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Pampa City Zoning Code

§ 7

Use regulation districts.

Land and buildings in each of the following classified districts may be used for any of the following listed uses but no land shall hereafter be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, altered or converted which is arranged or designed or used for other than those uses specified for the district in which it is located as set forth by the following schedule of uses:
1. 
Legend for interpreting schedule of use
 
Designates use permitted in district indicated.
 
Designates use prohibited in district indicated.
S
Designates use may be approved as Specific Use Permit in accordance with Section 7, subsection 16.
TYPE USE
A
SF-1
SF-2
2-F
MF
P
O
NS
R
C
CB
LI
HI
PD
2. PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL USES
One-family dwelling detached (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
One-family dwelling attached (2)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Two-family dwelling (3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Multiple-family dwelling or apartment up to three stories (4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Multiple-family dwelling or apart-ment over three stores in height
 
 
 
 
S
 
S
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
Community unit development (5)
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
Boarding or rooming house (6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hotel or motel (7)
S
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trailer or mobile home as a fixed dwelling (8)
S
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
Trailer camp or mobile home park (9)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
3. EDUCATIONAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND SPECIAL USES
Art gallery or museum (10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cemetery or mausoleum
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
S
Church or rectory (11)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
College or university (12)
S
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Community center (public) (13)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Day camp
S
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Day nursery or kindergarten school (14)
S
 
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fairground or exhibition area
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
Fraternal organization, lodge or civic club
S
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home for care of alcoholic, narcotic or psychiatric patients (15)
S
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hospital (general acute care) (16)
S
 
 
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hospital (chronic care) (17)
S
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Institutions of religious or philanthropic nature
 
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Library (public)
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Monastery or convent
 
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nursing home or residence home for aged (18)
S
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Public park, playground or community center
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
School, private primary or secondary
S
 
 
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
School, public or denominational (19)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
School, business or trade (20)
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. UTILITY, ACCESSORY AND INCIDENTAL USES
Accessory building (21)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Community center (private)
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Electrical generating plant
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
S
 
 
 
Electrical substation
 
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Electrical transmission line
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Field or construction office (temporary) (22)
Subject to Approval and Control by Building Official (see sec. 14-4)
Fire station or similar public safety building
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gas transmission line and metering station
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home occupation (23)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Local utility distribution lines (24)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Off -street parking incidental to main use (25)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Private utility shop or storage
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
 
 
 
Public building, shop or yard of local, state or federal government agency (26)
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
Radio and television or microwave tower (27)
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
S
Sewage pumping station
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sewage treatment plant
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
 
S
 
S
Swimming pool (private)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Telephone, business office
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Telephone line and exchange, switching or relay station (28)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Water reservoir, water, water pump-ing station, or well
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Water treatment plant
 
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
5. RECREATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT USES
Adult Business (63a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amusement, commercial (outdoor) (29)
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
Amusement, commercial (indoor) (30)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Country club (private) with golf course (31)
 
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dance hall or night club (32)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Drag strip or commercial racing
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
Go cart track
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
Golf course (public) (33)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Golf course (commercial) (34)
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Park or playground (public) (35)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Playfield or stadium (public) (36)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rodeo grounds
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roller or ice skating rink
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stable, private club (37)
S
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stable, commercial rental (38)
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stable, boarding (39)
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Swim or tennis club (40)
S
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Theater, drive-in
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Theater, other than drive-in type
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Topless establishment (63b)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. TRANSPORTATION RELATED USES
Airport landing field or heliport (41)
S
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
Bus station or terminal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hauling or storage company
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Motor freight terminal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Railroad freight terminal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Railroad passenger station
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Railroad track or right-of-way (42)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Railroad team track (43)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parking lot truck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parking lot or structure commercial (44)
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. AUTOMOBILE SERVICE USES
Auto laundry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
Auto painting and body repair
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Auto sales and repair (in building)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Auto wrecking or salvage yard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
 
Commercial auto parking lot
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gasoline service station
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New auto parts sales store
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New or used car sales lot (in open)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seat cover and muffler installation shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tire retreading or capping
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Used auto parts sales (in building)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. RETAIL AND SERVICE TYPE USES
Antique shop (46)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bakery or confec-tionery shop (retail)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cafeteria
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cleaning and pressing small shop and pickup (47)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Custom personal service shop (48)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Drapery, needlework or weaving shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Florist or garden shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Greenhouse or plant nursery (retail)
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Handcraft shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Household appliance service and repair
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Laundry or cleaning self service
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liquor store
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mimeograph, stationery or letter shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortuary or funeral parlor
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
Offices, professional and administrative
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pawn shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restaurant without drive-in service
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restaurant with drive-in service
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
Retail stores and shops other than listed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Studio for photog-rapher, musician, artist or health
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Secondhand store, used furniture or rummage sale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. SIGN AND IDENTIFICATION USES
Tool or trailer rental
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wine or beer off premises consumption
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
Name plate (49)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sign, real estate (50)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sign, construction (51)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sign, development (52)
Subject to Approval and Control by Building Official (See Section 14-3)
Sign, institutional (53)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sign, apartment name (54)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sign, agricultural (55)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sign, general business (56)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sign, advertising (57)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. AGRICULTURAL TYPE USES
Animal pound (public or private)
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
 
 
 
Animal clinic or hospital (no outside runs or pens)
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
Animal clinic, hos-pital or kennel with outside runs or pens
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Farm or ranch (58)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Greenhouse or plant nursery
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hatchery, poultry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Livestock auction
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
Livestock feeding plant, pens or yards
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
S
 
11. COMMERCIAL TYPE USES
Bakery (wholesale)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Building material sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cabinet and upholstery shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cleaning and dyeing plant (commercial)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cleaning plant, bags or carpets (special equipment)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Clothing manu-facture or light compounding or fabrication (59)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contractors shop and storage yard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Engine and motor repairing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feed store
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Heavy machinery sales and storage
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Job printing or newspaper printing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
Laundry plant (commercial)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Milk depot, dairy or ice cream plant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Paint shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Petroleum products storage-wholesale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plumbing shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scientific or research laboratories
S
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Storage and sale of furniture or appliances outside a building
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Storage or sales warehouse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trade or commercial school
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trailer rental or sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transfer, storage and baggage terminal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wholesale office and sample room
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. NATURAL RESOURCE STORAGE AND EXTRACTION
Extraction and storage of sand, caliche, stone or gravel
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
S
 
 
Sand, gravel or earth sales or storage
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
S
 
 
Petroleum or gas well (60)
S
 
 
 
 
S
S
S
S
S
S
 
 
 
Petroleum collecting or storage facilities (60)
S
 
 
 
 
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
 
 
Mining or storage of mining wastes
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
13. SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL USES
Asphalt or concrete batching plant
Temporary Plant by Resolution of City Commission
S
 
 
Brick kiln, tile plant or foundry
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cement or hydrated lime manufacture
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dump or sanitary fill area
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
S
 
 
Open salvage yard for rags or machinery, etc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
14. GENERAL MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL USES
Slaughter house or meat packing plant
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
S
 
 
Smelter or refinery
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Storage warehouse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Welding or machine shop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Light manufacturing or industrial as defined by section 7-18 (61)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Heavy manufacturing or industrial uses not prohibited by law and excepting those specifically listed as requiring specific use permits in section 7-16 (62)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. 
Classification of new and unlisted uses.
It is recognized that new types of land use will develop and forms of land use not anticipated may seek to locate in the City of Pampa. In order to provide for such changes and contingencies, a determination as to the appropriate classification of any new or unlisted form of land use shall be made as follows:
a. 
The building official shall refer the question concerning any new or unlisted use to the planning and zoning commission requesting an interpretation as to the zoning classification into which such use should be placed. The referral of the use interpretation question shall be accompanied by a statement of facts listing the nature of the use and whether it involves dwelling activity, sales, processing, type of product, storage and amount and nature thereof, enclosed or open storage, anticipated employment, transportation requirements, the amount of noise, odor, fumes, dust, toxic material and vibration likely to be generated and the general requirements for public utilities such as water and sanitary sewer.
b. 
The planning and zoning commission shall consider the nature and described performance of the proposed use and its compatibility with the uses permitted in the various districts and determine the zoning district or districts within which such use should be permitted.
c. 
The planning and zoning commission shall transmit its findings and recommendations to the city commission as to the classification proposed for any new or unlisted use. The city commission shall by resolution approve the recommendation of the planning and zoning commission or make such determination concerning the classification of such use as is determined appropriate based upon its findings.
15A. 
Surface drainage prefix to district designation.
To provide for the appropriate use of land which has a history of inundation or is determined to be subject to flood hazard, and to promote the general welfare and provide protection from flooding, portions of certain districts are designated with a surface drainage prefix, “SD”. Areas designated on the zoning district map by an “SD” Prefix shall be subject to the following provisions:
a. 
Uses permitted. The permitted uses in that portion of any district having a surface drainage “SD”, prefix shall be limited to the following:
(1) 
Agricultural activities including the ordinary cultivation or grazing of land and legal types of animal husbandry;
(2) 
Off-street parking incidental to any adjacent main use permitted in the district;
(3) 
Electrical substation;
(4) 
All types of local utilities including those requiring specific use permits when approved as provided in section 7, paragraph 16;
(5) 
Parks, community centers, playgrounds, public golf courses;
(6) 
Private commercial open area amusements such as golf courses, driving ranges, archery ranges and similar uses when approved by specific use permit as provided in section 7, paragraph 16;
(7) 
Private open space as part of a community unit development or planned residential development;
(8) 
Heliport when approved by specific use permit as provided in section 7, paragraph 16.
b. 
No building or structure shall be erected in that portion of any district designated with a surface drainage, “SD”, prefix until, and unless, such building or structure has been approved by the director of public works, who will ascertain that such building or structure is not subject to damage by flooding and would not constitute an encroachment hazard or obstacle to the movement of flood waters and that such construction would not endanger the value and safety of other property or the public health and welfare.
c. 
Any dump, excavation, storage, filling or mining operation within that portion of a district having a surface drainage, “SD”, prefix shall be approved in writing by the director of public works before such operation is begun.
d. 
An area may be removed from the surface drainage, “SD”, prefix designation when by the provision of drainage works, grading, flood protection or specific drainage study, it is determined by the director of public works that the flood hazard has been alleviated. Removal of the surface drainage “SD”, prefix shall be accomplished by resolution of the city commission after written notification from the director of public works advising of the removal of the flood hazard.
e. 
The fact that land is, or is not, within a district having a surface drainage “SD”, prefix shall not be interpreted as assurance that such land or area is, or is not, subject to periodic local flooding.
16. 
Specific use permits.
[1] The city commission of the City of Pampa, Texas, after public hearing and proper notice to all parties affected and after recommendations by the planning and zoning commission may authorize the issuance of specific use permits for the uses indicated by “S” in the use schedule, section 8, 2 through 14.
a. 
The planning and zoning commission in considering and determining its recommendations to the city commission on any request for a specific use permit may require from the applicant plans, information, operating data and expert evaluation concerning the location and function and characteristics of any building or use proposed. The city commission may, in the interest of the public welfare and to assure compliance of this Ordinance, establish conditions of operation, location, arrangement and construction of any use for which a permit is authorized. In authorizing the location of any of the uses listed as specific use permits, the commission structure may impose such development standards and safeguards as the conditions and locations indicate important to the welfare and protection of adjacent property from excessive noise, vibration, dust, dirt, smoke, fumes, gas, odor, explosion, glare, offensive view or other undesirable or hazardous conditions.
b. 
An application for a specific use permit for a trailer camp, mobile home park or mobile home subdivision will be accompanied with a plat of the proposed camp, park or subdivision prepared in accordance with the requirements of Ordinance No. 839 (subdivision ordinance). The plat will comply with the following access, roadways, spacing and easement requirements, and the owner of the property to whom a specific use permit is granted under this paragraph b. will comply with the following standards:
(1) 
Ingress and egress to the trailer camp, trailer park or mobile home park will be from an arterial highway or secondary thoroughfare and any such entrance to or exit from such park will be located to permit safe flow of traffic. No space for a trailer or mobile home will have direct access to a public street or alley outside the boundaries of said property. All interior streets within the camp or park will be classed as private streets and will have a minimum width of twenty-four feet (24'). The private streets will be maintained by the owner. The private streets, however, will be always available for the general use of said owners and at all times for the use by public firemen, fire fighting equipment, police and other emergency vehicles, and the sanitation department, its employees and equipment.
(2) 
All streets with[in] a mobile home subdivision shall comply with all of the street requirements for platting and dedication of a subdivision within the provisions of Ordinance No. 839 (subdivision ordinance).
(3) 
The area of a tract of land for a mobile home park or a mobile home subdivision will be not less than five (5) acres, (measured to the centerline of any adjoining streets) with a minimum width or depth of not less than three hundred feet (300').
(4) 
A lot within a mobile home subdivision shall have a minimum lot width of fifty (50) feet and a total area of not less than five thousand (5000) square feet.
(5) 
No mobile home will be located nearer than twenty-five (25) feet from the front property line; nearer than ten (10) feet from the rear property line; nor nearer than five (5) feet from any side yard boundary line.
(6) 
In a mobile home subdivision, only one (1) mobile home may be located on each lot.
(7) 
In a trailer camp or mobile home park, no minimum lot size is required; provided, however, each trailer or mobile home will be placed and located with a minimum of twenty (20) feet of unobstructed clearance between such trailers or mobile homes whether placed side-by-side or end-to-end and with a like clearance as to any building within the park. Each trailer or mobile home in said park will not be located nearer than ten (10) feet from any private road.
(8) 
At [A] trailer park or mobile home park will have a strip of land at least thirty (30) feet in width adjacent and contiguous to the arterial highway without any improvements constructed thereon and landscaped. Said open and landscaped strip of land will be at least fifteen (15) feet in width as to lot lines and other contiguous streets. This requirement will also apply to a mobile home subdivision; provided, however, such open space may be a part of abutting lots.
(9) 
Off-street parking will be provided as follows:
(a) 
Trailer parks or mobile home parks: two (2) spaces per trailer in locations convenient to individual trailers or groups of trailers.
(b) 
Mobile home subdivisions: two (2) spaces per lot.
(10) 
No outdoor advertising will be permitted.
(11) 
A single-family dwelling may be constructed on a lot within the mobile home subdivision provided such construction complies with the lot coverage and floor area requirements for residential use in a commercial area under subsection 4b. of section 8 and the other front and side yard set back requirements for the said subdivision.
(12) 
Utility easements for electrical power, gas, water, sewer, telephone and other such utilities will be provided and set forth on the plat of said camp, park or subdivision.
(13) 
All water, gas and sewer installations will comply with all applicable plumbing and building codes of the city.
(14) 
Any toilet and bathing facilities for a trailer park or mobile home park will meet all city ordinances and health codes applicable to such facilities.
(15) 
In a trailer camp, trailer park or mobile home park, one (1) 3-cubic yard trash container for each four (4) trailers will be furnished.
[1]
Editor’s note–Ordinance 953, which adds subsection 16(b), also provides: “Any trailer camp, trailer park, mobile home park or mobile home subdivision in existence and lawfully operating prior to adoption of this Ordinance [7/12/83] will be a nonconforming use within the meaning of and will be subject to the provisions of section 17 of said Ordinance No. 690.”
17. 
PD, Planned development district uses permitted.
a. 
The city commission of the City of Pampa, Texas, after public hearing and proper notice to all parties affected and after recommendation from the planning and zoning commission, may authorize the creation of the following types of planned development districts:
(1) 
Shopping center on tracts of three (3) acres or more.
(2) 
Housing development on tracts of three (3) acres or more, or a community unit development.
(3) 
Industrial parks or districts on tracts of ten (10) acres or more.
(4) 
Medical center and hospital.
(5) 
Civic center and community center.
(6) 
Office center.
(7) 
Recreation center.
(8) 
A combination of any of the developments listed in (1) through (7).
(9) 
Transition districts as an extension of an existing district whereby the provision of off-street parking, screening walls, open space and planting would create a protective transition between a lesser and a more restrictive district.
b. 
In establishing a planned development district in accordance with this section, the city commission shall require a comprehensive site plan of the development. Such site plan shall be approved and filed as part of the ordinance prior to the issuance of any building permit in a planned development district. Such required plan and ordinance shall set forth the requirements for ingress and egress to the property, public or private streets or drives, with adequate right-of-way to conform to the thoroughfare plan of the City of Pampa, sidewalks, utilities, drainage, parking space, height of building, maximum lot coverage, yards and open spaces, screening walls or fences and other development and protective requirements considered necessary to create a reasonable transition to and protection of the adjacent property.
c. 
Every planned development district approved under the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered as an amendment to the ordinance as applicable to the property involved. In approving the planned development district, the city commission may impose conditions relative to the standard of development and such conditions shall be complied with before a certificate of occupancy is issued for the use of the land or any structure which is part of the planned development district and such conditions shall not be construed as conditions precedent to the approval of the zoning amendment, but shall be construed as conditions precedent to the granting of a certificate of occupancy.
d. 
All planned development districts approved pursuant to the provisions of section 7, paragraph 17, as outlined herein shall be referenced on the zoning district map and indexed by number in the list of planned development districts found in the appendix of this ordinance.
18. 
Definitions and explanations noted in use regulations.
The following definitions and explanatory notes supplement, restrict and define the meaning and intent of the use regulations as set forth in the use schedule section 7, 2 through 14 inclusive.
Accessory building -
In a residence district, a subordinate building, attached or detached and used for a purpose customarily incidental to the main structure such as a private garage for automobile storage, tool house, lath or greenhouse as a hobby (no business), home workshop, children’s playhouse, storage house or garden shelter, but not involving the conduct of a business.
Adult Business (63a):
Any business activity which offers the opportunity to view Specified Sexual Activity or view, or touch, for entertainment, Specified Anatomical Areas. Such definition further includes, but is not limited to, Adult Arcade, Adult Bookstore/Film Store, Adult Cabaret, Adult Lounge, Adult Motel or Hotel, Adult Retail Store, and an Adult Theater.
Airport, landing field or heliport -
A landing facility for fixed and rotary wing aircraft including terminal, fueling and repair, and storage facilities and subject to approval by the City of Pampa.
Amusement, commercial (indoors) -
An amusement enterprise wholly enclosed in a building which is treated acoustically so that noise generated by the enterprise is not perceptible at the bounding property line and including, but not limited to, a bowling alley or billiard parlor.
Amusement, commercial (outdoors) -
Any amusement enterprise offering entertainment or games of skill to the general public for a fee or charge wherein any portion of the activity takes place in the open including, but not limited to, a golf driving range, archery range and miniature golf course.
Antique shop -
An establishment offering for sale, within a building, articles such as glass, china, furniture or similar furnishings and decorations which have value and significance as a result of age, design and sentiment.
Art gallery or museum -
An institution for the collection, display and distribution of objects of art or science, and which is sponsored by a public or quasi-public agency and which facility is open to the general public.
Boarding house or rooming house -
A building, other than a hotel, where lodging and meals for three (3) or more persons are served for compensation.
Church or rectory -
A place of worship and religious training of recognized religions including the on-site housing of ministers, rabbis, priests, nuns and similar church staff. A columbarium may be established on said property provided such columbarium is a part of or attached to the principal church building. “Columbarium” means a structure or room or other space in the principal church building or attached thereto of most durable and lasting fireproof construction containing niches, used, or intended to be used, to contain cremated human remains.
Cleaning shop or small laundry self service shop -
To be of the customer self-service type or a custom cleaning shop not exceeding 2,500 square feet in floor area.
College, university or private school -
An academic institution of higher learning, accredited or recognized by the state and offering a program or series of programs of academic study.
Community center (public) -
A building and grounds owned and operated by a governmental body for the social, recreational, health or welfare of the community served.
Community unit development -
An area of three (3) acres or more of unsubdivided land or the frontage on one (1) side street between two (2) intersecting streets planned as a single integral residential development which may contain variable types of housing with yard setback and open space standards differing from the district in which it is located but which observes the overall density standards set forth in such district. A mobile home subdivision may be approved as a community unit development if the overall density is in compliance with the district standards in which the development is located. Where the overall density standards are proposed to vary from those of the district in which the community unit development is located, the development should be handled as a planned development district. A mobile home subdivision with platted lots and which conforms to the subdivision standards of the City of Pampa may be approved as a community unit development.
Country club -
An area of twenty-five (25) acres or more containing a golf course and clubhouse which is available to a specific recorded membership. Such a club may include as adjunct facilities, a dining room, private club, swimming pool, cabanas, tennis courts and similar service and recreational facilities for the members.
Custom personal service -
Tailor, dressmaker, shoe shop or similar shop offering custom service.
Dance hall or night club -
An establishment offering to the general public facilities for dancing and entertainment for a fee and subject to licensing and regulation by the City of Pampa.
Farm, ranch, garden or orchard -
An area of three (3) acres or more which is used for growing of usual farm products, vegetables, fruits, trees, and grain and for the raising thereon of the usual farm poultry and farm animals such as horses, cattle and sheep and including the necessary accessory uses for raising, treating and storing products raised on the premises, but not including the commercial feeding of offal and garbage to swine and other animals and not including any type of agriculture or husbandry specifically prohibited by ordinance or law. No pen, barn or enclosure for cows, horses, mules, donkeys, sheep or goats shall be located nearer than one hundred fifty (150) feet to any dwelling and no enclosure or pen for chickens, turkeys, guineas, geese, quail, pigeons or ducks shall be located nearer than fifty (50) feet to any dwelling.
Golf course (commercial) -
A golf course constructed by a private individual or group and operated as a commercial enterprise other than a driving range, miniature golf or similar golf oriented commercial amusement.
Golf course (public) -
A golf course owned and operated by the City of Pampa for the use, benefit and enjoyment of the citizens or by some other public agency such as the state or county.
Home occupations.
An occupation customarily conducted in a private, residential dwelling by a member of the occupying family as an incidental use, which customary occupation is conducted without structural changes (except as hereinafter provided), so that the exterior and interior appearance remains residential. An incidental use is such as an artist’s studio, musician’s studio, and a home office where solicitation is done outside of the home without clients, patients or customers making routine visits to the office. The customary home occupation shall be an incidental use to one of the principal uses permitted in the district zone where the dwelling is located; provided, however, such incidental use shall not be the primary use made of such property but only the secondary and incidental use. The incidental use shall not:
a. 
Require the installation of machinery or additional equipment other than that customarily incidental to normal household operations;
b. 
Require the employment of personnel other than a resident member of the household;
c. 
Assume a commercial or public character;
d. 
Constitute a health or safety hazard to the abutting property.
No advertising signs will be permitted.
A home occupation shall include:
(1)
A beauty shop or a barber shop with only one (1) operator or barber who is a resident member of the household. The shop must be housed in a building attached to the dwelling by at least eight (8) feet into the roofline of the existing dwelling structure.
(2)
A dog and cat grooming shop with not more than five (5) dogs or five (5) cats or not more than five (5) of both dogs and cats at the shop at any one (1) time. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to permit the use of the premises as a pet shop, animal shelter or kennel. “Kennel” is defined as keeping six (6) or more dogs or cats or both or six (6) or more dogs or cats or both for breeding purposes. The city shall be permitted to inspect any and all animals and premises where the dog and cat grooming service is being conducted at any reasonable time during normal business hours to ensure compliance with this ordinance and other applicable ordinances relating to such grooming service.
Garage or estate sales for the purpose of offering clothing, household furniture, goods and appliances belonging to the residents where the garage or estate sale is being conducted may be held provided that such sale may not be conducted more than twice in each twelve-month period and for a period not to exceed three (3) consecutive days.
Hospital (acute care) -
An institution where sick or injured patients are given medical or surgical treatment intended to restore them to health and an active life and which is licensed by the State of Texas.
Hospital (chronic care) -
An institution where those persons suffering from illness, injury, deformity, deficiency or age are given care and treatment on a prolonged or permanent basis and which is licensed by the State of Texas.
Hotel or motel -
A building or group of buildings designed and occupied as a temporary abiding place of individuals. To be classified as a hotel or motel, an establishment shall contain a minimum of six (6) individual guest rooms or units and shall furnish customary hotel services such as linen, maid service, telephone, use and upkeep of furniture.
Institution for the care of alcoholic, psychiatric or narcotic patients -
An institution offering resident treatment to alcoholic, psychiatric or narcotic patients.
Kindergarten or nursery -
An establishment where more than four (4) children are housed for care or training during the day or portion thereof.
Light fabrication and assembly processes -
Including the manufacture of jewelry, trimming decorations, and any similar item not involving the generation of noise, odor, vibration, dust or hazard.
[Light manufacturing processes:]
Light manufacturing processes which do not emit detectable dust, odor, smoke, gas or fumes beyond the bounding property lines of the lot or tract upon which the use is located and which do not generate noise or vibration at the boundary of the LI District which is generally perceptible in frequency or pressure above the ambient level of noise in the adjacent areas and including, but not limited to such uses as:
a. 
Woodworking and planing mill with dust and noise control;
b. 
Textile manufacture with dust and odor control;
c. 
Ceramic and pottery manufacture with dust, odor and fume control;
d. 
Plastic products manufacture with dust and fume control;
e. 
Paint, oil, shellac and lacquer manufacture when hoods and fume destructors are used in the cooking process;
f. 
Grain processing with hoods, dust and odor controls;
g. 
Electroplating or battery making with acid, fume and odor controls;
g-1. 
Explosives storage, but only upon approval by the city commission in accordance with the procedure established in section 7(16).
h. 
Manufacturing or industrial operations of any type which meet the general conditions set forth above and which are not offensive by the reason of the emission of noise, odor, smoke, gas, fumes, dust, glare or the creation of a hazard, but specifically excluding the uses listed in the [definition of manufacturing, industrial servicing or storage processes].
Local utility line -
The facilities provided by a municipality or a franchised utility company for the distribution or collection of gas, water, surface drainage water, sewage, electric power or telephone service.
[Manufacturing, industrial servicing or storage processes:]
Any manufacturing, industrial servicing or storage process not prohibited by law except the following uses may only be located in the HI District upon approval by the city commission in accordance with the procedure established in section 7(16):
a. 
Acid manufacture;
b. 
Ammonia manufacture;
c. 
Carbon black manufacture;
d. 
Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture;
e. 
Chlorine manufacture;
f. 
Cotton gin or compress;
g. 
Explosives storage or manufacture;
h. 
Glue and fertilizer manufacture;
i. 
Petroleum and petroleum products refining and manufacture;
j. 
Petroleum tank farm;
k. 
Petrochemical plant;
l. 
Rendering plant;
m. 
Tanning, curing, treating or storage of skins or hides;
n. 
Wrecking yard or salvage yard;
o. 
Any use which due to the possible emission of excessive smoke, noise, gas, fumes, dust, odor or vibration or danger of explosion or fire is presently or in the future determined a hazard and subject to special control.
Mobile home as a fixed dwelling -
A dwelling designed to be transported intact on the highway which is placed on a lot, connected to utilities and occupied as a fixed dwelling.
Multiple-family dwelling (apartment) -
Any building or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased or let to be occupied as three (3) or more dwelling units or apartments or which is occupied as a home or place of residence by three (3) or more families living in independent dwelling units.
Name plate -
An accessory sign showing only the name and address of the owner or occupant of the premises on which it is directed or placed.
Nursing home or residence home for aged -
A home where ill or elderly people are provided with lodging and meals with or without nursing care.
Off-street parking incidental to main use -
Off-street parking spaces provided in accordance with the requirements specified by this ordinance and located on the lot or tract occupied by the main use or within three hundred (300) feet of such lot or tract and located within the same zoning district as the main use or in an adjacent parking district.
One-family dwelling (attached) -
A dwelling which is joined to another dwelling at one (1) or more sides by a party wall or abutting separate wall and which is designed for occupancy by one (1) family and is located on a separate lot delineated by front, side and rear lot lines and which is capable of being conveyed as a separate building lot.
On[e]-family dwelling (detached) -
A dwelling designed and constructed for occupancy by one (1) family and located on a lot or separate building tract and having no physical connection to a building located on any other lot or tract and occupied by one (1) family.
Park or playground (public) -
An open recreation facility or park owned and operated by a public agency such as the City of Pampa or the school board and available to the general public.
Parking lot structure, commercial (auto) -
An area or structure devoted to the parking or storage of automobiles for a fee. May include, in the case of a parking structure only, a facility for servicing of automobiles provided such facility is primarily an internal function for use only by automobiles occupying the structure and creates no special problems of ingress and egress.
Petroleum or gas well and collection system -
A person, firm, association or corporation seeking a specific use permit for the drilling of an oil and/or gas well within the corporate limits of the City of Pampa within the permitted zones as set forth in this ordinance shall comply with the provisions of paragraph 16 of section 7 of this ordinance and the following additional procedures and requirements:
a. 
Every application for a permit to drill and operate an oil and/or gas well within the permitted zones shall be in writing, signed by the applicant or by some person duly authorized to sign on the applicant’s behalf, and shall be filed with the office of planning and zoning of said city. Each well proposed shall require the filing of a separate application. The applicant shall pay a filing fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) upon the filing of each application. The filing fee is nonrefundable.
b. 
The application shall include the following information:
(i) 
Date of application;
(ii) 
Correct name of the applicant; (It shall show any assumed name and, if a corporation, the person to whom all notices should be directed.)
(iii) 
Office address and mailing address;
(iv) 
For the parcel of property where the well is proposed to be drilled:
(aa) 
Proposed name of well;
(bb) 
Name and address of surface owner;
(cc) 
Name and address of mineral rights owner;
(dd) 
Legal description of the location of the well (with plat of well-site and well location attached).
(v) 
Application for permit to drill from the Texas Railroad Commission;
(vi) 
Legal description of the production unit, if any;
(vii) 
A survey of the production unit at a scale of 1/300 or greater (1/200, 1/100) by a certified Texas land surveyor, including:
(aa) 
Lengths and bearings of all boundary lines of the production unit;
(bb) 
Exact acreage of the production unit;
(cc) 
Exact location of the well within the production unit with distances to a minimum of two (2) adjacent boundary lines of the production unit.
c. 
In the event that the city commission of said city approves the granting of a specific use permit, the permit shall be granted by ordinance and the city commission shall specify such conditions concerning the drilling, installation, operation and maintenance of such oil and/or gas well as it deems necessary for the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Pampa, including, but not limited to:
(i) 
Change in proposed location of the well because of surrounding land use;
(ii) 
Air pollution, noise and odor control devices;
(iii) 
Type of engine for the pump equipment;
(iv) 
Height of the pump equipment during production;
(v) 
Fire control measures at the drill and pump site;
(vi) 
Fence or visual screening on site of pump equipment and storage facilities;
(vii) 
Landscaping on the site of pump equipment. Minimum landscape requirements shall be considered as a screen consisting of pyramidal-shaped evergreen trees a minimum of eight (8) feet in height planted on six-foot centers around the fenced area. One (1) opening through the screen of twenty (20) feet shall be allowed at one (1) side of the enclosure to allow access;
(viii) 
Provision of proof for contractual responsibilities of pump site maintenance;
(ix) 
Blow-out prevention control;
(x) 
Specific description of safety procedures required at the drill/pump site;
(xi) 
Special handling of sludge and waste from the drill site;
(xii) 
Special disposal of sludge and waste from the drill site;
(xiii) 
Hours and/or time of pumping operations;
(xiv) 
Location of on-site facilities;
(xv) 
Ingress and egress of vehicular traffic to drill site and production site;
(xvi) 
Specific precautions proposed to prevent contamination of water aquifer at drill site;
(xvii) 
Specific proposal for source of water to be used during drilling operations;
(xviii) 
Specific requirements for route and location (buried or aboveground) or flow, lines between well head and storage facilities.
d. 
Nothing in this ordinance shall be deemed to permit the storage of oil and/or gas at the well location within the corporation limits of the City of Pampa in a zone in which a specific use permit hereunder has been granted.
e. 
The well authorized to be drilled and operated by the specific use permit shall be drilled, completed, operated, plugged and abandoned in compliance with all safety and fire protection laws, rules and regulations applicable thereto of any federal or state agency having jurisdiction over such subject matter for the protection of persons and property.
f. 
The penalty provisions in said Ordinance No. 690 shall apply. The ordinance granting the specific use permit may include such other and additional penalties as may be allowed by law.
Playfield or stadium (public) -
An athletic field or stadium owned and operated by a public agency for the general public including a baseball field, golf course, football field or stadium.
Public building, shop or yard of local, state or federal government -
Facilities such as office buildings, maintenance yards or shops required by branches of local, state or federal government for service to an area such as highway department yard or city service center.
Radio, television or microwave towers -
Structures supporting antennae for transmitting or receiving any portion of the radio spectrum, but excluding noncommercial antennae installations for home use of radio or television.
Railroad team track -
A siding for spotting and unloading or loading box cars or other railroad cars and which area is connected to a public street by a drive or access.
Railroad track and right-of-way,
but not including railroad stations, sidings, team tracks, loading facilities, docks, yards or maintenance areas.
School, business or trade -
A business organized to operate for a profit and offering instruction and training in a service or art such as a secretarial school, barber college, beauty school or commercial art school.
School, public or denominational -
A school under the sponsorship of a public or religious agency having a curriculum generally equivalent to public elementary or secondary schools, but not including trade or commercial schools.
Sign, advertising poster panel, painted bulletins or other advertising devices -
A sign which is usually a primary use of land and which promotes and advertises commodities or services not limited to being offered on the premises on which such signs are located.
Sign, agricultural -
An accessory sign identifying the farm or ranch on which it is placed and advertising the produce, crops, animals or poultry raised or quartered thereon.
Sign, apartment name -
An accessory sign for the identification of an apartment building or complex of apartment buildings.
Sign, construction -
A temporary accessory sign identifying the property owner, architect, contractor, engineer, landscape architect, decorator or mortgagee engaged in the design, construction or improvement of the premises on which the sign is located.
Sign, development -
A temporary accessory sign related to the promotion of new developments and located on the premises involved in the development.
Sign, general business -
An accessory sign or graphic device which advertises only commodities or service offered on the premises where such signs are located and where such sign is not of the billboard, poster panel or painted bulletin type but is a sign designed specifically for the location.
Sign, institutional -
An accessory for the identity of a school, church, hospital or similar public or quasi-public institution.
Sign, real estate -
A temporary accessory sign pertaining to the sale or rental of property and advertising property only for use for which it is legally zoned.
Stable, boarding -
A stable and related open pasture where horses [are] quartered for owners on a fee basis.
Stable, commercial -
An establishment where horses are kept and rented to the general public for riding.
Stable, private club -
A paddock, stable and related riding and quartering facilities for horses owned by a specific number of recorded members and maintained for the exclusive use of such members and guests.
Swim or tennis club -
A private recreational club with restricted membership, usually of less area than a country club but including a club house and a swimming pool, tennis courts and similar recreational facilities none of which are available to the general public.
Telephone exchange, switching relay and transmitting equipment,
but not including public business facilities, storage or repair facilities.
Temporary field or construction office -
A structure or shelter, subject to removal by order of building official, used in connection with a development or building project for housing on the site of temporary administrative and supervisory functions and for sheltering employees and equipment.
Topless Establishments (63b):
Any business activity which offers the opportunity (whether as a single activity or in conjunction with any other business activity) to view male or female naked breasts or breasts that are partially clothed in a manner that leaves uncovered or visible through less than opaque clothing any portion of the breast below the areola, and where the genital areas and anus are covered by a g-string or other opaque covering.
Trailer camp or mobile home park -
A tract of land designed or being used to accommodate one or more transient portable dwelling units originally designed to be moved on wheels from location to location by automobile, truck or similar prime mover.
Two-family dwelling -
A single structure designed and constructed with two (2) living units under a single roof for occupancy by two (2) families.
Wrecking or auto salvage yard -
A yard or building where automobiles or machinery are stored, dismantled and/or offered for sale as whole units, as salvaged parts or as processed metal.
(Ordinance 1225, sec. 1, adopted 4/20/93; Ordinance 1249, sec. 1, adopted 7/12/94; Ordinance 1452, secs. 1, 2, adopted 8/22/06)