Monahans City Zoning Code
§ 9.03.007 R-4 district
Limited business.
In the R-4 district no building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter structurally altered which is arranged or designed to be used for other than one or more of the following uses:
(1)
Any use permitted in the R-1 district.
(2)
Incidental uses only in conjunction with a single-family dwelling.
(3)
Beauty shops, hobby shops, ceramic shops, rock shops, group day-care homes. Other incidental uses may be approved by the city council after a public hearing, and it is determined not to be detrimental to the neighborhood.
(4)
This district shall be created only in locations approved by the city council after a duly called hearing conforming to conditions specified in the zoning ordinance for any other zone change. The city council shall also regulate uses in this district as to conformity with the intended use of this district.
(5)
Incidental uses customarily incident to any use, authorized by this section, may be carried on in not more than one room or compartment, when located within the same building or upon the same lot in which or on which the use authorized by this section is actually made of the premises, if the following conditions are strictly fulfilled: Such incidental use must be definitely incidental and not a principal use and must be indispensably necessary to the enjoyment of the premises of any one of the uses permitted by this section. The incidental use must be customary according to the then prevailing custom in the area and adjacent areas which are exclusively residential in character. Nothing herein shall authorize or be construed to permit any use which would create traffic congestion, undue noise or any activity which would be offensive to a residential zone.
(6)
Uses in this district for the purposes approved by the city council, shall cease if:
(A)
The property, or any part thereof, or any rights incidental to the property, for which such uses are allowed by the city council, is sold, assigned, leased, rented or conveyed or let in any manner by the party for whom the uses were allowed by the city council; or
(B)
The property, or any rights incidental to the property, ceases, in whole or in part, to be used for the specific purposes approved by the city council at the hearing creating the R-4 district.
(Ordinance 693, sec. 2, adopted 5/11/76; Ordinance 733, sec. 2, adopted 8/29/78; Ordinance 876, sec. 1, adopted 8/25/87; 1972 Code, sec. 27-6.1)