HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ Item 07 - Amendments to Zoning OrdinanceTO: PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS
FROM: H.T. HARDY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES\
DATE: JUNE 6, 2000
SUBJECT: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Planning and Zoning Commission consider setting a public
hearing for the following amendments to Section 12, Definitions relative to the definition
of floor level, Section 23.1.1, Limited Business District, relative to building height for
properties adjacent to residentially zoned property, Section 23A.1.1, Grapevine Vintage
District, relative to building height for properties adjacent to residentially zoned property,
Section 24.1.1, Neighborhood Commercial District, relative to building height for
properties adjacent to residentially zoned property, Section25.1.1, Community
Commercial District, relative to building height for properties adjacent to residentially
zoned property, Section 26.1.1, Highway Commercial District, relative to building height
for properties adjacent to residentially zoned property, Section 27.1.1, Professional
Office District, relative to building height for properties adjacent to residentially zoned
property, Section 31.1, Light Industrial District, relative to building height for properties
adjacent to residentially zoned property, Section 32.1.1, Business Park District, relative
to building height for properties adjacent to residentially zoned property, and take any
action necessary.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Staff has received several telephone calls from citizens concerning the development of
commercial property adjacent to residential property, specifically regarding building
height and "walk -out" basements. Currently the ordinance restricts the maximum height
of buildings to one story or twenty feet when adjacent to single family residential districts
zoned "R-20," "R-12.5," or "R-7.5." However, no restriction exists limiting the use of
"walk -out" basements. This has led to the development of several office buildings that,
although they meet the requirements of the ordinance, appear to be more than one
story or twenty feet in height.
Staff has reviewed the current ordinance and has developed performance standards for
each commercial district that will restrict this development in the future. This will be
accomplished by defining a "Floor Level" and restricting commercial development
adjacent to single family zoning districts to one "Floor Level." These amendments will
restrict the ability to develop single story commercial structures that appear to be multi-
story adjacent to single family zoning districts.
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Section 12. Definitions
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A. The following words, when used in this ordinance, shall have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them in this section, unless such construction would be inconsistent with
the manifest intent of the City Council or where the context of this ordinance clearly
indicates otherwise:
1. ACCESSORY BUILDING OR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE shall mean a
subordinate building or structure, attached to or detached from the main
building, and customarily incidental to the principal building.
2a. ACCESSORY USE shall mean a use subordinate to and incidental to the
principal use.
2b. ADULT ARCADE means any place to which the public is permitted or invited
wherein coin-operated or slug -operated or electronically, electrically, or
mechanically controlled still or motion picture machines, projectors, or other
image -producing devices are maintained to show images to five (5) or fewer
persons per machine at any one time, and where the images so displayed
are distinguished or characterized by the depicting or describing of specified
sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
2c. ADULT BOOKSTORE OR ADULT VIDEO STORE means a commercial
establishment which, as one of its principal business purposes, openly
advertises or displays or offers for sale or rental for any form of consideration
any one or more of the following:
1. Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, or
photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes or video
reproductions, slides, or other visual representations which depict or
describe specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; or
2. Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for use in
connection with specified sexual activities.
2d. ADULT CABARET means a nightclub, bar, restaurant, or similar commercial
establishment which regularly features:
1. Persons who appear in a state of nudity or seminudity; or
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2. Live performances which are characterized by the exposure of
specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities; or
3. Films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other photographic
reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or description
of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas.
2e. ADULT MOTEL means a hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment
which:
1. Offers accommodations to the public for any form of consideration;
provides patrons with closed-circuit television transmissions, films,
motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other photographic
reproductions which are characterized by the depiction or description
of specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas; and has
a sign visible from the public right-of-way which advertises the
availability of this type of photographic reproductions; or
2. Offers a sleeping room for rent for a period of time that is less than ten
(10) hours; or
3. Allows a tenant or occupant of a sleeping room to subrent the room
for a period of time that is less than ten (10) hours.
2f. ADULT MOTION PICTURE THEATER means a commercial establishment
where, for any form of consideration, films, motion pictures, video cassettes,
slides, or similar photographic reproductions are regularly shown which are
characterized by the depiction or description of specified sexual activities or
specified anatomical areas.
2g. ADULT THEATER means a theater, concert hall, auditorium, or similar
commercial establishment which regularly features persons who appear in
a state of nudity or seminudity or live performances which are characterized
by the exposure of specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual
activities.
3. AIRPORT shall mean a landing facility for aircraft approved by the United
States Federal Aviation Agency.
4. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE shall mean alcohol and any beverage containing
more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume which is capable of
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use for beverage purposes, either alone or when diluted.
5. ALLEY shall mean a public way, public space or thoroughfare which affords
only secondary means of access to property abutting thereon.
6. AMUSEMENT PARK shall mean a lot, tract or parcel of land, or any
improvement thereon, either temporary or permanent, used in whole or in
part for the operation and maintenance of any game of skill or chance, any
circus, carnival, any riding device or devices, stationary or movable, or any
combination thereof, or any animal, any of which is operated for a profit.
7. APARTMENT shall mean a room or suite of rooms arranged, designed or
occupied as a residence by a single family, individual or group of individuals.
8. APARTMENT HOUSE shall mean any building, or portion thereof, which is
designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied as three (3) or
more apartments or which is occupied as the home or residence of three (3)
or more families living independently of each other and maintaining separate
cooking facilities.
9. AREA OF LOT shall mean the net area of the lot and shall not include
portions of streets and alleys.
10. ATTACHED shall mean physical connection above the top of the floor line
of the first floor.
10a. AUTOMOBILE IMPOUND shall mean a business which provides service of
towing, moving or removing wrecked or disabled vehicles for the sole
purpose of temporarily storing such wrecked or disabled vehicle. The
impound may be used only for temporarily storing wrecked or disabled
vehicles and shall not be used for salvaging or scrap, or selling of second-
hand parts or selling wrecked or disabled vehicles.
11. AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR GARAGE. A garage or portion thereof in which
automotive repair and maintenance takes place, including, but not limited to,
automotive mechanical work and automotive body work, but excluding the
outdoor storage of automotive parts or inoperative automobiles.
12. BREW PUB is defined in accordance with the definition contained in the
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, as from time to time amended, and as
defined at the time of passage of this ordinance, in Title 3, Subtitle B,
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Chapter 74 of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code. All authorized activities,
requirements and limitations contained within said Chapter 74, as from time
to time amended, are hereby incorporated in the body of this ordinance by
reference as if copied in their entirety, provided brew pubs shall be
authorized and permitted uses in any commercial zoning category zoned for
that purpose pursuant to Section 48. This definition of brew pub applies to
Chapter 4 of the City Code and throughout the City's applicable ordinances
and Code.
13-28. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
29. BASEMENT shall be defined in the Grapevine Building Code, Chapter 4,
Definitions and Abbreviations.
29a. BED AND BREAKFAST FACILITY shall mean an accessory use to a single-
family dwelling unit in which no more than twelve (12) rooms in the principal
residential structure are set aside for guest clients; breakfast is available on-
site to only such guest clients at no extra cost; length of stay of guest clients
ranges from one (1) to thirty (30) days; and the owner/operator of the
principal structure resides on-site. Bed and breakfast homestay does not
include uses such as motels, hotels, community residential homes, boarding
or lodging houses, apartment dwellings, guest cottages or single-family
dwelling transient rental.
30. BEDROOMS shall mean a room in an apartment other than a kitchen, dining
room, living room, bathroom, or closet. This definition shall include extra
dining rooms, living rooms, and all dens, studies, game rooms, sun rooms,
or similar extra rooms, all of which are capable of being used as bedrooms.
31. BLIND FENCE OR WALL shall mean a fence or wall through which a person
is unable to see standing six (6) feet from such fence or wall at ground level.
32. BLOCK shall mean an area within the city enclosed by streets and occupied
by or intended for buildings; or, if said word is used as a term of
measurement, it shall mean the distance along a side of a street between the
nearest two (2) streets which intersect said street on said side.
33. BREEZEWAY shall mean a covered one story in height connecting a main
structure and an accessory building.
34. BUILDING shall mean any structure built for the support, shelter and
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enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or moveable property of any kind.
35. BUILDING LINE shall mean a line parallel or approximately parallel to the
street line and beyond which building may not be erected.
36. BUSINESS SERVICE shall mean a commercial use, other than retail sales
and professional services, devoted to:
(a) The fabrication, processing, assembly, cleaning, or repair of articles
of goods, wares, merchandise, foods, liquids or plants, but excluding
the manufacturing of such articles and automobile repair garages.
(b) The instruction, training, or physical treatment of animals, but
excluding animal shelters or places where animals are kept on the
premises overnight.
(c) The providing of temporary abodes for transient persons, such as a
hotel or motel.
(d) The providing of food, drink or entertainment to persons.
37. CABANA shall mean a secondary structure on a lot incidental to a swimming
pool or recreational area, but excluding sleeping and cooking facilities.
38-59. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
60. CARNIVAL OR CIRCUS shall mean a temporary traveling show or exhibition
usually housed in tents and which has no permanent structure or installation.
61. CHURCH shall mean the place of worship and religious training of recognized
religions, including the on-site housing of ministers and families, priests,
rabbis and nuns.
62. CLINIC shall mean an institution or facility for examining, consulting with or
treating patients, including offices, laboratories and out-patient facilities, but
not including hospital beds and rooms for acute or chronic care.
63. CLUB shall mean an association of persons for promotion of some common
object, such as literature, science or good fellowship, and jointly supported
by its members and carries the privilege of exclusive use of a club building
and premises.
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64. COMMERCIAL shall mean any business, other than a customary home
occupation or manufacturing business, which involves the exchange of
goods or services for the remuneration of a person occupying the premises
upon which the transaction or part thereof takes place.
65. COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT shall mean an amusement enterprise offering
entertainment or games of skill to the general public for a fee or charge.
65a. COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY shall mean a heavy commercial service in which
items such as clothes and linens are cleaned. This definition includes
cleaning for hospitals, restaurants, hotels and diaper cleaning services as
well as rug and dry cleaning plants where on -premise retail services to
individual households are incidental to the operation of the plant. A
commercial laundry plant shall exceed (5,000) five thousand square feet of
floor area and no plant containing less than five thousand (5,000) square feet
shall be considered a commercial laundry.
66. CONDOMINIUM means the separate ownership of single units or apartments
in a multiple unit structure or structures with common elements as defined
in Article 1301 a Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated.
67. CONVALESCENT HOME shall mean any structure, other than a hospital,
used for or occupied by persons recovering from illness or suffering from the
infirmities of old age.
68. CORNER LOT shall mean a lot situated at the junction of two (2) or more
streets.
69. COUNTRY CLUB shall mean an area containing a golf course and a club
house available only to the membership of the country club and their guests,
including facilities for dining and entertainment, swimming, tennis and similar
recreational facilities and services.
70. CUSTOMARY HOME OCCUPATION shall mean an occupation customarily
carried on in the home by a member of the occupant's family provided that:
(a) The home occupation shall be clear . secondary to the residential use
of the dwelling and there may be no evidence of the home occupation
visible to the neighborhood.
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(b) There shall be no structural alteration to the premises/building or any
of its rooms, which changes the residential character of the dwelling.
(c) There shall be no installation of machinery or additional equipment
other than customary to household operations.
(d) No person other than a member of the family of the owner or the
resident of the dwelling shall be employed or work in such home
occupation and such employees must also be occupants of the
residence.
(e) A home occupation may not create noise, vibration, glare, fumes,
odors, or electrical interference which is detectable off of the
premises, and may not cause visual or audible interference in radio
or television receivers or fluctuations in line voltage off of the
premises.
(f) A home occupation must be carried on wholly within the principal
dwelling, and not in an accessory building.
(g) No signs or displays advertising the home occupation may be placed
on the property where the home occupation is conducted.
(h) Any activity conducted on the premises shall be of such a nature as
to not appreciably increase the vehicular traffic or pedestrian activity
in the neighborhood, and shall not encourage queues, browsing of
displays, or any similar activity.
(i) Outside storage of merchandise or equipment is prohibited.
Q) Parking for the home occupation must be provided on a paved surface
off of the street and not in a required front yard.
(k) A customary home occupation shall not include the physical or medical
treatment of persons or animals, retail sales, business services,
barber shops, beauty shops, dance studios, carpenter shops,
electrical shops, plumber shops, radio shops, auto repairing or
painting, furniture repairing, or sign painting.
(1) Sales of motor vehicles shall be limited to a maximum of two vehicles
per calendar year.
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71-91. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
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92. DAY CARE ACTIVITY SPACE shall mean an area or rooms used for
children's activities including those separate from a group's classroom,
excluding day care single use areas which include, but are not limited to,
bathrooms, hallways, storage rooms, cooking areas of kitchens, and indoor
swimming pools.
93. DAY NURSERY shall mean a place where children are left for care between
the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 12:00 midnight.
93a. DENSITY shall mean the measure of the degree to which land is filled with
residential units designed to accommodate a family group. Measurement
excludes public or private streets in calculating density per acre.
94. DEPTH OF FRONT YARD shall mean the minimum distance from the front
lot line to the front line of a building.
95. DEPTH OF LOT shall be defined as the mean horizontal distance between
the front and rear lot lines.
96. DEPTH OF REAR YARD shall be defined as the mean horizontal distance
between the rear line of a building other than an accessory building and the
rear lot line.
97. DETACHED shall mean having no physical connection above the top of the
floor line of the first floor with any other building or structure.
98. DISTRICT shall mean a section of the City of Grapevine for which the
regulations governing the area, height and use of building are uniform.
99. DUPLEX shall mean a detached building having separate accommodations
for two (2) single-family dwellings or occupied by two (2) families.
100. DWELLING shall mean an enclosed building or portion thereof having
accommodations for only one family or occupied by one family.
101. EFFICIENCY APARTMENT shall mean a dwelling unit in a multifamily
structure, consisting of not more than one habitable room, together with
kitchen or kitchenette and sanitary facilities, and having a minimum of six
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hundred (600) square feet of floor area. A habitable room shall be defined
as being a space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking.
Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage or utility space, and
similar areas, shall not be considered habitable space.
102-120. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
121. ENCLOSED BUILDING shall mean a structure which is floored, roofed and
surrounded by outside walls, which contains no opening larger than one
hundred twenty (120) square feet in area normally open to the air and which
contains no series of openings forming a divided opening larger than one
hundred twenty (120) square feet in area normally open to the air.
122-136. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
137. ESCORT means a person who, for consideration, agrees or offers to act as
a companion, guide or date for another person, or who agrees or offers to
privately model lingerie or to privately perform a striptease for another
person.
138. ESCORT AGENCY means a person or business association who furnishes,
Y offers to furnish, or advertises to furnish escorts as one of its primary
business purposes, for a fee, tip or other consideration.
139. ESTABLISHMENT means and includes any of the following;
1. The opening or commencement of any sexually oriented business as
a new business;
2. The conversion of an existing business, whether or not a sexually
oriented business, to a sexually oriented business;
3. The addition of any sexually oriented business to any other existing
sexually oriented business; or
4. The relocation of any sexually oriented business.
140. FAMILY shall mean any number of individuals living together as a single
housekeeping unit interdependent upon one another.
141. FLOOR AREA: The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
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of the building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from
the center line of walls separating two (2) buildings, computed as follows:
(a) FOR DETERMINING FLOOR AREA RATIO: The sum of the following
areas: (1) the basement floor area when more than one-half (1/2) of
the basement height is above the finished lot grade level where curb
level has not been established; (2) elevator shafts and stairwells at
each floor; (3) floor space used for mechanical equipment (except
equipment, open or enclosed, located on the roof); (4) penthouses;
(5) attic space having headroom of seven (7) feet, ten (10) inches or
more; (6) interior balconies and mezzanines; (7) enclosed porches;
(8) floor area devoted to accessory uses; and (9) space devoted to
off-street parking, aisles and ramps when it is located in a parking
structure. Space devoted to off-street loading shall not be included
in the floor area. The floor area of structures devoted to bulk storage
of materials including, but not limited to, grain elevators and
petroleum storage tanks shall be computed by counting each ten (10)
feet of height, or fraction thereof, as being equal to one (1) floor.
(b) FOR DETERMINING OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
REQUIREMENTS: The sum of the following areas (1) floor space
devoted to the principal use of the premises, including accessory
storage areas located within selling or working space such as
counters, racks, or closets; (2) any basement floor area devoted to
retailing activities; and (3) floor area devoted to the production or
processing of goods or to business or professional offices. For this
purpose, floor area shall not include space devoted primarily to
storage purposes (except as otherwise noted herein), off-street
parking or loading facilities, including aisles, ramps and maneuvering
space, or basement floor area other than area devoted to retailing
activities, the production or processing of goods, or business or
professional offices.
142. FLOOR AREA RATIO (F.A.R.): The floor area ratio of the building or other
structure on any lot is determined by dividing the floor area of such building
or structure by the area of the lot on which the building or structure is
located. When more than one building or structure is located on a lot, then
the floor area ratio is determined by dividing the total floor area of all
buildings or structures by the area of the lot, or in the case of planned
developments, by the net site area. The floor area ratio requirements, as set
forth under each zoning district, shall determine the maximum floor area
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hundred (600) square feet of floor area. A habitable room shall be defined
as being a space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking.
Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage or utility space, and
similar areas, shall not be considered habitable space.
102-120. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
121. ENCLOSED BUILDING shall mean a structure which is floored, roofed and
surrounded by outside walls, which contains no opening larger than one
hundred twenty (120) square feet in area normally open to the air and which
contains no series of openings forming a divided opening larger than one
hundred twenty (120) square feet in area normally open to the air.
122-136. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
137. ESCORT means a person who, for consideration, agrees or offers to act as
a companion, guide or date for another person, or who agrees or offers to
privately model lingerie or to privately perform a striptease for another
person.
138. ESCORT AGENCY means a person or business association who furnishes,
offers to furnish, or advertises to furnish escorts as one of its primary
business purposes, for a fee, tip or other consideration.
139. ESTABLISHMENT means and includes any of the following;
1. The opening or commencement of any sexually oriented business as
a new business;
2. The conversion of an existing business, whether or not a sexually
oriented business, to a sexually oriented business;
3. The addition of any sexually oriented business to any other existing
sexually oriented business; or
4. The relocation of any sexually oriented business.
140. FAMILY shall mean any number of individuals living together as a single
housekeeping unit interdependent upon one another.
141. FLOOR AREA: The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
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of the building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from
the center line of walls separating two (2) buildings, computed as follows:
(a) FOR DETERMINING FLOOR AREA RATIO: The sum of the following
areas: (1) the basement floor area when more than one-half (1/2) of
the basement height is above the finished lot grade level where curb
level has not been established; (2) elevator shafts and stairwells at
each floor; (3) floor space used for mechanical equipment (except
equipment, open or enclosed, located on the roof); (4) penthouses;
(5) attic space having headroom of seven (7) feet, ten (10) inches or
more; (6) interior balconies and mezzanines; (7) enclosed porches;
(8) floor area devoted to accessory uses; and (9) space devoted to
off-street parking, aisles and ramps when it is located in a parking
structure. Space devoted to off-street loading shall not be included
in the floor area. The floor area of structures devoted to bulk storage
of materials including, but not limited to, grain elevators and
petroleum storage tanks shall be computed by counting each ten (10)
feet of height, or fraction thereof, as being equal to one (1) floor.
(b) FOR DETERMINING OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
REQUIREMENTS: The sum of the following areas (1) floor space
devoted to the principal use of the premises, including accessory
storage areas located within selling or working space such as
counters, racks, or closets; (2) any basement floor area devoted to
retailing activities; and (3) floor area devoted to the production or
processing of goods or to business or professional offices. For this
purpose, floor area shall not include space devoted primarily to
storage purposes (except as otherwise noted herein), off-street
parking or loading facilities, including aisles, ramps and maneuvering
space, or basement floor area other than area devoted to retailing
activities, the production or processing of goods, or business or
professional offices.
142. FLOOR AREA RATIO (F.A.R.): The floor area ratio of the building or other
structure on any lot is determined by dividing the floor area of such building
or structure by the area of the lot on which the building or structure is
located. When more than one building or structure is located on a lot, then
the floor area ratio is determined by dividing the total floor area of all
buildings or structures by the area of the lot, or in the case of planned
developments, by the net site area. The floor area ratio requirements, as set
forth under each zoning district, shall determine the maximum floor area
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allowable for a building or other structure (including both principal and
accessory buildings) in direct ratio to the gross area of the lot.
143. FIRST FLOOR shall mean a floor and the space above it between the floor
and the next floor or the ceiling or roof, the height of said space being no
more than fifty (50) percent below grade and the top of the floor being no
higher than six (6) feet above grade. All floors above the first floor shall be
numbered in ascending sequence, starting with the second floor.
143a. FLOOR - LEVEL - Any occupiable or usable floor space including
mechanical rooms, storage areas, and expansion space. Floor Levels
may have elevation changes not to exceed 24 inches.
144. FOUR -UNIT APARTMENT HOUSE shall mean a detached building
containing four (4) single-family attached dwellings.
145. FRONT YARD shall mean an open, unoccupied space on a lot facing a street
and extending across the front of a lot between the side yard lines. On a cul-
de-sac, as that term is defined in the city's subdivision rules and regulations,
the front building line is to be determined by establishing a thirty-foot setback
from the front property pins on the front property or lot lines. A chord
connecting these two (2) points shall be the front building line. Where a front
property line has a curved section and a straight section, the front building
line shall be determined by establishing a thirty-foot setback on the side
property lines, thirty (30) feet from the property pins. A line perpendicular to
the straight section will be established at the property pin where the curve
begins. A point will be established on this line thirty (30) feet behind the
property pin. The building line will be established by connecting these two (2)
points. The term "property pins" refers to the front corners of the property
contiguous to the street right-of-way as shown on the subdivision.
146. FREIGHT FORWARDING WAREHOUSES shall mean warehouses engaged
in the storage of goods in transit which are under the control of a direct air
or transport carrier or an agency responsible for the transportation of goods
via any such carrier.
147-167. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
168a. GARAGE, FRONT ENTRY, shall mean a structure or portion thereof for the
accessory use of storing or parking of private motor vehicles owned by the
occupant of the premises, located in front of or beside the living area, the
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access thereto is from the front property line.
168b. GARAGE, REAR ENTRY, shall mean a structure or portion thereof for the
accessory use of storing or parking of private motor vehicles owned by the
occupant of the premises, with access or door facing the side or rear
property line, said structure shall be located partially or totally behind any
portion of the living area.
169. GARAGE, PUBLIC STORAGE OR PUBLIC STORAGE GARAGE, shall mean
a building or portion thereof, not a private garage, constructed or used for the
storage or parking of passenger motor vehicles and trucks of less than one -
ton capacity only, where the rental of space is on an hourly, weekly or
monthly basis.
170. GASOLINE SERVICE STATION shall mean a place or establishment where
gasoline, oil, grease, or motor vehicle accessories are sold, supplied or
dispensed to the retail motor vehicle trade, or the minor repair of motor
vehicles is performed, or the washing of motor vehicles.
171. GRADE shall mean:
(a) For buildings having walls adjoining one street only, it is the elevation
of the sidewalk at the center of the wall adjoining the street.
(b) For buildings having walls adjoining more than one street, it is the
average of the elevation of the sidewalk at the center of all walls
adjoining the street.
(c) For building having no wall adjoining the street, it is the average level
of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of
the building.
172. GRAPHIC PLAN shall mean a map indicating the proposed areas of common
land usage by generalized drawing.
173. GUEST HOUSE shall mean a secondary structure on a lot which may contain
dwelling accommodations for the temporary occupancy by guests and not for
rent or permanent occupancy, and such building not having a separate utility
meter.
174. GROSS LEASABLE AREA (GLA) shall mean the total floor area designed
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for the tenant's occupancy and exclusive use, including basements,
mezzanines or upper floors, expressed in square feet and measured from
the centerline of joint partitions and from outside wall faces. It is the space
for which tenants pay rent, including sales areas and integral stock areas.
Gross leasable area does not include public or common areas such as
public toilets, corridors, stairwells, elevators, machine and equipment rooms,
lobbies or enclosed mall area.
175-192. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
193. HALF STORY shall mean a story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall
plates of which on at least two (2) exterior walls are not more than two (2)
feet above the floor of such story.
194. HALF -WAY HOUSE shall mean an institution for criminal rehabilitation.
195. HEIGHT shall mean when referring to the height of a building or portion
thereof, the measurement from the average established grade at the street
lot line, or from the average natural ground level if higher, or if no street
grade has been established, to the highest point of the roofs surface if a flat
surface, to the deck line of mansard roofs; and to the mean height level
between eaves and ridge for hip and gable roofs. In measuring the height
of buildings, the following structures shall be excluded: Chimneys, cooling
towers, elevator bulkheads, radio towers, ornamental cupolas, domes or
spires, and parapet walls not exceeding four (4) feet in height.
196. HOSPITAL shall mean an institution or place where sick or injured in -patients
are given medical or surgical care, at either public or private expense, but
excluding institutions where persons suffering from permanent types of
illness, injury, deformity or deficiency or age are given care and treatment on
a prolonged or permanent basis.
197. HOTEL OR MOTEL shall mean a building or arrangement of buildings, in
which there are thirteen or more guestrooms used, designed and occupied
as a temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged with or without
meals, in which the rooms are usually occupied singly for hire, in which there
are not provisions for cooking in individual rooms or apartments. Access to
guest rooms shall be restricted exclusively to interior corridors. These
corridors shall be accessed via the main lobby of the building or entryways
individually equipped with some form of security controlled access system.
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198. HELIPORT shall mean an area of land or water or a structural surface which
is used, or intended for use, for the landing and taking -off of helicopters, and
any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for heliport
buildings and other heliport facilities.
199. HELISTOP shall mean the same as a heliport, except that no refueling,
maintenance, repairs or storage of helicopters is permitted.
200. INN shall mean an establishment for the lodging and entertaining of travelers
limited to a maximum of twenty rooms whose aggregate floor area will not
exceed 25,000 square feet, with guest room access allowed from common
area only. No outside guest room entrances shall be allowed.
201-209. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
210. KINDERGARTEN shall mean school for children of preschool age, in which
construction endeavors, object lessons and helpful games are prominent
features of the curriculum.
211-221. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
222. LOT shall mean a tract of land occupied or to be occupied by a building and
its accessory buildings, and including such open spaces as are required
under this ordinance, and having its principal frontage upon a public street
or officially approved place.
223. LOT COVERAGE shall mean the total area of a lot upon which is placed a
building, buildings, or other structures.
224. LOT OF RECORD shall mean a lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of
which has been recorded in the office of the county clerk of Tarrant County,
Texas, or a parcel of land, the deed of which was recorded in the office of the
county clerk of Tarrant County, Texas, prior to the effective date of this
ordinance.
225-247. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
248. MANUFACTURED PLANT shall mean an establishment devoted to the
fabrication, processing, assembling, cleaning or repair of articles, foods,
liquids, and/or plants.
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249. MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT shall mean any machinery designed or
manufactured for permanent installation in one place, either outside of a
building or inside of a mechanical equipment building or room, driven by a
motor or motors of more than five (5) horsepower or more.
250. MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF DWELLING UNIT shall mean the
minimum square footage of living space required per dwelling unit, excluding
porches, patios, or areas designated for automobile parking.
251. MOBILE HOME shall mean any vehicle used or manufactured to be used as
a temporary or permanent dwelling or sleeping place for one or more
persons, and having no foundation other than wheels, jacks, or skirtings so
arranged as to be integral to or portable by the vehicle, and shall include self-
propelled and non self-propelled vehicles so designed, constructed,
reconstructed, or added to by means of accessories in such manner as will
permit the occupancy thereof as a temporary or permanent dwelling or
sleeping place for one or more persons.
252. MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION shall mean any lot, tract or parcel of land
used in whole or in part for the parking of mobile homes used for or to be
used as a temporary or permanent dwelling or sleeping place for one or
more persons by the day or week, or for a longer period of time with or
without compensation and where parking facilities are provided for one or
more automobiles and mobile homes to be used for temporary or permanent
dwellings.
253. MODULAR HOME shall mean a structure or building module that is
manufactured at a location other than the location where it is installed and
used as a residence by a consumer, transportable in one or more sections
on a temporary chassis or other conveyance device, and to be used as a
permanent dwelling when installed and placed upon a permanent foundation
system. The term includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and
electrical systems contained in the structure. The term does not include a
mobile home as defined in the Texas Manufactured Housing Standards Act,
nor does it include building modules incorporating concrete or masonry as
a primary component.
254. MOTOR FREIGHT TERMINAL shall mean an establishment which charges
for the transportation of goods by motor truck from one city to another,
designed for storing and handling of goods so transported or to be
transported, and for the parking, storing and maintenance of motor trucks
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255. MULTIFAMILY DWELLING shall mean a building or buildings containing or
aggregating more than four single-family dwelling units.
256-274. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
275. NATURAL VEGETATION shall mean living plant material.
276. NEW CAR SHOWROOM shall mean an establishment of a dealer of new
automobiles, authorized by the manufacturer of the automobiles.
277. NONCOMMERCIAL shall pertain to an enterprise which provides goods
and/or services only to its own members, stockholders or shareholders and
their guest, and which returns all profits from the operation, if any, to the
members, stockholders or shareholders, in accordance with their share of
investment.
278. NONCONFORMING USE shall mean a building, structure or use of land
lawfully occupied at the time of the effective date of this ordinance or
amendments thereto, and which does not conform to the use regulations of
the districts in which it is situated.
278a. NUDE MODEL STUDIO means any place where a person who appears in
a state of nudity or seminudity or displays specified anatomical areas is
provided, to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured,
photographed, or similarly depicted by other persons who pay money or any
other form of consideration.
278b. NUDITY or a STATE OF NUDITY means and includes either of the following:
1. The appearance of a human bare buttock, anus, male genitals, female
genitals or female breast; or
2. A state of dress which fails to opaquely cover a human buttock, anus,
male genitals, female genitals or areola of the female breast.
279. NURSING HOME shall mean an institution where persons suffering from
generally permanent types of illness, injury, deformity, deficiency of age, are
given care and treatment on a prolonged or permanent basis, and which is
licensed by the State of Texas or the City of Grapevine.
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280-299. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
300. OFF-STREET PARKING shall mean asphalt or concrete surface areas upon
which motor vehicles may be parked and which area has access to a public
street.
301. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
302. OPEN SPACE shall be all land designated for the recreational enjoyment
and/or natural beauty of area.
303. OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGN shall mean a signboard advertising a
service commodity, goods, wares, merchandise or opinion not sold or offered
to the public at the site upon which the signboard is located.
304. OUTSIDE STORAGE shall mean the storage of commodities, goods and/or
refuse outside of an enclosed building.
305. OCCUPANCY shall mean the purpose or activity for which a piece of land
or its building, part thereof, is used or intended to be used.
306-323. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
324. PERIMETER PLAN shall mean a map indicating the proposed areas of
common land usage on a tract of land three hundred (300) feet in depth
adjacent to and within the total perimeter of the district.
324a. PERSON means an individual, proprietorship, trust, partnership, corporation,
association, or other legal entity.
325. PREMISES shall mean a piece of land or real estate owned, rented, leased,
used or occupied distinct from those adjacent, by virtue of different
ownership, rental, lease, usage or occupancy.
326. PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE shall mean a building or structure, the use of
which is a principal use.
327. PRINCIPAL USE shall mean a use which, in comparison with another use
occurring on the same property, has the greatest effective producing power.
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328. PRIVATE shall mean the exclusion of those who have not been invited.
329. PRIVATE CLUB shall mean a social organization to which membership is by
invitation only, and its meeting place in which only members and their guests
are permitted, but excluding private clubs in which alcoholic beverages are
stored, possessed or consumed.
330. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE shall mean work performed by a member of a
profession licensed as a profession by the State of Texas.
331. PUBLIC shall mean promotion of a public cause or service, including utilities
having a franchise from the City of Grapevine, but excluding other profit-
making organizations.
332. PLANNED COMMERCIAL CENTER shall mean a center consisting of one,
(1) or more lots having a total site area of a minimum of five (5) acres with a
combination of permitted and conditional uses in the zoning district for which
the zoning application is made.
333. PERSONAL CARE FACILITY shall mean an establishment that furnishes,
in one or more facilities, food and shelter to four or more persons who are
unrelated to the proprietor of the establishment; and provides personal care
services; and in addition, provides minor treatment under the direction and
supervision of the resident's attending physician licensed by the Texas State
Board of Medical Examiners, or services which meet some need beyond
basic provision of food, shelter, and laundry. Incidental uses and/or services
may include protective supervision, personal care, social and recreational
services, transportation services, private or common kitchen/dining facilities,
so long as such services are provided to residents only.
334. PLANNED BUSINESS PARK shall mean a center consisting of one, (1) 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.
335-359. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
360. RAILROAD EQUIPMENT STORAGE YARDS shall mean a place for the
storage of railway cars, boxcars and engines and related equipment.
361. RAILWAY FREIGHT STATION shall mean an establishment which charges
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for the transport of goods, by railway from one city to another, designed for
storing and hauling of goods so transported or to be so transported, but
excluding the outside storage of railway cars, boxcars, and engines.
362. REAR YARD shall mean a space unoccupied by a principal structure
extending for the full width of the lot between a principal structure and the
rear lot line.
363. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION shall be held to include a church as defined
herein.
364. RETAIL SALES shall mean the regular sale of general merchandise from
existing, on-site inventory to the general public for direct use or consumption.
365. RETAIL STORE shall mean a place where goods, wares, merchandise and
commodities are sold and transferred directly to the purchaser or consumer
in small quantities such as by the single yard, pound, gallon, single articles
as opposed to wholesale trade.
366. REVERSE FRONTAGE LOT shall mean a comer lot, the rear of which abuts
the side of another lot.
367-388. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
389. SALVAGE YARD shall mean the outside storage of refuse and the recovery
of usable portions of same.
390. SCREENING shall mean a wall or fence, the surface of which does not
contain openings more than forty (40) square inches in each one square foot
of surface of such wall or fence, and which surface shall constitute a visual
barrier. Any wall or fence constructed to comply with any screening provision
specified within this ordinance shall be in accordance with the provisions of
Section 50 of this ordinance.
390a. SEMINUDE means a state of dress in which clothing covers no more than
the genitals, pubic region, and areola of the female breast, as well as
portions of the body covered by supporting straps or devices.
391. SERVANTS' QUARTERS shall mean an accessory dwelling located on a lot
with a main residence structure and used as living quarters for persons
employed on the premises only, and not for rent or use as a separate
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domicile of other than persons employed on the premises, and with no
separate utility meters.
391 a. SEXUAL ENCOUNTER CENTER means a business or commercial
enterprise that, as one of its primary business purposes, offers for any form
of consideration:
1. Physical contact in the form of wrestling or tumbling between persons
of the opposite sex; or
2. Activities between male and female persons and/or persons of the
same sex, when one or more of the persons is in a state of nudity or
seminudity.
391 b. SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS means an adult arcade, adult bookstore
or adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater,
adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio or sexual encounter center,
as such terms are defined herein.
392. SIDE YARD shall mean an open unoccupied space on the same lot with a
building, situated between the building and the side line of the lot, and
extending through from the street or from the front yard to the rear line of the
lot. Any lot line not a rear line or a front line shall be deemed a side line.
393. SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLING shall mean a portion of an
enclosed building having accommodations for and occupied by only one
family, attached to like units, which units may be sold individually provided
that the entire building meets all lot area, front yard, side yard, rear yard,
height and other zoning requirements.
394. SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING shall mean an enclosed building
having accommodations for and occupied by only one family, which building
must of itself meet all the lot area, front yard, side yard, rear yard, height and
other zoning requirements.
394a. SPECIFIED ANATOMICAL AREAS means human genitals in a state of
sexual arousal.
394b. SPECIFIED SEXUAL ACTIVITIES means and includes any of the following:
1. The fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region,
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buttocks, anus, or female breasts; or
2. Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including
intercourse, oral copulation, or sodomy; or
3. Masturbation, actual or simulated; or
4. Excretory functions as part of or in connection with any of the activities
set forth in 1. through 3. above.
395. STORAGE shall mean a space or place for storing and safekeeping of goods
in a warehouse or other depository.
396a. STORY shall be defined in the Grapevine Building Code, Chapter 4,
Definitions and Abbreviations.
396b. STORY, FIRST shall be defined in the Grapevine Building Code, Chapter 4,
Definitions and Abbreviations.
397. STREET shall mean any public thoroughfare dedicated to the public and not
designated as an alley.
398. STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY shall mean a street, including its pavement and
all the publicly owned property adjacent to it, dedicated for street purposes.
399. STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS shall mean any change in the supporting
members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.
400. STRUCTURE shall mean any building, construction, facility or edifice
including, but not limited to an underground or overground utility line,
drainage facility, fence, street, or runway.
401-422. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
423. TOWING SERVICE shall mean an accessory use which provides the service
of towing, moving or removing wrecked or disabled vehicles for the sole
purpose of repairing such wrecked or disabled vehicle in conjunction with a
permitted or conditional use.
424. TOWNHOUSE shall mean a single-family attached dwelling unit on a
separately platted lot which is joined at another dwelling unit on one or more
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sides by a party wall or abutting walls and occupied by not more than one
family.
425. TRIPLEX shall mean a detached building containing three (3) single-family
attached dwelling units.
426. USE shall mean the purpose or activity for which a piece of land or its
buildings is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which it is occupied or
maintained.
427-429. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
430. VINEYARD shall mean the cultivation or planting of grapes.
431-445. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
446. WAREHOUSING shall mean storage in an enclosed building five thousand
(5,000) square feet in area or larger, of articles, foods, liquids and/or plants
including all necessary office and/or sales space, but not including freight
forwarding warehouses, motor terminal facilities or railway freight station
facilities.
447. WHOLESALE BUSINESS shall mean a commercial use devoted to the sale
of goods and commodities in large lots to retail outlets and store and
manufacturers.
448a. WIDTH OF LOT shall mean the distance between the side property lines
measured at a required building setback line, measuring parallel to the front
property line, perpendicular to the side property line. At no time, however,
shall the front property line be less than twenty (20) feet.
448b. WIDTH OF LOT, CUL-DE-SAC, shall mean the distance between the side
property lines measured at a required building setback line, measuring
parallel to a perpendicular line bisecting the angle between two (2) side
property lines. At no time, however, shall the front property line be less than
twenty (20) feet. A cul-de-sac street, one end of which is closed and
consists of a circular turn around.
449. WIDTH OF SIDE YARD shall mean the least distance between a side wall
of a building and the side line of the lot.
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450. WINERY, shall mean the manufacturing, bottling, labeling and packaging of
wine containing not more than twenty-four (24) percent alcohol by volume
from grapes, fruits and berries grown on -premise or imported, and to include
the manufacturing and importation of grape brandy for fortifying purposes
only. Wine sales may be to holders of wholesaler's permits, winery permits,
wine bottlers permits. Retail sales to ultimate consumers in unbroken
packages for off -premise consumption may not exceed an amount of 25,000
gallons annually. A winery may include the following accessory uses; a
tasting room to dispense wine for on -premise consumption; meeting/banquet
facilities; restaurants and retail sales area of wine for off -premise
consumption.
B. AMENDMENTS TO THE DEFINITIONS in this section, or additional definitions to
be added to this section, may be made by the City Council of the City of Grapevine
after receiving the recommendations and report of the Planning and Zoning
Commission on such amendments or additions, and after a public hearing before
the City Council, as provided by law. Public hearings before the Planning and
Zoning Commission on any proposed amendment or addition to the definitions of
this section shall be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission after notice of
such hearing shall have been given by publication at least one time in a newspaper
of general circulation in the City of Grapevine, of the time and place of such hearing
at least ten (10) days prior to the date of such hearing.
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PURPOSE: The LB Limited Business District is established to accommodate individual
retail stores, personal service establishments and professional or business offices which
primarily meet the local neighborhood shopping and personal service needs of a limited
surrounding residential area. Retail stores permitted therein are intended to include
convenience goods which are normally a daily necessity for a residential neighborhood.
USES GENERALLY: In a LB Limited Business District no land shall be used and no
building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than as hereinafter provided.
A. PERMITTED USES: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses.
1. Retail sales in completely enclosed buildings limited to stores and shops for
the following: bakery, books, confectionery, dairy products, drug,
delicatessens, florist, gift, jewelry, hobby, music, pet, tobacco, newsstands,
wearing apparel, toys, and camera & photo development shops.
2. Personal service establishments including beauty, barber, dry cleaning and
laundry pickup, shoe repair, self-service laundromats, and express or mailing
offices.
3. Medical and dental offices.
4. Restaurants excluding drive-in or drive-through restaurants.
5. Public utility uses required to service the district.
B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses in
a LB Limited Business District provided that none shall be a source of income to the
owner or user of the principal structure.
1. Off-street parking in conjunction with any permitted use in this district.
Provisions for the parking of automobiles provided that such provisions within
sixty (60) feet of a residentially zoned district shall be separated from said lot
by a blind fence or wall at least six (6) feet high.
2. Signs advertising uses on the premises, in accordance with Section 60 of this
Ordinance.
3. Mechanical equipment no nearer than one hundred twenty (120) feet to any
residentially zoned district.
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4. Screened garbage storage on a concrete pad and no closer than fifty (50)
feet to any residentially zoned district and not located between the front of
the building and any right-of-way.
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
the Ordinance.
1. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a special permit is issued in accordance
with Section 42.6 of this Ordinance.
2. Drive-in and drive-through restaurants.
3. Schools and studios for art, dancing, drama, music, photography, interior
decorating, or reducing.
4. Food and convenience stores, including prepared food carry -out service, that
provide additional parking needed by that service.
5. Professional and business offices.
6. Banks and financial institutions.
D. LIMITATION Of USES:
1. All activities of permitted uses except automobile parking lots, shall be
conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building.
2. No individual retail store or personal service establishment shall have a floor
area open to the public, including display, service and sales, greater than
twenty-five hundred (2,500) square feet.
E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS: No application for a building permit for construction of a
principal building 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
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F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements
shall apply.
1. MAXIMUM DENSITY: The maximum density within an LB District shall not
exceed a floor area ratio of 0.35.
2. LOT SIZE: The minimum lot size in a LB District shall be ten thousand
(10,000) square feet and the maximum size of any LB District shall not
exceed three (3) acres.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE: At least twenty (20) percent of the total lot area
shall be devoted to nonvehicular open space. (Non -vehicular open space is
any area not devoted to buildings, parking, loading, storage or vehicular
use.)
4. MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE: The combined area occupied by all
main and accessory structures shall not exceed sixty (60) percent of the total
lot area.
5. MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: The combined area occupied by all
main and accessory 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:
1. LOT WIDTH: Every lot shall have a minimum width of eighty (80) feet.
2. LOT DEPTH: Every lot shall have a minimum depth of not less than one
hundred (100) feet.
3. FRONT YARD: Every lot shall have a front yard of not less than fifteen (15)
feet which shall be utilized a s 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 YARDS: Every lot shall have two side yards, each of which shall be
not less than ten (10) feet in width.
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5. REAR YARD: Every lot shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty-five
(25) feet in depth.
6. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS: The minimum distance between
detached principal or accessory buildings on the same lot shall be not less
than twenty (20) feet.
H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS: Whenever an LB District abuts a residential
district, a wall, fence, or berm at least six (6) feet in height shall be erected to
effectively screen the LB District from the residential area. In addition, no building
or structure shall be located nearer to any residentially zoned property than a
distance equal to the height of such building or structure.
HEIGHT:
1. No principal structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding two
(2) stories or twenty-five (25) feet except buildings located adjacent to an R-
20, R-12.5, or R-7.5 District, buildings shall not exceed one (1) steFy floor
level or twenty (20) feet in height.
2. No accessory structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding
fifteen (15) feet.
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 Sections 56 and 58 and shall be landscaped in accordance with
Section 53 of this Ordinance.
L. OFF-STREET LOADING: Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with
the provisions of Section 57 of this Ordinance.
M. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: The following design requirements shall apply in the
LB District:
1. No outdoor storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse
disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view.
2. Mechanical and electrical equipment, including air conditioning units, shall
be designed, installed and operated to minimize noise impact on surrounding
property. All such equipment shall be screened from public view.
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3. Lighting shall be designed to reflect away from any adjacent residential area.
4. The masonry requirements of Section 54 shall be met.
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 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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Sec. 23A. GV Grapevine Vintage District Regulations
PURPOSE: The GV District is established to provide locations to accommodate wineries,
vineyards and the associated low intensity retail/commercial uses, to be designed and
arranged to buffer single family and other residential zoning districts from high intensity
commercial zoning. The GV District is intended for wineries, vineyards, wine tasting
facilities, and low intensity retail/commercial uses which promote, enhance and compliment
the Texas Wine Industry. The GV District is primarily established as a transitional district
that serves as a low intensity commercial land use to buffer low density residential land
uses from commercial land uses. Such facilities should not be so large or so broad in
scope of services as to attract intensive commercial developments.
USES GENERALLY: In a GV Grapevine Vintage District no land shall be used and no
building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than as hereinafter provided.
A. PERMITTED USES:
1. Vineyards.
2. Restaurants and restaurants with outside dining, excluding drive-in and
drive-through facilities.
3. Any specialty retail shop such as, but not limited to, books, florist, jewelry,
gift, hobby; within a completely enclosed building whose aggregate gross
floor area does not exceed 5,000 square feet.
4. Bakery, tea rooms, confectionery, and delicatessen, ice cream, soda fountain
shops, and cheese factory; within a completely enclosed building whose
aggregate gross floor area does not exceed 5,000 square feet.
5. Studios for the creations of crafts, and heritage arts which are handmade or
handcrafted, that do not exceed 20% of the total floor area of a permitted use
listed in Section 23A.A.3. of this Ordinance.
6. Planned specialty shopping center defined as a combination of all the uses
permitted in 23A.A.,. A single building shall not exceed 25,000 square feet
as a permitted use. All individual users shall have the same floor area
limitations as noted in Section 23A.A.
7. Hospitality Centers which provide meeting facilities for, but not limited to civic
clubs, lodges, fraternal organizations, receptions, and seminars.
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9. Art galleries and museums.
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B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses:
1. Mechanical equipment no nearer than one hundred twenty (120) feet to any
residentially zoned district.
2. Screened garbage storage on a concrete pad no nearer than fifty (50) feet
to a residentially zoned district and not located between the front of the
building and any street right-of-way.
3. Off-street parking to serve permitted uses, provided that any off-street
parking or vehicular use area within sixty (60) feet of a residentially zoned
district shall be separated from said lot in accordance with Section 50.C.1.
Screening Alternate A.
4. Signs advertising uses on the premises in accordance with Section 60 of this
Ordinance, with the exception of pole signs. Pole signs shall not be allowed
within the Grapevine Vintage District.
5. Other structures or uses which are customarily accessory and clearly
incidental and subordinate to the permitted use and/or structure.
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
the Ordinance.
1. Winery with alcoholic beverage sales, with on -premise and off -premise
consumption, provided a special permit is issued in accordance with Section
42.13. of the Ordinance.
2. Wine tasting facility with alcoholic beverage sales with on -premise and off -
premise consumption, provided a special permit is issued in accordance with
Section 42.B. of the Ordinance. All alcoholic beverage sales shall be
consistent with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code.
3. Restaurants and restaurants with outside dining, including alcoholic beverage
sales provided a special permit is issued in accordance with Section 42.B.
of the Ordinance. Drive-in and drive-through restaurants shall not be
allowed.
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4. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a special permit is issued in accordance
with Section 42.13. of this Ordinance.
5. Inn.
6. Outdoor commercial amusements such as golf driving ranges, miniature golf,
archery, and croquet.
7. Commercial amusements, the operation of which is totally within an enclosed
building, including bowling alleys, video arcades, roller skating and ice
skating arenas, motion picture theaters, but excluding any special uses
authorized by Section 49.13.
8. Planned Commercial Centers. The total retail or commercial shopping floor
area on any lot or parcel whose aggregate gross floor area not exceeding
one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet. All individual users shall have
the same floor area limitations as noted in Section 23A.A.
D. LIMITATION ON USES:
1. The GV district is intended for specialty retail shopping and service facilities
and whose aggregate gross floor area on any lot or parcel shall not exceed
twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet.
2. Pole signs shall not be permitted in the GV district.
E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS: No application for a building permit for construction of a
principal building 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.
F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements
shall apply:
1. MAXIMUM DENSITY: The maximum density within GV District shall not
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2. LOT SIZE: The minimum lot size in a GV District shall be twenty thousand
(20,000) square feet.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE: At least twenty-five (25) 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.)
4. DISTRICT SIZE: The minimum size of any GV District shall be one (1) acre.
5. MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: The combined area occupied by all
main and accessory structures, parking storage, loading and other paved
areas shall not exceed seventy-five (75) percent of the total lot area.
AREA REGULATIONS: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. LOT WIDTH: Every lot shall have a minimum width of one hundred twenty-
five (125) 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, 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, vineyards, or trees, and no part shall be paved or
surfaced except of minimum access, driveways and sidewalks in accordance
with Section 53 of this Ordinance.
4. SIDE YARDS: Every lot shall have two side yards, each of which shall be
not less than fifteen (15) feet in width. Planned Commercial Centers
permitted as a Conditional Use shall meet the requirements of Section
23A.N.1.
5. REAR YARD: Every lot shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty-five
(25) feet in depth. Planned Commercial Centers permitted as a Conditional
Use shall meet the requirements of Section 23A.N.1.
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detached principal or accessory buildings on the same lot shall be not less
than twenty (20) feet.
H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS:
1. BUFFER AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS: Whenever a GV District
abuts a residential district, an appropriate buffer and screen shall be
provided in accordance with the provisions of Sections 50, 53, 23A.H.2. and
23A.H.3. of this Ordinance.
2. ADDITIONAL BUILDING SETBACK REQUIREMENTS: No building or
structure shall be located nearer to any residentially zoned property than a
distance equal to two (2) times the height of any building or structure, or fifty
(50) feet whichever is greater.
3. ADDITIONAL SCREENING, FENCING AND LANDSCAPING: The Planning
and Zoning Commission may recommend and the City Council may require
screening, fencing, buffering 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.
HEIGHT:
1. No principal structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding thirty-
five (35) feet, except buildings located contiguous to an R-20, R-12.5, R-7.5
or R-5.0 Residential District shall be limited to one (1) stee} floor level.
A winery or wine tasting facility not adjacent to a R-7.5, R-12.5 or R-20
Single Family Residential District, may exceed the maximum height
requirements of Section 23A.1.1 (thirty-five (35) feet) not to exceed a
maximum height of fifty (50) feet, provided a conditional use permit is issued
in accordance with Section 48 of the Ordinance.
2. No accessory structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding
twenty-five (25) feet.
J. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS: Landscaping shall be required in accordance
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with Section 53 of this Ordinance.
K. OFF-STREET PARKING: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with
the provisions of Sections 56 and 58 and shall be landscaped in accordance with
Section 53 of this Ordinance.
L. OFF-STREET LOADING: Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with
the provision of Section 57 of this Ordinance.
M. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: The following design requirements shall apply in the
GV District:
1. Lighting shall be designed to reflect away from any adjacent residential area.
2. Parking lot lighting facilities, if provided shall meet the requirement of Section
58, Parking and Loading Area Development Standards
3. No outdoor storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse
disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view in accordance
with Section 50.13.3.
4. Due to the development nature of the Grapevine Vintage District, it is
recognized that requiring wineries 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 accordance with the City Building Code and Fire
Prevention Code may not allow for vintage type developments. Wineries
proposed in the GV not meeting the seventy (70) percent masonry
requirement shall present a exterior wall plan to the Planning and Zoning
Commission and the Commission shall establish the amount of masonry
required.
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 REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: The front yard requirements contained in Section 23A.G.3. shall
be applicable to each lot or parcel of land within a Planned Commercial
Center. A minimum fifteen (15) foot side yard and a minimum twenty-five
(25) foot rear yard shall be required around the outside perimeter of the
Planned Commercial Center. Minimum side and rear yard requirements of
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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-five (25) 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 use.)
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PURPOSE: The purpose of the C -N Neighborhood Commercial District is to provide
locations for the development of planned retail shopping and service facilities which are
located and designed expressly to serve the needs of adjacent residential neighborhoods.
C -N Districts are intended for retail commercial uses which have a neighborhood
orientation and which supplies necessities requiring frequent purchase with a minimum of
consumer travel. Such facility should not be so large or so broad in scope of services as
to attract substantial amounts of trade from outside the neighborhood.
USES GENERALLY: In a C -N Neighborhood Commercial District no land shall be used
and no building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than as hereinafter
provided.
A. PERMITTED USES: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses.
1. Planned neighborhood shopping centers defined as a combination of retail
stores, offices, personal service establishments and similar uses whose
aggregate gross floor area does not exceed one hundred thousand
(100,000) square feet.
2. Any use permitted in the P -O Professional Office District provided that the
total floor area devoted to office use does not exceed thirty (30) percent of
the total floor area permitted on the lot.
3. Any use permitted in the LB Limited Business District.
4. Restaurants excluding drive-ins or drive-through facilities.
5. Day Nursery and kindergarten.
6. Public utility uses necessary to serve the District.
7. Variety and dry goods stores.
B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses
provided that such use shall be located not less than twenty (20) feet from any
street right-of-way.
1. Swimming pool no nearer than one hundred twenty (120) feet to any
residentially zoned district.
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2. Mechanical equipment no nearer than one hundred twenty (120) feet to any
residentially zoned district.
3. Screened garbage storage on a concrete pad no nearer than fifty (50) feet
to a residentially zoned district and not located between the front of the
building and any street right-of-way.
4. Off-street parking to serve permitted uses provided that any off-street parking
or vehicular use area within sixty (60) feet of a residentially zoned district
shall be separated from said lot by a blind fence, berm, wall or landscaping
at least six (6) feet high.
5. Signs advertising uses on the premises in accordance with Section 60 of this
Ordinance.
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. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a special permit is issued in accordance
with Section 42.13. of this Ordinance.
2. Tire, battery, and accessory stores located within a planned shopping center.
3. Automotive parts and supplies completely in an enclosed building.
4. Drive-in or drive-through restaurants.
5. Gasoline services.
6. Private clubs and service organizations.
7. Veterinarian including veterinary hospitals where small animals are kept
overnight.
8. Planned Commercial Centers.
9. Any individual retail store, office, personal service establishment, restaurants,
or other uses provided for in Section 24.A. with a floor area open to the
public, including display, service and sales, greater than ninety-five hundred
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(9,500) square feet.
10. Personal Care Facilities.
D. LIMITATION ON USES:
1. The C -N District is intended for neighborhood scale shopping and service
facilities and the total retail or commercial shopping floor area on any lot or
parcel shall not exceed one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet. No
individual retail store, office, personal service establishment, restaurant or
other uses provided for in Section 24.A. shall have a floor area open to the
public, including display, service and sales, greater than ninety-five hundred
(9,500) square feet.
2. The maximum size of any C -N District shall not exceed twelve (12) acres in
size.
3. The hours of operation for uses provided for in Section 24.C.10 shall be
limited to between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. unless specifically
provided for in the Conditional Use Permit.
E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS: No application for a building permit for construction of a
principal building 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.
F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements
shall apply:
1. MAXIMUM DENSITY: The maximum density within a C -N District shall not
exceed a floor area ratio of 0.20.
2. LOT SIZE: The minimum lot size in a C -N Neighborhood Zoning District shall
be twenty thousand (20,000) 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 Commercial Centers permitted as a conditional use shall
meet the requirements of Section 24.N.3.
4. DISTRICT SIZE: The minimum size of any C -N Neighborhood Commercial
Zoning District shall be one (1) acre and the maximum size of any C -N
Neighborhood Zoning District shall not exceed twelve (12) acres.
5. MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: The combined area occupied by all
main and accessory 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:
1. LOT WIDTH: Every lot shall have a minimum width of one hundred twenty-
five (125) 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 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 YARDS: Every lot shall have two 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 24.N.1.
5. REAR YARD: Every lot shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty-five
(25) feet in depth. Planned Commercial Centers permitted as a conditional
use shall meet the requirements of Section 24.N.1.
6. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS: The minimum distance between
detached principal or accessory buildings on the same lot shall be not less
than twenty (20) feet.
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H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS: Whenever any C -N District abuts a residential
district, an appropriate buffer and screen shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 24(M)4., and 53 of this Ordinance. In addition, no building
or structure shall be located nearer to any residentially zoned property than a
distance equal to one and one-half (1-1/2) times the height of such building or
structure.
HEIGHT:
1. No principal structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding thirty
(30) feet except buildings located adjacent to an R-20, R-12.5, or R-7.5
Residential district shall not exceed one (1) &tee} floor level or twenty-five
(25) feet in height.
2. No accessory structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding
fifteen (15) feet.
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 Sections 56 and 58 and shall be landscaped in accordance with
Section 53 of this Ordinance.
L. OFF-STREET LOADING: Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with
the provisions of Section 57 and 58 of this Ordinance.
M. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: The following design requirements shall apply in the
C -N District:
1. No outdoor storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse
disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view.
2. Mechanical and electrical equipment, including air conditioning units, shall
be designed, installed and operated to minimize noise impact on surrounding
property. All such equipment shall be screened from public view.
3. Lighting shall be designed to reflect away from any adjacent residential area.
4. Whenever a C -N District is adjacent to any residentially zoned district, a
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PURPOSE: The HC Highway Commercial District is established to provide adequate
space and site diversification for commercial uses which depend upon high visibility, uses
with outside storage unless specifically prohibited by Section 26A, convenience to arterial
highways and will involve development that may be more intensive than other commercial
districts and objectionable to adjacent residential uses.
USES GENERALLY: In an HC Highway Commercial District, no land shall be used and
no building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than as hereinafter provided.
A. PERMITTED USES: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses except
as provided in Section 26.D.
1. Any use permitted in the LB Limited Business District, C -N Neighborhood
Commercial District, P -O Professional Office District and C -C Community
Commercial District, except that there shall be no limitation size of planned
shopping centers or total floor area.
2. Public utilities as required to serve the district.
3. Reserved
4. Restaurants, excluding drive-in and drive-through restaurants.
5. Furniture or appliances, new and used within a completely enclosed building.
6. Mortuary and funeral homes.
7. Nursery or greenhouses.
8. Upholstery shops.
9. Commercial amusements, the operation of which is totally within an enclosed
building, including bowling alleys, video arcades, roller skating and ice
skating arenas, motion picture theaters, but excluding any special uses
authorized by Section 49.B.
10. Pawn Shops within a completely enclosed building.
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buffer strip, at least twenty (20) feet in width shall be provided between the
two (2) districts. A wall, fence or berm shall be erected to effectively screen
the C -N District from the residential area. No streets, alley, vehicular storage
or use shall be permitted in the required buffer strip.
5. The masonry requirements of Section 54 shall be met.
6. 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 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.
N. PLANNED COMMERCIAL CENTER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: Each lot or parcel
of land created within a Planned Commercial Center shall comply with the following
It requirements:
MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: The front yard requirements contained in Section 24.G.3. shall
be applicable to each lot or parcel of land within a Planned Commercial
Center. A minimum ten (10) foot side and a minimum twenty-five (25) foot
rear yard shall be required around the outside perimeter of the 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
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(nonvehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings, parking,
loading, storage, or vehicular use.)
4. BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF PROPOSED STRUCTURES SHALL BE
SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED BY SECTION 48.D.7.
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B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses to
a principal use provided that none shall be a source of income to the owner or user
of the principal use:
1. Accessory uses permitted in the CN and CC Commercial Districts.
2. Mechanical equipment no nearer than one hundred twenty (120) feet to any
residentially zoned district. All such equipment shall be screened from public
view.
3. Screened garbage storage, on a concrete pad no nearer than fifty (50) feet
to any residentially zoned district and Northwest Highway.
4. Off-street parking, provided that all areas devoted to the parking of vehicles
or the sale and display of merchandise, except nurseries, shall be surfaced
in accordance with Section 58 of this Ordinance.
5. Provisions for the parking of automotive vehicles provided within sixty (60)
feet of any residentially zoned district shall be separated from said lot by a
blind fence or wall at least six (6) feet high.
6. Other structures or uses which are customarily accessory and clearly
incidental and subordinate to the permitted use and/or structure.
7. Signs advertising uses located on the premises in accordance with Section
60 of this Ordinance.
8. Used car sales in conjunction with new car sales provided that used car sales
do not exceed more than fifty percent of the total sales for the automobile
dealership in a calendar year.
C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following conditional 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. Commercial off-street parking lots for passenger vehicles less than one ton
carrying capacity.
2. Retail sales of building materials displayed in an unenclosed or incompletely
enclosed area with outside storage.
3. Home equipment rental.
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4. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a special permit is issued in accordance
with Section 42.13. of this Ordinance.
5. Public or private storage garages, including mini storage warehouses.
6. Swimming pool and spa sales within a completely enclosed building.
7. Restaurant with outside dining and/or drive through.
8. Planned Commercial Centers.
9. Automotive repair garages, within a completely enclosed building. Salvage
and/or wrecking yards are prohibited. All storage areas must be surfaced
and screening shall be provided in accordance with Section 58 and Section
50.
10. New automotive sales, and service, cars and light to medium trucks. All
vehicles must be in an operating condition and all open display or storage
areas must be surfaced and developed in accordance with all applicable
Ordinances of the City.
11. Automotive rental.
12. Camper sales and camper trailer sales and service, lease and rental within
a completely enclosed building and with outside display.
13. Auction sale, new or used goods located within a completely enclosed
building.
14. Plumbing supply within a completely enclosed building.
15. Automobile washing business: automatic, coin-operated or moving line
wash.
16. Outdoor commercial amusements such as golf driving ranges, miniature golf,
archery
17. Gasoline service station.
18. Feed and grain sales within a completely enclosed building.
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19. Boat and marine sales and/or service with outside display.
20. Job printing or newspaper establishments.
21. Hotels and motels. Hotels approved prior to April 18, 2000, shall be deemed
a lawful, permitted use and shall have the same status as that authorized
pursuant to this Ordinance; provided, however, no such building, structure,
or use shall be altered, changed or expanded unless a conditional use permit
therefore has been granted pursuant to this ordinance.
D. LIMITATION OF USES:
1. Residential structures and uses are expressly prohibited in the HC Highway
Commercial District. Existing residences may remain as non -conforming
uses, but it is intended that new residential construction not be allowed in the
District.
2. (a) All property zoned HC, Highway Commercial, shall have driveway
access and frontage in accordance with Section 26, paragraph G.2.
only from a State Highway or Central Avenue except as provided in
Section D.3.
(b) Additional driveway access on a corner lot from other than a State
Highway for the intersecting street only, may be approved by the
Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council with the filing of
a Concept Plan in accordance with Section 45. For purposes of this
Section 26.D, corner lot shall mean a lot located at the juncture of a
State Highway and a street which intersects such State Highway.
3. Access to and frontage on a street other than a State Highway or Central
Avenue will be permitted only for property zoned HC, Highway Commercial
prior to the 15th day of July 1986, provided the principal uses and conditional
uses are limited to the following uses:
(a) Principal Uses:
1. Any use permitted in the "PO" Professional Office District.
2. Public utilities as required to serve the district.
3. Restaurants, excluding drive-in and drive-through restaurants.
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4. Furniture or appliances, new and used within a completely
enclosed building.
5. Mortuary and funeral homes.
6. Nursery or greenhouses.
7. Upholstery shops.
8. Retail sales, other than those listed above, business services
and merchandise displayed within a completely enclosed
building.
(b) Conditional Use
1. Commercial off-street parking lots for passenger vehicles less
than one ton carrying capacity.
2. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a Special Permit is issued
in accordance with Section 42.B. of this Ordinance.
3. Public or private storage garages, including mini storage
warehouses.
4. Restaurant with outside dining.
5. Plumbing supply with a completely enclosed building.
6. Automobile washing business; automatic, coin-operated or
moving line wash.
7. Drive-in and drive-through restaurants.
8. Feed and grain sales within a completely enclosed building.
9. Job printing or newspaper establishments.
(c) Prohibited Uses
1. Commercial amusements, the operation of which is totally within
an enclosed building, including bowling alleys, video arcades,
roller skating and ice skating arenas, motion picture theaters,
but excluding any special uses authorized by Section 49.B.
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2. Pawn Shops.
E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS: No application for a building permit for construction of a
principal building 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.
F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements
shall apply:
1. MAXIMUM DENSITY: the maximum density within an HC District shall not
exceed a floor area ratio of 1.0.
2. LOT SIZE: The minimum lot size in an HC District shall be not less than five
thousand (5,000) square feet.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE: At least fifteen (15) percent of the total lot area
shall be devoted to open space. Planned Commercial Centers permitted as
a Conditional Use shall meet the requirements of Section 26.N.3.
Provided, however, there shall be no open space required for lots fronting on
the south side of Northwest Highway, between Jenkins Street and Dooley
Street.
4. MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: The combined area occupied by all
main and accessory structures, parking, storage, loading and other paved
areas shall not exceed eighty-five (85) percent of the total lot area.
Provided, however there shall be no maximum impervious area requirement
for lots fronting on the south side of Northwest highway, between Jenkins
Street and Dooley Street.
G. AREA REGULATIONS: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. LOT WIDTH: Every lot shall have a minimum width of fifty (50) feet.
2. LOT DEPTH: Every lot shall have a minimum depth of not less than one
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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 in accordance with Section
60. 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.
Provided, however, the front yard set back for lots fronting on the south side
of Northwest highway, between Jenkins Street and Dooley Street, shall be
a minimum of ten (10) feet and may be used for off-street parking, drives,
and sidewalks. The ten (10) foot front yard for this area shall not be used for
any building, structure, fence, wall, or storage area.
4. SIDE YARDS: No side yards are required, except that when property in an
HC District abuts property of a district in which a side yard is required, a side
yard of equivalent width shall be provided in the HC District.
5. REAR YARD: A rear yard equivalent to the adjacent or contiguous district
shall be provided.
6. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS: The minimum distance between
detached principal or accessory buildings on the same lot shall be not less
than ten (10) feet.
H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS: When an HC District abuts a Residential District,
an appropriate buffer and screen shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Section 50 of this Ordinance.
I. HEIGHT:
1. No principal structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding two
(2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet; except buildings located adjacent to an
R-20, R-12.5, or R-7.5 District shall not exceed one U floor level or
twenty (20) feet in height.
2. No accessory structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding
fifteen (15) feet.
J. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS: Landscaping shall be required in accordance
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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.
L. OFF-STREET LOADING: Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with
the provisions of Section 57 of this Ordinance.
M. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: The following design requirements shall apply in the
HC District:
1. Refuse disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view.
2. Mechanical and electrical equipment, including air conditioning units, shall
be designed, installed, and operated to minimize noise impact on
surrounding property. All such equipment shall be screened from public
view.
3. Lighting shall be designed to reflect away from any adjacent residential area.
4. Whenever an HC Highway Commercial District is adjacent to any
residentially zoned district, a buffer strip, at least twenty (20) feet in width
shall be provided between the two (2) districts. A wall, fence, or berm shall
be erected to effectively screen the HC District from the residential area and
no streets, alley, vehicular storage area or use shall be permitted in the
required buffer strip.
5. The Masonry Requirements of Section 54 shall be met.
6. All sales, display, or outdoor storage areas shall be surfaced in accordance
with Section 58 except those areas of nurseries and garden center where
living plants are located.
7. Storage areas for any product, excluding automobile and truck sales and
leasing, shall be completely enclosed by a blind fence or wall at least seven
(7) feet high. No materials or products shall be stacked higher than one (1)
foot below the top of the fence or wall.
8. 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
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b_ 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.
9. Hotel/motel facilities are required to meet the following standards:
(a) Each guestroom shall have a minimum area of 380 sq. ft.
(b) A full service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which provides
service to the general public shall be required.
(c) On-site staff is required 24 -hours a day, seven days a week.
(d) The following amenities shall be provided:
1. A minimum of 1,000 sq. ft. of meeting or conference room or
a ratio of 3 sq. ft of conference room per guest room,
whichever is greater; and
2. A swimming pool with a minimum area of 1,000 sq. ft.
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 REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: The front yard requirements contained in Section 26.G.3. shall
be applicable to each lot or parcel of land within a Planned Commercial
Center permitted. The minimum side and minimum rear yards as required
in Section 26.G.4. and G.S. 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
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3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: At least fifteen (15) percent of the total site area of the Planned
Commercial Center shall be devoted to non -vehicular open space (non-
vehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings, parking, loading,
storage, or vehicular use).
4. BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF PROPOSED STRUCTURES SHALL BE
SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED BY SECTION 48.D.7.
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Section 27. P -O Professional Office District Regulations
PURPOSE: The P -O Professional Office District is established to create a restrictive
district for low intensity office or professional uses which may be located close to all types
of residential uses, with appropriate buffer and landscaping so as not to create a blighting
effect on adjacent residential area.
USES GENERALLY: In a P -O Professional Office District no land shall be used and no
building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than as hereinafter provided.
A. PERMITTED USES: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses.
1. Administrative, executive and editorial offices for business, professional or
industrial organizations.
2. Financial offices such as banks, savings and loan associations, mortgage
bankers and insurance offices.
3. Governmental office buildings and uses.
4. Prescription pharmacy.
5. Medical and dental clinics.
6. Medical and dental laboratories, but not including the manufacture of
pharmaceutical or other products for general sale or distribution.
7. Professional offices for the conduct of the following professional and
semiprofessional occupations: Accountant, architect, attorney, dentist,
engineer, insurance agent, real estate agent, personal or family counselor,
chiropractor, physical therapist, physician, public secretary, surgeon, or any
other office or profession which is the same general character as the
foregoing, but excluding animal grooming salons, dog kennels, funeral
homes, veterinarian and veterinary hospitals.
8. Public institutions and nonprofit institutions of any educational, religious or
cultural type, but excluding corrective institutions and hospitals.
9. Public utility uses required to service the district.
10. Schools and studios for art, dancing, drama, music, photography, interior
decorating or reducing.
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B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses,
provided that such use shall be located not less than twenty (20) feet from any
street right-of-way:
1. Mechanical equipment no nearer than one hundred twenty (120) feet to any
residentially zoned district.
2. Screened garbage storage on a concrete pad and no nearer than fifty (50)
feet to a residentially zoned district and not located between the front of the
building and any street right-of-way.
3. Parking of automobiles, provided that such facilities are within sixty (60) feet
of a residentially zoned district be separated from said lot by a blind fence or
wall at least six (6) feet high.
4. Parking garage.
5. Signs advertising uses on the premises in accordance with Section 60 of this
Ordinance.
C. CONDITIONAL USES:
1. Restaurants, including alcoholic beverage sales provided a special permit is
issued in accordance with Section 42.13. of the Ordinance. Drive-in and
drive-through restaurants shall not be allowed.
2. Funeral homes and mortuaries.
3. Personal Care Facilities.
D. LIMITATIONS OF USES: None specified.
E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS: No application for a building permit for construction of a
principal building 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
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F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements
shall apply:
1. MAXIMUM DENSITY: The maximum density within a P -O District shall not
exceed a floor area ratio of 1.0.
2. MINIMUM LOT SIZE: The minimum lot size in a P -O District shall be ten
thousand (10,000) square feet.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE: At least twenty (20) percent of the total lot area
shall be devoted to nonvehicular open space. (Non -vehicular open space is
any area not devoted to buildings, parking, loading, storage or vehicular
use.)
4. MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE: The combined area occupied by all
main and accessory structures shall not exceed sixty (60) percent of the total
lot area.
5. MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: The combined area occupied by all
main and accessory 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:
1. LOT WIDTH: Every lot shall have minimum width of eighty (80) feet.
2. LOT DEPTH: Every lot shall have minimum depth of not less than one
hundred (100) feet.
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 buildings, 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.
4. SIDE YARDS: Every lot shall have two (2) side yards, each of which shall
be not less than ten (10) feet in width.
5. REAR YARD: Every lot shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty-five
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6. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS: The minimum distance between
detached principal or accessory buildings on the same lot shall be not less
than twenty (20) feet.
H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS: Whenever a P -O District abuts a Residential
District, an appropriate buffer screen shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Section 53 of this ordinance. In addition, no building or structure shall
be located nearer to any residentially zoned property than a distance equal to two
(2) times the height of such building or structure or twenty-five (25) feet, whichever
is greater.
HEIGHT:
1. No principal structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding two
(2) stories or thirty (30) feet except buildings located contiguous to a R-20,
R-12.5, or R-7.5 District, buildings shall not exceed one (1) - floor level
or twenty (20) feet in height.
2. No accessory structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding
fifteen (15) feet.
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.
L. OFF-STREET LOADING: Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with
the provisions of Section 57 of this Ordinance.
M. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: The following design requirements shall apply in the
P -O District:
1. No outdoor storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse
disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view.
2. Mechanical and electrical equipment, including air conditioning units, shall
be designed, installed and operated to minimize noise impact on surrounding
property. All such equipment shall be screened from public view.
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3. Lighting shall be designed to reflect away from any adjacent residential area.
4. Whenever a P -O District is adjacent to any residentially zoned district, a
buffer strip, at least ten (10) feet in width shall be provided between the two
(2) districts. A wall, fence or berm shall be erected to effectively screen the
P -O District from the residential area.
5. The masonry requirements of Section 54 shall be met.
6. 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 screening or fencing 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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PURPOSE: The LI Light Industrial District is designed to accommodate light
manufacturing, assembly, research and wholesale activities with limitations on outdoor
storage.
USES GENERALLY: In a LI Light Industrial District 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 completely enclosed building or structure unless otherwise noted:
A. PERMITTED USES:
1. Manufacturing, assembling or packaging of products from previously
prepared materials.
2. Manufacturing and assembling of electronic components, precision
instruments and devices.
3. Manufacturing 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, lithography, publishing or similar establishments.
6. Service establishments catering to commerce and industry including linen
supply, 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, only in connection with industrial activity.
9. Construction trade offices.
10. Warehousing completely within an enclosed building.
11. Welding repair.
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12. Retail establishments for carpet sales, farm supplies, lumber and building
supplies, and similar uses.
13. Retail establishments with the repair of new and used cars, light trucks and
vans, motorcycles, and boats. All vehicles must be in operating condition;
and all open displays or storage areas must be surfaced and developed in
accordance with all applicable Ordinances of the City.
14. Retail establishments for the sale of new vehicular parts and accessories.
15. Building trades contractor within a completely enclosed building and no
outside storage for materials and equipment.
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 conditioning 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
closer than fifty (50) feet to a residentially zoned district. All refuse and
garbage storage shall be landscaped and screened in accordance with
Section 50.B.3.
4. Other uses, including retail sales and structures which are customarily
accessory, clearly incidental and subordinate to the permitted and conditional
uses; provided, however, that no residential facilities shall be permitted
except for watchmen or caretakers whose employment requires residence
on the premises.
5. Bulk storage of flammable liquids associated with a permitted use, subject
to the provisions of City and/or State Fire Codes.
6. All other mechanical equipment shall be located within a completely enclosed
building and shall meet the masonry requirements of Section 54.
7. Signs advertising use on the premises, in accordance with Section 60 of this
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Ordinance.
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. 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.
3. Railroad yards, areas for car storage, and switching facilities.
4. Outside storage in conjunction with permitted uses in Section 31.A. and
conditional uses in Section 31.C., provided 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 screened 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 -premise consumption; provided a special permit is
issued in accordance with Section 42.B. of the Ordinance.
8. Public and nonprofit institutions of any educational, religious or cultural type;
but excluding 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, heavy machinery and equipment, farm
equipment, and similar uses.
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12. Construction trade offices with storage yards.
13. Miscellaneous outside land uses such as express offices, commercial parking
lots and parking garages, truck stops, freight movers, motor bus, truck, train,
or other transportation terminals and related uses. Outside uses associated
with any of these uses shall be permitted, except for outside repair of
mechanized equipment.
14. Automotive repair garages, within a completely enclosed building. Salvage
and/or wrecking yards are prohibited. All storage areas must be surfaced
and screening shall be provided in accordance with Section 58 and Section
50.
15. Automotive Rental
16. Building trades contractor within a completely enclosed building, with storage
yard for materials and equipment.
17. Commercial laundry and dry cleaning establishments.
18. Mobile home sales, storage, lease and repair.
19. Outside display camper sales and camper trailer sales and service, lease,
and rental.
20. Sale and rental of heavy machinery and equipment.
21. Truck and trailer rental.
D. LIMITATION OF USES: The following uses shall not be permitted within this
District:
1. 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.
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3. Chemical and fertilizer manufacturing.
4. Explosives manufacturing or storage.
5. Paper and pulp manufacturing.
6. Petroleum refining.
7. Stockyards or feeding pens.
8. Animal slaughtering.
9. Tanning, 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 molding of metals.
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 equipment, material or vehicles, including 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.
F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The following density requirements shall apply:
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1. MINIMUM LOT SIZE - The minimum lot size in the LI Light Industrial District
shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
2. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE - At least 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, parking, loading, storage 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:
1. 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 which shall be utilized as a landscaped setback area. Front
yards shall not be used for any building, structure, fence, wall, parking or
storage area, except that signs shall be permitted in this area. Front yards
shall be landscaped with grass, shrubbery and 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 side yards, 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
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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 visual and acoustical privacy to adjacent property. 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 any residentially
zoned property than a distance equal to one and one-half (1-1/2) times the height
of any building or structure.
HEIGHT: No building or structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding
fifty (50) feet; except buildings located contiguous to an existing R-20, R-12.5 or R-
7.5 Single Family District shall not exceed one (1) ete y floor level or thirty-five (35)
feet in height.
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
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 buildings 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.
O. OUTSIDE STORAGE USES ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 21,1995: Any
use within the Light Industrial District with outside storage platted for record prior to
February 21, 1995, shall be deemed a permitted use. However, no such building,
structure or use shall be altered, changed or expanded unless a conditional use
permit is issued pursuant to Section 48.
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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 quality 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:
1. 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 offices which include the following professional and
semiprofessional occupations: accountants, attorneys, dentists,
engineers, insurance agents, real estate agents, personal or family
counselors, chiropractors, physical 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.
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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.
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.
16. Restaurants with inside dining.
17. Health spas and physical fitness centers ( massage establishments
must meet the requirements of Section 49.8.5.).
18. Airline ticketing counters, travel agencies.
19. Banks, savings and loans, and financial institutions.
20. Drafting services or quick reproduction services.
21. Office supplies.
22. Parking garages.
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
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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 50.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.
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.
5. Hotels or motels. Hotels approved prior to April 18, 2000, shall be
deemed a lawful, permitted use and shall have the same status as
that authorized pursuant to this Ordinance; provided, however, no
such building, structure, or use shall be altered, changed or expanded
unless a conditional use permit therefore has been granted pursuant
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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, 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:
1. 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
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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 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.
HEIGHT:
1. No building or structure shall be erected or altered to a height
exceeding fifty (50) feet; except buildings located adjacent to an R-
20, R-12.5, or R-7.5 District shall not exceed one (1) floor level_ or
twenty (20) feet in height.
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 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 50.13.3.
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 general.
6. Hotel/motel facilities are required to meet the following standards:
(a) Each guest room shall have a minimum area of 380 sq. ft.
(b) A full service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which
provides service to the general public shall be required.
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(c) On-site staff is required 24 -hours a day, seven days a week.
(d) The following amenities shall be provided:
1. A minimum of 1,000 sq. ft. of meeting or conference
room or a ratio of 3 sq. ft of conference room per guest
room, whichever is greater; and
2. A swimming pool with a minimum area of 1,000 sq. ft.
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 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.
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BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF PROPOSED STRUCTURES SHALL BE
SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED BY SECTION
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