A building, other than hotel or multiple-family dwelling, where lodging is provided to persons for compensation, and where facilities for food preparation are not provided in individual rooms. Facilities usually referred to, as "bed and breakfast" arrangements are included in this definition.

A building in which housing is provided for individual students under the general supervision or regulation of an accredited college or university and as distinguished from an apartment, hotel, motel, or rooming house. A dormitory may provide apartment units for guests, faculty, or supervisory personnel on a ratio not to exceed one (1) such apartment unit for each fifty (50) students for which the building is designed. Individual rooms or suites of rooms may have cooking facilities. The dormitory may include facilities such as a commissary and/or snack bar, lounge, and study area, dining halls, and accessory kitchen, recreation facilities, and laundry, provided that these facilities are for the benefit and use of the occupants and their guests and not open to the general public.

See Two-Family Dwelling, Section 26.1.20 [Section 26.1.19].

Living quarters within a detached accessory building located on the same premises with the main building, for use by temporary guests of the occupants of the premises, such quarters having kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.

A residential structure designed for use and occupancy by one (1) or more families, constructed in one (1) or more modular components built at a location other than the permanent residential site, designed to be used as a permanent residential structure when the modules or modular components are transported to the permanent residential site and are erected or installed on a permanent foundation system. The term shall not mean or apply to (a) housing constructed of sectional or panelized systems not utilizing modular components; or (b) any ready-built home which is constructed so that the entire living area is contained in a single unit or section at a temporary location for the purpose of selling it and moving it to another location.

A structure, constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on-site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems. All references in this ordinance to manufactured housing or manufactured home(s) shall be references to HUD-Code Manufactured Housing, unless otherwise specified.

Any tract of land under single ownership of not less than one-half (1/2) acres and not more than ten (10) acres approved for occupancy by manufactured housing and accessory structures related thereto and designed and operated in accordance with standards herein set forth or as set forth in any other ordinance of the City of Gunter relating to the location, use, construction, operation, or maintenance of manufactured housing.

A tract of land of not less than two (2) acres which has been final platted of record in its entirety in accordance with the subdivision regulations of the City for occupancy primarily by HUD-Code manufactured housing and industrialized housing.

A structure constructed before June 15 1976, transportable in one or more sections which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on-site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems.

A building or group of buildings designed for and occupied as a temporary dwelling place, providing four (4) or more room units for compensation. Units provided for the customers and where the operation is supervised by a person or persons in charge at all hours. A motel, motor hotel, or motor lodge may include restaurants, clubrooms, banquet halls, ballrooms and meeting rooms as accessory uses.

Any building or portion thereof which is designed, built, rented, leased, or let to be occupied as three (3) or more dwelling units or apartments or which is occupied as a home or place of residence by three (3) or more families living in independent dwelling units.

A multi-dwelling unit extended stay-lodging facility consisting of efficiency units or suites with a complete kitchen suitable for long-term occupancy. Customary hotel services such as linen, maid service, telephone, and upkeep of furniture shall be provided. Meeting room, clubhouse and recreational facilities intended for the use of residents and their guests are permitted. This definition shall not include other dwelling units as defined in this ordinance.

A development providing dwelling units specifically designed for the needs of ambulatory or retired persons. The following subsidiary uses shall be permitted to provide on-site goods and services for residents and their guests, but are not intended for use by the general public:

An accessory building or portion of an accessory building located on the same lot or grounds with the main building, containing not more than one kitchen and at least one bathroom facility and used as living quarters for a person or person[s] employed on the premises for not less than fifty percent (50%) of his/her actual working time, and not otherwise used or designed as a separate place of abode, provided the living area of such quarters shall not exceed six hundred (600) square feet.

A dwelling that is part of a structure containing three (3) or more dwellings, each designed and constructed for occupancy by one family, with each dwelling unit attached by a common wall to another with a minimum length of attachment of twenty (20) feet, in which each dwelling is located on a separate platted lot.

A detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one (1) family, excluding manufactured housing and modular homes.

One of a series of not less than three (3) nor more than ten (10) attached one (1) family dwellings under common roof with common exterior wall, and separated from one another by single partition walls without openings from basement to roof. No townhouse dwelling unit is to be constructed above another townhouse dwelling unit.

Any tract of land under single ownership, two (2) acres or more, where accommodations are provided for travel trailer use.

A building designed for occupancy by two (2) individuals or families living independently of each other within separate units which have a common wall and are under one (1) roof.

A residence allowed to have little or no side yard on one side, where the wall on that side has no doors, windows, or other openings and which otherwise qualifies for a one-hour fire rating as defined in the building code.

An establishment where four (4) or more children are provided care, training, education, custody, treatment, or supervision for less than 24 hours a day. The term "day-care center" shall not include overnight lodging, medical treatment, counseling, or rehabilitative services and does not apply to any school. (Also see Registered Family Home.)

A building for regular assembly for religious worship which is used primarily for such purpose and customary accessory activities including a place of residence for ministers, priests, rabbis, teachers, or directors on the premises.

A building or complex of buildings that houses municipal offices and services and which may include cultural, convention and/or entertainment facilities owned and/or operated by a governmental agency.

An institution established for educational purposes offering courses of study beyond the secondary education level, but excluding trade and commercial schools.

A building or buildings dedicated to social and/or recreational activities, serving the city or a neighborhood and owned and operated by the city or by a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the health, safety, morals, or general welfare of the city.

A building or buildings dedicated to social and/or recreational activities serving residents of a subdivision or development which is operated by an association or incorporated group for their use and benefit.

A place as defined in the Texas Continuing Care Facility Disclosure and Rehabilitation Act in which a person provides board and lodging, together with personal care services and nursing services, medical services, or other health-related services, regardless of whether the services and lodging are provided at the same location, under an agreement that requires the payment of a fee and that is effective for the life of the individual or for a period of more than one (1) year, such individual or individuals being cared for not being related by consanguinity or affinity to the person providing the care. (Also see Household Care Facility and Household Care Institution, and Personal Care Home.)

Land and buildings customarily containing a golf course and a clubhouse and available only to specific private membership; such a club may contain adjunct facilities such as private club, dining room, swimming pool, tennis courts, and similar recreational or service facilities.

Reserved for future use.

An area or space either outside or within a building for the display of topic-specific goods or information.

An area where outdoor fairs, circuses or exhibitions are held.

A community-based residential home operated by either the State of Texas, a nonprofit corporation, a community center organized pursuant to State statute, or an entity which is certified by the State as a provider for a program for the mentally retarded. Family homes provide care for persons who have mental and/or physical impairments that substantially limit one or more major life activities. To quality as a family home, a home must meet the following requirements:

An area of five (5) acres or more which is used for growing of usual farm products and/or raising of usual farm products and animals and including the necessary accessory uses for raising, treating, and storing products raised on the premises, but not including the commercial feeding of offal or garbage to swine or other animals and not including any type of agriculture or husbandry specifically prohibited by ordinance of [or] law. Farm, ranch, or orchard use shall not cause a hazard to health by reason of unsanitary conditions and shall not be offensive by reason of odors, dust, fumes, noise, or vibrations or be otherwise detrimental to the public welfare.

An organized group having a restricted membership and specific purpose related to the welfare of the members.

An area of twenty (20) acres or more improved with trees, greens, fairways, hazards and which may include clubhouses.

A place, often including artificially heated and/or cooled buildings, where trees or plants are raised and/or sold including relate[d] storage of equipment for landscape contracting.

A building, often artificially heated and/or cooled, used as a location for cultivating plants which are used by the grower and not sold as a commercial activity.

An institution providing both inpatient health, personal care, or rehabilitative services over a long period of time to persons chronically ill, aged, or disabled due to injury and disease or to injured patients who need medical or surgical treatment intended to restore them to health and an active life and which is licensed by the State of Texas.

A dwelling unit which provides residence and care to not more than nine (9) persons, regardless of legal relationship, who are elderly; disabled; orphaned, abandoned, abused, or neglected children; victims of domestic violence; or rendered temporarily homeless due to fire, natural disaster, or financial adversity living together with no more than two supervisory personnel as a single housekeeping unit. (See also Household Care Facility, Personal Care Home and Continuing Care Facility.)

Any lot or premises on which four (4) or more dogs, cats or other domestic animals more than four (4) months of age are housed or accepted for boarding, breeding, training, selling, grooming and/or bathing for which remuneration is received.

Any institution for the loan or display of books, tapes, objects of art or science which is sponsored by a public or responsible quasi-public agency and which institution is open and available to the general public.

An institution for the collection, display and distribution of objects of art or science and which is sponsored by a public or quasi-public agency and which facility is open to the general public.

A child-care facility offering a program four (4) hours or less per day for children who have passed their second birthday but who are under seven years old.

See Rest Home or Nursing Home.

An open recreation facility or park owned and operated by a public agency and available to the general public.

A privately owned park, playground, open space or building dedicated to recreational activities, maintained by a community club, property owners' association, or similar organization.

An owner-occupied, home-operated non-licensed facility for the elderly providing custodial care to not more than three (3) individuals not related to the provider of such care. Custodial care is that of care which assists elderly persons who are incapable because of physical or mental limitations of performing routine daily activities and which do not require the continuing attention of trained medical or paramedical personnel. (Also see Continuing Care Facility.)

A facility used for the racing of motor-driven vehicles and/or animals.

A child-care facility that regularly provides care in the caretaker's own residence for not more than six (6) children under 14 years of age, excluding the caretaker's own children, and that provides care after school hours for not more than six (6) additional elementary school siblings of the other children given care, but the total number of children, including the caretaker's own, does not exceed twelve (12) at any given time. (Also see Child-Care Center.)

A dwelling unit which provides residence and care to not more than four (4) persons, regardless of legal relationship, who have demonstrated a tendency towards alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness or antisocial or criminal conduct living together with not more than two supervisory personnel as a single housekeeping unit.

A facility which provides residence and care to five (5) or more persons, regardless of legal relationship, who have demonstrated a tendency towards alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness or antisocial or criminal conduct together with supervisory personnel.

A place of residence or care for persons suffering from infirmities of age or illness where care is provided on a prolonged or permanent basis. This term shall include a convalescent home.

An institution of learning having a curriculum equivalent to public schools but not including specialty schools such as dancing, music, beauty, mechanical, trade, or commercial schools.

An institution under the sponsorship of a public agency which offers instruction in the several branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools by the Education Code of the State of Texas but not including specialty schools such as dancing, music, beauty, mechanical, trade, or commercial schools.

Establishments, other than public or parochial schools, private primary and secondary schools or colleges, offering training or instruction on a trade, art, or occupation.

A structure housing horses, which are boarded or rented to the public or any stable other than a private stable, but not including a sale barn, auction or similar trading activity.

An accessory building set back from adjacent property lines a minimum distance of one hundred (100) feet and used for quartering horses, not to exceed one (1) horse per one acre area of a farm or lot.

An athletic field or stadium owned and operated by a public agency for the general public including a baseball field, golf course, football field or stadium which may be lighted for nighttime play.

A swimming pool with accessory facilities, part of the facilities are available to the general public for a fee.

A building, facility, or room, which is rented, leased or otherwise made available to any person or group for a private event function, that is not open to the general public, whether or not a fee is charged, which may contain a business office used for management of the facility.

A place where an aircraft can land and take off, usually equipped with hangars, facilities for refueling and repair, and various accommodations for passengers and/or freight.

A subsidiary station in which electric current is transformed.

Facility at which natural gas flows are regulated and recorded.

A landing facility for rotary wind [wing] aircraft which may include fueling or servicing facilities for such craft.

The transmission, retransmission, or reception of radio, electromagnetic, or microwave signals for private or personal use and not for the purpose of operating a business and/or financial gain.

The transmission, retransmission, or reception of radio, electromagnetic, or microwave signals primarily for the purpose of operating a business and/or financial gain.

Any premises for the transient parking of trains and the loading and unloading of passengers.

A facility/place for the loading and unloading of materials on trains.

Includes track and undeveloped right-of-way, but does not include railroad stations, sidings, team tracks, loading facilities, dock yards, or maintenance areas.

An area for the servicing and storage of vehicles or other property of a governmental agency.

The pole yard, maintenance yard, and/or administrative offices of a municipality or franchised utility.

A facility and/or premises at which solid waste is temporarily deposited prior to ultimate removal to a permanent solid waste storage site.

A switching or transmitting station owned by a public utility but not including business offices, storage, or repair shops or yards.

See Carwash.

Storage and leasing of automobiles, motorcycles, and light load vehicles.

The use of any building or other premise for the display and sale of new or used parts for automobiles, panel trucks, vans, tractor trailers, or recreational vehicles.

The use of any land area for the display and sale of new or used parts for automobiles, panel trucks, vans, tractor trailers, or recreation vehicles.

General repair or reconditioning of engines and air conditioning systems for motor vehicles; wrecker service; collision services including body, frame or fender straightening or repair; customizing; overall painting or paint shop; vehicle steam cleaning; those uses listed under "automobile repair, minor," and other similar uses.

Minor repair or replacement of parts, tires, tubes, and batteries; diagnostic services; minor motor services such as grease, oil, spark plug, and filter changing; tune-ups; emergency road service; replacement of starters, alternators, hoses, brake parts; automobile washing and polishing: performing state inspections and making minor repairs necessary to pass said inspection; normal servicing of air conditioning systems, and other similar minor services for light load vehicles, but not including any operation named under "automobile repair, major" or any other similar use.

Building(s) and associated open area other than a street or required automobile parking space used for the display or sale of primarily new automobiles, light trucks, and trailers, to be displayed and sold on premises, and where no repair work is done except minor reconditioning of the automobiles and trailers to be displayed and sold on the premises, and no dismantling of automobiles or trailers for sale or keeping of used automobile and trailer parts or junk on the premises.

Building(s) and associated open area other than a street or required automobile parking space used for the display and sale of used automobiles, light trucks, or trailers in operating condition and where no repair work is done except the minor adjustments of the vehicles to be displayed or sold on the premises. A used car sale area shall not be used for the storage of wrecked automobiles or the dismantling of automobiles or the storage of automobile parts or junk on the premises.

A building or place arranged, designed, used, or intended to be used for the primary purpose of dispensing gasoline, oil, diesel fuel, liquefied petroleum gases, greases, batteries, and other automobile accessories at retail direct to the on-premise motor vehicle trade provided that the above services shall not be construed to include major overhaul, the removal and/or rebuilding of an engine, cylinder head, oil pan, transmission, differential, radiator springs, or axles; steam cleaning, body or frame work, painting, upholstering and replacement of glass. If the dispensing or offering for sale of auto fuel at retail is incidental, the premises shall be classified as a public garage. Service stations shall not allow automobiles which are inoperative or are being repaired to remain outside such service station for a period greater than seven (7) days.

The storage on a lot or tract of operable automobiles for the purpose of holding such vehicles for sale, distribution, or storage.

Any building, structure, or open area used for the dismantling or wrecking of any type of used vehicles or the storage, sale, or dumping of dismounted or wrecked vehicles or their parts and accessories, including any farm vehicles or farm machinery or parts thereof, stored in the open and not being restored to operating condition, including the commercial salvaging, storage, and scrapping of any other goods, articles, or merchandise.

Any premises for the transient housing or parking of motor-driven buses and the loading and unloading of passengers.

Facility or structure used to wash motorcycles, automobiles, vehicles and trucks.

Area for parking light load vehicles.

Area for parking heavy load vehicles.

A business engaging in the changing of oil, oil filters, and the chassis lubrication of motor vehicles. All new oil shall be dispensed from drums and all old oil shall be kept in sumps until removed by pumper trucks.

A business engaging in engine adjustment and minor part replacement for motor vehicles, limited to spark plugs, condensers, spark plug wires, distributor caps, distributor points, PVC valves, air cleaners, fan belts and radiator hoses. Such a facility shall not repair or replace carburetors, starters, alternators, generators, radiators, water pumps, or other major engine parts, brake shoes, or mufflers.

The rental of new or used panel trucks, vans, trailers, recreational vehicles, or motor-driven buses in operable condition and where no repair work is done.

An establishment providing major and minor automobile repair services to heavy load vehicles.

A building or area in which freight brought by motor truck is assembled and/or stored for shipping by motor truck.

Building(s) and associated open area other than a street or required automobile parking space used for the display or sale of primarily new heavy load vehicles, to be displayed and sold on premises, and where no repair work is done except minor reconditioning of the vehicles to be displayed and sold on the premises, and no dismantling of vehicles for sale or keeping of used vehicle parts or junk on the premises.

Any place to which the public is permitted or invited wherein coin-operated or slug-operated or electronically, electrically or mechanically controlled still or motion picture machines, projectors or other image-producing devices are maintained to show images to five or fewer persons per machine at any one time, and where the images so displayed are distinguished or characterized by the depicting or describing of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

A commercial establishment which as one of its principal business purposes openly advertises or displays or offers for sale or rental, for any form of consideration, any one or more of the following:

A nightclub, bar, restaurant, or similar commercial establishment which regularly features:

A hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment which:

An establishment where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides, or similar photographic reproductions are regularly shown which are characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.

A theater, concert hall, auditorium or similar commercial establishment which regularly features persons who appear in a state of nudity or live performances which are characterized by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities.

A place from which a person performs design, installation, construction, maintenance, service, repair, alteration or modification of a product or of equipment in environmental air conditioning, commercial refrigeration, or process cooling or heating systems, under terms and conditions described in the Texas Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor License Law, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St., art. 8861.

is an establishment engaged in the sale of beer, wine, and/or liquor to the general public, not for on-premises consumption.

any establishment that derives seventy-five (75) percent or more of its gross revenue on a quarterly basis from the sale or service of alcoholic beverage, as defined in the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, as amended, for on-premise consumption.

An establishment providing for activities, services and instruction for the entertainment, exercise and improvement of fitness and health of customers, clients or members but not including hospitals, clinics, massage parlors or arcades. Uses would typically include bowling alleys, ice or roller skating rinks, racquetball and handball courts, indoor tennis courts, weight lifting and nautilus facilities, exercise areas, swimming pools and spas, bingo parlors, martial arts, classrooms and/or practice areas, gymnasiums and indoor running or jogging tracks.

An outdoor area or structure, open to the public, which provides entertainment or amusement for a fee or admission charge, including but not limited to batting cages, miniature golf, go-kart tracks and carnivals.

A retail establishment engaged in the selling of works of art, furniture or other artifacts of an earlier period, with all sale and storage occurring inside a building.

An establishment in which there are located six (6) or more coin-operated skill or pleasure machines.

A place for preparing, cooking, baking and selling of products on the premises.

A place for preparing, cooking or baking of products primarily intended for off-premise distribution.

An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange or issue of money, the extension of credit, and/or facilitating the transmission of funds.

A place of training for practice of barbering, as defined in Texas Barber Act, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St., art. 8407, meeting standards established in Section 9 of said Texas Barber Act.

A place where barbering, as defined in Texas Barber Act, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes (Vernon's Ann. Civ. St.), art. 8407, is practiced, offered, or attempted to be practiced, except when such place is duly licensed as a barber school or college.

A specialized place of training, as defined in the Texas Occupation Code 1602.002.

A place where cosmetology, as defined in the Texas Occupation Code [is practiced].

The sale of new building materials and supplied [supplies] indoors with related sales for hardware, carpet, plants, electrical and plumbing supplies all of which are oriented to the retail customer, rather than contractor or wholesale customer.

Establishments primarily engaged in providing services not elsewhere classified to business enterprises on a fee [or] contract basis including but not limited to advertising agencies, computer programming and software services, and office equipment rental or leasing.

An establishment used for the production, display and sale of furniture and soft coverings for furniture.

A custom cleaning shop not exceeding five thousand (5,000) square feet of floor area or a pickup station. (Also see Cleaning and Dyeing; Dry Cleaning Plant.)

A facility or station designed and used for the examination and treatment of persons seeking medical care as outpatients who do not remain on the premises overnight.

A retail establishment providing for the sale of food items, non-prescription drugs, small household items, and gifts. Gasoline and diesel fuel may be offered for sale provided they are not the primary source of income for the store and that no more than six (6) pumps are offered. Maximum size of the establishment will be no more than 2,500 square feet not including storage areas and administrative offices.

Includes such uses as tailor, shoe repair, barber/beauty shop, health studio, or travel consultant.

A retail store offering a wide variety of merchandise in departments and exceeding 7,000 square feet of floor area.

A person who, for consideration, agrees or offers to act as a companion, guide, or date for another person, or who agrees or offers to privately model lingerie or to privately perform a striptease for another person.

A person or business association who furnishes, offers to furnish, or advertises to furnish escorts as one of its primary business purposes for a fee, tip, or other consideration.

An establishment for the selling of foodstuffs for animals and including implements and goods related to agricultural processes but not including farm machinery.

A site where space inside or outside a building is rented to vendors on a short-term basis for the sale of merchandise. The principal sales shall include new and used household goods personal effects, tools, artwork, small household appliances, and similar merchandise, objects or equipment in small quantities. The term flea market shall not be deemed to include wholesale sales establishments or rental services establishments, but shall be deemed to include personal services establishments, food services establishments, retail sales establishments, and auction establishments.

An establishment displaying plants, flowers, floral supplies, and similar items.

is an establishment engaged in the sale of food or beverages - of any kind whatsoever - for off-premises consumption. This definition does not include restaurants that derive at least 90% of gross revenues from sale of food and beverages for on-premises consumption.

An establishment that displays and sells consumable goods that are not to be eaten on the premises.

Retail stores selling goods used for furnishing the home, including but not limited to furniture, floor coverings, draperies, glass and chinaware, domestic stoves, refrigerators and other household electrical and gas appliances.

Location including land and buildings at which plants, trees, shrubs, horticultural supplies, and similar items are displayed for sale to the general public. All such displays shall be located behind the front yard line established in the district in which the garden center is located.

Retail stores which sell a number of lines of merchandise including but not limited to dry goods apparel and accessories, furniture and home furnishings, small wares, hardware, and food. The stores included in this group are known as department stores, variety stores, general stores, and other similar stores.

The maintenance and rehabilitation of appliances customarily used in the home including but not limited to washing and drying machines, refrigerators, dishwashers, trash compactors, ovens and ranges, kitchen appliances, vacuum cleaners, and hair dryers.

Facilities for research including laboratories, experimental equipment, and operations involving compounding or testing of materials or equipment.

An establishment including facilities for laundering and cleaning of clothing and similar items to be operated by the patron; not a commercial laundry or cleaning plant.

A person in whose name a license to operate a sexually oriented business has been issued, as well as the individual listed as an applicant on the application for a license.

A place of business in which a person engages in the business of purchasing and selling crafted precious metals, including jewelry, silverware, art objects, or any other thing or object made in whole or in part from gold, silver, platinum, palladium, iridium, rhodium, osmium, ruthenium, or their alloys, including coins and commemorative medallions, under terms and conditions found in Vernon's Ann. Civ. St., art. 990a.

A place of business in which a person purchases, gathers, collects, solicits or procures scrap metal or where scrap metal is gathered together or kept for shipment, sale, or transfer, under terms and conditions found in Vernon's Ann. Civ. St., art. 9009. (Also see Junk or Salvage Yard.)

Any place where a person who appears in a state of nudity or displays specified anatomical areas is provided to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, photographed, or similarly depicted by other persons who pay money or any form of consideration.

The appearance of a human bare buttock, anus, male genitals, female genitals, or female breasts.

A building or complex of buildings used primarily for conducting the affairs of a business, profession, service, industry, or government, or like activity that may include ancillary services for office workers such as a restaurant, coffee shop, newspaper, or candy stand.

A room or group of rooms used for the provision of executive management, or administrative services. Typical uses include administrative offices and services including real estate, insurance, property management, investment, personnel, travel, secretarial services, telephone answering, and business offices of public utilities, organizations, and association[s] but excluding medical offices.

An establishment with a minimum of seventy-five percent (75%) of its total floor area devoted to storage and warehousing not accessible to the public. The remaining area may include retail and wholesale sales areas, sales offices, and display areas for products sold and distributed from the storage and warehousing areas.

An establishment where money is loaned on the security of personal property pledged in the keeping of the owner (pawnbroker).

An individual, proprietorship, trust, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity.

An establishment primarily engaged in providing services generally involving the area of the person or his apparel including but not limited to barber and beauty shops, dry cleaning and laundry pickup stations and reducing salons/health clubs.

A retail establishment offering small animals, fish, or birds for sale as pets and where all such creatures are housed within the building.

An establishment primarily engaged in the sales, service, or installation of equipment pertaining to plumbing, heating, refrigeration, or air conditioning. (Also see Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor.)

The operation of a business which involves only retail sales and off-premises service, installation, and repair of units and fixtures. The premises shall not include a workshop for repair or fabrication of parts, fixtures, or units. Sheetmetal work of any type shall not be permitted. Storage shall be permitted for units and supplies incidental to retail sales, off-premises service and repair only. No outside storage shall be permitted. This section shall not be interpreted to allow a plumbing, heating, refrigeration, or air conditioning contractor or similar type wholesale operation.

An establishment which displays and sells structures which are capable of being carried and transported to another location, not including mobile homes or manufactured housing.

Local branch of the United States Postal Service or private commercial venture engaged in the distribution of mail and incidental services.

An establishment which reproduces printed or photographic impressions including but not limited to the process of composition, binding, plate making, microform, type casting, press work, and printmaking.

An establishment providing social and dining facilities, as well as alcoholic beverage service, to an association of persons, and otherwise falling within the definition of, and permitted under the provisions of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, as the same may be hereafter amended, and as it pertains to the operation of private clubs.

Courts housed in an acoustically treated building and designed for one (1) to four (4) persons to play racquetball, plus subsidiary uses to include office, pro shops, locker rooms, sauna, exercise rooms, waiting area, child nursery, and related uses up to a maximum of forty percent (40%) of the total floor area.

Establishments offering all types of consumer goods for sale, not elsewhere classified, but excluding the display and sale in the open outside a building of new or used automobiles, heavy machinery, building materials, used appliances, furniture, or salvage materials.

Any public or private nursery, preschool, day-care center, learning center, or elementary or secondary school.

An establishment offering for sale used merchandise, with the storage and display of such items wholly contained inside a building or structure.

A state of dress in which clothing covers no more than the genitals, pubic region and areola of the female breast, as well as portions of the body covered by supporting straps or devices.

An establishment engaged in the selling and/or servicing of goods where a minimum of eighty percent (80%) of the floor area is devoted to service, repair or fabrication of such goods. The service area must not be accessible to the general public. Automotive uses and rental stores are specifically excluded.

A business or commercial enterprise that, as one of its primary business purposes, offers for any form of consideration:

An adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult gift store or adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio, or sexual encounter center.

Any of the following:

A group of primarily retail and service commercial establishments planned, constructed and managed as a total entity with customer and employee parking provided on-site, provision for goods delivery separated from customer access, provision of aesthetically appropriate design and protection from the elements.

Human genitals in a state of sexual arousal.

Any of the following:

The increase in floor area occupied by the business by more than 20%, as the floor area exists on the effective date of this section.

An open lot with its appurtenant facilities devoted primarily to the showing of motion picture or theatrical productions on a paid admission basis to patrons seated in automobiles.

The offering for sale, storage, or display of trailers, manufactured housing, or mobile homes on a parcel of land but excluding the use of such facilities as dwellings either on a temporary or permanent basis.

The display and offering for rent of trailers designed to be towed by passenger cars or other prime movers.

Any of the following:

A building or place where clothes and linens are washed and thoroughly dried by the use of not exceeding three (3) employees and four (4) automatic single-family machines and where the operation of washing and/or drying and/or mangle machines is done exclusively by the customer on a self-service basis, and where the fuel and power for the heating of water and drying shall be smokeless and odorless. (See Laundry and Cleaning, Self-Service.)

A manufacturing facility designed to place a product into a bottle for distribution.

An industrial facility where fabrics are cleaned and [in] substantially nonaqueous organic solvents. (Also see Cleaning and Dyeing, Small Plant or Shop, Section 26.5.11.)

An establishment other than a personal service shop for the treatment and/or processing of products as a service on a for-profit basis including but not limited to newspaper printing, laundry plant, or cleaning and dyeing plant.

Manufacturing of finished products and component products or parts from the transformation, treatment, or processing of materials or substances, including basic industrial processing. Such operations must meet the performance standards, bulk controls, and other requirements in this ordinance.

A large tract of land that has been planned, developed, and operated as an integrated facility for a number of individual industrial uses, with special attention to circulation, parking, utility needs, aesthetics, and compatibility.

A lot upon which waste or scrap materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, packed, disassembled, or handled, including but not limited to scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires and bottles. A "junkyard" includes an automobile wrecking yard and automobile parts yard. A "junkyard" does not include such uses conducted entirely within an enclosed building. (Also see Metal Dealer, Secondhand)

Manufacturing of finished products or parts, predominantly from previously prepared materials, including fabrication, assembly, and packaging of such products, and incidental storage, sales, and distribution of such products, but excluding basic industrial processing.

A facility used for storage of goods and/or materials with separate access to individual storage units by persons renting the individual units.

A building used primarily for the storage of goods and materials, containing less than 5,000 square feet of floor space.

A building used primarily for the storage of goods and materials, containing more than 5,000 square feet of floor space.

An accessory building or use is one which: (a) is subordinate to and serves a principal building or principal use; and (b) is subordinate in area, extent, or purpose to the principal building or principal use served; and (c) contributes to the comfort, convenience and necessity of occupants of the principal building or principal use served; and (d) is located on the same building lot as the principal use served.

A structure open on a minimum of three (3) sides designed or used to shelter vehicles, not to exceed thirty-six (36) feet on its longest dimension.

A storage yard or assembly yard for building materials and equipment directly related to a construction project and subject to removal at completion of construction and subject to same restrictions as Field Office. (Also see Section 27.2.)

A building or structure, of either permanent or temporary construction, used in connection with a development or construction project for display purposes or for housing temporary supervisory or administrative functions related to development, construction or the sale of real estate properties within the active development or construction project. Permits for "temporary buildings" shall be issued for a period of time not to exceed eighteen (18) months. Extensions may be granted only by the City Council, any such permits granted may be revoked if the City Council finds the use of the building or structure is contrary to the intent of this section or results in increased noise, traffic, or other conditions considered to be a nuisance or hazard (Also see Section 26.7.3. above.)

An occupation, profession, domestic craft, or economic enterprise which is customarily conducted in a "residential dwelling" as hereinafter defined, subject to compliance with each of the following conditions:

A detached accessory building or portion of the main building for the parking or temporary storage of automobiles of the occupants of the premises; if occupied by vehicles of others, it is a storage space.[1]