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MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ROGER NELSON, CITY MANAGER,,//
MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2002
SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE AMEMDMENTS TO SECTION 25, "CC"
COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND SECTION 29,
"HCO" HOTEL/CORPORATE OFFICE DISTRICT RELATIVE TO
WINERIES AS A CONDITIONAL USE
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends Council consider the amendments to Section 25, "CC" Community
Commercial District and Section 29, "HCO" Hotel/Corporate Office District relative to
wineries as a conditional use and authorize Staff to set a public hearing for said
amendments at the December 17, 2002 meeting.
BACKGROUND:
According to existing ordinance, wineries are allowed a conditional use in only two
districts, the "CBD" Central Business District and the "GV" Grapevine Vintage District.
Staff has received a request from Mr. Curt Carter, the owner of a 20 -acre tract of land
just north of the Austin Ranch, west of Anderson -Gibson Road, to amend the zoning
ordinance to allow wineries as a conditional use in the "HCO" Hotel/Corporate Office
District. Mr. Carter intends to develop his property as a multi -phased planned
commercial center consisting of a winery, restaurant, 300 to 400 -room luxury, full-service
hotel, and a multi -story office building. Other amenities planned include a 400 -space
parking garage, and approximately 70 condominium villas. The first phase of this
proposed development is an approximate 120,000 square foot, multi -use facility that will
house a winery, restaurant, and additional meeting space. To this end, Mr. Carter is
requesting that the "HCO" Hotel/Corporate Office District be amended to include
wineries in the list of "Conditional Uses." See the attached letter.
It is important to note that Staff has received inquires relative to wineries in other
districts, particularly the "CC" Community Commercial District. Given the current
economic climate and the increasing popularity of wine and wine production, Staff feels
that amending the "CC" Community Commercial District to include wineries in the list of
conditional uses is also appropriate. See the attached ordinance drafts.
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November 7, 2002
Mr. Tommy Hardy
Director of Development Services
City of Grapevine
200 South Main Street
Grapevine, Texas 76051
Re: The Vineyards of Grapevine
Tommy:
You are aware that 1 own the 19.8 acre tract just north of Austin Ranch and weft of
Anderson-Obscn Road. It is currently zoned Hotel -Corporate Office. t intend to develop
the property as a Planned Commercial Center. The focal point, and Phase 1, of the project
Will be a winery, restaurant, and mixed-use facility of up to 120; = square feet, Including
a true wine cellar for group dinners of up to L90 guests In one or more parties.
The Planned Comnwdal Center t envision will also Include a ffvWMr 6p00 to 8,000
square foot restaurant overlooking the Cowboys Golf Course; a luxury, 300 to 408 room
full-setvtce hotel; an upscale four-story office building of 80,0W to 90AM square feet
aimed at corporate users; a two-level +400 car parking garage (mostly underground} and
approximately 70 condomintum villas to be sold to Fortune $00 corporations whose
executives utilize DIFW International Airport.
Currently, the Grapevine Comprehenslve Zoning Ordinance only alloys winerie's in the
Central- Business Olstrict (CBO) and the Grapevine Vintage District (GVDj I respectfully
request that the City Council modify the Hotel/Corporate OMCe zoning district to allow
wineries In the NCO distrit't
Thank you for taking the time to rewlew this request. I look forward to hearing from you.
FOURTM
Section 29. HCO Hotel and Corporate Office District
PURPOSE: The HCO District is established to provide areas to accommodate hotel -motel
development. These districts are also intended to encourage the location of planned office
complexes and corporate office parks in the City of Grapevine. HCO Districts are intended
to include extensive open space and landscaping and should be located in areas which
can take advantage of the regional access provided by the freeway system and in
reasonable proximity to the Dallas -Fort Worth Regional Airport.
USES GENERALLY: In a HCO Hotel and Corporate 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: 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:
1. Banks and financial institutions.
2. Offices for business, and professional use.
3. Laboratories for scientific, educational and industrial research and
development.
4. Medical and dental laboratories; hospitals and clinics.
5. Office and studio facilities for radio and television except for broadcasting
towers.
6. Public facilities and utilities including easements and rights of way.
7. Parks and playgrounds, publicly owned.
8. Golf courses, public and private.
9. Professional & business schools.
10. Private clubs, excluding alcoholic beverages.
11. Restaurants, excluding fast-food and drive-in facilities.
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12. Planned retail development provided that said use is part of a mixed use
development, located within a fully enclosed building and not more than
twenty percent (20%) of the total acreage of the applicable HCO District is
utilized for retail purposes.
13. Parking garages exceeding two (2) stories.
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. Off-street parking and parking garages in conjunction with a permitted use
not exceeding two (2) stories in height.
2. Signs advertising uses on the premises, in accordance with Section 60 of this
Ordinance.
3. Indoor and outdoor swimming pools.
4. Tennis courts, health clubs and related recreation facilities provided they are
for the primary use of tenants, customers or persons associated with a
principal use.
C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following conditional uses may be permitted provided
a Conditional Use Permit is issued pursuant to, Section 48 and the following
minimum standards are met:
1. All suite hotels and motels, including kitchen facilities provided that such
facilities shall not be utilized for permanent rentals; the maximum length of
a rental shall not exceed forty-five (45) days and conversion to permanent
rental units is expressly prohibited unless a new conditional use permit is
issued and said conversion meets all requirements of the most comparable
residential zoning district.
2. Educational institutions, public and private.
3. Regional trade center facilities including combined office -showrooms
facilities, office -warehouse facilities and display area, provided that the
following rations of office to other floor area are not exceeded:
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floor area shall be devoted to showroom space.
b. Office and warehouses: Not more than fifty (50%) percent of total
floor area shall be devoted to warehouse space.
C. Display or exhibit: Not more than seventy-five (75%) percent of total
floor area shall be devoted to display or exhibit space.
4. Hotels and motels having seventy-five (75) or more units, dining rooms, bars,
personal service shops such as beauty and barber shops, newsstands, retail
and offices provided the following minimum standards are met:
a. Serving of a alcoholic beverages shall require a permit in conformance
with Section 48 of this Ordinance.
b. Such uses shall be located in the main building and shall be of a
design and size as to cater primarily to the guests or occupants of the
main use.
C. Access to such conditional uses shall be limited to the interior of the
building and there shall be no direct public access from the exterior
of the building, provided that doors for exit purposes or fire and safety
purposes may be located in the exterior walls of the building.
d. There shall be no show windows or displays relating to retail stores,
personal service shops or offices on the exterior of the building or
visible from any street or adjacent property.
5. Convenience Stores, including gasoline sales, prepared food carry -out
service with alcoholic beverage sales of off -premise consumption of beer
only, provided a special permit is issued in accordance with Section 42.13 of
the Ordinance.
6. Alcoholic beverages, provided a special permit is issued in accordance with
Section 42.13 of this Ordinance.
7. Planned Commercial Centers.
8. 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
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therefore has been granted pursuant to this ordinance.
9. Winery with alcoholic beverage sales with on -premise and off premise
consumption, provided a special permit is issued in accordance with
Section 423 of the ordinance.
D. LIMITATION OF USES: None specified.
E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
1. A Site Plan shall be required in accordance with the provisions of Section 47
of this Ordinance.
2. A Landscape Plan, in accordance with Section 53 of this Ordinance, shall be
required.
F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The following density requirements shall apply:
1. MAXIMUM DENSITY - The maximum density within the HCO District shall
not exceed a floor area ratio of 3.0.
�� 2. LOT SIZE - Lots for any permitted use shall have a minimum area of two (2)
acres except that planned HCO development on land parcels in excess of
fifty (50) acres may have a minimum lot size of thirty thousand (30,000)
square feet provided the minimum open space requirements for the over all
district are increased to forty (40%) percent. The minimum lot sized for
Banks, Financial Institutions, Restaurants, and Convenience stores, shall be
reduced to thirty thousand (30,000) square feet provided all other district
requirements are met.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE - At least thirty (30%) percent of the total lot area
shall be devoted to open space. Minimum open space requirements may be
calculated on the basis of the overall development including required buffer
areas, provided that the minimum open space on any individual lot within the
development is not less than fifteen (15%) percent. Minimum open space
areas may include plazas, paved recreation areas and similar urban open
space.
a. Landscaping in excess of the required minimum open space that is
located in the rear yard of the site shall not be used to meet the
minimum open space requirements for the site.
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4. MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE - The combined area occupied by all
main and accessory structures shall not exceed forty (40%) percent of the
total lot area. In the event planned development contains structured parking,
the maximum coverage may be increased to fifty (50%) percent of the total
lot area provided the minimum open space requirement is increased to forty
(40%) percent.
5. MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS AREA - The combined area occupied by all
buildings, structures, off-street parking and paved areas shall not exceed
seventy (70%) percent of the total lot area. Open space amenities such as
sidewalks, paved recreational areas, plazas, and common open space areas
may be excluded from impervious area calculations provided at least forty
(40%) percent of the total development area is devoted to minimum open
space requirements.
G. AREA REGULATIONS: The following minimum standards shall be required for
each lot within an HCO district:
1. LOT WIDTH - Every lot shall have a minimum width not less than one
hundred fifty (150) feet.
2. LOT DEPTH - Every lot shall have a minimum width not less than two
hundred (200) feet.
3. FRONT YARD - Every lot shall have a front yard of not less than fifty (50)
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 - A minimum side yard of fifteen (15) feet or ten (10%) percent
of the width of the lot, whichever is greater, but in no case more than twenty-
five (25) feet.
5. REAR YARD - Every lot shall have a rear yard not less than forty (40) feet
in depth.
6. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS - The minimum distance between
principal or accessory buildings on adjacent lots shall be not less than twenty
(20) feet or one-half (1/2) the average height of the two (2) adjacent
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buildings, whichever is greater.
H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS: Any development in an HCO District adjacent to
a residential district shall maintain a seventy-five (75) foot buffer adjacent to the
residential district. Such buffer yards shall not contain buildings and structures,
parking or loading areas and shall be landscaped with trees, shrubbery and grass.
Whenever a buffer is required, no additional yard requirements shall apply.
HEIGHT:
1. Height of principal buildings shall not exceed one-half (1/2) the shortest
distance between the structure and the nearest adjacent residential zoning
district.
2. No accessory structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding
twenty (20) feet except for two story parking garages.
3. All structures shall comply in all respects with the restrictions on height
contained in the DFW International Airport Zoning Ordinance,
J. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS: Landscaping shall be required in accordance
� with Section 53 of this Ordinance.
K. OFF-STREET PARKING: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with
the provisions of Section 56 of this Ordinance. No off-street parking area shall be
located closer than fifty (50) feet to any residential district nor ten (10) feet to any
adjacent property line.
For hotels in excess of five hundred (500) rooms with restaurants, clubs and
conference facilities in excess of 100,000 square feet, any required or additional off-
street parking may be provided on another lot or parcel of land. Said off-site parking
must be an accessory use to a permitted principal use within the zoning district that
contains the off-site parking. A site plan and a Conditional Use Permit meeting all
of the requirements of Section 48 shall be required.
L. OFF-STREET LOADING: Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with
Section 57 of this Ordinance.
M. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: The following design requirements shall apply in the
HCO District:
1. No outdoor storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse
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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. The masonry requirements of Section 54 shall be met.
5. Whenever a concept plan is approved pursuant to Section 45 of this
Ordinance, the minimum landscaping requirements of Section 53.H.2(b).
shall be applicable around the outside perimeter of the subdivision. For
interior lots of subdivisions with two (2) or more lots, the minimum
landscaping requirements of Section 53.H.2.(b). may be required, if deemed
necessary by the City Council.
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 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.
7. 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
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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 29.G.3. shall
be applicable to each lot or parcel of land within a Planned Commercial
Center. A minimum twenty-five (25) foot side and a minimum forty (40) foot
rear yard shall be required around the outside perimeter of a Planned
Commercial Center. Minimum side and rear yard requirements of interior
lots may be required if deemed necessary by City Council in order to meet
the provisions of Section 48.
2. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: The minimum landscaping requirements of Section 53.H.2(b)
shall be applicable around the outside perimeter of a Planned Commercial
Center. For interior lots the minimum landscaping requirements of Section
53.H.2.(b) may be required if deemed necessary by City Council in order to
meet the provisions of Section 48.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: At least thirty (30) 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.)
4. BUILDING SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: The minimum distance between principal or accessory buildings
on the same lot required by Section 29.G.6 may be modified if deemed
necessary by City Council to accommodate for accessory structures.
5. BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF PROPOSED STRUCTURES SHALL BE
SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED BY SECTION 48.D.7.
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Sec. 25. C -C Community Commercial District Regulations
PURPOSE: The C -C Community Commercial District is established to provide locations
for general commercial uses representing various types of retail trade, businesses,
services and planned commercial centers that serve a community or regional area. The
District is intended for community and regional shopping centers and clusters of
commercial development that attract a substantial amount of their trade from beyond the
immediate neighborhoods.
USES GENERALLY: In a C -C Community Commercial District no land shall be used and
no building shall be erected or converted to any use other than as hereinafter provided.
A. PRINCIPAL USES:
1. Any use permitted in a P-0 Professional Office District or C -N Neighborhood
Commercial District except that there shall be no limitation on size of planned
shopping centers or total floor area.
2. Hospital.
3. Ambulance service.
4. 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 billiard parlors and
arcades.
5. Taxi dispatch office.
6. Professional dry cleaning, pressing, dyeing and laundry services.
8. Secondhand goods in an enclosed building.
9. Restaurants excluding drive-in or drive-through restaurants.
10. Nursery or greenhouse.
11. Radio and television broadcasting studios.
12. Department stores.
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13. Furniture stores.
B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses:
1. Private garage.
2. Swimming pool no nearer than one hundred twenty (120) feet to any
residentially zoned district.
3. Mechanical equipment located within 120 -feet of any residentially zoned
district must meet the standards established for noise regulation as stated
in Section 55. Performance Standards.
4. 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 any street right-of-way.
5. 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.
6. Signs advertising uses located 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
the Ordinance.
1. Public storage garages, including mini -storage warehouses for storage
purposes only. Caretaker or watchmen residential facilities having
accommodations for and occupied by only one family may be permitted as
an accessory use to public storage garages or mini -storage warehouses. No
more than three (3) persons unrelated by blood or marriage may occupy the
caretaker or watchmen residential facilities.
2. Wholesale office and business completely within an enclosed building, but
excluding warehouse storage.
3. Commercial parking lots.
4. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a special permit is issued in accordance
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with Section 42-B of this Ordinance.
5. Any commercial business or service not included in any of the other
commercial districts provided that all such uses shall be completely within an
enclosed building and are not noxious or offensive by reason of the emission
of odor, dust, gas fumes, noise, or vibration and provided that no
warehousing or manufacturing or treatment of products or equipment shall
be permitted, except when such is clearly incidental to the conduct of a
permitted use.
6. Boat sales.
7. Automobile sales and service.
8. Building materials and supplies.
9. Garden supply stores.
10. Sign and sign painting shops.
11. Automobiles washing business; automatic, coin-operated, or moving line
wash. (Requires desirable aesthetics, proper traffic circulation, and adequate
drainage.
12. Planned Commercial Centers.
13. 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.
14, Outdoor commercial amusements such as golf driving ranges, miniature golf,
archery.
15. Planned Commercial Centers in excess of 1,000,000 square feet of gross
leasable space. Due to the development nature of planned commercial
centers in excess of 1,000,000 square feet of gross leasable space, it is
recognized that the requirements established in Section 25.F., Section 25.1.,
Section 53.H., Section 53.1., and Section 60 may be difficult to provide. The
Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend and the City Council may
approve a request to establish different amounts and methods than
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established in Section 25.F., Section 25.1., Section 53.H., Section 53.1., and
Section 60.
16. Restaurant with outside dining and/or drive through.
17. 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.
18. 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.
D. LIMITATION ON USES:
1. Whenever the C -C Community Commercial District is utilized for hotel -motel
office or hospital use, the minimum open space shall be increased to thirty
(30) percent of the total lot area.
2. Vehicular use or storage areas other than required parking associated with
permitted uses such as automobile sales and service, boat sales, building
materials, and supplies shall be visually screened from any adjacent
residential district by a fence, wall or berm at least six (6) feet in height.
3. The minimum size of any C -C District shall be five (5) acres.
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:
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1. LOT SIZE: The minimum lot size in a C -C District shall be thirty thousand
(30,000) square feet and the minimum size of any C -C. District shall be five
(5) acres.
2. 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.) Planned Commercial Centers permitted as conditional use shall meet
the requirements of Sections 25.N.3.
a. Landscaping in excess of the required minimum open space that is
located in the rear yard of the site shall not be used to meet the
minimum open space requirements for the site.
3. MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE: The combined area occupied by all
main and accessory structures shall not exceed sixty (60) percent of the total
lot area.
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 (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
(120) feet.
2. LOT DEPTH: Every lot shall have a minimum depth of not less than one
hundred twenty (120) 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 (2) side yards, each of which shall
be not less than twenty (20) feet in width. Planned Commercial Centers
permitted as a conditional use shall meet the requirements of Section 25.N.1.
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5. REAR YARDS: Every lot shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty-five
(25) feet in depth except as specified below. Planned Commercial Centers
permitted as a conditional use shall meet the requirements of Section 25.N.1.
Whenever a side or rear yard is adjacent to any residential area, the
minimum side or rear yard, as the case may be, shall be increased to a
distance equivalent to two (2) times the height of the tallest building on the
lot.
6. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS: The minimum distance between
detached principal or accessory buildings on the same lot shall be not less
than forty (40) feet.
H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS: Whenever a CC District abuts a residential
district, an appropriate buffer and screen shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Section 53 and 25-(M)4 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 any building or structure.
HEIGHT:
1. No principal structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding fifty
(50) feet. Principal structures located contiguous to an existing R-20, R-12.5,
or R-7.5 Residential district shall not exceed one (1) floor level and twenty-
five (25) feet in height, however an increase up to five (5) feet to this
requirement may be granted upon approval of a conditional use request by
the City Council.
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 provision of Section 57 of this Ordinance.
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M. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: The following design requirements shall apply in the
C -C District:
1 Outdoor storage and refuse disposal 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 -C Community 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 at
least six (6) feet high shall be erected to effectively screen the C -C District
from the residential area and 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 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.
7. 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:
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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 25.G.3. shall
be applicable to each lot or parcel of land within a Planned Commercial
Center. A minimum twenty (20) foot side and a minimum twenty-five (25)
foot rear yard shall be required around the outside perimeter of a Planned
Commercial Center. Minimum side and rear yard requirements of interior
lots may be required if deemed necessary by City Council in order to meet
the provisions of Section 48.
2. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: The minimum landscaping requirements of Section 53.H.2(b)
shall be applicable around the outside perimeter of a Planned Commercial
Center. For interior lots the minimum landscaping requirements of Section
53.H.2.(b) may be required if deemed necessary by City Council in order to
meet the provisions of Section 48.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: At least twenty (20) percent of the total site area of the Planned
Commercial Center shall be devoted to nonvehicular open space
(Nonvehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings, parking,
loading, storage, or vehicular use.)
4. BUILDING SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: The minimum distance between principal or accessory buildings
on the same lot required by Section 25.G.6 may be modified if deemed
necessary by City Council to accommodate for accessory structures.
5. BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF PROPOSED STRUCTURES SHALL BE
SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED BY SECTION 48.D.7.
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