Katy City Zoning Code
§ 10
“C-2” GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
The "C-2," General Business District is intended predominantly for heavy retail and commercial uses of a service nature which typically have operating characteristics or traffic service requirements compatible with typical retail or shopping, but generally not with residential environments. The following regulations shall apply:
10.1
Uses Permitted.
10.1-1
Any use permitted in the "C-1" or "OKD" Districts.
10.1-2
Assembly Hall.
10.1-3
Bakery.
10.1-4
Bus Barns or Lots.
10.1-5
Carpenter, Cabinet or Pattern Shops.
10.1-6
Commercial Amusement (See Definitions).
10.1-7
Commercial Greenhouse.
10.1-8
Educational Facility (Tutoring/Vocational/Trade Only).
10.1-9
Fuel Sales.
10.1-10
Hotels.
10.1-10.1
The following requirements apply to new construction only:
(a)
Number of Rooms.
A hotel shall have at least sixty-three (63) guest rooms.
(b)
Accessibility.
A guest room shall be accessible only from an internal hallway and the internal hallway shall be accessible only from a central lobby area contained within the hotel.
(c)
Minimum Height.
A hotel shall be a minimum of three (3) stories in height.
10.1-11
Laundry, Laundromat, Washateria.
10.1-12
Machinery or Tool Sales, Rental, and Services, provided all activities are contained within a building, and no machinery shall be displayed outside within thirty (30) feet of the front property line.
10.1-13
Municipal Facilities (Administrative Office, Fire Station, Police Station, etc.).
10.1-14
Personal Service Shop.
10.1-15
Produce Markets (wholesale).
10.1-16
Restaurants (Dine-In or Drive-Thru).
10.1-17
Self-Storage.
10.1-18
Storage or Warehouse as an accessory use to on-site sales or retail. No storage or warehouse use may exceed 45% of the gross area of any single tenant or structure.
10.1-19
Theater.
10.1-20
Vehicular Sales, Rental, Repair, or Service (No Outdoor Storage Permitted).
10.1-21
Veterinary Clinics for small animals (Indoors).
10.1-22
Wholesales and Distribution.
10.1-23
Any comparable use to those listed above, as determined by the City Planner, provided such use is not noxious or offensive by reason of vibration, noise, odor, dust, smoke, fumes or unsightly appearance.
10.2
Height and Area Requirements.
10.2-1
Height.
No maximum.
10.2-2
Front Yards.
The minimum front yard setback is 25 feet, except where established buildings in this district within the same block have front yards of less depth. Any building hereinafter constructed shall provide a front yard a minimum depth of which shall be twenty-five (25) feet from the street line (front property line, provided that if forty (40) percent or more of the frontage on the same side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets is developed with buildings having a greater front yard depth, the average of such front yard depth shall establish the minimum front yard depth for the entire frontage).
10.2-3
Side Yards.
No side yard setbacks are required except where the property directly abuts a lot in the "R-1" District, then a side setback of 7.5 feet shall be required. Any residential use or combined residential-commercial use in "C-2" shall have a 7.5-foot side yard.
10.2-4
Rear Yards.
The depth of a rear yard shall be at least fifteen percent (15%) of the depth of the lot, with a maximum width of twenty (20) feet.".
10.2-5
Width of Lot.
The minimum lot width shall be fifty (50) feet, if used exclusively for uses enumerated in "R-1" District, except as otherwise provided, in the "R-1" District standards.
10.2-6
Lot Area Per Family.
8,625 square feet per family, with the exception of nonconforming lots of record, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of one single-family dwelling. Where a public sewer is not accessible, each lot shall provide not less than 10,000 square feet per family.
10.2-7
Single-family residential structures developed exclusively within the "C-2" District shall comply with all dimensional requirements of the "R-1" District.
(Ordinance 621 adopted 3/24/83; Ordinance 671 adopted 5/24/84; Ordinance 1141 adopted 7/8/96; Ordinance 1183 adopted 9/22/97; Ordinance 2158 adopted 6/11/01; Ordinance 2810 adopted 8/14/17; Ordinance 3037 adopted 5/23/2022)