Winnsboro City Zoning Code
§ 16 “R
Retail District Regulations.
16.0
General Purpose and Description:
The “R” Retail District is intended for neighborhood shopping facilities which provide limited business service and office facilities predominantly for the convenience of residents of the community.
16.1
Permitted Uses:
A building or premises shall be used for the following purposes:
1.
Banks or Savings and Loans w/wo Drive-throughs
2.
Clinic, medical or dental.
3.
Laboratory, medical or dental.
4.
Office, general.
5.
Optical Shop
6.
Studio, art, music, drama, speech.
7.
Letter, Photocopy & Printing Shop
8.
Garden shop and plant sales, inside.
9.
Veterinarian office, no hospital.
10.
Florist shop.
11.
Antique shop, enclosed.
12.
Bakery or confection shop, retail.
13.
Barber or beauty shop.
14.
Book, camera or card shop.
15.
Clothing and apparel store.
16.
Cleaning and laundry pick-up station.
17.
Discount, variety or department store.
18.
Drug store.
19.
Drapery, needlework or weaving shop.
20.
Supermarket
21.
Furniture and appliance.
22.
Handicraft or hobby shop.
23.
Key shop.
24.
Laundry or dry cleaning, self service.
25.
Health studio.
26.
Paint, wallpaper and hardware.
27.
Personal service shop.
28.
Photography studio.
29.
Shoe repair.
30.
Restaurant w/wo drive-in service.
31.
Tool rental (inside only).
32.
Auto parts and accessories, new.
33.
Medical appliances, Fitting & Sales
34.
Bus pickup point.
35.
Motion picture theater, indoor.
36.
Hotel or motel.
37.
Public buildings including fire stations and library.
38.
Private or Business Radio Tower.
39.
Water reservoirs, pumping plants and wells.
40.
Telephone or utility business office.
41.
Telephone exchange, switching and transmitting equipment.
42.
Sewage pumping or lift station.
43.
Church[,] Synagogue or Rectory.
44.
School, private or public.
45.
Day nursery, or child care center.
46.
Hospital.
47.
Lodge or fraternal organization.
48.
Nursing home or residence home for aged.
49.
Electrical transmission lines and substation.
50.
Health/Fitness Centers
51.
Public Swimming Pools, Indoor/Outdoor
52.
Radio, TV, Appliance Shop
53.
Other general retail sales of similar nature and character provided that the business establishment is subject to the following conditions:
a.
That it be conducted wholly within an enclosed building.
b.
That required yards not be used for display, sale or storage of merchandise, or for the storage of vehicles, equipment, containers or waste material.
c.
That all merchandise be sold at retail on the premises.
d.
That such use not be objectionable because of odor, excessive light, smoke, dust, noise, vibration or similar nuisance.
54.
No portable buildings shall be used as permanent commercial use.
55.
Temporary/seasonal portable buildings are allowed not exceeding 180 days.
56.
Mobile food units and mobile food unit parks.
57.
Tattoo Studio.
16.2
Specific Uses:
The following specific uses when granted in accordance with Section 22:
1.
Heliport
2.
Broadcasting facilities, radios, television or microwave tower.
3.
Cemetery or mausoleum.
4.
School, commercial, trade or craft.
5.
Golf course, public or private.
6.
Private club, serving alcoholic beverages.
7.
Rodeo or other sports arena.
8.
Commercial amusements, indoor or outdoor.
9.
Noncommercial stables as an accessory use to the housing of animals owned by the resident and set back from adjacent property line, a minimum of one hundred (100) feet.
a)
All barns, stables, and other animal facilities constructed after the effective date of this article shall meet the requirements of the Building Codes of the City of Winnsboro, as applicable thereto.
b)
An area of two (2) acres is required for the first animal, with an additional animal being permitted for each additional acre of land.
c)
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “animal” shall include cattle, horses, mules, jacks, jackets [jennets], goats, sheep or any other livestock, but shall specifically exclude swine or fowl or [of] any nature.
10.
Batch plant, temporary during construction, with permit by Code Enforcement Officer and limited to the project for which they are permitted.
11.
Mobile Food Unit: Vehicles that are designed to be readily moveable from which food is sold or served. The term includes, but is not limited to, a commercially manufactured vehicle that was originally manufactured for use as a food preparation vehicle.
12.
Mobile Food Unit Park: Locations designated for the operation of two or more Mobile Food Units.
16.3
Height Regulations:
No building shall exceed one hundred (100) feet, except cooling towers, roof gables, chimneys, vent stacks or mechanical equipment rooms may project, not to exceed twelve (12) feet beyond maximum building height.
16.4
Area Regulations:
1.
Size of Yards:
a.
Front Yard:
Minimum required setback, twenty-five (25) feet measured from front property line. Accessory buildings shall have a sixty (60) foot front yard.
b.
Side Yard:
(Adjacent to a street or different use property line); minimum required, ten (10) feet.
c.
Rear Yard:
A dedicated alley or private drive shall be required behind each lot or tract and the minimum rear yard setback shall be twenty (20) feet for any building or structure. When an alley is not required, a masonry or wood wall of a minimum height of six (6) feet shall be constructed adjacent to the rear property line to provide a barrier between the adjoining use.
d.
Special Side or Rear Yard Requirement:
When a nonresidential zoned lot or tract abuts upon a zoning district boundary line dividing the lot or tract from a residentially zoned lot or tract, a minimum side yard of ten (10) feet shall be provided on the nonresidential property. A masonry or wood wall having a minimum height of six (6) feet above the average grade of the residential property shall be constructed on the nonresidential property adjacent to the common side (or rear) property line.
3.
Lot Coverage:
In no case shall more than forty-five percent (45%) of the lot area be covered by buildings.
(Ordinance 773-2003 adopted 5/13/03; Ordinance 1008-2019, sec. 1, adopted 4/9/19; Ordinance 1008-2019, sec. 2, adopted 4/9/19; Ordinance 1050-2021 adopted 4/13/21)