Accessory Residential Units—Commercial District. The residential occupancy of a portion of the principal use, not exceeding one-third (⅓) of the gross floor area, and is owner-occupied. Intended to serve for security it may include a full kitchen and must comply with all building and fire codes. One (1) additional off-street parking space is required.

Accessory Residential Units—Residential District. The residential occupancy of a portion of the principal use, not exceeding one-third (⅓) of the gross floor area, and is owner-occupied. Commonly referred to as "mother-in-law flat", it may include a full kitchen and must comply with all building and fire codes. One (1) additional off-street parking space is required.

Accessory use. A use that is incidental and subordinate to that of the principal use of a building or land and that is located on the same lot and under the same ownership in all respects.

Administrative and business offices. Offices or private firms or organizations which are primarily used for the provision of executive, management or administrative services. Typical uses include administrative offices, and services including real estate, insurance, property management, investment, personnel, travel, secretarial services, telephone answering, photocopy and reproduction, and business offices or public utilities, organizations and associations, or other use classifications when the service rendered is that customarily associated with administrative office services.

Administrative services. Offices, administrative, clerical or public contact services that deal directly with the citizens, together with incidental storage and maintenance of necessary vehicles. Typical uses include federal, state, county, and city offices. Subject to site plan review.

Agricultural sales and services. Establishments or places of business engaged in sale (from the premises) of feed, grain, fertilizers, pesticides and similar goods or in the provision of agricultural related services with incidental storage on lots other than where the service is rendered. Typical uses include nurseries, hay, feed and grain stores and tree service firms.

Apartment residential. The use of a site for three (3) or more dwelling units, within one (1) or more buildings.

Artisan sales. The manufacture and retail sale of hand-crafted wares such as pottery, jewelry, art, and similar products of craftsmanship.

Automotive rentals. Rental of automobiles, noncommercial trucks, trailers and recreational vehicles, including incidental parking and servicing of vehicles available for rent or lease. Typical uses include auto rental agencies, trailer rental agencies and taxi cab parking and dispatching.

Automotive repair services. Repair of automobiles, noncommercial trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, recreational vehicles or boats, including the sale, installation and servicing of equipment and parts. Typical uses include muffler shops, auto repair garages, tire sales and installation, wheel and brake shops, body and fender shops and similar repair and service activities, but excluding dismantling or salvage.

Automotive sales. Sale or rental of automobiles, noncommercial trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, recreational vehicles or boats, including incidental storage, maintenance and servicing. Typical uses include new and used car dealerships, motorcycle dealerships and boat, trailer and recreational vehicle dealerships.

Automotive washing. Washing and cleaning of automobiles and related light equipment. Typical uses include auto laundries or car washes.

Aviation facilities. Landing fields, aircraft parking service facilities, and related facilities for operation, service, fueling, repair, storage, charter, sales, and rental of aircraft, and including activities directly associated with the operation and maintenance of airport facilities and the provision of safety and security. Subject to site plan review.

Basic industry. A use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of materials or products predominately from extracted or raw materials or a use utilizing flammable explosive or commonly recognized offensive conditions or materials.

Building coverage. All areas covered by principal and accessory buildings or roofed areas, as measured along the outside wall at ground level, and including all projections other than open porches, canopies and the first two (2) feet of a roof overhang.

Building maintenance services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of maintenance and custodial services to firms rather than individuals. Typical uses include janitorial, landscape maintenance or window cleaning services.

Business support services. Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the sale, rental or repair of equipment and supplies used by office, professional and service establishments to the firms themselves rather than to individuals, excluding automotive, construction and farm equipment. Typical uses include office equipment and supply firms, small business machine repair shops or hotel equipment and supply firms.

Business or trade school. A use providing education or training in business, commerce, language, or other similar activity or occupational pursuit, and not otherwise defined as a home occupation, college or university or public or private educational facility.

Campground. Campground facilities providing camping or parking areas and incidental services for travelers in recreational vehicles or tents. Typical uses include recreational vehicle parks. Subject to site plan review.

Cemetery. Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundary of such cemetery.

Change of use. Any alteration in the primary use of a lot for zoning purposes that may entail the need for additional parking or loading facilities.

Club or lodge. A use providing meeting, recreational, or social facilities for a private or nonprofit association, primarily for use by members and guests. Typical uses include private social clubs and fraternal organizations.

Clustered pattern of housing (also clustered development or conservation development). The design principle of clustering, or grouping, structures on a site with the objective of preserving the remaining areas as undeveloped, open space.

Cocktail lounge. A use engaged in the preparation and retail sales of alcohol beverages for consumption on the premises, including taverns, bars, cocktail lounges and similar uses.

College and university facilities. An academic institution of higher learning, accredited or recognized by the state and offering a program or series of programs of academic study.

Commercial off-street parking. Parking of motor vehicles on a temporary basis within a privately owned off-street parking facility, other than accessory to a principal use. Typical uses include commercial parking lots or parking garages.

Communications services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of broadcasting and other information relay services accomplished through the use of electronic and telephonic mechanisms but excludes those classified as major utility facilities. Typical uses include television studios, telecommunication service centers or telegraph service offices.

Community recreation. A nonprofit recreational facility for use by residents and guests of a particular residential development or limited residential neighborhood, including both indoor and outdoor facilities.

Conditional use. A use or occupancy of a structure, or a use of land, permitted only upon issuance of a conditional use permit and subject to stated conditions required to make the use compatible with other uses permitted in the same zone or vicinity. A conditional use does not require a zoning map amendment (rezoning).

Condominium residential. The use of a site for three (3) or more dwelling units intended for separate ownership, together with common area serving all dwelling units.

Construction sales and services. Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in construction activities and incidental storage on lots other than construction sites as well as the retail or wholesale sale, from the premises, of materials used in the construction of buildings to other structures other than retail sale of paint, fixtures and hardware excluding those classified as one (1) of the automotive and equipment services use types. Typical uses included building materials stores, tool and equipment rental or sales or building contractors.

Consumer repair services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision or repair services to individuals and households rather than firms, but excluding automotive and equipment use types. Typical uses included appliance repair shops, watch or jewelry repair or musical instrument repair firms. All incidental storage shall be enclosed.

Convalescent services. A use providing bed care and in-patient services for persons requiring regular medical attention, but excluding a facility providing surgical or emergency medical services, and excluding a facility providing care for alcoholism, drug addition, mental disease, or communicable disease.

Cultural services. A library, museum, art gallery, or similar nonprofit use affording display, preservation and exhibition of objects of permanent interest in one (1) or more of the arts and sciences.

Custom manufacturing. Establishments primarily engaged in the on-site, indoor production and storage of goods by hand manufacturing which involves only the use of hand tools or mechanical equipment not exceeding two (2) horsepower or a single kiln not exceeding eight (8) kilowatts. The direct sale to consumers of those goods produced on-site is prohibited. Basic industrial processing activities are excluded.

Day care services, family. A family day care home provides regular care to no more than four (4) children under fourteen (14) years of age, excluding children related to the caretaker, and provides care after school hours for not more than six (6) additional elementary school children, but the total number of children, including those related to the caretaker, shall not exceed twelve (12) at any given time. Subject to regulations of Section 4-5-67.

Day care services, group. A group day care home provides regular care for between five (5) and twelve (12) adults or children for less than twenty-four (24) hours a day. Subject to the regulations of Section 4-5-67.

Day care services, commercial. A commercial day care center provides regular care to any number of adults or children for less than twenty-four (24) hours a day. Subject to the regulations of Section 4-5-67.

Density. The number of dwellings or principal buildings or uses permitted per net buildable acre of land.

Detention facilities. A publicly operated use providing housing and care for individuals confined by law.

Duplex residential. The use of a site for two (2) dwelling units within a single building.

Dwelling unit (also unit). One (1) room, or rooms, connected together, constituting separate independent housekeeping establishment for human occupancy, or rental or lease on a weekly, monthly or longer basis, and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure, and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities.

Equipment repair services. Repair of trucks, tractors, construction equipment, agricultural implements and similar heavy equipment. Typical uses include truck repair garages, tractor and farm implement repair services and machine shops, but exclude dismantling or salvage.

Equipment sales. Sale or rental of trucks, tractors, construction equipment, agricultural implements, mobile homes, similar heavy equipment, including incidental storage, maintenance and servicing. Typical uses include truck dealerships, construction equipment dealerships and mobile home sales establishments.

Events Center. A multi-use facility either run by a nonprofit or for-profit entity consisting of a building, group of buildings and/or outdoor areas intended for individuals and/or groups to gather and promote common interests, celebrations and events for commercial, civic, educational, political or social purposes. A proposed Events Center will be vetted for conformance with State and local Code requirements, including, but not limited to, distance requirements from schools, churches and hospitals.

Financial services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of financial and banking services. Typical uses include banks, savings and loan institutions, loan and lending activities and similar services.

Food sales. Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the retail sale of food or household products for home consumption. Typical uses include groceries, delicatessens, meat markets, retail bakeries and candy shops.

Funeral services. Establishments engaged in undertaking services such as preparing the human dead for burial and arranging and managing funerals.

General retail sales. Sales or rental of commonly used goods and merchandise for personal or household use. Typical uses include department stores, apparel stores, furniture stores, mail order stores or establishments providing the following products: alcoholic beverages, antiques, appliances, art, art supplies, baked goods, bicycles, books, cameras, carpet and floor coverings, crafts, clothing, computers, convenience goods, dry goods, electronic equipment, fabric, flowers, furniture, garden supplies, gifts, groceries, hardware, home improvements, household products, jewelry, medical supplies, musical instruments, pet food and/or pets, pharmaceuticals, photo finishing, picture frames, plants, printed material, produce, sporting goods, stationery, tobacco and related products, vehicle parts, and videos.

Gross floor area. The total area of a building measured by taking the outside dimensions of the building at each floor level intended for occupancy or storage, which excludes attics and underground parking areas.

Group residential. The residential occupancy of living accommodations by groups of more than five (5) persons (not defined as a family) on a weekly or longer basis. Typical uses include occupancy of fraternity or sorority houses, dormitories, residence halls, or boarding house.

Guidance services. A use providing counseling, guidance, recuperative, vocational or similar services to persons requiring rehabilitation assistance as a result of mental illness, alcoholism, detention, drug addiction, family violence or similar conditions, either on a residential or daytime care basis.

Health care offices. A use providing consultation, diagnosis, therapeutic, preventative or corrective personal treatment services by physicians, dentists, medical and dental laboratories and similar practitioners of medical and healing arts.

Height, Building. The vertical distance from grade plane to the average height of the highest roof surface.

Hospital services. A facility providing medical, psychiatric or similar service for sick or injured persons primarily on an inpatient basis including ancillary facilities for outpatient and emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, research, administration and services to patients, employees or visitors.

Hotel-motel. Lodging services involving the provision of room and/or board. Typical uses include hotels, motels or transient boarding houses.

Impervious surface or cover. Any hard surface, man-made area that does not readily absorb or retain water, including but not limited to building roofs, parking and driveway areas, graveled areas, sidewalks and other paved areas.

Indoor entertainment. Predominantly spectator uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include motion picture theaters, meeting halls and dance halls.

Indoor sports and recreation. Uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, billiard parlors, ice and roller skating rinks and arcades.

Kennels. Boarding and care services for dogs, cats and similar small animals. Typical uses include boarding kennels, pet motels, or dog training centers.

Laundry services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of laundering, dry cleaning or dyeing services other than those classified as personal services. Typical uses include bulk laundry and cleaning plants, diaper services, or linen supply services.

Life care services. Retirement housing for the elderly providing residential housing and care for retired, elderly, and/or disabled people including congregate housing with common meals and/or community facilities for social events, community recreation, convalescent services, guidance services, personal services and personal improvement services, or self-contained dwelling units specifically designated for the needs of the elderly, either rented or owner-occupied. To qualify as life care housing or facilities, a minimum of eighty (80) percent of the total units shall have a household head fifty-five (55) years of age or greater and no long term or permanent skilled nursing care or related services are provided.

Light manufacturing. A use engaged in the manufacture, predominantly from previously prepared materials, or finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, and packaging of such products, and storage, sales and distribution of such products, but excluding basic industrial processing.

Limited manufacturing. Establishments primarily engaged in the on-site, indoor production and storage of goods by hand manufacturing equipment not exceeding two (2) HP or a single kiln not exceeding eight (8) kilowatts. On-site retail sale of these products is permitted. Basic industrial processing activities in Section 501 [sic] are excluded.

Liquor sales. Establishments or places of business engaged in retail sale for consumption (off the premises) of alcoholic beverages. Typical uses include liquor stores, bottle shops or any licensed sales for off-site consumption.

Local convenience store. A commercial activity engaged in the sale of commonly used goods and merchandise, including petroleum products, for personal or household use in a structure three thousand (3,000) square feet or less in size.

Local utility services. Services which are necessary to support principal development and involve only minor structures such as lines and poles which are necessary to support principal development.

Lot area. The horizontal area within the exterior lines of a lot, exclusive of any area in a public or private way open to public use.

Maintenance and service facilities. A facility supporting maintenance, repair, vehicular or equipment servicing, materials storage and similar activities, including corporation yards, equipment service centers and similar uses having characteristics of commercial services or contracting or industrial activities.

Major utility facilities. Generating plants, electrical switching facilities and primary substations, refuse collection or disposable facilities, water and wastewater treatment plants and similar facilities of public agencies or public utility firms having potentially significant impact upon surrounding uses. Subject to site plan review.

Manufactured home residential. The residential occupancy of manufactured homes on small lots owned by residents and are typically meant for more permanent habitation than the following mobile home use.

Mobile home residential. The residential occupancy of mobile homes by families on a weekly or longer basis. Typical uses include mobile home parks or mobile home subdivisions.

Multiple-family residential. The use of a site for two (2) or more dwelling units, each in a separate building.

Off-street parking. Space occupied by automobiles on premises other than streets.

Outdoor display area. An area of designated size used for the display of merchandise or tangible property normally vended with the contiguous business or organization.

Outdoor entertainment. Predominantly spectator uses conducted in open facilities. Typical uses include sports arenas, racing facilities and amusement parks. (Subject to site plan review.)

Outdoor sports and recreation. Uses conducted in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include driving ranges, miniature golf courses, golf courses, swimming pools, tennis courts, racquetball courts and marinas.

Outdoor storage. The storage of any material, personal or business for a period greater than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours, including items for sale, lease, processing and repair not in an enclosed building. This definition does not include automobile sales, leasing or rental.

Overlay district. A district established to prescribe special regulations to be applied to a site in combination with the underlying or base-zoning district.

Park and recreation services. Publicly owned and operated parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities and open spaces.

Parking aisle. The clear space for one-way or two-way traffic movement and maneuvering between rows of parking stalls.

Patio home. A detached, single-family unit typically situated on a reduced-sized lot that orients outdoor activity within the rear or side patio areas for better use of the site for outdoor living space.

Performance standard. Regulations that permit uses based on a particular set of standards of operation rather than on a particular type of use. Performance standards provide specific criteria limiting noise, air pollution, emissions, odors, vibration, dust, dirt, glare, heat, fire hazards, wastes, traffic impacts and visual impact of a use.

Permitted use. A use which is permitted by right in a district without the need for special administrative review and approval upon satisfaction of the standards and requirements of this chapter.

Personal improvement services. Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of informational, instructional, personal improvement and similar services of a nonprofessional nature. Typical uses include photography studios, driving schools, health or physical fitness studios, reducing salons, dance studios, handicraft and hobby instruction.

Personal services. Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in the provision of frequently or recurrently needed services of a personal nature. Typical uses include beauty and barber shops, seamstress, tailor, shoe repair shops and self-service laundry or self-service apparel cleaning services.

Pet services. Retail sales and grooming of dogs, cats, birds, fish, and similar small animals customarily used as household pets. Typical uses include pet stores, dog bathing and clipping salons or pet grooming shops.

Postal facilities. Postal services, including post offices, bulk mail processing or sorting centers, operated by the United States Postal Service or private enterprise.

Primary educational facilities. A public, private or parochial school offering instruction at the elementary school level in the branches of learning and study required to be taught in the public schools of the State of Texas.

Principal use. The main use to which a premises is devoted and the primary purpose for which a premises exists.

Principal structure. A structure in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is located.

Professional office. A use providing professional or consulting services in the fields of law, architecture, design, engineering, accounting and similar professions.

Public assembly. Publicly owned or publicly operated facilities for major public assembly, recreation, sports, amusement or entertainment, including civic or community auditoriums, sports stadiums, convention facilities, fairgrounds and exhibition facilities.

Railroad facilities. Railroad yards, equipment servicing facilities, and terminal facilities. (Subject to site plan review.)

Religious assembly. The use of a permanent location providing regular organized religious worship and religious education incidental thereto, but excluding primary or secondary education facilities.

Research services. Establishments primarily engaged in research of an industrial or scientific nature but excludes product testing. Typical uses include electronics research laboratories, space research and development firms, or pharmaceutical research labs.

Restaurant, convenience. A use engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages, excluding alcoholic beverages, for on-premises consumption only. Typical uses include soda fountains, ice cream parlors, sandwich shops and coffee shops.

Restaurant, general. A use engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages, including sale of alcoholic beverages when conducted as an accessory or secondary feature and producing less than fifty (50) percent of the gross income. A general restaurant may include live entertainment. Typical uses include restaurants, both full service and fast food, coffee shops, dinner houses and similar establishments with incidental alcoholic beverage service.

Restaurant, neighborhood. A use engaged in the preparation and retail sale of food and beverages, including the sale of alcoholic beverages when conducted as an accessory or secondary feature and producing less than twenty-five (25) percent of the gross income. A neighborhood restaurant does not include outdoor entertainment. Typical uses include restaurants, both full service and fast food, coffee shops, dinner houses, and similar establishments with incidental alcoholic beverage service.

Safety services. Facilities for conduct of public safety and emergency services, including police and fire protection services and emergency medical and ambulance services.

Scrap and salvage services. Places of business primarily engaged in the storage, sale, dismantling or other processing of used or waste materials which are not intended for reuse in their original forms. Typical uses include automotive wrecking yards, junk yards or paper salvage yards. Subject to site plan review.

Secondary educational facilities. A public, private or parochial school offering instruction at the junior and senior high school levels in the branches of learning and study required to be taught in a public school of the State of Texas.

Service station. An establishment for retail sale of petroleum products, automobile accessories and/or minor auto tune-ups. All services provided and all storage supplies, parts, equipment and accessories are indoors.

Setback. The minimum distance by which any building or structure must be separated from a street right-of-way or lot line.

Single-family residential. The use of a site for only one (1) dwelling unit.

Site plan. Refers to a plan, drawn to scale, showing uses and structures proposed for a parcel of land as required by the regulations. It includes lot lines, streets, building sites, reserved open space, buildings, major landscape features and the location of utilities. Its purpose is to show how the intended use relates to the site and surrounding area.

Solid fence. A fence, including solid entrance and exit gates, constructed of solid material, wood or masonry through which no visual images may be seen for viewers in or on adjoining properties, streets, alleys or public rights-of-way, materials stored and operations conducted behind it.

Specific Use. A use that owing to some special characteristics attendant to its operation or installation is permitted in a zoning district only after review and is subject to approval by City Council and memorialized by an ordinance and/or development agreement.

Street side yard. The portion of a yard which abuts the street right-of-way along the side of the lot extending from the front lot line to the rear lot line. This may also be referred to as a corner yard.

Structural alteration. Any change in the supporting members of a building or structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders; provided, however, that modifications that are of a cosmetic nature shall not be considered a structural alteration.

Temporary use. Land uses and/or structures that are needed or are in place for only short periods of time.

Townhouse residential. The use of a site for two (2) or more townhouse dwelling units, constructed with common or adjacent walls and each located on a separate ground parcel within the total development site, together with or without common area serving all dwelling units.

Transportation terminal. A facility for loading, unloading, and/or interchange of passengers, baggage and incidental freight or package express between modes of transportation, including bus terminals, railroad stations, airport terminals and public transit facilities.

Use. Any purpose for which a lot, building, structure or a tract of land may be designated, arranged, maintained or occupied; or any activity, occupation, business or operation carried on or intended to be carried on in a building or other structure or on a tract of land.

Vehicle storage. Long term storage of operating or nonoperating vehicles. Typical uses include storage of private parking tow-aways or impound yards, but exclude dismantling or salvage.

Veterinary services. Veterinary service for all animals. Typical uses include animal clinics and hospitals. Veterinary services shall not include the boarding of large animals.

Warehousing and distribution. Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in wholesaling, storage, distribution and handling of materials and equipment other than live animals and plants. The following are wholesaling, storage and use types:

(a)

Convenience storage. Storage services primarily for personal effects and household goods within enclosed storage areas having individual access, but excluding use as workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, or commercial activity. Typical uses include mini-warehousing.

(b)

General warehousing and distribution. Open-air storage, distribution and handling of materials and equipment. Typical uses include monument or stone yards, or open storage yards.

(c)

Limited warehousing and distribution. Wholesaling, storage and warehousing services within enclosed structures. Typical moving and storage firms and now retail mail order distribution centers.

Yard. An open space at grade between a building and adjoining lot lines, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided.

Zoning district. Any section of the City for which the regulations uniformly govern the use, placement, density, bulk, height and coverage of land and buildings.

Zero lot line. An attached two-family unit whereby the common wall is located on a side property line.

(Ord. No. 581, 1-22-07; Ord. No. 581-C-2008, § I, 4-15-08; Ord. No. 581-N-2019, § 1, 11-19-19; Ord. No. 581-P-2020, §§ 1, 4, 4-7-20)