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Levelland City Zoning Code

§ 9.512

B-2 General Business District.

(a) 
Purpose.
The purpose of this district is to provide for heavy retail and wholesale commercial uses which serve a wide area. Such districts should have frontage on major trunk thoroughfares which are designed to safely carry a high volume of traffic.
(b) 
General Provisions.
(1) 
No use shall be permitted which is or would reasonably be injurious to the neighborhood residents or which would interfere with the safety or the reasonable use and enjoyment of their property by reason of the emission of dust, smoke, odor, glare, noise, vibration, trash, junk, water spray, or by reason of any condition which would amount to a public nuisance at common law.
(2) 
All businesses shall be conducted entirely within a building. Outside storage of any type shall be prohibited except in conjunction with the on premises sale or rental of motor vehicles, trailers, fully constructed portable buildings, plants, plant material, garden and yard equipment, lumber, and building supplies, and farm implements.
(3) 
When proposed development in this district is adjacent to any residentially zoned district, on either side or to the rear, even if separated by an alley, a six (6) feet solid screening fence or an equivalent landscape screen shall be installed and permanently maintained on the development lot along the adjacent property line. A solid wall of a building, when permitted to be located on the property line, shall constitute adequate screening.
(c) 
Permitted Uses.
(1) 
Any uses conditionally or unconditionally permitted in any of the residential districts or in the B-1 District except mobile home subdivisions and mobile home parks.
(2) 
Mini Storage Buildings.
(3) 
Retail or wholesale stores and shops.
(4) 
Bicycle and lawnmower sales and repair shops.
(5) 
Radio, television and electrical appliance sales and repair.
(6) 
Tool rental shops.
(7) 
Office supply and printing services.
(8) 
Personal service shops, such as shoe repair, tailoring, dress making and similar shops.
(9) 
Laboratories and studios.
(10) 
Funeral homes or mortuaries.
(11) 
Animal hospitals and pet and grooming shops where there are no open kennels or open exercise runs.
(12) 
Hotels or motels.
(13) 
Carwash facilities.
(14) 
Billboards, provided such sign is not closer than 400 feet to another such sign.
(15) 
Newspaper printing establishment.
(16) 
New and Used Car Dealership.
(17) 
Wine Tasting Facility.
(d) 
Conditional Uses.
(1) 
Mobile Home Subdivisions.
(2) 
Mobile Home Parks.
(3) 
Sexually oriented businesses, upon such conditions and limitations as required by the zoning board of adjustment.
(4) 
Bulk Storage of Wine.
(5) 
Winery so long as it is consistent with the light manufacturing requirements outlined in this section.
(6) 
Light manufacturing so long as all manufacturing is conducted indoors, limited to 5,000 square feet of dedicated manufacturing space where the manufactured product is offered for retail sale in an attached retail outlet or storefront.
(e) 
Yard Requirements.
(1) 
Front Yard.
The minimum front yard shall be twenty (20) feet. This section shall not be so construed as to permit obstruction of any nature on corner lots within the visibility triangle.
(2) 
Side Yard.
There shall be no side yard requirement except when the property is adjacent to any Residential Districts, in which case the minimum side yard requirement shall be five (5) feet.
(f) 
Lot Width.
(1) 
The minimum width of any lot used for a single-family dwelling, two-family dwelling and low density multifamily dwellings shall be fifty (50) feet.
(2) 
The minimum width of any lot used for high density, multifamily dwelling units shall be one hundred (100) feet.
(3) 
There shall be no minimum lot width for any other type of use in this district other than those described above for residential uses.
(g) 
Lot Area.
(1) 
The minimum area for any lot with a single-family dwelling shall be 5,000 feet.
(2) 
The minimum area for any lot with duplexes, two-family dwelling units or multifamily units shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet.
(3) 
The minimum lot area for multifamily dwelling units using the high density residential district floor area ratio shall be 10,000 square feet.
(4) 
There shall be no minimum lot area requirement for any other type of use in this district other than those described above far residential uses.
(h) 
Off-Street Parking.
(1) 
Commercial Uses.
One (1) parking space required for each two hundred (200) square feet of display area.
(2) 
All Other Uses.
the same as required for that use or a similar type use found elsewhere in this article.
(i) 
Alley Screening.
As described in General Provision, subsection (b)(3)
(j) 
Signs.
The following signs shall be permitted:
(1) 
Permanent signs not exceeding the maximum sign message area for businesses.
(2) 
Sign as permitted for that use or a similar type use found in the residential districts of this article.
(3) 
Temporary signs as permitted in Section 9.309 of the city code.
(k) 
Mobile Home Parks.
Notwithstanding any restrictions contained in this article, the following regulations shall apply for Mobile Home Parks.
(1) 
A mobile home park shall be located with free access to a public street or highway.
(2) 
When the mobile home park is adjacent to any residentially zoned district, on either side or to the rear, even if separated by a side street or alley, a six (6) feet solid screening fence of wood or masonry construction, or an equivalent landscape screen shall be installed and permanently maintained on the development lot along the adjacent property line. A solid wall of a building, when permitted to be located on the property line, shall constitute adequate screening.
(3) 
The number, location, and size of access drives shall be subject to approval by the City Planning and Zoning Commission.
(4) 
Internal access drives shall be not less than twenty-five 25 feet in width and shall be paved and maintained with a smooth hard surface and be properly drained.
(5) 
There shall be no minimum lot area for mobile home sites or spaces in a park, except that there shall be not less than twenty (20) feet of unobstructed clearance between mobile homes. In computing this clearance, any attached carport, garage, porch, or other structure shall be considered as part of the mobile home. No mobile home shall be located closer than five (5) feet to any access drive. Each mobile home shall be properly skirted and shall be supported and anchored in accordance with all applicable state and local laws and regulations.
(6) 
Off-street parking spaces in a park shall be provided in the ratio of two (2) spaces per mobile home and placed in locations convenient to individual mobile homes or groups of mobile homes.
(7) 
The mobile home park shall conform to all other regulations contained in the City of Levelland building, gas, plumbing, and electrical codes .
(8) 
A park exceeding six hundred (600) feet in depth shall be required to install a six-inch water main, or such other size as required by the City Engineer, looped if possible, located within the park and instead at or near the edge of the pavement in a dedicated easement. Fire hydrants shall be located along the main so as to make fire protection available to all property in the park. This facility is to be installed at the park owner's expense and dedicated to the city and is to be maintained by the city.
(9) 
Outside lighting shall be erected in such a manner that it will neither be detrimental to nor project onto adjacent properties.
(l) 
Site Plan Review.
No building permit shall be issued until the city manager or building inspector has reviewed a site plan for the mobile home park and has approved the same as to all off-street parking spaces, driveways, utilities, hook-ups, and other structures or improvements, and the availability of ingress and egress to off-street parking sites.
(Ordinance 635, sec. 12, adopted 11/17/81; Ordinance 673, sec. 11, adopted 10/5/83; Ordinance 697, secs. 3–4, 7, 9, adopted 2/19/85; ; Ordinance 908, sec. 2, adopted 3/5/07; Ordinance 999 adopted 1/18/16; Ordinance 1043 adopted 9/9/19)