The City of Quinlan, Texas, is hereby divided into zoning districts as listed in this section.

Agricultural District: This district provides for the continuance of farming, ranching, and gardening activities on land now utilized for these purposes. When land in the “A” category is needed for urban purposes, it is anticipated the zoning will be changed to the appropriate zoning categories to provide for the orderly growth and development in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan.

Once land in a category has been placed into another district, the intent of this ordinance is that such land shall not be changed back to an “A” category by subsequent request for a change.

Single Family-1: The SF-1 District provides for a minimum residential building site of 9000 square feet. Density in this district will have development characteristics similar to those now existing in most platted subdivisions. No HUD-Code Manufactured Homes are allowed.

Single Family-2: The SF-2 District provides for a minimum Residential Building site of 6000 square feet. Density in this district will also have development characteristics similar to those now existing in most platted subdivisions. No HUD-Code Manufactured Homes are allowed.

Single Family-3: The SF-3 District provides for a minimum Residential Building site of 6000 square feet. Density in this district will also have development characteristics similar to those now existing in most platted subdivisions. HUD-Code Manufactured Homes are allowed.

Multifamily: The MF district permits residential development of densities not to exceed twenty-four (24) units per acre.

Manufactured Housing (HUD-Code) Park District: The MH district establishes a category in which manufactured housing (HUD-Code only) park development with a density of approximately five (5) units per gross acre can occur. Lots in this district are typically rented/leased out by the landlord. Only single-wide HUD-Code Manufactured Homes are allowed.

Commercial District: The Commercial district is established to accommodate all commercial sales and service uses.

Light Industrial District: The Light Industrial District is established to accommodate uses of a non-nuisance type located in relative proximity to residential and C business areas. Development in the I-1 district is limited primarily to certain wholesale, jobbing, and warehouse uses and certain specialized manufacturing and research uses of a type which will not create nuisances.

Heavy Industrial District: The Heavy Industrial District is established to accommodate industrial uses not appropriate for inclusion in the I-1 district and likely to create noise, traffic, odor and/or other conditions incompatible with most residential and commercial uses.

Planned Development District: The Planned Development District provides a zoning category for the planning and development of larger tracts of land or tracts of land with unique characteristics for a single or compensation [combination] of uses requiring flexibility and variety in design to achieve orderly development with due respect to the protection of surrounding property.

Flood Plain District: Zoning Districts located in flood hazard areas which are subject to periodic inundation may be preceded by the prefix FP, indicating a subdistrict. Areas designated FP may be used only for those uses listed in the provisions of Section 19 until the portion thereof located in FP subdistrict has been approved by the City Council. Approval shall only be given after engineering studies determine that the area or any portion thereof is suitable for uses in the district and building construction or development would not create an obstruction to drainage nor a hazard to life or property and that such construction is not contrary to the public interest.