Pittsburg City Zoning Code
SECTION XXV
SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR PRIVATE CLUBS
§ 1 SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR PRIVATE CLUBS.
The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this ordinance when referred to in this section are the regulations governing the location of private clubs.
(Ordinance 550 adopted –/–/–; Ordinance 940-22 adopted 6/13/2022; Ordinance 958-23 adopted 1/9/2023)
§ 2 ZONES FOR PRIVATE CLUBS.
a.
Recreational clubs may be located in any zone classification except in a "R-1a," "R-2," "R-3," "R-4," "MHP," "O," "R-TH," or "PD" district; provided, however, that recreational clubs presently operating in the aforesaid zones are hereby granted nonconforming use status.
b.
Restaurant clubs may be located in any zone classification except in a "R-1a," "R-2," "R-3," "R-4," "MHP," "O," "R-TH," or "PD" district.
c.
Social clubs may be located in any zone classification except in a "R-1a," "R-2," "R-3," "R-4," "MHP," "O," "R-TH," or "PD" district.
(Ordinance 550 adopted –/–/–; Ordinance 940-22 adopted 6/13/2022; Ordinance 958-23 adopted 1/9/2023; Ordinance 1003-24 adopted 6/10/2024)
§ 3 PARKING REGULATIONS.
Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in Section XXIII.
(Ordinance 550 adopted –/–/–; Ordinance 940-22 adopted 6/13/2022; Ordinance 958-23 adopted 1/9/2023)
§ 4 ENFORCEMENT.
Whenever the City Manager or his designee has reason to believe that a recreational club or restaurant club is being operated as a social club, he may require any person, firm, corporation or association of persons, serving alcoholic beverages as an incidental use, to either:
a.
Provide within thirty (30) days of notification, a financial statement for each quarter of the preceding four (4) quarters of the business’s fiscal year showing the gross income from the sale of food, exclusive of sales tax, the gross income derived from the sale of alcoholic beverages, exclusive of gross receipts tax, and the gross income from membership fees and service charges if said premises is zoned as a recreational club. Said financial statement shall be prepared by, or audited by a certified public accountant that:
1.
The examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards; and
2.
The financial statements present fairly the gross income exclusive of sales tax derived from the sale of prepared food, the gross income, exclusive of gross receipts taxes derived from the sale of alcoholic beverages, and the gross income derived from membership fees and service charges, if applicable, or
b.
Provide all tax reports submitted to the Alcoholic Beverage Commission in accordance with Title 5, Taxation, of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code for the previous twelve-month period and all sales tax reports submitted to the Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Texas, in accordance with Chapter 20, Limited Sales, Excise and Use Tax, of Title 122A of the Revised Statutes of the State of Texas for the preceding twelve-month period. If the person, firm, corporation or association is operating as a recreational club, it shall:
(Ordinance 550 adopted –/–/–; Ordinance 940-22 adopted 6/13/2022; Ordinance 958-23 adopted 1/9/2023)
§ 5 LOCATION RESTRICTIONS.
No social club shall be located within three hundred (300) feet of: A zoning district designated for residential use (i.e., R-1a, PD, R-2, R-3, R-4, MHP, R-TH); or the premises of any pre-existing day-care center, church, hospital, school, public park, playground, or public or quasi-public nonprofit organization providing care, education or recreational activities to children under the age of eighteen (18) years. The measurement of the distance shall be in a straight line from any portion of the building housing the private club to the property line of the protected use. The separation requirement of this subsection shall not apply between a private club or restaurant, holding appropriate food and beverage certificates and licensing, and any zoning district designated for residential use (i.e., R-1a, PD, R-2, R-3, R-4, MHP, R-TH); or the premises of any pre-existing day-care center, church, hospital, school, public park, playground, or public or quasi-public nonprofit organization providing care, education or recreational activities to children under the age of eighteen (18) years, if both are located within the Special Exemption Area.
(Ordinance 796-15, sec. 3, adopted 2/9/15; Ordinance 940-22 adopted 6/13/2022; Ordinance 958-23 adopted 1/9/2023; Ordinance 1003-24 adopted 6/10/2024)