Mercedes City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 4
CLASS “A” SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT
§ 1 Use regulation.
In Class “A” Single-Family Residence District no building, structure or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, altered or enlarged which is intended or designated to be used in whole or in part for any other than one or more of the following specified uses:
(1)
A detached dwelling for only one family or for one housekeeping unit;
(2)
Public park; telephone exchange (provided no public business and no repair or storage facilities are maintained); fire station; water supply reservoir; tower or artesian well; churches;
(3)
Golf course (but not including miniature golf course; driving range or any other form of commercial amusement);
(4)
Farm; truck or garden; orchard; grove or nursery for growing of plants; shrubs and trees, provided that no wholesale or retail business office or place is maintained on the premises;
(5)
Accessory building 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 ten (10) feet from other street line or lines; when the accessory building is attached to the main building it shall be considered as an integral part of the main building but shall not be used for any other than an accessory purpose;
(6)
Temporary buildings, to be used for construction purposes only and removed as soon as the construction is completed; field office for sale of real estate, which shall be removed on order of the building inspector of the City of Mercedes;
(7)
Bulletin boards and signs not to exceed two hundred eighty-eight (288) sq. in. in size pertaining to sale or rental of real estate are permitted, and same shall be removed immediately by the owner or agent upon sale or rental of the property; a nameplate giving name and occupation of the occupant is permitted, provided that it is attached flatwise to the building and does not exceed one hundred forty-four (144) sq. in.
(8)
A convent or monastery with a conditional use permit.
(Ordinance 26 adopted 5/13/57; Ordinance 82-36, sec. 1, adopted 11/16/82; Ordinance 2010-14 adopted 8/3/10)
§ 1A Conditional use–Assisted living facility.
An Assisted Living Facility; such a use must follow all applicable Site Plan approval requirements imposed for typical conditional use permit review processes; also, such a health care use, if conditionally approved, must first provide applicable State Certification (inspection and clearance) to the City in order to activate services in the City; all such approvals shall be for no more than one (1) year; there shall be no signage for such approved uses since in a single-family residential setting; and there shall be no more than 4 paved off-street parking spaces on the property for any such approved conditional use.
(Ordinance 2017-09, sec. 1, adopted 9/12/17)
§ 2 Height regulation.
No building shall exceed forty (40) feet in height.
(Ordinance 26 adopted 5/13/57)
§ 3 Area regulations.
(1)
Front yard.
(a)
There shall be a front yard having a minimum depth of forty (40) feet provided, that if a building line has been established by ordinance or by one (1) or more buildings in one block on the same side of the street, this line shall establish the minimum depth of the front yard.
(b)
Where lots have a double frontage, running through from one street to the other, the requirement of front yard shall apply on both streets.
(2)
Side yard.
There shall be a side yard on each side of the lot having a width of not less than ten (10) feet or ten (10) percent of the average width of the lot, whichever is larger, except that the side yard shall in no case be less than ten (10) 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.
The above does not preclude any corner side yard setbacks that may be required through the recorded plat process.
(3)
Rear yard.
There shall be a rear yard having a minimum ten-foot (10') rear yard building setback for the primary structure.
Rear Yard Building Setback for Accessory Buildings: 4' or the easement boundary, whichever is greater.
(4)
Area of the lot.
The minimum lot area shall be fourteen thousand (14,000) sq. ft.
(5)
Width of lot.
The minimum width of lot shall be one hundred (100) feet.
(6)
Depth of lot.
The depth of lot shall be as set out or may be set out by the city planning and zoning commission of the City of Mercedes for the area in which the subdivision is located.
(7)
Parking space.
Parking space shall be provided on the lot to accommodate one motor car for each dwelling unit. A driveway may be used as a parking space.
(Ordinance 26 adopted 5/13/57; Ordinance 97-07 adopted 6/3/97; Ordinance 2017-05 adopted 8/29/17; Ordinance 2020-10 adopted 7/21/20; Ordinance 2020-16 adopted 11/3/20; Ordinance 2020-22 adopted 1/5/21)