HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1995-012 �,.,,�, ORDINANCE NO. 95-12
�,,,,� AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO . 82-73 , THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, SAME BEING ALSO KNOWN AS
APPENDIX "D" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY PROVIDING FOR
AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES TO ZONING
REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 12, DEFINITIONS;
SECTION 25, "CC" COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
REGULATIONS; SECTION 31, "LI" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT REGULATIONS; SECTION 58, PARKING AND
LOADING AREA STANDARDS AND SECTION 60, SIGN
STANDARDS; AND BY THE CREATION OF SECTION 30,
"RA" RECREATION/AMUSEMENT DISTRICT REGULATIONS
AND THE CREATION OF SECTION 32, "BP" BUSINESS
PARK DISTRICT REGULATIONS; PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS (52,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A
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SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED
EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH AN OFFENSE OCCURS
OR CONTINUES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS:
Section 1 . That Ordinance No. 82-73, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
of the City of Grapevine, Texas same being also known as Appendix "D" of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Grapevine, Texas is hereby amended in the following
particulars, and all other sections, subsections, paragraphs, definitions, words and
phrases of said Appendix "D" are not amended but are hereby ratified, verified and
affirmed:
A. That Section 12, Definitions, is hereby amended by the addition of definition
No. 334 to read as follows:
"334. PLANNED BUSINESS PARK shall mean a center consisting of one (1)
�--x�. or more lots having a total site area of a minimum of five (5) acres
with a combination of the permitted and conditional uses of the
Business Park District."
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' (335 - 359 Reserved for future use.)
,�:,�, B. That Section 25, "CC" Community Commercial District Regulations, is hereby
amended by the deletion of Subsection F.1 . Maximum Density and the
renumbering of remaining paragraphs.
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C. That Section 31 , "LI" Light Industrial District Regulations, is hereby amended
to read as shown on attached Exhibit "A".
D. That Section 58, Parking and Loading Area Development Standards is hereby
amended by amending the Section title to read as follows:
"Section 58. Parking, Loading and Outside Storage Area Development
Standards".
E. That Section 58, Parking and Loading Area Development Standards is further
amended by amending Subsection 58.B. to read as follows:
"B. All required off-street parking and loading and drives, vehicle (autos,
trucks, trailers, boats, etc.) sales, display areas and outside storage areas
in all districts shall be paved to a minimum standard equivalent to four
(4) inch concrete slab with six (6) inches by six (6) inches by six (6)
gauge mesh wire or two (2) inch hot mix asphaltic concrete over six (6)
inch crushed rock base. Exceptions to these pavements must be
� � approved by the City Engineer, and be based on equivalency. All
reinforcing in concrete shall be suspended in the center of the slab."
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F. That Section 60, Sign Standards, is hereby amended by the addition of
Subsection B.2.b.(5) to read as follows:
"(5) Ground Signs in the BP Business Park District:
Maximum sign height: Ten (10) feet.
Maximum gross surface area: Two hundred (200) square feet.
Changeable Copy: Twenty (20) percent. The percentage of changeable
copy may be increased provided a conditional use permit is issued in
accordance with Section 48 of this Ordinance."
G. That Section 60, Sign Standards, is hereby amended by amending
Subsection H title to read as follows:
"H. CN Neighborhood, CC Community Commercial, RA
Recreation/Amusement and PCD Planned Commercial Development
Dis tric ts."
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�, p H. That Section 60, Sign Standards, is hereby amended by amending Subsection K
title to read as follows:
� _� "K. Ll Light lndustrial, BP Business Park and PlD Planned lndustrial
' Deve%pment Districts:"
I. That Section 60, Sign Standards, is hereby amended by amending Subsection
K.1 .b.(4) to read as follows:
"(4) Pole (Not allowed in the Business Park District)"
J. That Section 60, Sign Standards, is hereby amended by amending Subsection
K.2.b.(1) by the addition of a second paragraph to read as follows:
"However, in the case of a Planned Business Park approved pursuant to a
conditional use permit on property zoned BP Business Park, the City Council
may authorize and approve one (1) or more additional ground signs within a
platted subdivision where it is determined by the City Council, after receipt of �
a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission, that a need
exists for additional ground signs in order to properly and adequately inform and
apprise the public relative to the commercial activities being conducted within
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the platted subdivision by the issuance of a conditional use permit."
K. That Appendix "D" is amended by the creation of new Section 30, "RA"
�-� Recreation/Amusement District, to read as shown on attached Exhibit "B".
L. That Appendix "D" is amended by the creation of new Section 32, "BP"
Business Park District, to read as shown on attached Exhibit "C".
Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a
sum not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars (52,000.00) for each offense and a
separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which an offense
occurs or continues.
Section 3. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word
in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstances is held invalid or
unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby
declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance despite such
invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals,
peace and general welfare of the public creates an emergency which requires that this
�. ordinance become effective from and after the date of its passage, and it is
accordingly so ordained.
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PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
� GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 21st day of February , 1995.
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APPROVED:
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William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
Linda Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
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Section 31. LI Light Industrial District
PURPOSE: The LI Light Industrial District is designed to accommodate light
manufacturing, assembly, research and wholesale activities with limitations on
outdoor storage.
" "��",�T'T"''�'� TT��� USES GENERALLY: In a LI Li�ht Industrial District
�e no land shall be used and no building or structure or part thereof, shall
be erected, altered, or used, in whole or in part, for other than one or more
� of the following specified uses. All permitted uses listed shall be within a
com�letely enclosed buildin¢ or structure unless otherwise noted:
A. PERMITTED USES:
1. Manufacturing, �s�� assemblin� or packaging of products from
previously prepared materials.
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2. "'����������-'� Manufacturing and assemblin� of °'��`��� �-�� electronic
com�onents, precision instruments and devices. ���`��-���~� ��a
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3. "����•�����--� Manufacturin� of food products, pharmaceuticals and the
like, except that such uses shall not include production of fish or meat
products, sauerkraut, vinegar or the like; or the rendering or refining
of fats and oils.
4. Other manufacturing, research, wholesale or storage uses, provided
that such uses shall be contained within an enclosed building.
5. Printing, �teg��g lithographX, publishing or similar
establishments.
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6. Service establishments catering to commerce and industry including
linen supply, freight movers, communication services, business
machine services, canteen services, restaurants (including drive-in
restaurants), hiring and union halls, employment agencies, sign
companies, , and similar uses.
7. Vocational, trade, technical, or industrial schools and similar
activities.
8. Medical clinic, onlv in connection e� with industrial activity.
9. Miscellaneous outside land uses such as express offices, �;�e�e�e
e��-commercial parking lots and parking garages, truck stops,
motor bus, truck, train, or other transportation terminals and related
uses. Outside uses associated with any of these uses shall be ,,,,,,,�,,
vermitted, exce�t for outside re�air of inechanized equipment.
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� 10. Construction trade offices .
11. Warehousing completely within an enclosed building.
12. Welding repair
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13. Retail establishments for car�et sales, farm su�plies, lumber and
buildin�su�plies, and similar uses.
14. Retail establishments with the repair of new and used cars, light
trucks and vans, motorcycles, and boats. All vehicles must be in
operatin� condition; and all open displays or storage areas must be
surfaced and developed in accordance with all ap�licable Ordinances ,,,�
of the Citv.
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15. Retail establishments for the sale of new vehicular parts and
„��, accessories.
B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory
uses.
No accessorv uses shall be allowed within the
front yard: �
l. Heatin�, ventilatin�, and air conditionin� equipment no
nearer than one hundred twenty (120) feet to any residentially zoned
district.
2. Provisions for off-street parking of employee and customer motor
vehicles within sixty (60) feet of a residentially zoned district shall be
€���k screened in accordance with Section 50. Alternates A or E.
�,..� 3. Screened refuse and garbage storage on a concrete pad, and located
no �ea�e� closer than fifty (50) feet to a residentially zoned district.
�,,,� All refuse and ag��rba e� s� tora�e shall be landsca�ed and screened in
accordance with Section 50.B.3.
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5. Other uses, including retail sales and structures which are customarily
accessory, a� clearly incidental and subordinate to the permitted and
conditional �� uses �„a �+-�•��•-'��; provided, however, that no
residential facilities shall be permitted except for watchmen or
caretakers whose �1� em�lo,�ent requires residence on the
premises.
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6. Bulk storage of flammable liquids associated with a permitted use,
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1� Retail establishments for the sale of new vehicular parts and
accessories. ���'
B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory
uses.
No accessory uses shall be allowed within the
front yard:
1. "���'������' Heating, ventilating., and air conditionin� equipment no
nearer than one hundred twenty (120) feet to any residentially zoned
district.
2. Provisions for off-street parking of employee and customer motor
vehicles within sixty (60) feet of a residentially zoned district shall be
€��� screened in accordance with Section 50 Alternates A or E.
3. Screened refuse and garbage storage on a concrete pad, and located �
no �ea�e� closer than fifty (SO) feet to a residentially zoned district.
All refuse and garbage storage shall be landscaped and screened in "'�"`
accordance with Section SO.B.3.
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5. Other uses, including retail sales and structures which are customarily
accessory, a� clearly incidental and subordinate to the permitted and
conditional ��� uses �--a ��-�-�~�-��; provided, however, that no
residential facilities shall be permitted except for watchmen or
caretakers whose �� emplo,yment requires residence on the
premises.
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6. Bulk storage of flammable liquids associated with a permitted use,
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subject to the provisions of City and/or State Fire Codes.
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7. All other mechanical equipment shall be located within a comnletelv
enclosed building and shall meet the masonry requirements of Section
54.
8. Signs advertisin� use on the premises, in accordance with Section 60
of this Ordinance.
C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following ee��en$� uses may be permitted,
provided they meet the provisions of, `'��`��� ^4 and a Conditional Use
Permit is issued pursuant to Section 48 of this Ordinance.
1. Freight forwarding warehouses.
2. Bulk storage of flammable liquids not associated with a permitted use,
subject to the provisions of City and/or State Fire Codes.
y 3. Railroad yards, areas for car storage, and switching facilities.
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4, . Outside stora�e in conjunction with
permitted uses in Section 31 A. and conditional uses in Section
31 C , nrovided that such storage shall be screened in accordance
with Section 50. Alternates A or E,_
5. Central mixing plants for asphalt, concrete, or other paving materials
(batching plant).
6. Automobile Impound. Salvage and/or wrecking yards are prohibited.
All storage areas must be surfaced and s+��g screened s�a�l—�e
��e� in accordance with Section 58 and Section 50. All required
screening shall be in accordance with Section 50, Alternatives A or
E.
7. Convenience stores, including prepared food carry-out service with
' ��� alcoholic beverage sales for off-premiseg consumption;-a�€-�ee�r�,
provided a special permit is issued in accordance with Section 42.B.
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8. Public �s�i��e�s and nonprofit institutions of any educational,
religious or cultural type; but excluding ee��e correctional
institutions and hospitals.
9. Any other manufacturing, warehousing, or wholesale uses, not
provided for in Section 31.A., Permitted Uses; Section 31.0
Conditional Uses; and not listed in Section 31.D., Limitation of Uses.
10. Animal kennels with indoor and outdoor runs.
11. Retail and repair establishments for the sale and repair of new and
used heavy trucks, tractors, mobile homes, heavv machinerv and
eauipment, farm ec�.uipment, and similar uses.
12. Construction trade offices with storage Xards.
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D. LIMITATION OF USES: The following uses shall not be permitted within
this District:
l. Dwelling units (including motels and hotels) except as provided under
accessory uses; hospitals or clinics (except clinics in connection with
industrial activity); nursing homes and similar uses;
, , yards or lots for scrap or
salvage operations or for processing, storage, display or sale of any
scrap, salvage, or secondhand building materials and automotive
vehicle parts.
2. Wrecking yards (including automotive vehicle wrecking yards) and
junk yards.
3. Chemical and fertilizer ��a�tt�e manufacturin�.
4. Explosives manufacturing or storage.
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5. Paper and pulp -~��••���•°� manufacturin�.
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6. Petroleum refining.
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7. Stockyards or feeding pens.
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9. �ne�� Tannin�, curing or storage of raw hides.
10. Sawmills and wood planing.
11. Primary production or storage of wood, metal, or chemical products
from raw materials. �
12. Foundries, casting., or moldin� of inetals.
13. Any other uses or structures not specifically, provisionally, or by
reasonable implication permitted herein.
14. Any use not conforming to the performance standards set forth in
°� Section 55 of this Ordinance.
15. The storage of ec�ui�ment, material or vehicles, includin� abandoned
vehicles which are not necessary to the uses permitted in this district.
E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS: No application for a building permit for
construction of a ��� building or structure shall be approved unless:
1. A Plat, meeting all requirements of the City of Grapevine, has been
approved by the City Council and recorded in the official records of
Tarrant County;
2. A Site Plan, meeting the requirements of Section 47, has been
approved;
3. A Landscape Plan, meeting the requirements of Section 53, has been
approved.
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F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The following density requirements shall
aPPly: �..�
l. MINIMUM LOT SIZE - The minimum lot
size in the LI Light Industrial District shall be ��-•�
e� twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
2. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE - '`T��—�s At least �r fifteen (15)
percent of the total lot area shall be devoted to nonvehicular open
space. �Nonvehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings,
narking, loadin ,g� stora�e or vehicular use.)
3. MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE - The combined area occupied
by all buildings and structures shall not exceed
fifty (50%) percent of the total lot area.
4. MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS AREA - The combined area occupied by
all buildings, structures, off-street parking and paved areas shall not �
exceed eighty-five (85) percent of the total lot area.
G. AREA REGULATIONS: The following minimum standards shall be
required:
l. LOT WIDTH - Every lot shall have a minimum width of not less than
one hundred (100) feet.
2. LOT DEPTH - Every lot shall have a minimum depth of not less than
one hundred fifty (150) feet.
3. FRONT YARD - Every lot shall have a front yard of not less than
thirty (30) feet in depth a� which shall be utilized as a landscaped
setback area. �e Front yards shall not be used for any building,
structure, fence, wall, parking or storage area, exce.�t that signs shall
be permitted in this area. a� Front yards shall be � landscaped
with grass, shrubbery and trees; and no part shall be paved or
surfaced except for minimum �i-���5 access, driveways and �
sidewalks in accordance with Section 53 of
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4. SIDE YARD - Every lot shall have � two side yards �� ���'� ��a�,
each of which shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet in width.
5. REAR YARD - Every lot shall have a rear yard of not less than thirty
(30) feet in depth.
6. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS - The minimum distance
between buildings or structures on adjacent lots �
shall be not less than thirty (30) feet.
H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS: Whenever the LI Light Industrial
District abuts a residentially zoned district, a landscaped buffer zone of not
less than twenty-five (25) feet in depth shall be provided from the lot line.
No buildings or structures, parking, loading or storage shall occur in the
buffer area and such area shall be landscaped to provide visua� and
�=�� acoustical privacy to adjacent properry. �—�a�a�Screening shall be
provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 50 of this Ordinance.
� In addition, no building or structure shall be located nearer to anv
residentially zoned �ropertv than a distance equal to one and one-half(1-1/2)
tiines the hei�ht of an,y buildin� or structure.
I. HEIGHT:
(a). No $��a� building or structure shall be erected or altered to
a height exceeding fifty (50) feet; exce�t
buildings located contiguous to an existing R-20. R-12.5 or R-
7 5 Single Familv District shall not exceed one (1) story or
thirt�-five (35) feet in height.
J. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS: Landscaping shall be required in
accordance with Sectzon 53 of this Ordinance.
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K. OFF-STREET PARKING: Off-street parking shall be provided in
accordance with Sections 56 and 58 of this Ordinance.
L. OFF-STREET LOADING: No off-street loading is required in the LI Light
Industrial District.
M. MASONRY REQUIREMENTS: The masonry requirements of Section 54
shall be met for all buildin�s and structures.
N. ADDITIONAL BUFFERING, SCREENING, FENCING, &
LANDSCAPING. The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend
and the City Council may require buffering, screening, fencing and
landscaping requirements on any zone change, conditional use, or special
use case or concept plan in addition to or in lieu of buffering, screening,
fencing or landscaping requirements set out specifically in each use district
when the nature and character of surrounding or adjacent property dictate
a need to require such methods in order to protect such property and to
further provide protection for the general health, welfare and morals of the �
community in general.
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O. OUTSIDE STORAGE USES ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 21
1995: Any use within the Li�ht Industrial District with outside stora�e
platted for record �rior to Februar,y 21, 1995, shall be deemed a permitted
use. However, no such buildin�, structure or use shall be altered. chan�ed
or expanded unless a conditional use permit is issued pursuant to Section 48.
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Sec. 30. RA RECREATION/AMUSEMENT DISTRICT
PURPOSE: The RA Recreation/Amusement District is established to provide
locations for recreation and amusement uses representing various types of
recreational activities. The purpose is to facilitate family entertainment and related
uses while protecting adjacent residential areas. The RA Recreation/Amusement
District eliminates the impact of entertainment uses by requiring screening and
buffering adjacent to residential areas.
USES GENERALLY: In a RA Recreation/Amusement District no land shall be
used and no building shall be erected, or converted to any use other than as
hereinafter provided.
A. PERMITTED USES:
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1. Amusement centers within an enclosed building.
2. Bowling centers.
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3. Country Clubs.
4. Golf courses, public and private
5. Outdoor commercial amusements including golf driving ranges,
miniature golf, pitch and putt golf.
6. Health Spas and Physical Fitness Centers (massage establishments
must mest the requirements of Section 49.B.5.) wi.thin an enclosed
building.
7. Stables and/or riding clubs.
8. Art galleries and museums.
9. Parks, playgrounds, and recreational uses, publicly or privately
owned.
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10. Movie theaters and opera houses within an enclosed building.
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11. Roller and inline skating rinks within an enclosed building.
12. Restaurants with inside dining.
B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory
uses:
1. Off-street parking in conjunction with any permitted use in this
district. Provisions for the parking of automobiles provided that such
provisions within 100 feet of a residentially zoned district shall be
separated from said lot by a blind fence or wall, berm and or
landscaping at least six (6) feet high.
2. Signs advertising use on the premises, in accordance with Section 60
of this Ordinance.
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3. Heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment no nearer than
120 feet to any residential zoning district. '"'�
4. Screened refuse and garbage storage on a concrete pad and located no
closer than 100 feet to any residentially zoned district and not located
between the front of the building and any right-of-way. All refuse
and garbage storage shall be landscaped and screened in accordance
with Section 50.B.3.
C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following uses may be permitted, provided
they meet the provisions of, and a Conditional Use Permit is issued pursuant
to, Section 48 of this Ordinance.
1. Amphitheaters.
2. Amusement parks (indoor and outdoor operations).
3. Auto racing tracks. '""�
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4. Baseball stadiums.
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5. Batting cages.
6. Conference/Convention Centers.
7. Go-cart tracks.
8. Horse racing tracks.
9. Planned Commercial Centers.
10. Private and public swimming pools.
11. Racquet and swim clubs.
12. Restaurants with drive through and/or outside dining.
13. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a special permit is issued in
accordance with Section 42.B. of this Ordinance.
14. Rodeo facilities.
15. Yacht clubs and/or marinas.
16. Zoos and zoological facilities.
17. Any recreational or amusement uses not included in any of the other
commercial districts, whether indoor or outdoor, provided that all
such uses are not noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of
odor, dust, gas fumes, noise, or vibration shall be permitted, except
when such is clearly incidental and subordinate to the conduct of the
permitted use.
18. Health spas and physical fitness centers with outdoor activities.
19. Outdoor roller and inline skating rinks.
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D. LIMITATION ON USES:
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1. Any proposed activity on Corps of Engineers property located in the
RA Recreation/Amusement District must also meet the requirements
of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.
2. Archery ranges.
3. Firearm ranges.
E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS: No application for a building permit for
construction of a building or structure shall be approved unless: -
1. A Plat, meeting all requirements of the City of Grapevine has been
approved by the City Council and recorded in the official records of
Tarrant County.
2. A Site Plan, meeting the requirements of Section 47, has been �
approved.
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3. A Landscape Plan, meeting the requirements of Section 53, has been
approved.
F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The follo�ving bulk and intensity of use
requirements shall apply:
1. MAXIMUM DENSITY: No floor area ratio restriction.
2. MINIMUM LOT SIZE: The minimum lot size in a RA District shall
be 8,000 square feet.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE: At least twenty (20) percent of the total
lot area shall be devoted to nonvehicular open space. (Nonvehicular
open space is any area not devoted to buildings, parking, loading, or
vehicular use.) Planned Commercial Centers permitted as a
conditional use shall meet the requirements of Section 30.N.3. �
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4. MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE: The combined area occupied
by all buildings and structures shall not exceed sixty (60) percent of
the total lot area.
5. MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: The combined area
occupied by all buildings and structures, parking, storage, loading and
other paved areas shall not exceed eighty (80) percent of the total lot
area.
G. AREA REGULATIONS: The following minimum standards shall be
required:
l. LOT WIDTH: Every lot shall have a minimum width of not less than
eighty (80) feet.
2. LOT DEPTH: Every lot shall have a minimum depth of not less than
one hundred (100) feet.
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3. FRONT YARD: Every lot shall have a front yard of not less than
� twenty five (25) feet which shall be utilized as a landscaped setback
area. Front yards shall not be used for any building, structure, fence,
wall or storage area, except that signs may be permitted in this area.
Front yards shall be landscaped with grass, shrubbery, vines, or trees
and no part shall be paved or surfaced except for minimum access,
driveways and sidewalks in accordance with Section 53 of this
Ordinance.
4. SIDE YARD: Every lot shall have two (2) side yards, each of which
shall be not less than ten (10) feet in width. Planned Commercial
Centers permitted as a conditional use shall meet the requirements of
Section 30.N.1.
5. REAR YARD: Every lot shall have a rear yard of not less than ten
(10) feet in depth. Planned Commercial Centers permitted as a
conditional use shall meet the requirements of Section 30.N.1.
6. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS: None required
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7. BUFFER AREA: Additional buffer yard may be required to
accommodate additional building or structure setbacks in Section
30.H.
H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS: Whenever a RA District abuts a
Residential District, an appropriate buffer screen shall be provided in
accordance with the provisions of Section 53 and 30.M.5. of this Ordinance.
In addition, no building or structure shall be located nearer to any
residentially zoned property than a distance of one hundred (100) feet. Any
use other than buffer area or off-street parking proposed to be located within
the one hundred (100) foot buffer may be permitted as a conditional use
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I. HEIGHT
1. No building or structure shall be erected or altered to a height
exceeding thirty five (35) feet.
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For buildings or structures exceeding thirty five feet, a conditional use
permit must be issued in accordance with Section 48 of this "'�
Ordinance.
J. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS: Landscaping shall be required in
accordance with Section 53 of this Ordinance.
K. OFF-STREET PARKING: Off-Street parking shall be provided in
accordance with the provisions of Section 56 and 58 and shall be landscaped
in accordance with Section 53 of this Ordinance. No off-street parking shall
be located closer than twenty five (25) feet to any Residential District nor
ten (10) feet to any other adjacent property line.
L. OFF-STREET LOADING: Off-street loading shall be provided in
accordance with the provisions of Section 57 and Section 58 of this
Ordinance.
M. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: The following design requirements shall �►
apply to all the permitted, accessory and conditional uses:
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1. No outdoor storage, except for refuse and garbage storage, shall be
permitted. Refuse and garbage storage areas shall be landscaped and
screened in accordance with Section SO.B.3.
2. Heating, ventilating, air conditioning and electrical equipment shall be
designed, installed and operated to minimize noise impact on
surrounding property. All such equipment shall be screened from
public view.
3. Lighting facilities, if provided, shall be so arranged as to be reflected
away from residentially zoned or used property. Lighting provided
within parking facilities shall meet the requirements of Section 58.E.
4. MASONRY REQUIREMENT: Due to the development nature of the
RA Recreation/Amusement District, it is recognized that requiring all
permitted and conditional uses in this District to have exterior fire
resistant construction having at least seventy (70) percent of the total
�. exterior walls, excluding doors and windows constructed of brick,
stone or other masonry or material of equal characteristics in
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accordance with the City Building Code and Fire Prevention Code
may not allow for some amusement recreational type developments.
Uses proposed in the RA District not meeting the seventy (70) percent
masonry requirement shall present an exterior wall plan to the
Planning and Zoning Commission and the Commission shall establish
the amount of masonry required.
5. ADDITIONAL BUFFERING, SCREENING, FENCING, &
LANDSCAPING. The Planning and Zoning Commission may
recommend and the City Council may require additional buffering,
screening, fencing and landscaping requirements on any zoning
change, conditional use or special use case or concept plan in addition
to or in lieu of buffering, screening, fencing, or landscaping
requirements set out specifically in each use district when the nature
and character of surrounding or adjacent property dictate a need to
require such protection for the general health, welfare and morals of
the community in general.
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N. PLANNED COMMERCIAL CENTER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: Each
lot or parcel of land created within a Planned Commercial Center shall ��
comply with the following requirements:
1. MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENT OF PL,ANNED
COMMERCIAL CENTERS: The front yard requirements contained
in Section 30.G.3. shall be applicable to each lot or parcel of land
within a Planned Commercial Center. A minimum ten (10) foot side
yard and a minimum twenty five (25) foot rear yard shall be required
around the outside perimeter of a Planned Commercial Center.
Minimum side and rear yard requirements of interior lots may be
required if deemed necessary by City Council in order to- meet the
provisions of Section 48.
2. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: The minimum landscaping requirements of Section
53.H.2.b. shall be applicable around the outside perimeter of a
Planned Commercial Center. For interior lots the minimum �
landscaping requirements of Section 53.H.2.b. may be required if
deemed necessary by City Council in order to meet the provisions of �
Section 48.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED
COMMERCIAL CENTERS: At least twenty (20) percent of the total
site area of the Planned Commercial Center shall be devoted to
nonvehicular open space (Nonvehicular open space is any area not
devoted to buildings, parking, loading, storage, or vehicular uses).
4. BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF PROPOSED STRUCTURES SHALL
BE SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED BY
SECTION 48.D.7.
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Section 32. BP BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT
PURPOSE: The purpose of the BP Business Park District is to provide a unique
zone incorporating commercial and industrial uses into one district with qualiry
architectural and landscape design development standards. The BP Business Park
District differs from other districts by allowing a mixture of compatible
commercial and industrial land uses with limitation of associated outside uses.
All business operations and activities within the BP Business Park District shall be
conducted completely within an enclosed building, and in no instance shall any
outside activity be permitted in this district, except for off-street parking or
loading, refuse storage, drive-in or drive-through window at a financial institution,
restaurant, prescription pharmacy or dry cleaning establishment, temporary outside
display and sale of Christmas trees; with gasoline sales and outdoor dining
approved as a conditional use.
,,, . USES GENERALLY: In a BP Business Park District no land shall be used, and
no building or structure shall be erected, altered, or converted to any use other
�,,� than as hereinafter provided. All permitted uses listed shall be within a completely
enclosed building or structure.
A. PERMITTED USES:
l. Laboratories (scientific, medical, chemical), applied physics,
mechanical, electronic, biological, genetic or other similar
experimental research, product development or testing facilities.
2. Scientific or engineering school facilities or institutions.
3. Data processing.
4. Conference/Convention Centers.
5. Professional o�ces which include the following professional
and semiprofessional occupations: accountants, attorneys,
dentists, engineers, insurance agents, real estate agents,
personal or family counselors, chiropractors, physical
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therapists, physicians, public secretaries, surgeons, or any other
offices or professions which are of the same general character �`�
as the foregoing, but specifically excludes veterinarians,
veterinary hospitals, animal grooming salons, dog kennels, and
funeral homes.
6. Computer programming and other software services.
7. Engineering, architectural, and design services.
8. Processing or compounding of drugs and other medical and
pharmaceutical products.
9. Manufacturing and assembling of electronic components,
precision instruments and devices.
10. Office/Showrooms.
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11. Manufacturing, assembling or packaging of products from
previously prepared materials, such as cloth, plastic, paper, '�
leather, precious or semiprecious metals or stones.
12. Printing, lithography, publishing or similar establishments.
13. Vocational, trade, technical, or industrial schools.
14. Warehousing completely within an enclosed building, but
specifically excluding mini-storage warehouses.
15. Hotels/Motels.
16. Full service hotels/motels which includes dining rooms,
personal service shops (i.e. beauty/barber shops, newsstands,
retail and office space.
17. Restaurants with inside dining. �
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18. Health spas and physical fitness centers ( massage
�� establishments must meet the requirements of Section 49.B.5.).
19. Airline ticketing counters, travel agencies.
20. Banks, savings and loans, and financial institutions.
21. Drafting services or quick reproduction services.
22. Office supplies.
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B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as
accessory uses:
l. Off-street parking in conjunction with any permitted use in this
�..._ district. Provisions for the parking of automobiles, provided
that such provisions within 100 feet of a residentially zoned
,�,,� district shall be separated from said lot by a blind masonry wall
meeting the screening requirements of Section 50.C.1.
2. Signs advertising use on the premises, in accordance with
Section 60 of this Ordinance.
3. Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment located no
closer than 120 feet to any residential zoning district.
4. Screened refuse and garbage storage on a concrete pad and
located no closer than 50 feet to any residentially zoned district
and not located between the front of the building and any
right-of-way. All refuse disposal and garbage storage areas
shall be landscaped and screened in accordance with Section
SO.B.3.
5. All other mechanical equipment shall be located within a
completely enclosed building and shall meet the masonry
requirements of Section 32.M.4.
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6. Retail sales, day care centers and personal services which are
customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to ��
office buildings.
C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following uses may be permitted,
provided they meet the provisions of, and a Conditional Use Permit
is issued pursuant to, Section 48 of this Ordinance.
1. Planned Business Parks in accordance with Section 32.N.,
Planned Business Park Provisions.
2. Alcoholic beverage sales, provided a special permit is issued in
accordance with Section 42.B. of the Ordinance.
3. Retail gasoline sales or gasoline service stations and related
convenience store and automated car washes.
4. Restaurants with outside dining. *�
D. LIMITATION OF USES: The following uses shall not be permitted �
within this District.
1. Any proposed use located in the BP Business Park District shall
meet the requirements of Section 55, Performance Standards.
2. Uses listed in Section 31.D., LI Light Industrial District shall
not be permitted within this district.
3. The storage of equipment, materials or vehicles, including
abandoned vehicles, which are not necessary to the uses
permitted in this district.
4. Freight forwarding.
E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS: No application for a building permit for
construction of a building or structure shall be approved unless: �
1. A Plat, meeting all requirements of the City of Grapevine has
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been approved by the City Council and recorded in the official
;,,,�, records of Tarrant County.
2. A Site Plan, meeting the requirements of Section 47, has been
approved.
3. A Landscape Plan, meeting the requirements of Section 53, has
been approved.
F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The following bulk and intensity of
use requirements shall apply:
1. MINIMUM DISTRICT SIZE: The minimum district size of a
BP Business Park District shall be five (5) acres.
2. MINIMUM LOT SIZE: The minimum lot size in the BP
Business Park District shall be 30,000 square feet.
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3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE: At least twenty (20) percent of the
,�,�, total lot area shall be devoted to nonvehicular open space.
(Nonvehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings,
parking, loading, storage or vehicular use.) Planned Business
Parks permitted as a conditional use shall meet the requirements
of Section 32.N.3.
The percentage of minimum open space may be reduced to a
minimum of fifteen (15) percent of the total lot area, if the lot
width at the platted front property line is a minimum of one
hundred fifty (150) feet wide and the depth of the entire front
yard setback required in Section 32.G.3. is increased to thirty
five (35) feet.
4. MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE: The combined area
occupied by all buildings and structures shall not exceed sixty
(60) percent of the total lot area.
5. MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: The combined area
occupied by all buildings and structures, parking, storage,
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loading and other paved areas shall not exceed eighty (80)
percent of the total lot area.
The percentage of maximum impervious surface may be
increased to a maximum of eighty-five (85) percent of the total
lot area if the requirements of Section 32.F.3. are met.
G. AREA REGULATIONS: The following minimum standards shall be
required: ,
l. LOT WIDTH: Every lot shall have a minimum width of not
less than one hundred fifty (150) feet. -
2. LOT DEPTH: Every lot shall have a minimum depth of not
less than two hundred (200) feet.
3. FRONT YARD: Every lot shall have a front yard of not less
than thirty (30) feet which shall be utilized as a landscaped �
setback area. Front yards shall not be used for any building,
structure, fence, wall or storage area, except that signs may be �
permitted in this area. Front yards shall be landscaped with
grass, shrubbery, vines, or trees and no part shall be paved or
surfaced except for minimum access, driveways and sidewalks
in accordance with Section 53 of this ordinance.
4. SIDE YARD: Every lot shall have two (2) side yards, each of
which shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet in width. Planned
Business Parks permitted as a conditional use shall meet the
requirements of Section 32.N.1.
5. REAR YARD: Every lot shall have a rear yard of not less
than twenty five (25) feet in depth. Planned Business Parks
permitted as a conditional use shall meet the requirements of
Section 32.N.1.
6. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS: None Required. �*
H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS: Whenever a BP Business Park
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District abuts a Residential District, an appropriate buffer screen shall
be provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 53 and
Section 32.M.5. of this Ordinance. In addition, no building or
structure shall be located nearer to any residentially zoned property
than a distance of one hundred (100) feet. Any use other than open
space or off-street parking proposed to be located within the one
hundred (100) foot buffer shall be permitted as a conditional use
meeting the requirements of Section 48.
I. HEIGHT: �
1. No building or structure shall be erected or altered to a height
exceeding fifty (50) feet.
2. For buildings or structures exceeding fifty (50) feet, a
Conditional Use Permit must be obtained. In addition, the
building height granted under a conditional use permit shall not
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exceed one-half(1/2) the shortest distance between the structure
and the nearest adjacent residentially zoned district.
� J. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS: Landscaping shall be required
in accordance with Section 53 of this Ordinance.
K. OFF-STREET PARKING: Off-street parking shall be provided in
accordance with the provisions of Section 56 and 58 and shall be
landscaped in accordance with Section 53 of this Ordinance. In
addition, the following shall be required:
1. No off-street parking area shall be located closer than twenty
five (25) feet to any residentially zoned property nor ten (10)
feet to any adjacent property line.
2. Off-street Parking for passenger vehicles wherever practical
shall be separated from truck loading and maneuvering areas.
� L. OFF-STREET LOADING: Off-street loading shall be provided in
accordance with the provisions of Section 57 and 58 of this
Ordinance.
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M. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: The following design requirements
shall apply to all permitted, accessory and conditional uses. �`"�'
1. No outdoor storage, except for refuse and garbage storage,
shall be permitted. Refuse and garbage storage areas shall be
landscaped and screened in accordance with Section SO.B.3.
2. Heating, ventilating, air conditioning and electrical equipment,
shall be designed, installed and operated to minimize noise
impact on surrounding property. All such equipment shall be
screened from public right-of-way.
3. Lighting facilities, if provided, shall be so arranged as to be
reflected away from residentially zoned or used property.
Lighting provided within parking facilities shall meet the
requirements of Section 58.E.
4. MASONRY REQUIREMENT: Due to the development nature �
of the BP Business Park District, it is recognized that all uses
in this district shall have exterior fire resistant construction
having one hundred (100) percent of the total exterior walls,
excluding doors and windows constructed of brick, stone or
other masonry, or material of equal characteristics in
accordance with the City Building Code and Fire Prevention
Code which may not allow for some business park type
developments.
5. ADDITIONAL BUFFERING, SCREENING, FENCING, &
LANDSCAPING. The Planning and Zoning Commission may
recommend and the City Council may require additional
buffering, screening, fencing and landscaping requirements on
any zoning change, conditional use or special use case or
concept plan in addition to or in lieu of buffering, screening,
fencing, or landscaping requirements set out specifically in each
use district when the nature and character of surrounding or
adjacent property dictate a need to require such protection for �
the general health, welfare and morals of the community in
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N. PLANNED BUSINESS PARK PROVISIONS: Each lot or parcel of
�° land created within a Planned Business Park shall comply with the
following requirements:
1. MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENT OF PLANNED
BUSINESS PARK PROVISIONS: The front yard requirements
contained in Section 32.G.3. shall be applicable to each lot or
parcel of land within a Planned Business Park. A minimum
fifteen (15) foot side yard and a minimum twenty five (25) foot
rear yard shall be required around the outside perimeter of a
Planned Business Park. Minimum side and rear yard
requirements of interior lots may be required if deemed
necessary by City Council in order to meet the provisions of
Section 48.
2. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED
BUSINESS PARKS: The minimum landscaping requirements
aa of Section 53.H.2.b. shall be applicable around the outside
perimeter of a Planned Business Park. For interior lots the
minimum landscaping requirements of Section 53.H.2.b. may
be required if deemed necessary by City Council in order to
meet the provisions of Section 48.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED
BUSINESS PARKS: At least twenty (20) percent of the total
site area of the Planned Business Park shall be devoted to
nonvehicular open space. (Nonvehicular open space is any area
not devoted to buildings, parking, loading, storage, or vehicular
uses.)
The percentage of minimum open space may be reduced to
fifteen percent of the total lot area when the thirty five (35) foot
front yard requirement is met in Section 32.F.3.
4. BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF PROPOSED STRUCTURES
SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN
REQUIRED BY SECTION 48.D.7.
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