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Farmersville City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

64 - I-L LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE

17.64.010 - Purpose.

To provide areas for intensive commercial and light industrial uses where a mixture of commercial and light industrial activities is appropriate. This zone permits commercial uses generally not appropriate to central and general commercial areas in addition to retail stores and offices, and is intended to provide for the continuance of established uses.

(Ord. No. 487, § 8, 9-24-2018)

17.64.020 - Permitted uses.

The uses permitted in the I-L zone shall be those uses listed in Table 64-1:

Table 64-1: Permitted Use Table

Use Permit Required
Above ground storage tanks for flammable or combustible fluids b
Accessory buildings and uses customarily appurtenant to a permitted use a-r
Adult oriented business b
Ambulance service b
Appliance sales, service and supply x
Auto leasing, truck and trailer rentals x
Auto parts sales (no servicing) x
Auto sales, including autos, trucks, motorcycles, boats and other motorized vehicles, conducted entirely within an enclosed building x
Auto sales, service and repair, new and used, includes boat, motorcycle, RV, trailer and trucks, and repair garages (not conducted within an enclosed building) x
Auto and truck service stations x
Bakeries x
Barber and beauty shops x
Bars, cocktail lounges and taverns b
Bowling alleys b
Building materials sales yard b
Cabinet, carpenter and woodworking shops b
Cafes, coffee shops and restaurants, except drive-in, fast food, self-service and take out restaurants x
Cannabis dispensaries h
Cannabis businesses, including edible cannabis products, non-edible cannabis products, warehousing cannabis and cannabis products, wholesaling and distribution of cannabis and cannabis products, cannabis cultivation and cannabis testing laboratories i
Catering trucks and mobile food vendors (subject to standards contained in Section 17.68.100) b
Cardrooms b
Cargo containers (to be used for storage) subject to standards contained in Section 17.68.110 a-r
Car washes b
Churches b
Clothes cleaning and laundry pick up b
Commercial recreation facilities, other than those listed in Table 2 b
Communication and public utility service facilities b
Dance halls b
Drive-in, drive-thru or drive-up businesses, including, but not limited to fast food, beverage, financial institutions, pharmacies and similar businesses b
Drug stores and pharmacies a-r
Electrical sales, service and supply a-r
Equipment rental b
Farm supply and implement sales and service b
Film processing pick-up stations a-r
Financial institutions x
Fire extinguisher sales and service x
Florists a-r
Food and grocery stores x
Funeral homes and mortuaries x
Gift shops a-r
Glass sales, service and supply x
Hardware stores x
Heating and air conditioning sales, service and supply x
Hospitals b
Hotels and motels b
Hydraulic equipment, well drilling sales service and supply b
Laundry-self serve x
Laundry, dry cleaning plants b
Liquor sales, on and off sale b
Locksmiths a-r
Machine shops b
Medical and dental clinics x
Medical laboratories x
Mini-storage facilities b
Miniature golf b
Multi-use developments g
Offices (professional or commercial) x
Opticians a-r
Palm readers, fortune tellers, hypnotists and similar personal service providers b
Parking facilities, including truck parking and park and ride lots c
Parking facilities, off site a-r
Passenger terminals b
Pipe sales, service and supply b
Plant nurseries and greenhouses x
Plumbing sales, service and supply x
Pool halls b
Pool service and supply x
Prescription pharmacies a-r
Produce stands b
Public and private schools x
Public and quasi-public buildings and uses appropriate to the area x
Public scales b
Pump sales, service and supply b
Recreational vehicle and boat storage b
Research and development facilities b
Retail stores and shops a-r
Shopping centers x (1)
Skating rinks b
Smoke shops and tobacco shops b
Social halls, lodges, fraternal organizations and clubs x
Swimming, tennis and racquetball clubs, health clubs x
Tattoo and piercing shops b
Taxicab service x
Technical, trade and craft schools and studios x
Temporary construction storage yards c
Temporary outdoor uses f
Theaters b
Tire recapping x
Variety stores a-r
Veterinary offices and clinics x
Video game centers x
Video games when incidental to a permitted use c
Welding shops b
Wholesale and distributing businesses x
Upholstery x
Janitorial service x
Video movie rental shops x
Thrift shops, used merchandise stores a-r

 

Key to Land Use Table:

a.

Conditional use permit required if for more than six guests, persons or dwelling units.

a-r.

Administrative site plan review required. See Section 17.72.051.

b.

Conditional use permit required. See Section 17.96.

c.

Accessory use, incidental to principal use.

d.

Conditional use permit required if abutting any residential zone.

e.

Conditional use permit is required for any use containing ten thousand square feet or more of building or outdoor storage area, even if such a development is listed as an allowable or permitted use in a particular zoning district.

f.

Temporary Outdoor Uses. See Section 17.56.040 for specific requirements.

g.

Conditional use permit required. A list of permitted uses may be approved with the use permit.

h.

Conditional use permit required, subject to requirements of Section 17.53.073.

i.

Conditional use permit required, subject to requirements of Section 17.53.040.

x.

Permitted use. Site Plan Review is required for new construction.

x (1).

Shopping centers larger than twenty acres requires a conditional use permit. See Section 17.96.

(Ord. No. 487, § 8, 9-24-2018)

17.64.030 - Height regulations.

No principal building shall exceed forty feet in height except as provided in Chapter 17.88.

(Ord. No. 487, § 8, 9-24-2018)

17.64.040 - Yard requirements.

A.

Front Yard. Buildings may be located no closer than four feet to the front property line. This may be reduced to zero feet if in the opinion of the zoning administrator the conditions of Chapter 17.96 are met. However no parking lot shall be located closer than ten feet to a front property line (or a side property line on the street side of corner lots). The intervening space between parking lot and front property line shall be landscaped consistent with the requirements of Section 17.76. For lots that are less than one hundred feet in depth, the required parking lot setback may be reduced to not less than ten percent of the depth of the lot, but not less than five feet.

B.

Side Yards.

1.

Interior Side: None, except when abutting a residential zone, then not less than required for said residential zone.

2.

Street Side of Corner Lot: Same as front yard with the addition of the visibility triangle required by Section 17.76.030.

C.

Rear Yard. None.

D.

Lot Area.

1.

The following minimum requirements shall be observed for lot area and sizes in the service commercial zone:

a.

Corner lot width: Seventy feet;

b.

Interior lot width: Sixty feet;

c.

Minimum lot area: Ten thousand square feet.

2.

Exceptions to this requirement are as follows: Any legally created lots not meeting the minimum lot area/size requirements may be occupied by any use permitted in this chapter if all yard setbacks and minimum requirements are met.

(Ord. No. 487, § 8, 9-24-2018)

17.64.050 - Performance standards.

A.

All uses or activities shall be conducted wholly within completely enclosed buildings, except for auto service stations, off-street parking and loading facilities, temporary outdoor uses, vehicle leasing, sales and service, or where in the opinion of the zoning administrator the use is incidental to a principal use on the premises and the proposed outside use is in character and harmony with the surrounding area.

B.

All uses adjacent to residential zones shall be located, oriented and designed so as to be compatible with said residential zones.

C.

Solid fencing six feet high and landscaping adequate to screen development from adjacent residential zones along rear and side property lines.

D.

Maximum noise level at property lines not to exceed sixty-five decibels (dBA) day and night levels (Ldn).

E.

Outside storage of solid wastes and containers for solid waste, containers, merchandise, or other items or goods awaiting pickup, sale, or other disposition shall be prohibited except where screened to the satisfaction of the planning commission or the zoning administrator.

F.

Additional landscaping may be required in order to provide an aesthetically pleasing entrance to the city.

G.

Hours of operation (open to public) shall not begin before seven a.m. nor extend beyond ten p.m. Exceptions may be permitted as provided for in Chapter 17.100.

H.

Light sources shall be directed and shielded so as to not illuminate surrounding residential areas.

(Ord. No. 487, § 8, 9-24-2018)

17.64.060 - Other required conditions.

A.

All uses are subject to the provisions of Chapters 17.76, 17.80 and 17.84.

B.

The re-occupancy of a commercial building is subject to the approval of the zoning administrator.

C.

Plot plan approval by zoning administrator required for all uses requiring a building permit with a value in excess of fifty dollars. Site plan approval by planning commission required for all new uses.

D.

When a commercial use is not conducted entirely within a building, the site shall be fenced with a six foot solid wood or masonry fence as determined by the zoning administrator.

(Ord. No. 487, § 8, 9-24-2018)