Winnsboro City Zoning Code
§ 17 “B-1
Business District Regulations.
17.1
General Purpose and Description:
The “B-1” Business District is intended predominantly for commercial activities of service nature which typically have operating characteristics (limited outside or open storage) or traffic service requirements of greater intensity than retail shopping and residential environments.
17.2
Permitted Uses:
A building or premise[s] shall be used for the following purposes.
1.
Use permitted in the “R” Retail District.
2.
Gasoline service station or car care center.
3.
Mortuary or funeral home.
4.
Feed store without open bins.
5.
Restaurant with drive-in service.
6.
Secondhand, furniture, clothing store and or auction for such.
7.
Quick service food or beverage shop.
8.
Car wash.
9.
Auto glass, muffler and seat cover.
10.
New or used car sales and/or recreational vehicles
11.
Building materials sales.
12.
Lawn equipment repair.
13.
Radio, TV or Microwave Tower.
14.
Ltd. warehousing & distribution, and mini or convenient warehouse storage.
15.
Pest control business.
16.
[Reserved.]
17.
No portable buildings shall be used as permanent commercial use.
18.
Temporary/seasonal portable buildings are allowed not exceeding 180 days.
19.
Mobile food units and mobile food unit parks.
17.3
Specific Uses:
The following specific uses when granted in accordance with Section 22:
1.
Heliport
2.
Cemetery.
3.
Commercial amusements, indoor or outdoor.
4.
Golf course, public or private.
5.
Private club, serving alcoholic beverages.
6.
Open storage, fenced.
7.
Rodeo or other sports arena.
8.
Hospital.
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.
Antique Establishments.
11.
Telephone exchange, provided no public business and no repair or outside storage facilities are maintained, gas lines and regulating stations, electrical lines and local utility lines.
12.
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.
13.
Mobile Food Unit Park: Locations designated for the operation of two or more Mobile Food Units.
17.3A
Height Regulations:
1.
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.
2.
Radio, TV, or microwave towers may be constructed up to a maximum of 199.75' for commercial districts.
[1]
Editor’s note–Renumbered due to duplicate number.
17.4
Area Regulations:
1.
Size of Yard:
a.
Front Yard:
Minimum required setback, twenty (20) feet. Accessory uses must be set back a minimum of sixty (60) feet.
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 adjacent to or abuts [abutting] a residential use 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 fifty percent (50%) 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)