 (MF-2)
- 4.2.12 - Manufactured Home District (MH)
- 4.3.1 - General Purposes of Commercial Zoning Districts
- 4.3.2 - Neighborhood Commercial (C)
- 4.3.3 - Business Park District (BP)
- 4.3.4 - Commercial Corridor District (CC)
- 4.4.1 - General Purposes of Industrial Zoning Districts
- 4.4.2 - Light Industrial and Manufacturing District (L-IM)
- 4.4.3 - Heavy Industrial and Manufacturing District (H-IM)
- 4.5.1 - General Purposes of Public Zoning Districts
- 4.5.2 - Public and Parks (PP)
- 4.5.3 - Institutional and Civic (IC)
- 4.6.1 - General Purposes of Special Zoning Districts
- 4.6.2 - Planned Development
- 4.6.3 - Downtown District
- 4.6.4 - Kaufman Corridor District
- 4.6.5 - Regional Mixed Use District Standards
- 4.7.1 - Historic Overlay Districts
ARTICLE V
Use Standards
Sections
- 5.1.1 - Purpose
- 5.1.2 - Explanation of Use Table Abbreviations
- 5.1.3 - Use Table Organization
- 5.1.4 - Classification of New and Unlisted Uses
- 5.1.5 - Table of Allowed Uses
- 5.2.1 - Applicability
- 5.2.2 - Residential Uses
- 5.2.3 - Group Living Uses
- 5.2.4 - Commercial Uses
- 5.2.5 - Industrial Uses
- 5.3.1 - Purpose
- 5.3.2 - Approval Procedure
- 5.3.3 - Interpretation of Unidentified Accessory Uses and Structures
- 5.3.4 - Table of Accessory Uses and Structures
- 5.3.5 - General Standards for All Accessory Uses and Structures
- 5.3.6 - Additional Accessory Use Standards
- 5.4.1 - Purpose
- 5.4.2 - Approval Procedure
- 5.4.3 - Table of Temporary Uses and Structures
- 5.4.4 - General Standards for all Temporary Uses and Structures
- 5.4.5 - Additional Standards for Temporary Uses and Structures
ARTICLE VI
Building and Urban Design Standards
Sections
- 6.1 - APPLICABILITY
- 6.1.1 Design - Review committee
- 6.2.1 - Purpose and Intent
- 6.2.2 - Applicability
- 6.2.3 - Commercial Building and Site Design Standards
- 6.2.4 - Business Park and Industrial Building Design Standards
- 6.3.1 - Purpose
- 6.3.2 - Single-Family and Duplex Residential Building Design Standards
- 6.3.3 - Three-Family to Multi-Family Residential Building Design Building Standards
- 6.4.1 - Purpose: The standards of this section are intended to:
- 6.4.2 - Applicability:
- 6.4.3 - Detached House Standards:
- 6.4.4 - Duplex or Row House Standards
- 6.4.5 - Small Apartment Building Standards
- 6.4.6 - Large Apartment Building Standards
- 6.5.1 - Purpose and Intent
- 6.5.2 - Applicability
- 6.5.3 - Architectural Styles in Residential Historic Overlay #1
- 6.5.4 - Design Standards
- 6.6.1 - Commercial and Mixed Use Building Standards
- 6.6.2 - Residential Building Design Standards
- 6.7.1 - Article 1: General Provisions (Intent, Applicability, Authority)
- 6.7.2 - Article 2: General Definitions
- 6.7.3 - Article 3: Downtown Zoning Sub-Districts
- 6.7.4 - Article 4: Uses
- 6.7.5 - ARTICLE 5: SITE DEVELOPMENT
- 6.7.6 - Article 6: Building Design Standards
- 6.7.7 - Article 7: Other Regulations
ARTICLE VII
Site Design and Development Standards
Sections
- 7.1 - APPLICABILITY
- 7.2.1 - Purpose
- 7.2.2 - Applicability
- 7.2.3 - Off Street Parking Standards
- 7.2.4 - Computation of Parking and Loading Requirements
- 7.2.5 - Accessible Parking
- 7.2.6 - Drive-Through Vehicle Stacking
- 7.2.7 - Alternative Parking Plan
- 7.2.8 - Parking Facility Location and Design
- 7.2.9 - Minimum Off-Street Loading Standards
- 7.3.1 - Purpose
- 7.3.2 - Applicability
- 7.3.3 - Non-Residential and Multi-Family
- 7.3.4 - Single Family, Duplex and Townhome Residential Fencing
- 7.4.1 - Purpose
- 7.4.2 - Traffic Impacts
- 7.4.3 - Streets
- 7.4.4 - Street Connectivity
- 7.4.5 - Sidewalks and Pedestrian Access
ARTICLE VIII
Landscaping and Open Space Standards
Sections
- 8.1.1 - General Applicability
- 8.2.1 - Purpose
- 8.2.2 - Applicability
- 8.2.3 - Residential Landscaping and Buffering Requirements
- 8.2.4 - Non-Residential and Multi-Family Landscaping and Buffering Requirements
- 8.2.5 - General Landscaping Standards
- 8.2.6 - Approved Planting List
- 8.2.7 - Irrigation Standards
- 8.2.8 - Landscape Maintenance
- 8.3.1 - Purpose
- 8.3.2 - Applicability
- 8.3.3 - Common Open Space Standards
ARTICLE IX
Subdivision Regulations
Sections
- 9.1.1 - Title
- 9.1.2 - Purposes
- 9.1.3 - Applicability
- 9.2.1 - Division of Property
- 9.2.2 - Permits for Construction Activity or Public Improvements
- 9.2.3 - Guiding Policies for Administration of this Article
- 9.2.4 - Incorporation of Infrastructure Design Standards
- 9.3.1 - Provision of Adequate Public Facilities
- 9.3.2 - Criteria for Adequate Public Facilities
- 9.3.3 - Dedication Statement
- 9.3.4 - Dedication Required
- 9.4.1 - Street and Right-of-Way Requirements
- 9.4.2 - Lots and Blocks
- 9.4.3 - Easements
- 9.4.4 - Water and Wastewater Utilities
- 9.4.5 - Drainage and Environmental Standards
- 9.5.1 - Generally
- 9.5.2 - Adequate Public Facilities Policy
- 9.5.3 - Public Improvements Required
- 9.5.4 - Compliance Required
- 9.5.5 - Utility Lines
- 9.5.6 - Monuments
- 9.5.7 - Subdivisions Containing 5 Acres or More
- 9.5.8 - Street Lights
- 9.5.9 - Street Names and Signs
- 9.5.10 - Street and Alley Improvements
- 9.5.11 - Subdivision Perimeter Fencing, Buffering and Landscaping
- 9.5.12 - Subdivision Identification Signs
- 9.5.13 - Water and Wastewater Requirements
- 9.5.14 - Storm Drainage & Water Quality Controls
- 9.5.15 - Private Utilities
- 9.5.16 - Pro Rata Charge Imposed
- 9.6.1 - Withholding City Services and Improvements until Acceptance
- 9.6.2 - Guarantee of Public Improvements
- 9.6.3 - Temporary Improvements
- 9.6.4 - Failure to Complete Improvements
- 9.6.5 - Maintenance Guarantee
- 9.6.6 - Construction Procedures
- 9.6.7 - Inspection and Acceptance of Public Improvements
- 9.6.8 - Issuance of Building Permits and Certificates of Occupancy
ARTICLE X
Nonconformities
Sections
- 10.1.1 - Purpose
- 10.1.2 - General Policy
- 10.1.3 - Continuation Permitted
- 10.1.4 - Determination of Nonconformity Status
- 10.1.5 - Repairs and Maintenance
- 10.1.6 - Tenancy and Ownership
- 10.1.7 - Exception Due to Variance or Modification
- 10.1.8 - Enforcement of Requirements
- 10.1.9 - Nonconformity Due to Governmental
- 10.2.1 - General
- 10.2.2 - Change of Use
- 10.2.3 - Enlargement or Extension of Nonconforming Use
- 10.2.4 - Loss of Legal Nonconformity Status
- 10.3.1 - Nonconforming Lots of Record
- 10.4.1 - General
- 10.4.2 - Continuation of Nonconforming Structure or Site
- 10.4.3 - Maintenance and Minor Repair
- 10.4.4 - Enlargement and Expansion
- 10.4.5 - Loss of Nonconforming Status; Damage or Destruction
- 10.5.1 - Initiation of Proceedings
- 10.5.2 - Consideration by Zoning Board of Adjustment
- 10.6.1 - Immediate Termination of Illegal Uses
ARTICLE XI
Definitions
Sections
- 11.1 - GENERAL RULES OF INTERPRETATION
- 11.1.1 - Meanings and Intent
- 11.1.2 - Headings, Illustrations, and Text
- 11.1.3 - Lists and Examples
- 11.1.4 - Computation of Time
- 11.1.5 - References to Other Regulations/Publications
- 11.1.6 - Delegation of Authority
- 11.1.7 - Technical and Non-technical Terms
- 11.1.8 - Public Officials and Agencies
- 11.1.9 - Mandatory and Discretionary Terms
- 11.1.10 - Synonymous Terms
- 11.1.11 - Conjunctions
- 11.1.12 - Tenses, Plurals, and Gender
- 11.1.13 - Undefined Terms
- 11.1.14 - Index of Terms
- 11.2 - INTERPRETATIONS
- 11.3 - ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF TERMS DEFINED
- 11.4 - GENERAL LAND USE CATEGORIES AND SPECIFIC USE TYPES
- 11.4.1 - Residential Uses
- 11.4.2 - Public and Institutional Uses
- 11.4.3 - Commercial Uses
- 11.4.4 - Industrial Uses
- 11.4.5 - Accessory Uses and Structures
- 11.4.6 - Temporary uses
- 11.5 - SUBDIVISION RELATED TERMS DEFINED
- 11.6 - GENERAL TERMS DEFINED