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Mercedes City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 33

R-2 DUPLEX-FOURPLEX RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

§ 1 Use regulation.

a. 
All uses listed as permitted uses in the R-1 single-family residential district.
b. 
Duplexes-fourplexes.
c. 
Duplex-fourplex townhouses.
d. 
Duplex-fourplex condominiums.
e. 
All signs permitted in the single-family residential district, and nameplates.
f. 
Accessory buildings including a private garage; bona fide servant's quarters not for rent but for use of servants employed on the premises, when located not less than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line and not less than (10) feet from any street line.
g. 
Temporary building used for construction purposes only, which shall be removed as soon as the construction is completed or abandoned; field office for sale of real estate, which shall be removed on instruction of the building inspector of the City of Mercedes, Texas.
h. 
Home occupations are permitted through the issuance of a conditional use permit.
(Ordinance 2025-07 adopted 3/4/2025)

§ 2 Conditional uses.

a. 
The conditional uses requiring a conditional use permit permitted in the R-2 duplex-fourplex residential districts are as follows: All uses listed as conditional uses [in] Article 28.
(Ordinance 2025-07 adopted 3/4/2025)

§ 3 Regulations.

a. 
The conditional uses requiring a conditional use permit permitted in the R-2 duplex-fourplex residential districts are as follows: All uses listed as conditional uses in the R-1 single-family residential district.
b. 
Height: No building shall exceed twenty-five (25) feet in height. Where a structure exceeds the 25-foot height maximum, it shall be set back one additional foot for each foot above 25 feet.
c. 
Front Yard:
(a) 
There shall be a front yard having a minimum twenty-foot (20') front yard building setback. Should there be single-family residential plats that reflect a 30' front yard setback, they may hereafter comply with this 25' front yard building setback regulation. Provided, that if a building line has been established by ordinance or by one (1) or more buildings on one side of the street in one block, this line shall establish the depth of the front yard.
(b) 
Where lots have double frontage, running from one street to the other the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
d. 
Side Yard: There shall be a side yard lot not less than five (5) feet. A minimum ten-foot (10') side yard setback shall be imposed on all corner side yards of all "corner lot" properties in all zoning districts.
e. 
Rear Yard:
(a) 
There shall be a rear yard having a minimum ten-foot (10') rear yard building setback for the primary structure.
(b) 
Rear Yard Building Setback for Accessory Buildings: 4' or the easement boundary, whichever is greater.
f. 
Duplex Lot Area: Minimum area of the lot shall be five thousand six hundred (5,600) sq. ft.; however, a lot having an area of less than five thousand six hundred (5,600) sq. ft. that was on record prior to effective date of this ordinance[1] may be used for any use permitted in this article.
[1]
Editor's note—"[T]his ordinance" refers to Ordinance 2025-07, adopted 3/4/2025, which enacted this article 33.
g. 
Triplex Lot Area: Minimum area of the lot shall be six thousand seven hundred (6,700) sq. ft.; however, a lot having an area of less than six thousand seven hundred (6,700) sq. ft. that was on record prior to effective date of this ordinance may be used for any use permitted in this article.
h. 
Quadplex Lot Area: Minimum area of the lot shall be seven thousand eight hundred (7,800) sq. ft.; however, a lot having an area of less than seven thousand eight hundred (7,800) sq. ft. that was on record prior to effective date of this ordinance may be used for any use permitted in this article.
i. 
Width of the lot: The minimum width of the lot shall be fifty (50) feet.
j. 
Parking Regulations: Parking space shall be provided on the lot to accommodate two motor cars for each dwelling unit. A driveway leading to the garage may be used for such purpose.
(Ordinance 2025-07 adopted 3/4/2025)

§ 4 Prohibited uses.

The uses prohibited in the R-2 duplex-fourplex residential districts are as follows:
1. 
Any building erected or land used for other than one or more of the uses specified in this division.
2. 
On- and off-premises signs, portable signs except for exempt political signs, animated or illuminated signs.
3. 
Any use of property that does not meet the required minimum lot size; front, side or rear yard dimensions; and/or lot width; or exceeds the maximum height, building coverage or density per gross acre.
4. 
Broadcast towers and personal wireless service facilities.
5. 
Parking of any road tractor, semi-trailer, or truck is prohibited. This restriction applies to both new and existing duplex or fourplex residences, regardless of the subdivision date, the annexation date of the property, or whether parking such vehicles on the property was allowed before the prohibition was enacted by the city commission. In the case of any violation of this subsection, there will be a rebuttable presumption that the property owner or occupant either parked the vehicle or permitted it to be parked on the property.
(Ordinance 2025-07 adopted 3/4/2025)