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T E X A S
November 13, 2017
Re: Lot 4, Block 1, A F Leonard
To Whom It May Concern:
The property described above is currently zoned "HC" Highway Commercial District. The
"HC" Highway Commercial District was 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.
Automotive repair within a completely enclosed building is allowed at this location.
Attached is a copy of the zoning map and a copy of Section 26, "HC" Highway Commercial
District of the Grapevine Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.
If you need further information, please contact this office at (817)410-3155.
Sincerely yours,
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Ron Stombaugh
Assistant Director
DEVFJ,0P,N1ENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
The City of Grapevine - P0, Box 95104 ® Grapevine,Texas 76099 - (817) 410-3154
Fax (817) 410-3018 *wwwgrapevinetexas-gov
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Section 26. HC Highway Commercial District
PURPOSE: The HC Highway Commercial District is established to provide adequate
space and site diversification for commercial uses which depend upon high visibility, uses
with outside storage unless specifically prohibited by Section 26A, convenience to arterial
highways and will involve development that may be more intensive than other commercial
districts and objectionable to adjacent residential uses.
USES GENERALLY: In an HC Highway Commercial District, no land shall be used and no
building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than as hereinafter provided.
A. PERMITTED USES: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses except
as provided in Section 26.D.
1. Any use permitted in the LB Limited Business District, C-N Neighborhood
Commercial District, P-O Professional Office District and C-C Community
Commercial District, except that there shall be no limitation size of planned
shopping centers or total floor area.
2. Reserved
3. Restaurants, excluding drive-in and drive-through restaurants.
4. Furniture or appliances, new and used within a completely enclosed building.
5. Mortuary and funeral homes.
6. Nursery or greenhouses.
7. Upholstery shops.
8. Commercial amusements, the operation of which is totally within an enclosed
building, including bowling alleys, video arcades, roller skating and ice
skating arenas, motion picture theaters, but excluding any special uses
authorized by Section 49.13.
9. Pawn Shops within a completely enclosed building.
B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses to a
principal use provided that none shall be a source of income to the owner or user of
the principal use:
1. Accessory uses permitted in the CN and CC Commercial Districts.
2. Mechanical equipment located within 120-feet of any residentially zoned
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district must meet the standards established for noise regulation as stated in
Section 55. Performance Standards.
3. Screened garbage storage, on a concrete pad no nearer than fifty (50) feet
to any residentially zoned district and Northwest Highway.
4. Off-street parking, provided that all areas devoted to the parking of vehicles
or the sale and display of merchandise, except nurseries, shall be surfaced
in accordance with Section 58 of this Ordinance.
5. Provisions for the parking of automotive vehicles provided within sixty (60)
feet of any residentially zoned district shall be separated from said lot by a
blind fence or wall at least six (6) feet high.
& Other structures or uses which are customarily accessory and clearly
incidental and subordinate to the permitted use and/or structure.
7. Signs advertising uses located on the premises in accordance with Section
60 of this Ordinance.
8. Used car sales in conjunction with new car sales provided that used car
sales do not exceed more than fifty percent of the total sales for the
automobile dealership in a calendar year.
C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following conditional uses may be permitted provided
they meet the provisions of, and a Conditional Use Permit is issued pursuant to,
Section 48 of this Ordinance.
1. Commercial off-street parking lots for passenger vehicles less than one ton
carrying capacity.
2. Retail sales of building materials displayed in an unenclosed or incompletely
enclosed area with outside storage.
3. Home equipment rental.
4. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a special permit is issued in accordance
with Section 42.13. of this Ordinance.
5. Public or private storage garages, including mini storage warehouses.
6. Swimming pool and spa sales within a completely enclosed building.
7. Restaurant with outside dining and/or drive through.
8. Planned Commercial Centers.
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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.
10. New automotive sales, and service, cars and light to medium trucks. All
vehicles must be in an operating condition and all open display or storage
areas must be surfaced and developed in accordance with all applicable
Ordinances of the City.
11. Automotive rental.
12. Camper sales and camper trailer sales and service, lease and rental within a
completely enclosed building and with outside display.
13. Auction sale, new or used goods located within a completely enclosed
building.
14. Plumbing supply within a completely enclosed building.
15. Automobile washing business: automatic, coin-operated or moving line wash.
16. Outdoor commercial amusements such as golf driving ranges, miniature golf,
archery
17. Gasoline service station.
18. Feed and grain sales within a completely enclosed building.
19. Boat and marine sales and/or service with outside display.
20. Job printing or newspaper establishments.
21. Hotels and motels. Hotels approved prior to January 18, 2005 shall be
deemed a lawful, permitted use and shall have the same status as that
authorized pursuant to this Ordinance; provided, however, no such building,
structure, or use shall be altered, changed or expanded unless a conditional
use permit therefore has been granted pursuant to this ordinance.
22. Automotive State Inspections facility.
23. New and used golf and utility cart sales and services, both electric and
gasoline powered, with outside display and outside storage.
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24. Outside display and sales of merchandise.
25. Call centers.
26. Public institutions and nonprofit institutions of any educational, religious or
cultural type, including private and charter schools, but excluding corrective
institutions and hospitals.
27 Retail sales of secondhand goods in an enclosed building where the size of
the space exceeds 3,000 (three thousand) square feet in area.
28. Any use allowed within this district with outdoor speakers.
29. Master Site Development Plan.
D. LIMITATION OF USES:
1. Residential structures and uses are expressly prohibited in the HC Highway
Commercial District, Existing residences may remain as non-conforming
uses, but it is intended that new residential construction not be allowed in the
District.
2. (a) All property zoned HC, Highway Commercial, shall have driveway
access and frontage in accordance with Section 26, paragraph G.2.
only from a State Highway or Central Avenue except as provided in
Section D.3.
(b) Additional driveway access on a corner lot from other than a State
Highway for the intersecting street only, may be approved by the
Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council with the filing of a
Concept Plan in accordance with Section 45. For purposes of this
Section 26.D, corner lot shall mean a lot located at the juncture of a
State Highway and a street which intersects such State Highway.
3. Access to and frontage on a street other than a State Highway or Central
Avenue will be permitted only for property zoned HC, Highway Commercial
prior to the 15th day of July 1986, provided the principal uses and conditional
uses are limited to the following uses:
(a) Principal Uses:
1. Any use permitted in the "PO" Professional Office District.
2. Public utilities as required to serve the district.
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3. Restaurants, excluding drive-in and drive-through restaurants.
4. Furniture or appliances, new and used within a completely
enclosed building.
5. Mortuary and funeral homes.
6. Nursery or greenhouses.
7. Upholstery shops.
8. Retail sales, other than those listed above, business services
and merchandise displayed within a completely enclosed
building.
(b) Conditional Use
1. Commercial off-street parking lots for passenger vehicles less
than one ton carrying capacity.
2. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a Special Permit is issued in
accordance with Section 42.8. of this Ordinance.
3. Public or private storage garages, including mini storage
warehouses.
4. Restaurant with outside dining.
5. Plumbing supply with a completely enclosed building.
6. Automobile washing business; automatic, coin-operated or
moving line wash.
7. Drive-in and drive-through restaurants.
8. Feed and grain sales within a completely enclosed building.
9. Job printing or newspaper establishments.
10. Automotive State Inspections facility.
11. Outside display and sales of merchandise.
12. Any use allowed within this district with outdoor speakers.
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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
49.13.
2. Pawn Shops.
E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS: No application for a building permit for construction of a
principal building shall be approved unless:
1. A Plat, meeting all requirements of the City of Grapevine has been approved
by the City Council and recorded in the official records of Tarrant County.
2. A Site Plan, meeting the requirements of Section 47, has been approved.
3. A Landscape Plan, meeting the requirements of Section 53, has been
approved.
F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The following bulk and intensity of use requirements
shall apply:
1. MAXIMUM DENSITY: the maximum density within an HC District shall not
exceed a floor area ratio of 1.0.
2. LOT SIZE: The minimum lot size in an HC District shall be not less than five
thousand (5,000) square feet.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE: At least fifteen (15) percent of the total lot area
shall be devoted to open space. Planned Commercial Centers permitted as a
Conditional Use shall meet the requirements of Section 26.N.3. Provided,
however, there shall be no open space required for lots fronting on the south
side of Northwest Highway, between Jenkins Street and Dooley Street.
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 IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: The combined area occupied by all
main and accessory structures, parking, storage, loading and other paved
areas shall not exceed eighty-five (85) percent of the total lot area.
Provided, however there shall be no maximum impervious area requirement
for lots fronting on the south side of Northwest highway, between Jenkins
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Street and Dooley Street.
G. AREA REGULATIONS: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. LOT WIDTH: Every lot shall have a minimum width of fifty (50) feet.
2. LOT DEPTH: Every lot shall have a minimum depth of not less than one
hundred (100) feet.
3. FRONT YARD: Every lot shall have a front yard of not less than twenty-five
(25) feet which shall be utilized as a landscaped setback area. Front yards
shall not be used for any building, structure, fence, wall or storage area,
except that signs may be permitted in this area in accordance with Section
60. Front yards shall be landscaped with grass, shrubbery, vines, or trees
and no part shall be paved or surfaced except for minimum access,
driveways, and sidewalks.
Provided, however, the front yard set back for lots fronting on the south side
of Northwest highway, between Jenkins Street and Dooley Street, shall be a
minimum of ten (10)feet and may be used for off-street parking, drives, and
sidewalks. The ten (10)foot front yard for this area shall not be used for any
building, structure, fence, wall, or storage area.
4. SIDE YARDS: No side yards are required, except that when property in an
HC District abuts property of a district in which a side yard is required, a side
yard of equivalent width shall be provided in the HC District.
5. REAR YARD: A rear yard equivalent to the adjacent or contiguous district
shall be provided.
6. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS: The minimum distance between
detached principal or accessory buildings on the same lot shall be not less
than ten (10) feet.
H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS: When an HC District abuts a Residential District,
an appropriate buffer and screen shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Section 50 of this Ordinance.
I. HEIGHT:
1. No principal structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding two
(2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet. Principal structures located adjacent to an
R-20, R-12.5, or R-7.5 District shall not exceed one(1)floor level and twenty
(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
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Council.
2. No accessory structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding
fifteen (15) feet.
J. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS: Landscaping shall be required in accordance
with Section 53 of this Ordinance.
K. OFF-STREET PARKING: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with
the provisions of Section 56 and 58 and shall be landscaped in accordance with
Section 53 of this Ordinance.
L. OFF-STREET LOADING: Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with
the provisions of Section 57 of this Ordinance.
M. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: The following design requirements shall apply in the
HC District:
1. Refuse disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view.
2. Mechanical and electrical equipment, including air conditioning units, shall be
designed, installed, and operated to minimize noise impact on surrounding
property. All such equipment shall be screened from public view.
3. Lighting shall be designed to reflect away from any adjacent residential area.
4. Whenever an HC Highway Commercial District is adjacent to any
residentially zoned district, a buffer strip, at least twenty (20) feet in width
shall be provided between the two (2) districts. A wall, fence, or berm shall
be erected to effectively screen the HC District from the residential area and
no streets, alley, vehicular storage area or use shall be permitted in the
required buffer strip.
5. The Masonry Requirements of Section 54 shall be met.
6. All sales, display, or outdoor storage areas shall be surfaced in accordance
with Section 58 except those areas of nurseries and garden center where
living plants are located.
7. Storage areas for any product, excluding automobile and truck sales and
leasing, shall be completely enclosed by a blind fence or wall at least seven
(7) feet high. No materials or products shall be stacked higher than one (1)
foot below the top of the fence or wall.
8. ADDITIONAL BUFFERING, SCREENING, FENCING, & LANDSCAPING.
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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.
9. Hotel/motel facilities are required to meet the following standards:
(a) Each guestroom shall have a minimum area of 380 sq. ft.
(b) A full service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which provides
service to the general public shall be required.
(c) On-site staff is required 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
(d) The following amenities shall be provided:
1. A minimum of 10,000 sq. ft. of meeting or conference room
space; and
2. A swimming pool with a minimum area of 1,000 sq. ft.
(e) A minimum room count of 300 rooms.
N. PLANNED COMMERCIAL CENTER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: Each lot or parcel
of land created within a Planned Commercial Center shall comply with the following
requirements:
1. MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: The front yard requirements contained in Section 26.G.3. shall
be applicable to each lot or parcel of land within a Planned Commercial
Center permitted. The minimum side and minimum rear yards as required in
Section 26.G.4. and G.S. shall be required around the outside perimeter of a
Planned Commercial Center. Minimum side and rear yard requirements of
interior lots may be required if deemed necessary by City Council in order to
meet the provisions of Section 48. Perimeter lots in a Planned Commercial
Center shall have a minimum twenty(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 twenty-five (25) foot dedicated
public access easement connecting to a public right-of-way.
2. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
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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 fifteen (15) percent of the total site area of the Planned
Commercial Center shall be devoted to non-vehicular open space (non-
vehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings, parking, loading,
storage, or vehicular use).
4. BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF PROPOSED STRUCTURES SHALL BE
SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED BY SECTION 48.D.7.
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 Master 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
uses 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
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(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 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 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
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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 oneyear
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 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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