PURPOSE: The "GV", Grapevine Vintage District is established to provide locations to accommodate wineries, vineyards, wine tasting rooms, and associated low intensity retail/commercial uses which promote, enhance, and compliment the Texas Wine Industry. Such facilities should not be so large or so broad in scope of services as to attract intensive commercial developments.

USES GENERALLY: In a "GV", Grapevine Vintage District no land shall be used and no building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than as hereinafter provided.

A.

Permitted uses: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses.

1.

Vineyard.

B.

Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to those uses listed in Section 23A.C. Conditional Uses:

1.

Mechanical equipment located within 120-feet of any residentially zoned district must meet the standards established for noise regulation as stated in Section 55, Performance Standards.

2.

Screened garbage storage on a concrete pad no nearer than 50 feet to a residentially zoned district and not located between the front of the building and any street right-of-way.

3.

Off-street parking to serve permitted uses, provided that any off-street parking or vehicular use area within 60 feet of a residentially zoned district shall be separated from said lot in accordance with Section 50.C.1. screening alternate A.

4.

Signs advertising uses on the premises in accordance with Section 60, with the exception of pole signs. Pole signs shall not be allowed within the "GV", Grapevine Vintage District.

5.

Other structures or uses which are customarily secondary and clearly incidental and subordinate to the permitted use and/or structure.

6.

Any specialty retail shop such as, but not limited to, books, florist, jewelry, gift, hobby; within a completely enclosed building whose aggregate gross floor area does not exceed 5,000 square feet.

7.

Bakery, tea rooms, confectionery, and delicatessen, ice cream, soda fountain shops, and cheese factory; within a completely enclosed building whose aggregate gross floor area does not exceed 5,000 square feet.

8.

Studios for the creations of crafts, and heritage arts which are handmade or handcrafted that do not exceed 20% of the total floor area of a permitted use listed in Section 23A.B. Secondary Uses, paragraph 6 above.

9.

Planned specialty shopping center defined as a combination of all the uses permitted in Section 23A.B. Secondary Uses, paragraphs 6—12. A single building shall not exceed 25,000 square feet as a permitted use. All individual users shall have the same floor area limitations as noted in Section 23A.B. Secondary Uses.

10.

Hospitality centers which provide meeting facilities for, but not limited to civic clubs, lodges, fraternal organizations, receptions, and seminars.

11.

Dinner theaters.

12.

Art galleries and museums.

C.

Conditional uses: The following uses may be permitted, provided they meet the provisions of, and a conditional use permit is issued pursuant to, Section 48.

1.

Winery with alcoholic beverage sales, with on-premises and off-premises consumption, provided a special permit is issued in accordance with Section 42.B.

2.

Wine tasting facility with alcoholic beverage sales with on-premises and off-premises consumption, provided a special permit is issued in accordance with Section 42.B. All alcoholic beverage sales shall be consistent with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code.

3.

Restaurants and restaurants with outside dining, including alcoholic beverage sales provided a special permit is issued in accordance with Section 42.B. of the ordinance. Drive-in and drive-through restaurants shall not be allowed. Restaurants adjacent or contiguous to any existing residential uses (excluding multi-family uses) shall only be allowed as a secondary use to the other conditional uses listed in this section.

4.

Inn (only as a secondary use in conjunction with a winery or wine tasting room).

5.

Any use allowed within this district with outdoor speakers and/or amplified sound.

6.

Breweries.

7.

Distilleries.

D.

Limitation on uses:

1.

Pole signs shall not be permitted in the "GV", Grapevine Vintage District.

E.

Plan requirements: No application for a building permit for construction of a principal building shall be approved unless:

1.

A plat, meeting all requirements of the city has been approved by the City Council and recorded in the official records of the county.

2.

A site plan, meeting the requirements of Section 47 has been approved.

3.

A landscape plan, meeting the requirements of Section 53, has been approved.

F.

Density requirements: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements shall apply:

1.

Maximum density: 0.20 floor area ratio.

2.

Minimum lot size: 20,000 square feet.

3.

Minimum open space: 25 percent of the total lot area shall be devoted to nonvehicular open space. (Nonvehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings, parking, loading, storage, or vehicular use.)

a.

Landscaping in excess of the required minimum open space that is located in the rear yard of the site shall not be used to meet the minimum open space requirements for the site.

4.

Minimum district size: one (1) acre.

5.

Maximum impervious surface area: 75 percent of the total lot area, the combined area occupied by all main and secondary structures, parking storage, loading and other paved areas shall not exceed 75 percent of the total lot area.

G.

Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:

1.

Lot width: 125 feet.

2.

Lot depth: 150 feet.

3.

Minimum front yard: 30 feet, which shall be utilized as a landscaped setback area. Front yards shall not be used for any building, structure, fence wall, or storage area, except that signs may be permitted in this area. Front yards shall be landscaped with grass, shrubbery, vineyards, or trees, and no part shall be paved or surfaced except of minimum access, driveways and sidewalks in accordance with Section 53.

4.

Minimum side yards: 15 feet. Planned commercial centers permitted as a conditional use shall meet the requirements of Subsection N.1.

5.

Minimum rear yard: 25 feet. Planned commercial centers permitted as a conditional use shall meet the requirements of Subsection N.1.

6.

Minimum distance between buildings: 20 feet, between detached principal or secondary buildings on the same lot.

H.

Buffer area regulations:

1.

Buffer and screening requirements: Whenever a "GV", Grapevine Vintage District abuts a residential district, an appropriate buffer and screen shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Sections 50, 53, 23A.H.2. and 23A.H.3d.

2.

Additional building setback requirements: No building or structure shall be located nearer to any residentially zoned property than a distance equal to two times the height of any building or structure, or 50 feet whichever is greater.

3.

Additional screening, fencing and landscaping: The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend and the City Council may require screening, fencing, buffering and landscaping requirements on any zone change, conditional use, or special use case or concept plan in addition to or in lieu of buffering, screening, fencing or landscaping requirements set out specifically in each use district, when the nature and character of surrounding or adjacent property dictate a need to require such methods in order to protect such property and to further provide protection for the general health, welfare and morals of the community in general.

I.

Maximum building height: The following maximum height regulations shall be observed.

1.

Principal structure: 35 feet. Principal structures located contiguous to an R-20, R-12.5, R-7.5 or R-5.0 residential district shall be limited to one floor level, however an increase up to five feet to this requirement may be granted upon approval of a conditional use request by the City Council.

A winery or wine tasting facility not adjacent to a R-7.5, R-12.5 or R-20 single-family residential district, may exceed the maximum height requirements of Subsection I.1. (35 feet) not to exceed a maximum height of 50 feet, provided a conditional use permit is issued in accordance with Section 48.

2.

Secondary structure: 25 feet.

J.

Landscaping requirements: Landscaping shall be required in accordance with Section 53.

K.

Off-street parking: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Sections 56 and 58 and shall be landscaped in accordance with Section 53.

L.

Off-street loading: Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with the provision of Section 57.

M.

Design requirements: The following design requirements shall apply in the "GV", Grapevine Vintage District:

1.

Lighting shall be designed to reflect away from any adjacent residential area.

2.

Parking lot lighting facilities, if provided shall meet the requirement of Section 58, parking and loading area development standards.

3.

No outdoor storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view in accordance with Section 50.B.3.

4.

Due to the development nature of the "GV", Grapevine Vintage District, it is recognized that requiring wineries to have exterior fire resistant construction having at least 70 percent of the total exterior walls, excluding doors and windows constructed of brick, stone or other masonry or material of equal characteristics in accordance with the City Building Code and Fire Prevention Code may not allow for vintage type developments. Wineries proposed in the GV not meeting the 70 percent masonry requirement shall present an exterior wall plan to the Planning and Zoning Commission and the commission shall establish the amount of masonry required.

N.

Planned commercial center design requirements: Each lot or parcel of land created within a planned commercial center shall comply with the following requirements:

1.

Minimum yard requirements of planned commercial centers: The front yard requirements contained in Subsection G.3. shall be applicable to each lot or parcel of land within a planned commercial center. A minimum 15-foot side yard and a minimum 25-foot rear yard shall be required around the outside perimeter of the planned commercial center. Minimum side and rear yard requirements of interior lots may be required if deemed necessary by City Council in order to meet the provisions of Section 48.

2.

Landscaping requirements of planned commercial centers: The minimum landscaping requirements of Section 53.H.2 shall be applicable around the outside perimeter of a planned commercial center. For interior lots the minimum landscaping requirements of Section 53.H.2.b. may be required if deemed necessary by City Council in order to meet the provisions of Section 48.

3.

Minimum open space requirements of planned commercial centers: At least 25 percent of the total site area of the planned commercial center shall be devoted to nonvehicular open space (nonvehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings, parking, loading, storage, or vehicular use.)

(Ord. No. 93-53, § 1, 10-19-93; Ord. No. 94-50, § 1A, 6-21-94; Ord. No. 2000-76, § 2, 7-18-00; Ord. No. 2001-34, § 1(Exh. B), 4-17-01; Ord. No. 2009-04, § 1.B, 1-20-09; Ord. No. 2014-53, § 1, 8-19-14; Ord. No. 2015-009, § 1, 1-20-15; Ord. No. 2023-094, § 18, 11-21-23; Ord. No. 2024-111, § 24, 12-17-24)