HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2024-111 ORDINANCE NO. 2024-111
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS, SAME BEING ALSO KNOWN AS APPENDIX "D" OF
THE CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AMENDING
VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE
RELATIVE TO LEGISLATIVE UPDATES FROM THE 86TH,
87TH AND 88TH TEXAS LEGISLATURES, (AM24-04);
REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A
PENALTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the Texas Legislature has enacted multiple statutory changes
impacting zoning, land use, and related regulatory practices during the 86th, 87th, and
88th legislative sessions; and
WHEREAS, these legislative updates include revisions to local government
authority over zoning, development standards, permitting processes, and land use
decisions; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grapevine is committed to aligning its zoning ordinances
and regulations with current state law to ensure legal compliance, enhance transparency,
and provide consistency in land use governance; and
WHEREAS, this amendment to the City of Grapevine's Zoning Ordinance will
incorporate necessary changes to address state legislative requirements, promote fair
development practices, and protect public health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grapevine has reviewed the changes in state law to ensure
that local zoning regulations remain effective, fair, and aligned with both community goals
and statutory obligations; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grapevine is a home-rule municipality authorized to adopt
and enforce ordinances necessary to protect heath, life, and property to preserve good
government and the security of its inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grapevine has adopted a comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance to regulate the location and use of buildings and land in full accordance with
Chapter 211 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine deems the passage of this
ordinance as necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grapevine is authorized by law to adopt the provisions
contained herein; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to implement those rules and regulations that protect
health, life, and property and that preserve good government, order, and security of the
City and its inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, all statutory and constitutional requirements for the passage of this
ordinance have been adhered to, including but not limited to the Open Meetings Act and
Chapter 211 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems the adoption of this ordinance to be in the best
interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all matters stated hereinabove are found to be true and correct and
are incorporated herein by reference as if copied in their entirety.
Section 2. That the text between the Appendix D title and Section 1 – “Preamble.”
of the Zoning Ordinance, is hereby amended, as follows:
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An ordinance adopting a comprehensive zoning ordinance for the City of Grapevine,
Texas to:
1. Establish zoning districts;
2. Regulate the height and size of buildings and other structures;
3. Set the percentage of the tract that may be occupied, and for what purposes;
4. Establish the minimum setbacks and other open spaces, and the density of
population;
5. Regulate the location and use of buildings, structures and land for residence,
business, trade, commerce, industry or other purposes;
6. Regulate the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of
buildings, structures or land within such districts;
7. Provide for other requirements, conditions, limitations and other criteria for the
use and development of property.
Establishing Zoning Districts and boundaries, providing for zoning maps and zoning
of newly annexed territory, establishing and creating:
1. Single-family districts, R-20, R-12.5 and R-7.5;
2. Two-family district, R-3.5;
3. Three-and four-family district, R-3.75;
4. Multifamily districts, R-MF-1 and R-MF-2;
5. Zero lot line district, R-5.0;
6. Townhouse district, R-TH;
7. Mobile home district, R-MH;
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8. Modular home district, R-MODH;
9. Professional office district, P-O;
10. Limited business district, LB:
11. Neighborhood commercial district, CN;
12. Community commercial district, CC;
13. Central business district, CBD;
14. Highway commercial district, HC;
15. Hotel corporate office district, HCO;
16. Light industrial district, LI;
17. Planned development districts, PRD-6, PRD-12, PCD, PID;
18. Special districts, GU, FP, DFW, AH, AN-A, and AN-D.
Providing for railroad rights-of-way and tracks, temporary uses of property,
performance standards, off-street parking requirements, off-street loading requirements,
parking and loading area development standards, parking lots and public garages and
filling station standards, secondary and principal building standards and requirements,
corner lot standards and requirements, height limitations, required yard and setback
areas and projections into required yards.
Providing for dedication of public parks, public streets, public drainage and utility
easements to adequately serve the property at no cost to the City of Grapevine.
Providing for screening, landscaping, buffering, walls and fences.
Providing for certificate of occupancy compliance, and nonconforming uses and
completion of existing buildings.
Providing that Ordinance No. 70-10 of the City of Grapevine, passed and approved
by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, April 7, 1970, as amended, and Ordinance
No. 55-6 passed on August 2, 1955, all zoning district regulations and zoning
classifications heretofore established under said ordinances and as indicated upon the
official zoning map of the City of Grapevine shall remain in full force and effect until
amended or changed to conform to the districts, regulations and zoning classifications of
this ordinance.
Providing a procedure for changing existing zoning to district uses, classification and
regulation under this ordinance.
Providing for zoning maps and use designation and changes.
Providing that uses now prohibited by other ordinances shall not be permitted.
Providing for applications for zoning changes, fees, procedures and notices.
Providing for a Board of Zoning Adjustment and duties of such board.
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Defining certain words and phrases.
Providing for changes and amendments of the ordinance, zoning districts, zoning use
designations and classifications and procedures.
Providing that all new applications for zoning changes shall be granted under this
ordinance.
Providing for enforcement of the terms and provisions of this ordinance.
Providing for a penalty any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a
sum not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense. Each day on
which a reported violation is committed will be deemed a separate offense.
Providing that each day any violation or noncompliance continues shall constitute a
separate offense.
Providing that exceptions need not be negatived in complaints.
Providing for catchlines, saving clauses and declaring an emergency.
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Section 3. That Section 1 of the Zoning Ordinance – "Preamble.”, is hereby
amended, as follows:
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This ordinance shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the 1982
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Grapevine, Texas as amended on
December 17, 2024.
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Section 4. That Section 3 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Districts and Boundaries
Thereof.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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The City of Grapevine is hereby divided into the following zoning districts, which
districts are shown and described on the Zoning Map of the City of Grapevine, which map
is incorporated herein by reference.
R-20 Single-Family Residential District.
A zone designed to accommodate single-family development on lots that are a
minimum of 20,000 square feet in area, at a density of not more than two (2)
dwelling units per gross acre.
R-12.5 Single-Family Residential District.
A zone designed to accommodate single-family residences on lots that are a
minimum of 12,500 square feet in area, at a density of not more than three (3)
dwelling units per gross acre.
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R-7.5 Single-Family Residential District.
A zone designed to accommodate single-family development on lots that are a
minimum of 7,500 square feet in area, at a density of not more than four (4)
dwelling units per gross acre.
R-5.0 Zero Lot Line District.
A zone designed to accommodate single-family development at a density of not
more than eight (8) dwelling units per gross acre on lots that are not less than
5,000 square feet in area and on which the residence may be located in closer
proximity to the side yard lot line when compared to other districts.
R-3.5 Two-Family Residential District.
A zone designed to accommodate development with residential buildings
containing two (2) dwelling units in each building, at a density of not more than
eight dwelling units per gross acre.
R-3.75 Three- and Four-Family Residential District.
A zone designed to accommodate development with residential buildings
containing three (3) and four (4) dwelling units in each building at a density of
not more than ten dwelling units per gross acre.
R-MH Manufactured Home District.
A zone designed to accommodate development with planned manufactured
home parks at a density of not more than five (5) dwelling units per gross acre.
R-TH Townhouse Residential District.
A zone designed to accommodate development with townhouses at a density
of not more than nine (9) dwelling units per gross acre.
R-MF Multifamily District.
A zone designed to accommodate multiple-family residential development at a
density of not more than 20 dwelling units per gross acre.
R-MODH Modular Home District.
A zone designed to provide adequate space and site diversification for single-
family detached modular home subdivisions. This district recognizes modular
homes as a specific form of housing and provides appropriate standards
generally consistent with the R-7.5 Single-Family Residential District.
LB Limited Business District.
A zone in size designed for sites on lots not larger than three (3) acres in size to
accommodate neighborhood convenience retail shopping facilities and
professional and business offices that are primarily engaged in providing
services to residents of the immediate neighborhood.
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GV Grapevine Vintage District.
A zone designed to accommodate wineries, vineyards, wine tasting rooms, and
associated low intensity retail/commercial uses which promote, enhance, and
complement the Texas Wine Industry.
CN Neighborhood Commercial District.
A zone designed to provide locations for the local neighborhood shopping and
personal service needs of the surrounding area.
CC Community Commercial Development District.
A zone designed to accommodate general retail shopping facilities including
community and regional shopping centers.
HC Highway Commercial District.
A zone designed to accommodate business and commercial uses that depend
upon high visibility and convenient sites on arterial highways in order to attract
customers.
P-O Professional Office District.
A zone designed to accommodate low intensity business or professional offices
that are designed and sited to be compatible with nearby residential uses and
which primarily provide services to residents of the community.
CBD Central Business District.
A zone designed to accommodate the types of business and commercial uses
that have historically been located in the Grapevine central business area.
HGT Historic Grapevine Township District.
A zone designed to accommodate limited commercial and residential uses in the
historically significant original township of Grapevine area which is
approximately bounded by Northwest Highway, Ball Street, Cotton Belt Rail
Road, Austin Street, and Wood Street.
HCO Hotel Corporate Office District.
A zone designed to accommodate the development of hotels, motels,
restaurants, and other uses that are incidental to the function of providing
lodging, food, and services to transients and to encourage the location of
planned office complexes and corporate headquarter facilities in Grapevine on
tracts of not less than two (2) acres in size.
RA Recreation/Amusement District.
A zone designed to accommodate recreation and amusement uses representing
various types of recreational activities.
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LI Light Industrial District.
A zone designed to accommodate industrial development in accordance with
performance standards designed to ensure that such uses will have little or no
impact on the area around them.
BP Business Park District.
A zone designed to incorporate commercial and industrial uses into one district
with quality architectural and landscape design development standards on lots
that are a minimum of 30,000 square feet in area.
Planned Development Districts:
PRD-6 Planned Residential Low-Density District.
A zone designed to accommodate development with a variety of types of
residences in accordance with a master development plan and in which
residential uses predominate and the residential density is not more than six
dwelling units per gross acre.
PRD-12 Planned Residential Medium Density District.
A zone designed to accommodate development with a variety of types of
residences in accordance with a master development plan and in which
residential uses predominate and the residential density for standard
developments does not exceed nine (9) dwelling units per gross acre and the
residential density for planned developments does not exceed twelve (12)
dwelling units per gross acre.
PCD Planned Commerce Development District.
A zone designed to accommodate mixed uses in which the predominant uses
are retail business and commercial development in accordance with a master
development plan.
PID Planned Industrial Development District.
A zone designed to accommodate industrial development in accordance with a
master development plan.
Special Districts:
GU Governmental Use District.
This district is intended to apply to those lands where national, state or local
governmental activities are conducted and where title to such lands are held by
a governmental body.
In classifying the area within the corporate limits of the City of Grapevine in the various
districts set out above, the following criteria shall be considered:
1. The land use recommendations and policies contained in the Master Plan of the
City of Grapevine.
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2. The existing development on the site and the density and intensity of use in such
development.
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Section 5. That Section 4 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Official Zoning Map.”, is
hereby amended, as follows:
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Official Zoning Map. The City is hereby divided into the districts listed in Section 3 of
this ordinance as shown on the Official Zoning Map which, together with all explanatory
matter thereon, is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this
ordinance.
The Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the Mayor attested by
the City Secretary, and bearing the seal of the City under the following words: "This is to
certify that this is the Official Zoning Map referred to in Section 4 of Ordinance Number
82-73 of the City of Grapevine, Texas," together with the date of the adoption of this
ordinance.
If, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, changes are made in district
boundaries or other matter portrayed on the Official Zoning Map, such changes shall be
entered on the Official Zoning Map promptly after the amendment has been approved by
the City Council. No amendments to this ordinance which involves matter portrayed on
the Official Zoning Map shall become effective until after such change and entry has been
made on said map. The City shall maintain records identifying the ordinance number
making such changes and the effective date of the change.
No changes of any nature shall be made in the Official Zoning Map or matter shown
thereon except in conformity with the procedures set forth in this ordinance. Any
unauthorized change of whatever kind by any person or persons shall be considered a
violation of this ordinance.
Regardless of the existence of purported copies of the Official Zoning Map which
may from time to time be made or published, the Official Zoning Map which shall be
located in the office of the City Secretary shall be the final authority as to the current
zoning status of land and water areas, buildings, and other structures in the City. The
Official Zoning Map shall be available to the public at all hours when the office of the City
Secretary is open to the public and a digital copy shall be maintained on the City’s
website. Digital maps, created through the use of geographic information system
technology, containing registration points recorded on the Texas State Plan Coordination
System, as amended, may be used in the administration and enforcement of this
ordinance, but shall not replace the paper originals of official maps required by this
section.
If the Official Zoning Map is partially or entirely damaged, destroyed, lost, suffers
deterioration, or is otherwise unreadable, the City Council may adopt a new Official
Zoning Map by ordinance following a public hearing. The new Official Zoning Map that
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the City Council adopts under this section replaces and supersedes any prior Official
Zoning Map following adoption.
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Section 6. That Section 5 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Rules for Interpretation of
District Boundaries.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of zoning districts as shown on the
Official Zoning Map, the following shall apply:
1. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of streets,
highways, or alleys shall be construed as following those center lines.
2. Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines shall be
construed as following those lot lines.
3. Boundaries indicated as approximately following city limit lines shall be
construed as following such city limits.
4. Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed to be midway
between the main tracks.
5. Boundaries indicated as following shorelines of bodies of water shall be
construed as following such shorelines, and in the event of change in the
shoreline shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline; boundaries
indicated as approximately following the center lines of streams, rivers, canals,
lakes or other bodies of water shall be construed as following such center lines.
6. Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated in
Subsections A.1 through A.5 above shall be so construed. Distances not
specifically indicated on the Official Zoning Map shall be determined by the scale
of the map.
7. Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground are at variance with
those shown on the Official Zoning Map, or in other circumstances not covered by
Subsections A.1 through A.6 above, the Zoning Board of Adjustment shall
interpret the district boundaries. See Section 68.
8. Where a district boundary line divides a lot which was in single ownership at the
time of passage of this ordinance, the Board of Zoning Adjustment may permit,
as a special exception, the extension of the regulations for either portion of the
lot not to exceed 50 feet beyond the district line into the remaining portion of the
lot.
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Section 7. That Section 6 of the Zoning Ordinance – “General Provisions.”, is
hereby, renamed and amended, as follows:
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B. General application. After the effective date of this ordinance, all buildings and
structures erected, remodeled, altered and relocated and any use of land, buildings
or structures established shall comply with the applicable provisions of this
ordinance. Existing buildings, structures and uses of land not complying with the
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provisions of this ordinance may continue subject to the provisions of Section 43 of
this ordinance relating to nonconforming uses.
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F. Applicability—Existing variances and special permits, and licensed manufactured
home parks. Variances granted prior to the date of this ordinance shall remain valid
provided the use authorized by such variance has been established. Any building,
structure, or use for which a specific use permit has been granted pursuant to
Ordinance No. 70-10 shall be deemed to be a lawful, permitted use and shall have
the same status as that of a special or conditional use authorized pursuant to this
ordinance; provided, however, no such building, structure, or use shall be altered,
changed or expanded unless a conditional or special use permit therefore has been
granted pursuant to this ordinance. Buildings, structures or uses allowed by
variances or special permits which cannot be issued under this ordinance may
continue subject to the provisions of Section 43 of this ordinance relating to
nonconforming uses. Any manufactured home park for which a license has been
issued for a manufactured home park pursuant to Ordinance 70-10 and Chapter 24
of the Code of Ordinances and is zoned "R-MH" Manufactured Home District shall
be deemed to be a lawful, permitted use and shall have the same status as that of a
manufactured home park developed under the R-MH Manufactured Home District of
this ordinance, provided, however, no manufactured home park may be expanded
unless a conditional use permit therefore has been granted pursuant to this
ordinance.
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H. Applicability - Pending applications. From and after the effective date of this
ordinance, the provisions of this ordinance shall apply to all pending applications
upon which no final decision has been made, subject, however, to the provisions of
Section 69 of this ordinance relating to vested rights determinations.
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Section 8. That Section 7 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Newly Annexed Territory.”,
is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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All territory to the City of Grapevine after the date of passage of this ordinance shall
be automatically classified for R-20 Single-Family District purposes until permanently
zoned by the governing body of the City of Grapevine. The Planning and Zoning
Commission shall, as soon as practicable, after annexation of any territory to the City of
Grapevine, institute proceedings on its own motion to give the newly annexed territory a
permanent zoning and the procedure to be followed shall be the same as is provided by
law for the adoption of original zoning regulations.
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Section 9. That Section 8 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Zoning Designation of
Vacated Streets and Alleys.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Whenever any street, alley or other public way is vacated by official action of
the City Council, the zoning district adjoining each side of such street, alley, or
public way shall be automatically extended to the center of such vacated street,
alley or public way and all areas included in the vacated street, alley or public
way shall then and thenceforth be subject to all regulations of the extended
district.
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Section 10. That Section 9 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Railroad Rights-of-Way and
Tracks.”, is hereby renamed.
Section 11. That Section 10 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Water Areas.”, is hereby
renamed.
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The water surface and the land under the water surface of all rivers, waterways,
ponds, lakes and other water areas in the City of Grapevine not otherwise zoned are
hereby placed in the same zoning district as the land on which such water areas abut, as
shown on the Official Zoning Map. Where the zoning districts shown on the Official Zoning
Map are different or opposite sides of a water area, then the zoning district boundary shall
be at the center line or midpoint of the water area.
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Section 12. That Section 12 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Definitions.”, is hereby
amended, as follows:
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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:
Accessory dwelling unit. A secondary dwelling located on a lot with a primary
detached residential structure and used as living quarters but not for rent or
lease separate and apart from the primary detached residential structure.
Adult Uses. Establishments or activities that involve the provision of goods, services,
or entertainment intended for individuals of legal adult age and may contain
explicit or sexually oriented content. Included are the following sub-uses:
Adult arcade. Any place to which the public is permitted or invited wherein coin-
operated or slug-operated for electronically, electrically, or mechanically
controlled still or motion picture machines, projectors, or other image-
producing devices are maintained to show images to five 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.
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Adult bookstore or adult video store. 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:
a. 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
b. Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia which are designed for
use in connection with specified sexual activities.
Adult cabaret. A nightclub, bar, restaurant, or similar commercial establishment
which regularly features:
a. Persons who appear in a state of nudity or seminudity; or
b. Live performances which are characterized by the exposure of
specified anatomical areas or by specified sexual activities; or
c. Films, motion pictures, video cassette, slides, or other
photographic reproductions which are characterized by the
depiction or description of specified sexual activities or specified
anatomical areas.
Adult motel. A hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment which:
a. 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
b. Offers a sleeping room for rent for a period of time that is less
than ten hours; or
c. Allows a tenant or occupant of a sleeping room to subrent the
room for a period of time that is less than ten hours.
Adult motion picture theater or adult movie theater. 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.
Adult theater. 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.
Escort. 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.
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Escort agency. 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.
Establishment, adult. 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.
Nude model studio. 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.
Nudity or a State of nudity. Includes either of the following:
a. The appearance of a human bare buttock, anus, male genitals,
female genitals or female breast; or
b. A state of dress which fails to opaquely cover a human buttock,
anus, male genitals, female genitals or areola of the female
breast.
Seminude. A state of dress in which clothing covers no more than the genitals,
public region, and areola of the female breast, as well as portions of the
body covered by supporting straps or devices.
Sexual encounter center. A business or commercial enterprise that, as one of its
primary business purposes, offers for any form of consideration:
a. Physical contact in the form of wrestling or tumbling between
persons of the opposite sex or persons of the same sex; or
b. 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.
Sexually oriented business. 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.
Specified anatomical areas. Human genitals in a state of sexual arousal.
Specified sexual activities. Includes any of the following:
1. The fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals, pubic region,
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.
5.
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Advertise. The act of drawing the public’s attention to a short-term rental in order to
promote the availability of the residence for use as a short-term rental. Said
advertising may be found in any medium, including but not limited to, newspaper,
magazine, brochure, website, or mobile application.
Airport. A landing facility for aircraft approved by the United States Federal Aviation
Agency.
Alcoholic beverage. Alcohol and any beverage containing more than one-half of one
percent of alcohol by volume which is capable of use for beverage purposes,
either alone or when diluted.
Alley. A public way, public space or thoroughfare which affords only secondary
means of access to property abutting thereon.
Amusement park. 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.
Antenna or Antenna array. The arrangement of wires or metal rods used in
transmission, retransmission and/or reception of radio, television,
electromagnetic, or microwave signals (includes microwave
reflectors/antennas). See Section 49.B
Antenna support structure. Any tower, mast, monopole, tripod, box frame, or other
structure utilized for the purpose of transmission, retransmission, and/or
reception or electromagnetic, radio, television or microwave signal. See Section
49.B
Apartment. A room or suite of rooms arranged, designed or occupied as a residence
by a single family, individual or group of individuals.
Apartment house. Any building, or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented,
leased, let or hired out to be occupied as three or more apartments or which is
occupied as the home or residence of three or more families living independently
of each other and maintaining separate cooking facilities.
Area of lot. The net area of the lot and shall not include portions of streets and alleys.
Assisted living facility. 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 that provides personal care services as defined by Chapter
247 of the Texas Health and Safety Code. Personal care services include
assistance with daily living activities such as meals, dressing, movement,
bathing, or other personal needs or maintenance; the administration of
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medication; or the general supervision or oversight of a person's physical and
mental well-being.
Attached. Physical connection above the top of the floor line of the first floor.
Attraction. A place of interest where individuals or groups of persons visit for its
entertainment, inherent or exhibited cultural value, historical significance, natural
or built beauty or amusement opportunity. See Section 41.A.
Automobile impound. A business which provides the service of towing, moving or
removing wrecked or disabled vehicles for the sole purpose of temporarily
storing such wrecked or disabled vehicles. 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 secondhand parts or selling wrecked or disabled
vehicles.
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 outside storage of
automobiles waiting to be repaired, automotive parts, and inoperative
automobiles.
Basement. See definition for Basement in the most recently adopted International
Codes by the City of Grapevine.
Bed and breakfast facility. A secondary use to a single-family dwelling in which no
more than 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 to 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, multifamily residential dwellings, guest
cottages or single-family dwelling transient rental
.
Bedrooms. 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.
Blind fence or wall. A fence or wall through which a person is unable to see standing
six feet from such fence or wall at ground level.
Block. 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 streets which intersect
said street on said side.
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Booking Service. Any reservation and/or payment service provided by a person or
entity that facilitates a short-term rental transaction between an Owner and a
prospective Occupant, and for which the person or entity collects or receives,
directly or indirectly through an agent or intermediary, a fee in connection with
the reservation and/or payment services provided for the short-term rental
transaction.
Boutique hotel. A building or arrangement of buildings on one lot, in which there are
a minimum of 13 guestrooms, but not exceeding 125 guestrooms designed to
blend into a community and reflect the visual design aesthetics tied to the local
area around them. These lodging facilities are smaller in size, have a unique
character, focus attention on design aesthetics, are located in distinct districts,
offer high levels of services, provide authentic cultural and historic experiences,
and exceptional guest services.
Breezeway. A covered one story in height connecting a main structure and a
secondary building.
Brew pub. 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 Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 74.01 et
seq. All authorized activities, requirements and limitations contained within said
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 74.01 et seq., 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.
Buildable area. That portion of a building site exclusive of the required yard areas on
which a structure or building improvements may be erected, and including the
actual structure, driveway, parking lot, pool, and other construction as shown on
the site plan.
Building. Any structure built for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons,
animals, chattels or movable property of any kind.
Building line. A line parallel or approximately parallel to the street line and beyond
which buildings may not be erected.
Business. Any lawful commercial endeavor to engage in the manufacturing,
purchase, sale, lease, or exchange of goods, and/or the provision of business
services.
Business service. A commercial use, other than retail sales and professional
services, devoted to:
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(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.
Cabana. A secondary structure on a lot incidental to a swimming pool or recreational
area, but excluding sleeping and cooking facilities.
Call center. A physical location for the placement and/or reception of telephone calls
or internet communication for the purpose of sales, marketing, marketing
research, customer service, telemarketing, technical support, fundraising,
internet-based retailing or any other specialized business activity.
Carnival or circus. A temporary traveling show or exhibition usually housed in tents
and which has no permanent structure or installation.
Church. Any building, place, or structure(s) owned and/or used by religious
organizations or congregations and providing religious worship, religious
training, or education of its members. This definition includes secondary uses
such as rectories, convents, monasteries or other congregate residences for the
housing of religious organization personnel, meeting halls, offices for
administration of the institution, day care facilities, education or schools,
recreation associated with schools or day care facilities which are associated or
affiliated with a church.
Clinic. 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.
Club. 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.
Collocation. Mounting or installing an antenna facility on a preexisting structure,
and/or modifying a structure for the purpose of mounting or installing an antenna
facility on that structure. See Section 59.
Commercial. 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.
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Commercial amusement. An amusement enterprise offering entertainment or games
of skill to the general public for a fee or charge.
Commercial communications operations. The transmission, retransmission and/or
reception of radio, television, electromagnetic, or microwave signals primarily for
the purpose of operating a business and/or for financial gain. See Section 49.
Commercial laundry. 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 square
feet of floor area and no plant containing less than 5,000 square feet shall be
considered a commercial laundry.
Commercial print center. A commercial establishment open to the general public that
is primarily involved in the electronic duplication of graphic and printed materials
for personal or business use, and which also provides other products and
services including, but not limited to, photocopying, lithography, publishing,
electrostatic printing, laser printing, word processing services, computer-
generated graphics, computer-aided design services, video imaging and
reproduction services, on-site computer rental and on-site teleconferencing
Condominium. The separate ownership of single units or apartments in a multiple
unit structure or structures with common elements as defined in Texas Property
Code Section 81.001 et seq.
Convenience store. Any retail establishment of less than 13,000 square feet that
sells a variety of convenience goods, including food, beverages, tobacco
products, and household goods, and may include gasoline sales or provides
electric vehicle charging stations.
Country club. 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.
Customary home occupation. An occupation customarily carried on in the home by
a member of the occupant's family. See Section 42.J.
Day care activity space. 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.
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Day nursery. A place where children are left for care between the hours of 6:00 a.m.
and 12:00 midnight.
Damages to the remainder. The diminution or reduction of value of the remainder
property suffered as a result of the acquisition of a portion of property for a public
purpose. See Section 43.
Density. 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.
Depth of front yard. The minimum distance from the front lot line to the front line of a
building.
Depth of lot. The mean distance between the front and rear lot lines.
Depth of rear yard. The minimum distance between the rear line of a building other
than a secondary building and the rear lot line.
Detached. Having no physical connection above the top of the floor line of the first
floor with any other building or structure.
Distillery. A location whereby alcoholic spirits are created or manufactured, to include
but not be limited to the following processes: milling, mashing, fermentation,
distillation, ageing, and blending. See Section 42.B.
District. A section of the City of Grapevine for which the regulations governing the
area, height and use of buildings are uniform.
Drip line. A vertical line run through the outermost portion of the crown of a tree and
extending to the ground. See Section 52.B.
Drive-through. A building or facility where customers can be served without leaving
a vehicle.
Duplex. A detached building having separate accommodations for two single-family
dwellings or occupied by two families.
Dwelling. An enclosed building or portion thereof having accommodations for only
one family or occupied by one family.
Efficiency apartment. 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 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.
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Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station. A public or private vehicle space utilized as
an area to fuel an electric or hybrid vehicle and featuring equipment for charging
electric or hybrid vehicles.
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE). The electrical conductors and ground
equipment external to an electric vehicle that provides a connection for an
electric or hybrid vehicle to a power source to provide vehicle charging. The
following are typical classification levels:
Level 1: Provides charging through 120-volt electrical service.
Level 2: Provides charging between 120-volt and 240-volt electrical service.
Level 3 or Rapid Charge: Provides a voltage or rating greater than 240-volt,
through three-phase or inductive charging equipment.
Enclosed building. A structure which is floored, roofed and surrounded by outside
walls, which contains no opening larger than 120 square feet in area normally
open to the air and which contains no series of openings forming a divided
opening larger than 120 square feet in area normally open to the air.
Equivalent sound pressure levels (L). The time weighted, mean squared, A-
eq
weighted sound pressure level (dBA). The L eq sound pressure level has the
same acoustical energy as the time varying sound pressure levels measured
during the monitoring time period.
Establishment, General. See definition for business.
Family. Any number of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit
interdependent upon one another.
Financial Institution or Bank. A building or portion of a building primarily devoted to
the provision of financial and/or banking services to customers or clients such
as banks, credit unions, savings banks, savings and loan associations, lending
establishments, and investment companies.
Floor area. The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of the building
measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the center line of
walls separating two 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 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 feet, ten inches or more; (6) interior balconies and mezzanines; (7)
enclosed porches; (8) floor area devoted to secondary uses; and (9) space
devoted to off-street parking, aisles and ramps when it is located in a
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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 feet of height, or fraction
thereof, as being equal to one 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 secondary 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.
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 allowable for a building or other structure (including both
principal and secondary buildings) in direct ratio to the gross area of the lot.
First floor. 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 50 percent below
grade and the top of the floor being no higher than six feet above grade. All floors
above the first floor shall be numbered in ascending sequence, starting with the
second floor.
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.
Fourplex apartment house. A detached building containing four single-family
attached dwellings.
Freight forwarding warehouses. 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.
Garage, front entry. A structure or portion thereof for the secondary use of storing or
parking of private motor vehicles owned by the occupant of the premises, located
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in front of or beside the living area, the access thereto is from the front property
line.
Garage, rear entry. A structure or portion thereof for the secondary 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.
Garage, public storage or public storage garage. 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.
Gasoline service station. 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, or provides electric vehicle charging stations.
Governmental agency. The United States of America, State of Texas, County of
Tarrant, County of Dallas, County of Denton, City of Grapevine, or any other
governmental agency with the ability to exercise eminent domain powers. See
Section 43.I.
Grade. The finished ground level adjoining the building at all exterior walls.
Grade plane. A reference plane representing the average of the finished ground level
adjoining the building at all exterior walls. Where the finished ground level slopes
away from the exterior walls, the reference plane shall be established by the
lowest points within the area between the building and the lot line or, where the
lot line is more than six feet (1,829 mm) from the building between the structure
and a point six feet (1,829 mm) from the building.
Graphic plan. A map indicating the proposed areas of common land usage by
generalized drawing.
Gross leasable area (GLA). The total floor area designed 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 areas.
Half story. A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at
least two exterior walls are not more than two feet above the floor of such story.
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Half-way house. A facility providing for housing and rehabilitation or training of adults
on probation, parole, early or pre-release from penal institution, including
facilities that provide in-patient treatment for chemical dependency if such
persons are ordered to obtain such treatment as condition of release.
Height, building. The vertical distance from grade plane to the average height of the
highest roof 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 feet in
height.
Heliport. 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.
Helistop. The same as a heliport, except that no refueling, maintenance, repairs or
storage of helicopters is permitted.
Historic landmark. Any buildings, land, areas or districts of historical, architectural,
archaeological or cultural importance or value, which the City Council
determines shall be protected, enhanced and preserved in the interest of the
culture, prosperity, education and welfare of the people. See Section 39.B.
Hospital. 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.
Hosting Platform. A person or entity that participates in the short-term rental business
by providing, and collecting or receiving a fee for booking services through which
an owner may offer premises for an occupant on a short-term basis. Hosting
Platforms usually, though not necessarily, provide booking services through an
online platform that allows an owner to advertise the premises through a website
provided by the Hosting Platform and the Hosting Platform conducts a
transaction by which potential occupants arrange their use and their payment,
whether the would-be occupant pays rent directly to the owner or to the Hosting
Platform.
Hotel or motel. A building or arrangement of buildings on one lot, in which there are
13 or more guestrooms used, designed and occupied as a temporary lodging
place of individuals with or without meals, in which the rooms are individually
rented. Access to guestrooms shall be restricted exclusively to interior corridors.
These corridors shall be accessed via the main lobby of the building or
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entryways individually equipped with some form of security-controlled access
system.
Housekeeping Unit. A permanent residence as defined by Section 92.001 of the
Property Code. Housekeeping unit specifically excludes any short-term rental,
boarding house, lodging house, hotel, club, or any other use which is subject to
the hotel occupancy tax imposed by Section 156.051 of the Texas Tax Code.
Impulsive sound. A sound of short duration, usually less than one second, with an
abrupt onset and rapid decay. It may be repetitive in nature. See Section 55.A.
Inn. An establishment for lodging and entertaining of travelers limited to a maximum
of 20 rooms with a minimum floor area of 380 square feet per room.
Kindergarten. The school for children of preschool age, in which construction
endeavors, object lessons and helpful games are prominent features of the
curriculum.
Leaseback. An arrangement where the seller of a home leases the home back from
the purchaser. In a leaseback arrangement, the specifics of the arrangements
are typically made prior or immediately after the sale of the home.
Lot. A tract of land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its secondary
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.
Lot, Corner. A lot situated at the junction of two or more streets.
Lot, Flag. A lot which is platted such that a portion of the lot is behind and a portion
is beside an adjacent lot, fronts on the same right-of-way or dedicated easement
as the adjacent lot, and does not meet the minimum lot width at the required
minimum front building setback line for the zoning district in which it is located.
Such flag lots shall be prohibited in the "R-20" Single Family District, "R-12.5"
Single Family District, "R-7.5" Single Family District, "R-5.0" Zero Lot Line
District, "R-3.5" Two Family District, "R-3.75" Three and Four Family District, and
"R-TH" Townhouse District.
For non-residentially zoned property developed as a flag lot, the front yard
setback shall begin at the point where the lot meets the minimum lot width
established for the district.
Lot, Internal. A lot other than a corner lot.
Lot, Reverse Frontage. A corner lot, the rear of which abuts the side of another lot.
Lot coverage. The total area of a lot upon which is placed a building, buildings, or
other structures.
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Lot of record. 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.
Manufactured plant. An establishment devoted to the fabrication, processing,
assembling, cleaning or repair of articles, foods, liquids, and/or plants.
Massage establishments. A building, room, place or establishment, other than a
regularly licensed hospital, where manipulated massage services or
manipulated exercises or practices upon the human body by anyone not a duly
licensed physician, osteopath, chiropractor or a registered nurse or licensed
vocational nurse acting at the direction of a doctor whether with or without the
use of mechanical, therapeutic or bathing devices, and shall include Turkish
bathhouses. This term shall not include, however, duly licensed beauty parlors
and barbershops or a place wherein registered physical therapists treat only
patients recommended by a licensed physician and operate only under such a
physician's direction. See Section 49.B.
Massage services. Any process consisting of kneading, rubbing or otherwise
manipulating the skin of the body of a human being, either with the hand or by
means of electrical instruments or apparatus, or other special apparatus, but
shall not include massage by duly licensed physicians, osteopaths, chiropractors
and registered physical therapists or registered nurses or licensed vocational
nurses who treat only patients recommended by a licensed physician and who
operate only under such physician's direction. The term "massage services"
shall not include massage services authorized by the State of Texas in
establishments licensed by the State of Texas in beauty shops and barbershops
staffed by licensed barbers and beauticians. See Section 49.B.
Mechanical equipment. 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
horsepower or more.
Medical Office. An establishment where patients receive consultation, diagnosis,
therapeutic, preventative, or corrective personal treatment by doctors, dentists,
or similar practitioners of medical and healing arts for humans, medical or dental
laboratories. These facilities can be differentiated from a medical clinic in that
such facilities primarily operate on an appointment basis, are generally not open
to the general walk-in public, and offer specialized services or attention. This
definition includes dentist's office and doctor's office.
Microwave reflector/antenna. An apparatus constructed of solid, mesh or perforated
materials of any configuration that is used to receive and/or transmit microwave
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signals from a terrestrial or orbitally located transmitter or transmitter relay. This
definition is meant to include, but is not limited to, what are commonly referred
to as satellite receive only earth stations (T.V.R.O.S.) or satellite dishes. See
Section 49.B.
Mini-storage warehouse. A building or group of buildings containing individual
compartmentalized storage units for rent or lease, each individual unit not
exceeding 500 square feet in floor area, for the exclusive inside storage of a
customer’s goods or wares. No sales, business, or any activity beyond storage
is permitted within an individual compartmentalized storage unit.
Minimum square footage of dwelling unit. The minimum square footage of living
space required per dwelling unit, excluding porches, patios, or areas designated
for automobile parking.
Mobile home. 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.
Mobile home subdivision. 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.
Mobile sound source. Sound pressure created by motorized vehicles designed to
operate on public right-of-way, including, but not limited to, automobiles and
aircraft. See Section 55.A.
Modular home. 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.
Motor freight terminal. An establishment which charges for the transportation of
goods by motor truck from one city to another, designed for storing and handling
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of goods so transported or to be transported, and for the parking, storing and
maintenance of motor trucks engaged in such transportation.
Multifamily dwelling. A building or buildings containing or aggregating more than four
single-family dwelling units.
Multifamily Short-Term Rental. The renting of a multifamily dwelling unit, or any
portion thereof, for a period of less than 30 days.
Natural vegetation. Living plant material.
Neighborhood day care center. A place where children are left for care in the R-7.5,
R-5.0, R-3.5, R-3.75, R-MH, R-MODH, and R-TH districts. The lot on which the
neighborhood day care center is located must front upon a street designated as
a type A, B, C, D, or E thoroughfare on the Grapevine Thoroughfare Plan. See
Section 49.B.
Network node. Type of telecommunications facility. See small cell or small wireless
facility.
New car showroom. An establishment of a dealer of new automobiles, authorized by
the manufacturer of the automobiles.
Newspaper Establishment. Any establishment that publishes and distributes a
newspaper or other periodical publication.
Noise. Unwanted sound and is any sound which annoys or disturbs humans or which
causes or tends to cause an adverse psychological or physiological effect on
humans. See Section 55.A.
Noise disturbance. Any sound which: (a) endangers or injures the safety or health of
humans or animals; or (b) annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal
sensitivities; or (c) endangers or injures personal or real property. See Section
55.A.
Noncommercial. An enterprise which provides goods and/or services only to its own
members, stockholders or shareholders and their guests, and which returns all
profits from the operation, if any, to the members, stockholders or shareholders,
in accordance with their share of investment.
Nonconforming use. 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.
Novelty Establishment. A retail establishment which includes as part of its
merchandise for sale to the general public: equipment, products or materials that
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may be used as drug paraphernalia, including pipes, bongs, clips, scales, sifters,
rolling papers, spoons and other items that may be classified and defined as
drug paraphernalia.
Skilled Nursing Facility. An institution, other than a hospital, licensed by the State of
Texas or the City of Grapevine which provides primarily in-patient health care,
personal care, or rehabilitative services over a long period of time to persons
chronically ill, aged, or disabled who need ongoing health supervision, but not
hospitalization. Skilled nursing facilities may also be referred to as a nursing
home, convalescent home, or long-term care facility.
Off-street parking. Asphalt or concrete surface areas upon which motor vehicles may
be parked and which area has access to a public street. The minimum required
off-street parking shall be provided free of charge, unless approved with a
special use permit in accordance with Section 49 of this ordinance.
Office. A place where the transaction of business takes place exclusive of retail sale
and transfer of goods, manufacturing, and storage of commodities.
Open space. All land designated for the recreational enjoyment and/or natural beauty
of area.
Operator. Any person or entity who has control of the property or dwelling unit.
Outdoor advertising sign. 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.
Outside storage. The storage of commodities, goods, machinery and equipment,
company vehicles including box trucks, pickup trucks, and storage vehicles,
and/or refuse outside of an enclosed building.
Occupancy. The purpose or activity for which a piece of land or its building, or part
thereof, is used or intended to be used.
Package store. A retail establishment that sells "liquor", “wine and vinous liquor”,
“malt beverages”, or “beer”, as defined by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission, to the public for the purpose of off-premise consumption. See
Section 42.B.
Periodic and pure tone sound. Any sound which can be heard as a single pitch or set
of single pitches. See Section 55.A.
Permissible sound pressures level. The equivalent sound pressure level (L ) and
eq
for this regulation measured over an eight-minute time period. See Section 55.A.
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Person. An individual, proprietorship, trust, partnership, corporation, association or
other legal entity.
Pharmacy. A building or portion thereof where prescription drugs and nonprescription
medicines are sold at retail, together with dry goods, food, or beverages.
Planned commercial center. A center consisting of one or more lots having a total
site area of a minimum of five acres with a combination of permitted and
conditional uses in the zoning district for which the zoning application is made.
Planned business park. A center consisting of one or more lots having a total site
area of a minimum of five acres with a combination of the permitted and
conditional uses of the Business Park District.
Planned neighborhood shopping center. A combination of retail stores, offices,
personal service establishments and similar uses whose aggregate gross floor
area does not exceed 100,000 square feet. See Section 24.
Premises. 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.
Principal structure. A building or structure, the use of which is a principal use.
Principal use. A use which, in comparison with another use occurring on the same
property, has the greatest effective producing power.
Private. The exclusion of those who have not been invited.
Private club. 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.
Professional service. Work performed by a member of a profession licensed as a
profession by the State of Texas.
Property. All contiguous land and any fixed or moveable object on such land, under
common ownership, irrespective of leasehold or other interest. See Section 55.
Public. Promotion of a public cause or service, including utilities having a franchise
from the City of Grapevine, but excluding other profit-making organizations.
Public rail station. A facility owned by a municipal, state or federal entity or a public
transportation authority where passengers may board a type of rail service which
may be light rail, commuter rail, or some other form of passenger rail service.
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Such facilities may include provisions for parking, and other uses such as retail,
office, or meeting space.
Railroad equipment storage yards. A place for the storage of railway cars, boxcars
and engines and related equipment.
Railway freight station. An establishment which charges 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.
Receiver. Location where the sound is to be evaluated at opposite the bounding lot
line from the sound source. The location is often referred to as a Noise
Assessment Site (NAS).See Section 55.A.
Religious institution. See definition for church.
Rental. The renting, bartering, trading, letting or otherwise allowing the use of a
dwelling unit, or portions thereof, for compensation.
Restaurant. An eating establishment where food and drink are prepared and
consumed primarily on the premises and whose gross sales from food on an
annual basis at the location represent at least 50 percent of total sales with a
conditional use as set out in Section 48.
Retail sales. The regular sale of general merchandise from existing, on-site inventory
to the general public for direct use or consumption.
Retail sales of previously used merchandise. Selling, offering for sale or displaying
for sale, antique items, used goods, wares, materials, merchandise, or second
hand items of any kind by retail.
Retail store. 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.
Right-of-way acquisition. The securing of right-of-way through negotiation, purchase,
bargain, trade, donation, condemnation, or other means by use or threat of
eminent domain, but not including the dedication of right-of-way through platting
or zoning processes. See Section 43.I.
RMS sound pressure. The square root of the time averaged square of the sound
pressure. See Section 55.A.
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Sale and rental of heavy machinery and equipment. A building or open area, other
than a right-of-way or public parking lot, used for the display, sale, rental,
maintenance, repair, and storage of heavy machinery. Heavy machinery
includes but is not limited to track loaders, excavators, backhoe loaders, skid
steers, telehandlers, aerial lifts, tractors, farm machinery, bulldozers, street
graders, and paving devices. This definition does not include the sale, storage,
lease, or repair of living units such as mobile homes and commercial vehicles
such as recreational vehicles (RVs), campers, trailers, trucks, vans, and any
other vehicles licensed by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Salvage yard. The outside storage of refuse and the recovery of usable portions of
same.
Screening. A wall or fence, the surface of which does not contain openings more
than 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.
Secondary building or secondary structure. A subordinate building or structure,
attached to or detached from the main building, and customarily incidental to the
principal building.
Secondary use. A use subordinate to and incidental to the principal use.
Service Organization. A not-for-profit organization whose primary purpose is to
provide social, educational, recreational, or other services to the community.
Short-Term Rental. The rental or offer for a rental of a dwelling unit, or any portion
thereof, for a period of less than 30 days. This term does not include a leaseback.
Sign, Awning or Canopy or Marquee. A sign that is mounted or painted on, or
attached to, an awning, canopy or marquee that is otherwise permitted by this
Ordinance.
Sign, Construction. A temporary sign containing the names of architects, engineers,
landscape architects, contractors, and similar artisans involved in the design and
construction of a structure or project.
Sign, Converted Digital Billboard. An off-premise advertising sign existing in whole
or in part that is converted to a sign, display or device, internally illuminated,
which changes the static message or copy by electronic means.
Sign, Development. A temporary sign identifying the developing tract of land on
which it is located.
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Sign, Electronic Message. A sign or portion of a sign that displays an electronic image
or video, which may or may not include text, where the rate of change is
electronically programmed and can be modified by electronic processes. This
definition includes television screens, plasma screens, digital screens, LED
screens, video boards, holographic displays and other similar media.
Sign, Ground. A sign, except a portable sign, permanently placed upon, or supported
by the ground independent of the principal building or structure on the property,
the top edge of which sign is no more than six (6) feet above ground level, except
ground signs in the HGT District shall be three (3) feet above ground level.
Sign, Historic Wall. A sign painted directly on a building existing as of October 18,
1994, which is a restoration of or an exact replica of a sign advertising a historic
former premise or a product.
Sign, Monument. A sign, solid from the ground up with concealed pole(s) or
support(s), permanently placed upon, or supported by the ground independent
of the principal building or structure on the property.
Sign, Nameplate. A permanent sign affixed to the exterior wall of a building, giving
the name and/or address of the owner or occupant of a building or premises in
which it is located, and, where applicable, a professional status.
Sign, On-premise. A permanent sign, including multi-tenant pole signs, which directs
attention to a business or profession conducted, or to a commodity or service
sold, offered or manufactured, or an entertainment offered, on the premises
where the sign is located or to which it is affixed.
Sign, Pole. A sign that is mounted on a freestanding pole.
Sign, Political. A temporary sign meeting the requirements of Chapter 20, Article II,
Division 3 of the Grapevine Code of Ordinances.
Sign, Portable Commercial Billboard. Any sign which is supported by the ground but
not attached to the ground, or other object which is used primarily to advertise
to the general public for commercial purposes; is of a temporary nature; is not
directly connected to or in relation to or in close proximity to a business, church,
development or other establishment that is being advertised.
Sign, Portable On-site Business. Any sign supported by the ground but not attached
to the ground or other object, which is of a temporary nature, and is used for
advertising purposes connected to, adjacent to or in close proximity of the
business, church, development or other establishment that is being advertised.
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Sign, Portable Sandwich Board. A portable sign, consisting of two panels of equal
size, made of painted, decay resistant wood, which are hinged at the top and
placed on the ground or pavement so as to be self supporting.
Sign, Projecting. A sign that is wholly or partly dependent upon a building for support
and which projects more than twelve (12) inches from such building, but less
than forty-eight (48) inches.
Sign, Pylon. A free-standing sign erected on one or more free-standing shafts, posts,
poles, or piers, solidly affixed to the ground which are totally enclosed from view
by a decorative cladding that is a minimum width of 50% (fifty percent) of the
cabinet, if the width of the cabinet is greater than the height of the cabinet or
100% (one hundred percent) of the width of the cabinet, if the cabinet width is
equal to or less than the height of the cabinet.
Sign, Real Estate. A temporary sign pertaining to the sale or lease of the lot or tract
of land on which the sign is located, or to the sale or lease of one or more
structures, or a portion thereof located thereon.
Sign, Roof. A sign fastened to or resting on the roof of a structure.
Sign, Subdivision. A sign identifying a subdivision on which it is located.
Sign, Temporary. A sign supported by the ground and permitted for a period of two
years.
Sign, Temporary Directional. A temporary sign, permitted for a period of two years,
directing attention to the location of a developing subdivision located in
Grapevine that is zoned R-7.5, R-12.5, R-20 or R-5.0.
Sign, Wall. A sign fastened to or painted on a wall of a building or structure in such a
manner than the wall becomes merely the supporting structure or forms the
background surface, and which does not project more than twelve (12) inches
from such building.
Single-family attached dwelling. 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.
Single-family detached dwelling. 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.
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Single-Family Short-Term Rental. The renting of a single-family dwelling unit, or any
portion thereof, for a period of less than 30 days. This term does not include a
leaseback.
Small cell or small wireless facility. A facility mounted on structures fifty (50) feet or
less in height including their antennas, or on structures no more than ten (10)
percent taller than other adjacent structures, or that do not extend existing
structures where they are located to a height of more than fifty (50) feet or by
more than ten (10) percent whichever is greater; where each antenna is no more
than three (3) cubic feet in volume; where all other wireless equipment
associated with the structure, including wireless equipment associated with the
antenna and any pre-existing associate equipment on the structure is no more
than twenty-eight (28) cubic feet in volume; and where facilities do not result in
human exposure to radio frequency radiation in excess of applicable safety
standards. See Section 59.
Solar Panel System. A combination of equipment and/or controls, accessories,
interconnecting means and terminal elements for the collection, storage, and
distribution of solar energy. Solar panel systems do not include powered outdoor
solar lights, such as garden lights, accent lights, security lights, or flood lights.
Sound. The weighted sound pressure level obtained by use of a sound level meter
and frequency weighting network, such as A or C as specified in ANSI S1.4. If
the frequency weighting is not indicated, the A-weighting shall apply. If the meter
time response is not indicated, the Slow response shall apply .See Section 55.A.
Sound levels and sound pressures levels (dB). 20 times the logarithm to the base 10
of the ratio of the pressure of the sound measured to the reference pressure,
which is 20 micro-pascals, and is expressed in decibels. The sound levels are
usually denoted as Lp or SPL. See Section 55.A.
Sound pressure. The instantaneous difference between the actual and the average
or barometric pressure at a given point in space, as produced by sound energy.
See Section 55.A.
Sound level meter. An instrument which includes a microphone, amplifier, RMS
detector, integrator or time averager, weighting network, and output meter used
to measure sound pressure levels. See Section 55.A.
Stationary sound sources. The fixed point of origin and location of emitter or emitters
of sound under investigation. Multiple sources on a property shall be treated as
a single source. See Section 55.A.
Storage. A space or place for storing and safekeeping of goods in a warehouse or
other depository.
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Story. The portion of the building included between the upper surface of a floor and
the upper surface of the floor or roof next above.
Story, above ground. Any story having its finished floor surface entirely above grade,
except that a basement shall be considered as a story above grade where the
finished surface of the floor above the basement is:
1. More than six feet (1,829 mm) above grade plane.
2. More than six feet (1,829 mm) above the finished ground level for more than
50 percent of the total building perimeter.
3. More than 12 feet (3,658 mm) above the finished ground level at any point.
Street. Any public thoroughfare dedicated to the public and not designated as an
alley.
Street right-of-way. A street, including its pavement and all the publicly owned
property adjacent to it, dedicated for street purposes.
Structural alterations. Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as
bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.
Structure. Any building, construction, facility or edifice including, but not limited to, an
underground or overground utility line, drainage facility, fence, street or runway.
Taxi dispatch office. A building or part thereof used as an office to dispatch taxis to
their fares for the purpose of transporting passengers for a fee or charge.
Time weighted. An established period of time during which the sound pressure levels
are averaged. For this regulation the time period is eight minutes. See Section
55.A.
Towing service. A secondary 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.
Townhouse. A single-family attached dwelling unit on a separately platted lot which
is joined at another dwelling unit on one or more sides by a party wall or abutting
walls and occupied by not more than one family.
Transport facility. The transmission path physically within a public right-of-way,
extending with a physical line from a network node directly to the network, for
the purpose of providing backhaul for network nodes associated with small cell
facilities. See Section 59.
Tree, historic. A tree which has been found by the city to be of a notable historic
interest because of its age, type, size or historic association and has been so
designated as part of the official records of the city. See Section 52.B.
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Tree, protected. Any self-supporting woody perennial plant which has a caliper of
three inches or more when measured at a point of 4½ feet above ground level
and which normally attains an overall height of at least 20 feet at maturity, usually
with one main stem or trunk and many branches. It may appear to have several
stems or trunks as in several varieties of oaks. See Section 52.B.
Tree, specimen. A tree which has been determined by the city to be of high value
because of its type, size, or other professional criteria, and which has been so
designated as part of the official records of the city.
Tree topping. The severe cutting back of limbs to stubs larger than three inches in
diameter within the tree's crown to such a degree so as to remove the normal
canopy and disfigure the tree. See Section 52.B.
Triplex. A detached building containing three single-family attached dwelling units.
Use. 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.
Vineyard. The cultivation or planting of grapes.
Vocational, trade, technical or industrial schools. An institution that offers specialized
training and education in specific trades or occupations such as, but not limited
to automotive repair, cosmetology, healthcare, technology and building
construction.
Warehousing. Storage in an enclosed building 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.
Wholesale business. A commercial use devoted to the sale of goods and
commodities in large lots to retail outlets and stores and manufacturers.
Width of lot. 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 20 feet.
Width of lot, cul-de-sac. 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 side property lines. At no time, however, shall
the front property line be less than 20 feet. A cul-de-sac is a street, one end of
which is closed and consists of a circular turnaround.
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Width of side yard. The least distance between a side wall of a building and the side
line of the lot.
Winery. The manufacturing, bottling, labeling and packaging of wine containing not
more than 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 secondary 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.
Yard, front. 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 30-foot setback from the front property pins on
the front property or lot lines. A chord connecting these two 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 30-foot
setback on the side property lines, 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 30 feet behind the
property pin. The building line will be established by connecting these two 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.
Yard, rear. A space unoccupied by a principal structure extending for the full width of
the lot between a principal structure and the rear lot line.
Yard, side. 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.
Yard area. The front, side and rear yard areas as required under the Comprehensive
Zoning Code and the zoning district requirements applicable thereto. See
Section 52.B.
Zoning district. The designation as set forth in the zoning ordinance such as
residential, commercial, or industrial and their sub-section designations. See
Section 55.A.
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B. Amendments to the definitions in this section, or additional definitions to be added to
this section, may be made by the Planning and Zoning Commission in accordance
with the provisions set forth in Section 67.
C. Pictorials in this section are intended to support users in visualizing the definitions
provided. These visual aids are meant to enhance understanding and clarity for
anyone referencing the zoning ordinance.
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Section 13. That Section 13 of the Zoning Ordinance – “R-20, Single-Family
District Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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A. Permitted uses: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses:
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4. Agricultural uses subject to the provisions of Ordinance 75-25, Chapter 6,
Section 6-2.
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6. Model homes and model home parking lots are permitted as a temporary use in
new subdivisions, provided a notice is continually posted in a prominent place in
a livable area in the home and the owner signs an affidavit on a form approved
by the Director of Planning Services affirming compliance with all the regulations
of this section.
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B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to a
single-family detached dwelling provided that none shall be a source of income to
the owner or user of the principal single-family dwelling, except for customary home
occupation.
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3. Cabana, pavilion, pergola, or roofed area.
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5. Secondary buildings (storage buildings, hobby shops, barns).
6. Signs subject to the provisions of Section 60.
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E. Plan requirements: No application for a building permit for the construction of a
principal building shall be approved unless 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.
F. Density requirements: The following density requirements shall apply:
1. Maximum density: two (2) dwelling units per acre of gross area.
2. Lot size: 20,000 square feet.
3. Minimum open space: All areas not devoted to buildings, structures or off-street
parking area shall be devoted to grass, trees, gardens, shrubs or other suitable
landscape material. In addition, all developments shall reserve open space in
accordance with the provisions of Section 51.
4. Maximum building coverage: 40 percent of the combined area occupied by all main
and secondary buildings and structures of the total lot area.
5. Maximum impervious area: 60 percent of the combined area occupied by all
buildings, structures, off-street parking and paved areas of the total lot area.
6. Minimum floor area: 1,600 square feet of floor area.
G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Depth of front yard: 40 feet
A minimum of 50 percent of the area of the lot within the required front yard
setback shall be a landscaped area.
2. Depth of rear yard: 25 feet
3. Width of side yard on each side: 15 feet
4. Width of lot: 100 feet
Except reverse frontage lots shall be a minimum of 130 feet in width.
5. Depth of lot: 100 feet
6. Minimum distance between buildings: 30 feet, between principal and secondary
buildings on adjacent lots.
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I. Maximum Height: The following maximum height regulations shall be observed:
1. Principal structure: two (2) stories, 35 feet.
2. Secondary structure: one and one-half (1 ½) stories, 20 feet.
J. Off-street parking: Provisions for the parking of automobiles shall be allowed as a
secondary use to any principal permitted use provided that such shall not be located
on a required front yard. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 56 and 58 of this ordinance and other applicable ordinances
of the city.
Parking of recreational vehicles, recreational trailers, motor homes or boats (all listed
hereinafter referred to as vehicles) is prohibited in the required front yard except in
the following circumstances:
1. Pursuant to a permit to park said vehicle on a paved driveway in the front yard
issued by the Director of Planning Services, or a designee, after a determination
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is made by the director that it is not feasible to park said vehicle in the side or
rear yard.
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K. Off-street loading: No off-street loading is required in the R-20 District for residential
uses. Off-street loading for conditional uses may be required as determined by the
Planning and Zoning Commission.
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Section 14. That Section 14 of the Zoning Ordinance – “R-12.5, Single-Family
District Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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A. Permitted uses: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses:
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5. Model homes and model home parking lots are permitted as a temporary use in
new subdivisions, provided a notice is continually posted in a prominent place in
a livable area in the home and the owner signs an affidavit on a form approved
by the Director of Planning Services affirming compliance with all the regulations
of this section.
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B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to single-
family detached dwellings provided that none shall be a source of income to the
owner or user of the principal single-family dwelling, except for customary home
occupation:
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4. Secondary buildings.
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E. Plan requirements: No application for a building permit for construction of a principal
building shall be approved unless 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.
F. Density requirements: The following requirements shall apply:
1. Maximum density: The maximum density within the R-12.5 District shall not exceed
three dwelling units per acre of gross area.
2. Lot size: Lots for any permitted use shall have a minimum area of 12,500 square
feet.
3. Minimum open space: All areas not devoted to buildings, structures or off-street
parking area shall be devoted to grass, trees, gardens, shrubs or other suitable
landscape material. In addition, all developments shall reserve open space in
accordance with the provisions of Section 51.
4. Maximum building coverage: The combined area occupied by all main and
secondary buildings and structures shall not exceed 40 percent of the total lot area.
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5. Maximum impervious area: The combined area occupied by all buildings,
structures, off-street parking and paved areas shall not exceed 60 percent of the
total lot area.
6. Minimum floor area: The minimum square footage of a dwelling unit shall be not
less than 1,400 square feet of floor area.
G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Depth of front yard: 35 feet
A minimum of 50 percent of the area of the lot within the required front yard setback
shall be a landscaped area.
2. Depth of rear yard: 25 feet
3. Width of side yard on each side: 8 feet
4. Width of lot: 80 feet
Except reverse frontage lots shall be a minimum of 110 feet in width.
5. Depth of lot: 100 feet
6. Minimum distance between buildings: 16 feet, between principal or secondary
buildings on adjacent lots.
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I. Maximum Height regulations: The following maximum height regulations shall be
observed:
1. Principal structure: two (2) stories, 35 feet.
2. secondary structure: one and one-half (1 ½ ) stories, 20 feet.
J. Off-street parking: Provisions for the parking of automobiles shall be allowed as a
secondary use to any principal permitted use provided that such shall not be located
on a required front yard. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 56 and 58 of this ordinance and other applicable ordinances
of the city.
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1. Pursuant to a permit to park said vehicle on a paved driveway in the front yard
issued by the Director of Planning Services, or a designee, after a determination
is made by the director that it is not feasible to park said vehicle in the side or
rear yard.
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K. Off-street loading: No off-street loading is required in the R-12.5 District for residential
uses. Off-street loading for conditional uses may be required as determined by the
Planning and Zoning Commission.
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Section 15. That Section 15 of the Zoning Ordinance – “R-7.5, Single-Family
District Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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A. Permitted uses:
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5. Model homes and model home parking lots are permitted as a temporary use in
new subdivisions, provided a notice is continually posted in a prominent place in
a livable area in the home and the owner signs an affidavit on a form approved
by the Director of Planning Services affirming compliance with all the regulations
of this section.
B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to a
single-family detached dwelling provided that none shall be a source of income to
the owner or user of the principal single-family dwellings, except for customary home
occupation:
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2. Cabana, pavilion, pergola, or roofed area.
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4. Secondary buildings.
5. Signs subject to the provisions of Section 60.
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With the exception of Item 8, when any of the foregoing permitted secondary uses
are detached from the principal single-family dwelling, said uses shall be located not
less than 45 feet from the front lot line and shall meet the requirements of Section
42.C., D., E., F., and G.
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E. Plan requirements: No application for a building permit for the construction of a
principal building shall be approved unless 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.
F. Density requirements: The following density requirements shall apply:
1. Maximum density: The maximum density within the R-7.5 District shall not
exceed four dwelling units per acre of gross area.
2. Lot size: Lots for any permitted use shall have a minimum area of 7,500 square
feet.
3. Minimum open space: All areas not devoted to buildings, structures or off-street
parking area shall be devoted to grass, trees, gardens, shrubs or other suitable
landscape material. In addition, all developments shall reserve open space in
accordance with the provisions of Section 51.
4. Maximum building coverage: The combined area occupied by all main and
secondary buildings and structures shall not exceed 40 percent of the total lot
area.
5. Maximum impervious surface area: The combined area occupied by all buildings,
structures, off-street parking and paved areas shall not exceed 60 percent of the
total lot area.
6. Minimum floor area: The minimum square footage of a dwelling unit shall be not
less than 1,200 square feet of floor area.
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G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Depth of front yard: 30 feet
A minimum of 50 percent of the area of the lot within the required front yard
setback shall be a landscaped area.
2. Depth of rear yard: 25 feet
3. Width of side yard on each side: 6 feet
4. Width of lot: 65 feet
Except reverse frontage lots shall be a minimum of 95 feet in width.
5. Depth of lot: 100 feet
6. Minimum distance between buildings: 12 feet, between principal or secondary
buildings on adjacent lots.
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I. Maximum Height regulations: The following maximum height regulations shall be
observed:
1. Principal structure: two (2) stories, 35 feet.
2. Secondary structure: one-story, 16 feet.
J. Off-street parking: Provisions for the parking of automobiles shall be allowed as a
secondary use to any principal permitted use provided that such shall not be located
on a required front yard. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 56 and 58 of this ordinance and other applicable ordinances
of the city.
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1. Pursuant to a permit to park said vehicle on a paved driveway in the front yard
issued by the Director of Planning Services, or a designee, after a determination
is made by the director that it is not feasible to park said vehicle in the side or
rear yard.
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K. Off-street loading: No off-street loading is required in the R-7.5 District for residential
uses. Off-street loading for conditional uses may be required as determined by the
Planning and Zoning Commission.
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Section 16. That Section 16 of the Zoning Ordinance – “R-5.0, Zero-Lot-Line
District Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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A. Principal uses:
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5. Model homes and model home parking lots are permitted as temporary uses in
new subdivisions, provided a notice is continually posted in a prominent place in
a livable area in the home and the owner signs an affidavit on a form approved
by the Director of Planning Services affirming compliance with all the regulations
of this section.
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B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to an R-
5.0 Zero-lot-line district provided that none shall be a source of income to the owner
or user of the principal single-family dwelling, except for customary home occupation:
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2. Cabana, pavilion, pergola, or roofed area.
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Secondary buildings or structures more than 16 feet in height shall be set back from
the rear property line six feet plus two additional feet for each additional foot of height
over 16 feet. The height of the secondary buildings or structures shall be measured
from the top of the slab or from its bottom floor.
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C. Conditional uses: The following conditional uses may be permitted provided they
meet the provisions of Section 48, and a conditional use permit is issued.
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6. Single-family detached dwellings with a minimum front yard depth of 20 feet
when the dwellings are constructed as period homes. A period home is defined
as a house in which the exterior elevation incorporates amenities from housing
designs during the 1930s through the 1950s period.
When a 20-foot front yard depth is established by a conditional use permit, all
lots fronting on one side of a street between two intersecting streets, shall
maintain a uniform front yard setback for the entire block.
Final elevations of proposed period homes, with type or kind of building material
used, and a final plat shall be submitted as a part of the conditional use permit
request. Calculation of the percentage of masonry of the entire structure shall
be provided in the application for the conditional use permit. A period home
committee consisting of a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission
(appointed by the Planning and Zoning Commission chairman), the City Council
representative to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the township
restoration coordinator may approve additional period home elevations or
amendments to existing elevations when a conditional use permit is approved
for period homes. The Director of Planning Services may approve minor
changes to the exterior elevations such as window, door, and porch railings.
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E. Plan requirements: No application for a building permit for the construction of a
principal building shall be approved unless 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.
F. Density requirements: The following density requirements shall apply:
1. Maximum density: The maximum density within the R-5.0 District shall not
exceed eight dwelling units per acre of gross area.
2. Lot size: Lots for any permitted use shall have a minimum area of 5,000 square
feet.
3. Minimum open space: All areas not devoted to buildings, structures or off-street
parking area shall be devoted to grass, trees, gardens, shrubs or other suitable
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landscape material. In addition, all developments shall reserve open space in
accordance with the provisions of Section 51.
4. Maximum building coverage: The combined area occupied by all main and
secondary buildings and structures shall not exceed 40 percent of the total lot
area.
5. Maximum impervious area: The combined area occupied by all buildings,
structures, off-street parking and paved areas shall not exceed 60 percent of the
total lot area.
6. Minimum floor area: The minimum square footage of a dwelling unit shall be not
less than 1,200 square feet of floor area.
G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Depth of front yard: 25 feet
A minimum of 50 percent of the area of the lot within the required front yard
setback shall be a landscaped area.
2. Depth of rear yard: 25 feet
3. Width of side yard on each side: 6 feet
Side yard setbacks for final subdivision plats approved between January 21,
1986 and December 16, 2003 shall be 12 inches on one side and 11 feet on the
opposite side or, upon approval of a conditional use permit, six feet on each side.
Provided, however the side yard setbacks contained in this subsection G.3 shall
not apply to final subdivision plats approved and filed prior to January 21, 1986
and the side yard setbacks applied to the approved plat shall be those in force
and effect prior to the adoption of this ordinance.
4. Width of lot: 50 feet
Except reverse frontage lots shall be a minimum of 75 feet in width.
5. Depth of lot: 100 feet
6. Distance between buildings: The minimum distance between principal or
secondary buildings on adjacent lots shall be not less than twelve (12) feet.
7. Only one single-family detached dwelling shall be permitted on each lot or lot of
record.
8. No dwelling shall be closer than 12 feet between the face of the exterior walls of
neighboring dwelling units.
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I. Maximum Height regulations: The following maximum height regulations shall be
observed:
1. Principal structure: two (2) stories, 35 feet.
2. Secondary structure: one-story, (16) feet.
J. Off-street parking: Provisions for the parking of automobiles shall be allowed as a
secondary use to any principal permitted use provided that such shall not be located
on a required front yard. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 56 and 58 of this ordinance and other applicable ordinances
of the City.
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1. Pursuant to a permit to park said vehicle on a paved driveway in the front yard
issued by the Director of Planning Services, or a designee, after a determination
is made by the director that it is not feasible to park said vehicle in the side or
rear yard.
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K. Off-street loading: No off-street loading is required in the R-5.0 District for residential
uses. Off-street loading for conditional uses may be required as determined by the
Planning and Zoning Commission.
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Section 17. That Section 17 of the Zoning Ordinance – “R-3.5, Two-Family District
Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to dwelling
units provided that none shall be a source of income to the owner or users of the
principal use. All secondary uses shall be located at least 20 feet from any street
right-of-way and shall not be located between the building line and the front property
line.
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Secondary buildings or structures more than 16 feet in height shall be set back
from the rear property line six feet plus two additional feet for each additional foot
of height over 16 feet. The height of the secondary buildings or structures shall be
measured from the top of the slab or from its bottom floor.
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E. Plan requirements: No application for a building permit for the 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.
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F. Density requirements: The following density requirements shall apply:
1. Maximum density: eight (8) dwelling units per acre of gross area.
2. Lot size: 8,000 square feet.
3. Minimum open space: 10 percent of the gross site area shall be devoted to open
space including required yards and buffer areas. Open space shall not include
areas covered by structures, parking areas, driveways and internal streets.
A portion of the minimum open space equivalent to 300 square feet per dwelling
unit shall be devoted to planned and permanent usable recreation area. The
amount, type and location of usable recreation space shall be shown on the site
plan.
4. Maximum building coverage: 40 percent of the combined area occupied by all
main and secondary buildings and structures of the total lot area.
5. Maximum impervious area: 60 percent of the combined area occupied by all
main and secondary buildings of the total lot area.
6. Minimum floor area: Every duplex dwelling hereafter erected, constructed,
reconstructed or altered in this dwelling district shall have a minimum square
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feet of floor area, excluding common corridors, basements, open and screened
porches, and garages as follows:
a. Efficiency and one-bedroom unit: 750 square feet
b. Two-bedroom unit: 900 square feet
c. Three-bedroom unit: 1,000 square feet
7. The minimum land area for each dwelling unit shall be not less than 4,000 square
feet.
G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Depth of front yard: 30 feet
A minimum of 50 percent of the area of the lot within the required front yard
setback shall be a landscaped area.
2. Depth of rear yard: 25 feet
3. Width of side yard on each side: 6 feet
4. Width of lot: 65 feet
Except that reverse frontage lots shall be a minimum of 95 feet in width.
5. Depth of lot: 100 feet
6. Distance between buildings: The minimum distance between detached principal
or secondary buildings shall be not less than 16 feet.
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I. Maximum Height regulations: The following maximum height regulations shall be
observed.
1. Principal structure: two (2) stories, 35 feet.
2. Secondary structure: one-story, 15 feet.
J. Off-street parking: Provisions for the parking of automobiles shall be allowed as a
secondary use to any principal permitted use provided that such shall not be located
on a required front yard. Off-Street parking shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of sections 56 and 58 of this ordinance and other applicable ordinances
of the city.
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1. Pursuant to a permit to park said vehicle on a paved driveway in the front yard
issued by the Director of Planning Services, or a designee, after a determination
is made by the director that it is not feasible to park said vehicle in the side or
rear yard.
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K. Off-street loading: No off-street loading is required in the R-3.5 District for residential
uses. Off-street loading for conditional uses may be required as determined by the
Planning and Zoning Commission.
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Section 18. That Section 18 of the Zoning Ordinance – “R-3.75, Three- and Four-
Family District Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to dwelling
units provided that none shall be a source of income to the owner or users of the
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dwelling. All secondary uses shall be located at least 20 feet from any street right-of-
way and shall not be located between the building line and the front property line.
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4. Cabana, pavilion, pergola, or roofed area.
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E. Plan requirements: No application for a building permit for the 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.
F. Density requirements: The following density requirements shall apply:
1. Maximum density: ten dwelling units per acre of gross area.
2. Lot size: 11,250 square feet for triplexes, and 15,000 square feet for fourplexes.
3. Minimum open space: ten percent of the gross site area shall be devoted to open
space including required yards and buffer areas. Open space shall not include
areas covered by structures, parking areas, driveways and internal streets.
A portion of the minimum open space equivalent to 275 square feet per dwelling
unit shall be devoted to planned and permanent usable recreation area. The
amount, type and location of usable recreation space shall be shown on the site
plan.
4. Maximum building coverage: The combined area occupied by all main and
secondary buildings and structures shall not exceed of the total lot area.
5. Maximum impervious area: 40 percent of the combined area occupied by all
main and secondary buildings and structures of the total lot area.
6. Minimum floor area: Every dwelling hereafter erected, constructed,
reconstructed or altered in the R-3.75 District shall have a minimum square feet
of floor area, excluding common corridors, basements, open and screened
porches, and garages as follows:
a. Efficiency and one-bedroom unit: 750 square feet
b. Two-bedroom unit: 900 square feet
c. Three-bedroom unit: 1,000 square feet
G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Depth of front yard: 30 feet
A minimum of 50 percent of the area of the lot within the required front yard
setback shall be a landscaped area.
2. Depth of rear yard: 25 square feet
3. Width of side yard on each side: 8 square feet
4. Width of lot: triplex units - 80 square feet; fourplex units - 100 square feet
Except reverse frontage lots shall be a minimum of 110 feet and 130 feet in width
respectively.
5. Depth of lot: 100 feet
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I. Maximum Height regulations: The following maximum height regulations shall be
observed:
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1. Principal structure: two (2) stories, 25 feet. Whenever a triplex or fourplex
structure is erected contiguous to an existing single-family dwelling, the number
of stories and height of the triplex or fourplex structure shall not exceed the
number of stories and height of the contiguous single-family dwelling. In no
instance shall the height of a triplex or fourplex structure exceed two stories or
25 feet.
2. Secondary structure: one-story, 15 feet.
J. Off-street parking: Provisions for the parking of automobiles shall be allowed as a
secondary use to any principal permitted use provided that such shall not be located
in a required front yard. Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 56 and 58 of this ordinance and other applicable ordinances
of the city.
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1. Pursuant to a permit to park said vehicle on a paved driveway in the front yard
issued by the Director of Planning Services, or a designee, after a determination
is made by the director that it is not feasible to park said vehicle in the side or
rear yard.
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K. Off-street loading: No off-street loading is required in the R-3.75 District for residential
uses. Off-street loading for conditional uses may be required as determined by the
Planning and Zoning Commission.
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Section 19. That Section 19 of the Zoning Ordinance – “R-MH, Manufactured
Home District Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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PURPOSE: The R-MH Manufactured Home District is established to provide
adequate space for manufactured home subdivision development, at a density of not
more than five (5) dwelling units per gross acre. This district recognizes the manufactured
home as a specific form of housing.
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D. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required.
1. Depth of front setback: 30 feet
2. Depth of rear setback: 25 feet
3. Width of side yard: 15 feet
4. Manufactured home: Only one single-family manufactured home shall be
permitted on each lot or lot of record or each plot within a manufactured home
subdivision. Each lot of record within a manufactured home subdivision shall
contain a minimum of 5,000 square feet.
5. Minimum square footage per dwelling unit: 600 square feet
E. Maximum Height regulations: The following height regulations shall be observed:
1. Principal structure: One-story, 15 feet.
2. Secondary structure: One-story, 15 feet.
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Section 20. That Section 20 of the Zoning Ordinance – “R-TH, Townhouse District
Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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A. Permitted uses: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses:
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5. Model homes and model home parking lots are permitted as a temporary use in
new subdivisions, provided a notice is continually posted in a prominent place in
a livable area in the home and the owner signs an affidavit on a form approved
by the Director of Planning Services affirming compliance with all the regulations
of this section.
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B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to dwelling
units provided that none shall be a source of income to the owner or user of the
principal family dwelling:
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2. Cabana, pavilion, pergola, or roofed area.
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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.
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F. Density requirements: The following density requirement shall apply:
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1. Maximum Density: nine (9) dwelling units per gross acre.
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5. Maximum impervious area: For lots less than 40 feet in width the combined area
occupied by all main and secondary buildings and structures and all sidewalks,
driveways and paved areas shall not exceed 80 percent of the total lot area. For
lots 40 feet in width or greater the combined area occupied by all main and
secondary buildings and structures and all sidewalks, driveways and paved
areas shall not exceed 75 percent of the total lot area.
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I. Maximum Height regulations: The following maximum height regulations shall be
observed:
1. Principal structure: Two-story, 35 feet. Whenever a townhouse structure is
erected contiguous to an existing single-family dwelling, the number of stories
and height of the townhouse structure shall not exceed the number of stories
and height of the contiguous single family dwelling. In no instance shall the
height of a townhouse structure exceed two stories or 35 feet.
2. Secondary structure: One-story, 15 feet.
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Section 21. That Section 22 of the Zoning Ordinance – “R-MF, Multifamily District
Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to the
multiple-family dwellings provided that none shall be a source of income to the owner
or users of the multiple-family dwellings. All secondary uses shall be located at least
20 feet from any street right-of-way and shall not be located between the building line
and the front property line.
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5. Cabana, pavilion, pergola, or roofed area.
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C. Conditional uses: The following conditional uses may be permitted provided they
meet the provisions of Section 48, and a conditional use permit is issued.
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4. Skilled nursing facilities.
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9. Flexible design standards: The standards set forth in sections 22.F.1. (Maximum
Density), 22.F.3. (Minimum Open Space), 22.G.1 (Front Yard Setback), 22.I.1
(Height Regulations) and Section 56.1 (Off-Street Parking Requirements) may
be considered flexible in order to encourage development within the R-MF
Multifamily District. In some situations, the above referenced sections may vary
from the specific standards established upon approval of a conditional use
permit by the City Council.
10. Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations. (See Section 42.I.)
11. Short-Term Rentals. (See Section 21)
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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.
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F. Density requirements: The following density requirements shall apply.
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2. Lot size: Lots for any permitted use shall have a minimum area of two acres.
Day care centers and personal care facilities permitted as a conditional use shall
meet the requirements of Section 22.N.1.
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6. Minimum floor area – Every dwelling hereafter erected, constructed,
reconstructed or altered in the R-MF District shall have a minimum square feet
of floor area, excluding common corridors, basements, open and screened
porches or decks, and garages as follows:
a. Efficiency unit, square feet: 600
b. One-bedroom unit, square feet: 750
c. Two-bedroom unit, square feet: 900
d. Three-bedroom unit, square feet: 1,000
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e. Units containing a minimum of 600 square feet to 750 square feet shall not
exceed 15 percent of the total number of units in the development.
G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required. Day care
centers and personal care facilities permitted as a conditional use shall meet the
requirements of Section 22.N.2.
1. Depth of front yard: 40 feet
2. Depth of rear yard: 30 feet
3. Width of side yard, each side: 20 feet
4. Width of lot: 200 feet
5. Depth of lot: 200 feet
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J. Off-street parking: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Section 56 and Section 58 of this appendix and other applicable
ordinances of the city. No off-street parking shall be located closer than ten feet to
any adjacent property line. No off-street parking shall be allowed in the front yard,
however, with an appropriate landscaped berm, the front yard setback relative to
parking may be reduced to no less than 15 feet. Such berm shall be a minimum of
four feet in height of combined berming and landscape plantings. It is preferred that
berms undulate and vary in height and width for a more natural appearance.
Similarly, while plantings shall extend the length of the front yard it is preferred that
they vary in distance from the property line and complement the berming as opposed
to being planted in a straight line. Though the front yard setback may be reduced
relative to parking, the building setback shall remain at 40 feet.
K. Off-street loading: No off-street loading is required in the R-MF District for residential
uses. Off-street loading for conditional uses may be required as determined by the
Planning and Zoning Commission.
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N. Design requirements for day care centers and assisted living facilities: The following
minimum design requirements shall be provided in the R-MF Multi-Family District.
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2. Minimum area regulations of day care centers and assisted living facilities: The
following minimum standards shall be required for day care centers and assisted
living facilities permitted as a conditional use:
a. Depth of front yard: 30 feet
b. Depth of rear yard: 25 feet
c. Width of side yard, each side: 20 feet
d. Width of lot: 150 feet
e. Depth of lot: 175 feet
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Section 22. That Section 22A of the Zoning Ordinance – “R-MODH, Modular Home
District Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to a
single-family detached modular home provided that none shall be a source of income
to the owner or user of the principal use:
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4. Cabana, pavilion, pergola, or roofed area.
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D. Area regulations: The following minimum requirements shall be required:
1. Depth of front yard: 30 feet
2. Depth of rear yard: 25 feet
3. Width of side yard: 6 feet
4. Width of lot: 65 feet
5. Depth of lot: 100 feet
6. Land area per dwelling unit: 7,500 square feet
7. Square footage of dwelling unit: 1,200 square feet
8. Only one single-family detached modular home shall be permitted on each lot or
lot of record as the case may be.
E. Maximum Height and area regulations:
1. Principal structure: Two (2) stories, 25 feet.
2. Secondary structure: One-story, 16 feet. Except a storage building
which shall not exceed ten feet in height.
3. Lot coverage by principal structure: 40 percent of total lot area.
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Section 23. That Section 23 of the Zoning Ordinance – “LB, Limited Business
District Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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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, pharmaceutical
products, delicatessens, florist, gift, jewelry, hobby, music, pet, tobacco,
newsstands, wearing apparel, toys, and camera and photo development shops.
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3. Medical offices.
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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.
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6. Financial institutions or banks
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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.
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F. Density requirements: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements shall
apply:
1. Maximum density: Floor area ratio of 0.35.
2. Minimum lot size: 10,000 square feet
3. Maximum lot size: 3 acres.
4. Minimum open space: 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.)
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.
5. Maximum building coverage: 60 percent of the total lot area; the combined area
occupied by all main and secondary structures.
6. Maximum impervious surface: 80 percent of the total lot area; the combined area
occupied by all main and secondary structures, parking, storage, loading and
other paved areas.
G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Minimum lot width: 80 feet.
2. Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
3. Minimum front yard: 15 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. Minimum side yards: 10 feet; every lot shall have two side yards.
5. Minimum rear yard: 25 feet; every lot shall have a rear yard.
6. Minimum distance between buildings: 20 feet between detached principal or
secondary buildings on the same lot.
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I. Maximum Building Height:
1. Principal structure: two (2) stories, 25 feet except buildings located adjacent to
an R-20, R-12.5, or R-7.5 District, buildings shall not exceed one (1) floor level
and 20 feet in height.
2. Secondary structure: 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
provision of Section 56 and Section 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.
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M. Design requirements: The following design requirements shall apply in the LB
District:
1. No outside storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse
disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view.
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5. Additional buffering, screening, fencing and 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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Section 24. That Section 23A of the Zoning Ordinance – “GV, Grapevine Vintage
Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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A. Permitted Uses: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses.
1. Vineyard.
B. Secondary Uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to
those uses listed in Section 23A.C.
Conditional uses:
1. 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.
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3. Off-street parking to serve permitted uses, provided that any off-street parking
or vehicular use area within 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, with
the exception of pole signs. Pole signs shall not be allowed within the
Grapevine Vintage District.
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8. Studios for the creations of crafts, and heritage arts which are handmade or
handcrafted that do not exceed 20 percent of the total floor area of a permitted
use listed in Section 23A.B. SECONDARY USES.
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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.
1. Winery with alcoholic beverage sales, with on-premise and off-premise
consumption, provided a special permit is issued in accordance with Section
42.B.
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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. 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. Drive-in and drive-through restaurants shall not be allowed.
Restaurants adjacent or contiguous to any existing residential uses
(excluding multi-family uses) shall only be allowed as a secondary use to the
other conditional uses listed in this section.
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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 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: 0.20 floor area ratio.
2. Minimum lot size: 20,000 square feet.
3. Minimum open space: 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.)
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.
4. Minimum district size: one (1) acre.
5. Maximum impervious surface area: 75 percent of the total lot area, the
combined area occupied by all main and secondary structures, parking
storage, loading and other paved areas shall not exceed 75 percent of the
total lot area.
G. Area Regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Minimum lot width: 125 feet.
2. Minimum lot depth: 150 feet.
3. Minimum front yard: 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.
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4. Minimum side yards: 15 feet, every lot shall have two side yards. Planned
commercial centers permitted as a conditional use shall meet the
requirements of Subsection N.1.
5. Minimum rear yard: 25 feet. Planned commercial centers permitted as a
conditional use shall meet the requirements of Subsection N.1.
6. Minimum distance between buildings: 20 feet, between detached principal
or secondary buildings on the same lot.
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 Section 50, Section 53, Section 23A.H.2.
and Section 23A.H.3.
2. Additional Building Setback Requirements: No building or structure shall be
located nearer to any residentially zoned property than a distance equal to
two times the height of any building or structure, or 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.
I. Maximum Building Height:
1. Principal structure: 35 feet. Principal structures located contiguous to an R-
20, R-12.5, R-7.5 or R-5.0 residential district shall be limited to one floor level,
however an increase up to five feet to this requirement may be granted upon
approval of a conditional use request by the City Council.
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 subsection I.1. (35 feet) not to exceed a maximum height
of 50 feet, provided a conditional use permit is issued in accordance with
Section 48.
2. Secondary structure: 25 feet.
J. Landscaping requirements: Landscaping shall be required in accordance with
Section 53.
K. Off-street parking: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Section 56 and Section 58 and shall be landscaped in accordance
with Section 53.
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L. Off-street loading: Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with the
provision of Section 57.
M. Design requirements: The following design requirements shall apply in the GV
District:
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3. No outside storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse
disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view in accordance
with Section 50.B.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 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 70 percent masonry requirement shall present an exterior
wall plan to the Planning and Zoning Commission and the commission shall
establish the amount of masonry required.
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N. Planned commercial center design requirements: Each lot or parcel of land
created within a planned commercial center shall comply with the following
requirements:
1. Minimum yard requirements of planned commercial centers: The front yard
requirements contained in subsection G.3. shall be applicable to each lot or
parcel of land within a planned commercial center. A minimum 15-foot side
yard and a minimum 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 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
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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Section 25. That Section 24 of the Zoning Ordinance – “CN, Neighborhood
Commercial District Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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USES GENERALLY: In a CN 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.
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A. Permitted uses: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses.
1. Planned neighborhood shopping centers.
2. Any use permitted in the P-O Professional office district provided that the total
floor area devoted to office use does not exceed 30 percent of total floor area
permitted on the lot.
3. Any use permitted in the LB Limited business district.
4. Day nursery and kindergarten.
5. Convenience stores.
6. Retail sales of previously used merchandise in an enclosed building provided
the space does not exceed 3,000 square feet in area.
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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.
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2. Automotive parts and supplies stores located within a planned shopping center.
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5. Gasoline service station.
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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 9,500 square feet.
10. Assisted living facilities.
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D. Limitation on uses:
1. The CN 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 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 9,500 square feet.
2. The maximum size of any CN District shall not exceed 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.
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F. Density requirements: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements shall
apply:
1. Maximum density: 0.20 floor area ratio.
2. Minimum lot size: 20,000 square feet.
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3. Minimum open space: 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.
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.
4. Minimum district size: one (1) acre.
5. Maximum district size: 12 acres.
6. Maximum impervious surface: 80 percent of the total lot area. The combined
area occupied by all main and secondary structures, parking, storage, loading
and other paved areas.
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G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Minimum lot width: 125 feet.
2. Minimum lot depth: 150 feet.
3. Minimum front yard: 25 feet, which shall be utilized as a landscaped setback
area. Front yards shall not be used for any building, structures, 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. Minimum side yards: 10 feet, every lot shall have two side yards. Planned
commercial centers permitted as a conditional use shall meet the requirements
of Section 24.N.1.
5. Minimum rear yard: 25 feet. Planned commercial centers permitted as a
conditional use shall meet the requirements of Section 24.N.1.
6. Minimum Distance between buildings: 20 feet, between detached principal or
secondary buildings on the same lot.
H. Buffer area regulations: Whenever a CN District abuts a residential district, an
appropriate buffer and screen shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of
Section 24(M)4 and 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
one and one-half times the height of such building or structure.
I. Maximum Height:
1. Principal structure: 30 feet, except buildings located adjacent to an 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.
2. Secondary structure: 15 feet.
J. Landscaping requirements: Landscaping shall be required in accordance with
Section 53 of this ordinance.
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K Off-street parking: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Section 56 and Section 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 Section 58 of this ordinance.
M. Design requirements: The following design requirements shall apply in the CN
District:
1. No outside storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse
disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view.
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4. Whenever a CN District is adjacent to any residentially zoned district, a buffer
strip, at least 20 feet in width shall be provided between the two districts. A wall,
fence or berm shall be erected to effectively screen the CN District from the
residential area. No streets, alley, vehicular storage or use shall be permitted in
the required buffer strip.
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6. Additional buffering, screening, fencing and 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 requirements.
1. 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-foot side and
a minimum 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 the City Council in order to meet the provisions of Section 48.
3. Minimum open space requirements of planned commercial centers: At least 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.)
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4. Building elevations of proposed structures shall be submitted with the site plan
required by Section 48.D.7.
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Section 26. That Section 25 of the Zoning Ordinance – “CC, Community
Commercial District Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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PURPOSE: The CC 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 CC 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-O Professional office district or CN 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 theatres, but excluding billiard parlors and arcades.
5. Taxi dispatch office.
6. Professional dry cleaning, pressing, dyeing and laundry services.
7. Nursery or greenhouse.
8. Radio and television broadcasting studios.
9. Department stores.
10. Furniture stores.
B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses:
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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.
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4. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a special permit is issued in accordance with
Section 42B of this ordinance.
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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.I., Section 53.H.,
Section 53.I. 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 established in Section 25.F.,
Section 25.I., Section 53.H., Section 53.I. and Section 60.
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18. Winery 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.
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27. Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations. Automobile sales and service
businesses approved through a conditional use permit are exempt from
obtaining an additional conditional use permit to install Level 2 and lower
classified EV Charging Stations, if the stations are installed on the properties
where electric or hybrid vehicles are sold, displayed, and repaired, and are not
open for use by the public. The EV Charging Stations must meet use-specific
standards in Subsection 42.I, of this Zoning Ordinance and obtain site plan and
permit approvals. (See Section 42.I.).
D. Limitation on uses:
1. Whenever the CC Community commercial district is utilized for hotel-motel office
or hospital use, the minimum open space shall be increased to 30 percent of the
total lot area.
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3. The minimum size of any CC District shall be five 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:
1. Minimum lot size: 30,000 square feet
2. Minimum district size: five (5) acres.
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3. Minimum open space: 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 conditional uses shall meet the requirements of Section
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.
4. Maximum building coverage: 60 percent of the combined area occupied by all
main and secondary structures total lot area.
5. Maximum impervious surface: 80 percent of the combined area occupied by all
main and secondary structures, parking, storage, loading and other paved areas
of the total lot area.
G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Minimum lot width: 120 feet.
2. Minimum lot depth: 120 feet.
3. Minimum front yard: 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. Minimum side yards: 20 feet, every lot shall have two side yards. Planned
commercial centers permitted as a conditional use shall meet the requirements
of Section 25.N.1.
5. Minimum rear yard: 25 feet, every lot shall have a rear yard of not less than 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 times the height of the tallest building on the lot.
6. Minimum distance between buildings: 40 feet between detached principal or
secondary buildings.
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 Section 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 times the height of any building or structure.
I. Maximum Height:
1. Principal structure: 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 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.
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2. Secondary structure: 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 Section 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 CC
District:
1. Outside storage and refuse disposal shall be landscaped and screened from
view.
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4. Whenever a CC Community commercial district is created adjacent to any
residentially zoned district, a buffer strip, at least 20 feet in width shall be
provided between the two districts. A wall, fence, or berm at least six feet high
shall be erected to effectively screen the CC 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, and landscaping—The Planning and
Zoning Commission may recommend and the City Council may require
buffering, screening, fencing and landscaping requirements on any zone
change, conditional use, or special use case or concept plan in addition to or in
lieu of buffering, screening, fencing or landscaping requirements set out
specifically in each use district when the nature and character of surrounding or
adjacent property dictate a need to require such methods in order to protect such
property and to further provide protection for the general health, welfare and
morals of the community in general.
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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 20-foot side and
a minimum 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. Perimeter lots in a Planned business park shall have a
minimum 20 feet of frontage on a public right-of way. Interior lots in a Planned
commercial center that have no frontage on a public right-of-way must have a
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minimum 25-foot dedicated public access easement connecting to a public right-
of-way.
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 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 secondary buildings on the same lot required by
Section 25.G.6 may be modified if deemed necessary by City Council to
accommodate for secondary structures.
5. Building elevations of proposed structures shall be submitted with the site plan
required by Section 48.D.7.
O. Master Site Development Plan requirements: Each lot or parcel of land created within
a Master Site Development Plan shall comply with the following requirements:
1. Purpose: The purpose of the Mater Site Development Plan is to encourage
thoughtful, efficient, and purposeful utilization of land that promotes a mixture of
uses that blends retail, commercial, office and/or residential functions whereby
those functions are physically and functionally integrated, with appropriate
vehicular and pedestrian connectivity. The Master Site Development Plan also
allows the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council the ability to
consider these multiple uses, including conditional uses, special uses, and
planned development overlays upon one or more parcels of land, five acres in
size or greater, through one application process.
2. Additional uses allowed: Given the elements that can be incorporated within a
Master Site Development Plan in an effort to achieve a successful, multifaceted
development, additional uses may be considered by the Planning and Zoning
Commission and City Council that are not normally considered as individual
elements allowed as permitted, conditional, or special uses within the zoning
district. The following uses may be considered in conjunction with at least one
other permitted or conditional use allowed in the "CC" Community Commercial
District:
(a) Any uses allowed within Section 16, "R-5.0" Zero Lot Line District
(b) Any uses allowed within Section 17, "R-3.5" Two Family District
(c) Any uses allowed within Section 18, "R-3.75" Three and Four Family
District
(d) Any uses allowed within Section 20, "R-TH" Townhouse District
(e) Any uses allowed within Section 22, "R-MF" Multifamily District
3. Request for a Master Site Development Plan/application process: The
procedure to follow to establish a Master Site Development Plan shall be the
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same process as that required to establish, amend, or alter a development as
specified under Section 48, Conditional Uses.
4. Site plan requirements: No application for a building permit for construction of a
principal building shall be approved without the following:
(a) A Plat meeting all the requirements of the City of Grapevine has been
approved by the City Council and recorded in the official records of
Tarrant and/or Dallas Counties.
(b) A site plan meeting the requirements of Section 47, Site Plan Review of
the Zoning Ordinance has been approved as specified under Section
48, Conditional Uses. Recognizing the scale and scope of a large
multifaceted development has many components, each component, in
an effort to provide clarity and ease of understanding, may consist of its
own individual site plan as part of the overall Master Site Development
Plan.
Developments planned to be conducted in phases may submit a site
plan as required per Section 47, Site Plan Review for the phase(s) of the
project to be initially developed, along with a concept plan for the
remaining phase(s); however, development of the remaining phases of
the project shall require approval of a site plan in accordance with
Section 47.
(c) A Landscape Plan meeting the requirements of Section 53, Landscaping
Regulations.
5. Master Site Development Plan design requirements: In addition to the
requirements already established in Section 25, "CC" Community Commercial
District, each lot or parcel of land created within a Master Site Development Plan
shall also comply with the criteria established in paragraph N., Planned
Commercial Center Design Requirements. For individual components of a
Master Site Development Plan that have clearly defined boundaries between
uses relative to Paragraph 2. above, the development criteria for that particular
district shall apply.
6. Period of validity: No Site Plan in conjunction with a Master Site Development
Plan shall be valid for a period longer than one year from the date on which the
City Council grants approval, unless within such one year period: (a) a Building
Permit is obtained and the erection or alteration of a structure is started, or (b)
an Occupancy Permit is obtained and a use commenced. The City Council may
grant one additional extension not exceeding one year, upon written application,
without notice or hearing. No additional extension shall be granted without
complying with the notice and hearing requirements for an initial application as
required in Section 67, Amendments. It should be recognized that the
establishment of a Master Site Development Plan is contractual in nature and
upon expiration of a Site Plan approved in conjunction with a Master Site
Development Plan, the property will revert to the underlying zoning district
designation and all uses and the general development guidelines as stated in
the underlying district shall apply. There shall be no vested right(s) associated
with an expired site plan approved in conjunction with a Master Site
Development Plan. All property that has received approval as part of a Master
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Site Development Plan shall be eligible for the provisions of this ordinance
provided that the application for a Master Site Development Plan has not
expired.
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Section 27. That Section 26 of the Zoning Ordinance – “HC, Highway Commercial
District Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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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 "CC" Community Commercial District, except that there
shall be no limitation size of planned shopping centers or total floor area.
2. Furniture or appliances, new and used within a completely enclosed building.
3. Mortuary and funeral homes.
4. Upholstery shops.
5. 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.
6. Pawn shops within a completely enclosed building.
B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to a
principal use provided that none shall be a source of income to the owner or user of
the principal use:
1. Secondary uses permitted in the CN and CC Commercial Districts.
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4. Off-street parking, provided that all area 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.
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7. Signs advertising uses located on the premises in accordance with Section 60
of this ordinance.
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.
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4. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a special permit is issued in accordance with
Section 42.B. of this ordinance.
5. Public or private storage garages, including mini storage warehouses.
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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.
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20. Commercial print center or newspaper establishments.
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31. Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations. Automobile sales and service
businesses approved through a conditional use permit are exempt from
obtaining an additional conditional use permit to install Level 2 and lower
classified EV Charging Stations, if the stations are installed on the properties
where electric or hybrid vehicles are sold, displayed, and repaired, and are not
open for use by the public. The EV Charging Stations must meet use-specific
standards in Subsection 42.I, of this Zoning Ordinance and obtain site plan and
permit approvals. (See Section 42.I.).
D. Limitation of uses:
1. Residential structures and uses are expressly prohibited in the HC Highway
commercial district. Existing residentials may remain as nonconforming uses,
but it is intended that new residential construction not be allowed in the district.
2. 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.
(a) 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:
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(b) Conditional use:
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9. Commercial print center or newspaper establishments.
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(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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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.
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F. Density requirements: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements shall
apply:
1. Maximum density: 1.0 floor area ratio.
2. Minimum lot size: 5,000 square feet.
3. Minimum open space: 15 percent of the total lot area. Planned commercial
centers permitted as a conditional use shall meet the requirements of Section
26.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.
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: 85 percent of the combined area occupied by all
main and secondary structures, parking, storage, loading and other paved areas
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. Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
2. Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
3. Minimum front yard: 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 setback for lots fronting on the south side of
Northwest Highway, between Jenkins Street and Dooley Street, shall be a
minimum of ten feet and may be used for off-street parking, drives and
sidewalks. The ten-foot front yard for this area shall not be used for any building,
structure, fence, wall or storage area.
4. Minimum 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. Minimum rear yard: A rear yard equivalent to the adjacent or contiguous district
shall be provided. Provided, however, there shall be no rear yard requirement
for lots fronting on the south side of Northwest Highway, between Jenkins Street
and Dooley Street. A screen shall be provided regardless of the adjacent or
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contiguous district in accordance with the provisions of Section 50 of this
Ordinance.
6. Minimum distance between buildings: 10 feet between detached principal or
secondary buildings on the same lot.
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I. Maximum Height:
1. Principal structure: two (2) stories, 35 feet. Principal structures located adjacent
to an R-20, R-12.5, or R-7.5, or R-5.0 District shall not exceed one (1) floor level
and 20 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. Secondary structure: 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 Section 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:
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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. Provided,
however, there shall be no buffer yard requirement for lots fronting on the south
side of Northwest Highway, between Jenkins Street and Dooley Street.
5. The masonry requirements of Section 54 shall be met.
6. All sales, display or outside storage areas shall be surfaced in accordance with
Section 58 except those areas of nurseries and garden centers where living
plants are located.
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8. Additional buffering, screening, fencing, and 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 or 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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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 26.G.5 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.
Perimeter lots in a Planned Commercial Center shall have a minimum 20 feet of
frontage on a public right-of-way. Interior lots in a Planned business park that
have no frontage on a public right-of-way must have a minimum 25-foot
dedicated public access easement connecting to a public right-of-way.
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.
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O. Master Site Development Plan requirements: Each lot or parcel of land created within
a Master Site Development Plan shall comply with the following requirements:
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2. Additional uses allowed: Given the elements that can be incorporated within a
Master Site Development Plan in an effort to achieve a successful, multifaceted
development, additional uses may be considered by the Planning and Zoning
Commission and City Council that are not normally considered as individual
elements allowed as permitted, conditional, or special uses within the zoning
district. The following uses may be considered in conjunction with at least one
other permitted or conditional use allowed in the "HC" Highway Commercial
District:
(a) Any uses allowed within Section 16, "R-5.0" Zero Lot Line District
(b) Any uses allowed within Section 17, "R-3.5" Two Family District
(c) Any uses allowed within Section 18, "R-3.75" Three and Four Family District
(d) Any uses allowed within Section 20, "R-TH" Townhouse District
(e) Any uses allowed within Section 22, "R-MF" Multifamily District
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5. Master Site Development Plan design requirements: In addition to the
requirements already established in Section 26, "HC" Highway Commercial
District, each lot or parcel of land created within a Master Site Development Plan
shall also comply with the criteria established in paragraph N., Planned
Commercial Center Design Requirements. For individual components of a
Master Site Development Plan that have clearly defined boundaries between
uses relative to Paragraph 2. above, the development criteria for that particular
district shall apply.
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Section 28. That Section 27 of the Zoning Ordinance – “P-O, Professional Office
District Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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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 buffers and landscaping so as not to create a blighting
effect on adjacent residential areas.
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. Offices, including professional, business and administrative.
2. Financial institutions or banks.
3. Governmental office buildings and uses.
4. Pharmacies.
5. Medical offices, but not including laboratories for the manufacture of
pharmaceutical or other products for general sale or distribution.
6. Schools and studios for art, dancing, drama, music, photography, interior
decorating or reducing.
7. Permanent cosmetic application with approval of a tattoo studio license from the
Texas Department of Health and licensure from the Texas Cosmetology
Commission.
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C. Conditional uses:
1. Restaurants, 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.
2. Funeral homes and mortuaries.
3. Assisted living facilities.
4. Any use allowed within this district with drive-through service.
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D. Limitations on uses:
1. Professional offices shall not include animal grooming salons, dog kennels,
funeral homes, veterinarian or veterinary hospitals.
2. Drive-in and drive-through restaurants shall not be allowed.
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.
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F. Density requirements: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements shall
apply:
1. Maximum density: 1.0 floor area ratio.
2. Minimum lot size: 10,000 square feet.
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3. Minimum district size: two (2) acres for Planned Professional Office Centers,
approved as a conditional use permit.
4. Minimum open space: 20 percent of the total lot area, devoted to nonvehicular
open space. (Nonvehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings,
parking, loading, storage or vehicular use.)
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.
5. Maximum building coverage: 60 percent of the combined area occupied by all
main and secondary structures.
6. Maximum impervious surface: 80 percent of the combined area occupied by all
main and secondary structures, parking, storage, loading and other paved areas
of the total lot area.
G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Minimum lot width: 80 feet.
2. Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
3. Minimum front yard: 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.
4. Minimum side yards: 10 feet, every lot shall have two side yards.
5. Minimum rear yard: 25 feet.
6. Minimum distance between buildings: 20 feet between detached principal or
secondary buildings on the same lot.
H. Buffer area regulations: Whenever a P-O District abuts a residential district, an
appropriate buffer and 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 times the
height of such building or structure or 25 feet, whichever is greater.
I. Maximum Height:
1. Principal structure: two (2) stories, 30 feet. Principal structures located
contiguous to a R-20, R-12.5, or R-7.5 District shall not exceed one (1) floor level
and 20 feet in height, however an increase up to five (5) feet to the above stated
height requirements may be granted upon approval of a conditional use permit
by the City Council.
2. Secondary structure: 15 feet.
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K. Off-street parking: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Section 56 and Section 58 and shall be landscaped in accordance with
Section 53 of this ordinance.
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M. Design requirements: The following design requirements shall apply in the P-O
District:
1. No outside storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse
disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view.
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4. Whenever a P-O District is adjacent to any residentially zoned district, a buffer
strip, at least 20 feet in width shall be provided between the two districts. A wall,
fence or berm shall be erected to effectively screen the P-O District from the
residential area.
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6. Additional buffering, screening, fencing, and 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 for 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.
N. Planned Professional Office Center design requirements: Each lot or parcel of land
created within a Planned Professional Office Center shall comply with the following
requirements:
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5. Building elevations of proposed structures: Building elevations of proposed
structures shall be submitted with the site plan required by Section 48.D.7.
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O. Master Site Development Plan requirements: Each lot or parcel of land created within
a Master Site Development Plan shall comply with the following requirements:
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2. Additional uses allowed: Given the elements that can be incorporated within a
Master Site Development Plan in an effort to achieve a successful, multifaceted
development, additional uses may be considered by the Planning and Zoning
Commission and City Council that are not normally considered as individual
elements allowed as permitted, conditional, or special uses within the zoning
district. The following uses may be considered in conjunction with at least one
other permitted or conditional use allowed in the "PO" Professional Office
District:
(a) Any uses allowed within Section 16, "R-5.0" Zero Lot Line District
(b) Any uses allowed within Section 17, "R-3.5" Two Family District
(c) Any uses allowed within Section 18, "R-3.75" Three and Four Family District
(d) Any uses allowed within Section 20, "R-TH" Townhouse District
(e) Any uses allowed within Section 22, "R-MF" Multifamily District
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Section 29. That Section 28 of the Zoning Ordinance – “CBD, Central Business
District Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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USES GENERALLY: In a CBD Central 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. Personal service establishments including beauty and barbershops, cleaning,
shoe repair, art and instructional studios, photography, and newsstands.
2. Pharmacies.
3. Offices, including professional, business, and administrative.
4. Governmental office buildings and uses.
5. Retail stores and sales, including antique, art supply, automotive accessories,
sporting goods, business machine shops, clothing, dry goods, music, TV sales
and repair, cards, home appliances, jewelry, leather goods and luggage, linens,
fabrics and draperies, optical goods, wallpaper and paint, dairy supplies,
carpeting, retail sales of previously used merchandise in an enclosed building
provided the space does not exceed 3,000 square feet in area.
6. Furniture, including office furniture and equipment.
7. Clubs and lodges.
8. Museums.
9. Motion Picture theaters and opera houses.
10. Publicly operated parking facilities.
11. Outdoor sales of merchandise are prohibited during all sanctioned festivals,
except the holder of a special permit issued by the City of Grapevine authorizing
outdoor sales of merchandise.
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C. Conditional use: The following conditional uses may be permitted provided they meet
the provisions of Section 48 and a conditional use permit is issued pursuant to
Section 48 of the ordinance.
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9. Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations. (See Section 42.I.).
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D. Limitation of uses: No uses, other than uses existing at the date of this ordinance,
which require extensive off-street parking, shall be permitted unless adequate off-
street parking, consistent with Section 56 of this ordinance, is provided.
1. This limitation of use includes but is not limited to call centers.
E. Plan requirements: Any new development in the CBD District shall require a site plan
in accordance with the provisions of Section 47 of this ordinance.
F. Density requirements: The following density requirements shall apply:
1. Maximum density: 3.0 floor area ratio.
2. Minimum lot size: 1,500 square feet.
3. Minimum open space: None required.
4. Maximum building coverage: 100 percent of the total lot area. The combined
area occupied by all main and secondary buildings and structures.
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5. Maximum impervious area: 100 percent of the total lot area. The combined area
occupied by all buildings, structures, off-street parking and paved areas.
G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Minimum lot width: 20 feet.
2. Minimum lot depth: 75 feet.
3. Minimum front yard: None required.
4. Minimum side yard: None required.
5. Minimum rear yard: None required.
6. Minimum distance between buildings: None required.
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I. Maximum Height:
1. Principal structure: 30 feet.
2. Secondary structure: 30 feet.
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K. Off-street parking and loading: Due to the development nature of the CBD, it is
recognized that conventional off-street parking and loading for individual lots may be
difficult to provide. Any new uses proposed in the CBD shall present a plan for
parking to the Planning and Zoning Commission shall establish the amount and
method of off-street parking to be provided for this district.
L. Masonry requirements: The masonry requirements of Section 54 shall be met.
M. Additional buffering, screening, fencing, and 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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Section 30. That Section 28A of the Zoning Ordinance – “HGT, Historic Grapevine
Township District Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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PURPOSE: The HGT Historic Grapevine Township District is established to
accommodate limited commercial and residential uses in the historically significant
original township of Grapevine area which is approximately bounded by Northwest
Highway, Ball Street, Cotton Belt Rail Road, Austin Street and Wood Street. The master
plan designates portions of the original town of Grapevine as a special planning area to
preserve the historical integrity and encourage a mixture of uses that reflect the spirit of
the original township. The HGT District acknowledges the changing development trends
and needs of this significant area while preserving its historic character. The limited
commercial uses in the Historic Grapevine Township District are intended to allow the
mixture of single-family residential uses with limitations of compatible non-residential uses
permitted as a conditional use.
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B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses in a HGT
Historic Grapevine Township 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. The off-
street parking areas shall be separated from said lot by a blind fence or wall at
least six feet high. The blind fence requirement may be waived by City Council
after receiving a recommendation from the historic preservation commission.
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C. Conditional uses: The following uses may be permitted provided the building or
structures approved with the conditional use permit are (1) historic building, defined
by the National Register of Historic Places and/or the historic preservation
commission as a “contributing” building or structure to the historic district, or (2) new
or rehabilitated building that has been approved by the historic preservation
commission as compatible with the historic district. These compatible buildings would
not be contributing to the National Register district (because they are not “historic”)
but they will be visually compatible with the neighborhood, provided they meet the
provisions of, and a conditional use permit is issued pursuant to, Section 48 of the
ordinance.
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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 Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 1.01 et seq.
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E. Plan requirements: No application for a building permit for construction or alteration
of a principal or secondary building or exterior alteration to a principal or secondary
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.
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3. A site plan meeting the requirements of Section 47 has been approved. Such
site plan shall be approved by the historic preservation commission. The
commission may require additional criteria to ensure the historic integrity of the
area. A floor plan indicating the maximum occupancy shall be required in
conjunction with the site plan. Building permit requests for alteration to a principal
or secondary structure with no addition to the structure, requirements of Section
47.E.1.b.3. (14), (16) — (19) and (21) — (23) shall not be required.
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F. Density requirements: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements shall
apply.
1. Minimum lot size: Subdividing an existing lot into two or more lots is not permitted
except for the purpose of correcting the Tarrant Appraisal District maps on tracts
that were noted as part of lots or tracts, or tracts that are unplatted. Any lot or
tract platted shall be a minimum of 7,500 square feet except that a lot having
less than herein required which was an official “lot of record” prior to the adoption
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of this ordinance may be used for permitted use or conditional use in the HGT
District. No lot existing at the time of passage of this ordinance shall be reduced
in area below 7,500 square feet.
2. Maximum district size: None required.
3. Minimum open space: The established front yard as determined by the existing
structure or by adjacent development.
4. Maximum building coverage: None required.
5. Maximum impervious surface: None required.
G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Minimum lot width: 20 feet.
2. Minimum lot depth: None required.
3. Minimum front yard: Every lot shall have a front yard setback as established by
the existing building or by the adjacent development and 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. Minimum side yards: six (6) feet, every lot shall have two side yards. For lots
which are currently developed, the minimum side yard requirement will be
equivalent to the side yard which is already established.
5. Minimum rear yard: None required.
6. Minimum distance between buildings: None required.
H. Buffer area regulations:
1. Buffer and screening requirements: Whenever a HGT District abuts a residential
district, a wall, fence, or berm at least six feet in height, shall be erected to
effectively screen the HGT District from the residential area. The wall, fence or
berm requirement may be waived by City Council after receiving a
recommendation from the historic preservation commission.
2. Additional screening, fencing and 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.
I. Maximum Height:
1. Principal structure: two (2) stories, 35 feet.
2. Secondary structure: 15 feet.
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K. Off-street parking and loading: Due to the development nature of the HGT District, it
is recognized that conventional off-street parking, loading, and development
standards required by Section 56, Section 57, and Section 58 of the Appendix D
Zoning Ordinance for individual lots may be difficult to provide. Any new uses
proposed in the HGT District may present a plan for a parking lot the Planning and
Zoning Commission; and the Planning and Zoning Commission may establish
different amounts and methods established in off-street parking to be provided for
this district.
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M. Design requirements: The following design requirements shall apply in the HGT
District:
1. No outside storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse
disposal areas shall be landscaped or screened from view.
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Section 31. That Section 29 of the Zoning Ordinance – “HCO, Hotel and Corporate
Office District Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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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: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses.
1. Financial institutions or banks
2. Offices for businesses 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. Parks and playgrounds, publicly owned.
7. Golf courses, public and private.
8. Professional and business schools.
9. Private clubs, excluding alcoholic beverages.
10. Restaurants, excluding fast-food and drive-in facilities.
11. Planned retail development provided that said use is part of a mixed use
development, located within a fully enclosed building and not more than 20
percent of the total acreage of the applicable HCO District is utilized for retail
purposes.
12. Parking garages exceeding two stories.
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B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to a
principal use provided that none shall be a source of income to the owner or user of
the principal use:
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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:
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3. Convenience stores, including gasoline service stations, 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.B of the
ordinance.
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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: 3.0 floor area ratio.
2. Minimum lot size: two (2) acres except that planned HCO development on land
parcels in excess of 50 acres may have a minimum lot size of 30,000 square
feet provided the minimum open space requirements for the overall district are
increased to 40 percent. The minimum lot sizes for banks, financial institutions,
restaurants, and convenience stores, shall be reduced to 30,000 square feet
provided all other district requirements are met.
3. Minimum open space: 30 percent. 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 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.
4. Maximum building coverage: 40 percent of the combined area occupied by all
main and secondary structures of the total lot area. In the event a planned
development contains structured parking, the maximum coverage may be
increased to 50 percent of the total lot area provided the minimum open space
requirement is increased to 40 percent.
5. Maximum impervious area: 70 percent of the combined area occupied by all
buildings, structures, off-street parking and paved areas 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 40 percent of the total development area is devoted to minimum
open space requirements.
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G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required for each lot
within an HCO district:
1. Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
2. Minimum lot depth: 200 feet.
3. Minimum front yard: 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. Minimum side yard: 15 feet or 10 percent of the width of the lot, whichever is
greater, but in no case more than 25 feet.
5. Minimum rear yard: 40 feet.
6. Minimum distance between buildings: 20 feet or one-half the average height of
the two adjacent buildings, whichever is greater, minimum distance between
principal or secondary buildings.
H. Buffer area regulations: Any development in an HCO District adjacent to a residential
district shall maintain a 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.
I. Maximum Height:
1. Principal buildings: one-half (1/2) the shortest distance between the structure
and the nearest adjacent residential zoning district.
2. Secondary structure: 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.
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K. Off-street Parking: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance the provisions
of Section 56 of this chapter. No off-street parking area shall be located closer than
50 feet to any residential district nor ten feet to any adjacent property line.
For hotels in excess of 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 a secondary
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.
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M. Design requirements: The following design requirements shall apply in the HCO
District:
1. No outside storage, except for refuse disposal, shall be permitted. Refuse
disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view.
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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 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, and 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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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 25-foot side and
a minimum 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.
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4. Building separation requirements of planned commercial centers: The minimum
distance between principal or secondary buildings on the same lot required by
Section 29.G.6 may be modified if deemed necessary by City Council to
accommodate for secondary structures.
5. Building elevations of proposed structures shall be submitted with the site plan
required by Section 48.D.7.
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O. Master Site Development Plan requirements: Each lot or parcel of land created within
a Master Site Development Plan shall comply with the following requirements:
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2. Additional uses allowed: Given the elements that can be incorporated within a
Master Site Development Plan in an effort to achieve a successful, multifaceted
development, additional uses may be considered by the Planning and Zoning
Commission and City Council that are not normally considered as individual
elements allowed as permitted, conditional, or special uses within the zoning
district. The following uses may be considered in conjunction with at least one
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other permitted or conditional use allowed in the "HO" Hotel and Corporate
Office District:
(a) Any uses allowed within Section 16, "R-5.0" Zero Lot Line District
(b) Any uses allowed within Section 17, "R-3.5" Two Family District
(c) Any uses allowed within Section 18, "R-3.75" Three and Four Family District
(d) Any uses allowed within Section 20, "R-TH" Townhouse District
(e) Any uses allowed within Section 22, "R-MF" Multifamily District
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5. Master Site Development Plan design requirements: In addition to the
requirements already established in Section 29, "HCO" Hotel and Corporate
Office District, each lot or parcel of land created within a Master Site
Development Plan shall also comply with the criteria established in paragraph
N., Planned Commercial Center Design Requirements. For individual
components of a Master Site Development Plan that have clearly defined
boundaries between uses relative to Paragraph 2. above, the development
criteria for that particular district shall apply.
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Section 32. That Section 30 of the Zoning Ordinance – “RA, Recreation
Amusement District Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Permitted uses: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses.
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10. Motion picture theaters and opera houses within an enclosed building.
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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.
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F. Density requirements: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements shall
apply:
1. Maximum density: No floor area ratio restriction.
2. Minimum lot size: 8,000 square feet.
3. Minimum open space: 20 percent of the total lot area shall be devoted to
nonvehicular open space. (Nonvehicular open space is any area not devoted to
buildings, parking, loading, or vehicular use.) Planned commercial centers
permitted as a conditional use shall meet the requirements of Section 30.N.3.
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.
4. Maximum building coverage: 60 percent of the total lot area. The combined area
occupied by all buildings and structures shall not exceed.
5. Maximum impervious surface: 80 percent of the total lot area. The combined
area occupied by all buildings and structures, parking, storage, loading and other
paved areas.
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G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Minimum lot width: Every lot shall have a minimum width of not less than 80 feet.
2. Minimum lot depth: Every lot shall have a minimum depth of not less than 100
feet.
3. Minimum front yard: Every lot shall have a front yard of not less than 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. Minimum side yard: Every lot shall have two side yards, each of which shall be
not less than ten feet in width. Planned commercial centers permitted as a
conditional use shall meet the requirements of Section 30.N.1.
5. Minimum rear yard: Every lot shall have a rear yard of not less than ten feet in
depth. Planned commercial centers permitted as a conditional use shall meet
the requirements of Section 30.N.1.
6. Minimum distance between buildings: None required.
7. Buffer area: Additional buffer yard may be required to accommodate additional
building or structure setbacks in Section 30.H.
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I. Maximum Height:
1. No building or structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding 35 feet.
For buildings or structures exceeding 35 feet, a conditional use permit must be
issued in accordance with Section 48 of this ordinance.
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M. Design requirements: The following design requirements shall apply to all the
permitted, secondary and conditional uses:
1. No outside 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.B.3.
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4. Masonry requirement: Due to the development nature of the RA
Recreation/Amusement District, it is recognized that requiring all permitted and
conditional uses in this district to comply with the requirements set forth in
Section 54 may not allow for some amusement recreational type developments.
Uses proposed in the RA District not meeting the masonry requirements set forth
in Section 54 shall present an exterior wall plan to the Planning and Zoning
Commission and the commission shall establish the amount of masonry
required.
5. Additional buffering, screening, fencing, and 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
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adjacent property dictate a need to require such protection for the general health,
welfare and morals of the community in general.
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N. Planned commercial center design requirements: Each lot or parcel of land created
within a planned commercial center shall comply with the following requirements:
1. Minimum yard requirement of planned commercial centers: The front yard
requirements contained in Section 30.G.3. shall be applicable to each lot or
parcel of land within a planned commercial center. A minimum ten-foot side yard
and a minimum 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.
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4. Building elevations of proposed structures shall be submitted with the site plan
required by Section 48.D.7.
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Section 33. That Section 31 of the Zoning Ordinance – “LI, Light Industrial District
Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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PURPOSE: The LI Light Industrial District is designed to accommodate light
manufacturing, assembly, research and wholesale activities with limitations on outside
storage.
USES GENERALLY: In an 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: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses.
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3. Manufacturing of food products, pharmaceutical products 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.
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5. Commercial print center.
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14. Retail establishments for the sale of new automotive parts and supplies.
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B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses. No
secondary uses shall be allowed within the front yard:
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1. 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.
2. Provisions for off-street parking of employee and customer motor vehicles within
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 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
secondary, 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
ordinance.
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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.
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24. Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations. Automobile sales and service
businesses approved through a conditional use permit are exempt from
obtaining an additional conditional use permit to install Level 2 and lower
classified EV Charging Stations, if the stations are installed on the properties
where electric or hybrid vehicles are sold, displayed, and repaired, and are not
open for use by the public. The EV Charging Stations must meet use-specific
standards in Subsection 42.I, of this Zoning Ordinance and obtain site plan and
permit approvals. (See Section 42.I.).
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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 secondary
uses; hospitals or clinics (except clinics in connection with industrial activity);
skilled nursing facilities 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.
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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;
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F. Density requirements: The following density requirements shall apply:
1. Minimum lot size: 20,000 square feet.
2. Minimum open space: 15 percent of the total lot area, devoted to nonvehicular
open space. (Nonvehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings,
parking, loading, storage or vehicle use.)
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: 50 percent of the total lot area. The combined area
occupied by all buildings and structures.
4. Maximum impervious area: 85 percent of the total lot area. The combined area
occupied by all buildings, structures, off-street parking and paved areas.
G. Area regulations: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
2. Minimum lot depth: 150 feet.
3. Minimum front yard: 30 feet, 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. Minimum side yard: 15 feet, every lot shall have two side yards.
5. Minimum rear yard: 30 feet.
6. Minimum distance between buildings: 30 feet. Includes distance between
buildings or structures on adjacent lots.
H. Buffer area regulations: Whenever the LI Light Industrial District abuts a residentially
zoned district, a landscaped buffer zone of not less than 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 chapter. In addition, no building or structure
shall be located nearer to any residentially zoned property than a distance equal to
one and one-half times the height of any building or structure.
I. Maximum Height:
1. Principal structure: 50 feet. Principal structures located contiguous to an
existing R-20, R-12.5 or R-7.5 Single Family District shall not exceed one (1)
story and 35 feet in height, however an increase up to five (5) feet to the above
stated height requirements may be granted upon approval of a conditional use
request by the City Council.
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N. Additional buffering, screening, fencing and 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
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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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Section 34. That Section 32 of the Zoning Ordinance – “BP, Business Park District
Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows
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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 or bank, restaurant, pharmacy or
dry cleaning establishment, temporary outside display and sale of Christmas trees; with
gasoline sales and outdoor dining approved as a conditional use.
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A. Permitted uses: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses.
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12. Commercial print center.
13. Vocational, trade, technical, or industrial schools.
14. Warehousing completely within an enclosed building, but specifically excluding
mini-storage warehouses.
15. Full service hotels/motels which includes dining rooms, personal service shops
(i.e. beauty/barber shops, newsstands, retail and office space.
16. Restaurants with inside dining.
17. Health spas and physical fitness centers (massage establishments must meet
the requirements of Section 49.B.5.).
18. Travel agencies.
19. Financial institutions or banks.
20. Office supplies.
21. Parking garages.
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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. Gasoline service stations and related convenience store and automated car
washes.
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12. Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations (See Section 42.I.).
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D. Limitation of uses: The following uses shall not be permitted within this district.
1. Any proposed use located in the BP Business Park District shall meet the
requirements of Section 55, Performance Standards.
2. Uses listed in Section 31.D., LI Light Industrial District shall not be permitted
within this district.
3. Freight forwarding.
E. Plan requirements: No application for a building permit for construction of a building
or structure shall be approved unless:
1. A plat, meeting all requirements of the City of Grapevine has been approved by
the City Council and recorded in the official records of Tarrant County.
F. Density requirements: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements shall
apply:
1. Minimum district size: five (5) acres.
2. Minimum lot size: 30,000 square feet.
3. Minimum open space: 20 percent of the total lot area devoted to nonvehicular
open space. (Nonvehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings,
parking, loading, storage or vehicular use.) Planned business parks permitted
as a conditional use shall meet the requirements of Section 32.N.3.
The percentage of minimum open space may be reduced to a minimum of 15
percent of the total lot area, if the lot width at the platted front property line is a
minimum of 150 feet wide and the depth of the entire front yard setback required
in Section 32.G.3. is increased to 35 feet.
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.
4. Maximum building coverage: 60 percent of the total lot area, combined area
occupied by all buildings and structures shall not exceed.
5. Maximum impervious surface: 80 percent of the total lot area, combined area
occupied by all buildings and structures, parking, storage, loading and other paved
areas shall not exceed.
The percentage of maximum impervious surface may be increased to a maximum
of 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. Minimum lot width: 150 feet.
2. Minimum lot depth: 200 feet.
3. Minimum front yard: 30 feet, 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
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for minimum access, driveways and sidewalks in accordance with Section 53 of
this ordinance.
4. Minimum side yard: 15 feet, every lot shall have two side yards. Planned business
parks permitted as a conditional use shall meet the requirements of Section
32.N.1.
5. Minimum rear yard: 25 feet. Planned business parks permitted as a conditional
use shall meet the requirements of Section 32.N.1.
6. Minimum distance between buildings: None required.
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I. Maximum Height:
1. Principal structure: 50 feet. Principal structures located adjacent to an R-20, R-
12.5, or R-7.5 District shall not exceed one (1) floor level and 20 feet in height,
however an increase up to five (5) feet may be granted upon approval of a
conditional use request by the City Council.
2. Additional 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.
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M. Design requirements: The following design requirements shall apply to all permitted,
secondary and conditional uses.
1. No outside storage, except for refuse and garbage storage, shall be permitted;
except for heavy machinery and equipment storage subject to and conditioned
upon approval of a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 48. Refuse and
garbage storage areas shall be landscaped and screened in accordance with
Section 50.B.3.
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5. Additional buffering, screening, fencing, and landscaping—The Planning and
Zoning Commission may recommend and the City Council may require
additional buffering, screening, fencing and landscaping requirements on any
zoning change, conditional use or special use case or concept plan in addition
to or in lieu of buffering, screening, fencing, or landscaping requirements set out
specifically in each use district when the nature and character of surrounding or
adjacent property dictate a need to require such protection for the general health,
welfare and morals of the community in general.
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N. Planned 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 15-foot side yard and
a minimum 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. Perimeter lots in a Planned business park shall have a
minimum 20 feet of frontage on a public right-of way. Interior lots in a Planned
business park that have no frontage on a public right-of-way must have a
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minimum 25-foot dedicated public access easement connecting to a public right-
of-way.
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.
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O. Master Site Development Plan requirements: Each lot or parcel of land created within
a Master Site Development Plan shall comply with the following requirements:
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2. Additional uses allowed: Given the elements that can be incorporated within a
Master Site Development Plan in an effort to achieve a successful, multifaceted
development, additional uses may be considered by the Planning and Zoning
Commission and City Council that are not normally considered as individual
elements allowed as permitted, conditional, or special uses within the zoning
district. The following uses may be considered in conjunction with at least one
other permitted or conditional use allowed in the "BP" Business Park District:
(a) Any uses allowed within Section 16, "R-5.0" Zero Lot Line District
(b) Any uses allowed within Section 17, "R-3.5" Two Family District
(c) Any uses allowed within Section 18, "R-3.75" Three and Four Family District
(d) Any uses allowed within Section 20, "R-TH" Townhouse District
(e) Any uses allowed within Section 22, "R-MF" Multifamily District
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Section 35. That Section 34 of the Zoning Ordinance – “PRD-6, Planned
Residential Low Density District Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as
follows:
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A. Preamble. The PRD-6 District is designed to accommodate low density residential
development in accordance with the comprehensive master plan. The district
provides for two methods of development:
1. Standard development permits single-family detached residential use at
densities not exceeding four dwelling units per gross acre subject to the same
restrictions as apply in the R-7.5 District.
2. Planned development is an optional form of development which may be
permitted provided an applicant submits and the City Council approves a master
development plan for the property. In a planned development, mixed residential
uses are permitted provided the predominant portion of the land is developed
with single-family detached residences and the overall density does not exceed
six dwellings units per acre.
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C. Intent. The PRD-6 District is designed to provide for development as a matter of right
in conformity with the regulations and restrictions in the R-7.5 Single-family
residential district, or, alternatively, to provide for development with a variety of
housing types at a density not exceeding six dwelling units per acre in conformity
with a master development plan, approved by the City Council pursuant to Section
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46 of this ordinance and the standards and restrictions in this Section 34. For this
reason, the proposed inclusion of a mixture of types of dwelling units in a PRD-6
planned development shall not be a ground for disapproval of a proposed master
development plan. The PRD-6 District is not intended to provide an alternative set of
development regulations that may, through the rezoning process, be used
interchangeably with the R-7.5, R-12.5 nor R-20 District regulations. The PRD-6
District is specifically designed and intended to provide a more flexible classification,
with a broader range of development options, for those properties on which greater
residential densities were permitted under the 1970 and 1982 Zoning Ordinances of
the city, as amended from time to time, but on which the permitted residential
densities must be reduced so the zoning restrictions will be in conformity with the
recommendation in the comprehensive master plan. The PRD-6 regulations are
designed to expand the uses to which property that would otherwise have been
restrictively reclassified in the R-7.5 zone may be devoted and thus enhance the
range of economically viable uses for such parcels of land. The PRD-6 regulations
are not intended to be used to supplant the regulations for the R-20, R-12.5, and R-
7.5 Districts, and the PRD-6 regulations shall not be used as a substitute for such
classifications on property that has previously been so classified. Nor are the PRD-6
regulations intended to be employed as a means for creating standard, grid
subdivisions of lots that are smaller than 7,500 square feet. The PRD-6 regulations
are intended to encourage imaginative and aesthetically pleasing development
designs utilizing smaller lots. To that end, the PRD-6 regulations are designed to
encourage the clustering of single-family lots that are smaller than 7,500 square feet
and the incorporation of land that would otherwise be devoted to private yards in
passive and active common open space.
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E. Planned development option. Upon approval of a master development plan in
accordance with Section 46 of this ordinance and in compliance with the following
development standards, the City Council may authorize an applicant to utilize the
planned development option within the PRD-6 District.
1. Conditions for application and approval: The following conditions and
procedures shall govern the application for, and approval of, a planned
development within the PRD-6 District. No building permits or other development
approval shall be issued for any development activity except for standard
development permitted under Section 34.D of this ordinance, until the following
conditions have been satisfied:
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(b) Approval of master development plan required: Under no circumstances shall
an applicant be granted development approval under the planned
development option until a master development plan is approved by the City
Council in accordance with the provisions of Section 34 and 46 of this
ordinance.
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4. Maximum density: six (6) dwelling units per gross acre.
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5. Open space: Open space, recreation areas and landscaping are deemed to be
an essential component of any approved planned development within the PRD-
6 District and shall be provided in accordance with the following standards:
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(c) Maintenance: No master development plan shall be approved unless the
applicant has submitted an appropriate legal instrument which makes
provision for the permanent preservation of all common open space areas,
recreational facilities and communally owned land. Such instrument shall
be approved by the city attorney as to legal form and effect and the Planning
and Zoning Commission as to the suitability of the proposed use of common
open space areas.
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11. Area regulations: Any part of a planned development that is devoted to single-
family detached residence uses shall comply with all of the regulations and
requirements for the most restrictive district in which the lot or lots would also
comply with the minimum lot area requirements, except that in a single-family
area in a planned development residential lots may be clustered so as to create
usable common open space in reasonable proximity to all single-family lots, and
providing the following conditions are met:
(a) Maximum gross density: six (6) dwelling units an acre, for the single-family
area.
(b) Minimum lots size: 500 square feet.
(c) Those areas within 250 feet of R-7.5, R-12.5 or R-20 SF districts shall be
developed to the same development standards as are required in the R.7-
5 district.
All other residential buildings shall comply with the minimum yard, lot width, and
lot depth requirements in the most restrictive zoning district in which such
buildings would otherwise be permitted by this ordinance; provided, however,
that the minimum yard requirements, and lot width and depth requirements
within the portions of a planned development that are not to be developed with
single-family detached dwellings may be waived by the Planning and Zoning
Commission, except for those areas adjacent to or facing existing or zoned
single-family residential areas, as required by Section 34.E.9(a) upon finding
that:
(a) Minimum distance between buildings: 20 feet, except for zero lot line
development;
(b) The development plan shall provide reasonable visual and acoustical
privacy for residential dwelling units; and
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(c) The proposed lot dimensions are generally consistent with the limitations
set out in other residential zoning classifications for areas of similar density
and use.
(d) Maximum number of dwelling units (d.u.), multiple-family area:
(1) Duplexes: 8 d.u./acre
(2) Fourplexes: 10 d.u./acre
(3) Townhouses: 9 d.u./acre
(4) Apartments: 20 d.u./acre
(e) All buildings shall be set back at least 15 feet from any parking lot or
driveway.
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13. Masonry requirements. Masonry requirements shall be met as provided in
Section 54 of this ordinance.
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Section 36. That Section 35 of the Zoning Ordinance – “PRD-12, Planned
Residential Medium Density District Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as
follows:
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A. Preamble. The PRD-12 District is designed to accommodate medium density
residential development in accordance with the comprehensive master plan. The
district provides for two methods of development:
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2. Planned development is an optional form of development which may be
permitted provided an applicant submits and the City Council approves a master
development plan for the property. In a planned development, mixed residential
uses are permitted, including single-family detached residences, duplexes,
triplexes, quadplexes, townhouses, and apartments provided the overall density
does not exceed 12 dwelling units per acre.
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E. Planned development option. Upon approval of a master development plan in
accordance with Section 46 of this ordinance and in compliance with the following
development standards, the City Council may authorize an applicant to utilize the
planned development option within the PRD-12 District.
1. Conditions for application and approval: The following conditions and
procedures shall govern the application for, and approval of, a planned
development within the PRD-12 District. No building permits or other
development approval shall be issued for any development activity except for
standard development permitted under Section 35.D of this ordinance, until the
following conditions have been satisfied:
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(b) Approval of master development plan required: Under no circumstances shall
an applicant be granted development approval under the planned development
option until a master development plan is approved by the City Council in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 35 and 46 of this ordinance.
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5. Open space: Open space, recreation areas and landscaping are deemed to be
an essential component of any approved planned development within the PRD-
12 District and shall be provided in accordance with the following standards:
(a) Minimum open space area: 40 percent of the total gross area of the
planned development shall be devoted to open space, including private
yards on individual lots. Open space shall not include areas covered by
dwelling units, secondary buildings, parking areas, driveways, and internal
streets, or any part of an individual lot on which a building, or part thereof,
could lawfully be erected.
(b) Minimum Common open space: 25 percent of the minimum open space
area shall be devoted to planned and permanent usable common open
space. The amount and general location of the amount of common open
space shall be shown on the master development plan. The exact
delineation and nature of the common open space may be deferred until
an application is filed for approval of a site plan.
(c) Maintenance: No master development plan shall be approved unless the
applicant has submitted an appropriate legal instrument which makes
provision for the permanent preservation of all common open space areas,
recreational facilities and communally owned land. Such instrument shall
be approved by the city attorney as to legal form and effect and the
Planning and Zoning Commission as to the suitability of the proposed use
of common open space areas.
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11. Area regulations: Any part of a planned development that is devoted to single-
family residence uses shall comply with all of the regulations and requirements
for the most restrictive district in which the lot or lots would also comply with the
minimum lot area requirements, except that in a single-family area in a planned
development residential lots may be clustered so as to create usable common
open space in reasonable proximity to all single-family lots, and provided the
following conditions are met:
(a) M aximum gross density, single-family area: six (6) dwelling units per acre;
(b) Minimum lot sizes: 5,000 square feet; and
(c) Those areas within 250 feet of an R-7.5, R-12.5, or R-20 single-family
district shall be developed to the same standards as are required in the R-
7.5 District.
All other residential buildings shall comply with the minimum yard, lot width, and
lot depth requirements in the most restrictive zoning district in which such
buildings would otherwise be permitted by this ordinance; provided, however,
minimum yard requirements and lot width and depth requirements within a
planned development may be waived by the Planning and Zoning Commission,
except for those areas adjacent to or facing existing or zoned single-family
residential areas, as required by Section 34.E.9(a) upon finding that:
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13. Masonry requirements. Masonry requirements shall be met as provided in
Section 54 of this ordinance.
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G. Off-street loading. No off-street loading is required in the PRD-12 District except in
conjunction with any commercial use that may be included.
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Section 37. That Section 36 of the Zoning Ordinance – “PCD, Planned Commerce
Development District Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Preamble: The Planned Commerce Development (PCD) District is designed to
accommodate commercial, noise-proof industrial and commercial and low intensity
office-commercial development in accordance with the comprehensive master plan.
The district provides for two methods of development:
1. Standard development permits commercial development subject to the same
restrictions as apply in the CC Community Commercial District on tracts of at
least two acres in size, and hotel development exceeding 500 guest rooms
subject to the same restrictions as apply in the HCO Hotel/Corporate Office
District and hotel development of 500 guest rooms or less approved pursuant to
a conditional use permit subject to the same restrictions as apply in the HCO
Hotel/Corporate Office District and any additional restrictions included in the
conditional use permit. In the event of a conflict between the HCO requirements
and the requirements included in the conditional use permit the requirements in
the conditional use permit shall prevail.
Due to the unique development requirements of hotels exceeding 500 rooms, it
is generally recognized that the requirements established in Section 60, Sign
standards may be difficult to provide. The Planning and Zoning Commission may
recommend and the City Council may approve a request to vary from the
standards established in Section 60 when appropriate.
2. Planned development is an optional form of development which may be
permitted provided an applicant submits and the City Council approves a master
development plan for the property. In a planned commercial development, mixed
commercial developments are permitted.
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C. Intent: The PCD District is designed to provide for retail, commercial and office
development, as a matter of right, for those uses permitted in the P-O, CC, CN, and
HCO Districts, or alternatively, to provide for development with a variety of
employment generating uses in conformity with a master development plan,
approved by the City Council pursuant to Section 46 of this ordinance and the
standards and restrictions in this Section 36. The PCD District is primarily designed
and intended to apply to those areas of the city which are located within Airport Noise
Zones B or C and are designated for industrial, noiseproof, industrial-commercial and
low intensity office-commercial on the future land use plan for the City of Grapevine.
It is the intent, under the planned development option, to allow a variety of
employment opportunities, consistent with the airport noise overlay standards, to
occur in a single stage or in approved development phases provided these
development stages or phases are consistent with an approved master development
plan.
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D. Standard development option: Any use permitted in the P-O, CC, CN, or HCO
Districts shall be permitted as a matter of right within a PCD District. In the event the
standard development option is chosen by the landowner, all development shall be
regulated by the criteria established in the most restrictive zoning district in which the
particular use would be permitted, provided, however, that each such use shall be
located on a lot not less than two acres in size.
E. Planned development option: Upon approval of a master development plan in
accordance with Section 46 of this ordinance and in compliance with the following
development standards, the City Council may authorize an applicant to utilize the
planned development option within the PCD District.
1. Conditions for application and approval: The following conditions and
procedures shall govern the application for, and approval of, a planned
development within the PCD District. No building permits or other development
approval shall be issued for any development activity except for standard
development permitted under Section 36.D of this ordinance, until the following
conditions have been satisfied:
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(b) Approval of master development plan required: Under no circumstances
shall an applicant be granted development approval under the planned
development option until a master development plan is approved by the City
Council in accordance with the provisions of Sections 36 and 46 of this
ordinance.
(c) Site plan required: No building permit shall be issued for any development
under the planned development option until a site plan, consistent with the
approved master development plan, is approved in accordance with the
provisions of Section 47 of this ordinance.
(d) Minimum parcel size: 25 contiguous acres of gross area, provided,
however, the Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend and the
City Council may approve a PCD master development plan for a site
containing less than 25 acres if they find that unusual or unique
characteristics of the site or its vicinity make development pursuant to a
master development plan advisable and if the proposed development of the
site is consistent with the purpose and intent of this section.
(e) Conformance with the comprehensive master plan: All development activity
and proposed land uses within the PCD District shall be consistent with the
goals, objectives and policies of the comprehensive master plan and any
area proposed for a PCD District shall be substantially within the area
shown on the future land use map as being located within Airport Noise
Zones B and C.
(f) Perimeter buffer yard: Each PCD District shall, as part of the approved
master development plan, provide a perimeter buffer yard in conformance
with Section 36.4(j) of this ordinance.
(g) Each property owner who initially purchases property within a PCD District
shall be provided with a copy of the approved master development plan and
any restrictions or conditions related to that plan by the developer.
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2. Permitted uses: The PCD District is intended to accommodate mixed use
commercial development where the various land uses and development
components are physically and functionally integrated. Permitted uses are
intended to incorporate community and regional commercial activities;
professional and corporate office development; hotel and motel uses; light
manufacturing and research. To provide for compatible land use associations,
specific permitted uses within the PCD District are categorized among four land
use groups, which may be permitted in certain locations consistent with a master
development plan, shall generally direct the following land use groups in
subsections 2(a) through 2(b) below, to particular areas of the site. Whenever
an area is indicated for a particular land use group, the other use groups may be
integrated into this area provided that the primary use so designated shall
occupy a minimum of 75 percent of that land area.
No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, altered or used, in
whole or in part, under the planned development option for other than one or
more of the following uses:
(a) Any use permitted in the CN Commercial neighborhood and CC Community
commercial districts (Group 1).
(b) Any use permitted in the HCO Hotel corporate office district (Group 2).
(c) Any use permitted in the P-O Professional office district (Group 3).
(d) The following uses that are permitted in the LI Light industrial district shall
be permitted provided that such uses do not occupy more than 15 percent
of the total site area within the PCD District and such uses conform to the
performance standards established in Section 55 of this ordinance (Group
4).
(1) Manufacturing, assembly or packaging of products from previous
prepared materials, such as cloth, plastic, paper, leather, precious or
semiprecious metals or stones.
(2) Manufacture of electric and electronic instruments and devices, such as
televisions, radio and phonograph equipment.
(3) Manufacture of food products, pharmaceutical products 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.
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4. Lot, area and density regulations: Each lot or parcel of land created within an
approved PCD District shall comply with the following requirements:
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(c) Maximum density: The maximum lot coverage by principal buildings and
other structures shall not exceed the following percentages of the lot area for
each land use group provided that the development meets all buffer yards,
open space and setback requirements.
Group 1 - Commercial uses: 50 percent
Group 2 - Hotel-corporate office: 40 percent
Group 3 - Professional office: 30 percent
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Group 4 - Light industrial use: 50 percent
(d) Minimum open space lots: 30 percent of the total lot area, for all lots. No
building, structure, secondary use, parking or loading area or storage areas
shall be included in the calculation of the minimum open space area.
Landscaping of these areas shall be in accordance with Section 53 of this
ordinance.
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(f) Maximum impervious area: 75 percent of the total lot area. The cumulative
impervious area for the entire PCD District shall not exceed 70 percent.
(g) Minimum yard requirements: Each lot or parcel of land created within a PCD
District shall conform to the yard requirements of the most restrictive zoning
district in which the building would be permitted as a matter of right. Minimum
yard requirements of interior lots may be waived by the Planning and Zoning
Commission provided that all lots shall have a front yard of not less than 25
feet.
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(i) Perimeter buffer yards: Each PCD District shall maintain a buffer yard around
the entire perimeter of the property. The perimeter buffer yard shall be at least
100 feet in width as measured from the property line. As an alternative, on any
side the 100-foot wide perimeter buffer yard may be reduced to 60 feet in width
provided a three-foot high berm is within the 60-foot wide buffer yard around
the entire perimeter of the property and the berm is landscaped with grass,
trees, shrubbery and similar landscaped elements that are sufficient to protect
adjacent views.
No buildings, secondary buildings, parking and loading areas, storage
areas or other principal users shall be permitted within the perimeter buffer
yards. However, perimeter buffer yards may contain parks, waterways,
stormwater detention and retention areas, lakes, nature trails, picnic areas
and natural areas. Railroad right-of-way and road rights-of-way for the
purpose of ingress and egress to the PCD District may cross perimeter
buffer yards provided such roads and rights of way minimize the amount of
buffer yard devoted to such use. The width of a side or rear buffer yard may
be reduced by the Planning and Zoning Commission under the following
circumstances: the affected buffer yard is adjacent to and abuts a freeway
or limited access highway with a right-of-way of at least 200 feet in width;
the affected buffer yard is adjacent to and abuts an electric transmission or
other utility right-of-way at least 150 feet in width; or, the affected buffer yard
is adjacent to and abuts an existing or zoned nonresidential area and further
provided that the uses in the adjoining areas are of a compatible nature.
A primary purpose of the perimeter buffer yards is to maintain a parklike
setting for PCD Districts and to assure that potentially adverse affects
associated with commercial development are mitigated. Therefore, the
perimeter buffer yards shall be appropriately landscaped with grass, trees,
shrubbery, berms and similar landscape elements. Natural areas that may
exist within the designated perimeter buffer yards, shall be maintained
whenever possible and incorporated into the landscape design.
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(j) Screening from adjacent residential areas: Whenever a PCD District is created
adjacent to an existing or zoned residential area, that portion of the perimeter
buffer yard abutting the residential area shall be designed to screen effectively
the adjoining residential area. Such screening area shall have a minimum
height of eight feet and may consist of trees, shrubbery, evergreen planting
materials, walls, berms, fences (except that chain-link fences shall be
prohibited) and similar materials that will form an opaque screen of at least 75
percent within two years from time of planting.
After a PCD District is approved, any residential zoning district that is
created adjacent to or abutting any boundary of the PCD District shall
provide the following:
(1) No residential structure shall be erected within 75 feet of the PCD
District boundary.
(2) Any side or rear yard that adjoins or abuts the boundary line of a PCD
District shall contain a landscape buffer strip of at least 20 feet in width
and shall be appropriately landscaped with trees, shrubbery, berms,
evergreen planting materials or walls.
(3) Minimum open space: Each PCD District shall maintain an area
equivalent to not less than 40 percent of the total land area of the district
in open space. This minimum open space may include the perimeter
buffer yard and those portions of required yard areas not devoted to
urban use provided that each individual lot or parcel within the PCD
District maintain a minimum open area equivalent to 30 percent of the
total land area of the individual lot or parcel area. This minimum open
space shall have the following characteristics: The minimum open
space shall not be improved with buildings, structures, driveways,
roads, parking or loading areas, outside storage or similar uses.
Minimum open space areas may include active and passive recreation
areas, park areas, waterways, lagoons, retention/detention ponds,
floodplains, nature trails, picnic areas, landscape areas and open
space in natural condition. Land designated as minimum open space
shall be appropriately landscaped with grass, trees, vegetation, open
space in natural condition and similar landscape elements as required
by Section 53 of this ordinance. The owner(s) and/or developer(s) of a
PCD District shall file an appropriate legal instrument, satisfactory to
the city attorney, providing for the continuous maintenance of the
minimum open space areas with the PCD District and restricting said
minimum open space area perpetually. Such instruments shall be
binding upon the developer, its successors, and assigns and shall
constitute a covenant running with the land and be in recordable form.
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Section 38. That Section 37 of the Zoning Ordinance – “PID, Planned Industrial
Development District Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Preamble: The PID District is designed to accommodate industrial, noiseproof
industrial and commercial and low intensity office-commercial development in
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accordance with the comprehensive master plan. The district provides for two
methods of development:
1. Standard development permits light industrial development subject to the same
restrictions as apply in the LI Light industrial district on tracts of at least three
acres in size.
2. Planned development is an optional form of development which may be
permitted provided an applicant submits and the City Council approves a master
development plan for the property. In a planned industrial development mixed
industrial and commercial developments are permitted.
B. Purpose: The purpose of the standard form of development in the PID District is to
permit an owner, as a matter of right, to develop light industrial uses on lots not less
than three acres in area.
The purpose of the optional planned development method, within the PID District, is
to provide a unique zone for the coordination of industrial, office, hotel, commercial,
and similar uses in a parklike setting. Approval of the planned development option
will provide a mechanism to achieve industrial development which will contribute to
the diversification of the city's economic base in a manner consistent with the
comprehensive master plan.
A further purpose of the PID District is to allow development with a compatible
mixture of land uses not provided for in other industrial districts in accordance with a
specific plan of development. The PID District regulations are intended to provide a
method for protecting adjacent development from adverse impacts associated with
economic development while promoting efficient and economic land use
arrangements. The PID District regulations contemplate the use of high standards of
physical design which result in developments characterized by: a landscaped setting;
extensive open space; low ground coverage of buildings; and coordinated design
elements.
C. Intent: The PID District is designed to provide for industrial development, as a matter
of right, for those uses permitted in the LI Light industrial district, or alternatively, to
provide for development with a variety of employment generating uses in conformity
with a master development plan, approved by the City Council pursuant to Section
46 of this ordinance and the standards and restrictions in this Section 37. The PID
District is primarily designed and intended to apply to those areas of the city which
are located within Airport Noise Zones B or C and are designated for industrial,
noiseproof, industrial-commercial and low intensity office-commercial on the future
land use plan for the City of Grapevine. It is the intent, under the planned
development option, to allow a variety of employment opportunities, consistent with
the airport noise overlay standards, to occur in a single stage or in approved
development phases provided these development stages or phases are consistent
with an approved master development plan.
D. Standard development option: Any use permitted in the LI Light industrial district shall
be permitted as a matter of right within a PID District. In the event the standard
development option is chosen by the landowner, all development shall be regulated
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by the criteria established in Section 31 for the LI Light industrial district except that
the minimum lot size shall be not less than three acres.
E. Planned development option: Upon approval of a master development plan in
accordance with Section 46 of this ordinance and in compliance with the following
development standards, the City Council may authorize an applicant to utilize the
planned development option within the PID District.
1. Conditions for application and approval: The following conditions and
procedures shall govern the application for, and approval of, a planned
development within the PID District. No building permits or other development
approval shall be issued for any development activity except for standard
development permitted under Section 34.D of this ordinance, until the following
conditions have been satisfied:
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(b) Approval of master development plan required: Under no circumstances
shall an applicant be granted development approval under the planned
development option until a master development plan is approved by the City
Council in accordance with the provisions of Sections 37 and 46 of this
ordinance.
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(d) Minimum parcel size: 20 acres of gross area, provided, however, the
Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend and the City Council
may approve a PID master development plan for a site containing less than
20 contiguous acres if they find that unusual or unique characteristics of the
site or its vicinity make development pursuant to a master development plan
advisable and if the proposed development of the site is consistent with the
purpose and intent of this section.
(e) Conformance with the comprehensive master plan: All development activity
and proposed land uses within the PID District shall be consistent with the
goals, objectives and policies of the comprehensive master plan and any
area proposed for a PID District shall be substantially within the area shown
on the future land use map as being located within Airport Noise Zones B
and C.
(f) Perimeter buffer yard: Each PID District shall, as part of the approved master
development plan, provide a perimeter buffer yard in conformance with
Section 37.4(j) of this ordinance.
(g) Each property owner who initially purchases property within a PID District
shall be provided with a copy of the approved master development plan and
any restrictions or conditions related to that plan by the developer.
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2. Permitted uses: The PID District is intended for uses related to industrial activity
and associated employment, where the various uses and development
components are physically and functionally integrated. Permitted uses are
intended to incorporate a wide range of traditional light industrial uses and a
variety of nonindustrial activities which may support or otherwise relate to the
economic development of the site, including wholesaling and warehousing,
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construction services, transportation activities, personal services, financial
institution and office development and commercial use. To provide for
compatible land use associations, specific permitted uses within the PID District
are categorized among five land use groups, which may be permitted in certain
locations consistent with a master development plan for the entire property. The
master development plan shall generally direct the following land use groups in
subsections 2(a) through 2(b), below, to particular areas of the site. Whenever
an area is indicated for a particular land use group, the other use groups may be
integrated into this area provided that the primary use so designated shall
occupy a minimum of 75 percent of that land area.
No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, altered or used, in
whole or in part, under the planned development option for other than one or
more of the following uses:
(a) Any use permitted in the LI Light industrial district. (Group 1)
(b) Warehousing and wholesale distribution facilities completely within an
enclosed building and air freight forwarding. (Group 2)
(c) Any use permitted in the HCO Hotel corporate office district provided such
uses do not occupy more than 20 percent of the total site area within the
PID District. (Group 3)
(d) Any use permitted in the P-O Professional office district. (Group 4)
(e) Any use permitted in the CC Community commercial district provided that
the total amount of land designated for commercial uses shall not exceed
15 percent of the total site area and no commercial parcel shall exceed 20
acres in size. (Group 5)
3. Secondary uses: Any secondary use permitted within the LI, HCO, P-O and CC
Districts shall be permitted as secondary uses to a principal use provided that
no such secondary use shall be a source of income to the owner or occupant of
the principal use.
4. Lot, area and density regulations: Each lot or parcel of land created within an
approved PID District shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) Minimum size: 30,000 square feet provided that the average of all lots or
parcels of land created within the total PID District shall have an average lot
size of at least one acre.
(b) Minimum lot frontage: 150 feet on an approved public or private street.
Whenever a lot or parcel of land fronts on a cul-de-sac or similar street curves
with extraordinary features, the minimum lot frontage may be reduced to 50
feet provided that any building or structure created on said reduced lot
frontage shall have a minimum width of 100 feet at the front building setback
line.
(c) Maximum density: 1.5 floor area ratio.
(d) Maximum lot coverage: The maximum lot coverage by principal buildings and
other structures shall not exceed the following percentages of the lot area for
each land use group provided that the development meets all buffer yards,
open space and setback requirements.
Group 1 - Light industrial uses: 50 percent
Group 2 - Commercial-warehousing: 60 percent
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Group 3 - Hotel-corporate office: 40 percent
Group 4 - Professional office: 30 percent
Group 5 - Commercial: 50 percent
These standards may be increased for certain uses such as warehousing or
other highly automated industry in industrial land use groups 1 and 2 upon
recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission. A finding must be
made that these uses will have a maximum equivalent of five full-time
employees per acre and require corresponding lower demands for off-street
parking, loading and storage areas than other industrial uses permitted in
these use groups. Under no circumstances should these standards be varied
to increase lot coverage more than 75 percent. All uses which have lot
coverage standards increased must meet all buffer area, open space, and
setback requirements.
(e) Minimum open space lots: 30 percent of the total lot area for all lots. No
building structure, secondary use, parking or loading area or storage areas
shall be included in the calculation of the minimum open space area.
Landscaping of these areas shall be in accordance with Section 53 of this
ordinance.
(f) Distance between buildings: No two buildings on the same parcel may be
located closer to one another than a distance equal to the height of the lower
building.
(g) Maximum impervious area: 75 percent of the total lot area.
(h) Minimum yard requirements: Each lot or parcel of land created within a PID
District shall generally conform to the yard requirements of the most restrictive
zoning district in which the building would be permitted as a matter of right.
Minimum yard requirements may be waived by the Planning and Zoning
Commission provided that all lots shall have a front yard of not less than 25
feet. Where the lot lines of uses in industrial groups 1 and 2 abut railroad
rights-of-way or sidings, no minimum yard is required.
(i) Maximum height: 40 feet, unless additional front yard space is provided. For
each additional three feet of front yard, in excess of 25 feet, the height of the
building may be increased by ten feet provided that: all allowable heights shall
conform to the airport height district regulations; no building shall exceed 100
feet in height; and no building within 200 feet of any residential district shall
exceed 40 feet in height.
(j) Perimeter buffer yards: Each PID District shall maintain a buffer yard around
the entire perimeter of the property. The perimeter buffer yard shall be at least
100 feet in width as measured from the property line. As an alternative on any
side, the 100-foot wide perimeter buffer yard may be reduced to 60 feet in
width provided a three-foot high berm is within the 60-foot wide buffer yard
around the entire perimeter of the property and the berm is landscaped with
grass, trees, shrubbery and similar landscaped elements that are sufficient to
protect adjacent views.
No buildings, secondary buildings, parking and loading areas, storage
areas or other principal users shall be permitted within the perimeter buffer
yards. However, perimeter buffer yards may contain parks, waterways,
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stormwater detention and retention areas, lakes, nature trails, picnic areas
and natural areas. Railroad rights-of-way and road rights-of-way for the
purpose of ingress and egress to the PID District may cross perimeter buffer
yards provided such roads and rights-of-way minimize the amount of buffer
yard devoted to such use. The width of a side or rear buffer yard may be
reduced by the Planning and Zoning Commission under the following
circumstances: the affected buffer yard is adjacent to and abuts a freeway
or limited access highway with a right-of-way of at least 200 feet in width;
the affected buffer yard is adjacent to and abuts an electric transmission or
other utility right-of-way at least 150 feet in width; or, the affected buffer yard
is adjacent to and abuts an existing or zoned industrial area and further
provided that the uses in the adjoining industrial areas are of a compatible
nature.
A primary purpose of the perimeter buffer yards is to maintain a parklike
setting for PID District and to assure that potentially adverse effects
associated with internal industrial development are mitigated. Therefore,
the perimeter buffer yards shall be appropriately landscaped with grass,
trees, shrubbery, berms and similar landscape elements. Natural areas that
may exist within the designated perimeter buffer yards, shall be maintained
whenever possible and incorporated into the landscape design.
(k) Screening from adjacent residential areas: Whenever a PID District is created
adjacent to an existing or zoned residential area, that portion of the perimeter
buffer yard abutting the residential area shall be designed to screen effectively
the adjoining residential area. Such screening area shall have a minimum
height of eight feet and may consist of trees, shrubbery, evergreen planting
materials, walls, berms, fences (except that chain-link fences shall be
prohibited with permanent vegetation) and similar materials that will form an
opaque screen of at least 75 percent within two years from time of planting.
After a PID District is approved, any residential zoning district that is created
adjacent to or abutting any boundary of the PID District shall provide the
following:
(1) No residential structure shall be erected within 75 feet of the PID District
boundary.
(2) Any side or rear yard that adjoins or abuts the boundary line of a PID
District shall contain a landscape buffer strip of at least 20 feet in width
and shall be approximately landscaped with trees, shrubbery, berms,
evergreen planting materials or walls.
(l) Minimum open space: 40 percent of the total land area of the district in open
space. This minimum open space may include the perimeter buffer yard and
those portions of required yard areas not devoted to urban use provided that
each individual lot or parcel within the PID District maintain a minimum open
space area equivalent to 20 percent of the total land area of the individual lot
or parcel area. This minimum open space shall have the following
characteristics; the minimum open space shall not be improved with buildings,
structures, driveways, roads, parking or loading areas, outside storage or
similar uses. Minimum open space areas may include active and passive
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recreation areas, park areas, waterways, lagoons, retention/detention ponds,
floodplains, nature trails, picnic areas, landscape areas and open space in
natural condition. Land designated as minimum open space shall be
appropriately landscaped with grass, trees, vegetation, open space in natural
condition and similar landscape elements as required by Section 53 of this
ordinance. The owner(s) and/or developer(s) of a PID District shall file an
appropriate legal instrument, satisfactory to the city attorney, providing for the
continuous maintenance of the minimum open space areas with the PID District
and restricting said minimum open space area perpetually. Such instruments
shall be binding upon the developer, its successors, and assigns and shall
constitute a covenant running with the land and be in recordable form.
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Section 39. That Section 38 of the Zoning Ordinance – “GU, Government Use
Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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PURPOSE: The GU Governmental use district is established to apply to those lands
where national, state, or local governmental activities are conducted and where
governments hold title to such lands. Any lawful governmental activity is permitted in
these districts. It is not intended to classify all lands owned by government into this district,
but only those lands particularly and peculiarly related to the public welfare. It is generally
intended to utilize this district to implement the comprehensive master plan.
A. Permitted uses: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses.
1. Parks, playgrounds, and recreation areas.
2. Government administrative and judicial buildings.
3. Public schools, hospitals and libraries.
4. Other public facilities of a like nature.
B. Secondary uses: The following uses shall be permitted as secondary uses to a
principal use provided that none shall be a source of income to the owner or user of
the principal use:
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C. Conditional uses: The following conditional uses may be permitted provided a
conditional use permit is issued pursuant to Section 48.
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6. Alcoholic beverage sales, provided a special permit is issued in accordance with
Section 42.B.
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10. Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations (See Section 42.I.).
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E. Plan requirements: No application for a building permit for construction of a building
or structure shall be approved unless:
1. A plat, meeting all requirements of the City of Grapevine, has been approved by
the City Council and recorded in the official records of Tarrant County;
2. A site plan, meeting the requirements of Section 47, has been approved;
3. A landscape plan, meeting the requirements of Section 53, has been approved.
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F. Governmental immunity:
1. Upon petition of the applicant, the Planning and Zoning Commission may
recommend, and the City Council may officially recognize, that the applicant is
immune from compliance with specific provisions of the city zoning ordinance for
a proposed building, structure, use, development or activity:
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2. Governmental immunity may be granted pursuant to subparagraph (b) only after
notice is given and public hearings are held in compliance with Section 67.
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H. Buffer area regulations: Whenever any conditional use that is allowable in this district
abuts a residentially zoned district or a P-O District, a landscaped buffer zone of not
less than 25 feet in depth shall be provided between the lot line and any building,
structure, or activity area. No building, structure, 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. In addition, screening shall be provided in
accordance with the provisions of Section 50 of this ordinance.
I. Maximum Height: No restrictions.
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.
L. Off-street loading: No off-street loading is required in the GU District.
M. Masonry requirement: The masonry requirements of Section 54 shall be met.
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Section 40. That Section 39 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Historic Landmark.”, is
hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Establishment of "HL" zoning designation as a historic landmark subdistrict: Any
zoning district designation appearing on the zoning district map may be followed by
the suffix "HL" indicating a historic landmark subdistrict. Such subdistrict may include
buildings, land, areas, or districts of historical, architectural, archaeological or cultural
importance or value which merit protection, enhancement, and preservation in the
interest of the culture, prosperity, education, and welfare of the people. The "HL"
designation shall apply to those premises, lots or tracts designated through
procedures set forth herein. Additional principal and secondary uses may be
permitted in any specific "HL" subdistrict and shall be enumerated in the ordinance
establishing such historic landmark subdistrict, provided such uses are included in
the zoning application. Such suffix shall not affect the legal use of the property and
the basic underlying zoning of the property except as provided in the ordinance
establishing the subdistrict.
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B. Declaration of policy: The City Council hereby finds and declares as a matter of public
policy that the protection, enhancement, preservation and use of historic landmarks
is a public necessity and is required in the interest of the culture, prosperity, education
and welfare of the people.
C. Historic landmarks - Designation: The City Council may designate certain buildings,
land, areas, and districts in the city as historic landmarks and define, amend and
delineate the boundaries thereof. Requests for designation may be made by the City
Council, Historic Preservation Commission, or by the public on a form or zoning
application obtained from the City. Completed request forms shall be returned to the
City for processing and accompanied by payment of the appropriate fee to be
charged by the City of Grapevine for administering the application. All designations
must meet all requirements under Section 211.0165 of the Texas Local Government
Code, as amended from time to time, or subsequent Texas statute replacing Section
211.0165 of the Texas Local Government Code.
1. Signature Requirements for Property Owner-Initiated Designations. Application
for designation of a historic landmark shall require the signatures of all owners of
the property, or their authorized agents.
2. Property Owner Consent Requirements for City-Initiated Designations. The
Historic Preservation Commission or Planning and Zoning Commission may
recommend to the City Council an application be submitted to designate any
property, structure, site, or district within the incorporated limits of the City of
Grapevine as a historic landmark designation. The City Council may, on its own
motion, direct City staff to initiate designation proceedings. Upon approval of such
motion, the Historic Preservation Officer shall prepare a historic landmark
designation petition on behalf of the City of Grapevine.
a. Pursuant to Section 211.0165 of the Texas Local Government Code, city-
initiated designation of a historic landmark shall require:
i. Written consent of all property owners within the boundaries of the
proposed designation, which may be withdrawn at any time in the
process; or
ii. A three-fourths vote of approval by the Historic Preservation
Commission, a review by the Planning and Zoning Commission,
and a three-fourths vote of approval by the City Council.
3. Historic Landmark Site Review. At least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the
public hearing of the Historic Preservation Commission for designation of a
historic landmark, City staff shall provide the property owner(s) with a Historic
Landmark Site Review that includes:
a. Regulations that are authorized to be applied to the historic landmark after
the designation;
b. Procedures for the designation;
c. Tax benefits that are authorized to be applied to the historic landmark after
the designation, if any; and
d. Rehabilitation or repair programs offered by the City of Grapevine for a
historic landmark, if any.
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4. Review and Recommendation by the Historic Preservation Commission. Upon
staff’s acceptance or completion of an application, the Historic Preservation
Officer shall schedule a public hearing at the next practicable Historic
Preservation Commission meeting. The Historic Preservation Commission shall
make a recommendation to the Planning and Zoning Commission as to whether
or not the property, district, or site is eligible for historic landmark designation
according to the criteria in Section 39.D of this article and the merits of the
application.
5. Review and Recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Upon
receiving a recommendation by the Historic Preservation Commission, the matter
shall be scheduled by City staff for a public hearing before the Planning and
Zoning Commission. The matter shall proceed in the same manner as that
required to amend, repeal, or alter the zoning on a tract or parcel of land under
Section 48 relating to conditional uses. The Planning and Zoning Commission will
consider the criteria for designation specified in the Zoning Ordinance.
6. Decision by the City Council. The matter shall proceed to the City Council in the
same manner and in the same instances as that required to amend, repeal, or
alter the zoning on a tract or parcel of land as specified in this article, except for
the procedural requirements in Section 39.C.2. After all notice requirements of
state zoning statutes have been complied with and all required public hearings
conducted pursuant to said state statutes and upon receipt of the Historic
Preservation Commission and Planning and Zoning Commission
recommendations, the City Council may designate the building, land, area or
district within the "HL" suffix. The suffix "HL" shall indicate the zoning subdistrict
designation of those buildings, land, areas and districts which the City Council
has designated historic landmarks. Such designation shall be in addition to any
other zoning district designation established in the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance. All zoning district maps shall reflect the designation of a historical
landmark subdistrict by the letter "HL" as a suffix. If the City Council does not
approve the designation, the procedure for successive applications for petitions
for the amendment of the Zoning Ordinance for a particular tract of property shall
apply.
7. Decision Recordation. Upon passage by the City Council of an ordinance
designating property as “HL,” the City Secretary or his or her designee shall file a
copy of the ordinance with the appropriate county clerk, in accordance with state
law, and the appropriate county tax assessor, and, together with a written notice
briefly stating the fact of the designation, shall send a copy of such notice by
certified mail to the owner of the affected property.
8. Amendment or Removal. The same application and procedure that is followed for
the designation of a historic landmark shall apply for amendment or removal of
the designation, except:
a. The Historic Preservation Commission or the Historic Preservation Officer
may initiate amendments to a historic landmark ordinance without a motion
from the City Council as described in subsection 2 above.
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D. Historic landmarks - Criteria to be used in Determination: In making such designation
as set forth in Section 39.C above, the City Council shall consider one or more of the
following criteria:
1. Character, interest or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural
characteristics of the City of Grapevine, State of Texas, or the United States;
2. Identification with a person or persons who significantly contributed to the culture
and development of the City;
3. Location as the site of a significant historic event;
4. Exemplification of the cultural, economic, social or historical heritage of the City;
5. Relationship to other distinctive buildings, sites or areas which are eligible for
preservation according to a plan based on historical, cultural or architectural
motif;
6. Unique location of singular physical characteristics representing an established
and familiar visual feature of a neighborhood, community or the City;
7. Value as an aspect of community sentiment or public pride;
8. Detailed recommendation from the Historic Preservation Commission;
9. Detailed recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission.
E. Present use not affected: Use classifications of all property included in a historic
landmark subdistrict shall continue to be governed by the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance of the City.
F. Off-street parking and loading: Due to the development nature of property with a
historic landmark designation, it is recognized that conventional off-street parking,
loading, and development standards required by Section 56, Section 57, and Section
58 of the comprehensive zoning ordinance for individual lots may be difficult to
provide. Any uses proposed with a historic landmark designation may present a plan
for parking to the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Planning and Zoning
Commission may determine different amounts and methods in establishing off-street
parking.
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Section 41. That Section 41 of the Zoning Ordinance – “PD, Planned Development
Overlay.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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APPLICATION FOR ESTABLISHING A "PD" PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY: An
application for a "PD" Planned Development Overlay shall be filed with the Director of
Planning Services which shall be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Commission and
the City Council. The application shall contain a Site Plan as stated in Section 47, Site
Plan Review, with the following information as well as any additional information as may
be required by the Planning and Zoning Commission, City Council, or the Director of
Planning Services. Failure to meet the following submittal requirements will result in the
rejection of the application.
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HEARING ON THE "PD" PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY APPLICATION: A
public hearing on the application shall be held and notice thereof given in the manner and
form required as set out in Section 67, Amendments of this ordinance unless the Director
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of Planning Services or the Planning and Zoning Commission determines that the
application is incomplete.
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13. For those requests to establish a "PD" Planned Development Overlay based
on the residential zoning districts: "R-20" Single Family District, "R-12.5" Single
Family District, "R-7.5" Single Family District and "R-5.0" Zero Lot Line District,
the requirement for a Site Plan shall be waived and a survey or subdivision plat
shall suffice. The following zoning districts are not permitted to be utilized for
the establishment of a "PD" Planned Development Overlay: "R-MH"
Manufactured Home District, "R-MODH" Modular Home District, "PRD-6"
Planned Residential Low Density District, and "PRD-12" Planned Residential
Medium Density District.
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D. Limitation of Uses: Uses prohibited shall be those uses specifically prohibited
within the underlying zoning district. The following uses are expressly prohibited
within a "PD" Planned Development Overlay and cannot be established as a
permitted, conditional, or secondary use under any circumstances:
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8. Those uses specifically designated in paragraph D. Limitation of Uses in
Section 31, "LI" Light Industrial District.
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11. All uses listed in Section 49, Special Uses.
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Section 42. That Section 41A of the Zoning Ordinance – “EA, Entertainment and
Attraction Overlay.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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PURPOSE: The entertainment and attraction overlay is a planning tool that is
intended to encourage the development of property with the goal of establishing unique
as well as modern urban development in situations where strict adherence to standard
zoning criteria inhibits the creative process. The objective of the entertainment and
attraction overlay is to promote progressive land development on tracts of land with
maximum flexibility in the design of entertainment and attraction projects. This overlay
should be utilized to establish compatible land uses within urbanized areas and generate
the appropriate criteria necessary to enable the development of land that is unlikely to
occur given the standards established in other zoning districts. Care should be given to
ensure that development under this section in no way negatively impacts the health,
safety, and welfare of the general public. The discretionary oversight granted in this
section shall allow the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council the ability
to establish standards and impose conditions upon such requests to mitigate or eliminate
potentially adverse effects upon the community or upon properties within the vicinity of
the proposed use. Designation under this section shall not affect the underlying zoning of
the property except as provided in the ordinance establishing the overlay.
GENERAL GUIDELINES: All uses—permitted, accessory, and conditional relative to
a request for the creation of an entertainment and attraction overlay shall be initially
established by the underlying zoning district. Consideration may be given to projects of
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an unusual nature that employ creative features that can not meet the intended literal
requirements of the zoning ordinance as well as to the grouping or massing of uses.
APPLICATION FOR ESTABLISHING AN ENTERTAINMENT AND ATTRACTION
OVERLAY: An application for an entertainment and attraction overlay shall be filed with
the Director of Planning Services, which shall be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning
Commission and the City Council. The application shall contain a site plan as outlined in
Section 47, site plan review, with the following information as well as any additional
information as may be required by the Planning and Zoning Commission, City Council, or
the Director of Planning Services. Failure to meet the following submittal requirements
will result in the rejection of the application.
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HEARING ON THE ENTERTAINMENT AND ATTRACTION OVERLAY
APPLICATION: A public hearing on the application shall be held and notice thereof given
in the manner and form required as set out in Section 67, amendments of this ordinance
unless the Director of Planning Services or the Planning and Zoning Commission
determines that the application is incomplete.
STANDARDS: The following standards may be considered by the Planning and
Zoning Commission and the City Council in determining whether an entertainment and
attraction overlay should be established:
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10. The following zoning districts are not permitted to be utilized for the
establishment of an entertainment and attraction overlay: "R-20," "R-12.5," and
"R-7.5," Single Family Districts; "R-5.0" Zero Lot Line District, "R-3.5" Two
Family District, "R-3.75" Three and Four Family District, "R-MH" Manufactured
Home District, "R-TH" Townhouse District, "R-MF" Multifamily District, "R-
MODH" Modular Home District, "PRD-6" Planned Residential Low Density
District, "PRD-12" Planned Residential Medium Density District, "PO"
Professional Office District and "CN" Neighborhood Commercial District.
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PERIOD OF VALIDITY: No site plan for an entertainment and attraction overlay shall
be valid for a period longer than one-year from the date on which the City Council grants
approval, unless within such one-year period: (a) a building permit is obtained and the
erection or alteration of a structure is started, or (b) an occupancy permit is obtained and
a use commenced. The City Council may grant one additional extension not exceeding
one-year, upon written application, without notice or hearing. No additional extension shall
be granted without complying with the notice and hearing requirements for an initial
application as required in Section 67, amendments. It should be recognized that the
establishment of an entertainment and attraction overlay is contractual in nature and upon
expiration of a site plan approved in conjunction with an entertainment and attraction
overlay, the property will revert to the underlying zoning district designation and all uses
and the general development guidelines as stated in the underlying district shall apply.
There shall be no vested right(s) associated with an expired site plan approved in
conjunction with an entertainment and attraction overlay. All property that has received
an entertainment and attraction overlay designation shall be eligible for the provisions of
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this ordinance provided that the application for an entertainment and attraction overlay
has not expired.
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B. Secondary uses.
1. All secondary uses established in the underlying zoning district. When varying
from the uses within the underlying zoning district the applicant shall provide an
amended list of secondary uses and the conditions and reasons necessary for
the change in standards from the underlying zoning district.
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D. Limitation of uses. Uses prohibited shall be those uses specifically prohibited within
the underlying zoning district. Uses which are not directly related or ancillary to
entertainment and attraction type uses are expressly prohibited. An entertainment
and attraction overlay shall not be established relative to any uses established within
Section 49, special uses. Unique hotel concepts developed as part of an overall
attraction/entertainment development may propose standards that are less restrictive
than those required relative to room count, room size, conference center space,
swimming pool requirement and size, full service restaurant requirement, and
staffing.
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I. Landscaping requirements. Relief from strict compliance with landscaping
requirements may be permitted. Requirements associated with landscaping shall be
initially established in accordance with Section 53, landscaping regulations of the
zoning ordinance. When varying from the guidelines within Section 53, landscaping
regulations, the applicant shall provide the method for establishing the new standards
and the conditions necessary for the change in standards from those established.
J. Masonry requirements. Relief from strict compliance with masonry requirements may
be permitted. Requirements associated with the percentage coverage of masonry for
all principal and secondary structures/buildings shall be initially established in
accordance with Section 54, masonry requirements. When varying from the
guidelines within Section 54, masonry requirements, the applicant shall provide the
method for establishing the new standards and the conditions necessary for the
change in standards from those established.
K. Off-street parking requirements. Relief from strict compliance with off-street parking
requirements may be permitted. Requirements associated with off-street parking
shall be initially established in accordance with Section 56, off-street parking
requirements and Section 58, parking, loading, and outside storage area
development standards of the zoning ordinance. When varying from the guidelines
within these sections the applicant shall provide the method for establishing the new
standards and the conditions necessary for the change in standards from those
established.
L. Off-street loading requirements. Relief from strict compliance with off-street loading
requirements may be permitted. Requirements associated with off-street loading
shall be initially established in accordance with Section 57, off-street loading
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requirements of the zoning ordinance. When varying from the guidelines within
Section 57, off-street loading requirements, the applicant shall provide the method
for establishing the new standards and the conditions necessary for the change in
standards from those established.
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O. Sign standards. Relief from strict compliance with sign standards may be permitted.
Requirements associated with the height, size, type, and number of signs allowed
shall be initially established in accordance with Section 60, sign standards. When
varying from the guidelines within Section 60, sign standards, the applicant shall
provide the method for establishing the new standards and the conditions necessary
for the change in standards from those established.
P. Subdivision regulations and construction standards. Given the unique nature of this
type of development, consideration may be given by the City Council to deviate from
the subdivision regulations established for new construction within the city relative to
the establishment of an entertainment and attraction overlay, however, all
constructions standards shall be met.
Q. Additional requirements, restrictions and considerations. In granting an
entertainment and attraction overlay, the Planning and Zoning Commission may
recommend, and the City Council may impose such conditions, safeguards and
restrictions upon the premises benefited by the entertainment and attraction overlay
as may be necessary to comply with the standards set out in Section 41a, standards
of this section to avoid, or minimize, or mitigate any potentially injurious effect of such
entertainment and attraction overlay uses upon other property in the vicinity, and to
carry out the general purpose and intent of this section. The Planning and Zoning
Commission may also recommend and the City Council consider any additional
conditions or stipulations in addition to, in lieu of, or provide relief from any other
provisions of this ordinance when necessary. Such conditions shall be set out in the
ordinance approving the entertainment and attraction overlay.
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Section 43. That Section 42 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Supplementary District
Regulations.”, is hereby amended, as follows:
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A. Temporary uses:
1. The following uses, which are classified as temporary uses, may be permitted
by the City Council in any district not to exceed a period of 30 days except for
(g) which shall be issued for a period of one year or less, subject to compliance
with all other applicable city ordinances:
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5. Permission may be granted for a period not to exceed 40 days by the Director
of Planning Services to allow Christmas tree sales lots in all nonresidential
zoning districts.
6. A building, electrical and/or plumbing permit, where determined applicable by
the Director of Planning Services, for any temporary use approved under this
Section 42 shall be obtained from the building inspection department prior to
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commencement of such use. Section 60 and all other provisions of this
ordinance determined to be applicable by the Director of Planning Services shall
be complied with prior to the commencement of any approved temporary use.
7. Temporary concrete mixing or batching plant for use during the construction of
buildings or public improvements for 30 days or less may be approved by the
Director of Planning Services.
8. Temporary outside display and sales of merchandise, and food service may be
permitted on one occasion in any quarter of a calendar year for a period not to
exceed 14 consecutive days, subject to the following conditions:
(a) A plan must be submitted for approval by the Director of Planning Services
designating the area for outside display, sales and/or food service.
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(e) Use of required parking areas for temporary outside display and sales shall not
negatively impact the ability to provide adequate parking on the subject site nor
shall it create a burden on surrounding properties or encourage parking within
the right-of-way. Approval for use of required parking areas shall be at the
discretion of the Director of Planning Services.
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B. Sale of alcoholic beverages:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this ordinance, the storage, possession,
sale, serving, or consumption of alcoholic beverages, except for the
consumption of the occupants or owners of the premises and their guests at no
charge, when permitted by the laws of the State of Texas, shall be regulated and
governed by the following use regulations and requirements:
2. The storage, possession, sale or serving of alcoholic beverages by any party for
either on-premises or off-premises consumption shall be illegal unless on
property zoned specifically for that purpose as a conditional use in accordance
with and pursuant to Section 48 of this ordinance.
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3. With the exception of wineries, wine tasting rooms, breweries and distilleries, no
party shall sell or serve alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption as the
holder of a duly issued Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission permit allowing on-
premise consumption except in a restaurant or on the premises of an entity
whose principal business is transporting of the general public and is operating
pursuant to a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by a federal
or state regulatory body with a conditional use permit in accordance with and
pursuant to Section 48.
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7. A certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the City's Building Inspection
Department at such time as the party complies with all aspects of this zoning
ordinance and all other applicable ordinances. No certificate of occupancy may
be assigned or transferred and same is valid only as to the recipient. No party
may operate a restaurant or private club that is zoned pursuant to Sections 42.B
and 49 of this ordinance without a valid and current certificate of occupancy.
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F. Required yards:
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4. The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend and the City Council
may require a minimum front yard, rear yard or side yard greater than that
required as a minimum setback by the specific use categories in the ordinance
rezoning any property when the safety of the traveling public and the general
health, welfare and morals of the community require greater setback depth.
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G. Projections into required yards: Certain architectural features, fences, walls, and
hedges may project into or be located in required yards as follows:
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3. Unenclosed covered patios used only for outdoor, recreational purposes and not
as carports, garages, storage rooms or habitable rooms in the R-7.5, R-12.5, R-
20 and the R-TH districts may be located no closer than six feet to any side yard
property line nor closer than six feet to the rear property line. Unenclosed
covered patios used only for outdoor, recreational purposes and not as carports,
garages, storage rooms or habitable rooms in the R-5.0 district may be located
no closer than six feet to the rear property line and shall have the side yard
setbacks as required in Section 16.G.3. Unenclosed covered patios constructed
within the required 25 foot rear yard setback of each district shall not be used as
second story patios. The height of an unenclosed patio cover shall not exceed
15 feet. The height of an unenclosed patio cover shall be measured from the
finished first floor of the residence to the highest point of the roof's surface if a
flat surface, to the deck line of a mansard roof, and the mean height level
between eaves and ridge for hip and gable roofs. In the case of a corner lot,
patios shall be subject to the regular street side yard requirements of the district.
Openings may be enclosed with insect mesh screening or plastic that is readily
removable, translucent or transparent plastic not more than 0.125 inch in
thickness.
4. An open fire escape not more than three and one-half feet into rear yards,
provided that such structure does not obstruct ventilation or light.
5. Any fence, wall, hedge, shrubbery, etc., no higher than a base line extending
from a point two and one-half feet above front walk grade to a point four and
one-half feet above walk grade at the depth of the front yard, and single trees
having single trunks which are pruned to a height of seven feet above walk
grade. Corner lots where the side yard on the street side is required to be the
same as the front yard, shall also observe front yard regulations with regard to
fences, walls, hedges, shrubbery, etc., on the side street except that the City
Council may by special ordinance, permit the construction of a fence not to
exceed eight feet in height, which does not project more than five feet into the
required side yard setback area.
6. No object or combination of objects, including but not limited to any structure,
fence, wall, screen hedge, tree, bush, shrub, billboard or mound of earth, terrace,
bank or barrier shall be erected, placed, planted or maintained on any corner lot
in such a manner as to create a traffic hazard by obstructing the view of the
drivers of motor vehicles using the streets adjacent thereto. The natural existing
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terrain which cannot be removed by reasonable landscaping techniques
including retaining walls constructed below or at the same grade line of said
natural existing terrain shall be excluded from the objects otherwise prohibited
by this paragraph. And said object or combination of objects, erected, placed,
planted or maintained on a corner lot or parkway adjacent thereto so as to
interfere with the visual line of sight at an elevation between three feet above the
top of the adjacent roadway curb and six feet above the top of the adjacent street
curb, or if there is no curb then from the average street curb grade, within a
triangular area formed by the intersection of the adjacent street right-of-way
lines, the right-of-way line 20 feet from the intersection, shall be prima facie
evidence that said object, or combination of objects, so erected, placed, planted
or maintained is an obstruction constituting a traffic hazard. Any object or
combination of objects, placed, planted, or maintained is an obstruction
constituting a traffic hazard. Any object or combination of objects, placed,
planted or maintained in violation of this paragraph, shall be removed upon
written notice by certified mail from the building official of the city, or his
representative, to the owner, agent or occupant of the premises where such
obstruction has been erected, placed, planted or maintained. Failure of the
owner, agent or occupant to remove such an obstruction within ten days after
receipt of such notice shall constitute a violation of the zoning ordinance.
7. No mechanical equipment designed or manufactured for permanent installation
in one place, either outside of a building or projecting through an opening in a
building, driven by a motor or motors of five horsepower or more installed in a
residentially zoned district, P-O, CN, CC, or in any industrial district under this
ordinance shall be permitted in the required side yard or rear yard abutting a
residentially zoned district.
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H. Right-of-way and easement dedication requirements:
1. Under the constitution and laws of the State of Texas and the provisions of this
ordinance, the zoning power of the city is hereby exercised for the purpose of
promoting the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the general public
under a comprehensive plan designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to
secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers, to promote the health and
general welfare of the general public, to provide adequate light and air, to
prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population
and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage,
schools, parks and other public improvements, and the City Council finds that
the transportation, water, sewerage, drainage and public utility facilities are not
adequate to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire and
panic, to prevent unsanitary conditions, to provide adequate light and air, prevent
the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, facilitate
the adequate provision of transportation, water drainage, sewerage and other
public requirements in the area zoned herein should any portion of said area be
developed for residential or professional or commercial or industrial or
agricultural or amusement or airport purposes and uses or a combination of any
of said purposes and uses and the city shall regulate the use of all of the property
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rezoned herein in order to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from
fire, panic and other dangers, to promote the health and general welfare of the
general public, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding of
land, to avoid undue concentration of population, and to facilitate the adequate
provision of transportation, water, drainage, sewerage, and other public
requirements and in so regulating the use of said property does hereby require
that prior to the issuance of a building permit and certificate of occupancy that
the primary means of access have a minimum right-of-way width along the entire
frontage of the property as follows, and further, if property should be a corner
lot, said property shall have access to both streets having a minimum right-of-
way width prior to issuance of a building permit and certificate of occupancy as
follows (corner lots shall be considered to front on each street for purposes of
determining minimum right-of-way):
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K. Solar panel systems: An applicant’s submittal for a building permit, and electrical
permit, for locating a solar panel system within the City must demonstrate
compliance with the following standards:
1. Permit Required. All solar panel systems shall comply with the current
adopted International Building Code and International Fire Code, as
amended, except to the extent a solar pergola or solar panel system is
exempt pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section 214.221 and
229.101.
2. Solar Pergolas. Solar pergolas are subject to Secondary Use regulations in
R-20, R-12.5, R-7.5, R-5.0, R-3.75, R-TH, R-MF, and R-MODH residential
districts, except to the extent said regulations conflict with Texas Local
Government Code Section 214.221 and 229.101.
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Section 44. That Section 43 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Nonconforming Uses and
Structures.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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D. Termination of nonconforming uses:
1. It is the declared purpose of this ordinance that nonconforming uses be
eventually discontinued and the use of the premises be required to conform
to the regulations prescribed herein having due regard for the investment in
such nonconforming uses.
2. A nonconforming use may be occupied, used, and maintained in good repair,
but it shall not be remodeled or enlarged except as hereinafter provided.
3. The right to operate a nonconforming use shall cease and such use shall be
terminated under any of the following circumstances.
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(f) The right to maintain or operate a nonconforming use may be
terminated by the Board of Zoning Adjustment in accordance with the
provisions of Section 67A of this ordinance.
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4. Amortization of nonconforming uses or structures.
(a) First public hearing. Upon direction by the City Council, the Board of
Zoning Adjustment shall hold a public hearing to determine whether the
continued operation of the nonconforming uses will have an adverse
effect on nearby properties or the community welfare. Notice of the
public hearing shall be in the manner established in Section 67.B.3.(a).
(b) In determining whether the continued operation will have an adverse
effect on nearby properties or the community welfare, the Board of
Zoning Adjustment shall consider the following factors:
(1) The Comprehensive Plan;
(2) The character of the surrounding neighborhood;
(3) The degree of incompatibility of the use with the zoning district in
which it is located;
(4) The manner in which the use is being conducted;
(5) The hours of operation of the use;
(6) The extent to which continued operation of the use may threaten
public health or safety;
(7) The environmental impacts of the use’s operation, including, but not
limited to, the impacts of noise, glare, dust, and odor;
(8) The extent to which public disturbances and nuisances may be
created or perpetuated by continued operation of the use;
(9) The extent to which traffic or parking problems may be created or
perpetuated by continued operation of the use; and
(10) Any other factors relevant to the issue of whether continued
operation of the use will adversely affect nearby properties.
(c) If the Board of Zoning Adjustment determines that the nonconforming
use has an adverse effect on nearby properties or the community
welfare, it shall hold a second public hearing to set a date for
compliance. The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall have the authority
to request the owner to produce financial documentation and/or records
to the factors listed in Section 43.D.4.(e), below. The owner shall
provide said documents and/or records at least thirty (30) days before
the second public hearing. If the owner does not provide said
documentation, the Board of Zoning Adjustment is authorized to make
its determination of a compliance date based upon any reasonably
available public records as well as public or expert testimony at the
hearing. Failure by the owner to provide the requested financial
documents and records shall not prevent the Board of Zoning
Adjustment from setting a compliance date.
(d) Second public hearing. Notice of the public hearing shall be in the
manner established in Section 67.B.3.(a).
(e) The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall, in accordance with Section
211.019 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended, utilize the
procedures and owner or lessee compensation criteria contained in
said section in the event the City determines that a nonconforming use
of property shall cease.
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(f) Ceasing operations. If the Board of Zoning Adjustment establishes a
compliance date for a nonconforming use, the use must cease
operations on that date, and it may not operate thereafter unless it
becomes a conforming use.
(g) Decisions that cannot be immediately appealed. A decision by the
Board of Zoning Adjustment that the continued operation of a
nonconforming use will have an adverse effect on neighboring property
or the community welfare and the Board of Zoning Adjustment’s
decision to schedule a second public hearing to establish a compliance
date are not final decisions and cannot be immediately appealed.
(h) Decision to deny a request to establish a compliance date. A decision
by the Board of Zoning Adjustment to deny a request to establish a
compliance date is final unless appealed to state court within ten (10)
calendar days in accordance with Chapter 211 of the Texas Local
Government Code.
(i) Decision setting a compliance date. A decision by the Board of Zoning
Adjustment setting a compliance date is final unless appealed to state
court within ten (10) calendar days in accordance with Chapter 211 of
the Texas Local Government Code.
(j) Nothing in this section shall prevent the City and the property owner(s)
of such nonconforming use from mutually agreeing upon a compliance
date and memorializing such agreement in writing, to be approved by
the City Council and said property owner(s) and filed in the real property
records of Tarrant County.
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E. Changing nonconforming uses:
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2. The Board of Zoning Adjustment may grant a change of use from one
nonconforming use to another nonconforming use provided such change is to
a use permitted in a zoning district where the original nonconforming use would
be permitted, or provided that such change is to a use permitted in a more
restrictive classification. However, such change of use and occupancy shall not
tend to prolong the life of a nonconforming use. Upon review of the facts in
accordance with Section 67A, the Board of Zoning Adjustment may establish a
specific period of time for the return of the occupancy to a conforming use.
3. The Board of Zoning Adjustment may approve the remodeling or enlargement
of a nonconforming use when such an enlargement would not tend to prolong
the life of the nonconforming use. Upon review of the facts, the Board of Zoning
Adjustment may establish a specific period of time for the return of the
occupancy to a conforming use.
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F. Limitation on changing nonconforming uses: No nonconforming use shall be
changed to another nonconforming use, which requires more off-street parking
spaces or off-street loading space than the original nonconforming use, unless
additional off-street parking and loading space is provided so as to comply with
the requirements of Sections 55 and 56.
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No nonconforming use may be expanded or increased beyond the lot or tract
upon which such nonconforming use is located as of the effective date of this
ordinance except to provide off-street loading or off-street parking space upon
approval of the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
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G. Termination of nonconforming structures:
1. In the event of damage or destruction of a nonconforming structure to the extent
of 60 percent of the replacement cost of such structure on the date of such
damaged, such nonconforming structure may be rebuilt only after public
hearing and favorable action by the Board of Zoning Adjustment as provided
by Section 67A.
2. Whenever a nonconforming structure is determined to be obsolete, dilapidated,
or substandard by the Board of Zoning Adjustment, the right to operate, occupy,
or maintain such structure may be terminated by action of the Board of Zoning
Adjustment as provided in Section 67A and such structure shall be demolished.
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I. Right-of-way acquisition by governmental agency:
1. Exemption permitted. In the event a right-of-way acquisition by a governmental
agency causes a property or its existing improvements to be in violation of a
city zoning ordinance, subdivision rule, or other land use regulation or
ordinance, the property shall be exempt from the provision to the extent the
violation is caused by the right-of-way acquisition, subject to the following:
(a) Zoning change.
(1) The exemption shall not apply to a property that undergoes a
zoning change initiated by the property owner subsequent to
the right-of-way acquisition; instead, the property shall have a
non-conforming status to the extent that any nonconformance
with city ordinances resulted from a right-of-way acquisition by
a governmental agency prior to the rezoning, and shall be
treated as a nonconforming use or structure pursuant to the
city's comprehensive zoning ordinance.
(2) A zoning change initiated by the City shall not cause a
property to lose the exemption provided by this section for
property affected by right-of-way acquisitions.
(b) Safety hazard. Nothing in this provision shall be construed to permit
any site element to create a traffic safety hazard or another life safety
hazard.
(c) Compensation for noncompliance.
(1) The exemption shall not apply to property if the right-of-way
acquisition renders the remainder of the property unusable,
and the governmental agency compensates the property
owner for the damage to the remainder. Where such
compensation is provided, the property owner is responsible
for any curative measures necessary to bring the property in
compliance with city codes, ordinances, and regulations.
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(2) The exemption shall not apply to the property if the
governmental agency offered compensation to the property
owner for demolition, removal, relocation, or replacement of
improvements or other measures curative of the violation of
city codes or ordinances caused by the right-of-way
acquisition.
(3) For property ineligible for an exemption under this subsection
(c), the Director of Planning Services is authorized to:
a. Provide notice to any affected property owner, lienholder,
and/or certificate of occupancy holder, listing any items of
noncompliance; and
b. File an affidavit in the Tarrant County Deed Records
noting the item(s) of noncompliance, advising that
compensation was paid for such noncompliance, and that
a certificate of occupancy shall not issue until such
noncompliance is cured. Once the property and its
improvements are brought into full compliance with all
applicable ordinances of the city, the planning director
shall file an affidavit in the Tarrant County Deed Records
noting such compliance.
(4) If a property is ineligible for an exemption under this
subsection (c), the building official is authorized to revoke a
certificate of occupancy of any building or structure for
noncompliance with a code, ordinance, or regulation.
(5) The Building Board of Appeals is authorized to issue an order
of demolition a minimum of 90 days after the certificate of
occupancy has been revoked for any building or structure on
property ineligible for an exemption under subsection (c)(1).
2. Effective date. The provisions of this section shall apply to any property
acquired by eminent domain after January 19, 2010.
3. In the event that a 2010 right-of-way acquisition by a governmental agency
necessitates the alteration or redevelopment of an off-premise advertising sign
existing in whole or in part and fronting on State Highway 114, City Council may
approve such alteration, and any other alterations, enlargements, or
remodeling deemed appropriate through a conditional use permit.
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Section 45. That Section 45 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Concept Plans.”, is hereby
renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Purpose: The concept plan is intended to provide the Planning and Zoning
Commission and the City Council with the information and data that is necessary to
assess the merits of requests for rezoning.
B. When required. Approval of a concept plan shall be required in connection with a
request for rezoning of any specific parcel of land when requesting zoning for the
following zoning districts: R-3.5, R-3.75, R-5.0, R-MF, R-TH, R-MH, R-MODH, P-O,
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CN, CC, CBD, G-V, HCO, HC, LB, LI, BP, RA, or when a plat (preliminary, final or
replat) is filed unless one has been approved with a zone change request.
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C. Content of concept plan: A concept plan shall include all of the following information
in graphic representation or written document as appropriate, and shall be prepared
by a registered architect, registered engineer or registered surveyor.
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19. Any other information that may be required by the Director of Planning Services
deemed necessary.
20. A tree preservation permit may be required by the Planning and Zoning
Commission or the City Council in accordance with Section 52.D.1. The tree
preservation permit shall be in accordance with Section 52.E.
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Section 46. That Section 46 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Approval of Master
Development Plans.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Authority. The City Council may approve from time to time, by ordinance duly
enacted, Planned Developments in the PRD-6, PRD-12, PCD, and PID Districts;
provided, however, that no such development shall be approved except in
accordance with procedures established in this ordinance.
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B. Purpose. Development within a Planned Development District, other than with such
uses as are permitted as a matter of right, shall be permitted only in accordance with
an approved Master Development Plan. The Master Development Plan shall clearly
indicate how the proposed development would comply with the city's Comprehensive
Master Plan and would be consistent with the standards and purposes of the district
applied for.
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The Master Development Plan is intended to provide the opportunity to submit a plan
which will enable the city: to assess the desirability of particular development; to
determine whether adequate public facilities can be provided; and, to measure the impact
on present and future development in a given area of Grapevine. It is also intended to
allow the developer to request approval for a master plan of development without
incurring substantial planning and engineering costs. A public hearing is required prior to
any official action by the city to allow the public the opportunity to comment on the
proposed Master Development Plan.
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C. Contents of a Master Development Plan. In order to assist in the review of
applications for planned development districts, the developer shall be required to
submit a Master Development Plan, in accordance with the procedures established
in this Section 46. All maps or plans submitted as part of a Master Development Plan
shall be at an appropriate scale of not less than one inch to 200 feet and shall be
presented on a sheet having a maximum size of 24" × 36". An 8½" × 11" reduced
copy shall also be filed. If presented on more than one sheet, match lines shall clearly
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indicate where the several sheets join. The Master Development Plan shall include
the following, in addition to any other information that the city or the developer may
deem necessary to evaluate the impact of the proposed development on the
surrounding areas.
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(4) The names and addresses of any person whose interest in the applicant or
the property in question would be a conflicting interest within the meaning
of the provisions of Texas Local Government Code Section 171.002 et seq.
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(19) Data that determines the potential traffic impacts indicating the estimated
amount of vehicular traffic that will be generated by the development, the
capacity of external roads to handle site traffic, and a description of the
traffic impact of the proposed development.
(20) A written or graphic statement indicating how adequate essential services
will be provided for the development. Essential services will include such
items as roads, storm and surface drainage systems, potable water service,
wastewater treatment and disposal service, solid waste disposal,
emergency medical service, police service, and fire protection service.
These, and similar essential services, shall be available prior to occupancy
of any buildings and structures within a Planned Development District, and
shall have adequate capacity to provide for the needs of the development.
These essential services may be staged in accordance with the approved
phased steps of the development within the Planned Development District
provided that each stage, or phase, is adequate for that level of
development, and conforms to an overall plan for essential services for the
district.
If existing capacity is unavailable, conditional approval may be granted by
the City Council if the applicant of the Master Development Plan can
demonstrate that (1) there is a feasible plan to expand the capacity of the
affected essential services so that the enlargement or extension of such
systems will not result in a higher net public cost or earlier incursion of public
cost as delineated in the city's capital improvements program; or (2) if the
applicant will provide private facilities, utilities or services, approved by
appropriate public agencies, and assure their satisfactory and continuing
operation until similar public utilities, facilities and services are made
available; or (3) make provision acceptable to the city for off-setting any
added net public cost or early commitment of public funds made necessary
by such development; or (4) the applicant can demonstrate that essential
services will be available prior to their request for a building permit.
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D. Procedure.
(1) Initiation. An application for an amendment to reclassify property in a PRD-
6, PRD-12, PCD or PID District and to approve a Master Development Plan
for such property may be filed by the owner of, or any person having a
contractual interest in and the consent of the owner of, the subject property.
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(2) Pre-application conference. Prior to filing any application for approval of a
reclassification amendment and a Master Development Plan, the
prospective applicant shall by letter request a pre-application conference
with the Director of Public Works and the City staff. Such request shall
include a brief and general description of the nature, location and extent of
the proposed planned development.
The purpose of the pre-application conference shall be to assist the
applicant in preparing a request for Preliminary Master Development Plan
approval that conforms as nearly as possible to the requirements of this
ordinance and the other ordinances and regulations of the city that will be
applicable to the proposed development.
(a) No applications may be submitted to or accepted by the Director of
Public Works, or a designee, during the pre-application conference.
(3) Optional concurrent submission of a site plan. The applicant may, at his
option, submit a site plan for the proposed planned development
simultaneously with the submission of the Master Development Plan. In such
case, the applicant shall comply with all provisions of this ordinance
applicable to submission of the Master Development Plan and to submission
of a site plan. The Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council
shall consider such plans simultaneously and shall grant or deny Master
Development Plan and site plan approval in accordance with the provisions
of this ordinance.
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(5) Staff review and comment. Upon certification by the Director of Public Works
that an application for Master Development Plan approval is complete, the
director shall request review and comment on the proposed development by
the city staff and any other federal, state, county, or local governmental
agencies as the director may determine to be affected by, or potentially
interested in, the proposed development comments on the proposed Master
Development Plan shall be filed with the director within 30 days of the date
of certification that the application is complete. The Director of Public Works
shall transmit all such comments, together with his comments and
recommendation to the Planning and Zoning Commission within 45 days of
the date that the Master Development Plan application has been certified to
be complete.
(6) Public hearing. A joint public hearing before the Planning and Zoning
Commission and the City Council on the proposed Master Development Plan
shall be set, advertised and conducted by the Planning and Zoning
Commission in accordance the provisions of Section 67 of this ordinance
relating to amendments within 45 days after the Director of Public Works has
certified that the application is complete. At such public hearing the applicant
shall submit the proposed development plan for review by the commission
together with such supporting testimony and documentation as he may
believe necessary or desirable. The members of the public shall have the
opportunity to comment on the proposed plan and submit such testimony
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and documentation with respect thereto as they may believe to be necessary
or desirable.
(7) Action by Planning and Zoning Commission. Within 15 days following the
conclusion of the public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall
consider the application and all comments, recommendations and
submissions with respect to it and shall transmit to the City Council its
findings and recommendation that the proposed Master Development Plan
either be approved, be approved subject to modifications, or not be
approved. Such recommendation shall be accompanied by the comments
and recommendations of the director of public works and all other comments
with respect to the proposed development that have been filed with the
director. In considering the Master Development Plan and formulating its
recommendation, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be guided by,
and shall in its report specifically address, the standards made applicable to
the proposed planned development by the applicable Planned Development
District regulations of this ordinance. The failure of the Planning and Zoning
Commission to act within 15 days following the conclusion of such hearing,
or such longer period as may be agreed to in writing by the applicant, shall
be deemed a recommendation for the approval of the Master Development
Plan as submitted.
(8) Action by City Council. Within 15 days following the receipt of the report of
the Planning and Zoning Commission, or its failure to act as above provided,
the City Council shall either refuse to approve the proposed Master
Development Plan; shall refer it back to the Planning and Zoning
Commission for further consideration of specified matters; or, shall, by
ordinance duly adopted, approve the Master Development Plan, with or
without modifications to be accepted by the applicant as a condition of such
approval. An application for approval of a Master Development Plan shall not
be denied solely on the ground that it contains a mixture of different types of
residential units. In the event the City Council shall fail to act within the time
limit herein specified, or the applicant declines to accept the modifications
requested by the City Council, the Master Development Plan shall be
deemed finally denied. In any case where the proposed Master Development
Plan is resubmitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission, the commission
shall undertake further consideration of the plan with the applicant and file
its further recommendation with the City Council pursuant to subsection D.7.
above within 30 days of such resubmittal.
(9) Notice of action. Within seven days of the City Council's action, or its failure
to act as above provided, the Director of Public Works shall mail notice
thereof to all parties of record to the public hearing.
(10) Reapplication after denial. If the City Council has refused to approve a
Master Development Plan, a subsequent application for approval of
substantially the same plan may not be refiled until at least 12 months have
elapsed since the action of the City Council in refusing to approve the said
Master Development Plan.
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K. Inspections during development.
(1) Inspections by Director of Public Works. Following Master Development Plan
approval of a planned development, or a stage thereof, the Director of Public
Works or his deputy shall, at least annually until the completion of development,
review all permits issued and construction undertaken and compare actual
development with the approved plans for development and with the approved
development schedule and file his report with respect thereto with the City
Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(2) Action by Director of Public Works. If at any time the Director of Public Works
finds that development is not proceeding in accordance with the approved
schedule, or that it fails in any other respect to comply with the Master
Development Plan, he shall immediately notify the City Council of such fact and
issue an order stopping any and all work on the planned development until such
time as any noncompliance is cured.
(3) Action by City Council. Within 30 days of such notice, the council may: (1) after
a public hearing has been held pursuant to subsection D.6. above, revoke, by
ordinance, the Master Development Plan approval; (2) take such steps as it shall
deem necessary to compel compliance with the Master Development Plan as
approved; or, (3) require the owner or applicant to seek an amendment of the
Master Development Plan, as provided in subsection M below.
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Section 47. That Section 47 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Site Plan Review.”, is
hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Applicability. Site plans, prepared and approved in accordance with the provisions of
this section, shall be required to assist the Planning Services department in the
review of certain applications for building permits, to assure compliance with all
applicable requirements and standards of this ordinance, and in such other instances
as may be required by the terms of this ordinance. Whenever a site plan is required
by this section, or any other provision of this ordinance, the city shall not issue any
building permit until a site plan, which is in compliance with the applicable zoning
district regulations, is approved.
B. Authority.
1. The Director of Planning Services shall, subject to the procedures, standards
and limitations hereinafter set forth, review and approve site plans for those uses
listed under Section 47.C.1—C.5 of this ordinance.
2. Any site plan that is required by Section 47.C.6 of this ordinance shall not be
approved until:
a. The Director of Planning Services has reviewed the site plan and made a
report to the Planning and Zoning Commission, with respect of whether the
plan complies with codes and ordinances of the city; and
b. The Planning and Zoning Commission has received the site plan and made a
recommendation to the City Council with respect to whether the site plan is in
substantial conformity with the approved master development plan for this
property; and
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c. The City Council has reviewed and approved the site plan as being in
substantial conformity with the approved master development plan.
3. Any site plan that is required by Section 48 of this ordinance shall not be
approved until a conditional use permit has been authorized by the City Council.
C. Development and uses requiring a site plan. Site plan review and approval, in
accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be required for the following
developments and uses.
1. Any permitted, secondary, or conditional use in the following residential
districts: R-3.5, R-3.75, R-TH, R-MF.
2. Any permitted, secondary, or conditional use in the following commercial
districts: LB, GV, CN, CC, HC, PO, HCO and RA.
3. Any permitted, secondary, or conditional use in the following industrial
districts: BP and LI.
4. Any development or redevelopment within the airport noise overlay districts.
5. All permitted, secondary, and conditional uses in the governmental use (GU)
district.
6. All development in the PRD-6, PRD-12, PCD and PID districts, except single-
family detached dwellings and their related secondary uses and structures.
Any site plan issued in connection with a planned development district must
be in conformance with the approved master development plan for that
district.
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E. Contents of site plan application.
1. Whenever a site plan is required under subsection C, the application for site plan
approval shall include the following information and material:
(a) Site plan application:
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(6) The copy of the final plat or replat of the approved subdivision by City
Council showing property boundary lines and dimensions; and
easements, roadways, rail lines and public rights-of-way crossing and
adjacent to the subject property.
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E. Contents of site plan application.
1. Whenever a site plan is required under subsection C, the application for site plan
approval shall include the following information and material:
(b) Site plan requirements.
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(1) All site plans submitted in conjunction with a conditional use, Section
48 or a special use, Section 49 shall be drawn by a registered surveyor,
registered architect, or registered engineer.
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(17) A detailed landscaping plan meeting the provisions of Section 53 of this
ordinance.
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(20) Any other information that may be required by the Director of Planning
Services to determine that the application is in compliance with the
codes and ordinances of the City.
(21) Parking for disabled persons should be designated according to
Chapter 23 Section 23-64 through 23-69 of the Code of Ordinances.
(22) Designate all refuse storage areas according to Section 50.B.3.
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(24) In the case of any use requiring a conditional use permit or a special
use permit, a tree preservation permit may be required by the City
Council in accordance with Section 52.D.1. The tree preservation
permit shall be in accordance with Section 52.E.
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F. Procedure for processing site plans. The following procedures shall govern the
processing and approval of site plan applications.
1. Pre-application conference: Prior to filing a formal site plan application, the
applicant shall request a pre-application conference with the Director of Planning
Services, or a designee. The purpose of the pre-application conference shall be
to assist the applicant in bringing the site plan into conformity with these and
other regulations applying to the subject property and to define the specific
submission requirements for site plan applications, thereby potentially
expediting the review process.
(a) No applications may be submitted to or accepted by the Director of Planning
Services, or a designee, during the pre-application conference.
(b) At the discretion of the Director of Planning Services, or a designee, the pre-
application conference requirement may be waived.
2. Application: Applications for site plan approval shall be submitted to the Director
of Planning Services, or a designee, in four duplicate copies. All maps and
graphics, submitted as part of the site plan application, shall be to scale and not
smaller than one inch equals 50 feet. A nonrefundable application fee, as
established from time to time by the City Council, to help defray administrative
costs and costs of a hearing, shall accompany each application.
(a) Certification of application and official filing date.
(1) For the purposes of these regulations, the “official filing date” shall be
the date upon which a complete application for approval of a site plan
containing all elements as specified in subsection E and subsection
F.2. is submitted to the Director of Planning Services or a designee. No
application shall be certified as officially filed until the Director of
Planning Services or a designee determines the completeness of the
application and a fee receipt is issued by the City. Failure by the
Director of Planning Services or a designee to make a determination of
incompleteness within ten (10) calendar days following the date on
which the application was first received by the City shall result in the
application being certified complete, and the “official filed date” shall
become the 10th calendar day following initial receipt of the application
by the City.
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(2) Site plan applications which do not include all required content will be
considered incomplete, shall not be accepted for official filing by the
City, and the Director of Planning Services or a designee shall notify
the applicant, in writing, of the respects in which the application is
deficient within ten (10) calendar days.
(3) An incomplete application that has not been revised to meet the
completeness requirements shall be considered expired on the 45th
day after the original submission of the application. The City may retain
the application fee paid. Following an expired application, any
additional or further requests by the applicant must be accompanied by
a new application and fee containing all elements as specified in
subsection E and subsection F.2. No vested rights accrue from the
submission of an application that has expired pursuant to this section.
(4) If the application is determined to be complete, the applicant shall be
provided notice of acceptance and the date of official filing for
scheduling and review purposes, and the application shall be
processed as prescribed by this section. It is not guaranteed that a
certified, complete application will be approved if, after the application
is deemed complete, it is determined that the application does not
comply with regulations set forth in this ordinance and all other
applicable laws or regulations.
(b) Withdrawal of application by applicant. An applicant shall have the right to
withdraw an application, without prejudice, at any time prior to action on the
application.
(1) The applicant shall submit a written withdrawal request to the Director
of Planning Services, and after withdrawal, the City will not take further
action on the application.
(2) The application shall be considered terminated and no rights shall vest
based on the application.
(3) To re-initiate review, the applicant may resubmit the application which
shall in all respects treated as a new application for purposes of review,
scheduling, and payment of application fees.
3. Action by Director of Planning Services: Within 30 days of the filing of an
application, the Director of Planning Services shall cause such application and
the attached site plan to be reviewed, in terms of the standards established by
Section 47.H. below, by qualified City personnel. The Director shall then either:
(1) approve the application; (2) approve it subject to the applicant obtaining
further specified approvals pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance; (3) on
the basis of written findings in accordance with Section 47.H below, approve it
subject to specific modifications; or (4) on the basis of such findings, decline to
approve the application, provided, however, that in the case of site plan
applications required by Section 47.C.6, the Director of Planning Services shall
not approve said applications but shall submit them together with his report
thereon to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Immediately upon concluding
his review, the Director of Planning Services shall return one copy of the
applicant's plans to him, marked to show either approval or approval subject to
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modification, which modifications shall be clearly and permanently marked on
such plans. The failure of the Director of Planning Services or a designee to act
within said 30 days on any application, except one required by Section 47.C.6,
shall be deemed to be approval of the application and plans.
(a) 30-day action extension request and waiver.
(1) Waiver. The City may not request or require an applicant to waive a
deadline or other approval procedure.
(2) An applicant may submit in writing a request to extend the 30-day action
in relation to the decision time for approval of the site plan, in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
(3) If the applicant requests an extension, such request must be received
by the Director of Planning Services on or before the 11th calendar day
prior to the Director of Planning Services’ deadline to take action on the
application. Extension requests that are not received by that day shall
not be considered properly submitted, and action shall be taken on the
application as scheduled.
(4) Submission of a request to extend the 30-day action, and acceptance of
such waiver by the Director of Planning Services, shall not be deemed
in any way a waiver of any requirement within these regulations. Where
applicable, a waiver from requirements herein is a separate and distinct
process.
(b) Disapproval.
(1) If an application is disapproved, the Director of Planning Services shall
include in their decision a reference to the specific reasons for
disapproval.
(2) The applicant shall be provided with a written statement no later than
the end of the next business day after the date of the decision of the
reasons for disapproval that clearly articulates each specific reason for
disapproval. Each reason specified in the written statement may not be
arbitrary and must:
(i) Be directly related to the requirements under this Section; and
(ii) Include a citation to the law, including a statute or municipal
ordinance, that is the basis for the approval with modifications or
disapproval, if applicable.
(c) Resubmittal.
(1) If the Director of Planning Services declines to approve the site plan
application, or approves the site plan application subject to
modifications, the applicant may submit a written response
demonstrating how they have satisfied each modification, or remedied
each reason for denial. The written response shall include the revised
site plan and any additional submittal requirements applicable.
(i) The applicant’s disapproval of any specific modifications for approval
constitutes the City’s continuing disapproval of the site plan
application.
(ii) The applicant’s disapproval to a reason for disapproval constitutes
the City’s continuing disapproval of the site plan application.
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(2) The Director of Planning Services shall determine whether to approve
or decline to approve a previously conditioned approval or declined site
plan application no later than fifteen (15) days of receipt of the
applicant’s response.
(i) The Director of Planning Services may decline to approve the site
plan application only for a specific condition or reason provided to
the applicant in response to the initial modifications or denial.
(ii) If the applicant’s response adequately addresses each modification
or reason for denial, then the Director of Planning Services shall
approve the site plan application following the same procedure for
action on the initial site plan application.
(iii) If the Director of Planning Services does not approve or decline to
approve the site plan application within fifteen (15) days, the site
plan application is deemed approved.
4. Conferences and modifications during review: While reviewing such application,
the Director of Planning Services or a designee may, or at the request of the
applicant shall, meet with the applicant for such conferences concerning the
proposed site plan as may be appropriate and may accept amended plans in
substitution of those originally submitted.
5. Action by Board of Zoning Adjustment: If the Director of Planning Services
declines to approve the application, or approves it subject to modifications which
are not acceptable to the applicant, such action shall not be deemed final
administrative action but shall entitle the applicant to have their application
referred to the Board of Zoning Adjustment for review and decision of such
matters as remained unresolved between the director and applicant. Such
review may be secured by the applicant by filing a written request no later than
fifteen (15) days after the date the decision being notified of the decision therefor
with the Director of Planning Services. Upon receipt of such request, the Director
of Planning Services shall immediately refer the applicant and their report
thereon to the Board of Zoning Adjustment, which shall review and act upon the
application in the same manner and subject to the same standards and
limitations as those made applicable to the Director of Planning Services, except
that the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall have 30 days from the date of such
referral within which to act. The decision of the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall
be final.
6. Third Party Review.
(a) If a regulatory authority does not approve, approve subject to modifications,
or disapprove a development document by the 15th day after the date
prescribed by a provision of this ordinance for the approval, approval subject
to modifications, or disapproval of the document, any required review of the
document may be performed by a person (third-party) in accordance with
Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 247.
(b) If a regulatory authority does not conduct a required development inspection
by the 15th day after the date prescribed by a provision of this ordinance for
conducting the inspection, the inspection may be conducted by a person
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(third-party) in accordance with Texas Local Government Code, Chapter
247.
G. Standards for site plan review.
1. Standards. The Director of Planning Services shall not refuse to approve, and
the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council shall not disapprove
site plans submitted pursuant to this section, except on the basis of specific
written findings dealing with one or more of the following standards:
a. The application is incomplete in specified particulars or contains or reveals
violations of the zoning ordinance or other ordinances of the city which the
applicant has, after written request, failed or refused to supply or correct.
b. In the case of a site plan submitted in conjunction with a planned
development, a special or conditional use permit or any district regulations
in this ordinance that contain specific development standards, such as the
PRD-6, PRD-12, PCD or PID districts, the site plan fails to meet adequately
specified standards required by this ordinance with respect to such
development or special use.
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i. In the case of site plans for developments in the PRD-6, PRD-12, PCD and
PID districts, the proposed site plan fails, in specified particulars, to conform
substantially to the approved master development plan for the property.
2. Alternative approaches. In citing any of the foregoing standards, other than those
of subparagraph 1.a, as the basis for declining to approve or for disapproving a
site plan, the Director of Planning Services shall suggest alternate site plan
approaches which could be utilized to avoid the specified deficiency or shall state
the reasons why such deficiency cannot be avoided consistent with the
applicant's objectives.
H. Effect of site plan approval. If the Director of Planning Services or the City Council or
the Planning and Zoning Commission approves the application or approves it subject
to further specified approvals or to modification which are acceptable to the applicant,
such approval shall not authorize the establishment or extension of any use nor the
development, construction, reconstruction, alteration or moving of any building, or
structure, but shall authorize only the preparation, filing and processing of
applications for any further permits or approvals which may be required by the codes
and ordinances of the city, including any approvals such as a building permit, a
certificate of occupancy or subdivision approval.
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K. Filing fees for uses requiring a site plan. For applications requiring a site plan not
associated with Section 48, Conditional uses or Section 49 Special uses, the
applicant shall pay to the city the sum of $250.00 for all tracts or parcels of land that
do not exceed one acre and an additional fee of $12.50 per acre or part thereof for
each additional tract or parcel that exceeds one acre, no part of which shall be
refundable regardless of the action taken on the request.
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Section 48. That Section 47 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Conditional Uses.”, is
hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Purpose. In each zoning district, there are some uses which would be appropriate in
some but not all locations within the district. Typically, there are uses that may have
some special impact or uniqueness which requires a careful review of their location,
design, configuration and special impact to determine, against fixed standards, the
desirability of permitting their establishment on any given site. They are uses which
may or may not be appropriate in a particular location depending on a weighing, in
each case, of the public need and benefit against the local impact and effect. In this
ordinance, such uses are classified as conditional uses and before they may be
established, the Planning and Zoning Commission must recommend, based upon
findings of fact derived from evidence received at a public hearing, and the City
Council must by ordinance approve the establishment of the use.
B. Authorization. The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend, and the City
Council may authorize, the establishment of those conditional uses that are expressly
authorized to be permitted as a conditional use in a particular zoning district or in one
or more zoning district. No conditional use shall be authorized unless this ordinance
specifically authorizes such conditional use to be granted and unless such grant
complies with all of the applicable provisions of this ordinance.
C. Initiation. An application for a conditional use permit may be filed by the owner of, or
other person having a contractual or possessory interest in, the subject property. Any
application filed by a person who is not the owner of the property for which the
conditional use permit is sought shall be accompanied by evidence of the consent of
the owner.
D. Application for conditional use permit. An application for a conditional use permit shall
be filed in duplicate with the Director of Planning Services, or such other official as
he may designate, who shall forward without delay one copy to the Planning and
Zoning Commission. The application shall contain a site plan and the following
information; as well as such additional information as may be prescribed by rule of
the commission or the Director of Planning Services. A site plan is not required for
property zoned R-5.0 Zero Lot Line District:
1. The applicant's name and address and their interest in the subject property;
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7. An application for site plan approval, as required and defined in Section 47 of
this chapter;
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E. Hearing on conditional use permit application. A public hearing on the application
shall be held and notice thereof given in the manner and form required for
amendments as set out in Section 67 of this chapter unless the Director of Planning
Services or the Planning and Zoning Commission determines that the application is
incomplete.
For applications involving minor modifications to previously approved conditional use
permits, the Director of Planning Services may present the application to a site plan
review committee consisting of a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission
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(appointed by the commission chairman), the City Council representative to the Planning
and Zoning Commission, and the Director of Planning Services, which shall determine if
the proposed modification(s) are such that a public hearing before the Planning and
Zoning Commission and the City Council is or is not warranted. If the Site Plan Review
Committee determines that a public hearing is not warranted, the application will be
reviewed and approved administratively under the authority of the Site Plan Review
Committee. For administratively approved modifications to a previously approved
conditional use permit, the full application fee shall be retained by the City.
F. Standards. The following standards, among other relevant standards, may be
considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council in determining
whether a conditional use may be granted:
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6. That off-street parking and loading areas will be provided in accordance with the
standards set out in Section 56, Section 57 and Section 58 of this chapter, and
such areas will be screened from any adjoining residential uses and located so
as to protect such residential uses from any injurious effect;
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11. The Director of Planning Services has approved the detailed landscaping plan
as having met the provisions of Section 53;
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G. Conditions and restrictions. In granting a conditional use, the Planning and Zoning
Commission may recommend, and the City Council may impose such conditions,
safeguards and restrictions upon the premises benefited by the conditional use as
may be necessary to comply with the standards set out in Section 48.F of this
ordinance to avoid, or minimize, or mitigate any potentially injurious effect of such
conditional uses upon other property in the neighborhood, and to carry out the
general purpose and intent of this ordinance. Such conditions shall be set out in the
ordinance approving the conditional use permit.
H. Affidavit of compliance with conditions. Whenever any conditional use permit
authorized pursuant to this section is made subject to conditions to be met by the
applicant, the applicant shall, upon meeting such conditions, file an affidavit with the
Director of Planning Services so stating.
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J. Period of validity. No conditional use permit shall be valid for a period longer than
one year from the date on which the City Council grants the conditional use, unless
within such one-year period: (1) a building permit is obtained and the erection or
alteration of a structure is started, or (2) an occupancy permit is obtained and a use
commenced. The City Council may grant one additional extension not exceeding one
year, upon written application, without notice or hearing. No additional extension shall
be granted without complying with the notice and hearing requirements for an initial
application for a conditional use permit.
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Section 48. That Section 49 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Special Use Permits.”, is
hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Purpose. The Special Use Permit procedure is designed to provide the Planning and
Zoning Commission and the City Council with an opportunity for discretionary review
of requests to establish or construct uses or structures which may be necessary or
desirable for, or which have the potential for a deleterious impact upon, the health,
safety, and welfare of the public, for the purpose of determining whether the proposed
location of the use or structure is appropriate and whether it will be designed and
located so as to avoid, minimize or mitigate any potentially adverse effects upon the
community or the other properties in its vicinity. The discretionary special use permit
procedure is designed to enable the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City
Council to impose conditions upon such uses and structures that are designed to
avoid, minimize or mitigate potentially adverse effects upon the community or other
properties in the vicinity of the proposed use or structure, and to deny requests for a
special use permit when it is apparent that a proposed use or structure will or may
occasionally harm the community or cause injury to the value, lawful use, and
reasonable enjoyment of other properties in the vicinity of the proposed use or
structure.
B. Authorized special uses. The following uses and structures may be established or
constructed only upon the issuance of a special use permit in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 49:
1. Communication uses: Notwithstanding any other provision of this ordinance,
including regulations identified in Section 59, Communication Antennas, Support
Structures, and Satellite Dishes, the following communication uses shall be
regulated and governed by the following use regulations and requirements:
a. Exceptions: Communication uses shall be required to plat the property as
required by Section 47, Site Plan Review, but shall not be required to meet
the minimum lot size, width or depth and area requirements as regulated in
the specific zoning district.
For requests relative to communication uses that will be located on existing
structures with associated cabinetry/equipment located underground or
on/within an existing cabinet area/structure, or for the reconstruction of
existing towers or monopoles with no increase in height, said request, upon
review by the Director of Planning Services may be considered a permitted
use to be administratively reviewed and approved under the authority of the
Director of Planning Services pursuant to Section 47, Site Plan Review.
b. Antenna support structures utilized for the purpose of transmission,
retransmission, and/or reception of electromagnetic, radio, television, or
microwave signal such as a tower, mast, monopole, tripod, box frame, or
other structures in any residential, commercial or industrial district. One
secondary equipment building is allowed per antenna support structure.
c. Microwave reflectors/antennas and receivers and antenna support
structures in any district. One secondary equipment building is allowed per
antenna support structure.
d. A commercial antenna may be attached to an existing utility structure,
electrical transmission/distribution tower, or elevated water storage tank
exceeding 75 feet in height, provided that the antenna does not extend more
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than ten feet above the height of the utility structure. One secondary
equipment building is allowed per utility structure. Setbacks from
residentially zoned property do not apply to antennas attached to utility
structures exceeding 75 feet in height.
2. Public utility distribution facilities and equipment in any district.
3. Amusement and video game arcades.
4. Massage establishments.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of any ordinance or any City code provision
currently in effect in the City of Grapevine, the operation of a massage
establishment and/or the performing of massage services permitted by the
laws of the State of Texas, shall be regulated and governed as provided
herein.
(b) The operation of a massage establishment and/or the performing of massage
services shall be illegal in the City of Grapevine, unless on property zoned
specifically for that purpose in accordance with and pursuant to Section 49 of
this ordinance.
5. Novelty establishments and retail specialty.
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7. Sexually oriented businesses.
(a) A sexually oriented business shall be a permitted use only in Light industrial
Districts and in Planned industrial Development Districts and only upon the
issuance of a special use permit in accordance with and pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 49. A sexually oriented business shall not be located
within 1,000 feet of a church, a school, a boundary of a residential district, a
public park or the property line of a lot devoted to residential use.
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8. Helistop.
9. Heliports in the CC, HC, HCO, LI and GU zoning districts.
10. Group care homes for the intellectually disabled, abused women, physical and
psychiatric rehabilitation but excluding criminal correctional facilities in any
district, except for R-7.5, R-12.5 and R-20 single-family districts. Half-way
houses or criminal correction facilities shall not be permitted in any district,
except as provided for in Section 38, Governmental Use District.
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13. Neighborhood day care center.
(a) The following minimum design requirements shall be required for neighborhood
day care centers permitted as a special use.
(1) Lots for neighborhood day care centers permitted as a special use shall
have a minimum lot area of one acre.
(2) Width of lot, feet: 150.
(3) Depth of lot, feet: 175.
(4) A landscape plan, meeting the requirements of Section 53 of this
ordinance.
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(5) Required 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.
(6) Garbage storage shall be screened on all four sides by a solid wooden
or masonry fence and located on a concrete pad not less than 50 feet
to any adjoining property.
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D. Contents of application. An application for a special use permit shall be filed with the
Director of Planning Services or a designee. The application shall contain the
following information as well as such additional information as may be prescribed by
rule of the commission or the Director of Planning Services:
1. The applicant's name and address and their interest in the subject property;
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6. An application for site plan approval, as required and defined in Section 47 of
this ordinance;
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E. Hearing on special use permit application. A public hearing on an application for a
special use permit shall be held and notice thereof given in the manner and form
required for amendments as set out in Section 67 of this chapter.
For applications involving minor modifications to previously approved special use
permits, the Director of Planning Services may present the application to a site plan
review committee consisting of a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission
(appointed by the commission chairman), the City Council representative to the Planning
and Zoning Commission, and the Director of Planning Services, which shall determine if
the proposed modification(s) are such that a public hearing before the Planning and
Zoning Commission and the City Council is or is not warranted. If the Site Plan Review
Committee determines that a public hearing is not warranted, the application will be
reviewed and approved administratively under the authority of the Site Plan review
Committee. For administratively approved modifications to a previously approved special
use permit, the full application fee shall be retained by the City.
F. In considering an application for a special use permit, the Planning and Zoning
Commission, and the City Council shall take into consideration the following factors:
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13. Whether off-street parking and loading areas will be provided in accordance with
the standards set out in Section 56 and Section 57 of this ordinance, and such
areas will be screened from any adjoining residential uses and located so as to
protect such residential uses from any injurious effect;
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17. Whether the Director of Planning Services has approved the detailed
landscaping plan as having met the provisions of Section 53.
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G. Conditions and restrictions. In considering a special use permit application, the
Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend, and the City Council may
impose such conditions, safeguards and restrictions upon the premises benefitted by
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the special use as may be necessary to avoid, minimize, or mitigate any potentially
injurious effect of such special uses upon other property in the neighborhood, and to
carry out the general purpose and intent of this ordinance. Such conditions shall be
set out in the ordinance approving the special use permit.
H. Affidavit of compliance with conditions. Whenever any special use permit authorized
pursuant to this section is made subject to conditions to be met by the applicant, the
applicant shall, upon meeting such conditions, file an affidavit with the Director of
Planning Services so stating.
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J. Period of validity. No special use permit shall be valid for a period longer than one
year from the date on which the City Council grants the special use, unless within
such one-year period: (1) a building permit is obtained and the erection or alteration
of a structure is started, or (2) an occupancy permit is obtained and a use
commenced. The City Council may grant one additional extension not exceeding one
year, upon written application, without notice or hearing. No additional extension shall
be granted without complying with the notice and hearing requirements for an initial
application for a special use permit.
Section 50. That Section 50 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Screening.”, is hereby
amended, as follows:
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C. Screening standards. Under various zoning districts and circumstances, screening is
required. The following are the approved types of screening as referred to in various
places in this chapter:
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2. Screening Alternate B. Screening Alternate B shall consist of landscaped
earthen berms to a minimum height of six feet. Side slopes of berm shall have a
minimum of two feet of horizontal distance for each one foot of height. Berms
shall contain necessary drainage provisions as required by the city engineer.
Landscaping shall be as required in Section 53.
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E. Additional screening, fencing, landscaping. The Planning and Zoning Commission
may recommend and the City Council may require screening, fencing and
landscaping requirements on any zoning case 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 devices
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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Section 51. That Section 51 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Requirements for Open
Space and Recreational Areas.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Purpose: The requirements for open space, park and recreational areas contained
in this Section 51 are intended to ensure that in new residential developments in the
City of Grapevine there will be sufficient land dedicated or otherwise set aside to
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meet the demand and need of the future residents of the development for open
space, and neighborhood parks, containing passive or active recreational areas that
are reasonably attributable to such development. In determining the size of the
parcel, or parcels, that should be set aside and reserved in the manner set out in this
Section 51 the City Council has taken as a benchmark the standards of the National
Recreation and Park Association. It is the policy of the City that when land is
dedicated or otherwise set aside and reserved for open space and park and
recreational areas, such land should be in close proximity to the residential
development it is designed to serve and shall be of such size, character, and
dimensions as is necessary to provide usable open space and park and recreational
areas.
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C. Character and minimum area:
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3. The minimum amount of open space and park recreational area that shall be
dedicated or otherwise reserved pursuant to this Section 51 shall be:
(a) In the R-20, R-12.5, R-7.5, R-5.0, and R-TH Districts, 300 square feet per
dwelling unit.
(b) In all other residential districts, including the PRD-6 and PRD-12 Districts, the
open space and recreational area requirements shall be observed.
4. No land dedicated or otherwise reserved in compliance with this Section 51 shall
have dimensions smaller than 100 feet in width and 150 feet in depth. In any
development which includes wooded areas, flood plains, or other natural
amenities which it is desirable to maintain, the City Council may grant an
exception from the strict application of these minimum dimensions whenever it
determines that by doing so the protection and preservation of such areas will
be promoted.
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D. Platting requirements: The Director of Parks and Recreation, a designated Parks and
Recreation Board Member, a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and
a member of City Council shall compose an open space committee. The City Council
representative shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member of the committee. The Open
Space Committee shall have a plat review meeting regarding each proposed land
donation prior to it being submitted to the City Council. Any land dedicated or
otherwise reserved under this Section 51 for open space or park and recreational
area shall be shown on a plat submitted for approval by the Planning and Zoning
Commission and City Council. Upon approval, said plat shall be filed of record in the
county in which the property is located.
The City Council may, upon application by a developer, or other person or firm with
a legal interest in the land to be developed, allow the open space and park and
recreational areas required by this Section 51 to be restricted to the use and
enjoyment of residents of the particular development or subdivision. The City Council
may grant such request whenever it finds: (1) that the public open space and park
and recreational areas required by this Section 51 cannot be effectively and
efficiently integrated into the public park system of the City; (2) that the open space
and park and recreational needs of the residents of the development or subdivision
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can be supplied by the reservation of private open space and recreational areas at
least as adequately as by the dedication of public park land; and, (3) that the
developer or subdivider has complied, or will comply, with the requirements of
Section 51.F, below. Such open space and park and recreational areas shall be
clearly noted on the plat or master development plan as "private open space or
private recreational land" at the time of submission to the city for action by the
Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council.
E. Payment of cash in lieu of reservation of open space or park and recreational areas:
In any case in which the land required to be dedicated or otherwise reserved by this
Section 51 would be less than 30,000 square feet, the developer or subdivider shall,
and in all other instances the City Council may, upon finding that the park and
recreational needs of a proposed development would be better served by the
expansion or improvement of an existing park, require that the developer or
subdivider pay the City of Grapevine a sum of money that is equal to the fair market
value of the land that would be required to be dedicated or otherwise reserved for
open space or park and recreational areas pursuant to this Section 51 in lieu of such
dedication or reservation. A developer or subdivider may, with the consent of the City
Council, as an alternative to, and in lieu of, dedicating or otherwise reserving land for
open space or park and recreational purposes, pay the aforesaid sum to the City of
Grapevine. Said payment shall be made in the form of a cashier's check or other
cash equivalent including an irrevocable letter of credit on a form approved by the
City Attorney and with a bank or financial institution acceptable to the City and
delivered to the Director of Planning Services. Said payment shall be due before the
City approves any construction plans for work authorized by Appendix E, or when
construction plans are not required by Appendix E payment shall be due at the time
the plats are accepted for filing. Title to all payments, in whichever approved form of
payment is used, shall vest in the city immediately upon approval of the final plat by
the City Council. All such payments: (1) shall be segregated in a separate fund and
used only for the acquisition and improvements of open space and park and
recreational areas within the City of Grapevine that will meet the needs of the
residents of the development or subdivision in respect of which such payment was
made; (2) shall be expended on the acquisition or improvements of park land that is
not more than one mile from the development or subdivision, or within two miles from
the development or subdivision in the event the City Council determines and finds
that it is not feasible, practical or advantageous to expend the funds within the one
mile distance; (3) if not expended within three years of receipt, or unconditionally
committed to be expended, shall be refunded to the developer or subdivider.
F. Maintenance: If the open space and recreational areas required by this Section 51
are to remain private, such areas shall be maintained by and deeded to a
homeowners' association, or a trustee. No plat or master development plan
containing a reservation of private open space and recreational areas shall be
approved until the applicant shall have filed with the Zoning Administrator a
declaration of the covenants and restrictions that will govern such association or
trustee, and received approval of the same from the Planning and Zoning
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Commission and the City Council. Such instrument shall be approved by the City
Attorney as to legal form and effect, and by the Planning and Zoning Commission as
to the suitability of the proposed use of the proposed open space and recreational
areas.
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Section 52. That Section 52 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Tree Preservation.”, is
hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish rules and regulations governing
the protection of trees and vegetation cover within the City of Grapevine, to
encourage the protection of healthy trees and vegetation and to provide for the
replacement and replanting of trees that are illegally removed from developed or
undeveloped property, or are necessarily removed during construction,
development, or redevelopment.
B. Applicability. The terms and provisions of this section shall apply to real property as
follows:
1. All real property upon which any designated specimen or historic tree is located.
2. All vacant and undeveloped property.
3. All property to be redeveloped, including additions and alterations.
4. The yard areas of all developed property, excluding owner-occupied single-
family residential property; rental properties are not excluded and are specifically
subject to the provisions of this ordinance.
5. All easements and rights-of-way except those included in a plat approved by City
Council shall meet the terms and provisions of this section.
C. Tree permit required.
1. A tree preservation permit may be required by City Council and approved in
connection with a request for a zone change, conditional use or special use
permit request or when a plat (preliminary, final, or replat) is filed, unless one
has already been approved. This permit shall be prepared by a registered
landscape architect, registered architect, registered engineer or registered
surveyor.
2. A protected tree removal permit shall be required when protected trees are to be
removed from a site. No person, directly or indirectly, shall cut down, destroy,
remove or move, or effectively destroy through damaging, any protected tree,
specimen tree or historic tree situated on property described above without first
obtaining approval from the Director of Planning Services and a protected tree
removal permit unless the conditions of Section 52.H.1 and Section 52.H.2
apply. A registered landscape architect, registered architect, registered engineer
or registered surveyor shall prepare a permit submitted for approval by the
Planning and Zoning Commission. A tree removal permit and/or protected tree
removal permit submitted for approval by Planning Services staff does not have
to be prepared by a registered landscape architect, registered architect,
registered engineer or registered surveyor.
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D. Tree preservation permit. The purpose of this requirement is to provide a review
process to preserve the existing natural environment whenever possible and to
encourage the preservation of large specimen trees throughout any construction or
land development. The tree preservation permit shall include the following:
1. Location of all existing or proposed structures, improvements such as streets,
alleyways etc. and site uses, properly dimensioned and referenced to property
lines, setback and yard requirements.
2. Date, scale, north point, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of
both property owner and the person preparing the plan.
3. Location of existing and proposed public utility easements, public access
easements and drainage easements on the lot.
4. Location and dimensions of visibility triangles on the lot.
5. The City Council shall dictate what caliper size tree to survey for purposes of
preservation of existing trees. Protected trees to remain shall be designated by
a circle.
6. The City Council shall dictate what caliper size tree to survey for purposes of
removal. Protected trees to be removed shall be designated by a triangle.
7. Tree information required above shall be summarized in legend form on the plan
and shall include the reason for the proposed removal. This same summary shall
also be submitted on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper.
8. Protected tree replacement plan: The plan shall exhibit the location of proposed
protected trees to be replaced and include a legend indicating the species,
caliper size and height of proposed protected tree replacement. Replacement
trees shall be designated by a square. The legend shall also be submitted on an
8.5" x 11" sheet of paper.
(a) No replacement tree may be planted within a visibility triangle, a water course,
or an existing or proposed street or alley.
(b) A replacement tree must have a minimum caliper of at least three inches when
measured at six inches above ground level.
(c) A replacement tree that dies within two years of the date it was planted must
be replaced by another replacement tree that complies with the tree
preservation permit.
9. Tree protection plan: The plan shall describe how existing, healthy protected
trees proposed to remain will be protected from damage during any construction
or land development in accordance with Section 52.J., Tree Protection.
E. Protected tree removal permit. Permits for removal or replacement of protected trees
covered herein shall be obtained by making application on a form prescribed by the
City and submitted to the Director of Planning Services. The application shall be
accompanied by a preliminary plat showing the exact location, caliper size, height,
and common name of all protected trees to be removed. The application shall also
be accompanied by a written document indicating the reasons for removal or
replacement of protected trees and two copies of a legible site plan drawn to the
largest practicable scale indicating the following:
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1. Location of all existing or proposed structures, improvements such as streets,
alleyways, etc. and site uses, properly dimensioned and referenced to property
lines, setback and yard requirements and special relationships.
2. Date, scale, north point, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of
both property owner and the person preparing the plan.
3. Existing and proposed site elevations, grades and major contours.
4. Location of existing and proposed public utility easements, public access
easements and drainage easements on the lot.
5. Location and dimensions of visibility triangles on the lot.
6. Survey locating protected trees on the site to remain that are three inch caliper
or greater when measured at a point 4½ feet above the ground level. Protected
trees to remain shall be designated by a circle.
7. Survey locating trees on the site to be removed that are three inch caliper or
greater when measured at point 4½ feet above the ground level. Protected trees
to be removed shall be designated by a triangle.
8. Tree information required above shall be summarized in legend form on the plan
and shall include the reason for the proposed removal. This same summary shall
also be submitted on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper.
9. Protected tree replacement plan: The plan shall exhibit the location of protected
trees proposed to be replaced and include a legend indicating the species,
caliper size and height of proposed tree replacement. Replacement trees shall
be designated by a square. The legend shall also be submitted on an 8.5" x 11"
sheet of paper.
(a) No replacement tree may be planted within a visibility triangle, a
watercourse, or an existing or proposed street or alley.
(b) A replacement tree must have a minimum caliper of at least three inches
when measured at six inches above ground level.
(c) A replacement tree that dies within two years of the date it was planted must
be replaced by another replacement tree that complies with the tree
preservation permit.
10. Tree protection plan: The plan shall describe how existing healthy protected
trees proposed to be retained will be protected from damage during construction.
F. Application review. Upon receipt of a proper application, the Planning and Zoning
Commission shall review the application for new subdivisions and for platted lots, the
Director of Planning Services shall review applications for platted lots; said review
may include a field inspection of the site, and the application may be referred to such
departments as deemed appropriate for review and recommendations. Following the
review and inspection, the permit applications will be approved, disapproved, or
approved with conditions by the Planning and Zoning Commission or Director of
Planning Services as appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
G. Protected tree removal.
1. No protected tree or trees shall be removed prior to issuance of a building permit
unless one of the following conditions exist:
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(a) The protected tree is located in a public utility easement, public access
easement or public street right-of-way as recorded on a plat approved by the
City Council.
In the event that certain protected trees outside the above areas or
protected trees based partially outside the easement are requested to be
removed to allow the operation of equipment, the applicant shall submit a
plat and site plan which indicates the exact operation area needed. The
public works staff must approve all requests for tree removal within these
areas.
(b) The protected tree is diseased, injured, in danger of falling, interferes with utility
service, creates unsafe vision clearance, or conflicts with other ordinances or
regulations with the approval of the Director of Planning Services.
(c) Except for the above, under no circumstances shall there be clear cutting of
protected trees on a property prior to the issuance of a building permit.
(d) Planning Services staff may approve the removal of protected trees that
interfere with the construction of a building and/or the drainage of a lot.
(e) The Public Works staff may approve of the removal of a protected tree or trees
located within a drainage easement if the removal is determined to be
necessary to ensure the proper construction or maintenance of said drainage
easement.
(f) The following species of trees are exempt from the protection and preservation
requirements stated within this ordinance except when located in a floodplain
or watercourse as defined by the city or other government agency and provided
that the subject tree is less than ten caliper inches in diameter:
Hackberry
Cottonwood
Honey Locust
Bois d'Arc
Mesquite
This list is subject to change and will be periodically reviewed and updated
if necessary by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
2. Upon issuance of a building permit, developer shall be allowed to remove
protected trees located on the buildable area of the property. Protected trees
located in required yard areas, buffers and open space areas shall be
maintained. The buildable area shall include sufficient adjacent area to allow the
normal operation of construction equipment. Prior to any tree removal, an
inspection by the building department shall be required and written approval from
the building official shall be granted before said tree(s) are removed.
H. Protected tree replacement requirements. In the event that it is necessary to remove
protected tree(s) outside the buildable area, the developer, as a condition of issuance
of a protected tree removal permit, may be required to replace the protected tree(s)
being removed with comparable trees somewhere within the site.
1. Replacement tree specifications: A sufficient number of trees shall be planted to
equal, in caliper, the diameter of the tree removed. Said replacement trees shall
be a minimum of three inches caliper and seven feet in height when planted, and
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shall be selected from the list of approved replacement trees maintained by the
Director of Planning Services as approved by the Planning and Zoning
Commission. Protected trees that are removed without a permit shall be
replaced at a number equivalent to 125 percent of those protected trees
removed from the site as estimated by the Director of Planning Services.
2. Replacement procedures: At the time of review, the agent responsible for
placement, the time of replacement and the location of the new trees will be
determined by the Director of Planning Services. The replacement trees shall be
located on the subject site whenever possible. However, if this is not feasible,
the City has the authority to allow the planting to take place on another property.
A replacement tree that dies within two years of the date it was planted must be
replaced by another replacement tree in compliance with this ordinance. No
certificates of occupancy shall be issued for the site until all required
replacement trees have been planted, or until the required contribution has been
made to the tree reforestation fund as provided for in subsection hereinbelow.
3. Tree reforestation fund: In situations in which it is not feasible to place the
replacement trees on either the subject site or an alternate site, the applicant,
upon approval of the Director of Planning Services, may make a payment into
the tree reforestation fund. The fund amount shall be equivalent to 100 percent
of the tree replacement cost. For those protected trees removed without a
permit, the fund amount shall be the equivalent of 125 percent of the tree
replacement cost. The funds shall be used only for purchasing and planting trees
on public property or acquiring wooded property that shall remain in a naturalistic
state in perpetuity. The amount of payment that is required for each replacement
tree should be calculated based on a schedule published annually by the City,
which sets forth the average cost of a quality tree added to the average cost of
planting a tree. No certificates of occupancy shall be issued for the site until the
required payment has been made to the tree reforestation fund.
4. Any person(s) aggrieved by the application or staff interpretation of this chapter
may appeal said application or interpretation to the City of Grapevine City
Council, subject to the following requirements: Any appeal of grievance must be
filed in writing with the Director of Planning Services within ten days of the
decision or interpretation. Said appeal must clearly state the basis of the appeal,
including, where applicable, a reference to any applicable evidence supporting
the appeal.
I. Tree protection. During any construction or land development, the developer shall
clearly mark all protected trees to be maintained and may be required to erect and
maintain protective barriers around all such trees or groups of trees. The developer
shall not allow the movement of equipment or the storage of equipment, materials,
and debris or fill to be placed within the drip line of any protected tree.
During the construction stage of development, the developer shall not allow the
cleaning of equipment or material under the canopy of any protected tree or trees to
remain. Neither shall the developer allow the disposal of any waste material such
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as, but not limited to, paint, oil, solvents, asphalt, concrete, mortar, etc., under the
canopy of any protected tree or trees.
No attachment or wires of any kind, other than those of a protective nature, shall be
attached to any protected tree.
J. Tree pruning restrictions.
General: No protected tree shall be pruned in a manner that significantly disfigures the
tree or in a manner that would reasonably lead to the death of the tree.
1. Allowed pruning: The City may approve pruning of a protected tree in cases
where protected trees must be strategically pruned to allow construction or
demolition of a structure. All pruning of protected trees by franchise utility
companies to ensure the safe operation of utility services shall be allowed. When
allowed, all pruning shall be by approved arboricultural techniques. This section
is not intended to require a tree permit for reasonable pruning performed or
contracted to be performed by the owner of the tree when unrelated to
construction activity.
2. Required pruning: The owners of all trees adjacent to public right-of-way shall
be required to maintain a minimum clearance of ten feet above the traveled
pavement or curb of a public street. Said owners shall also remove all dead,
diseased or dangerous trees, or broken or decayed limbs that constitute a
menace to the safety of the public. The city shall also have the right to prune
trees overhanging within public right-of-way which interfere with the proper
spread of light along the street from a street light or interfere with visibility of any
traffic control device or sign or as necessary to preserve the public safety.
3. Tree topping: It shall be unlawful as a normal practice for any person, firm or city
department to top any tree. Trees severely damaged by storms or other causes
or certain trees under obstructions where other pruning practices are impractical
may be exempted from this ordinance at the determination of the Director of
Planning Services.
K. Exceptions. In the event that any tree shall be determined to be in a hazardous or
dangerous condition so as to endanger the public health, welfare or safety, and
require immediate removal without delay, authorization may be given by the Director
of Planning Services and the tree may then be removed without obtaining a written
permit as herein required.
During the period of an emergency such as a tornado, storm, flood, or other act of
God, the requirements of this ordinance may be waived as may be deemed
necessary by the City Council.
All licensed plant or tree nurseries shall be exempt from the terms and provisions of
this section only in relation to those trees planted and growing on the premises of
said license, which are so planted and growing for the sale or intended sale to the
general public in the ordinary course of said licensee's business.
Utility companies franchised by the City may remove trees which endanger public
safety and welfare by interfering with utility service, except that where such trees are
on owner-occupied properties developed for one-family use, disposal of such trees
shall be at the option of the property owner.
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L. Exemption. This ordinance shall not apply to any development that has received final
plat approval prior to the effective date of this ordinance.
City of Grapevine
REQUIRED TREE LIST FOR REQUIRED LANDSCAPING
(Excluding Landscape Islands)
(Medium to Large Deciduous Trees)
Tree Name Scientific Name Height Width
Burr Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) 50'—60' 40'—50'
Cedar Elm (Ulmus rassifolial) 50'—60' 40'—50
Chinese Pistacho (Pistacia chinensis) 40'—50' 40'—50'
Chinquapin Oak (Quercus muhlenbergii) 50'—60' 40'—50'
Pecan (Carya illinoensis) 50'—60' 40'—50'
Shumard Red Oak (Quercus shumardii) 50'—60' 40'—50'
Texas Red Oak (Quercus shumardii) 30'—35' 20'—30'
Western Soapberry (Sapindus drummondii) 30'—40' 25'—35'
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) 60'—80' 30'—50'
Lacey Oak (Quercus glancoides)
EVERGREEN TREES
Afghan Pine (Pinus eldarica) 30'—40' 25'—30'
Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra) 20'—25' 10'—15'
Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) 30'—40' 20'—30'
Eldarica Pine (Pinus eldarica) 30'—40' 25'—30'
Japanese Black Pine (Pinus thunbergiana) 20'—50' 20'—30'
Leyland Cypress (Cupressocyparis leylandi) 20'—40' 40'—50'
Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) 25'—35' 35'—55'
Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) 12'—18' 10'—15'
(Small Deciduous Trees)
Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis) 15'—30' 15'—25'
Eve's Necklace (Sophora affinis) 15'—25' 16'—20'
Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana) 16'—25' 15'—20'
Possumhaw holly (Ilex decidua) 15'—20' 10'—15'
Redbud (Cercis canadensis) 20'—25' 15'—20'
"Oklahoma"
City of Grapevine
REQUIRED TREE LIST FOR LANDSCAPE ISLANDS
(Medium to Large Deciduous Trees)
Tree Name Scientific Name Height Width
Burr Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) 50'—60' 40'—50
Cedar Elm (Ulmus rassifolial) 50'—60' 40'—50'
Chinese Pistacho (Pistacia chinensis) 40'—50' 40'—50'
Chinquapin Oak (Quercus muhlenbergii) 50'—60' 40'—50'
Pecan (Carya illinoensis) 50'—60' 40'—50'
Shumard Red Oak (Quercus shumardii) 50'—60' 40'—50'
Texas Red Oak (Quercus shumardii) 30'—35' 20'—30'
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Western Soapberry (Sapindus drummondii) 30'—40' 25'—35'
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) 60'—80' 30'—50'
Lacey Oak (Quercus glancoides)
EVERGREEN TREES
Afghan Pine (Pinus eldarica) 30'—40' 25'—30'
Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra) 20'—25' 10'—15'
Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) 30'—40' 20'—30'
Eldarica Pine (Pinus eldarica) 30'—40' 25'—30'
Japanese Black Pine (Pinus thunbergiana) 20'—50' 20'—30'
Leyland Cypress (Cupressocyparis leylandi) 20'—40' 40'—50'
Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) 25'—35' 35'—55'
Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) 12'—18' 10'—15'
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Section 53. That Section 53 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Landscaping
Regulations.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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C. Enforcement: The provisions of this section shall be administered and enforced by
the Director of Planning Services or a designee.
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D. Permits: No permits shall be issued for building, paving, grading or construction until
a landscape plan is submitted and approved by the Director of Planning Services. In
the event that the proposed development requires an approved subdivision plat, site
plan, or master development plan, no such final approval shall be granted unless a
landscape plan is submitted and approved.
Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for any building or structure, all
screening and landscaping shall be in place in accordance with the landscape plan
required in subsection E of this section.
In any case in which an occupancy certificate is sought at a season of the year in
which the Director of Planning Services determines that it would be impractical to
plant trees, shrubs or grass, or to lay turf, an occupancy certificate may be issued
notwithstanding the fact that the landscaping required by the landscape plan has not
been completed provided the applicant posts a letter of credit or deposits cash in an
escrow account in the amount of the estimated cost of such landscaping. Such letter
of credit or escrow deposit shall be conditioned upon the installation of all landscaping
required by the landscaping plan within six months of the date of the application and
shall give the City the right to draw upon the letter of credit or escrow deposit to
complete the said landscaping if the applicant fails to do so.
E. Landscape plans: Prior to the issuance of a building, paving, grading or construction
permit for any use other than single-family dwellings, a landscape plan shall be
submitted to the department of Planning Services. The Director of Planning Services,
or a designee, shall review such plans and shall approve same if the plans are in
accordance with the criteria of these regulations. If the plans are not in accord, they
shall be disapproved and shall be accompanied by a written statement setting forth
the changes necessary for compliance.
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G. General standards: The following criteria and standards shall apply to landscape
materials and installation.
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2. Trees. Trees referred to in this section shall be of a species common to this area
of Texas and shall have an average spread of crown of greater than 15 feet at
maturity. Trees having a lesser average mature crown of 15 feet may be
substituted by grouping the same so as to create the equivalent of a 15 feet
crown of spread. Trees shall be of a minimum of three caliper inches when
measured six inches above ground, and shall be selected from the list of
approved trees, maintained by the Director of Planning Services as approved by
the Planning and Zoning Commission.
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H. Minimum requirements for off-street parking and vehicular use areas. Parking lots,
vehicular use areas and parked vehicles are to be effectively screened from the
public view and adjacent property. Both the interior and perimeter of such areas shall
be landscaped in accordance to the following criteria. Areas used for parking or
vehicular storage which are under, on, or within buildings are exempt from these
standards.
1. Interior landscaping. A minimum of ten percent of the gross parking areas shall
be devoted to living landscaping which includes grass, ground cover, plants,
shrubs and trees. Gross parking area is to be measured from the edge of the
parking and/or driveway paving and sidewalks. The following additional criteria
shall apply to the interior of parking lots:
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d. The Director of Planning Services may approve planter islands required by
Section 53.H.1.c. to be located further apart than 12 parking spaces in order
to preserve existing trees in interior parking areas. Off-street parking and
drive areas located within the drip line of a tree shall be paved with permeable
material approved by the Director of Planning Services when the drip line of
an existing tree is larger than planter islands required by Section 53.H.1.c.
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Section 54. That Section 54 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Masonry Requirements.”,
is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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All principal buildings and structures located in the zoning districts R-3.5, R-3.75, R-
MF, R-5.0, PRD-6, PRD-12, and R-TH shall be of exterior fire resistant construction,
having at least 80 percent of the total exterior walls, excluding doors and windows,
constructed of brick, stone, fibre reinforced cementitious board, or other masonry or
material of equal characteristics in accordance with the City's Building Code and Fire
Prevention Code or material approved for use under a national model code published
within the last three code cycles that applies to the construction, maintenance, or other
alternation of a building provided the material conforms to local concerns that do not
conflict with Section 3000 of the Texas Local Government Code, or 80 percent of the total
exterior walls may be an exterior wall insulation and finish system product.
All buildings or structures in the P-O, CN, HCO, HC, LB, LI, PCD, PID, CBD, CC, and
RA zoning districts shall be of exterior fire-resistant construction having at least 70
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percent of the total exterior walls, excluding doors and windows, constructed of brick,
stone, fibre reinforced cementitious board, or other masonry or material of equal
characteristics in accordance with the City's adopted Building Code and Fire Prevention
Code or material approved for use under a national model code published within the last
three code cycles that applies to the construction, maintenance, or other alternation of a
building provided the material conforms to local concerns that do not conflict with Section
3000 of the Texas Local Government Code, or 70 percent of the total exterior walls may
be an exterior wall insulation and finish system product.
All buildings or structures in the BP zoning district shall be of exterior fire-resistant
construction having at least 100 percent of the total exterior walls, excluding doors and
windows, constructed of brick, stone, fibre reinforced cementitious board, or other
masonry or material of equal characteristics in accordance with the City's adopted
Building Code and Fire Prevention Code or material approved for use under a national
model code as defined by Section 214.217 of the Texas Local Government Code
published within the last three code cycles that applies to the construction, maintenance,
or other alternation of a building provided the material conforms to local concerns that do
not conflict with Section 3000 of the Texas Local Government Code, or 100 percent of
the total exterior walls may be an exterior wall insulation and finish system product.
All principal buildings or structures in the GU zoning district shall be of exterior fire
resistant construction having at least 70 percent of the total exterior walls excluding doors
and windows, constructed of brick, stone, fibre reinforced cementitious board, or other
masonry or material of equal characteristics in accordance with the City's adopted
Building Code and Fire Prevention Code or material approved for use under a national
model code as defined by Section 214.217 of the Texas Local Government Code
published within the last three code cycles that applies to the construction, maintenance,
or other alternation of a building provided the material conforms to local concerns that do
not conflict with Section 3000 of the Texas Local Government Code, or 70 percent of the
total exterior walls may be an exterior wall insulation and finish system product.
Temporary buildings or structures used as classrooms for the Grapevine—Colleyville
Independent School District may be exempt from this requirement.
Any buildings or structures located within a historic district or within a site that has
received "HL" Historic Landmark Subdistrict designation are exempt from the
requirements set forth in this section and must receive an approved Certificate of
Appropriateness prior to exterior modifications to ensure exterior modifications keep with
the architectural character of the district or landmark.
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Section 55. That Section 55 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Performance Standards.”,
is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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3. Noise regulation. This provision shall apply to all sound originating within the
limits of the City of Grapevine, Texas. It applies 24 hours of everyday of the week
and year around. This provision does not apply to any moving vehicle or aircraft
nor does it apply to sound emitted from any emergency warning device. This
provision does not apply to the following activities as long as they are conducted
in daytime hours as a normal function of a permitted, conditional or special use
and the equipment is maintained in proper working condition:
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• Lawn and yard maintenance
a. General Provisions
1. A person may not conduct a use that creates a sound which exceeds
the sound levels established in Table 1 or that exceeds the background
sound levels by 5 dBA., whichever is greater.
2. A sound level meter that meets the standards of ANSI with Type2 or
greater precision must be used to determine whether the level of sound
violates those established in this Section. The instrument must be
maintained in good working order. A calibration check should be made
prior to and following any noise investigation.
3. The sound levels must be measured at the bounding line between
properties at a level five feet above ground level.
4. A sound level meter shall be used to determine the L in dBA over an
eq
eight-minute time period.
5. The sound receiving property with the most stringent requirements will
apply.
6. Traffic, aircraft, and other background sounds are not to be considered
in measuring sound levels except when the background sound level is
being determined.
7. All outdoor speakers in non-residentially zoned properties shall face
away from contiguous residential zoning districts.
Table 1 Maximum Permissible Sound Pressure Levels By Receiving Zoning District
L Sound Level, dBA, Limits for Continuous Sound
eq
Sources
District Day Time (7:00 AM to Night Time (10:00 PM to
10:00 PM) 7:00 AM)
Residential 59 52
Corrections for Character of Sound Applied to Table 1 values are as follows:
•If Sound is Impulsive in Character — (hammering, popping, exploding, etc.)
Subtract 5 dB from Maximum Permissible Sound Levels
Note that for the purpose of this provision, an impulsive sound shall exist
when the sound changes at a rate greater than 10 dB per second. The
sound level meter should use Fast Response for this evaluation.
•If Sound is Periodic in Character — (hum, buzz, screech, etc.)
Subtract 5 dB from Maximum Permissible Sound Levels
Note that for the purpose of this provision, a pure tone shall exist if the one-
third octave band sound pressure level with the tone exceeds the arithmetic
average of the sound pressure levels of the two contiguous one-third octave
bands by 5 dB for center frequencies of 500 Hz and above and by 8 dB for
center frequencies between 160 and 400 Hz and by 15 dB for center
frequencies less than or equal to 125 Hz. A one-third octave band spectrum
analyzer instrument will be required to make these evaluations.
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5. Lighting: The purpose of this section is to regulate the placement, orientation,
distribution patterns and fixture types of outdoor lighting. The intent of this
section is to encourage lighting that provides safety, utility and security; also to
prevent glare on public roadways, protect the privacy of residents and reduce
atmospheric light pollution. These lighting regulations except for paragraphs
(1.)(b.) and (1.)(c.) do not pertain to any exterior lighting allowed by electric
permit issued prior to 04/17/01. Lighting for city or school district sports facilities
and athletic fields, lighting located in a city right-of-way, facilities in areas zoned
RA, Recreational/Amusement, emergency lighting, temporary construction
lighting, Christmas lighting and those temporary uses permitted in Section 42
are exempted from these lighting provisions. All properties that are within the
area bounded by Bethel Road, Bass Pro Boulevard and State Highway 26 on
the south; Fairway Drive on the west; and the City limits line on the north and
east are exempt from the lighting regulations in Section 5. In the case of uses
allowed by a conditional use permit, the appropriateness of the lighting shall be
reviewed and approved as part of the approval of the conditional use permit.
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i. For purposes of Section 55.A.5. subject property shall be the property under
study or investigation pursuant to the requirements of Section 55.A.5.
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Section 56. That Section 56 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Off-Street Parking
Requirements.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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C. Number of parking spaces required: Multiuse projects shall have aggregate
parking requirements. The minimum number of off-street parking spaces
required shall be as follows:
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Motel or hotel 1 parking space per guestroom for a hotel/motel
with no restaurant or meeting facilities; 1.25 parking
spaces per guestroom of a hotel/motel with
restaurant or meeting facilities. The minimum
number of parking spaces may be varied subject to
and conditioned upon approval of a conditional use
permit, pursuant to Section 48 of this ordinance and
an approved site plan.
Multifamily Short-term Rental At least one off-street parking space each for the
greater of:
1) each bedroom or room where sleeping quarters
are provided; and
2) every two (2) guests in the short-term rental’s
advertised capacity.
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Skilled nursing facility or 1 Each bed (Design Capacity)
institutional home for elderly
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Section 57. That Section 57 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Off-Street Loading
Requirements.”, is hereby renamed.
Section 58. That Section 58 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Parking, Loading and
Outside Storage Area Development Standards.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as
follows:
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A. The off-street parking facilities required for the uses mentioned in this
ordinance, and other similar uses shall be on the same lot or parcel of land
as the structure they are intended to serve, or upon a lot or parcel of land
within 300 feet of the lot or tract of land upon which the structure they are
intended to serve is located and shall be exclusive of landscaping
requirements.
For hotels/motels in excess of 500 rooms with restaurants, clubs and
conference facilities in excess of 100,000 square feet which must comply with
the development requirements set forth in Section 29, "HCO" Hotel and
Corporate Office District, any required or additional off-street parking may be
provided upon another lot or parcel of land with no distance requirements
between the off-site parking and the principal use it is intended to serve. A
site plan and a conditional use permit meeting all of the requirements of
Section 48 shall be required.
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O. Internal traffic cross access providing interconnecting access between
developments or lots, exclusive of public street access, shall be required
between all nonresidential developments to alleviate traffic hazards in the
public right-of-way. Cross access will not be required between industrial
zoning and other nonresidential zoning districts. Specific exceptions are
noted in the driveway design and placement standards, Chapter 20, Article
III, of the City of Grapevine Code of Ordinances. Exceptions to this
requirement would require approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission
and City Council through either an approved concept plan or a site plan.
Internal cross access will not be required for properties having driveways
approved by a concept plan in accordance with Section 45, or a site plan in
accordance with Section 47, prior to June 21, 1994.
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Section 59. That Section 59 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Communications
Antennas, Support Structures, and Satellite Dishes.”, is hereby renamed and amended,
as follows:
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A. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to regulate the installation of
communications antenna, satellite dishes, and support structures in order to:
1. Encourage collocation of new and existing structures; and
2. Minimize the total number of structures throughout the community; and
3. Encourage the use of stealth structures; and
4. Protect the character and integrity of Grapevine neighborhoods and
districts, including the historic district; and
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5. Enhance the ability of telecommunication service providers to provide such
services to the community quickly, effectively, and efficiently.
B. Applicability.
1. This section applies to all commercial and amateur antenna installations
located outside of the City of Grapevine’s right-of-way, unless exempted
by Section 59.B.3.
2. Information required to demonstrate compliance with this section shall be
shown on a Site Plan and Landscape Plan pursuant to Section 47, Site
Plan Review, and Section 53, Landscaping Regulations.
3. Direct broadcast satellite reception, multi-channel multi-point distribution
as defined by the Federal Communications Commission, television
reception antennas, and amateur radio antennas meeting the following
requirements do not require a permit unless identified in Section 49.B.1.
a. In any zoning district, antennas that are one meter (39 inches) or less in
diameter.
b. In nonresidential zoning districts, antennas that are two (2) meters or less
in diameter.
c. In any zoning district, antennas designed to receive television broadcasts.
d. In any zoning district, amateur radio antennas concealed behind, on, or
within attics, eaves, gutters, or roofing.
e. In any zoning district, amateur radio ground-mounted whips and wire
antennas unless mounted on a pole or mast over twenty (20) feet in
height.
4. An AM array shall be subject to these regulations. An AM array consisting
of one or more support structure units and supporting ground equipment,
which functions as one AM broadcasting antenna, shall be considered one
support structure. Measurements for setbacks and separation distances
shall be measured from the outer perimeter of the support structures,
including the guide wires, in the array. Additional support structure units
may be added within the perimeter of the AM array by right.
5. Exceptions.
a. Small cell node support poles, transport facilities, and network nodes, as
they are defined in Section 12 and Texas Local Government Code
Chapter 284, within the rights-of-way in the City shall not be subject to this
Section but shall be subject to the provisions of the City’s Right-of-Way
Ordinance.
b. Regulations contained herein shall not apply to the extent that they have
been preempted by specific regulations of the Federal Communications
Commission to the contrary.
C. Site Standards for all Commercial Antennas and Antenna Support
Structures/Towers
1. Collocation required
a. Collocation of antennas on telecommunication structures shall be
required. No new antennas or telecommunication structures shall
be permitted unless the applicant demonstrates to the reasonable
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satisfaction of the city that the service provider is experiencing a
significant gap in service for which no existing telecommunication
structure can accommodate the applicant's proposed antennae.
Evidence submitted to demonstrate the factors shall consist of a
propagation map and corresponding data that identifies the
following:
(a) That a large number of the service provider’s subscribers are
unable to connect or maintain a connection to the national
telephone network through applicant’s wireless
telecommunications network;
(b) That no existing telecommunication structures, including
elevated storage tanks, are located within the geographic
service area which meet the applicant's engineering
requirements;
(c) That existing telecommunication structures are not of
sufficient height or structural strength to meet the applicant's
engineering requirements; and
(d) That there are other limiting factors that render existing
telecommunication structures unsuitable.
b. A “dead spot” or small area within a service area where the field
strength is lower than the minimum level for reliable service, does
not constitute a significant gap in service.
2. Minimum Distance Between Structures Required
a. When new telecommunication structures are proposed, the
following separation between structures must be maintained:
Antenna and/or Antenna and/or
Antenna Support Antenna Support
Structure, High Structure, Low
Rise Rise Stealth
Antenna and/or
Antenna
Support
Structure, High
Rise 1,500 ft 750 ft n/a
Antenna and/or
Antenna
Support
Structure, Low
Rise 750 ft 750 ft n/a
Stealth n/a n/a n/a
b. Separation distances may be reduced with the approval of a
Specific Use Permit, in accordance with Section 49.
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3. Design Standards for All Commercial Antennas and Telecommunication
Structures
a. Telecommunication structures (high-rise and low-rise) shall be of a
monopole design with all associated antennae fully encased within
the structure.
b. Unless otherwise permitted herein, all commercial signs, lights, and
attachments shall be prohibited on any antennae or
telecommunication structure, unless required for communications
operations, structural stability, or as required for flight visibility by
the FCC and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
c. Any proposed telecommunications structure shall be designed in
all respects to accommodate both the applicant's antennae and
comparable antennae as follows:
d.
Height of Proposed Additional User
Tower/Structure Accommodation Required
40’ to 100’ 2
Greater than 100’ 3
e. Telecommunication structures must be designed to allow for future
rearrangements of antennae upon the tower and to accept
antennas mounted at varying heights.
f. A minimum 6-foot tall masonry screening wall with Low Evergreen
Shrubs shall be provided around all associated ground equipment
and/or materials. The maximum height of the masonry screening
wall shall not exceed the maximum allowable screening device
height of the governing zoning district.
4. Heights and Setbacks
a. Notwithstanding any height restrictions and exceptions within this
section, antenna and telecommunication structures (low-rise and
high-rise):
(a) shall not exceed 125’ if located in a non-residential district;
(b) shall not exceed a height of 175’ if located in an industrial
district; and
(c) shall not exceed height limitations imposed by virtue of
aircraft approach and turning zone height restrictions.
b. Telecommunication structures (low-rise and high-rise) shall be
setback from all property lines a distance equal to the height of the
telecommunication structure. This setback may be reduced with
the approval of a Specific Use Permit.
c.
D. Satellite dishes, parabolic antennas, and other similar antennas. Satellite dishes,
parabolic antennas, and other similar antennas shall also comply with the
following:
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1. In residential districts, the following regulations shall apply:
a. All (any size) satellite dishes, parabolic antennas, and other similar
antennas shall be prohibited within the front yard and side yard at
corner setback areas.
b. Satellite dishes, parabolic antennas, and other similar antennas
greater than three feet shall not exceed 12 feet in diameter, shall
be allowed only in the rear half of a lot, shall observe secondary
building setbacks, and shall be required to receive a permit.
c. Satellite dishes shall be permitted on the roof of a building,
provided they do not exceed three feet in diameter and do not
extend more than ten feet above the roof of the building, except
satellite dishes shall be prohibited upon roofs of residential uses
within the HGT district if visible from a public right-of-way.
d. Satellite dishes, parabolic antennas, and other similar antennas
greater than three feet in diameter within the HGT district shall be
so located and screened within the rear half of the lot so as to blend
with and conform to the historic district's design standards and/or
character in order to preserve the historic integrity of the district.
Design approval shall be through the normal historic district design
review process prior to submitting a permit application.
e. Only one satellite dish, parabolic antenna, or other similar antenna
shall be permitted per dwelling unit.
2. In all nonresidential zoning districts, the following shall apply:
a. All (any size) satellite dishes, parabolic antennas, and other similar
antennas shall be allowed only in the rear half of a lot, and shall
observe secondary building setbacks.
b. Satellite dishes, parabolic antennas, and other similar antennas
shall be permitted on the roof of a building, provided they do not
exceed three feet in diameter and do not extend more than ten feet
above the roof of the building, except satellite dishes shall be
prohibited upon roofs of residential uses within the HGT district if
visible from a public right-of-way.
c. Satellite dishes over three feet in diameter, but not exceeding 12
feet in diameter, may be mounted on the roof of a structure,
provided a letter affirming its structural stability is written by a
registered architect or engineer and submitted to the chief building
official. Roof-mounted satellite dishes may not extend more than
12 feet above the roof of the building. Roof-mounted satellite
dishes that comply with the above do not require additional yard
setbacks or setbacks from residential areas or dwellings.
d. Satellite dishes greater than three feet in diameter within the HGT
and PD districts shall be so located and screened within the rear
half of a lot as to blend with and conform to the district's design
standards and character in order to preserve the integrity of the
district. Design approval shall be through the normal historic district
design review process prior to submitting a permit application.
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e. Only one satellite dish, parabolic antenna, or other similar antenna
shall be permitted per primary structure, unless specifically
required for business needs and approved through the site plan
process.
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Section 60. That Section 60 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Sign Standards.”, is hereby
renamed and amended, as follows:
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B. Classification of signs.
1. Functional types.
a. Nameplate signs.
b. On-premise signs. Signs within developments with frontage on
Grapevine Mills Parkway (F.M. 2499), Grapevine Mills Boulevard
North, North State Highway 121, Freeport Parkway, and a segment of
West State Highway 114 frontage on the Payton-Wright Addition, Lots
3R1, and 3R2 shall be considered on-premise signs, regardless of the
lot on which they are placed, provided the following conditions are met:
(1) A conditional use for such sign is approved by City Council.
(2) Written permission for the placement of such sign is submitted
to the city by the owner of the property on which the sign is
placed.
c. Development signs. In residential districts, said sign shall be removed
after four (4) years, or when ninety (90) percent of the lots are sold,
whichever occurs first. In all other zoning districts, said sign shall be
removed after three (3) years, or when seventy (70) percent of the lots
are developed, or whichever occurs first.
d. Construction signs. This temporary sign may be located only on the
premises on which the construction is taking place and only during the
period when construction is taking place. Said sign shall be removed
prior to the issuance of the first Certificate of Occupancy.
e. Real estate signs. Said sign shall be removed upon the sale or lease
of the property. Real Estate signs advertising the lease or rent of
buildings or space within buildings shall comply with the following
regulations:
(1) The sign shall be removed when the building is one hundred
(100) percent occupied. This percentage shall be exclusive of
common areas.
(2) The property owner or authorized management company (but
in no case the sign contractor) shall submit a notarized
affidavit with all permit applications for real estate signs on a
form provided by the City. Said affidavit shall certify that the
building is less than one hundred (100) percent occupied,
exclusive of common areas.
(3) The sign permit shall be valid for a period of not more than
one year or when the structure becomes one hundred (100)
percent occupied, exclusive of common areas, whichever
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comes first. The permit may be renewed annually provided the
building is less than one hundred (100) percent occupied,
exclusive of common areas. A twenty one dollar ($21.00)
renewal fee is required. A new affidavit (as described above)
shall be submitted certifying that the building is less than one
hundred (100) percent occupied, excluding common areas.
(4) In lieu of providing an affidavit certifying that the building is
less than one hundred (100) percent occupied, the property
owner or authorized Management Company may provide a
notarized affidavit showing that a vacancy will occur within
thirty (30) days.
f. Political signs.
g. Subdivision signs. A subdivision sign shall not be located in any right-
of-way or easement in the subdivision.
h. Temporary directional signs. Said sign shall not be located in any right-
of-way or easement.
2. Structural types.
a. Awning, canopy and marquee signs. No such sign shall project above,
below, or beyond the physical dimensions of the awning, canopy or
marquee.
b. Ground signs. All ground signs must conform to the following
regulations:
(1) Sign support shall be masonry, non-decaying wood, or
structural steel tubing.
(2) Sign face shall be non-decaying wood, or flat, clear acrylic
sheet with all copy and background sprayed on second
surface with acrylic colors.
(3) Maximum gross surface area: Sixty (60) square feet, except
signs in the HGT District shall be nine (9) square feet.
(4) Ground sign conditional uses: The following conditional uses
may be permitted provided they meet the provision of Section
48 and a conditional use permit is issued: Sign face with
changeable copy.
(5) Ground signs in the BP Business Park District:
i. Maximum sign height: Ten (10) feet
ii. Maximum gross surface area: Two hundred (200) square
feet.
iii. Changeable copy: Thirty (30) percent. The percentage of
changeable copy may be increased provided a
conditional use permit is issued in accordance with
Section 48 of this Ordinance.
c. Monument signs. The height of the sign, including the base shall be
measured from ground level. A monument sign may be located on a
two (2) foot high berm or masonry planter box. All monument signs
must conform to the following regulations:
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d. Pole signs. Pole signs shall conform to the following regulations:
(1) Engineering regulations. All pole signs shall be designed in
accordance with Chapter 23 of the Grapevine Building Code.
All plans and specifications shall be prepared by a
professional engineer. Wind pressure design for signs shall
be twenty (20) pounds per square foot for signs less than thirty
(30) feet in height and twenty-five (25) pounds per square foot
for signs thirty (30) feet to forty (40) feet in height.
(2) Sign cabinet. Paint grip sheet metal on angle iron frame with
angle retaining rim to secure sign face or other materials
approved by the Director of Planning Services.
(3) Sign cabinet minimum gross surface area. Thirty (30) square
feet.
(4) Maximum sign cabinet dimensions and maximum gross
surface area. The maximum gross surface of the sign cabinet
shall be one hundred eight (108) square feet with a maximum
cabinet width of twelve (12) feet, a maximum cabinet height of
twelve (12) feet and a maximum cabinet depth of fourteen (14)
inches.
(5) Sign face. Flat, clear acrylic sheet, or other material approved
by the Director of Planning Services; all copy and background
sprayed on second surface with acrylic colors. Thirty (30)
percent of the gross surface area of the sign face may have
changeable copy. Neon tubing on solid background.
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(12) Pole sign conditional uses. The following conditional uses
may be permitted provided they meet the provisions of Section
48 and a conditional use permit is issued:
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e. The Director of Planning Services may approve the
replacement of an existing pole/pylon signs, approved in
conjunction with a conditional use permit, with a
monument sign.
f. Pole signs and multi-tenant pole signs on property zoned
Highway Commercial located along a segment of West
State Highway 114 frontage on the Payton-Wright
Addition, Lots 3R1 and 3R2, with a planned commercial
center designation, may include a multi-tenant sign, be a
minimum of twenty (20) feet in height up to forty (40) feet
in height. For pole signs and multi-tenant pole signs
exceeding twenty (20) feet in height, the sign cabinet
dimensional requirements shall not exceed twenty-four
(24) feet in width or height, a maximum of thirty-six (36)
inches in depth and a maximum grows surface area of
two hundred eighty-eight (288) square feet, provided the
following conditions are met:
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e. Projecting signs.
f. Roof signs.
g. Wall signs.
h. Portable commercial billboards.
i. Portable on-site business signs.
j. Portable sandwich board. Portable Sandwich Boards must conform to
the following regulations:
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k. Historic wall sign.
l. Temporary directional signs. Temporary directional signs shall conform
to the following regulations:
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m. Pylon signs.
n. Electronic message signs.
o. Converted digital billboard.
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C. General standards.
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6. Accessway or window. No sign shall block any required accessway or
window.
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11. Whenever a sign is damaged by wind, is inadequately maintained, the
construction is faulty, or it is damaged by any other cause, it shall be
declared a public nuisance and the owner shall be required to repair such
sign substantially to its original condition as determined by the Director of
Planning Services, or at the owner's election such sign shall be removed. A
sign which has been permitted to remain in place as a nonconforming use
shall be removed when the sign, or a substantial part of it is blown down or
otherwise destroyed or dismantled for any purpose other than maintenance
operations or for changing the letters, symbols or other material on the sign.
For purposes of this Section 60, a sign or substantial part of it is considered
to have been destroyed only if the cost of repairing the sign is more than
sixty (60) percent of the cost of erecting a new sign of the same type at the
same location.
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E. Exemption.
1. The following signs shall be exempt from the requirements of this section:
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(h) Permission is granted as a special privilege to any business in a
properly zoned area to display flags, banners and balloons for a period
not exceeding two (2) weeks in any quarter of a calendar year in
connection with special sales being conducted by said business. Such
signs and their placement must be approved by the Director of Planning
Services. Such flags, banners and balloons may be erected and
maintained only during such two (2) week period. Flags, banners and
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balloons which advertise a business's grand opening may be displayed
for an extended period not to exceed thirty (30) days within sixty (60)
days of the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for a new business.
Flags, banners and balloons which advertise a business going out of
business may extend the two week period not to exceed thirty days. A
permit shall be required.
(i) Permission may be granted by the Director of Planning Services as a
special privilege to civic organizations and other nonprofit organizations
to erect signs promoting special events or activities at the locations and
times, and under the conditions specified by the Director of Planning
Services. A permit shall be required.
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H. CN Neighborhood Commercial, CC Community Commercial, RA
Recreation/Amusement and PCD Planned Commercial Development Districts.
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L. GU Governmental Use District. Signs in a Governmental District shall meet the
sign requirements of the most restrictive adjacent or contiguous district, except
wall, ground, or monument signs are permitted for public schools adjacent to any
district.
The City Council may authorize and approve a sign that does not comply with
the most restrictive adjacent or contiguous district where it is determined by the
City Council, after receipt of a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning
Commission, that a need exists for such a sign in order to properly and
adequately apprise the public relative to the activities being conducted on the
site by issuance of a conditional use permit.
M. Application to extraterritorial jurisdiction: In accordance with Section 215, Texas
Local Government Code, the provisions of Section 60 are extended to the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City as defined by Section 43, Texas Local
Government Code.
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Section 61. That Section 60 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Administration and
Enforcement.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Authorization. The Director of Planning Services of the City of Grapevine shall be the
Zoning Administrator and in that capacity shall be authorized to expend such funds
to employ deputies and clerical assistants and to carry out the duties of the Zoning
Administrator under this ordinance as shall be approved from time to time by the City
Council.
B. Duties of the Zoning Administrator. In furtherance of this authority and in addition to
the duties designated to him or her under this ordinance and other ordinances of the
City, the Zoning Administrator or their duly designated and authorized representative
shall:
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3. Receive applications for approval of a master development plan pursuant to
Section 46 of this ordinance, and provide the Planning and Zoning Commission
with such clerical and technical assistance with such applications as the
commission may require in the performance of its duties;
4. Receive, review, and approve, when authorized by the terms of this ordinance,
site plans and concept plans submitted pursuant to Sections 45 and 46 of this
ordinance, and provide clerical and technical assistance to the Planning and
Zoning Commission in connection with site plans and concept plans that are
required by this ordinance to be approved by the commission;
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8. Provide such clerical and technical assistance to the City Council, Planning and
Zoning Commission, and Board of Zoning Adjustment as they may require in the
performance of their duties under this ordinance;
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10. Conduct inspections of buildings, structures, signs and uses of any premises to
determine compliance with the terms of any application, permit or certificates
issued by their office;
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13. Maintain for distribution to the public a supply of copies of the zoning map or
maps, the compiled text of the zoning ordinance, and the rules of the Board of
Zoning Adjustment and the Planning and Zoning Commission. A reasonable fee
for each copy shall be charged to defray the cost of printing.
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Section 62. That Sections 62 and 63 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Reserved.”, is
hereby amended, as follows:
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Sec. 62. Reserved.
Sec. 63. Reserved.
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Section 63. That Section 64 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Certificate of Occupancy
and Compliance.”, is hereby renamed.
Section 64. That Sections 65 and 66 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Reserved.”, is
hereby amended, as follows:
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Sec. 65. Reserved.
Sec. 66. Reserved.
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Section 65. That Section 67 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Amendments.”, is hereby
amended, as follows:
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3. A waiting period of one-year between the date an application for amendment to
the zoning ordinance, or a requested change in zoning, is denied by the City
Council and a new application for such a change or amendment is accepted, is
hereby established. The one-year waiting period shall be applicable to all
requested amendments and changes for the same zoning district, or districts, on
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all or any portion of the property previously considered for amendment or change
in zoning; provided, however, said one-year waiting period shall not be
applicable to any proposed amendment or change instituted by the City Council
or Planning and Zoning Commission or to any proposed amendment or change
denied by the City Council without prejudice. For purposes of this section, denied
by the City Council shall mean that on final reading: (a) a motion by the City
Council to deny the requested zoning change passed by a majority of the
quorum present and voting; or (b) a motion by the City Council to deny or
approve the requested zoning change received a tie vote of the quorum present
and voting; or (c) a motion by the City Council to approve the requested zoning
change failed for lack of having the necessary votes; or (d) a motion by the City
Council to approve a withdrawal of a requested zone change, when requested
by the applicant, that is approved by a majority of the quorum present and voting.
A denial without prejudice must be expressly granted by the City Council, except
that a tie vote shall automatically constitute a denial without prejudice.
An application for an amendment to the zoning ordinance or a requested
change in zoning can be tabled (postponed) no more than once and must
be scheduled to be heard no later than the next scheduled joint public
hearing. This requirement also applies to applications being considered
during the Planning and Zoning Commission's deliberations. This
requirement shall not apply to requests to table initiated by city staff, the
City Council, or the Planning and Zoning Commission.
4. Any application for a change in zoning or for an amendment to the zoning
ordinance shall have, from the date of submittal, a period of four months to
request and be scheduled on an agenda before the Planning and Zoning
Commission and City Council. If after said period of four months an application
has not been scheduled before the commission and council said application shall
be considered withdrawn, with forfeiture of all filing fees. The application, along
with the required filing fee may be resubmitted any time thereafter for
reconsideration. Delays in scheduling applications before the Planning and
Zoning Commission and City Council created by city staff shall not be considered
a part of the four-month period.
5. The City shall have at least one sign erected on any property upon which a
zoning change request has been filed. Such sign or signs shall, if possible, be
located adjacent to a public thoroughfare in a visible location. Such sign shall be
removed immediately after final action by the City Council or when the applicant
withdraws the request, whichever comes first. The sign shall contain a notice of
the rezoning and the agency and telephone number from which information
relative to the rezoning request may be obtained. For a request for a change in
zoning related to the establishment of a Historic Landmark "HL" designation,
there shall be no requirement for a sign to be erected on the property for which
the request has been filed. Accompanying every petition for amendment of this
ordinance shall be a required statement signed by the applicant authorizing the
placement of such or signs by the City. The erection or continued maintenance
of the sign or signs shall not be deemed a condition precedent to the granting of
any zoning change or the holding of any public hearing.
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B. Changes and amendments.
1. Any person, corporation or group of persons having a proprietary interest in any
property, upon proof of such interest, may petition the City Council for a change
or amendment to the provisions of the ordinance, or the Planning and Zoning
Commission may, on its own motion, institute proposals for change and
amendment in the public interest. All petitions for the amendment of this
ordinance shall bear the signatures of the owners of all property within the area
of request.
2. The City Council may from time to time amend, supplement or change by
ordinance the boundaries of the districts or regulations or definitions herein.
Before taking action on any proposed amendment, supplement or change, the
City Council shall submit the same to the Planning and Zoning Commission for
its recommendation and report.
3. Public Hearings.
(a) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold a public hearing on any
application for amendment, supplement or change prior to making its
recommendation and report to the City Council. Written notice of all public
hearings before the Planning and Zoning Commission on a proposed
amendment, supplement or change shall be sent to all owners, occupants
or lessees of real property lying within 200 feet of the property on which the
change is requested. Such notice shall be given not less than ten days
before the date set for hearing by depositing a notice, properly addressed
and postage paid in the United States Post Office, to such property owners
as the ownership appears on the last approved city tax roll.
(1) In addition to the foregoing notice, written notice of each public
hearing regarding any proposed amendment, supplement or change
under which a current conforming use of a property would become a
nonconforming use shall be provided to affected owners of real property
in accordance with the same procedures in subsection 3.(a) above and
shall contain the following text in bold 14-point type or larger: “THE CITY
OF GRAPEVINE IS HOLDING A HEARING THAT WILL DETERMINE
WHETHER YOU MAY LOSE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE USING
YOUR PROPERTY FOR ITS CURRENT USE. PLEASE READ THIS
NOTICE CAREFULLY.”
(b) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold a public hearing on any
amendment or addition to the definitions in Section 12 after at least 10 days’
notice of the time and place of such hearing has been given by publication
at least one time in the official newspaper of the City of Grapevine.
(c) A public hearing shall be held by the City Council before adopting any
proposed amendment, supplement or change. At least 15 days' notice of the
time and place of such hearing shall be published in the official newspaper
of the City of Grapevine.
(d) Joint Hearings. The City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission
may hold a joint public hearing on any proposed amendment, supplement,
or change by ordinance to the boundaries of the districts or regulations
herein. The joint public hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the
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rules of procedure adopted by the City Council. Both the City Council and
the Planning and Zoning Commission shall have the opportunity to hear
public testimony and ask questions.
4. Changes to any aspect of a zoning case or conditional use application, including
changes to concept plans or site plans, that the City Council or Planning and
Zoning Commission consider, in their sole judgment, to be significant that are
proposed by the applicant shall not be considered, unless filed with the city at
least 14 days prior to the scheduled public hearing. In the event such a proposed
change is filed less than 14 days prior to the scheduled public hearing, the
Planning and Zoning Commission or City Council may decline to consider the
proposed changes or may continue the public hearing to a date certain that is at
least 14 days from the date said proposed change was filed. This section does
not apply to any changes proposed by the Planning and Zoning Commission or
City Council.
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Section 66. That Section 68 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Board of Zoning
Adjustment.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. There is hereby created a Board of Zoning Adjustment which shall consist of five
regular members, each to be appointed by a majority of the City Council for a term
of two years.
B. In addition to the five regular members of the Board of Zoning Adjustment, three
alternate members of the Board of Zoning Adjustment, who shall serve in the
absence of one or more regular members when requested to do so by the Mayor or
City Manager, shall be appointed by a majority of the City Council, so that all cases
heard by the Board of Zoning Adjustment will always be heard by a minimum of four
members.
C. Regular members and alternate members of the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall
serve a term of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
Regular and alternate members of the Board of Zoning Adjustment may be removed
from office for cause by the City Council upon written charges and after a public
hearing.
D. The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall select from among its regular members, a
chairman, and acting chairman, to act in the absence of the chairman, and a
secretary.
E. The Board of Zoning Adjustment may adopt rules to govern its proceedings and
conduct of the business before the board. Any rule or rules shall be adopted by a
resolution by the board, entered upon the minutes of the board and a copy thereof
shall be filed with the City Secretary of the City of Grapevine.
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G. Appeals to the Board of Zoning Adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved,
or by any officer, department, board or bureau of the City, affected by any decision
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of the Chief Building Inspector or other administrative officer of the City relative to the
zoning ordinance. Such appeal shall be taken within 15 days after the date of the
decision of the Chief Building Inspector or other administrative officer has been
rendered, by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and within the Board
of Zoning Adjustment a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The officer
from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the board all the papers
constituting the record from which the appeal was taken.
1. A filing fee of $100.00 to help pay a part of the cost of legal publication,
accumulating engineering data, and other administrative costs shall
accompany each notice or appeal filed with the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
2. An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed
from, unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies to the Board
of Zoning Adjustment after the notice of appeal shall have been filed with
him that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would in his opinion,
cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case, proceedings shall not
be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the
Board of Zoning Adjustment of a court of record on application of notice to
the officer from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause shown.
3. The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing
of an appeal, give notice thereof, as well as due notice to the parties in
interest, and decide the same within a reasonable time. Upon hearing any
party may appear in person, by agent or by attorney.
H. The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall have the following powers:
1. To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order,
requirement, decision or determination made by an administrative official of
the City in the enforcement of this ordinance.
2. To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of this ordinance upon
which the board is required to pass under this ordinance, if any.
3. To authorize upon appeal in special cases, such variances from the terms of
this ordinance as will not be contrary to the public interest, where, owing to
special conditions, the literal enforcement of the provision of this ordinance
will result in unnecessary hardship as determined by the criteria identified in
Section 211.009 of the Texas Local Government Code, so that the spirit of
this ordinance shall be observed and substantial justice done.
4. To permit in any district such modification of the requirements of the district
regulations as the board may deem necessary to secure an appropriate
development of a lot where adjoining such lot on two or more sides there are
lots occupied by buildings which do not conform to the regulations of the
district.
5. To interpret district boundaries where physical or cultural features existing
on the ground are at variance with those shown on the Official Zoning Map,
or in other circumstances not covered by Sections 5.A.1 through 5.A.6.
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I. The following limitations on authority shall apply to the Board of Zoning Adjustment:
1. The Board of Zoning Adjustment may not grant a variance authorizing a use
other than those permitted in the district for which the variance is sought,
except as provided in subsection 68.H.3.
2. The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall have no power to grant or modify
conditional use permits authorized under Section 48 of these regulations.
3. The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall have no power to grant a zoning
amendment. In the event that a written request for a zoning amendment is
pending before the Planning and Zoning Commission or the City Council, the
Board of Zoning Adjustment shall neither hear nor grant any variances with
respect to the subject property until final disposition of the zoning
amendment.
4. The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall not grant a variance for any parcel of
property or portion thereof upon which an application for a site plan,
preliminary plat, or final plat is pending for decision on the agenda of the
Commission or, where applicable, of the City Council, in which case the site
plan or plat application shall be decided first. If the site plan or construction
plat application is dependent on the granting of a variance by the board, the
application may only be approved on condition that the variance is granted.
All administrative and procedural remedies available to the applicant shall
have been exhausted prior to hearing by the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
J. In exercising its powers, the Board of Zoning Adjustment may, in conformity with the
provisions of this ordinance and the provisions of Articles 1011-A to 1011-J, both
inclusive, after amended, reverse or affirm wholly or partly, or may modify the order,
requirement, decision or determination appealed from and may make such order,
requirement, decision or determination as should be made, and to that end shall have
all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.
1. The concurring vote of four members of the board shall be necessary to
revise any order, requirement, decision or determination of any such
administrative official, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter
upon which it is required to pass under the ordinance, or to effect any
variance to this ordinance.
2. Any person or persons, jointly or severally, aggrieved by any decision of the
Board of Zoning Adjustment, or any taxpayer, or any officer, department,
board or bureau of the city may present to a court of record a petition, duly
verified, setting forth that such decision is illegal, in whole or part, specifying
the grounds of the illegality. Such petition shall be presented to the court
within ten days after the filing of the decision in the office of the Board of
Zoning Adjustment.
K. No appeal to the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall be allowed on the same piece of
property or on the same or similar question prior to the expiration of one year from
the date of a ruling of the Board of Zoning Adjustment on any appeal to such body
unless other property in the same zoning area shall have, within such one-year
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period, been altered or changed by a ruling of the Board of Zoning Adjustment, in
which each such change of circumstances shall permit the allowance of an appeal.
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Section 67. That Section 69 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Determination of Vested
Rights.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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A. Upon application, the Board of Zoning Adjustment may authorize, as a special
exception to the otherwise applicable provisions of this ordinance, the
issuance of building permits for a specific proposed development that is not
permitted by the terms of the zoning ordinance whenever the board finds that
the applicant has demonstrated that he had a pre-existing, investment-backed,
good faith expectation that he would be permitted to commence and complete
a specific proposed development that has vested under the standards set out
in paragraphs C, D, and E of this Section 69.
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F. Any person, firm, or corporation having an ownership interest in property may
file an application for a determination that the right to commence and complete
a specific development on that property has vested. Such application shall be
filed with the Board of Zoning Adjustment, shall contain a recital of the facts
which are claimed to support the vested rights claim, and shall contain such
other information as the City Manager may specify.
G. A public hearing shall be held by the Board of Zoning Adjustment on an
application for a vested rights determination. At least 15 days' notice of the
date, time and place of such hearing shall be published in the official
newspaper of the City of Grapevine and shall be sent to the applicant and all
other persons who are owners of real property, as the ownership appears on
the last city tax roll, lying within 200 feet of the property which is the subject of
the application.
H. A stenographic transcript of the public hearing and the deliberations of the
Board of Zoning Adjustment on vested rights applications shall be kept.
I. Within 30 days after the public hearing on an application, the Board of Zoning
Adjustment shall file its written findings of fact and conclusions and serve the
same by certified mail on the applicant and each person who filed an
appearance in the public hearing.
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Section 68. That Sections 71 and 72 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Reserved.”, is
hereby amended, as follows:
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Sec. 71. Reserved.
Sec. 72. Reserved.
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Section 69. That Section 73 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Savings Clause.”, is
hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council of the City of Grapevine
that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are
severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance
shall be declared unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections
of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without
the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional or invalid phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section.
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Section 70. That Section 74 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Existing Zoning Regulation
Designation and Changes.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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B. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this ordinance, the City
Council shall institute proceedings to rezone all of the City of Grapevine to
conform to the districts, regulations and classifications established by this
ordinance. Such changes may be by block, tract, section, or other area
classification. Any person desiring to do so may at any time make an
application for a change from a zoning district use, zoning use designation or
classification of property heretofore zoned by Ordinance No. 55-6 or
Ordinance No. 70-10 or an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 55-6 or
Ordinance No. 70-10 to a similar district use, zoning use designation or zoning
use classification under this ordinance so that the zoning of his property will
conform to the provisions of this ordinance.
C. Any request for a zoning change coming before the City Council after the
effective date of this ordinance, if granted by the City Council shall be granted
in conformity with the terms and provisions of this ordinance.
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Section 71. That Section 75 of the Zoning Ordinance – “Ordinances Not
Repealed.”, is hereby renamed and amended, as follows:
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Ordinance No. 55-6 adopted and approved by the City Council of the City of
Grapevine, Texas, on the 2nd day of August, 1955, Ordinance No. 70-10, adopted on
April 7, 1970 and all amendments thereto shall remain in full force and effect after the
effective date of this ordinance until such time as the City Council of the City of Grapevine
shall hold public hearing and define and create the use districts herein established, except
that after the effective date of this ordinance all requests for zoning changes in property
use shall be made under this ordinance, and if zoning changes and use designations are
made by the City Council they shall be made under the terms and provisions of this
ordinance, in accordance with the districts and the regulations herein established.
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Section 72. That Section 76 of the Zoning Ordinance — "Exceptions and
Exemptions Not Required to be Negated.", is hereby renamed.
Section 6. That the City of Grapevine staff is hereby directed to proceed with
the development and implementation of a notice and enforcement initiative as to short-
term rentals.
Section 7. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word
in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance is held invalid or
unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares
it would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance despite such invalidity,
which remaining portions shall stay in full force and effect.
Section 8. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace,
and general welfare of the public creates an emergency which requires that this ordinance
become effective from and after the date of its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained.
Section 9. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed
Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense. Each day on which a reported
violation is committed will be deemed a separate offense.
Section 10. All ordinances or any parts thereof in conflict with the terms of this
ordinance shall be and hereby are deemed repealed and of no force or effect.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS on this the 17th day of December, 2024.
APPROVED:
GRAPF William D. Tate
o,----!'i Mayor
ATTEST: / , %~f'
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Tara Brooks ,'
City Secretary * * #
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Matthew C. . Boyle
City Attorney
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