Winnsboro City Zoning Code
§ 18 “B-2
Business District Regulations.
18.1
General Purpose and Description:
The “B-2” Business District is intended to provide a zoning category similar to the “B-1” District with additional used permitted which are not generally carried on completely within a building or structure, and an expanded range of service and repair uses.
18.2
Permitted Uses:
A building or premise[s] shall be used for the following purposes:
1.
Uses permitted in the B-1 Business District and R Retail District.
2.
Public or private utility shop and maintenance.
3.
Public & private amusements (see exceptions)
4.
Animal clinic or hospital with outside runs.
5.
Plant nursery or greenhouse.
6.
Kennels with outside run.
7.
Tool and trailer rental, outside storage.
8.
New and/or used automobile, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle sales.
9.
Automobile repair garage.
10.
Automobile painting or body shop.
11.
Automobile storage or sales lot.
12.
Mobile home sales.
13.
Truck parking lot or garage.
14.
Swimming pool, commercial outside.
15.
Bus terminal.
16.
Dry cleaning plant or laundry.
17.
Engine or motor repair.
18.
Machinery sales.
19.
Machine or welding repair shop.
20.
Vehicle rental business.
21.
Lumber yard.
22.
Maintenance or contractor yard.
23.
Tennis courts, commercial.
24.
Plumbing, heating & air conditioning shops
25.
Mini or convenience warehouse.
26.
Bowling alleys.
27.
Accessory Buildings (Commercial) are allowed as permanent structures, contingent upon:
28.
Mobile food units and mobile food unit parks.
18.3
Specific Uses:
The following specific uses when granted in accordance with Section 22:
1.
Airport, heliport or landing field.
2.
Cemetery or mausoleum.
3.
Commercial amusement, indoor or outdoor.
4.
Golf course, private or public.
5.
Private club, serving alcoholic beverages.
6.
Rodeo or other sports arena.
7.
Theater, drive-in.
8.
Animal pound, public or private.
9.
Hospital.
10.
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.
11.
Antique Establishments.
12.
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.
13.
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.
14.
Mobile Food Unit Park: Locations designated for the operation of two or more Mobile Food Units.
18.5
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 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 abutting a residential use, 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 for 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 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; Ordinance 1053-2021 adopted 7/13/21)