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CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS
THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE
CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS
INCORPORATING AMENDMENTS THROUGH NOVEMBER 9,1992
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION
DESCRIPTION
Section I
Section II
Section III
Section IV
Section V
Section VI
Section VII
Section VilA
Section IX
Section IXA
Section X
Section XI
Section XII
Section XIII
Section XIV
Section XV
Section XVI
Section XVII
Section XVIII
Section XIX
Section XX
Section XXI
Section XXII
Section XXIII
Section XXIV
Section XXV
Section XXVI
Section XXVII
Section XXVIII
Section XXIX
Section XXX
Grandfather Clause
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Purpose
Zoning Map Provisions
Definitions
R-1 Single Family District
R-2 Single Family District
R-3 Single Family District
R-4-SD Separate Ownership Duplex District
R-1-S Special Single Family District
R-5- T Townhouse
R-8 Detached Zero Lot Line Residence
R-7-MF Multifamily District
0-1 Office District
LR Local Retail District
C-1 Commercial District
C-2 Commercial District
OC Outdoor Commercial District
1-1 Light Industrial District
1-2 Medium Industrial District
U School, Church & Institutional District
PD Planned Development
SU Specific Use Permit
FP Flood Plain District
Parking & Loading Requirements
AG Agricultural District
Special Development Controls
Application of District Regulations
Nonconfonning Uses
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Amendments
Administration, Enforcement & Fees
Signs
List of Specific Use Permits
List of Planned Developments
Minimum Parking Area and Spaces
TEXT AMENDMENTS
ORDINANCE
NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
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1228
1231
1232
1233
1268
1284
1287
1307
1337
1375
1376
1376
1409
1416
1417
1421
1449
1457
1494
1572
1618
1636
1641
1643
1665
1672
1700
1705
1725
1726
1738
1749
1751
1748
1785
1791
1792
1794
1795
1809
1810
1816
1817
1824
1828
1829
1815
1855
Parochial Schools
Car Spaces
Disabled Spaces
Planned Development
Accessory Apartment
Zero Lot Line
Pet Store
Mini-Warehousing
Special Single Family District
Bowling Alleys
Rules and Procedures
Specific Usage
Residential Masonry Requirements
Accessory Buildings
R-7 MF Multifamily
Table 22,3 School Parking
Screening Fence
Commercial Buildings
Accessory Buildings
Wind Chargers, TV Satellite Dishes
Commercial Amusements, Health Studios
Signs
Masonry Tilt Wall Requirements
Revision to Ordinance
New Car Dealerships
Banner Signs
Temporary Sales & Christmas Trees
Revisions to Use Tables
Rear Yard Requirements
Specific Use Permits
Accessory Building Regulations
TV Satellite Dishes
Parking Space Dimensions
Day Care/Kindergarten
Side Yard Requirements
Carnivals & Special Events
LPG/CNG Dispensing Stations
Pawn Shops
Self Storage/Mini-warehouse
Side Yards Requirements
Policy on R-8 Zero Lot Line District
R-3 Square Foot Requirements
Masonry Requirement - Existing Residences
Automobile Inspection Stations
Automobile Lubrication Center/Service Sta.
Extra Width on Corner Lots
Landscape Requirement
Ground Floor Residence Requirement
Vehicle Storage Facility
Clarification of Ordinance 1636
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SECTION I
PURPOSE
1.1 PURPOSE
The purpose of this ordinance is to zone the entire area of the City of North Richland Hills into districts in
accordance with a comprehensive plan for the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals and the general
welfare of the general public. The regulations and districts herein established have been designed to lessen
congestion in the streets; to provide safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to provide adequate light and
air, to prevent the overcrowding of land. to avoid undue concentration of populations, to provide and facilitate
adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. Said
districts have been established with reasonable consideration of the character of the district and its peculiar
suitability for the particular uses, and with the view of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the
most appropriate use of land through the community. Where this ordinance imposes a greater restriction upon
land, buildings or structures than is imposed or required by other ordinances, covenants or agreements, the
provisions of these regulation shall govern. Where other ordinances impose greater restrictions than are
imposed herein the provisions of such other ordinances shall govern.
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SECTION \I
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP PROVISIONS
2.1 The City of North Richland Hills is hereby divided into the zones, or districts, 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.
2.2 If, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, changes are made in the 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.
2.3 Approved zoning changes shall be entered on the Official Zoning Map by the City Enforcing Officer and
each change shall be identified on the map with the date and number of the ordinance making the change, No
amendment to this ordinance which involves matter portrayed on the Official Zoning Map shall become effective
until after such ordinance has been finally approved by the City Council.
2.4 No change of any nature shall be made on the Official Zoning Map or matter shown thereon except in
conformity with the procedures set forth in this ordinance. Unauthorized change of whatever kind by any
person or persons shall be considered a violation of this ordinance and punishable hereunder.
2.5 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 City Hall is open to the
public,
2.6 REPLACEMENT OF THE ZONING MAP
In the event the Official Zoning Map becomes damaged, destroyed, lost or difficult to interpret because of the
nature and/or number of changes and additions, the City Council may, by resolution, adopt a new Official
Zoning Map, which shall supersede the prior Official Zoning Map, The new Official Zoning Map may correct
drafting or other errors or omissions in the prior Official Zoning Map or any subsequent amendment thereof.
The new Official Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the Mayor, attested by the City Secretary,
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SECTION III
DEFINITIONS
Words in the present tense include the future; words in the singular number include the plural number; the
words in the plural number include the singular; the word "building" includes the word "structure"; the word "lot"
includes the word "plot"; the word "shall" is mandatory and directive,
ABUTTING PROPERTY - Property abutting upon a street shall also be understood as not abutting property on
the other side of the street.
ACCESSORY BUILDING - A subordinate building located on the same lot as the main building, or a portion of
the main building, the use of which is clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection with the main
building or principal use of the land.
ACCESSORY USE - A use subordinate to and incidental to the primary use of the main building or to the
primary use of the premises.
ADJACENT - Shall mean "next to" or "closest to" but shall not necessarily mean "touching".
AIRPORT OR LANDING FIELD - A landing facility for aircraft.
ALLEY - A way which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.
AMENDMENTS - Changes made in the text or map of the zoning ordinance,
AMUSEMENT, COMMERCIAL (outdoors) - An amusement enterprise offering entertainment or games of skill to
the general public for a fee or charge wherein any portion of the activity takes place in the open, including but
not limited to a golf driving range, archery range and miniature golf course.
AMUSEMENT, COMMERCIAL (indoors) - An amusement enterprise wholly enclosed in a building which is
treated acoustically so that noise generated by the enterprise is not perceptible at the boundary line and
including, but not limited to, a bowling alley or billiard parlor, In industrial areas, commercial amusements shall
be subject to the same sound perfonnance standards as industrial uses.
AMUSEMENT PARK - Any lot, tract or parcel of land, or any improvement thereon, either temporary or
pennanent, 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, any of which is
operated for a profit.
Without limiting the scope of this definition, the following shall be considered as games of skill:
Bat-a-ball, miniature golf courses, golf driving ranges and archery galleries, skeet fields and rifle ranges,
Without limiting the scope of this definition, the following shall be considered as circuses or carnivals:
Wild west shows, medicine shows, vaudeville shows, minstrel shows,
Without limiting the scope of this definition, the following shall be considered as riding devices: Skating
rinks, merry-go-rounds, Ferris wheels, whips, sky rides, hobby horses, flying jennies, pony rides, kiddy
trains.
ANTIQUE SHOP - An establishment offering for sale within a building articles such as glass, china, furniture or
similar furnishings and decorations which have value and significance as result of age, design or sentiment.
APARTMENT - A room or suite of rooms in a multi-family dwelling or apartment house arranged, designed or
occupied as a place of residence by a single family, individual or group of individuals.
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APARTMENT DWELLING GROUP - Two or more apartment buildings designed as an integral unit and
occupying a lot or parcel of land in one ownership and connected by common water and sanitary systems,
APARTMENT HOUSE - Any building designed, built, rented, leased, or let to be occupied as a home or place
of residence by three or more families living in independent dwelling units.
AREA OF THE LOT - The net area of the lot. It shall not include portions of streets and alleys.
ART GALLERY OR MUSEUM - An institution for the collection, display and distribution of objects of art or
science, sponsored by a public or quasi-public agency and which facility is open to the general public.
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION - The discharging from stacks, open storage, chimneys, exhausts, vents, ducts,
openings or open fires of such air contaminants as visible emissions, sulphur dioxide, particulate matter,
hydrocarbons, fumes or similar material or gases,
ATTACHED GARAGE - A garage which has one or more walls common with the principal building on a lot; or
which is attached to the principal building by an enclosed porch, loggia or passageway, the roof of which is part
or extension of the roof of the principal building,
AUTO LAUNDRY - A building, or portion thereof containing facilities for washing automobiles using production
line methods with a chain conveyor, blower, steam cleaning device, or other mechanical devices.
AUTOMOBILE - A four-wheeled self-propelled vehicle designed for passenger transportation and commonly
propelled by an internal-combustion engine.
AUTOMOBILE INSPECTION STATION - A facility which performs inspections of and affixes inspection stickers
to vehicles for compliance with applicable State Motor Vehicle Inspection Laws. No repairs are performed other
than the minor replacement of items associated with the automobile inspection process.
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MAJOR - General repair, or reconditioning of engines and air-conditioning systems for
motor vehicles; wrecker service; collision services including body, frame or fender straightening or repair;
customizing; overall painting or paint shop,
AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MINOR - Minor repair or replacement of parts, tires, tubes, and batteries; diagnostic
services; minor motor services such as grease, oil, spark plug, and filter changing; tune-ups; emergency road
service, replacement of starters, alternators, hoses, brake parts; automobile washing and polishing; performing
state inspections and making minor repairs necessary to pass said inspection; normal servicing of
air-conditioning systems, and other similar minor services for motor vehicles except heavy load vehicles,
AUTOMOBILE SALES AREA - An open area or lot used for the display or sale of automobiles, where no repair
work is done except minor reconditioning of the cars to be displayed and sold on the premises,
AUTOMOBILE LUBRICATION CENTER OR SERVICE STATION (not including repair) - Facilities which
perform retail sales of motor fuels and perform routine maintenance of motor vehicles, including the
replacement of elements and fluids which are expected to be routinely replaced on a frequent basis such as
engine oils, lubrications, brake fluids, transmission and power steering fluids, and air filters.
AWNING - An awning is a roof-like cover of a temporary nature that projects from the wall of a building.
BACKGROUND NOISE - Noise from all sources other than that under specific consideration including traffic
operating on public thoroughfares.
BAR - An establishment, not a restaurant, the principal activity of which is the sale and consumption on the
premises of liquor, wine, beer or any other alcoholic beverages, whether served with or without food and other
refreshments.
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BASEMENT - A building story which is partly underground, but having at least one-half of its height above the
average level of the adjoining ground. A basement shall be counted as a story in computing building height.
BASEMENT, CELLAR - A basement or cellar is a story wholly or partly (at least fifty (50%) percent) measured
from floor to ceiling, below the average level of the ground surrounding the building. A basement or cellar is
not counted when measuring the height of a building.
BILLBOARD - An outdoor advertising structure which advertises a use, product, or service not necessarily
found on the premises,
BLOCK - A piece or parcel of land platted as a block on a plat officially adopted by the City and County.
BLOCK FACE - A block face is a side of a block facing upon a street, within which lots face the abutting street.
BOARDER, LODGER OR ROOMER - Person occupying one or more rooms in a residential structure or portion
of such structure occupied as a single housekeeping unit as permitted by this ordinance, other than apartment,
hotel, or motel, for which compensation is required,
BOARDING HOUSE - A building other than a hotel or apartment hotel where for compensation and by
pre-arrangement or definite periods, meals or lodging and meals are provided for five (5) or more persons, but
not exceeding twenty (20) persons.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT (See Section XXVII)
BOULEVARD STREET - A public street which, in accordance with the comprehensive plan for zoning of the
City and City wide traffic surveys, has been designed to channelize and expedite the free movement of
inter-city or intra-city, heavy-volume or high-speed traffic and to relieve congestion from other public streets.
Such term, when applied to limited access type roadways, shall be construed to include both the main traffic
lanes and frontage roads.
BREEZEWAY - A structure entirely open except for roof and supporting columns which connect a residence
and an accessory building on the same lot.
BUILD - The word build means to erect, convert, enlarge, reconstruct, or alter a building or structure.
BUILDABLE WIDTH - The buildable width of a building site is the width of the building site left to be built upon
after the required side yards are provided,
BUILDING - Any structure built for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or movable
property of any kind.
BUILDING, DETACHED - A detached building is a building surrounded by yards or open space on the same
building lot.
BUILDING ENDS - Those sides of a building having the least dimension as compared to the front or rear of a
building. As used herein for the building spacing regulations for multiple-family dwelling, a building end shall be
interpreted as being the most narrow side of a building regardless of whether it fronts upon a street, faces the
rear of the lot or is adjacent to the side lot line or another building.
BUILDING, FRONT OF - That portion of a building most nearly parallel with and adjacent to the front of the lot
on which it is situated.
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF - The vertical distance measured from the ground level to the highest point of the roof
surface.
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BUILDING LINE - A line parallel or approximately parallel to the street line at a specified distance therefrom
establishing the minimum distance from the street line that a building may be erected,
BUILDING LINE, FRONT - A line located a minimum horizontal distance from a front lot line parallel thereto,
over which no part of a building shall extend, unless otherwise permitted in this ordinance,
BUILDING LINE, REAR - A line located a minimum horizontal distance from a rear lot line, if any, and parallel
thereto, over which no part of a building shall extend, unless otherwise permitted in this Ordinance.
BUILDING LINE, SIDE - A line located a minimum horizontal distance from a side lot line, if any, and parallel
thereto, over which no part of a building shall extend, unless otherwise permitted in this ordinance.
BUILDING LOT - A building lot is a single tract of land located within a single block which (at the time of filing
for a building permit) is designed by its owner or developer as tract to be used, developed, or built upon as a
unit, under single ownership or control. It shall front upon a street or approved place. Therefore, a building lot
may not coincide with a lot of record. A building lot may be subsequently subdivided into two (2) or more
building lots, subject to the provisions of this ordinance.
BUILDING, MIXED - A mixed building is a building used partly for residential use and partly for community
facility and/or commercial use, A mixed building is a commercial use.
BUILDING OFFICIAL - The building inspector or administrative official charged with responsibility for issuing
pennits and enforcing the building code,
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL - A building in which the principal use of the lot on which it is located, is conducted, All
residential uses, except bona fide servants' quarters are principal uses.
BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL - A building which is arranged, designed, used or intended to be used for residential
occupancy by one (1) or more families or lodgers,
BUSINESS - Includes retail, commercial, and manufacturing uses and districts as herein defined.
CANOPY OR MARQUEE - A roof-like structure of a pennanent nature which projects from the wall of a building
or structure and overhangs a private or public way,
CARPORT - A roofed structure open on three sides when attached to a dwelling and open on four sides when
detached from a dwelling, covered with a roof supported by structural steel or wood columns or masonry piers
of minimum size for structural safety,
CAR SPACE - Space required to park one motor vehicle,
CEMETERY - Land used or intended to be used for the interment of human and pet remains and dedicated for
cemetery purposes, including crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and
within the boundary of such cemetery.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY - A written document signed by the Building Official authorizing a described
use at a described location.
CHILD CARE CENTER - Any place, home or institution which cares for four (4) or more children under the age
of sixteen (16) years apart from their parents, guardians, or custodians for regular periods of time for
compensation provided, however, that the term "child care center" shall not include or apply to bona fide
schools, custody fixed by a court, children related by blood or marriage within the third degree of the custodial
person, or churches and other religious or public institutions caring for children within an institutional building.
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CHURCH - A place of worship and religious training or recognized religions including the on-site housing of
ministers, rabbis, priests, nuns and similar staff personnel.
CITY COUNCIL - The governing and legislative body of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas.
CITY MANAGER - The Chief City Administrative officer.
CLEANING SHOP OR LAUNDRY (Limited Area) - To be of the customer self-service type and not a
commercial laundry or cleaning plant.
CLINIC - A group of offices for one or more physicians, surgeons, or dentists to treat sick or injured
out-patients.
CLINIC, VETERINARIAN· A group of offices where one or more veterinarians treat sick or injured animals and
where animals only remain overnight inside clinic for recovery.
CLINIC, MEDICAL - An institution or station for the examination and treatment of ill and afflicted out-patients.
CLUB - A building or portion thereof or premises owned or operated by a corporation, association, person or
persons for a social, educational or recreational purpose, but not primarily for profit or to render a service which
is customarily carried on as a business.
CLUB, CIVIC - A building or portion of a building, together with the grounds and related facilities, primarily used
by an association of persons for periodic meetings to promote special purpose activities, such as literature,
science, or civic improvements,
CLUB, COMMUNITY - A building or portion of a building, together with the grounds and related facilities, used
primarily by an association of the residents of a particular subdivision, neighborhood or housing development
and by its members and guests for social, fraternal and recreational purposes.
CLUB, PRIVATE - A building or portion of a building together with the grounds and related facilities used
primarily by an association, its members, and their guests for social, fraternal, and recreational purposes.
COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY - An academic institution of higher learning, accredited or recognized by the State
and offering a program or series of programs of academic study.
COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENTS - An enterprise whose main purpose is to provide the general public with an
amusing or entertaining activity, where tickets are sold or fee collected at the gate of the activity, Commercial
amusements include zoos, carnivals, expositions, miniature golf courses, driving ranges, arcades, fairs,
exhibitions, athletic contests, rodeos, tent shows, Ferris wheels, children's rides, roller coasters, skating rinks,
ice rinks, and traveling shows.
COMMERCIAL DOG KENNELS - Any lot or premises on which dogs are kept, raised, sold or boarded primarily
for profit and gain.
COMMERCIAL GYMNASIUM - Any facility, open to the general public, offering as its primary use floor area for
the playing of organized sports, such as basketball or soccer, for fees; whether in structured league
arrangements or in "free play· setting. Such facilities may include restaurant and snack bar-refreshment
services subject to all other provisions of this Ordinance governing such services.
COMMISSION - The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of North Richland Hills.
COMMON AREA· An area held, designed and designated principally for the common use of the occupants of
a town house project, PUD, mobile home park, or subdivision.
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COMMUNITY CENTER - A building dedicated to social or recreational activities, serving the city or a
neighborhood and owned and operated by the City of North Richland Hills, or by a non-profit organization
dedicated to promoting the health, safety, morals or general welfare of the City.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - Policies in graphic and textual form which guide the future development of the City,
CONDOMINIUM - Any building or portion thereof, which is designed, built or altered to allow for individual
ownership of each unit within the building or buildings,
CONVALESCENT HOME - Any structure used or customarily occupied by persons recovering from illness or
suffering from infirmities of age.
COURT YARD - An open, unoccupied space, bounded on more than two sides by the walls of a building. An
inner court is a court entirely surrounded by the exterior walls of a building. An outer court is a court having
one side open to a street, alley, yard, or other permanent space.
COVERAGE - The percentage of a lot or tract covered by the roof or first floor of a building, Roof eaves to the
extent of three (3) feet from the walls of a building shall be excluded from coverage computation.
CURB LEVEL - The level of the established curb in front of the building measured at the center of such front.
Where no curb has been established, the Director of Public Works shall establish such curb or its equivalent for
the purpose of this Ordinance.
DAY CAMP - A facility arranged and conducted for the organized recreation and instruction of children including
outdoor activities on a daytime basis,
DENSITY - The ration of dwelling units or rooms to the area of the lot or tract upon which a residential structure
is located or erected.
DEPTH OF LOT - The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines,
DEPTH OF REAR YARD - The mean horizontal distance between the rear line of a building and the rear lot
line.
DETACHED GARAGE - A garage wholly separated and independent of the principal building on a lot; or
connected to the principal building by an unenclosed or latticed passageway, pergola, arbor, or covered walk.
DEVELOPMENT - Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to
building or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations.
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS· Standards or requirements that apply to improvements or the placement of
these improvements on a site or parcel of land, Examples are height, yard and parking requirements,
DISTRICT - A contiguous parcel of land of the same zoning.
DORMITORY - A building containing sleeping rooms for persons who are generally engaged in the same
activities, usually students.
DRIVE-IN FOOD AND DRINK ESTABLISHMENT - An establishment serving food and drink to customers in
their cars, patio or tables outside of a building,
DWELLING - A building or portion thereof, designated but not a house trailer, designated and used exclusively
for residential occupancy, including one family dwellings, but not including hotels, motels, or lodging houses.
DWELLING, ATTACHED - An attached dwelling is one which is joined to another dwelling at one or more sides
by a party wall or walls.
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DWELLING, DETACHED - A detached dwelling is one which is entirely surrounded by open space on the same
building lot.
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY ATTACHED - A dwelling building on a separately platted lot which is joined to
another dwelling unit on one or more sides by a party wall or abutting separate wall, served by separate utilities
and not occupied by more than one family.
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY DETACHED - A detached building having accommodations for and occupied by not
more than one family, or by one family and not more than two (2) boarders or lodgers,
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY - A detached building having separate accommodations for and occupied by not
more than two families, or by two families and not more than four (4) boarders or lodgers. (Two boarders or
lodgers to each unit.) A dwelling designed, arranged, or used exclusively for the use and occupancy of two
families living independently of each other.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE FAMILY - Any building or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased, or let
to be occupied as three or more dwelling units or apartments or which is occupied as a home or residence of
three or more families.
DWELLING UNIT - A room or suite or set or rooms occupied, or suitable for occupancy, as a family residence,
and having kitchen, bath and sanitary facilities, together with appropriate appurtenances.
EFFICIENCY APARTMENT - An apartment having a maximum floor area of four hundred square feet.
EMERGENCY ACCESS EASEMENT - An area other than a dedicated street or alley, which is maintained free
and clear of buildings, structures, or other obstructions for the purpose of providing free passage or service and
emergency vehicles.
ENFORCING OFFICER - The administrative official charged with responsibility of enforcing the Zoning
Ordinance.
FAMILY - A family consists of one (1) or more persons, each related to the other by blood, marriage, or
adoption or a group of not more than four (4) persons not related by blood, marriage or adoption (excluding
servants) who are living together in a dwelling.
FARM, RANCH, GARDEN OR ORCHARD - An area of two (2) acres or more which is used for growing of
usual farm products, vegetables, fruits, trees and grain and for the raising thereon of the usual farm poultry
and farm animals such as horses, cattle and sheep and including the necessary accessory uses for raising,
treating and storing products raised on the premises, but not including the commercial feeding of offal and
garbage to swine and other animals and not including any type of agricultural or husbandry specifically
prohibited by ordinance or law, and not including commercial riding stables.
FARM ACCESSORY BUILDING - A structure, other than a dwelling, on a farm as herein defined, for the
housing, protection or storage of the usual farm equipment, animals and crops,
FEEDING PEN, ACCESSORY - An area used for feeding of livestock as an accessory use only to farming
activities,
FEEDING PEN, COMMERCIAL - An area where livestock are confined, whether under fence or not, and are
fed in any quantity or in any manner other than grazing on growing herbage, for any purpose other than as a
normal accessory use to farming activities, Pasturing of livestock on growing herbage, including rental of
grazing land for pasturing shall not be considered as a commercial feeding pen use.
FIRE LANE - An all weather approach or opening through which a fire fighting vehicle may pass with a
minimum of interference.
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FLEA MARKETS - A collection or group of outdoor stalls, booths, tables or other similar arrangements, used by
individual vendors, for the display and sale of various items of new or used personal property.
FLOOD - A general and temporary condition or partial or complete inundation, by water or mud, of lands not
nonnally inundated and that are used for unstable by man,
FLOOR AREA - A. Commercial, business, and industrial building or buildings containing mixed uses: The sum
of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior
walls or from the center-line of walls separating two buildings but not including: (1) attic space providing
headroom of less than seven feet; (2) basement space not used for retailing; (3) uncovered steps or fire
escapes; (4) accessory water towers or cooling towers; (5) accessory off-street parking spaces; and (6)
accessory off-street loading berths. B. Residential buildings: the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of
a dwelling, exclusive of garages, basements and open porches, measured from the exterior faces of the
exterior walls.
FOSTER HOME OR ORPHANAGE - A home in which three or more children are received, raised, or provided
with food and shelter by people other then their natural or adoptive parents.
FRONTAGE, STREETS - The length of all property on one (1) side of a street between two (2) intersecting
streets measured along the line of the street, or if the street is a dead end, then the length of all property
abutting on one (1) side between an intersecting street and the end of the dead end street.
GARAGE, PRIVATE - An accessory building not exceeding nine hundred (900) square feet in area designed or
used for the storage of not more than four motor-driven vehicles owned and used by the occupants of the
building to which it is accessory,
GARAGE, PUBLIC - A building or portion thereof, other than a private or storage garage, designed for
servicing, repairing, equipping, hiring, selling, or storing motor-driven vehicles,
GARAGE, STORAGE - A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively for storage of motor-driven
vehicles, and at which motor fuels and oils may be sold without exterior advertising, and where motor-driven
vehicles are not equipped, repaired, hired or sold.
GARDEN HOME DEVELOPMENT - A single-family development containing attached dwelling units on a limited
portion of land with the remaining land areas consolidated into common open space.
GASOLINE OR FUEL SERVICE STATION - An establishment for the retail sales of petroleum products and
automotive accessories, including minor automobile service and repair only as an incidental activity to such
retail sales, but not including the overhaul of major automobile components, body work, or repair of heavy
trucks.
GOLF COURSE (commercial) - A golf course, privately owned but open to the public for a fee and operated as
a commercial venture,
GROCERY STORE - A retail establishment selling meats, fruits, vegetables bakery products, dairy products
and similar for human consumption for off-premises consumption only.
GROSS FLOOR AREA - Total floor area dimensions of the building at each floor level, except that portion of
the basement used only for utilities or storage, and any areas within the building used for off-street parking.
GROSS LEASABLE AREA (GLA) - Total floor area designed for tenant occupancy and exclusive use including
basements, mezzanines and upper floors, if any; expressed in square feet and measured from the center line
of joint partitions and from outside wall faces.
GUEST QUARTERS (Guest House) - Living quarters within a detached accessory building located on the same
premises with the main building for use by temporary guests of the occupants of the premises, such quarters
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shall not have kitchen facilities or separate utility meters, shall not be rented, and shall not be used as a
separate dwelling.
HELICOPTER BASE - A landing and terminal facility for rotary wing aircraft, including facilities for fueling,
servicing and maintaining such craft.
HELIPORT - A landing facility for rotary wing aircraft subject to regularly scheduled use, but not including
fueling or servicing facilities for such craft.
HELISTOP - A landing pad for occasional and infrequent use by rotary wing aircraft.
HOBBY SHOP - An accessory use housed in a dwelling or in an accessory building in which the residents of
the premises engage in recreational activities, none of which shall disturb the neighbors on either side or in the
rear hereof, and from which no revenue may be derived, in which no goods may be publicly displayed, offered
for sale, or advertised for sale, nor may any sign be used in connection therewith.
HOME ASSOCIATION - An incorporated non-profit organization operating under recorded land agreements
through which : a) each lot owner in a planned unit or other described land area is automatically a member,
and b) each lot is automatically subject to a charge for a proportionate share of expenses for the organization's
activities such as maintaining common property.
HORSE LOT (Private) - An enclosed area used exclusively for quartering horses (the term "horses" shall
include all equine animals) and containing at least 10,000 square feet for the first one to four horses and two
thousand (2,000) feet for each horse thereafter with a limit of eight (8) horses per acre. Any area used for the
keeping of horses under this ordinance shall be fenced and shall exclude any area required as minimum front
yard specified in the Zoning Ordinances of the City of North Richland Hills,
HORSE LOT (Commercial) - An area used exclusively for quartering horses (the term "horses" shall include all
equine animals) for the purposes of boarding or rental to the public and containing a stable which provides at
least one hundred (100) square feet for each horse quartered.
HOSPITAL - A building or group of buildings, having room facilities for one or more abiding patients, used for
providing services for the inpatient medical or surgical care of sick or injured humans, or the treatment of the
mentally ill, convalescent, or infirm persons and which may include related facilities such as laboratories,
out-patient department, training facilities, central service facilities, and staff offices, provided, however, that such
related facility must be incidental and subordinate to the main use and must be an integral part of the hospital
operation.
HOTEL OR MOTEL - A building or group of buildings designed and occupied as a temporary abiding place of
individuals. To be classified as a hotel or motel an establishment shall contain a minimum of six (6) individual
guest rooms or units and shall furnish customary hotel services such as linen, maid service, telephone use and
upkeep of furniture.
JUNK - The term "junk" is defined to mean and shall include scrap iron, scrap tin, scrap brass, scrap copper,
scrap lead or scrap zinc and all other scrap metals and their alloys, and bones, rags, used cloth, used rubber,
used rope, used tinfoil, used bottles, old cotton, or used machinery, used tools, used appliances, used fixtures,
used utensils, used boxes or crates, used pipe or pipe fittings, used automobile or airplane tires, and other
manufactured goods that are so worn, deteriorated or obsolete as to make them unusable in their existing
condition; subject to being dismantled for junk.
JUNK OR SALVAGE YARD - A junk or salvage yard is a lot upon which waste or scrap materials are both,
sold, exchanged, stored, packed, disassembled, or handled, including but not limited to scrap iron and other
metals, paper, rags, rubber tires, and bottles. A junk yard includes an automobile wrecking yard and
automobile parts yard. A junk yard does not include such uses conducted entirely within an enclosed building.
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KINDERGARTEN OR NURSERY SCHOOL - A school for children of preschool age, the work of which is purely
preliminary to the work of the public school, and which contemplates a planned program of games, songs,
social exercises and object lessons.
LAND OWNER - Shall mean the legal or beneficial owner or owners of the land. The holder of an option or a
contract purchaser or other persons having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land shall be deemed to
be a land owner for the purpose of the Ordinance,
LANDSCAPING - Material such as, but not limited to, grass, ground covers, shrubs, vines, hedges, trees or
palms; and non-living durable material commonly used in landscaping, such as, but not limited to rocks,
pebbles, sand, walls, or fences, but excluding paving.
LEGAL HEIGHT - The maximum height of a building permitted by any airport zoning ordinance or other
ordinance restricting the height of structures,
LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE, BUILDING OR YARD - A use, building or yard existing legally at the time of
the passage of this Ordinance which does not by reason of design, use, or dimensions conform to the
regulation of the district in which it is situated, A use, building or yard established after the passage of this
Ordinance which does not conform to regulations of the district in which it is situated shall be considered an
illegal non-conforming use.
LIQUOR STORE - Facility whose primary purpose is the sale of beer, wine or liquor not for on-premises
consumption, It may include soft drinks and some food items.
LIVESTOCK AUCTION - Barns, pens and sheds for the temporary holding and sale of livestock.
LIVING AREA - That portion of a building or structure devoted to the occupants use and benefit and shall not
include garages, carports or outside areas.
LIVING UNIT - A room or rooms occupied by a family and which must include cooking facilities.
LOT - Land occupied or intended for occupancy by a use permitted in this Ordinance, including one main
building together with its accessory buildings, and the yards and parking spaces required herein, and having its
principal frontage upon a street or upon an officially approved place,
LOT, ADJOINING OR ADJACENT - Any lot, parcel or piece of land that shares with the lot under consideration
a common lot line, alley or any point of tangency,
LOT AREA - The lot area is the entire area of the lot bounded by its perimeter property lines.
LOT AREA PER DWELLING UNIT - Lot area per dwelling unit is the lot required for each dwelling unit located
on a building site.
LOT, CONTIGUOUS - Two lots which have one boundary, or a part thereof, common to both lots,
LOT, CORNER - A lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection.
LOT COVERAGE - The percentage of the total area of a lot occupied by the base (first story or floor) of
buildings located on the lot.
LOT COVERAGE RATIO - The lot coverage ratio is the ratio of the building ground coverage area to the lot
area.
LOT DEPTH - Lot depth is the mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of a
building lot measured within the lot boundary.
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LOT DOUBLE FRONTAGE - A lot having a frontage on two streets as distinguished from a corner lot.
LOT, INTERIOR - A lot other than a corner lot.
LOT LINE, FRONT - A front lot line is the boundary of a building lot which is the line of an existing or dedicated
street. Upon comer lots either street line may be selected as the front lot line providing a front and rear yard
are provided adjacent and opposite, respectively to the front lot line.
LOT LINE, REAR - The rear lot line is that boundary of a building lot which is most distant from the front Jot
line.
LOT LINE, SIDE - A side lot line is any boundary of a building lot which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
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, or a parcel of land, the deed for which it is recorded in the office of the County
Clerk of Tarrant County prior to the adoption of this ordinance.
LOT, REVERSE CORNER - A reverse corner lot is a corner lot, rear lot line of the street which abuts the side
lot line of the lot its rear.
LOT, THROUGH - An interior lot having frontages on two streets.
LOT WIDTH - The width of a lot at the front building line.
LOUNGE OR NIGHT CLUB - An establishment, other than a restaurant, where liquor, wine, beer and/or other
alcoholic beverage is served, dispersed or sold, whether served with or without food or other refreshment, and
where facilities are offered for dancing, or dancing is permitted or invited by the general public, or where live
entertainment is provided.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING OR MANUFACTURED HOME - A mobile home or a modular home or both.
MARINA - A boat basin or pier with facilities for berthing and securing all types of recreational water craft, as
well as providing adequate supplies, provisions and service, and fueling facilities.
MARQUEE OR CANOPY - A marquee or canopy is a roof-like structure of a permanent nature which projects
from the wall of a building or overhangs a public way.
MENTAL HEALTH CENTER - A facility or institution for diagnosing, treating, caring for and counseling persons
requiring mental health service.
MINI-WAREHOUSE - Enclosed space rented to the general public for storage of personal goods or belongings.
MOBILE HOME - A mobile or portable dwelling which in constructed on a chassis, and which is designed to be
towed over Texas roads and highways under special permit, designed for year-round occupancy, designed
primarily to be used without a permanent foundation, but which may sit on a permanent foundation, and
designed to be connected to utilities. It may consist of one or more units that can be telescoped when
transported and expanded later for additional capacity, or of two or more units, separately transportable, but
designed to be joined together into one integral unit. The following shall not be included in this definition:
(a) Travel trailer, pick-up coaches, motorhomes, camping trailers, or homes or other recreational
vehicles.
(b) Manufactured modular housing which is designed to be set on a permanent foundation and which
uses standard sheathing, roofing, siding, and electrical, plumbing, and heating systems which comply
with the Uniform Building Codes of North Richland Hills.
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MODEL DWELLING UNIT - A single-family dwelling in a developing subdivision located on a legal lot of record
that is limited to temporary use as a sales office for the subdivision and to provide an example of the dwellings
which have been built or which are proposed to be built in the same subdivision,
MOTORCYCLE - A usually two-wheeled self-propelled vehicle having one or two saddles or seats, and may
have a sidecar attached, For purposes of this ordinance, motorbikes, motorscooters, mopeds and similar
vehicles are classified as motorcycles.
MOTOR FREIGHT TERMINAL - A motor freight tenninal is a building or area in which freight brought by motor
truck is assembled and/or stored for shipping in interstate and intra-state commerce by motor truck, A motor
freight terminal is a truck tenninal.
MOTOR VEHICLE - Any vehicle designed to carry one or more persons which is propelled or drawn by
mechanical power, such as automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, and buses.
NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL BARRIER - Means any river, pond, canal, railroad, levee, embankment, or fence or
hedge which prohibits a view of the use from the outside,
NET LAND AREA - All privately owned property embraced within the outer perimeter property lines, not
including dedicated public streets. Dedicated rights-of-way for open space, drainage or access, approved
private streets or dedicated easements which can be used by the land occupants for private purposes shall be
included in net land area, Where land is dedicated for future opening or widening of a public street.
NONCONFORMING BUILDING - A building, structure, or portion thereof which does not conform to the height,
area or yard regulations of this Chapter and which lawfully existed at the time the regulations with which it does
not conform became effective,
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 district
in which it is situated.
NOXIOUS MA TIER - Noxious matter is a material which is capable of causing injury to living organisms by
chemical reaction or is capable of causing detrimental effects upon the physical or economic well-being or
comfort of humans.
NURSING AND CARE HOME - An institution providing meals and resident care and services for persons who
are generally admitted for periods of time exceeding thirty (30) days. Such service includes custodial or
attendant care, but mayor may not provide for routine and regular medical and nursing services. Nursing and
care homes include homes for the aged, and convalescent and rest homes.
OCCUPANCY - The use or intended use of the land or buildings by proprietors, or tenants.
ODOR THRESHOLD - The concentration of odorous matter in the atmosphere necessary to be perceptible to
the olfactory nerve of a normal person. Determination of the Odor Threshold is prescribed by A.S.T.M.
D1391-57, Standard Method for Measuring Odor in Atmosphere.
OFFICE - A room, studio, suite, or building or any part thereof in which a person transacts his business or
carries on his stated occupation. For the purposes of the ordinance, an office shall not involve manufacturing
fabrication, production, processing, assembling, cleaning, testing, or storage of materials, goods or products; of
the sale and delivery of any materials, goods or products which are physically located on the premises. An
office shall not be deemed to include a veterinary clinic.
OFF-STREET - Off the right-of-way of a public street or place.
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OFF-STREET PARKING INCIDENTAL TO MAIN USE - Off-street parking spaces provided in accordance with
requirements specified by this Ordinance and located on the lot or tract occupied by the main use, on an
immediately adjacent lot or tract, or on an immediately adjacent lot or tract across an alley or a street and
located within the same zoning district as the main use or a zoning district which would permit the
establishment of the main use or a commercial parking lot or structure, or within an adjacent parking district.
OFF-STREET PARKING SPACE - An enclosed or unenclosed area, not on a public street or alley, established
for or used for the parking of a motor vehicle.
OPENINGS FOR LIGHT AND AIR - Any window, window wall or glass panel located in the building, but not
including doors which are only for ingress and egress.
OPEN SPACE - An area included in any side, rear or front yard or any unoccupied space on the lot that is
open and unobstructed to the sky except for the ordinary projections or cornices, eaves, porches and plant
materials.
OPEN STORAGE - Storage of any equipment, machinery, commodities, raw or semi-finished materials, and
building materials, not accessory to a residential use which is visible from any point on the building lot line
when viewed from ground level to six (6) feet above ground level.
PARK OR PLAYGROUND (Public) - An open recreation facility or park owned or operated by a public agency
such as the City Park Department or the School Department and available to the general public; or the
temporary or seasonal use of open land as a play area or recreation area which is authorized, sanctioned or
approved by the City of North Richland Hills.
PARKING AREA - An open, unoccupied space used or required for use of parking of vehicles exclusively and
in which no gasoline or vehicular accessories are sold or no other business is conducted and no fees are
charged.
PARKING AREA, SEMI-PUBLIC - An open area other than a street, alley, or place used for temporary parking
of more that four (4) self- propelled vehicles as an accessory use to semi-public institutions, schools, churches,
hospitals and non-commercial clubs,
PARKING AREA, PUBLIC - Any open surface area used exclusively for the temporary storage of motor
vehicles and within which motor fuels and oils may be sold and fees charged, but no vehicles are to be
equipped, repaired, rented or sold.
PARKING LOT - An open surface area used exclusively for the temporary storage of motor vehicles and within
which motor fuels and oils may be sold and fees charged, but no vehicles are to be equipped, repaired, rented
or sold.
PARKING LOT STRUCTURE, COMMERCIAL (auto) - A area or structure devoted to the parking or storage of
automobiles for a fee. May include, in the case of a parking structure only, a facility for servicing of
automobiles provided such facility is primarily an internal function for use only by automobiles occupying the
structure and creates no special problems of ingress and egress,
PARKING LOT, TRUCK - Facility for parking or storage of currently licensed trucks.
PARKWAY - That public property situated between the curb or edge of a street and the property line of the
land adjacent.
PAWN SHOP - An establishment where articles are traded and exchanged for money plus a right to redeem
such articles within a given amount of time upon repayment as such money with interest. Also shall include the
sale of such articles as used merchandise subject to the provisions of other City Ordinances covering such
sales.
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PERFORMANCE STANDARDS - The standards specified for the operating characteristics of industrial uses
related to noise, smoke, particulate matter, odorous matter, fire and explosion hazard, toxic and noxious matter,
glare, vibration and storage,
PERGOLA - A space open on three sides and partially covered on top with beams, lattice, or similar skeleton
structure supported on posts, pillars or columns.
PERSONAL SERVICES - Retail establishment specializing in an individual personal service e.g. health spa,
tailer shop (not including barber or beauty shop).
PET STORE - A retail establishment selling live animals generally kept as household pets, Le. dogs, cats,
exotic birds or fish and associated goods for the maintenance of such animals,
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (PO) - Development of land which is under unified control and is planned and
developed as a whole in a single development operation or programmed series of development, and which
includes streets, utilities, lots, or building sites, and which indicates all structures and their relationship to each
other and to adjacent uses and improvements, as well as open spaces. A Planned Development may consist
of dwelling units and detached, semi-detached, attached, or multi-family structures or any combination thereof
and may also include non-residential uses such as religious, cultural, recreational, commercial, or industrial
uses, compatibly and harmoniously incorporated into the unitary design of the Planned Development.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION - Appointed by the City Council as an advisory body and authorized
to recommend changes in the Zoning.
PLAT - A plan of a subdivision of land creating building lots or tracts and showing all essential dimensions and
other information essential to comply with the subdivision standards of the City of North Richland Hills and
subject to approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission, Reference to a plat in this ordinance shall mean
an official plat of record approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission filed in the Plat Records of Tarrant
County.
PLAYFIELD OR STADIUM (public) - Any athletic field or stadium owned or operated by a public agency for the
general public, including a baseball field, golf course or football field or stadium,
PORCH - A roofed space open on three sides; one or more stories in height.
PREMISES - A lot, together with all buildings, structures and etc. thereon.
PRIVATE OR PAROCHIAL SCHOOL - An institution of learning having a curriculum equivalent to public
schools, providing care, training, education, custody, or supervision for twelve or more children who are not
related by blood, marriage, or adoption to the owner or operator of the facility, for all or part of the twenty-four
hour day, whether or not the facility is operated for profit, and whether or not the facility makes a charge for the
service offered by it; provided however, that this does not include specialty schools, such as dancing, music,
beauty, mechanical, trade, swimming, or commercial schools. These institutions must meet the standards and
have the same license and certification as required of public schools.
PRIVATE STABLES - A stable with horses which are used by residents of the premises and are not for hire,
and are maintained in conformity and compliance with all Federal, State and local health and police regulations.
PROMOTIONAL EVENT - A promotional event consists of carnivals, circus or similar temporary amusement
enterprises produced for a shopping center, major business, public or semi-public use,
PUBLIC BUILDING, SHOP OR YARD OF LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - Facilities such as
office buildings, maintenance yards of shops required by branches of Local, State, or Federal Government for
service to an area such as Highway Department yard, City Service Center of Experiment Station.
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RADIO, TELEVISION OR MICROWAVE TOWERS - Structures supporting antenna for transmitting or receiving
any portion of the radio spectrum, but excluding noncommercial antenna installations for home use of radio or
television,
RECREATIONAL SPACE - Outdoor space which is made available and maintained in a suitable condition to
afford occupants space for passive and active recreational pursuits to the exclusion of all other uses and/or
recreation rooms or buildings available to all occupants for the development.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE - A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a
temporary dwelling, self- propelled or to be towed behind a motor vehicle, without a special permit.
RECYCLING COLLECTION FACILITY - A facility designed to collect, sort and package, by manual or
mechanical processes, recyclable items for transport to a reprocessing plant.
RESIDENCE HOME FOR AGED - Any property zoned for the development of dwelling units,
RESIDENTIAL ZONED - A single family and two family zoned subdivision or area.
RESTAURANT - A business serving food to customers inside the building while occupying seating provided for
customers.
RIDING CLUB - A paddock, club house and stable for quartering, training and riding horses; the facilities of
which are restricted to a specific membership and not available to the general public.
SCHOOL, BUSINESS - A business organized to operate for a profit and offering instruction and training in a
service or art such as secretarial school, barber college, beauty school or commercial art school, but not
including manual trade school.
SCHOOL, COMMERCIAL TRADE - A business organized to operate for a profit and offering instruction and
training in a trade such as welding, brick laying, machinery operation and similar trades,
SCHOOL, PUBLIC OR DENOMINATIONAL - A school having an academic curriculum.
SCREENING DEVICE - A screening device shall consist of a barrier of stone brick, pierced brick or block,
uniformly colored wood, or other permanent material of equal character, density. and acceptable design. at
least six (6) feet in height, where the solid area equals at least sixty-five (65%) percent of the wall surface,
including an entrance gate or gates. Such screening device shall be continuously maintained,
SECONDHAND MERCHANDISE: DEALERS OR STORAGE (Screened) - The keeping, handling, storage or
use of furniture, appliances and/or other merchandise or goods for sale or display, Secondhand merchandise
is defined as an item which has previously been sold at the wholesale or retail level or previously used by an
individual or business,
SERVANTS' QUARTERS - An accessory building or portion of a main building located on the same lot as the
main building and used as living quarters for servants employed on the premises and not rented or otherwise
used as a separate dwelling, and shall not have kitchen facilities or separate utility meters.
SHOPPING CENTER - A group of commercial establishments which is planned, developed, owned, and
managed as a unit related in its location, size and type of shops to the trade area that the unit serves.
SITE PLAN - A detailed line drawing clearly describing the project and showing the following information:-
Drawn to scale showing scale used, north arrow, date and title of project.- Property lines, location and widths of
all streets, alleys and easements.- Proper dimensions on all fundamental features such as lot, buildings,
parking spaces and landscaped areas,- The location of setback lines, driveway openings and sidewalks. - All
proposed buildings, free-standing sign locations, parking areas and open-space.- All required landscaping,
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together with a description of type of material to be used, - A cross section on any required or proposed
screening.- Total square footage of the development lot; total square footage of landscaped areas; total
percentage of coverage; density of floor area ratio where applicable; height of all structures; number of parking
spaces; square footage and design features of all signs; garbage collection facilities,- Name, address and
telephone number of the proponent.
SMOKE - The visible discharge of particulate matter from chimney, vent exhaust, or combustion process.
SPAS, HEALTH STUDIO OR FITNESS CENTER - A business, open to the general public, which provides
various facilities and materials for the purpose of improving the health and fitness of its clients. This type
business may include in its facilities such things as swimming pools, weight rooms, running tracks, saunas or
steam rooms for the use of its customers. These various uses must be located indoors.
SPOT ZONING - A small parcel of land that is zoned as a district by itself, differing from surrounding parcels.
STABLE, PUBLIC - A stable other than a private or riding stable,
STABLE, RIDING - A structure in which horses or mules used for pleasure riding or driving are housed, or kept
for hire; including a riding track.
STORY - That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next
above it, or, if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.
STORY, HALF - A space under a sloping roof at the top of a building, the floor of which is not more that two
feet below the plate, shall be counted as a half-story when not more than sixty (60%) percent of said floor area
is used for rooms, baths, or toilets. A half-story containing an independent apartment, or living quarters shall
be considered as a full story.
STORY , STANDARD - One having eleven feet, six inches (11'6") or less between floors.
STREET - Any thoroughfare or public driveway, other than an alley, and more than thirty (30) feet in width,
which has been dedicated or deeded to the public for general use.
STREET LINE - A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and contiguous street.
STREET WIDTH - The horizontal distance between the side lines on a street, measured at right angles to the
side lines,
STRUCTURE - Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a location on the ground, or
attached to something having a location on the ground, including but without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, advertising signs, billboards, back stops for tennis courts, fences or pergolas,
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS - Any change in the supporting or structural members of a building including but
not limited to bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, or any substantial change in the roof or in exterior
walls.
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT - For the purposes of the definition, "substantial improvement" is considered to
occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences,
whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. The term does not, however,
include either:
1) Any project for improvement of a structure to comply with existing or local health, sanitary, or safety
code specifications which are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions; or,
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2} Any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or a State Inventory of
Historic Places.
SWIMMING POOL (Commercial) - A swimming pool with accessory facilities, not part of the municipal or public
recreational system and not a private swim club, but where the facilities are available to the general public for a
fee,
SWIMMING POOL (Private) - A swimming pool constructed for the exclusive use of the residents of a
one-family, two-family or multiple-family dwelling and located and fenced in accordance with the regulations of
the City of North Richland Hills. A private swimming pool shall not be operated as a business nor maintained in
a manner to be hazardous or obnoxious to adjacent property owners,
TAVERN OR LOUNGE - An establishment, the primary activity of which is the sale and consumption on the
premises of beer, wine or other liquors and where food service, if any, is secondary to the sale of beer, wine
and other liquors.
TEMPORARY FIELD AND CONSTRUCTION OFFICE - A structure for shelter, subject to removal by order of
the Building Inspector, used for connection with a development or building project for housing on the site of
temporary administrative and supervisory functions and for sheltering employees and equipment.
TOWNHOUSE - (Sometimes referred to as Row House). A single-family dwelling constructed as part of a
series of dwellings, all of which are either attached to the adjacent dwelling or dwellings by party walls or are
located immediately adjacent thereto with no visible separation between walls or roof.
TOWNHOUSE PROJECT - A townhouse development or plan which is submitted and approved by a single
special permit and which is laid out on contiguous land, uninterrupted by intervening public streets.
TOXIC MATERIALS - Toxic materials are those materials which are capable of causing injury to living
organisms by chemical means when present in relatively small amounts.
TOXIC AND NOXIOUS MATTER - Any solid, liquid, or gaseous matter which is present in sufficient quantities
to endanger health, safety, or comfort of persons in the vicinity or which may cause injury or damage to
property.
TRAILER, HOUSE (See Mobile Home)
TRANSITION ZONE - Transition zone includes a maximum of two (2) streets and four (4) rows of houses
platted to the parameters outlined in the City of North Richland Hills Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision
regulations.
USE - The purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed or intended, or for which land or a
building is or may be occupied or maintained.
USED CAR LOTS - A lot or portion thereof to be used only for the display and sale of automobiles that are in
condition to be driven on or off the lot. A used car lot shall not be used for the storage of wrecked
automobiles, or the dismantling of automobiles, or the storage of automobile parts.
USES BY RIGHT - Those uses permitted by the zoning ordinance in the various zoning districts.
USE RESTRICTIONS - Restrictions on the possible uses of real estates in a designated area.
USED CAR SALES AREA - Any open area, other than a street, alley or public place, used for the display and
sale of used automobiles and where no repair work is done, except the necessary reconditioning of the cars to
be displayed and sold on the premises,
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VARIANCE - An adjustment in the application of the specific regulations of the Zoning Ordinance to a particular
parcel of property which, because of special conditions or circumstances peculiar to the particular parcel, is
necessary to prevent the property from being deprived of rights and privileges enjoyed by other parcels in the
same vicinity and zoning district.
VEHICLE STORAGE FACILITY - A structure or parking lot which provides for the temporary parking of
automobiles, trucks (under one ton), boats, and recreational vehicles usually on an hourly, daily, or monthly
contract or fee basis.
VETERINARIAN'S OFFICE (no hospital) - A facility for the prevention, treatment, minor surgery, cure or
alleviation of disease and/or injury in animals, specifically domestic animals, with all care provided on an
out-patient treatment basis only. No over-night boarding of animals shall be allowed.
VISUAL SCREEN - A visual screen is a wall not of living plate material permanently affixed to the ground in
which the area of all openings and cracks in each square foot of wall and entrance gates shall not exceed
fourteen (14) square inches, and the wall is of sufficient height so that the objects being screened are not
visible from any point on the lot line when viewed from any height between ground level and seven (7) feet
above ground level. No wall shall exceed ten (10) feet in height.
WAREHOUSE - Commercial storage, crating services, truck terminal operation.
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION - A distributor of goods for resale.
YARD - An open space, other than a court, on a lot, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward
except for fences and walls,
ZONING - Control on the use and development of land, by the city whether improved or not, for the supposed
benefit of citizens in the community and the public welfare. This control is accomplished to two ways,
restrictions and development standards, (See Use Restrictions; see Development Standards).
ZONING DISTRICT MAP - The official certified map upon which the boundaries of the various Zoning Districts
are drawn and which is an integral part of the Zoning Ordinance.
ZOO (Private) - A facility housing and displaying live animals, reptiles or birds, privately owned and operated for
a fee or for the promotion of some other enterprise.
ZOO (Public) - A publicly owned zoo or similar facility owned and operated by a nonprofit zoological society
where live animals, birds and reptiles are domiciled and displayed.
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SECTION IV
R-1 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT
4.1 PURPOSE
The R-1 District is intended to permit the low density development of detached single family dwelling units.
When combined with PD (Planned Development) a wider variety of use may be permitted.
4.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the R-1 district and are subject to the general conditions of this
section and such other sections as are applicable:
4.2.1 Single family detached dwelling units
4.2.2 Public parks and playgrounds
4.3 PD (Planned Development) Uses
4.3.1 Recreational facilities in conjunction with residential uses
4.3.2 Golf courses
4.3,3 Country clubs
4.3.4 Private lakes and/or canals
4.4 CONDITIONAL USES
Churches, public schools, fire stations, water wells, water storage and pumping facilities subject to the following
conditions:
4.4.1 Fences: See Section XXIV, Subsection 24.13
4.4.2 A minimum of ten (10) percent landscaped open space shall be required for every conditional
use.
4.5 GENERAL CONDITIONS
4.5,1 Lot area requirements:
(a) Minimum lot area: Every lot within the R-1 District shall be at least thirteen thousand
(13,000) square feet in area.
(b) Minimum lot width: Every lot within the R-1 District shall be at least eighty-five feet in
width measured at the front building line. (See section XXIV for lot widths of irregular
and/or cul-de-sac lots),
(c) Minimum lot depth: Every lot within the R-1 District shall be at least one hundred
twenty (120) feet average depth.
4,5,2. Minimum dwelling unit size: See Section XXIV
4.5,3 Building line requirements:
(a) Minimum front building line: There shall be a front building line of at least twenty-five
(25) feet.
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(b) Minimum side building line: There shall be a side building line of not less than ten feet
on one side of every lot and not less than six feet on the other side of every lot, except
for corner lots, Any corner lot shall have a side building line adjacent to a side street of
at least 20 feet and not less than six feet on the other side of the lot. See Section
24,7.2 D for side yard requirements for permanent type accessory buildings.
(c) Minimum rear building line: No residential building and/or dwelling unit may be
constructed nearer than ten (10) feet to the rear property line and no residential
building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed within any easement area, For
accessory building standards see Section XXIV.
(d) Rear yard open space area: A minimum of twenty percent of the total lot area shall be
reserved as an open space in the rear portion of every yard. The open space shall
extend from one side property line to another side property line, abutting the rear
property line, and not protruding beyond the two most extreme corners of the main
structure. No part of the residential building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed so
as to occupy any portion of the open space rear yard,
4.5.4 Height restrictions: No building shall exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height.
4,5.5 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24,13
4.5.6 Parking: Off-street parking space shall be provided on the lots to accommodate four (4) cars
for each dwelling unit. At least two of such spaces shall be covered; however, no supporting
member of any garage, carport or other automobile storage structure shall be located within the
required front building line.
4,5.7 Accessory buildings: See Section XXIV, Subsection 24.7.
4,5.8 Customary home occupations: The following home occupations may be allowed unless they
become judged detrimental or injurious to the adjoining property by the City Enforcement
Officer:
(a) musician
(b) care of not more than four (4) children not related by blood, marriage or adoption
( c) dressmaking
(d) washing and ironing
(e) limited sales of household cleaning products, cosmetics and jewelry
4,5,9 Garage requirement: Only side entry, rear entry or front entry garages set back thirty (30) feet
off the building line shall be allowed.
4.6 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
PD uses shall be subject to R-1 general conditions (see Section IV, subsection 4,5) with exception of minimum
lot area and minimum building lines which shall be imposed by the site plan and the ordinance adopting said
site plan.
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SECTION V
R-2 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT
5.1 PURPOSE
The R-2 District is intended to permit the low density development of detached single family dwelling units.
When combined with PO (Planned Development) a wider variety of use may be permitted.
5.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the R-2 district and are subject to the general conditions of this
section and such other sections as are applicable:
5.2.1 Single family detached dwelling units
5.2.2 Public parks and playgrounds
5.2.3 All uses of R-1 district
5.3 PD (Planned Development) Uses
5.3.1 Recreational facilities in conjunction with residential uses
5.3.2 Golf courses
5,3.3 Country clubs
5.3.5 Private lakes and/or canals
5.4 CONDITIONAL USES
Churches, public schools, fire stations, water wells, water storage and pumping facilities subject to the following
conditions:
5.4,1 Fences: See Section XXIV, Subsection 24.13
5,4.2 A minimum of ten (10) percent landscaped open space shall be required for every conditional
use.
5.5 GENERAL CONDITIONS
5.5.1 Lot area requirements:
(a) Minimum lot area: Every lot within the R-2 District shall be at least nine thousand
(9,000) square feet in area.
(b) Minimum lot width: Every interior lot within the R-2 District shall be at least seventy
(70) feet in width measured at the front building line. Every corner lot within the R-2
District shall be at least eighty (80) feet in width at the front building line. (See section
XXIV for lot widths of irregular and/or cul-de-sac lots).
(c) Minimum lot depth: Every lot within the R-2 District shall be at least one hundred ten
(110) feet average depth.
5.5.2 Minimum dwelling unit size: See Section XXIV
5.5.3 Building line requirements:
(a) Minimum front building line: There shall be a front building line of at least twenty-five
(25) feet.
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(b) Minimum side building line: There shall be a side building line of not less than ten feet
on one side of every lot and not less than six feet on the other side of every lot, except
for corner lots. Any corner lot shall have a side building line adjacent to a side street of
at least 20 feet and not less than six feet on the other side of the lot. See Section
24.7.2 D for side yard requirements for permanent type accessory buildings.
(c) Minimum rear building line: No residential building and/or dwelling unit may be
constructed nearer than ten (10) feet to the rear property line and no residential
building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed within any easement area. For
accessory building standards see Section XXIV.
(d) Rear yard open space area: A minimum of twenty percent of the total lot area shall be
reserved as an open space in the rear portion of every yard. The open space shall
extend from one side property line to another side property line, abutting the rear
property line, and not protruding beyond the two most extreme corners of the main
structure. No part of the residential building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed so
as to occupy any portion of the open space rear yard.
5.5.4 Height restrictions: No building shall exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height.
5.5.5 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24.13
5.5.6 Parking: Off-street parking space shall be provided on the lots to accommodate four (4) cars
for each dwelling unit. At least two such spaces shall be covered: however, no supporting
member of any garage, carport or other automobile storage structure shall be located within the
required front building line.
5.5.7 Accessory buildings: See Section XXIV, Subsection 24,7.
5.5.8 Customary home occupations: The following home occupations may be allowed unless they
become judged detrimental or injurious to the adjoining property by the City Enforcement
Officer:
(a) musician
(b) care of not more than four (4) children not related by blood, marriage or adoption
(c) dressmaking
(d) washing and ironing
(e) limited sales of household cleaning products, cosmetics and jewelry
5.5.9 Garage requirement: Only side entry, rear entry or front entry garages set back thirty (30) feet
off the building line shall be allowed.
5.6 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
PD uses shall be subject to R-2 general conditions (see Section V, subsection 5.5) with exception of minimum
lot area and minimum building lines which shall be imposed by the site plan and the ordinance adopting said
site plan.
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SECTION VI
R-3 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT
6.1 PURPOSE
R-3 shall be allowed only as a Transition Zone.
6.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the R-3 district and are subject to the general conditions of this
section and such other sections as are applicable:
6.2.1 Single family detached dwelling units
6.2.2 Public parks and playgrounds
6.2.3 All uses of R-2
6.3 PD (Planned Development) Uses
6.3.1 Recreational facilities in conjunction with residential uses
6.3.2 Golf courses
6.3.3 Country clubs
6.3.4 Private lakes and/or canals
6.4 CONDITIONAL USES
Churches, public schools, fire stations, water wells, water storage and pumping facilities subject to the following
conditions:
6.4.1 Fences: See Section XXIV, Subsection 24.13
6.4.2 A minimum of ten (10) percent landscaped open space shall be required for every conditional
use.
6.5 GENERAL CONDITIONS
6,5.1 Lot area requirements:
(a) Minimum lot area: Every lot within the R-3 District shall be at least seven thousand five
hundred (7,500) square feet in area,
(b) Minimum lot width: Every interior lot within the R-3 District shall be at least sixty-five
(65) feet in width measured at the front building line. Every corner lot within the R-3
District shall be at least seventy-five (75) feet in width measured at the front building
line. (See section XXIV for lot widths of irregular and/or cul-de-sac lots).
(c) Minimum lot depth: Every lot within the R-3 District shall be at least one hundred (100)
feet average depth.
6.5.2. Minimum dwelling unit size: See Section XXIV
6.5.3 Building line requirements:
(a) Minimum front building line: There shall be a front building line of at least twenty (20)
feet.
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(b) Minimum side building line: There shall be a side building line of not less than six (6)
feet on each side of every lot, except for corner lots. Any corner lot shall have a side
building line adjacent to a side street of at least twenty (20) feet and not less than six
(6) feet on the other side of the lot.
(c) Minimum rear building line: No residential building and/or dwelling unit may be
constructed nearer than ten (10) feet to the rear property line and no residential
building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed within any easement area. For
accessory building standards see Section XXIV.
(d) Rear yard open space area: A minimum of twenty percent of the total lot area shall be
reserved as an open space in the rear portion of every yard. The open space shall
extend from one side property line to another side property line, abutting the rear
property line, and not protruding beyond the two most extreme corners of the main
structure. No part of the residential building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed so
as to occupy any portion of the open space rear yard.
6.5.4 Height restrictions: No building shall exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height.
6.5.5 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24.13
6.5.6 Parking: Off-street parking space shall be provided on the lots to accommodate four (4) cars
for each dwelling unit. At least two such spaces shall be covered; however, no supporting
member of any garage, carport or other automobile storage structure shall be located within the
required front building line.
6.5.7 Accessory buildings: See Section XXIV, Subsection 24.7.
6.5.8 Customary home occupations: The following home occupations may be allowed unless they
become judged detrimental or injurious to the adjoining property by the City Enforcement
Officer:
(a) musician
(b) care of not more than four (4) children not related by blood, marriage or adoption
(c) dressmaking
(d) washing and ironing
(e) limited sales of household cleaning products, cosmetics and jewelry
6.6 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
PD uses shall be subject to R-3 general conditions with exception of minimum lot area and minimum building
lines which shall be imposed by the site plan and the ordinance adopting said site plan.
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SECTION VII
R-4-D DUPLEX DISTRICT
7.1 PURPOSE
The R-4-D District is intended to permit the medium density development of attached duplex dwellings units,
When combined with PO (Planned Development) a wider variety of use may be permitted.
7.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the R-4-D District and are subject to the general conditions of this
section and such other sections as are applicable:
7.2,1 Duplex type dwelling units
7.2.2 Public parks and playgrounds
7.3 PD (Planned Development) Uses
7.3.1 Recreational facilities in conjunction with residential uses
7.3.2 Golf courses
7.3.3 Country clubs
7.4 CONDITIONAL USES
Churches, public schools, fire stations, water wells, water storage and pumping facilities subject to the following
conditions:
7.4,1 Fences: See Section XXIV, Subsection 24,13
7.4.2 A minimum of ten (10) percent landscaped open space shall be required for every conditional
use.
7.5 GENERAL CONDITIONS
7.5.1 Districts area requirements:
(a) Minimum area of district: Every parcel of land within this district shall be at least one (1)
acre in area (except where a parcel of land is contiguous with like zoning; then the
minimum area shall be as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City
Council),
(b) Minimum frontage: Every parcel of land within this district shall have at least fifty (50)
feet of frontage on a public street.
7.5.2 Lot area requirements:
(a) Minimum lot area: Every lot within the R-4-D District shall be at least three thousand five
hundred (3,500) square feet in area per living unit.
(b) Minimum lot width: Every lot width within the R-4-D District shall be at least thirty-five
(35) feet in width, per living unit measured at the front building line. (See section XXIV
for lot widths of irregular and/or cul-de-sac lots).
(c) Minimum lot depth: Every lot within this district shall be at least one hundred (100) feet
average depth.
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7.5.3. Minimum dwelling unit size: Every dwelling unit hereafter erected, reconstructed, or altered in this
district shall have a floor area of at least one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet per living
unit exclusive of breezeways, basements, open and enclosed porches, common corridors,
parking area, garages and accessory building.
7.5.4 Building line requirements:
(a) Minimum front building line: There shall be a front building line of at least twenty (20)
feet.
(b) Minimum side building line: There shall be a side building line of not less than six feet on
each side of every lot, except for corner lots or when a duplex structure is bisected with a
lot line, Any corner lot shall have a side building line adjacent to a side street of at least
20 feet and not less than six feet on the other side of the lot. Where a duplex structure is
bisected with a lot line, the remaining side building line shall be six feet.
(c) Minimum rear building line: No residential building and/or dwelling unit may be
constructed nearer than ten (10) feet to the rear property line and no residential building
and/or dwelling unit may be constructed within any easement area. For accessory
building standards see Section XXIV.
(d) Rear yard open space area: A minimum of twenty percent of the total lot area shall be
reserved as an open space in the rear portion of every yard, The open space shall
extend from one side property line to another side property line, abutting the rear
property line, and not protruding beyond the two most extreme corners of the main
structure, No part of the residential building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed so
as to occupy any portion of the open space rear yard,
7.5.5 Height restrictions: No building shall exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height.
7,5.6 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24,13
7.5.7 Parking: Off-street parking space shall be provided on the lots to accommodate two (2) cars for
each dwelling unit. At least one such space shall be covered; however, no supporting member of
any garage, carport or other automobile storage structure shall be located within the required
front building line,
7.5.8 Accessory buildings: See Section XXIV, Subsection 24.7.
7.5.9 Customary home occupations: The following home occupations may be allowed unless they
become judged detrimental or injurious to the adjoining property by the City Enforcement Officer:
(a) musician
(b) care of not more than four (4) children not related by blood, marriage or adoption
(c) dressmaking
(d) washing and ironing
(e) limited sales of household cleaning products, cosmetics and jewelry
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7.6 PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT) CONDITIONS
PO uses shall be subject to R-4-0 district general conditions with the exception of minimum lot area and minimum
building lines which will be imposed by the site plan and the ordinance adopting said site plan,
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SECTION VilA
R-1-S SPECIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT
7 A.1 PURPOSE
The R-1-S District is intended to permit the low density development of single family dwelling units in a
quasi-rural setting, The District is specifically constituted to allow for the keeping of livestock in a residential
setting.
7 A.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the R-1-S District and are subject to the general conditions of
this section and such other sections as applicable:
7A.2.1 Single Family detached dwelling units
7A.2,2 Public parks and playgrounds
7 A.3 PD (Planned Development) Uses
7 A.3.1 Recreational facilities in conjunction with residential uses
7 A.4 CONDITIONAL USES
Churches, public schools, fire stations, water wells, water storage and pumping facilities to the following
conditions:
7A.4.2 Fences: See Section XXIV, Subsection 24,13
7A,4.3 A minimum of ten (10) percent of the gross lot area shall be maintained in landscaped open
area for each conditional use.
7 A.5.1 GENERAL CONDITIONS
7A,5.1 Lot area requirements:
(a) Minimum lot area: Every lot within the R-1-S District shall be at least one acre in size.
(b) Minimum lot width: Every lot within this District shall be at least eighty-five feet in width
measured at the front building line, (See Section XXIV for lot widths of irregular and/or
cul-de-sac lots).
(c) Minimum lot depth: Every lot within this District shall be at least one hundred twenty
(120) feet average depth.
7A.5.2 Minimum dwelling unit size: See Section XXIV
7A.5.3 Building line requirements:
(a) Minimum front building line: There shall be a front building line of at least twenty-five
(25) feet.
(b) Minimum side building line: There shall be a side building line of not less than ten (10)
feet on one side of every lot and not less than six (6) feet on the other side of every lot,
except for comer lots, Any corner lot shall have a side building line adjacent to a side
street of at least twenty (20) feet and not less than six feet on the other side of the lot.
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See Section 24.7.2 D for side yard requirements for permanent type accessory
buildings.
(c) Minimum rear building line: No residential building and/or dwelling unit may be
constructed nearer than ten (10) feet to the rear property line and no residential
building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed within any easement area. For
accessory building standards see Section XXIV,
(d) Rear yard open space area: A minimum of twenty percent of the total lot area shall be
reserved as an open space in the rear portion of every yard. The open space shall
extend from one side property line to another side property line, abutting the rear
property line, and not protruding beyond the two most extreme corners of the main
structure, No part of the residential building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed so
as to occupy any portion of the open space rear yard.
7A.5.4 Height restrictions: No building shall exceed thirty-eight (3B) feet in height.
7A.5.5 Fences: See Section XXIV
7A.5.6 Parking: Off-street parking space shall be provided on the lots to accommodate four (4) cars
for each dwelling unit, At least two of such spaces shall be covered; however, no supporting
member of any garage, carport or other automobile storage structure shall be located within the
required front building line.
7A,5.7 Accessory buildings: Permanent accessory buildings requiring a foundation, including tool
sheds, greenhouses, and stables, shall be permitted only in the rear yard which exceeds the
minimum rear yard requirements. Location of stables and/or other accessory buildings
associated with the keeping of livestock shall also be subject to the provisions of Chapter 4 of
the Code of Ordinances of North Richland Hills, Texas.
7A.5.B Customary home occupations: The following home occupations may be allowed unless they
become judged detrimental or injurious to the adjoining property by the City Enforcement
Officer:
(a) musician
(b) care of not more than four (4) children not related by blood, marriage or adoption
(c) dressmaking
(d) washing and ironing
(e) limited sales of household cleaning products, cosmetics or jewelry
7A.5,9 Garage requirement: Only side entry, rear entry or front entry garages set back thirty (30) feet
off the building line shall be allowed,
7A.6 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
PD uses shall be subject to R-1-S general conditions (see Section VilA, subsection 7A.5) with the exception of
minimum lot area and minimum building lines which shall be imposed by the site plan and the ordinance
adopting said site plan,
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SECTION IX
R-6 T TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT
9.1 PURPOSE
The R-6-T District is intended to permit a more dense single family residential character by providing minimum
standard for lot area, yards, lot coverage and lot frontage. This classification creates a district that is being
recognized as a form of housing in the City. and provides standards which will protect and encourage various
types of single family dwellings in the City, This district may be combined with PD, Planned Development to
provide a wider variety of uses,
9.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the R-6- T dwelling district and are subject to the general
conditions of this section and such other sections as are applicable:
9.2.1 Townhouse dwelling units
9.2.2 Public parks and playgrounds
9,2.3 City and utility uses
9.2.4 Churches
9.2.5 Public schools
9.3 PD (Planned Development) Uses
9.3.1 Recreational facilities in conjunction with residential uses
9.3,2 Golf courses
9.3,3 Private lakes
9.3.4 Private clubs
9,3.5 Compatible uses of LR and 0-1 districts
9.3,6 Single family detached residential uses
9.4 GENERAL CONDITIONS
9,4,1 District area requirements:
(a) Minimum area in district; Every parcel of land within the R-6- T district shall be at least
four (4) acres in area, (Except where a parcel of land is contiguous with existing R-6-T
zoning; then the minimum shall be as approved by the Planning and Zoning
Commission and City Council)
(b) Minimum street frontage: Every parcel of land within this district shall have at least one
hundred (100) feet of frontage on a public street.
9.4,2 Lot area requirements:
(a) Minimum lot area: Every individual lot within the R-6- T District shall be at least three
thousand (3,000) square feet in area.
(b) Minimum lot width: Every lot within the R-6-T District shall be at least thirty (30) feet in
width measured at the front building line..
9.4.3 Minimum dwelling unit size: Every dwelling unit hereafter erected, reconstructed, or altered in
this district shall have a floor area of at least one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet for
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each living unit exclusive of breeze-ways, basements, open and enclosed porches, common
corridors, parking area, garages and accessory buildings.
9.4.4 Building line requirements:
(a) Minimum front building line: There shall be a front building line of at least fifteen (15)
feet.
(b) Minimum side building line: None, except there shall be a side yard of at least fifteen
(15) feet where a lot line abuts a residential zoning district. Any corner lot shall have a
side building line adjacent to a side street of at least fifteen (15) feet.
(c) Minimum rear building line: No residential building and/or dwelling unit may be
constructed nearer than ten (10) feet to the rear property line and no residential
building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed within any easement area. For
accessory building standards see Section XXIV,
(d) Rear yard open space area: A minimum of twenty percent of the total lot area shall be
reserved as an open space in the rear portion of every yard. The open space shall
extend from one side property line to another side property line, abutting the rear
property line, and not protruding beyond the two most extreme corners of the main
structure, No part of the residential building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed so
as to occupy any portion of the open space rear yard.
9.4.5 Maximum lot coverage: The ground floor area of main building and accessory buildings shall
not cover more than sixty (60) percent of the lot area.
9.4.6 Height restrictions: No building shall exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height.
9.4.7 Reserved
9.4.8 Parking: Oft-street parking space shall be provided on the lots to accommodate two (2) cars
for each living unit. At least one such space shall be covered, however no support member of
any garage, carport or other storage structure shall be located within the required front yard.
9.4,9 Signs: Subject to the sign ordinances,
9.4.10 Access: As approved by the City Enforcing Officer
9.4.11 Reserved
9.4.12 Accessory buildings: See Section XXIV, Subsection 24.7.
9.4.13 Customary home occupations: The following home occupations may be allowed unless they
become judged detrimental or injurious to the adjoining property by the City Enforcement
Officer:
(a) musician
(b) care of not more than four (4) children not related by blood, marriage or adoption
(c) dressmaking
(d) washing and ironing
(e) limited sales of household cleaning products, cosmetics and jewelry
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9.5 ZONING REQUEST SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT
Zoning requests for this district must include as a minimum proposed front elevation of buildings, a site plan
showing proposed sizes for each lot, building lines for each lot, parking for each lot, access to public streets,
proposed areas for refuse containers and a survey of the tract. Survey may not be more than one year old.
9.6 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
9.6,1 PO uses shall be subject to R-6-T general conditions, provided however, the following R-6-T
general conditions shall not apply except as specifically imposed by the site plan and the
Ordinance adopting said site plan.
(a) Minimum lot area
(b) Building line requirements
(c) Lot coverage
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SECTION IXA
R-8 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED ZERO LOT LINE RESIDENCE
9A.1 PURPOSE
The R-8 District is intended to permit a Single Family use with a higher density than standard Single Family
Districts while maintaining the detached individual units, Furthermore, it is the policy of the City of North
Richland Hills that applications to rezone properties to the R-8 District will not be considered after June 22,
1992.
9A.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the R-8 District and are subject to the general conditions of this
section and such other sections as are applicable:
9A,2.1 Single Family Detached-Zero lot Line residential units
9A.2.2 Public parks and playgrounds
9A.2.3 All uses of the R-3 District
9A.3 PD (Planned Development) Uses
9A,3.1 None
9A.4 CONDITIONAL USES
Churches, public schools, fire stations, water wells, water storage and pumping facilities subject to the following
conditions:
9A.4.1 Fences: See Section XXIV, Subsection 24.13
9A.4.2 Landscaping: A minimum of ten (10) percent landscaped open area shall be required for every
conditional use,
9A.5 GENERAL CONDITIONS
9A.5,1 District Area Requirements:
(a) Minimum area of district: Every parcel of land in this district shall be at least one (1)
acre in area (except where a parcel of land is contiguous with like zoning; then the
minimum area shall be established by the Site Plan as approved by the Planning and
Zoning Commission and City Council).
(b) Every parcel of land within this district shall have a minimum of 50 feet of frontage on a
public street.
9A,5.2 Lot area requirements:
(a) Minimum lot area: Every lot within the R-B District shall be at least four thousand
(4,000) square feet in area.
(b) Minimum lot width: Every lot within the R-8 District shall be at least forty feet in width,
measured at the front building line. (See section XXIV, subsection 24.18 for lot widths
of irregular and/or cul-de-sac lots).
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(c) Minimum lot depth: Every lot within the R-8 District shall be at least one hundred (100)
feet average depth.
9A.5.3 Minimum dwelling unit size: Every dwelling unit hereafter erected, reconstructed or altered in
this district shall have a floor area of at least twelve hundred (1,200) square feet exclusive of
breeze-ways, basements, open and enclosed porches, parking area, garages and accessory
buildings.
9A.5.4 Building line requirements:
(a) Minimum front building line: There shall be a front building set back of at least twenty
(20) feet.
(b) Minimum side building line: Each lot in this District shall have one side yard of a
minimum of six (6) feet. The side building line of corner lots on the side street frontage
shall be at least twenty (20) feet.
(c) Minimum rear building line: No residential building and/or dwelling unit may be
constructed nearer than ten (10) feet to the rear property line and no residential
building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed within any easement area. For
accessory building standards see Section XXIV.
(d) Rear yard open space area: A minimum of twenty percent of the total lot area shall be
reserved as an open space in the rear portion of every yard. The open space shall
extend from one side property line to another side property line, abutting the rear
property line, and not protruding beyond the two most extreme corners of the main
structure. No part of the residential building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed so
as to occupy any portion of the open space rear yard.
9A.5.5 Height restrictions: No building in this District shall exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height.
9A.5.6 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24,13
9A.5.7 Parking: Oft-street parking space shall be provided on the lots to accommodate two (2) cars
for each dwelling unit. Both spaces shall be covered; however, no supporting member of any
garage, carport or other automobile storage structure shall be located within the required front
building line.
9A.5.8 Accessory buildings: Permanent Accessory Buildings requiring foundations, including tool
sheds and greenhouses shall be permitted only in rear yards which exceed the required
minimums. Portable type buildings not to exceed ten (10) feet in height and two hundred (200)
square feet in area may be allowed in rear yards. Accessory buildings shall not be used for
commercial purposes and shall be subject to the provisions of Section XXIV, Subsection 24,6.
9A.5.9 Customary home occupations: The following home occupations may be allowed unless they
become judged detrimental or injurious to the adjoining property by the City Code Enforcement
Officer:
(a) Musician
(b) care of not more than four (4) children not related by blood, marriage or adoption
(c) dressmaking
(d) washing and ironing
(e) limited sales of household cleaning products, cosmetics or jewelry
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9A.6 ZONING SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Zoning requests for this District must include a Site Plan delineating the following items:
(a) Proposed size for each lot
(b) Building lines for each lot
(c) Representative elevations of building units in the project indicating proposed construction type
(d) Survey of project site prepared by a Registered Public Surveyor.
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SECTION X
R-7-MF MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT
10.1 PURPOSE
The R-7-MF District is intended to permit medium density multifamily dwelling units. The District may be
combined with a PD (Planned Development) District to provide for a grouping of dwelling units to achieve larger
open space areas, community recreation areas and to provide for certain local business and office uses which
may be deemed compatible with multifamily use through the use of an approved site plan. Density within this
district shall not exceed sixteen (16) living units per acre (except as may be granted when combined with a PD
District),
10.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the R-7-MF dwelling district and are subject to the general
conditions of this section and such other sections as are applicable:
10.2.1 Multifamily dwellings
10.2.2 Parks and playgrounds
10.2.3 Churches and public schools
10.2.4 Residence apartments for the aged
10.2.5 Public buildings, libraries, fire stations
10.2.6 City and utility uses
10.3 PD (Planned Development) Uses
10,3.1 Condominiums
10,3,2 Civic clubs, fraternal organizations, lodges, all without alcoholic beverage sale to members or to
the public
10,3,3 Recreational facilities
10.3.4 Day nurseries and kindergartens which shall not exceed a maximum of forty-five (45) children,
10.4 GENERAL CONDITIONS
10.4.1 Lot area requirements:
(a) Minimum lot area: Every lot within the R-7-MF District shall be at least four (4) acres in
area (except where a parcel of land is contiguous with like zoning; then the minimum
shall be as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission),
(b) Minimum lot width: Every lot within the R-7-MF District shall be at least two hundred
(200) feet in width measured at the front building line.
(c) Minimum lot depth: Every lot within the R-7-MF District shall be at least one hundred
ten (110) feet average depth.
(d) Maximum lot coverage: No more than forty (40) percent of the lot shall be covered by
buildings.
10.4,2 Average dwelling unit size: Every dwelling unit hereafter erected, reconstructed, or altered in
this district shall have a floor area of not less than six hundred fifty (650) square feet average
per approved site plan per phase for each living unit exclusive of breeze-ways, basements,
open and enclosed porches, common corridors, parking area, garages and accessory buildings.
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10.4,3 Building line requirements: Every lot within this District shall have a front and rear building line
of at least twenty-five (25) feet. Such lot shall have a minimum side building line of at least
fifteen (15) feet for one story buildings and an additional five (5) feet for each story thereafter.
In this district the following rules shall be followed in the establishment of the minimum width of
an interior yard;
(a) When the exterior walls of one building or of adjacent buildings are within sixty (60)
degrees of being parallel and neither contains windows or doors, such walls shall be
separated by not less than ten (10) feet of open space.
(b) When the exterior walls of one building or of adjacent buildings are within sixty (60)
degrees of being parallel and one but not both contains windows or doors, such walls
shall be separated by not less than fifteen (15) feet of open space,
(c) When the exterior walls of one building or of adjacent buildings are within 60 degrees
of being parallel and both contain windows or doors such walls shall be separated by
not less than twenty (20) feet of open space.
10.4.4 Height restrictions: No building shall exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height. Measurement shall
be from the lowest ground elevation to the highest point of the building.
10.4,5 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24,13
10.4.6 Parking: Two and one half (2112) parking spaces shall be provided for each living unit.
10.4.7 Signs: See Section XXX,
10,4.8 Accessory buildings: See Section XXIV, Subsection 24.7.
10.4.9 Access: As approved by the City Enforcing Officer or site plan.
10.4.10 Refuse containers: All refuse containers shall be screened from view of adjacent property or
public streets,
10.4.11 Open spaces: In addition to paved parking and driving areas. At least fifteen (15) percent
of the lot shall be maintained in landscaped open area.
10.4.12 Customary home occupations: The following home occupations may be allowed unless they
become judged detrimental or injurious to the adjoining property by the City Enforcement
Officer:
(a) musician
(b) care of not more than four (4) children not related by blood, marriage or adoption
(c) dressmaking
(d) washing and ironing
(e) limited sales of household cleaning products, cosmetics and jewelry
10,5,13 Maximum density may not exceed sixteen (16) units per acre, except as may be granted
when combined with an approved PO Site Plan.
10.4.14 Buildings placed within sixty (60) feet next to lot lines of R-1, R-2, or R-3 Districts shall be
single story.
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10.5 ZONING REQUEST SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Zoning request for this district must include as a minimum a site plan showing proposed grade and sizes for
each lot, building lines for each lot, parking for each lot, access to public streets, proposed open spaces and
recreation area, elevations and building materials, proposed areas for refuse containers, recreation areas,
exterior elevations and a survey of the tract. Survey may not be more than one year old,
10.6 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
PO uses shall be subject to R-7-MF general conditions, provided however, the following R-7-MF general
conditions shall not apply except as specifically imposed by a site plan and ordinance adopting said site plan:
(a) Minimum lot area
(b) Building lines requirements
(c) Height
(d) Access
(e) Maximum lot coverage
(f) Maximum percentage of efficiency apartments
(g) Density not to exceed sixteen (16) units per acre
(h) Maximum density may not exceed twenty (20) units per acre gross density under any
circumstances.
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11.1 PURPOSE
SECTION XI
0-1 OFFICE DISTRICT
The 0-1 District is intended to permit professional and organization office needs of the community. When
combined with PD, (Planned Development) uses permitted in this district may be grouped together with uses
permitted in R-6-T, R-7-MF and LR Districts for a wider use development plan,
11.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the 0-1 district and are subject to the general conditions of the
sections as are applicable:
11.2.1
11.2,2
11.2.3
11 .2.4
11.2,5
11.2.6
11.2.7
11.2.8
11.2,9
Banks and Savings and Loans
Churches, Post Offices, Fire Stations, Public Schools
City and Utility Uses
Emergency Clinics
General Organizational Offices
Governmental Offices
Medical Clinics
Professional Offices
Veterinarian Clinic (no kennels)
11.2A PERMITTED USES BY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT
The following uses are only permitted within the 0-1 District when a Specific Use Permit has been issued in
accordance with Section XX of this ordinance. These uses are subject to the General Conditions of this section
and such other sections as are applicable.
11 .2A.1
11 .2A.2
11 .2A.3
11 .2A.4
11 .2A.5
11 .2A.6
11.2A.7
Airport, Heliport or Landing Field
Facility for Care of Alcoholic, Narcotic, or Psychiatric Patients
High Rise Office Buildings
Lodges, Civic Clubs, Fraternal Organizations, Social Clubs
Private Clubs
Sales of Alcoholic Beverages
Trade Schools
11.3 PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT) USES
11.3.1 The uses in this district may be combined with any of the permitted uses in the R-6- T, R-7-MF
and LR zoning.
11.4 CONDITIONAL USES
11.4.1 Pharmacies, specialty shops, personal service establishment, provided each use shall not
occupy more than three thousand (3000) square feet of floor area. All such conditional uses
shall comprise no more than twenty (20) percent of the total floor area of all buildings on any
lot.
11.5 GENERAL CONDITIONS
11 .5.1 District area requirements:
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(a) Minimum area of district: Every parcel of land within this district shall be at least one
(1) acre in area (except where a parcel of land is contiguous with like zoning; then the
minimum area shall be as approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City
Council).
(b) Minimum frontage: Every parcel of land within this district shall have at least fifty (50)
feet of frontage on a public street.
11 .5.2 Lot area requirements:
(a) Minimum lot area: Every lot within this district shall be at least six thousand (6,000)
square feet in area,
(b) Minimum lot width: Every lot within this district shall be at least sixty (60) feet in width
measured at the front building line.
(c) Maximum lot coverage: No more than forty (40) percent of the total lot area shall be
covered by buildings.
11 .5.3 Out door activities or other uses: No outdoor activities or other uses shall be permitted in the
0-1 Office District other than parking and loading and the placement and servicing of refuse
containers.
11 .5.4 Building line requirements: Every lot within the district shall have a front building line of at least
twenty-five (25) feet, every lot within the district shall have side building lines of at least fifteen
(15) feet and a rear building line of at least twenty-five (25) feet where the lot line abuts R-1,
R-2, R-3, R-4-SD, R-6-T, R-7-MF, R-8, and AG Districts.
11.5.5 Height restrictions: No building shall exceed forty-eight (48) feet in height.
11 ,5,6 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24.13
11.5.7 Parking and loading: See Section XXII.
11 .5.8 Signs: See Section XXX.
11 .5.9 Refuse facilities: All refuse containers shall be screened from view of all adjacent property and
public streets.
11.5.10 Access: As directed by the City Enforcing Officer.
11.5,11 Minimum open space: In addition to paved parking and driving areas, at least fifteen (15)
percent of the lot shall be maintained in landscaped open area. The landscaped open area,
when abutting a residential area, shall consist of a "greenbelt" at least ten (10) feet wide along
the front and rear property lines, and at least five (5) feet wide along the side property lines.
11 .5.12 Drive-up windows: Drive-up windows with minimum driveway storage capacity of sixty (60)
feet per window shall be allowed as an accessory use to permitted office uses, provided that
the necessary driving lane be separated and apart from parking and maintenance areas
required for the use.
11.5.13 Noise: In this district normal business activities conducted shall not create a sound
pressure level on the bounding property line than exceeds sixty (60) decibels A scale daily from
7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m, and fifty five (55) decibels daily from 10:00 p.m.. to 7:00 a,m.
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11.6 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
PD uses shall be subject to 0-1 general conditions provided however, the following 0-1 general conditions shall
not apply except as specifically imposed by the site plan and ordinance adopting said site plan:
(a) Minimum lot area
(b) Building line requirements
(c) Height
(d) Access
(e) Maximum lot coverage.
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12.1 PURPOSE
SECTION XII
LR LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT
The LR District is intended to pennit a limited area of service establishments and retail stores for the benefit of
adjacent and nearby residential areas and in which all trade is conducted indoors and in such a manner as to
be capable of placement adjacent to residential areas without changing the character of the residential areas,
When combined with PO (Planned Development) less restrictive uses may be grouped with uses permitted in
this district to provide for a wider variety of retail services.
12.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the LR Local Retail District and are subject to the general
conditions of the sections as are applicable:
12.2.1
12,2.2
12,2.3
12.2.4
12.2.5
12.2.6
12.2.7
12.2.8
12.2.9
12.2.10
12.2.11
12.2.12
12.2.13
12.2.14
12.2.15
12.2.16
Baked Goods Shops
Barber and Beauty Shops
Cafeterias
Churches, Post Offices, Fire Stations, Public Schools
Cleaning and Pressing Pick-up Stations
Convenience Stores (with gasoline pumps)
Day Care/Kindergarten (maximum 75 children)
Florist Shop
Laundry, Self-service
Nursery Retail Sales (indoor)
Pharmacies
Professional Offices
Restaurants (no drive-in service)
Retail Stores and Shops (no shopping malls)
Single Specialty Shop
Social Service Organizations
12.2A PERMITTED USES BY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT
The following uses are only permitted with the LR Local Retail District when a Specific Use Permit has been
issued in accordance with Section XX of this ordinance, These uses are subject to the General Conditions of
this section and such other sections as are applicable.
12.2A,1
12.2A.2
12.2A.3
12.2A.4
12.2A,5
Airport, Heliport or landing field
Auto Parts and Accessories Stores
Lodges, Civic Clubs, Fraternal Organizations, Social Clubs
Sales of Alcoholic Beverages
Used Vehicle Sales
12.3 PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT) USES
12.3.1 R-6-T District Uses
12.3.2 R-7-MF uses
12,3,3 0-1 uses
12.4 GENERAL CONDITIONS
12.4.1 District area requirements:
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(a) Minimum area: Every parcel of land within this district shall be at least twenty thousand
(20,000) square feet in area.
(b) Minimum frontage: Every parcel of land within this district shall have at least fifty (50)
feet in frontage on a public street.
(c) Maximum coverage: No more than forty (40) percent of the total district shall be
covered by buildings.
12.4.2 Reserved
12,4,3 Reserved
12.4.4 Outdoor activities or other uses: No outdoor activities or other uses shall be permitted in the
local retail district other than accessory parking and loading and the placement and servicing of
refuse containers for permitted uses, (Sales of motor fuels may take place outdoors in this
district)
12.4.5 Building line requirements: Every lot within the district shall have a front building line of at least
twenty-five (25) feet, every lot within this district shall have a side building line of at least fifteen
(15) feet and a rear building line of at least fifteen (15) feet where the lot abuts R-1, R-2, R-3,
R-4-SD, R-6-T, R-7-MF, R-8, and AG.
12.4.6 Height restrictions: No building shall exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height.
12.4,7 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24,13
12.4.8 Parking and loading: See Section XXII and Table 22.3.
12.4.9 Signs: See Section XXX.
12.4.10 Refuse containers: All refuse containers shall be screened from view of all adjacent
property and public streets.
12.4.11 Access: As directed by the City Enforcing Officer.
12.4.12 Landscaping: In addition to paved parking and driving areas, at least ten (10) percent of the
lot shall be maintained in landscaped open area. The landscaped open area, when abutting a
residential area, shall consist of a "greenbelt" of at least ten (10) feet wide along the front and
rear property lines, and at least five (5) feet wide along the side property lines.
12.4.13 Noise: I n this district normal business activities conducted shall not create a sound
pressure level on the bounding property line that exceeds 60 decibels A scale daily from 7:00
a,m. to 10:00 p,m, and fifty-five (55) decibels from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
12.5 ZONING REQUEST SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
12.5.1 Zoning request for this district must include a site plan showing proposed grade and size for
each lot, building lines for each lot, parking for each lot, access to public streets, proposed
areas for refuse containers, and a survey of the tract. Survey may not be more than one year
old.
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12.6 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
12.6,1 PO uses shall be subject to LR general conditions provided however, the following general
conditions shall not apply except as specifically imposed by the site plan and ordinance
adopting said site plan:
(a) Minimum lot area
(b) Building lines
(c) Access
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13.1 PURPOSE
SECTION XIII
C-1 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
The C-1 District is intended to permit a limited variety of commercial uses including retail trade, personal
business services establishments, and offices.
13.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the C-1 commercial district and are subject to the general
conditions of the sections as are applicable:
13.2.1
13.2.2
13,2,3
13,2.4
13.2.5
13.2,6
13.2.7
13.2.8
13,2,10
13,2.11
13,2.12
13,2.13
13.2.14
13.2.15
13.2.16
13.2.17
13.2,18
13.2.19
13.2,20
13.2,21
13.2.22
13,2.23
13.2,24
13.2.25
13,2.26
13.2.27
13.2,28
13.2,29
13.2.30
13.2.31
13,2.32
13.2.33
13,2,34
13.2.35
13.2.36
13.2.37
13.2.38
13.2.39
13.2.40
Auto Parts and Accessories Stores
Baked Goods Shops
Banks and Savings and Loans
Barber and Beauty Shops
Cafeterias
Churches, Post Offices, Fire Stations, Public Schools
City and Utility Uses
Cleaning and Pressing Pick-up Stations
Convenience Stores (with gasoline pumps)
Day Care/Kindergarten
Drive-in Restaurants
Dry Cleaning Store (not to exceed 3,000 SF. total occupied area)
Emergency Clinics
Florist Shop
General Organizational Offices
Governmental Offices
High Rise Office Buildings
Home Improvement Retail Stores (no outdoor storage and sale of lumber)
Hospitals
Hotels, Motels
Laundry, Self Service
Medical Clinics
Mortuary/Funeral Parlor
Nursery Retail Sales (indoor)
Nursing Homes
Pet Stores
Pharmacies
Private Schools and Child Care Centers
Professional Offices
Restaurants
Retail Stores and Shops
Shopping Malls, Strip Centers, Shopping Centers
Single Specialty Shop
Social Service Organizations
Spas, Health Studios, Fitness Centers, Commercial Gymnasiums
Supennarkets, Department Stores
Theaters (not drive-in types), Bowling Alleys
Veterinarian Clinics (no kennels)
All uses of LR District & 0-1 District
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13.2.18
New car dealerships utilizing at least 25,000 square feet but less than 50,000 square
feet shall be allowed in this category. Outside storage of vehicles shall be allowed in
property utilized under this subsection 13.2.18.
13.2A PERMITTED USES BY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT
The following uses are only permitted within the C-1 Commercial District when a Specific Use Permit has been
issued in accordance with Section XX of this ordinance, These uses are subject to the General Conditions of
this section and such other sections as are applicable.
13.2A.1
13,2A.2
13.2A.3
13.2A.4
13,2A.5
13.2A,6
13.2A.7
13,2A.8
13.2A.9
13.2A.10
13,2A.11
13,2A.12
13,2A.13
Airport, Heliport or Landing Field
Amusement Arcades
Automotive Repair, Tire & Batteries Sales
Car Wash/Auto Laundry
Commercial Printing Shops
Facility for Care of Alcoholic, Narcotic, or Psychiatric Patients
Automobile Lubrication Center or Service Station
Lodges, Civic Clubs, Fraternal Organizations, Social Clubs
Private Club
Sales of Alcoholic Beverages
Trade Schools
Used Vehicle Sales
Automobile Inspection Station
13.2B PD (Planned Development) PERMITTED USES
13.2B.1
13,28.2
13.2B.3
13.2B.4
LR Local Retail District Uses
C-1 Commercial District Uses
0-1 Office District Uses
R-7-MF Multi-family District Uses
13.3 GENERAL CONDITIONS
13.3.1 District area requirements:
13.4.2 Reserved
(a) Minimum area: Every parcel of land within this district, or the combined acreage of
contiguously zoned parcels, shall be at least one (1) acre in area.
(c) Maximum coverage: No more than fifty (50) percent of the lot shall be covered by
buildings exclusive of parking structures.
13,3.3 Outdoor activities or other uses: In connection with any permitted use, there shall be allowed
the incidental display of merchandise out of doors subject to the following limitations:
(a) All sales of such merchandise shall be consummated indoors, and no cash register or
package wrapping counter shall be located out of doors. However, sales and delivery
of gasoline may take place outdoors in this district.
(b) Package materials displayed out of doors shall not be readily identifiable by type or
product name from adjacent public streets by reason of package labels, sales tag
markers, or otherwise.
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(c) Except as provided below, all display areas out of doors shall be confined to a
pedestrian walkway immediately adjacent to the building housing the primary use and
shall not extend from such building a distance of more than ten (10) feet, and shall be
located wholly under a permanent part of the main business building, such as a
marquee.
13.3.4 Building line requirements: Every lot within this district shall have a front yard of twenty-five
(25) feet. Every lot within this district shall have side building lines of fifteen (15) feet and a
rear building line of twenty-five (25) feet where the lot line abuts R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4-SD, R-6-T,
R-7-MF, R-8, and AG District.
13.3.5 Height restrictions: Buildings shall be constructed by using a ratio of one (1) foot measured
from property line that abuts a residential district to nearest exterior wall of building for every
one and one half (1112) foot of building height.
13.3.6 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24.13
13.4.7 Parking and loading: See Section XXII.
13.3.8 Signs: See Section XXX.
13.3,9 Refuse containers: All refuse containers shall be screened from view of all adjacent property
and public streets.
13.3.10 Noise: In this district normal business activities conducted shall not create a sound
pressure level on the bounding property line that exceeds 60 decibels A scale daily from 7:00
a.m, to 10:00 p.m, and fifty-five (55) decibels daily from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
13,3,11 Landscaping: In addition to paved parking and driving areas, at least ten (10) percent of the
lot shall be maintained in landscaped open area. The landscaped open area, when abutting a
residential area, shall consist of a "greenbelt" of at least ten (10) feet wide along the front and
rear property lines, and at least five (5) feet wide along the side property lines.
13.3.12 Access: As directed by the City Enforcing Officer.
13.4 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
13.4.1 PD uses shall be subject to C-1 general conditions provided, however, the following general
conditions shall not apply except as specifically imposed by the site plan and ordinance
adopting said site plan:
(a) Minimum lot area
(b) Building lines
(c) Access
(d) Height
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14.1 PURPOSE
SECTION XIV
C-2 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
The C-2 District is intended to permit extensive variety of commercial uses including retail trade, personal
business services establishments with limited outdoor use or storage.
14.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the C-2 Commercial District and are subject to the general
conditions of the sections as are applicable:
14,2.1
14.2.2
14.2,3
14.2.4
14.2.5
14.2.6
14.2.7
14.2.8
14.2.9
14.2.10
14.2.11
14.2.12
14,2.13
14.2.14
14.2,15
14.2.16
14.2.17
14.2.18
14.2,19
14.2.20
14.2.21
14.2.22
14.2.23
14.2,24
14.2.25
14.2.26
14.2.27
14.2.28
14.2.29
14.2.30
14.2.31
14.2,32
14.2,33
14.2.34
14.2.35
14.2.36
14.2.37
14.2.38
14,2.39
14.2.40
14.2.41
Auto Parts and Accessories Stores
Auto Parts and Accessories Stores (with machine shops)
Automobile and Truck Repair
Automotive Repair, Tire & Batteries Sales
Baked Goods Shops
Banks and Savings and Loans
Barber and Beauty Shops
Car Wash/Auto Laundry
Cafeterias
Churches, Post Offices, Fire Stations, Public Schools
City and Utility Uses
Cleaning and Pressing Pick-up Stations
Colleges/Universities
Commercial Printing Shops
Contractors Equipment Rental
Contractors Office, Shop & Garage (no fabrication)
Convenience Stores (with gasoline pumps)
Day Care/Kindergarten
Drive-in Restaurants
Dry Cleaning Store (not to exceed 3,000 SF, total occupied area)
Emergency Clinics
Feed and Seed Stores
Florist Shop
Automobile Lubrication Center or Service Station
General Organizational Offices
Governmental Offices
Hardware & Building Materials Retail and/or Wholesale
Hardware Retail and/or Wholesale
High Rise Office Buildings
Home Improvement Retail Stores
Hospitals
Hotels, Motels
Laundry, Self Service
Marine Equipment Sales/Repair
Medical Clinics
Mortuary/Funeral Parlor
New Auto/Truck Dealers
Newspaper Printing Plants
Nursery Retail Sales (indoor)
Nursing Homes
Pet Stores
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14.2.42
14.2.43
14.2,44
14.2.45
14.2.46
14.2.47
14.2.48
14.2.49
14.2.50
14.2,51
14.2.52
14.2.53
14.2,54
14.2.55
14,2.56
14.2.57
14.2.58
Pharmacies
Private Schools and Child Care
Professional Offices
Restaurants
Research Laboratories
Retail Stores and Shops
Shopping Malls, Strip Centers, Shopping Centers
Single Specialty Shop
Social Service Organizations
Spas, Health Studios, Fitness Centers
Supermarkets, Department Stores
Theaters (not drive-in types), Bowling Alleys
Trade Schools
Veterinarian Clinics (with/without kennels)
Wholesale Distributor
Pawn Shop
Automobile Inspection Station
14.2A PERMITTED USES 8Y SPECIFIC USE PERMIT
The following uses are only permitted within the C-2 Commercial District when a Specific Use Permit has been
issued in accordance with Section XX of this ordinance. These uses are subject to the General Conditions of
this section and such other sections as are applicable.
14.2A.1
14.2A.2
14.2A.3
14.2A.4
14.2A.5
14.2A.6
14.2A.7
14.2A.8
14.2A.10
14.2A.11
14.2A.12
14.2A.13
14.2A.14
14.2A.15
Airport, Heliport or Landing Field
Amusement Arcades
Auto, Truck, Trailer Rental
Commercial Recreational Activities
Facility for Care of Alcoholic, Narcotic, or Psychiatric Patients
Heavy Machinery Sales
Lodges, Civic Clubs, Fraternal Organizations, Social Clubs
Miniature Golf Courses
Private Clubs
Sales of Alcoholic Beverages
Used Vehicle Sales
LPG/CNG Dispensing Station
Self Storage/Mini-warehouse
Vehicle Storage Facility
14.28 PD (Planned Development) PERMITTED USES
14.2B.1
14.28.2
14.2B.3
14.28.4
LR Local Retail District Uses
C-1 Commercial District Uses
0-1 Office District Uses
R-7-MF Multi-family District Uses
14.3 GENERAL CONDITIONS
14.3.1 District area requirements:
(a) Minimum area: Every parcel of land within this district, or the combined acreage of
contiguously zoned parcels, shall be at least one (1) acre in area.
(b) Minimum frontage: Every parcel of land within this district shall have at least fifty (50)
feet of frontage on a public street.
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(c) Maximum coverage: No more than fifty (50) percent of the lot shall be covered by
buildings exclusive of parking structures.
14.4.2 Reserved
14.3.3 Building line requirements: Every lot within this district shall have a front building line of
twenty-five (25) feet. Every lot within this district shall have side building lines of fifteen (15)
feet and a rear building line of twenty-five (25) feet when the lot abuts R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4-SD,
R-6-T, R-7-MF, R-8, and AG Districts.
14.3.4 Height restrictions: Buildings shall be constructed by using a ratio of one (1) foot measured
from property line that abuts a residential district for every one and one half (1 Y2) foot of
building height.
14.3.5 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24.13
14.4,6 Parking and loading: See Section XXII.
14.3.7 Signs: See Section XXX.
14.3.8 Refuse containers: All refuse containers shall be screened from view of all adjacent property
and public streets.
14.3.9 Noise: In this district normal business activities conducted shall not create a sound pressure
level on the bounding property line that exceeds 65 decibels A scale daily from 7:00 a.m. to
10:00 p,m. and fifty-five (55) decibels daily from 10:00 p,m. to 7:00 a.m.
14.3.10 Landscaping: In addition to paved parking and drive areas, at least ten (10) percent of the
lot shall be maintained in landscaped open area. The landscaped open area, when abutting a
residential area, shall consist of a "greenbelt" of at least ten (10) feet wide along the front and
rear property lines, and at least five (5) feet wide along the side property lines.
14.3.11 Access: As directed by the City Enforcing Officer.
14.3.12 Outdoor use and/or storage: In connection with any permitted use, there shall be allowed
the display and/or storage of merchandise out of doors subject to the following limitations:
(a) All sales of such merchandise shall be consummated indoors, and no cash register or
package wrapping counter shall be located out of doors.
(b) Display and/or storage of merchandise outdoors shall not exceed more than 20% of the
total area of the lot.
(c) Temporary outdoor sales of merchandise, including cash transfer and package
wrapping, may be allowed by the holder of a permanent Certificate of Occupancy at
that location upon application and granting of a temporary use permit, subject to the
regulations as specified in Section 24,6 and 24,6,1, Special Development Controls,
under Temporary Uses.
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14.4 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
14.4.1 PD uses shall be subject to C-2 general conditions provided, however, the following general
conditions shall not apply except as specifically imposed by the site plan and the ordinance
adopting said site plan,
(a) Minimum lot area
(b) Building lines
(c) Access
(d) Height
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15.1 PURPOSE
SECTION XV
OC OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
The OC District is intended to permit commercial uses which require an extensive amount of outdoor display
use.
15.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the OC district and are subject to the general conditions of this
section and such other sections as are applicable:
15.2.1
15.2.2
15.2.3
15.2.4
15.2.5
15.2.6
15.2.7
15.2.8
15.2.9
15,2.10
15.2.11
15.2.12
15.2.13
15.2.14
15.2.15
15.2.16
15.2,17
15.2.18
Auto, Truck, Trailer Rental
Boat Sales Requiring Outdoor Display Area
Bus Passenger Terminals
Car Wash/Auto Laundry
Churches, Post Offices, Fire Stations, Public Schools
City and Utility Uses
Commercial Recreational Activities
Contractors Equipment Rental
Drive-in Restaurants
Drive-in Theater
Equipment Rental Requiring Outdoor Display Areas
Feed and Seed Stores
Heavy Machinery Sales
Kennels
Miniature Golf Courses
New Vehicle Sales and Rental Requiring Outdoor Display Areas
Nurseries (Plant Materials)
Retail Sales Requiring Outdoor Display Areas
15.2A PERMITTED USES BY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT
The following uses are only permitted within the OC Outdoor Commercial District when a Specific Use Permit
has been issued in accordance with Section XX of this ordinance. These uses are subject to the General
Conditions of this section and such other sections as are applicable.
15.2A.1
15.2A.2
15.2A.3
15.2A,4
15,2A.5
15.2A.6
15.2A.7
15.2A.8
15.2A.9
15.2A.10
15.2A.11
Airport, Heliport or Landing Field
Amusement Arcades
Cemetery or Mausoleum
Facility for Care of Alcoholic, Narcotic, or Psychiatric Patients
Lodges, Civic Clubs. Fraternal Organizations. Social Clubs
Private Clubs
Race Tracks
Sales of Alcoholic Beverages
Used Vehicle sales Shops
Self Storage/Mini-warehouse
Vehicle Storage Facility
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15.28 PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT) PERMITTED USES
15.28.1
15.28.2
15.28.3
15.28.4
15,28.5
15.28.6
LR Local Retail District Uses
C-1 Commercial District Uses
C-2 Commercial District Uses
1-1 Industrial District Uses
1-2 Industrial District Uses
R-7-MF Multi-family District Uses
15.3 GENERAL CONDITIONS
15.3.1 District area requirements:
(a) Minimum area: Every lot within the zoning district shall be at least twenty-two thousand
five hundred (22,500) square feet in area.
(b) Minimum frontage: Every lot within this zoning district shall have at least one hundred
fifty (150) feet in width, measured at the front building line.
(c) Minimum lot depth: Every lot within this zoning district shall be at least one hundred
fifty (150) feet average depth.
(d) Maximum coverage: No more than thirty (30) percent of the total area shall be covered
by buildings.
15.3.2 Reserved
15.3.3 Building line requirements: Every lot within this district shall have a front yard of twenty-five
(25) feet. Every lot within this district shall have side building lines of fifteen (15) feet and a
rear building line of twenty-five (25) feet where the lot abuts R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4-SD, R-6-T,
R-7-MF, R-8, and AG District.
15.3.4 Height restrictions: No building shall exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height.
15,3.5 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24.13
15.4.6 Parking and loading: See Section XXII.
15.3.7 Signs: See Section XXX.
15,3.8 Reserved.
15.3.9 Refuse containers: All refuse containers shall be screened and located behind the front
building line and shall not be located in any required yard.
15.3.10 Access: As approved by the City Enforcing Officer.
15.3.11 Landscaping: In addition to paved parking and driving areas, at least ten (10) percent of the
lot shall be maintained in landscaped open area, The landscaped open area, when abutting a
residential area, shall consist of a "greenbelt" of at least fifteen (15) feet wide along the front
and rear property lines, and at least ten (10) feet wide along the side property lines.
15.3.12 Entrances and exits to truck loading areas shall be no closer than seventy five (75) feet to
an adjoining lot located in a residential district, as measured along the common street line.
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15.3.13 No inoperative equipment or vehicle shall be stored or parked in a required yard. Any
parking or storage spaces for such equipment or vehicles adjacent to an exterior yard shall be
screened by a solid fence not less than six (6) feet in height at the building line.
15,3.14 Noise: In this district normal business activities conducted shall not create a sound
pressure level on the bounding property line that exceeds 65 decibels A scale daily from 7:00
a.m, to 10:00 p.m. and fifty-five (55) decibels daily from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
15.4 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
15.4.1 PD uses shall be subject to OC general conditions provided, however, the following general
conditions shall not apply except as specifically imposed by the site plan and the ordinance
adopting said site plan:
(a) Minimum lot area
(b) Building lines
(c) Access
(d) Height
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16.1 PURPOSE
SECTION XVI
1-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
The 1-1 District is intended to permit a limited range of assembly, warehousing and service type uses.
16.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the 1-1 Light Industrial district and are subject to the general
conditions of the sections as are applicable:
16.2.1
16.2.2
16.2.3
16.2.4
16.2.5
16.2.6
16.2.7
16.2.8
16.2.9
16.2,10
16.2.11
16.2.12
16.2.13
16.2.14
16.2.15
16.2.16
16.2.17
16.2.18
16.2,19
16.2.20
16,2.21
16.2,22
16.2.23
16,2.24
16.2.25
16.2.26
16.2,27
16,2,28
16,2,29
16.2,30
16.2.31
16.2.32
16.2.33
16.2.34
16.2.35
16.2.36
16,2.37
16.2.38
16.2.39
16,2.40
Assembling Operations of Commodities where all Operations are to be conducted
Within Fully Enclosed Buildings
Auto Parts and Accessories Stores
Auto Parts and Accessories Stores (with machine shops)
Auto, Truck, Trailer Rental
Automobile and Truck Repair
Baked Goods Shops
Banks and Savings and Loans
Barber and Beauty Shops
Cabinet Shops
Car Wash/Auto Laundry
Cafeterias
Churches, Post Offices, Fire Stations, Public Schools
City and Utility Uses
Cleaning and Pressing Pick-up Stations
Colleges/Universities
Commercial Bakeries
Commercial Laundries/Dry Cleaners
Commercial Printing Shops
Contractors Equipment Rental
Contractors Office, Shop & Garage (no fabrication)
Convenience Stores (with gasoline pumps)
Day Care/Kindergarten
Drive-in Restaurants
Dry Cleaning Store
Emergency Clinics
Feed and Seed Stores
Florist Shop
Automobile Lubrication Center or Service Station
General Organizational Offices
Governmental Offices
Hardware & Building Material Retail and/or Wholesale
Hardware Retail and/or Wholesale
Heavy Machinery Sales
High Rise Office Buildings
Home Improvement Retail Stores
Hospitals
Hotels, Motels
Kennels
Laundry, Self Service
Lumber Yards
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16.2.41
16.2.42
16.2.43
16.2.44
16,2.45
16,2.46
16.2.47
16.2.48
16.2.49
16.2.50
16.2.51
16.2.52
16,2.53
16.2.54
16.2,55
16.2.56
16.2.57
16.2.58
16.2.59
16.2.60
16.2.61
16.2.62
16.2.63
16.2.64
16.2.65
16,2,66
16.2.67
16.2.68
16.2.69
16,2,70
16,2,71
16.2.72
16.2,73
16.2.74
Machine Shops
Marine Equipment Sales/Repair
Medical Clinics
Mortuary/Funeral Parlor
New AutolTruck Dealers
Newspaper Printing Plants
Nursery Retail Sales
Nursing Homes
Pet Stores
Pharmacies
Plumbing Shops
Private Schools and Child Care
Professional Offices
Restaurants
Research Laboratories
Retail Stores and Shops
Sheet Metal Shops
Shopping Malls, Strip Centers, Shopping Centers
Single Specialty Shop
Social Service Organizations
Soft Drink Bottling
Spas, Health Studios, Fitness Centers
Supermarkets, Department Stores
Theaters (not drive-in types), Bowling Alleys
Trade Schools
Veterinarian Clinics (with/without kennels)
Warehousing
Warehousing & Storage of Any Commodity Except Heavy Steel, Large Diameter Pipe,
Junk, Salvage, Explosive or Hazardous Chemicals
Wholesale Distributor
All uses of the C-2 Commercial District
Pawn Shop
Self Storage/Mini-warehouse
Automobile Inspection Station
Vehicle Storage Facility
16.2A PERMITTED USES BY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT
The following uses are only permitted within the 1-1 Light Industrial District when a Specific Use Permit has
been issued in accordance with Section XX of this ordinance. These uses are subject to the General
Conditions of this section and such other sections as are applicable.
16.2A.1
16.2A.2
16.2A,3
16.2A.5
16.2A,6
16.2A.7
16.2A.8
16.2A.9
Airport, Heliport or Landing Field
Cemetery or Mausoleum
Lodges, Civic Clubs, Fraternal Organizations, Social Clubs
Race Tracks
Sales of Alcoholic Beverages
Sewerage Treatment Plants
Used Vehicle Sales
LPG/CNG Dispensing Station
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16.3 GENERAL CONDITIONS
16.3.1 District area requirements:
(a) Minimum area: Every parcel of land within this district, or the combined acreage of
contiguously zoned parcels, shall be at least two (2) acres in area,
(b) Minimum frontage: Every parcel of land within this district shall have at least fifty (50)
feet of frontage on a public street.
16.3.2 Reserved
16,3.3 Building line requirements:
(a) Every lot within this district shall have a front building line of at least twenty-five (25)
feet.
(b) When one or more property lines of an industrial lot abut a residential or agricultural
district, a twenty-five (25) foot building line shall be required for each side abutting the
residential district.
16.3.4 Height: When a lot abuts a residential or agricultural district, then the buildings shall be
constructed by using a ratio of one (1) foot measured from the nearest property line for every
one and one half (1112) foot of building height.
16.3,5 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24.13
16.3.6 Parking: See Section XXII.
16.3,7 Signs: See Section XXX.
16.3.8 Accessory Apartment: In connection with the permitted use of a self-storage or mini-warehouse
there may be permitted an accessory apartment with a minimum square footage of 650 square
feet. Such apartment shall be specifically for the occupancy of a resident manager for the
warehouse facility. No person shall be allowed to occupy the said apartment who is not an
employee of the company operating the warehouse facility and no employee of said company
occupying the on-site apartment shall be under (18) years of age.
16.4 SPECIAL CONDITIONS
16.4.1 In addition to paved parking and drive areas, at least ten (10) percent of the lot shall be
maintained in permanent open landscaped area. The landscaped open area, when abutting a
residential area, shall consist of a "greenbelt" of at least fifteen (15) feet wide along the front
and rear property lines, and at least ten (10) feet wide along the side property lines. All
landscaping shall be properly maintained throughout the life of any use of the lot.
16.4.2 There shall be a five (5) foot wide strip of landscaped area along any lot line (s) which is (are)
contiguous to a residential district.
16.4.3 Reserved
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16.5 ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
16.5.1 In this district normal business activities conducted shall not create a sound pressure level on
the bounding property line that exceeds 70 decibels A scale.
16,5.2 See Section XXIV
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17.1 PURPOSE
SECTION XVII
1-2 MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
The 1-2 District is intended to permit a wider range of manufacturing, wholesales and service type uses.
17.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the 1-2 Medium Industrial District and are subject to the general
conditions of the section as are applicable:
17.2.1
17.2.2
17.2.3
17,2.4
17,2,5
17.2.6
17.2.7
17.2.8
17.2.9
17,2.10
17.2.11
17.2.12
17,2,13
17.2,14
17.2,15
17.2.16
17.2.17
17.2.18
17.2.19
17.2,20
17.2.21
17.2.22
17,2,23
17.2,24
17.2.25
17.2.26
17,2,27
17.2.28
17,2.29
17.2.30
17 .2,31
17,2,32
17.2.33
17,2.34
17.2.35
17.2.36
17.2.37
17,2.38
17.2,39
17.2.40
17.2.41
Assembling Operation of Commodities where all Operations are to be conducted Within
Fully Enclosed Buildings
Auto Parts and Accessories Stores
Auto Parts and Accessories Stores (with machine shops)
Auto, Truck, Trailer Rental
Automobile and Truck Repair
Baked Goods Shops
Banks and Savings and Loans
Barber and Beauty Shops
Bus Barns and Lots
Cabinet Shops
Car Wash/Auto Laundry
Cafeterias
Chemical Laboratories
Churches, Post Offices, Fire Stations, Public Schools
City and Utility Uses
Cleaning and Pressing Pick-up Stations
Cold Storage Plants
Colleges/Universities
Commercial Bakeries
Commercial Carpet Cleaning
Commercial Laundries/Dry Cleaners
Commercial Printing Shops
Contractors Equipment Rental
Contractors Office, Ship & Garage (no fabrication)
Convenience Stores (with gasoline pumps)
Day Care/Kindergarten
Drive-in Restaurants
Dry Cleaning Store
Emergency Clinics
Feed and Seed Stores
Florist Shop
Automobile Lubrication Center or Service Station
General Organizational Offices
Governmental Offices
Hardware & Building Material Retail and/or Wholesale
Hardware Retail and/or Wholesale
Heavy Machinery Sales
High Rise Office Buildings
Home Improvement Retail Stores
Hospitals
Hotels, Motels
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17.2.42
17.2.43
17,2,44
17.2.45
17.2.46
17.2.47
17.2.48
17.2.49
17.2.50
17.2.51
17.2.52
17.2.53
17.2.54
17.2.55
17.2.56
17.2.57
17.2.58
17.2.59
17.2.60
17.2.61
17.2.62
17.2.63
17,2,64
17,2,65
17.2.66
17 .2.67
17.2.68
17.2,69
17.2.70
17.2.71
17.2.72
17.2.73
17.2.74
17 .2. 75
17.2.76
17.2.77
17 .2. 78
17.2.79
17,2.80
Kennels
Laundry, Self Service
Lumber Yards
Machine Shops
Manufacturing and Assembling Operations of Commodities Except Large Steel
Structures
Marine Equipment Sales/Repair
Medical Clinics
Mortuary/Funeral Parlor
New Auto/Truck Dealers
Newspaper Printing Plants
Nursery Retail Sales
Nursing Homes
Pet Stores
Pharmacies
Plumbing Shops
Private Schools and Child Care
Professional Offices
Restaurants
Research Laboratories
Retail Stores and Shops
Sales and Service of Heavy Equipment
Sheet Metal Shops
Shopping Malls, Strip Centers, Shopping Centers
Single Specialty Shop
Social Service Organizations
Soft Drink Bottling
Spas, Health Studios, Fitness Centers
Supermarkets, Department Stores
Theaters (not drive-in types), Bowling Alleys
Trade Schools
Veterinarian Clinics (with/without kennels)
Warehousing
Welding Shops
Warehousing & Storage of Any Commodity Except Heavy Steel, Large Diameter Pipe,
Junk, Salvage, Explosive or Hazardous Chemicals
Wholesale Distributor
Pawn Shop
Self Storage/Mini-warehouse
Automobile Inspection Station
Vehicle Storage Facility
17.2A PERMITTED USES BY SPECIFIC USE PERMIT
The following uses are only permitted within the 1-2 Medium Industrial District when a Specific Use Permit has
been issued in accordance with Section XX of this ordinance. These uses are subject to the General
Conditions of this section and such other sections as are applicable.
17.2A.1
17.2A.2
17.2A.3
17.2A.5
17.2A.6
17.2A,7
17 .2A.8
Airport, Heliport or Landing Field
Cemetery or Mausoleum
Lodges, Civic Clubs, Fraternal Organizations, Social Clubs
Race Tracks
Sales of Alcoholic Beverages
Sewerage Treatment Plants
Used Vehicle Sales
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17.2A.9
LPG/CNG Dispensing Station
17.3 GENERAL CONDITIONS
17.3.1 District area requirements:
(a) Minimum area: Every parcel of land within this district, or the combined acreage of
contiguously zoned parcels, shall be at least two (2) acres in area.
(b) Minimum frontage: Every parcel of land within this district shall have at least fifty (50)
feet of frontage on a public street.
17.3.2 Reserved
17.3,3 Building line requirements:
(a) Every lot within this district shall have a front building line of at least twenty-five (25)
feet.
(b) When one or more property lines of an industrial lot abut a residential or agricultural
district, a twenty-five (25) foot building line shall be required for each side abutting the
residential district or agricultural district.
17.3.4 Height restrictions: When a lot abuts a residential or agricultural district, then the buildings shall
be constructed by using a ratio of one (1) foot measured from the nearest property line for
every one and one half (1 Y2) foot of building height.
17,3.5 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24.13
17,3.6 Parking and loading: Subject to requirements set forth in Section XXII.
17,3.7 Signs: See Section XXX.
17.3.8 Refuse facilities: All refuse containers shall be screened from view of all adjacent property and
public streets.
17.4 SPECIAL CONDITIONS
17.4,1 In addition to paved parking and drive areas, at least ten (10) percent of the lot shall be
maintained in permanent open landscaped area. The landscaped open area shall consist of a
"greenbelt" of at least fifteen (15) feet wide along the front and rear property lines, and at least
ten (10) feet wide along the side property lines. All landscaping shall be properly maintained
throughout the life of any use of the lot.
17.5 ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
17.5,1 In this district normal business activities conducted shall not create a sound pressure level on
the bounding property line that exceeds 65 decibels A scale daily from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
and 55 decibels daily from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
17.5.2 See Section XXIV
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18.1 PURPOSE
SECTION XVIII
U SCHOOL, CHURCH & INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT
The U District is intended to permit only non-profit activities of an educational, religious, governmental or
institutional nature,
18.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the U district and are subject to the general conditions of this
section and such other sections as are applicable:
18.2.1
18.2.2
18.2.3
18.2.4
18.2.5
18.2.6
18.2.7
18.2,8
Churches, sanctuaries, church schools, rectories
City & Utility Uses
Colleges & Universities
Governmental Offices
Libraries
Public Buildings
Public Schools and Non-Profit Educational Institutions Offering Programs Equivalent to
Public School Grades
Day Care/Kindergarten
18.3 PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT) Uses
18.3.1
18.3.2
Church sponsored nursing homes
Church or government sponsored day nurseries.
18.4 GENERAL CONDITIONS
18.4.1 Area requirements:
(a) Minimum lot size: Every lot within this district shall have an area of at least twenty
thousand (20,000) square feet.
(b) Minimum lot width: Every lot within this zoning district shall be at least one hundred
twenty-five (125) feet wide, measured at the front building line.
(c) Minimum lot coverage: No more than thirty (30) percent of the total lot area shall be
covered with buildings.
18.4,2 Outdoor activities of uses: Accessory parking, loading, placement of refuse containers, and
other customary accessory uses incidental to church or government uses.
18.4.3 Building line requirements: Every lot within the district shall have front and rear building lines of
at least twenty-five (25) feet and side building lines of at least twenty (20) feet.
18.4.4 Height restrictions: No building shaU exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height.
18.4,5 Fences: See Section XXIV subsection 24.13
18.4.6 Parking and Loading: See Section XXII.
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18.4.7 Signs: See Section XXX.
18.4,8 Accessory buildings: Permanent accessory buildings requiring foundations, including tool sheds
and greenhouses, shall be pennitted only in required yards which exceed the minimum rear
yard requirement. (Portable type buildings not to exceed ten (10) feet in height and two
hundred (200) feet in area may be allowed in rear yards,)
18.4.9 Refuse facilities: All refuse containers shall be screened from view of all adjacent property and
public streets,
18.4.10 Access: As approved by City Enforcement Officer.
18.4.11 Minimum open space: In addition to paved parking and driving areas, at least fifteen
(15) percent of the lot shall be maintained in landscaped open area. The landscaped open
area shall consist of a "greenbelt" of at least fifteen (15) feet wide along the front and rear
property lines, and at least ten (10) feet wide along the side property lines,
18.5 PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
18.5.1 PD uses shall be subject to U general conditions provided, however, the following U general
conditions shall not apply except as specifically imposed by the site plan and ordinance
adopting such site plan:
(a) Minimum lot area
(b) Building line requirements
(c) Building Height
(d) Access
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SECTION XIX
PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
19.1 PURPOSE
The PD District is intended to be used in combination with other districts to permit the grouping together of uses
of different districts and the modification of certain controls in a manner so as to produce large area
development arranged to better serve community needs,
19.2 EFFECTS OF PD CLASSIFICATION
Property may be classified under PD District only in combination with another district. All property carrying a
PD designation must have an approved site plan.
19.3 GENERAL CONDITIONS
19.3.1 District area requirements: The PD district shall have at least four (4) acres in area. The fact
that such property may be platted into smaller lots shall not relieve the owner thereof such
minimum area requirements
19.3.2 Maximum lot coverage: Unless limited to a lower percentage by the base district, no more than
fifty (50) percent of the lot shall be covered by primary and accessory buildings.
19.3.3 Yard requirements: Unless limited by the base district the yard requirements shall be set by
the approved site plan.
19,3.4 Height limitations: Unless limited by the base district the height of buildings shall be set by the
approved site plan,
19.3.5 Site plan requirements: A site plan approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City
Council shall be a prerequisite to issuance of building permits and certification of occupancy for
any property in the PD district. A site plan approval request must be heard by the Planning
and Zoning Commission and City Council concurrent with a PD zoning request. Prior to
consideration of any site plan or a part of a larger tract under the same ownership which has
been previously zoned and platted, a site plan under the terms of this district shall contain
sufficient information delineating the characteristics of the site. The application shall include
changes in those characteristics as may be proposed by the development which will relate to
public services and facilities, and what protection features are included to insure that the
development will be compatible with existing and allowable development on adjacent property,
The site plan shall show at least the following items of information:
(a) A scaled drawing in which not less than one (1) inch is equal to one hundred (100)
feet, showing dimensioned boundaries of the property, the location and widths of
streets and highways adjacent to and on the property, and any other easements
thereon or adjacent thereto.
(b) Elevation contours at two (2) feet intervals.
(c) Location and description of existing utility services, including size of water and sewer
mains.
(d) Existing improvements proposed to be retained or abandoned when the property is
developed.
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(e) The location of each existing and each proposed structure on the site, the general
category of use or uses to be contained therein, the number of stories, gross floor area
and the location of entrances and exits to buildings.
(f) The location and width of all curb cuts and driving lanes.
(g) The dimensions and capacities of parking areas and loading areas, and the character
and location of illumination facilities for same.
(h) All pedestrian walks, malls and open areas for use by residents tenants or the public.
(i) The location and height of all walls, fences and screen planting and landscaping,
ü) Proposed elevation sketches of all different types of proposed buildings.
19.3.6 Site plan approval: A request for a site plan approval shall be processed in accordance and
concurrent with the review and hearing procedures for a zoning request.
19.3.7 Modification of site plan: The Commission may recommend modifications and the Council may
require such modifications of a site plan in order to permit the proposed project to exist
harmoniously with existing and anticipated uses of the surrounding areas.
19.3.8 Amendments to site plan: All site plans may be amended pursuant to the same procedure and
subject to the same limitations and requirements as was the original approved site plan.
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20.1 PURPOSE
SECTION XX
SPECIFIC USE PERMIT
The specific use permit is to be used in combination with other districts to permit a specific use and establish
controls so as to not adversely effect the adjacent property or the community.
20.2 EFFECTS OF SPECIFIC USE (SU) CLASSIFICATION
Property only in combination with 0-1, LR, C-1, C-2, OC, 1-1 and 1-2 districts may be classified specific use. All
requests for specified use must be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council
except those issued under 20.3.19 which may be issued by the Chief Building Official of the City pursuant to
procedure set forth in 20,4.2 and 20.4.3 below. Specific use permits will be issued to the site being considered,
20.3 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only specific uses that may be granted and are subject to the General Conditions of this
section and such other sections as are applicable.
20,3,1
20,3,2
20.3.3
20.3.4
20.3.5
20.3.6
20.3.7
20.3.8
20,3.9
20.3,10
20.3.11
20,3,12
20.3,13
20.3.14
20.3.15
20.3.16
20,3.17
20.3,18
20.3.19
20.3.20
20.3.21
20.3.22
Airport, Heliport or Landing Field
Amusement Arcades
Automotive Repair, Tire and Batteries Sales
Auto Parts and Accessories Stores
Auto, Truck, Trailer Rental
Car Wash/Auto Laundry
Cemetery or Mausoleum
Commercial Printing Shops
Commercial Recreational Activities
Facility for Care of Alcoholic, Narcotic, or Psychiatric Patients
Gasoline Service Station
Heavy Machinery Sales
High Rise Office Buildings
Lodges, Civic Clubs, Fraternal Organizations, Social Clubs
Miniature Golf Courses
Pawn Shops
Private Clubs
Race Tracks
Sales of Alcoholic Beverages
Sewerage Treatment Plant
Trade Schools
Used Vehicle Sales
20.4 GENERAL CONDITIONS
20.4,1 Procedures
(a) After a public hearing conducted by the Planning and Zoning Commission and after
receiving a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission The City
Council shall conduct a public hearing as is required for all zoning request and may
after such a public hearing grant for specific parcels of land the issuance of a specific
use permit in those districts where it is allowable to grant such a permit, Each specific
use permit application shall be evaluated by the Planning and Zoning Commission and
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City Council as to its probable effect on the adjacent property and the community
welfare and may be approved or denied as the findings indicate appropriate.
(b) In considering and determining its recommendation to the City Council relative to any
application for a specific use request the Planning and Zoning Commission shall require
the applicant to furnish plans and data concerning the operation, location, function and
characteristics of any use of the land or building being proposed,
(c) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall recommend to the City Council safeguards
and conditions concerning lot size, setbacks, ingress or egress, off-street parking and
loading arrangements, location and construction of structures and uses,
(d) The City Council may in the interest of the public welfare and to assure compliance with
the intent of this Ordinance, require such development standards and safeguards as
recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission,
(e) A site plan setting forth development standards and safeguards shall be required of the
applicant and such plan when accepted shall be made part of the amending ordinance.
(f) A specific use approved under the provision and conditions of this ordinance shall be
considered as an amendment to the zoning ordinance as applicable to the property
involved.
20.4.2 REQUIREMENTS FOR SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
A specific use permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages may be issued by the Chief Building Official of the City
only when such use is to be in conjunction with the sale of prepared food for on premise consumption. The
said Official will not issue such specific use permit until he has made an inspection and made a positive finding
that all distance requirements imposed by the Statutes of this State are in compliance and that the property is
located in the proper zoning classification for specific use pursuant to 20,2 above. The permit must be
countersigned by the City Secretary,
20.4.3 REQUIREMENTS FOR SALE OF BEER FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION ONLY.
The Chief Building Official may issue such permit when he has made an inspection and has made an
affirmative finding that all distance requirements imposed by the Statutes of this State are in compliance and
that the property is located in the proper zoning classification for Specific Use pursuant to 20.2 above, The
permit must be countersigned by the City Secretary,
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SECTION XXI
FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICT
21.1 PURPOSE
The purpose of designating the Flood Plain zoning sub-districts is not to prohibit, but to guide development in
those flood hazard areas consistent with nature's demands for the conveyance of flood flows and the City's
land use needs, Flood area sub-districts are established as a part of the effort to manage areas of special
flood hazards. The Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance sets forth other requirements, including the issuance
of a Development Permit.
The Flood Plain Sub-district is designed to protect the ability of a portion of the flood area necessary to carry
flood waters. Because of the extreme dangers and high risks expected in time of flooding and to protect the
carrying capacity of the waterway, highly restrictive regulations limiting the uses of land and the conditions
under which the land can be used are established for the areas designated as Flood Plain (FP) Sub-district.
The Flood Plain Sub-district shall not change the base zoning but shall limit the permitted uses and alter the
Development standards of the base zoning.
21.2 VERIFICATION OF FLOOD HAZARD
Where an area which is shown to be in the Flood Plain (FP) Sub-district is determined by the enforcing officer
not to be in the flood hazard area as based on detailed surveyed topographic and engineering data, the land
shall be deemed not to be in the FP Sub-district even if it is shown in the FP Sub-district on the zoning map
and the map shall be appropriately modified, If the land has been filled without obtaining, or in violation of a
development permit, this paragraph shall not apply,
21.3 PERMITTED USES - GENERAL
21.3,1 In FP Sub-district no building or structure shall be used and no building or structure shall be
hereafter erected, reconstructed, altered, enlarged or maintained except for one or more of the
following use is such use is also permitted in the base zoning district and when provisions of
subsection 21.5.1 are met. No use shall adversely affect the capacity of the channels or
floodways of any tributary to the main stream, drainage ditch, or any other drainage facility or
system.
21 ,3,2 For use listed in Section 21.4, building permits and/or Certificates of Occupancy may be issued
only after an issuance of a development permit, and provided that said uses are not proposed
to be located within or upon levee sites, channelized floodways, sumps, dams, or other flood
control structures or facilities existing or proposed at the time of application; and provided that
the information outlined in subsection 21.4.2 is satisfactorily submitted in a formal report
prepared under the direction of and bearing the seal of a Registered Professional Engineer
hired by the applicant.
21.4 SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES
21.4,1 The following uses which involve structures (temporary or permanent), fill or storage of
materials or equipment shall be permitted only after approval of a Specific Use Permit if such
use is also permitted in the Base Zoning District. These uses are also subject to the provisions
of the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance which apply to all flood plain special exception
uses,
(a) Uses of structures accessory to open space or special exception uses.
(b) Circuses, carnivals, and similar transient amusement enterprises.
(c) Drive-in theaters, new and used car lots, roadside stands, signs and billboards.
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(d) Extraction of sand, gravel, and other materials.
(e) Reserved.
(f) Taxi stands
(g) Storage yards for equipment, machinery, or materials.
(h) Kennels and stables.
(i) Outdoor commercial amusement enterprises.
(j) Reserved.
(k) Day camp operated by non-profit organization.
(I) Permanent buildings of country clubs, sports, or recreation centers.
(m) Private park or recreational area.
(n) Radio, television, microwave broadcast, relay, receiving towers, and transmission and
re-transmission facilities,
(0) Game farm, fish hatchery.
(p) Loading, unloading area,
(q) Non-covered storage yard for equipment and material.
(r) Shooting range.
(s) Nursery yards of buildings for retail or wholesale.
(t) Recreational vehicle parks.
(u) Produce market (retail)
21.4.2 Specific use permits listed in 21.4,1 may be granted only after public notice and hearing and
provided that said uses are not proposed to be located within or upon levee sites, channelized
floodways, sumps, darns, or other flood control structures or facilities, existing or proposed at
the time of application, and provided that the following information is satisfactorily submitted in
a formal report prepared under the direction of, and bearing the seal of, a Registered
Professional Engineer hired by the applicant for such specific use permit.
(a) The relative dangers to life and property occasioned by the proposed uses.
(b) The relationship of the proposed use to the comprehensive plan and flood plain
management program of the City of North Richland Hills,
(c) The relationship and/or effects of the proposed use to the floodwater transportation and
storage capacities of the channel and floor plan. The determination of said relationship
and/or effects shall be based on the assumption that any resultant permitted increase in
the flood plain encroachment will extend for a significant reach of the watercourse
together with an encroachment equal in degree on the opposite side of the
watercourse,
(d) The above report shall be reviewed by the enforcing officer and his written
recommendations made available to the City Council and to the City Planning and
Zoning Commission prior to advertisement for public hearing to consider a specifIC use
permit. The Enforcing Officer shall not be required to submit his report until he is
satisfied that the applicant's engineer has adequately studied the possible effects of
flooding. The Enforcing Officer may require the following in order to evaluate the report
and make his recommendations:
1, Plans drawn to a scale of one (1) inch equal fifty (50) feet w~th one (1) foot contour
intervals, or other scales satisfactory to the enforcing officer, showing the nature,
locations, dimensions, and elevation of the site or sites in issue and environs within five
hundred (500) feet thereof; existing water proofing measures and the relationship of
same to the existing and proposed locations of the FP Sub-district.
2. An area location map showing the relationship of the area in issue to surrounding
territory.
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3. Technical information evaluating any change of anticipated flood heights and velocities,
adequacy of protection and the seriousness of possible flood damages to existing and
proposed uses.
4, Any additional infonnation substantiating the wisdom of the proposed use.
5. A typical flood plain cross section showing the channel of watercourse, elevation of land
areas adjoining each side of the channel, and cross-sectional areas of present and
projected uses and high-water information.
6. Plan (surface view) showing elevation of contours of the ground, channel, alignment, or
realignment; all levees, sumps, diversions, pertinent structures, fill or storage elevations
of streets, water supply, sanitary facilities; photographs showing existing land uses and
vegetation upstream and downstream; soil types; and other pertinent information.
7, Profile showing the slope of the bed of the channel or flow line of the watercourse.
8. Additional detailed technical information which the City Enforcing Officer, Planning and
Zoning Commission and City Council may request.
21 ,5.1 In the Flood Plain (FP) Sub-district no filling, grading or soil removal shall be done for an
allowed purpose, prior to a development permit being issued. Prior to issuing such a permit,
sufficient information and data shall be submitted to determine the effect of the fill, grading or
soil removal. Any or all the information data set out in 21.4.2 may be required,
21.5.2 If filling, grading or soil removal is done but is not in compliance with the above requirements,
the land shall be restored to its original condition except for any portion for which a
development permit is obtained.
21.6 RESPONSIBILITY FOR FLOODING
The fact that land or property is or is not classified as being within the Flood Plain (FP) Sub-district shall not
constitute assurance that said land or property is, or is not subject to local flooding, and the designation of the
Flood Plain (FP) Sub-district in this ordinance shall not be so interpreted.
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SECTION XXII
MINIMUM PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS
22.1 PURPOSE
It is the purpose of this section to establish the guidelines of off-street parking space consistent with the
proposed land use to:
(a) Reduce the occurrence of on-street parking throughout the city
(b) Avoid the traffic congestion and public safety hazards caused by a failure to provide such
parking space
(c) Expedite the movement of traffic on public thoroughfares in a safe manner thus increasing the
carrying capacity of the streets, reducing the amount of land required for streets and the cost to
both the property owner and the city
(d) Insure that provided parking facilities meet basic requirements
22.2 OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES REQUIRED
22.2.1 Intent: In all districts, for all uses, there shall be provided at the time any building or structure
is erected or enlarged or increased in capacity, or at any time any other use is established,
off-street parking spaces for motor vehicles in accordance with the requirements specified
herein,
22,2,2 The off-street parking and loading facilities required for the uses mentioned in these regulations
shall be on the same lot as the structures intended to be served, or on a lot abutting the lot
intended to be served only by access other than a public street.
22.3 PARKING FOR EXISTING USES
22.3.1 Intent: It is the intent of these regulations to preserve and retain existing off-street parking and
loading spaces in at least the minimum amounts as would be required if the existing use of
structure had been established or erected in full compliance with the provisions herein.
22.3.2 Certificate of Occupancy: No Certificate of Occupancy shall be issued, no use shall be
established or changed, and no structure shall be erected, enlarged or reconstructed unless the
off-street parking and loading spaces are provided in the minimum amount and maintained in
the manner specified in these regulations; however, for the enlargement of a structure or for the
expansion of a use of structure or land there shall be required only the number of off-street
parking and loading spaces as would be required if such enlargement or expansion were a
separate new structure.
22.4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
22,4.1 Measurements:
(a) When units or measurements result in requirements of a fractional space, any fraction
shall require one (1) space.
(b) Loading space shall not be considered to supply required off-street parking space, nor
shall required off-street parking spaces supply required off- street loading space.
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22.4,2 Non-parking uses:
(a) Areas designated for off-street loading shall be used only for the loading and unloading
of passengers, equipment, supplies or merchandise.
(b) In all zoning categories loading areas shall not be used for refuse containers; or for the
repair, storage, dismantling or servicing of vehicles or equipment; or for the storage of
materials or supplies; or for any other use in conflict with the designated parking and
loading areas,
22.4.3 Access and maneuvering:
(a) Except for single family or two-family dwelling units, parking and loading areas shall be
arranged so that vehicles shall not be required to back out of the parking or loading
spaces directly into a public street.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (a) above, on street classified as arterials
or primary collectors on the city's thoroughfare plan, circular drives shall be allowed.
Circular drives must extend and provide storage for automobiles behind the property
line.
22.4.4 Space standards:
(a) A space nine (9) feet by eighteen (18) feet of floor/lot area with unobstructed access to
a public street shall be deemed to be parking space for one (1) vehicle.
(b) Table 22.2, attached hereto, is incorporated in and made part of these regulations and
shall be used in determining capacity of off-street parking areas.
(c) Unless otherwise specified, a space twelve (12) feet by thirty (30) feet with a clear
height of fourteen (14) feet, and with unobstructed access to a public street or private
drive shall be deemed to be loading space for one vehicle.
(d) Small car spaces: The minimum required area for each parking space shall not be less
than that established by Table 22.2; provided, however, if the total number of required
parking spaces exceeds 100 spaces, a number of spaces not to exceed 20% of the
required number may be designed for Small Car use only, The minimum size of such
Small Car Space shall be 8 feet by 14 feet. Each area designated for Small Car
Spaces within a lot shall be clearly marked with signs installed above eye level stating
that it is a Small Car parking area. The minimum number of spaces for each class of
uses shall not be less than that established by Table 22.3.
22.5 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
The off-street parking or loading facilities required for the uses mentioned in these regulations shall be on the
same lot or parcel of land as the structure they are intended to serve or on a lot or parcel of land abutting the
lot they are intended to serve,
22.5.1 Curbs, wheelstops, and islands: Parking and loading spaces shall be provided with curbs,
wheelstops, or raised islands so located that no part of the parked vehicle shall extend beyond
the parking space or across a property line.
22.5.2 Lighting: Any light used to illuminate or identify a parking or loading area shall be placed so as
to reflect the light away from the adjacent dwellings and so as not interfere with traffic control
devices.
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22.5.3 Pavement marking and signing: All pavement marking and signing shall be in conformance to
the design requirements as set forth in the Manual on UnifonTl Traffic Control Devices.
22.5.4 Landscaping: If parking and maneuvering space exceeds one acre, at least five (5) percent
thereof shall be maintained as landscaped area, with adequate and inconspicuous irrigation
systems. It is the intent of this section to require design and construction of parking areas in a
manner whereby areas unusable for parking or maneuvering are landscaped.
22.5.5 Fences, walls and screens: Where a fence is not otherwise required, parking or loading areas
designed for more than six (6) spaces or berths adjacent to residentially or agriculturally zoned
property shall be screened by a solid wall not less than six (6) feet in height. Said wall shall be
maintained in a neat and orderly condition. Except for necessary driveways, said wall shall
screen the vehicle area along those exposures where the vehicle area adjoins or is across a
street or alley from property restricted to residential use.
22.5.6 Maintenance requirements: To insure that all requirements set forth in this section are carried
forward, it will be the responsibility of the owner of the parking areas to adequately maintain the
facility. All off-street parking areas shall be kept free of trash, debris, vehicle repair operation or
display and advertising uses. At no time after initial approval of the parking area layout can
changes be made in the location and number of provided spaces without approval of the City.
22.5,7 Visibility triangle and parkway requirements: Parking and loading areas shall be designed and
constructed so as to prevent intrusion into or use of the visibility triangle or parkway as defined
in the Code of Ordinances of the City,
22.6 OFF STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS
There shall be provided, in connection with each allowable use, off-street loading facilities in accordance with
the following minimum requirements. The following off-street merchandise and passenger loading spaces shall
be permanently and clearly marked. Each off-street merchandise loading space shall be no less than twelve
(12) feet by thirty (30) feet with clear height of fourteen (14) feet and each off-street passenger loading space
shall be no less than twelve (12) feet by thirty (30) feet with a clear height of fourteen (14) feet.
22.6.1 Passenger and merchanside loading space: The following amounts of market off-street
passenger and merchandise loading spaces shall be required for the following uses classes as
set forth in the Table 22.1.
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TABLE 22.1
PASSENGER AND MERCHANDISE LOADING SPACES
A. MERCHANDISE LOADING SPACE REQUIREMENTS
GROSS FLOOR AREA - SQUARE FEET
SPACES REQUIRED
o up to and including 20,000
20,001 up to and including 100,000
100,001 up to and including 200,000
200,001 up to and including 300,000
None
1
2
3
and
for each additional 100,000 over 300,000
1
B. PASSENGER LOADING SPACE REQUIREMENTS: Marked off-street passenger loading spaces shall
be required for the following enumerated use classes in lieu of the above loading spaces.
Number of
Use Loading Required for Each Additional
Spaces Requirements
1. Day-Care Center 3 First 20 Children One for Each Additional
20 Students
2. EDUCATIONAL
a. Pre-School and
Kindergartens 4 2 classrooms Need not exceed 20
b. Elementary 4 2 classrooms Need not exceed 20
c. Junior High 4 4 classrooms Need not exceed 20
d. Senior High 4 6 classrooms Need not exceed 20
e. Colleges 1 Building
3. HEALTH FACILITIES
a. General hospital,
convalescent home,
or sanitorium 3 Each patient care building
b. Outpatient,
medical,or
dental clinic 1 2 physicians
c. Loading space
for emergency
vehicles See Section 22.6.2
4. Motels and Hotels 2 Minimum One for each 60 rooms
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5. Places of Public Assembly
Churches, school
auditoriums, fellowship
halls, theaters, mortuaries
transportation waiting
rooms, etc. 2 First 400 seats One for each additional
1000 seats
6, RECREATIONAL AND
CULTURAL FACILITIES
a. Amusement park 2 Minimum
b, Bowling Alley 2 Minimum
c. Skating Rink or
dance hall 2 Minimum
d, Swimming pools 2 Minimum
e. Museum and
Library 2 Minimum
7. Restaurants and Food
Services 1 200 seats 1 minimum
22.6.2 Loading Space for Emergency Vehicles: There shall be provided within thirty (30) feet of the
main entrance to every building, according to the criteria set forth below, one permanently
marked area not less than thirty (30) feet in length and marked "Emergency Vehicles Only."
This requirement shall apply only to:
(a) Office type buildings having a gross floor area of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet
or more in area. If visitor or tenant parking is permitted adjacent to the building, the
Emergency Vehicle Zone shall be reserved next to a raised island extended from the
building or parking curb for a distance equal to the depth of the adjoining parking stall,
but shall not be required to be more than twenty (20) feet.
22.6.3 PARKING SPACE FOR DISABLED
For every lot of more than ten (10) parking spaces, there shall be provided a minimum number of parking
spaces for the disabled based upon the total number of spaces required.
(a) The number of spaces to be provided for the disabled shall be calculated as follows:
Total Parking
Spaces Required
Minimum Number of
ParkinQ Spaces for Disabled
11-50
51-100
101-300
301-500
Over 500
1
2
3
5
1% of Total
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(b) Location: Such parking spaces shall be located on an accessible circulation route and
as near as is reasonably possible to the primary entries to the building or facility. In
separated parking structures, lots or basement garages, parking spaces shall be
located on the shortest possible circulation route. In addition, the parking spaces shall
be located in proximity to the accessible point of ingress including elevators, and there
shall be an accessible route from the point of egress to the nearest primary entry into
the building or facility.
(c) Specifications: Such parking spaces shall be open on at least one side and allow room
for individuals in wheelchairs, on crutches, or braces to safely maneuver in or out of the
vehicle on a level surface. Such spaces shall be so arranged that disabled persons are
not required to walk or wheel behind parked cars.
(1) Each Head-in or Diagonal space for disabled shall be a minimum of 96 inches
wide with an adjacent aisle or clear space of at least 60 inches wide. A single
common clear space of 60 inches may be provided between two 96 inch
parking spaces.
(2) If parallel parking is located on a street, driveway, or other area where vehicular
traffic exists the space shall be designed and placed in such a manner that
persons are out of the flow of traffic.
(3) Parked vehicles overhang shall not intrude or reduce the clearance of
accessible routes,
(4) Parking surfaces and accessible aisles shall not have a slope in any direction in
excess of 2 percent.
(5) Parking spaces for the disabled shall be identified and reserved for the
handicapped by a sign incorporating the symbol of accessibility and placed so
that it will not be obscured by parked vehicles. The sign shall be of such size
that it is legible from a distance that would be reasonable for the condition,
For every occupancy of more than ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor area, and for each additional ten
thousand (10,000) square feet thereafter, at least one parking space of not less than twelve (12) feet by
eighteen (18) feet shall be designated and clearly marked for use by disabled persons. Such parking space
shall be at least as close to an entrance as any non-disabled parking space,
22.6.4 Fire Lanes: Fire lanes as required by the Fire Code shall be provided and clearly marked.
22.7 MINIMUM PARKING AREA AND SPACES
Minimum required area for each parking space shall not be less than that fumished by Table 22.2a and 22.2b.
The minimum number of spaces for each class of use shall not be less than that established by Table 22.3.
Editor's Note: These tables can be found in Appendix III.
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SECTION XXIII
AG AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
23.1 PURPOSE
This district is intended to preserve lands best suited for agricultural use from encroachment of incompatible
uses, and to preserve in agricultural use, land suited to eventual development into other uses pending proper
timing for practical economical provisions of utilities, major streets, schools and other facilities so that
reasonable development will occur, A change of zoning from AG to any other classification shall be in
accordance with provisions established by this ordinance.
23.2 PERMITTED USES
The following are the only permitted uses within the AG district and are subject to the general conditions of this
section and such other sections as are applicable:
23.2.1 Agricultural Including the Raising of Field Crops, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry Subject to the
Rules and Regulations of the City, County and State Health Departments.
23,2.2 Ranch and Farm Dwellings Necessary to Agricultural Operations.
23.2.3 Parks and playgrounds
23,2.4 City and Utility Uses
23.3 GENERAL CONDITIONS
23.3.1 Property once changed from AG zoning to any other zoning district shall not be changed back
to AG zoning for any reason, Also property already zoned other than AG cannot be zoned AG
for any reason,
23.3.2 Property zoned AG cannot be sub-divided and developed for any other purpose than strictly
agriculture use without an approved zoning change.
23.3.3 Minimum lot area: Every lot within the AG District shall be at least two (2)acres in area.
23.3.4 Building line requirements:
(a) Minimum front building line: There shall be a front building line having a minimum
depth of at least twenty-five (25) feet.
(b) Minimum side building line: There shall be two (2) side building lines one on each side
of the building having a combined width of not less than twenty (20) percent of the lot
width, provided that in no case shall one (1) side building line be less than ten (10)
feet.
(c) Minimum rear building line: No residential building and/or dwelling unit may be
constructed nearer than ten (10) feet to the rear property line and no residential
building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed within any easement area. For
accessory building standards see Section XXIV.
(d) Rear yard open space area: A minimum of twenty percent of the total lot area shall be
reserved as an open space in the rear portion of every yard. The open space shall
extend from one side property line to another side property line, abutting the rear
property line, and not protruding beyond the two most extreme corners of the main
structure. No part of the residential building and/or dwelling unit may be constructed so
as to occupy any portion of the open space rear yard.
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23.3.5 Height restrictions: No building shall exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height.
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SECTION XXIV
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS
The regulations and development controls of the various districts shall be modified by and be subject to the
following provisions and limitations,
24.1 LOT REQUIREMENTS
(a) Lot Required: Every building hereafter erected shall be located on a platted lot recorded in the
County Records and in no case shall there be more than one main building on such lot, except
as herein provided,
(b) Multiple structures on lot: In any district where more than one (1) structure is permitted, and
principal use is other than a single-family dwelling, multiple structures may be erected on a lot
of record, provided that building lines and other requirements of these regulations shall be met
for each structure.
(c) Adequate and proper sanitary facilities must be provided and approved by the City Enforcing
Officer for all uses in all zoning districts.
24.2 MINIMUM DWELLING UNIT SIZE
Every dwelling unit hereafter erected, reconstructed or altered in R-1, R-2, or R-3 residential districts shall have
a minimum floor area as follows: R-1 and R-1-S 2,000 square feet, R-2 1,800 square feet, and R-3 1,600
square feet and AG 1 ,400 square feet exclusive of breezeways, basements, open and closed porches, common
corridors, parking areas, garages and accessory buildings.
24.2.1 CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS REQUIRED TO HAVE PERCENTAGE OF BRICK OR
MASONRY
A. All multifamily, quadruplex, duplex, and single family residential dwellings and all permanent
structures (as defined in Section 24.7) on a residential lot shall have exterior walls consisting of
at least seventy-five percent brick, stone, or if approved by the City Council, other masonry or
materials of equal characteristics.
For the purposes of this requirement the exterior wall shall be defined as that exposed portion
of the building from the foundation up to the ceiling line of the first floor of the building.
B. An exemption to the masonry requirement shall apply to existing residential structures, including
all permanent structures, which do not meet the masonry requirement. Any enlargement of an
existing residential structure, including all permanent structures, shall provide an amount of
masonry which matches the adjacent surfaces of the existing structure.
C. Masonry tilt wall residential homes shall be allowed only in Single Family Residential
Planned-Development Districts, Planned Development Districts construction of tilt wall
residences shall be considered only in areas where at least ten contiguous lots are so zoned.
For the purposes of this section, any public street, alley or thoroughfare shall not prevent the
lots from being considered contiguous. The appJication for Planned Development, provided by
this section, shall include a specific plan for each structure including its position on the lot and
the size of each proposed structure, No structure less than 1,400 square feet shall be
considered. The application shall be processed as all other zoning or rezoning applications. In
processing building pennits and inspections in the above PO zone, the Building Official shall
require soil tests showing that soil conditions are suitable for this type of tilt wall construction.
The suitability, after soil testing, shall be certified by a Registered Professional Engineer as to
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each lot. The Building Official shall require concrete tests be made for each house using three
cylinders for each 25 yards of concrete. Before the final inspection, a statement from a
Registered Professional Engineer shall be submitted to the City stating that the structure has
been constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications. The exterior of the home
shall have a stucco finish and the roof shall be concrete tile or roof with similar weight. The
entire exterior surface of the home shall be sealed with a silicone water proof sealer or
synthetic equal to the silicone, and applied per the manufactured recommendations.
24.2.2 CERTAIN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS REQUIRED TO HAVE PERCENTAGE OF BRICK, MASONRY
OR CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION
All buildings constructed in the 0-1, LR, C-1, C-2, and OC Districts shall have exterior walls constructed of at
least seventy-five percent brick, tile, stone, concrete block, or precast or reinforced concrete materials or
materials of equal characteristics.
This requirement shall apply to all wall sections on all floors above the finish floor level of the foundation.
24.3 HEIGHT LIMITATIONS
(a) General exceptions: The height regulations contained in the District Regulations shall not apply
to spires, belfries, cupolas, antennas, water tanks, ventilators, chimneys, or other
appurtenances usually required to be placed above the roof level and not intended for human
occupancy.
(b) Visibility at intersections: On any corner lot nothing shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed
to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision in the visibility triangle as defined in
the City Code of Ordinances.
24.4 TEMPORARY USES AND BUILDINGS
(a) Nothing herein shall prohibit the placement of temporary portable buildings providing office
space, sanitary facilities or storage of supplies or materials, or the erection of security fences
on the site and during the period of any construction project upon application for and receipt
from the City Enforcing Officer of a permit. However, no manufacturing operation shall be
conducted within a temporary or portable building when the product of such operation is to be
transported off the site for use in construction at another location.
(b) Carnivals, circuses and special fund raising events sponsored by a public entity, civic or
non-profit organization located within the City may be allowed as a temporary use for a period
not exceeding three consecutive days. Except for churches and public or semi-public school
sponsored events on their property, such events shall be on a site containing not less than two
acres in a non-residential zoning district. Except for public or semi-public schools, only one
permit for a carnival, circus or special fund raising event shall be issued to the same civic or
non-profit organization within a 180 day period. Adequate parking and sanitary facilities shall
be made available to the satisfaction of the Building Official. No carnival or special event shall
begin operation before 8:00 A.M and operation shall cease before 11 :00 P.M, on all nights
except on Saturdays when the event shall cease operation at mid-night. The Building Official
shall establish the terms and conditions for the temporary use at the time of approval. In the
event that a sponsor is dissatisfied with the Building Official's decision, the sponsor may appeal
the requested use to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
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24.5 LIVESTOCK
Agricultural and livestock uses may be conducted in the AG Agriculture Zoning and the R-1-S Residential
zones, provided, however neither livestock nor fowl may occupy any lot of less than one (1) acre in size. All
such livestock or fowl kept in these zones shall be subject to all the provisions of Chapter 4 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of North Richland Hills,
24.6 TEMPORARY SALES
Temporary outdoor sales, on properties zoned LR, C-1, C-2, OC, 1-1, 1-2 and U, by the existing occupants of
existing businesses of such properties, may be permitted by the City Enforcing Officer for a period not to
exceed thirty (30) days, upon the application and granting of a temporary use permit.
In no event shall such temporary uses be allowed for more than thirty (30) consecutive days or more than once
per year. All sales shall meet the special conditions, if any, imposed by the City Enforcing Officer and/or Fire
Marshal for the protection of public interest and the welfare of the community.
No tent or similar structure shall be erected in any required setbacks or designated easements. Tents shall
conform to the Uniform Fire Code and no tent shall be erected without first obtaining a permit. No outside use
or property for sales will be allowed except by the existing occupants of the property. This includes parking of
vehicles for a purpose other than conducting business on the premises.
24.6.1 CHRISTMAS TREES
The temporary outdoor sale of Christmas trees may be permitted on those properties zoned LR, C-1, C-2, 1-1,
1-2 and U, for a period of thirty (30) days prior to Christmas Day, The City Enforcing Officer may issue a permit
for such sale when it is found that there is available adequate off-street parking area, either improved or
unimproved, as determined by the Enforcing Officer; and that location and layout of drives, parking areas,
lighting, and sale signs will not constitute a hazard to public travel on the abutting public streets.
Trees, stands, equipment, trash, signs, lighting and shelters shall be removed by the permit holder no later than
January 4th following the Christmas holiday.
24.7 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
24.7.1 TEMPORARY AND PORTABLE TYPE ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
Temporary and portable accessory buildings which are not placed on a permanent foundation nor on a corner
lot shall be allowed in any residential district or in the AG Agricultural District when located not less than eighty
(80) feet from the front property line nor less than three (3) feet from any other property line and shall comply
with the following additional requirements:
A. HEIGHT: Maximum of fifteen (15) feet.
B. AREA: Maximum of two hundred (200) square feet.
C. NUMBER ALLOWED: Two (2) per lot.
D. REAR YARD OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT: Temporary and portable accessory buildings
shall have no effect on the Rear Yard Open Space requirement of the District.
E. SPECIAL CORNER LOT PROVISION: An accessory building on a corner lot shall not extend
across the side setback line adjacent to the side street.
F. USE: An accessory building shall not be used for a business or dwelling purpose.
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24.7.2 PERMANENT TYPE ACCESSORY BUilDINGS
Accessory buildings placed on a permanent type foundation shall be allowed in any residential district or in the
AG Agricultural District and comply with the following requirements:
A. HEIGHT: Maximum of fifteen (15) feet.
B. AREA: The total area of all permanent type accessory buildings shall not occupy more than
thirty (30) percent of the Rear Yard Open Space area.
C. NUMBER ALLOWED: Two (2) per lot.
D. BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENTS: Permanent type accessory buildings shall comply with the
minimum building line setback requirements of the Zoning District, except for the following
provisions:
(1) Permanent type accessory buildings shall be allowed on interior lots in the R-1, R-1-S,
and R-2 Districts with a minimum side yard building line of six (6) feet, provided that the
accessory building be situated thirty (30) feet behind the front building line,
(2) Permanent type accessory buildings shall be allowed on corner lots in the R-1 R-1-S,
or R-2 District and, when situated adjacent to a side street on a corner lot, the
accessory building shall comply with the minimum side yard requirements of the Zoning
District. Permanent type accessory buildings shall be allowed on corner lots in the R-1,
R-1-S, or R-2 District with a minimum side yard building line of six (6) feet, provided
that it be situated thirty (30) feet behind the front building line and be situated on a side
yard having an adjacent lot.
(3) Any structural attachment between the permanent type accessory building and the main
structure shall not exceed six (6) feet in width or be enclosed in such a manner as to
contain a controlled climate environment.
E. REAR YARD OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT: Permanent type accessory buildings shall have
no effect on the Rear Yard Open Space requirement of the District.
F. MASONRY REQUIREMENT: All permanent accessory buildings containing two hundred (200)
square feet, or more, in area shall comply with the masonry requirements of the District.
G. EASEMENTS: No permanent accessory building shall be located within or encroach upon any
utility or drainage easement.
H, USE: An accessory building shall not be used for a business or dwelling purpose.
24.7.3 ADDITIONAL AGRICULTURAL ACCESSORY BUilDING REQUIREMENTS
Accessory buildings located in the AG Agricultural District and the R-1-S Residential District which are used as
stables, barns, or for the housing of animals shall be exempt from the height limit and masonry requirement
contained in Section 24.7.2.
24.8 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
Swimming pool equipment, and similar mechanical equipment shall be so placed as to direct motor and fan
noise away from the nearest property line, Mechanical equipment on rooftops shall be screened from all
adjacent public sites. Placement of solar collectors must have approval of the City Enforcing Officer.
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24.9 YARD ACCESSORIES
Fences, walls, poles, posts, customary fixed yard accessories and ornaments, and roof overhangs projecting
not more than thirty-six (36) inches, may be permitted in any minimum required yard subject to height
limitations and requirements limiting obstruction of visibility.
24.10 WIND CHARGERS - TV SATELLITE DISC RECEIVERS
24.10.1 Wind Charger shall be allowed only of lots of two (2) acres or larger and require a permit from
the Building Inspection Office prior to installation,
24.10.2 TV Satellite receiver dishes shall be allowed in any residential district or in the AG Agricultural
District and shall comply with the following regulations:
A. No TV satellite receiver dish shall have a diameter greater than twelve (12) feet.
B. TV Satellite receiver dishes shall only be located in a rear yard and no portion of the
receiver dish shall be less than six (6) feet from any side or rear property line.
C. No TV satellite receiver dish shall be located within or encroach upon any drainage or
utility easement.
D. No portion of a ground-base mounted TV satellite receiver dish shall extend beyond
fifteen (15) feet above the existing grade. However, a ground-pole mounted TV
satellite receiver dish located adjacent to or within three (3) feet of the rear of the main
structure shall be allowed provided that it not be visible between ground level and five
(5) feet above ground level when viewed from the front of the structure at a point
nearest the curb line or edge of the street. Furthermore, a roof mounted TV satellite
receiver dish may be located on the rear portion of a roof of a main structure, provided
that it not be visible between ground level and five (5) feet above ground level when
viewed from the front of the structure at a point nearest the curb line or edge of the
street.
E. No lettering, logo, or any form of advertising shall appear on the face or back of the
receiver dish, except the name of the manufacturer or seller of the reception dish.
F. Only one TV satellite receiver dish shall be allowed per lot.
G. TV satellite receiver dishes with a diameter of one (1) meter, or less, can be installed in
a manner consistent with typical television antennae,
24.10.3 In Zoning Districts 0-1, LR, C-1, C-2, OC, 1-1 or 1-2, where such disc receiver is utilized in
conjunction the conduct of an associated permitted business one TV Satellite disc receiver may
be installed either on the roof of a building or on an approved pole mounting system. Such
disc shall be located behind the front building line of the lot. The disc may not exceed a
maximum of (12) twelve feet in diameter and must not exceed (38) feet in total height from the
surrounding lot grade. Where the lot abuts a residential district the pole mounted disc
installation shall be placed such that the total height of the unit shall not exceed a ratio of (1)
one foot distance from the residential property for €acn (1 Y.z) one and one-half feet of height. In
roof top installations on permitted high-rise buildings the disc may not exceed (12) feet in height
above the main roof structure of the building,
24.10.4 A permit must be secured from the Building Inspection Office for installation of all TV Satellite
Disc Receivers.
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24.11 SWIMMING POOLS
It is the purpose of these provisions to promote the public safety and enjoyment rights by establishing rules and
regulations governing the location and improvement of swimming pools whether privately, publicly or
commercially owned or operated.
24.11,1 Permits and Approvals: No swimming pool shall be constructed until a building permit has
been issued therefor, and shall not be used until a certificate of occupancy has been issued.
No building permit and no final certificate of occupancy shall be issued unless the proposed
sanitary facilities and water supply comply with applicable local and State Health Department
regulations.
24.11,2 Requirements: A swimming pool may be constructed and operated when:
(a) The pool is not to be located in front or side yards (except on irregular and/or
cul-de-sac lots where City Enforcement Officer may grant permit for side yard use),
(b) A wall or fence, not less than six (6) feet in height, with self-latching gates at all
entrances completely encloses either the pool area or the surrounding yard area.
(c) All lighting of the pool is shielded or directed to face away from adjoining residences. If
lights are not individually shielded, they shall be so placed, or the enclosing wall or
fence shall be so designed, that direct rays from the lights shall not be visible from
adjacent properties.
(d) No audio system is used for the purpose of advertising the operation of the pool or for
the attraction of persons to the premises. This shall not prevent a public address
system necessary or useful to the supervision of the pool and the safety of swimmers.
24.12 SALE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECT AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS
In connection with the residential occupancy of a dwelling, the tenants thereof may offer their personal
belongings and household effects for sale to the general public in a garage or other accessory building,
provided, however, a permit is granted by city, the interval between such sales shall be at least six (6) months,
and no sale period shall extend for more than two (2) consecutive calendar days, (The occasional sale of
personal automobile, trailer, boat and like belongings may be allowed without permit.)
24.13 WALLS AND FENCES
24.13.1 Permit required: No fence shall be erected or replaced and no required fence shall be
removed without a fence permit obtained from the City Enforcing Officer.
24.13.2 Fence permit application: A person desiring a permit to erect or remove or replace any
fence shall make written application to the City Enforcing Officer, which application shall
designate the location of the fence on the lot, the height of the fence and the materials of which
the fence is to be constructed.
24.13.3 Screening Fence required: A permanent screening fence of masonry and/or stockade type
wood not less than six (6) feet in height, or permanent screening designed by an arcmtect or
landscape architect shall be erected prior to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy on all
property zoned R-7-MF, 0, LR, C-1, C-2, OC, 1-1, 1-2, or U which abuts on property zoned R-1,
R-2, R-3, or R-4-SD, On property zoned 0, LR, C-1, C-2, OC, 1-1 or 1-2 which abuts property
zoned R-6-T, R-7-MF, or U, a screening fence shall be erected along the entire length of the
common line between such properties or within the property required to erect the screening.
However, if the said property requiring the screening is proposed to be developed as a
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high-rise (3 stories or more) structure and the adjacent property is zoned R-7-MF and has an
apartment project with buildings of 2 or more stories, then the screening fence requirement
between the two uses may be waived by the Enforcing Officer. Such waiver must be requested
by the commercial developer and must be accompanied by the submittal of a Site Plan giving
the site layout of the proposed buildings including distance between the existing and proposed
buildings, the proposed landscaping indicating the specific treatment of the area adjacent to the
multi-family use and any other pertinent data related to the site development.
24.13,4 Vehicle Storage Facility Screening
In addition to the landscaping requirements of the base zoning district, no Certificate of
Occupancy shall be issued for a Vehicle Storage Facility until one of the following screening
options has been satisfied.
(a) In the C-2 Commercial and OC Outdoor Commercial Districts, a permanent masonry
screening fence of not less than six feet in height shall be constructed along the
property line adjacent to any public street or right-of-way; or
(b) In the C-2 Commercial and OC Outdoor Commercial Districts, a wood type stockade
screening fence of not less than six feet in height shall be constructed within a
landscaped buffer area which shall be parallel with the property line adjacent to any
public street right-of-way. The landscaped buffer area shall contain not less than one
half of the required ten (10) percent landscaped area and be irrigated and planted with
shrubs, bushes, and/or trees facing the street right-of-way covering at least sixty (60)
percent of the fence.
(c) In the 1-1 Light Industrial and 1-2 Medium Industrial Districts, a chain link fence of not
less than six feet in height shall be constructed along the property line adjacent to any
public street right-of-way,
24.13.5 Safety: No wall or fence shall be constructed or maintained in such a manner as would
endanger the health or safety of the general public, Fences constructed of barbed wire (except
for livestock fences) and walls topped with broken glass or surfaced with like materials shall be
prohibited, provided, however, a security fence of not less than six (6) feet in height may be
topped by barbed wire in C-2, 1-1 and 1-2 only. No electric fence shall be permitted.
24.13.6 Height restrictions: Walls and fences hereafter constructed on property used for or
restricted to residential uses shall be no greater than eight (8) feet in height, subject to the
following limitations:
(a) The height of a wall or fence shall be the vertical distance between the ground and the
top of the fence. In terrain where ground slopes at a grade of ten (10) percent or more,
the fence or wall may be built in eight (8) foot horizontal stair step sections: the
average height of such section shall comply with the height regulations set forth herein.
(b) Non-sight barring fences may be allowed in front yards. Such fences are to be wrought
iron and not over four (4) feet in height excluding the posts and the posts must be brick
or stone.
(c) No wall or fence located on a corner lot shall have a height in conflict with the
regulations governing visibility at intersections as prescribed in the Code of Ordinances.
(d) Retaining walls shall be permitted for the purpose of protecting property against sliding
earth or accidental injury to human life, The height of a retaining wall shall be
determined according to accepted engineering principles and the design shall be
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approved by the enforcing officer, A fence erected on top of a retaining wall shall be
subject to the height limitations above, measured from the high side of the wall.
(e) When two adjoining corner lots are situated so that their lot fronts face parallel street,
and so that the side exterior yard of the other, such side exterior yard on both lots may
be enclosed by a wall or fence having a maximum height above grade of six (6) feet to
the rear of the side exterior yard on each lot.
24.14 MAJOR RECREATIONAL EaUIPMENT
For the purposes of these regulations, major recreational equipment is defined as including boats and boat
trailers, travel trailer, pickup campers or coaches (designed to be mounted on automotive vehicles), motorized
dwellings, tent trailers, and the like, and cases or boxes used for transporting recreational equipment, whether
occupied by such equipment or not. No such equipment shall be used for living, sleeping, home occupation,
or household purposes when parked or stored on a residential lot, or in any location not approved for such use.
24.15 FRONT YARD STORAGE
No part of a residential front yard shall be used for parking or storage of any vehicle, object or material;
except, however, trailers and motor vehicles which are both currently licensed and operable may park only in
paved driveways.
24.16 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
The following regulations are to control contamination of the air, water, or the environment, and to safe-guard
the health, safety and welfare of the people. No machines, process or procedures shall be employed on any
property in the City, in which:
(a) Emission of radioactivity, electromagnetic disturbances, smoke, dust, noxious, toxic or lethal
gases are detectable beyond the perimeter of the property.
(b) Materials are stored or accumulated in such a way that they may be carried by rainwater in
natural drainage channels beyond the limits of the property, which are noxious, toxic,
radioactive, contain oil or grease, wood or cellulose fibers, hair, feathers, plastic or have a PH
factor above nine (9) or below five (5),
(c) Vibration is discernible beyond the property line.
(d) Direct glare is discernible beyond the property line.
(e) No swimming pool, storm water drain, roof drain, or area drain shall empty into the sanitary
sewer, Permits must be obtained from the enforcing officer before discharge into any public
right of way or easement. Swimming pools shall not be allowed to become stagnant or to
contain any water which due to its condition is unhealthful.
(f) All disposal of waste materials shall meet all the requirement of City, State and Federal
regulations and laws.
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24.17 LANDSCAPING
24,17,1 All required landscaped open space shall be provided with adequate and inconspicuous
irrigation systems, and shall be properly maintained. All required landscaped open areas shall
be completely covered with living plant material, except that trees and shrubs three feet in
height or greater shall contribute toward the required landscaping area for the site based on
areas shown in Table 24-1 to the extent that such areas are not paved or built over. Artificial
landscaping materials such as wood chips and gravel may be used under trees,
TABLE 24-1
EQUIVALENT LANDSCAPE AREA FOR TREES AND SHRUBS
Height of Trees or Shrubs Above
Finished Grade (When Planted)
Equivalent Landscaped
Area (Square Feet)
3'
4'
5'
6'
7'
8'
9'
10'
11'
12'
14'
16' or more
20'
35'
60'
90'
130'
180'
240'
300'
370'
440'
590'
760'
. Planlings less than three (3) feet in height above finished grade shall not be counted in computation
of aquivalant landscaped area,
24.18 LOT WIDTHS -IRREGULAR AND/OR CUL-DE-SAC
The Planning and Zoning Commission may approve lots of irregular shapes which do not fully meet the lot
requirements of the zone district.
24.19 MODEL HOMES
Model homes are allowed in residential districts with the restriction that the garages be returned to their original
state and two covered and two off-street parking spaces are provided before a certificate of occupancy shall be
issued.
24.20 RODEO TYPE ACTIVITIES
Rodeo type activities are allowed only on lotsltracts containing more than five (5) acres,
24.21 SIDEWALKS
Sidewalks shall be required on public streets in all districts, with the exception of AG Agriculture.
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SECTION XXV
APPLICATION OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS
25.1 UNIFORMITY
The regulations set by this ordinance for each district shall be the minimum regulations and shall apply
uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, except as hereinafter provided.
25.2 No building, structure, or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part
thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered except in conformity
with all the regulations herein specified for the district in which it is located. This shall be deemed to include
only the portion of the building, structure or land which is actually newly occupied, newly used, erected,
constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered after the effective date of this ordinance.
25.2.1 lot area deficiency: If a lot legally platted prior to the effective date of this ordinance, was held
in separate ownership from any adjacent property at such time, and contains less area than is
required under these regulations, such lot may be used for any use lawful within the district
notwithstanding such lot area deficiency; provided, however, such lot shall be subject to all
other district regulations, This section does not apply to Planned Development areas,
25.2.2 Building lines: In previously platted subdivisions, the building shall not be set back from the
property line any further than a majority of principal buildings previously constructed in the
subdivision.
25.3 NEWLY ANNEXED TERRITORY
25.4.1 All territory which may hereafter be annexed to the City of North Richland Hills shall
automatically be classed as lying and being in district "AG" until such classification shall have
been changed by an amendment to the zoning ordinance as provided by law.
25.4.2 No person shall erect, excavate, construct or proceed or continue with the erection or
construction of any building or structure or add to, enlarge, move, improve, alter, repair,
convert, or demolish any building or structure or cause the same to be done in any area of the
city or in any newly annexed territory to the City without first applying for and obtaining a
building permit from the Enforcing Officer as may be required in applicable city ordinances.
25.5 COMPLETION OF BUILDINGS
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require any change in the plans, construction, or use of a building
for which a currently valid building permit has been obtained at the time of passage of this ordinance, so long
as the entire building is completed within one (1) year from the effective date of this ordinance. The Zoning
Board of Adjustment upon application may grant one (1) extension of the time of completion of not more than
six (6) months upon a showing of reasonable progress of construction, Any building permit in effect at the
passage if this ordinance shall become void if construction is not begun within one hundred twenty (120) days
thereof.
25.6 OCCUPANCY OF DWELLING UNITS
25.6,1 No dwelling unit shall be occupied except by a family, as that term is defined herein,
25.6.2 No use is permitted in any district unless it is specifically allowed by the regulations governing
such district. Any use not named in any district is prohibited from the entire city. A use named
in any district and not named in any other district is allowed only in the district where it is
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named. Where district regulations specifically allow permitted uses from another district, such
shall allow only those uses appearing under the "Permitted Uses" section of such other district,
and shall not allow "Planned Development" uses or "Conditional Uses,"
25.7 Reserved.
25.8 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES
The term "retail sales, cafes, restaurants, cafeterias, fast food service, drive-in eating establishment and
convenience food store" do not include the right to sell alcoholic beverages,
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SECTION XXVI
NONCONFORMING USES
26.1 NONCONFORMING
"Nonconforming" shall be deemed to mean that a use or structure was lawful at the time it was begun, but
could not presently be so begun, used, or constructed under current ordinances and zoning.
26.2 LAWFUL USE
The lawful use of any building, structure, sign or land existing at the time such property was more restrictively
zoned may be continued except as this ordinance may require abatement within a given period of time;
provided, the right to continue such nonconforming uses shall be subject to regulations prohibiting nuisances
and shall be terminated when such use constitutes a nuisance. Such nonconforming uses shall be subject to
such reasonable regulations as the Zoning Board of Adjustment may require to protect adjacent property and
shall be subject to the specific nonconforming use regulations herein contained.
26.3 SINGLE OR MULTIPLE FAMILY ZONES
In any of the 'R' single or multiple family residential zones, buildings which were legally used for uses not
allowed in such district by this ordinance at the time of its passage or which may be prohibited by future
amendments shall be removed or converted and their premises thereafter devoted to uses permitted in the
district within five (5) years of the date hereof, or within the period required by the previous ordinance also
requiring abatement of such nonconforming use, whichever is less, or if such uses are hereafter made
nonconforming amendments to districts or to the regulations thereof, within five (5) years of the date such use
becomes nonconforming; provided, however, if the fair market value of the buildings as considered separate
from the land, as used for commercial purposes is more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) above the
value of such buildings used for conforming uses, all as existed at the time the use was first required by this or
any previous ordinance requiring abatement, then the Zoning Board of Adjustment may grant an extension for
amortization purposes not to exceed an additional ten (10) years,
26.4 USES OF LAND IN SINGLE OR MULTIPLE FAMILY ZONES
Uses of land not requiring a business building, including outside storage, outside sales, trailer parks and courts
and the like located in any "R" single or multiple family zoning district shall cease and desist within two (2)
years of the date such use becomes nonconforming. The shorter period provided for nonconforming uses
without buildings is based on the lack of any capital investment in improvements as distinguished from land
value. If there are improvements of some type worth more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) more for the
existing nonconforming use than for any conforming use, the Zoning Board of Adjustment may grant an
extension of time for amortization purposes not to exceed an additional ten (10) years.
26.5 ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE TO BUILDING
If a building occupied by nonconforming uses is destroyed by fire or the elements, it may be reconstructed or
rebuilt to conform with provisions herein. In the case of partial destruction by fire or other causes, not
exceeding fifty (50) percent of its current replacement value, the Enforcing Officer shall issue a permit for
reconstruction. If greater than fifty (50) percent and less than total, the Zoning Board of Adjustment may grant
a permit for repair but not for enlargement of the building.
26.6 SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE
The right to own and maintain any nonconforming structure shall terminate and shall cease to exist whenever
the nonconforming structure becomes substandard under any applicable ordinance of the city and the cost of
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placing such structure in lawful compliance with the applicable ordinance exceeds fifty (50) percent of the
replacement costs of such structure.
26.7 DETERMINATION OF REPLACEMENT COST
In determining the replacement cost of any nonconforming structure, there shall not be included therein the cost
of land or any factors other than the nonconforming structure itself including foundation.
26.8 REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS
Repairs and alterations may be made to an undamaged nonconforming building or structure; provided,
however, no structural alterations shall be made except those required by law or ordinance, unless the building
is changed to a conforming use; and provided that no additional dwelling units shall be added where the
nonconforming use results from there being more dwelling units on the lot than is permissible in the district in
which the building is located. No enlargement or extension of a nonconforming use shall take place.
26.9 CONTINUANCE OF NONCONFORMING USE
Except as this ordinance may otherwise require, any nonconforming use may be continued in operation on the
same land area and on the same floor area in a structure or structures which were occupied by the
nonconforming use on the effective date of these regulations or on the effective date of any amendment by
which the use became nonconforming, but such land area or floor area shall not be increased.
26.10 CHANGING A NONCONFORMING USE
Any nonconforming use may be changed to a use conforming with the regulations herein established for the
district in which the nonconforming use is located; provided, however, that a nonconforming use so changed
shall not thereafter be changed back to a nonconforming use, A nonconforming use shall not be changed to
another nonconforming use.
26.11 ABANDONMENT
A nonconforming use of any building or structure which has been abandoned shall not thereafter be returned to
any nonconforming use. A nonconforming use shall be considered abandoned when:
(a) It has been replaced with a conforming use.
(b) Such a building or structure is or hereafter becomes vacant and remains unoccupied or out of
use for a continuous period of six (6) months, or the special equipment and furnishings peculiar
to the nonconforming use have been removed from the premises and have not been replaced
within such six (6) month period.
(c) The intention of the owner to permanently discontinue the use is apparent.
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SECTION XXVII
ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
27.1 CREATION
There is hereby created a Board of Adjustment consisting of five (5) members and two (2) alternates each to
be appointed by a majority of the City Council for a term of two (2) years and removable for cause by the
appointing authority. It is the declared policy of the City Council that it will consider and appoint only those
persons who have demonstrated their civic interest, general knowledge of the community, independent
judgment, and availability to prepare for and attend meetings,
27.2 TERMS OF OFFICE
The members shall serve for a period of two (2) years and until their successors are duly appointed. Qualified
Board members may be appointed to succeed themselves.
27.3 VACANCY
Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms; no member shall be appointed for a term in excess of two (2)
years. A vacancy in a term of office shall occur whenever the City Council finds that member has resigned,
has not maintained the qualifications required for appointment or has been removed by City Council for cause.
27.4 ORGANIZATION
The Board shall elect a chairman from among its members to preside at meetings. Such chairman, or in his
absence an acting chairman elected from among the members, may administer oaths and compel the
attendance of witnesses, The Board shall designate the time and place of its meetings. The Board may adopt
rules to govern its proceedings, provided however, that such rules are not inconsistent with this ordinance, All
meetings of the Board shall be open to the public,
27.5 MEETINGS AND QUORUM
Four (4) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business, The members of the
Board shall regularly attend meetings and public hearings of the Board and shall serve without compensation,
Minutes shall be kept showing the vote of each member on each question or the absence or failure of each
member to vote. Such proceedings shall be a public record and shall be retained for at least five (5) years,
27.6 DUTIES AND POWERS
The Board of Adjustment shall have the powers and exercise the duties of a Board in accordance with Article
10.11 (g), Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. Board members are representatives of the City and shall have the
right to inspect premises where required in the discharge of their responsibilities under the laws of the State of
Texas and the ordinances of the City of North Richland Hills. The Board's jurisdiction shall extend to and
include the hearing and deciding of the following topics of appeals and applications and to that end shall have
the necessary authority to ensure continuing compliance with its decision.
27,6,1 Interpretation: To render an interpretation of the Zoning regulations or the manner of their
application where it is aJleged that there is error in any order, requirement, or determination
made by the Enforcing Officer in the administration of such provisions. In reaching its decision,
the Board shall establish firm guidelines for future administrative actions on like matters.
27.6.2 Variance: To authorize upon appeal in specific cases such variance from the terms of this
ordinance as will not be contrary to the public interest. However, the Board shall not have the
power to grant variances from the terms of this ordinance dealing with density, minimum
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parking or loading space requirements in R-6-T, R-7-MF, 0-1, LR, C-1, C-2, OC, 1-1, and 1-2
zone districts, or grant a variance for a change in use not allowed in a district. Variances shall
not be authorized unless the Board makes an affirmative finding to all the following
requirements:
(a) That literal enforcement of the controls will create an unnecessary hardship or practical
difficulty in the development of the affected property.
(b) That the situation causing the hardship or difficulty is neither self-imposed nor generally
affecting all or most properties in the same zoning district.
(c) That the relief sought will not injure the permitted use of adjacent conforming property,
(d) That the granting of the variance will be in harmony with the spirit and purposes of
these regulations.
27.6.3 No variance shall be granted except on the concurring vote of four (4) members of the Board.
27.7 INTERPRETATION REQUEST: VARIANCE APPEAL
A request for interpretation of regulations or an appeal for variance from certain Development Controls (Section
XXV) may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, or Board of the City affected by a
decision of the Enforcing Officer, Such appeal shall be taken within fifteen (15) days time after the decision has
been rendered, by filing with the Enforcing Officer a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof, The
Enforcing Officer shall forthwith transmit to the Board all papers constituting the record upon which the action
being appealed was taken,
27.8 STAY OF PROCEEDINGS
An appeal shall stay all proceedings of the action appealed from unless the City Enforcing Officer after the
notice of appeal has been filed certifies to the Board that, by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay
would, in the opinion of the City Enforcement Officer cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case,
proceedings shall not be stayed except by a restraining order which may be granted by the Board or by a court
of record,
27.9 FORM OF APPEAL OR APPLICATION
The appeal or application shall be in such fonn and shall contain such information as the Board may require
under its Rules of Procedure. It shall be accompanied by the required fee. An incomplete appeal or
application shall be deemed only to give notice of intent to appeal or apply to the Board and shall not be
reviewed or scheduled for hearings until brought to completion,
27.10 NOTICE OF HEARING
Official written notice of public hearing on every application for a variance or for an interpretation of regulations
applying solely to an individual property shall be sent to all owners of property, or the person rendering the
same for taxes, affected by such application, located within two hundred (200) feet of any property affected
thereby, excluding any intervening public street, at least ten (10) days before such hearing is held. Such notice
shaU be served by using the last known address as listed 011 the city tax roll and depositing the notice, postage
paid, in the United States mail. Notice of hearings shall also be given by causing publication of the time and
place of such hearing in the official newspaper at least ten (10) days prior thereto, together with a brief
description of the subject matter of the hearing.
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27.11 HEARING
(a) Upon the hearing, any party may appear in person or by attorney or agent. Evidence
supporting the granting or denial of an appeal shall be submitted only through the City
Enforcing Officer or to the Board in public meeting,
(b) Any appeal or application may be withdrawn upon written notice to the City Enforcing Officer
but no appeal shall be withdrawn after posting of hearing notice and prior to Board action
thereon without formal consent of the Board,
(c) The Board shall make its decision on any application within forty-five (45) days from the time
the initial hearing is held or the application will be deemed to have been denied.
27.12 DECISION AND VOTING
(a) Every decision of the Board shall be based upon findings of fact and every finding of fact shall
be supported in the record of proceedings, The Board may act only in matters as specifically
authorized by theses regulations and these regulations shall be construed as limitations on the
power of the Board to act.
(b) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to empower the Board to change the terms of
these regulations, or to effect changes in the zoning districts. The powers of the Board shall be
so applied that the terms of these regulations will be strictly enforced.
(c) The concurring vote of four (4) members shall be necessary to reverse, on appeal, any order,
requirement, decision or determination of the City Enforcing Officer, or to grant any variance
that the Board is empowered to grant.
(d) A member shall disqualify himself from voting whenever he has a personal or monetary interest
in the property under appeal, or will be directly affected by the decision of the Board.
(e) A member may disqualify himself from voting whenever any applicant, or his agent, has sought
to influence the member's vote on the appeal other than in the public hearing.
27.13 APPROVAL OF REQUEST
(a) In approving any request, the Board may designate such conditions including time limits, if
appropriate, in connection therewith in order to secure substantially the objectives of the
regulation or provision to which such variance is granted and to provide adequately for the
maintenance of the integrity and character of the zone in which such permit is granted,
(b) When necessary the Board may require guarantees, in such form as it deems proper, to insure
that conditions designated in connection therewith are being or will be complied with,
(c) Upon approval of an application for a variance appeal, the applicant shall apply for occupancy
or construction permits within sixty (60) days after the Board's decision unless a greater time is
requested in the application and is authorized by the Board, Any approval may be granted one
emergency extension of sixty (60) days on written request filed with the Board before expiration
of the original approval. Failure of the applicant to apply for occupancy of construction permits
within the authorized time period shall void the right to secure such permits except upon the
filing of a new application or appeal.
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27.14 DENIAL OF REQUEST
No appeal or application that has been denied shall be further considered by the Board, unless the Board
affirmatively finds:
(a) That new plans materially change the nature of the request, or
(b) The permitted development of other nearby property in the same zone has been substantially
altered or changed by a ruling of the Board so as to support an allegation of changed
conditions,
27.15 APPEAL OF BOARD ACTION
Any person or persons, jointly or separately, or any taxpayer, or any officer, department, or Board of the City,
aggrieved by any decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment may present to the appropriate court of record, a
petition, duly verified, setting forth that such decision is illegal, in whole or in part, specifying the grounds of
such illegality. Such petition shall be presented to the court within thirty (30) days after the filing of the decision
complained of in the offices of the Board and not thereafter.
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SECTION XXVIII
AMENDMENTS
28.1 GENERAL
The zoning regulations, restrictions and boundaries may from time to time be amended, supplemented,
changed, modified or repealed. Such amendments, supplements, changes, modification or repeal shall be
deemed to amend, supplement, change, modify or repeal the comprehensive plan of the city and shall become
a part of such comprehensive plan.
28.2 AMENDMENT INITIATION
An amendment to this ordinance may be initiated by:
(a) City Council on its own motion;
(b) Planning and Zoning Commission;
(c) Request by owner or agent of owner of property to be changed.
28.3 PROCEDURE
All requests for amendments to zoning district boundaries shall be submitted, together with required fees, to the
City Enforcing Officer, which officer shall cause notices to be sent and the petition placed on the Planning and
Zoning Commission agenda. The City Council may not enact any proposed amendment until Planning and
Zoning Commission makes its final report to the City Council. The City Council may refer proposed
amendments to the Planning and Zoning Commission for recommendation. Requests for changes in zoning
districts shall include the proposed designation or designations for the area concerned. Alternative proposals
may be made,
28.4 PUBLIC HEARING AND NOTICE
The City Planning and Zoning Commission make its report to the City Council after holding at least one public
hearing on each proposed change in the zoning district boundaries. The Planning and Zoning Commission
shall follow the laws of the State of Texas in the giving of notice in connection with any proposed public
hearing.
28.5 COMMISSION REPORT
The Planning and Zoning Commission, after the public hearing is closed, shall vote on its recommendation on
the proposed change to be sent in a report to the City Council. Such report may recommend for or against
such proposed change and may, but need not, include reasons for such decision. The Commission may defer
its report for not more than sixty (60) days until it has had opportunity to consider other proposed changes
which may have a direct hearing thereon. If the Commission fails to finally report after sixty (60) days, it would
be deemed to have recommended negatively to the proposal.
28.6 FORWARDING FINAL REPORT
Every proposal receiving a final approval by the Commission shall be forwarded to the City Council for setting
and holding a public hearing upon an Ordinance dealing with the report. No change recommended by the
Commission shall become effective until approved by Ordinance passed by the City Council. Unless appealed
to the City Council by applicant, denial of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be final (10) ten days from
the date of the action by the Planning and Zoning Commission,
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28.7 WITHDRAWAL
Any proposal or application may be withdrawn by the proponent after the Commission makes its final report,
and such proposal or application shall not be subject to the provision hereof that a period of time must pass
before a new application is considered. If such proposal is withdrawn, the City Council will not consider it.
28.8 SIGN POSTING
The City Enforcing Officer shall have at least one sign erected on the property to be rezoned which sign shall
have a total area of at least four (4) square feet. Such sign or signs shall, if possible, be located adjacent to
streets. Such sign shall be erected on or before the first date of the first notice to property owners and shall be
removed immediately after final action by the City Councilor when the applicant withdraws the request,
whichever comes first. The erection or continued maintenance of signs shall not be deemed a condition
precedent to the granting of any zone change or the holding of any public hearing.
28.9 COUNCIL HEARING AND NOTICE
The City Council may from time to time amend, supplement, or change by ordinance the boundaries of the
districts or the regulations herein established. A public hearing on such amendment, supplement, or change
shall be held by the City Council. Notice of Council hearing shall be given by publication one time in the official
paper of the City, stating the time and place of such hearing, which time shall not be earlier than fifteen (15)
days from the date of publication, No such amendment, supplement or change shall be considered unless and
until the Commission makes its final report thereon.
28.10 DENIAL OF REQUEST OF REZONING
No application for rezoning shall be considered within six (6) months of denial of a request for the same
classification on the same property.
28.11 PROTEST AGAINST CHANGE
In case of a protest against such change signed by the owners of twenty (20) percent or more either of the land
included in such proposed change, or of the land within two hundred (200) feet thereof, such amendment shall
not become effective except by the favorable vote of three-fourths (3,4) of all the members of the City Council
present and qualified to vote.
28.12 COUNCIL ACTION ON APPLICATION
The proponent of any zone change shall satisfy the City Council that either the general welfare of all the City
affected by the area to be changed will be enhanced, or that the property is unusable for the purposes allowed
under existing zoning, If such is proved to the City Council's satisfaction, it may grant the requested zone
change; or it may change the zone's designation of a portion of such property; or it may initiate a request to
consider changing all or a portion of such property to a district other than that requested and of a different
character,
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SECTION XXIX
ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND FEES
29.1 ADMINISTRATION
The Enforcing Officer as designated by the City Manager shall administer the ordinance,
29.2 RESERVED
29.2,1 Every application for a building permit for construction, moving, alteration of change in a type of
occupancy shall be accompanied by a written statement and plans, or plats, drawn to scale,
showing the following in sufficient detail to enable the City Enforcing Officer to ascertain
whether the proposed work or use is in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, the
Building Code and other City ordinances:
(a) The actual shape, location and dimension of the lot or building plot with sufficient
information to locate the plat on the ground.
(b) The shape, size and location of all buildings, or other structures, to be erected, altered
or moved and of any other buildings, or other structures, already on the plot.
(c) The existing and intended use of the plot and all structures upon it.
(d) Curb cuts, sidewalks, free standing signs, paved parking areas, landscaping, fire lanes,
marked parking stalls, vehicle circulation provisions,
(e) Such information concerning the plot or adjoining lots or other matters as may be
essential for determining whether the provisions of this ordinance and other ordinances
are being observed.
29.2.3 If the proposed construction, moving alteration, or use of the land as set forth in the application
is in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance the City Enforcing Officer may issue a
building permit,
29.2.4 Issuance of a building permit does not waive any provision of this ordinance or any other City
ordinance, and a permit issued in error shall be void ab initio.
29.2.5 The City Enforcing Officer is not empowered to grant any exception to the actual meaning of
any clause, order or regulation contained in the ordinance.
29.2.6 The City Enforcing Officer is not empowered to make changes in this ordinance or vary the
terms of this ordinance in carrying out his duties as Enforcing Officer.
29.2.7 If any application for such a building permit is not approved, the City Enforcing Officer shall
state in writing one or more of the causes for such disapproval.
29.3. BUILDING PERMITS
29.3.1 No person shall erect or construct or proceed with the erection or construction of any building
or structure nor add to, enlarge, move, improve, alter, repair, convert, extend or demolish any
building or structure nor begin excavation for any construction nor cause any of the foregoing in
any zoning district without first applying for and obtaining a building permit from the City
Enforcing Officer.
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29,3.2 Plans submitted with an application for a building permit shall be reviewed and shall be
reviewed and shall be subject to approval by the City Enforcing Officer.
29,3.3 No vacant land shall be occupied and no building or structure hereafter erected or structurally
altered, and no change in occupancy of a building, part of a building or land shall be made until
after the City Enforcing Officer shall have issued a certificate of occupancy therefor. The
certificate of occupancy shall not only state the information as required under the building code,
but shall also state the occupancy authorized is in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance,
Occupancy other than that authorized in the certificate of occupancy shall be unlawful.
29.4. RENEWAL, CHANGE, EXTENSION OF NONCONFORMING USE
No nonconforming use shall be renewed, changed or extended without a building permit or certificate of
occupancy authorizing such renewal, change or extension.
29.4.1 Application for a Certificate of Occupancy shall be made in writing either coincident with an
application for a building permit, or may be applied for directly, and such certificate shall be
issued or refused within five (5) days after the City Enforcing Officer has been notified that the
building or premises is ready for occupancy.
29.4.2 No permanent water, sewer, electrical, gas, telephone or other PUBLIC utility connection shall
be made to any land, building, structure, or portion thereof until and after a certificate of
occupancy has been issued by the City Enforcing Officer.
29.4.3 Upon request of the owner or authorized representative, the City Enforcing Officer may issue a
temporary certificate of occupancy for the temporary use and occupancy of a portion of a
building prior to the completion and occupancy of the entire building provided such temporary
occupancy or use will not in any way or manner jeopardize life or property, Such permit may
be issued for a period not exceeding six (6) months.
29.5 VIOLA TIONS
29.5.1 If the City Enforcing Officer shall find that any of the provisions of this ordinance being violated,
he shall, when necessary, give notice to the person responsible to cease such violations
forthwith.
29.5.2 Written notice may be delivered in person or by mail to a violator or to any person in charge of
property where a violation is occurring. Verbal notice may be given to a violator in person by
the City Enforcing Officer or his deputy. Either notice shall be effective,
29.5.3 In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this ordinance shall be held to be
minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of public health, safety, morals and general
welfare.
Whenever the requirements of this ordinance are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully
adopted rules, regulations or ordinances, the requirements that are most restrictive or that impose higher
standards as determined by the City Enforcing Officer shall govern,
29.6 ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon final conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars
($1,000) for each offense. Each day such violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
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29.7 FEES
Every application for a zone change or variance shall be accompanied by a filing fee in an amount sufficient to
defray the actual cost of processing the application. Such application fee shall be based upon average current
cost to the City of North Richland Hills and shall be established and amended by resolution of the City Council.
29.8 REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
All orders, ordinances, or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance or inconsistent with the provisions of
this ordinance, are hereby repealed only to the extent necessary to give this ordinance full force and effect.
29.9 SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
Should any word, clause, phrase, sentence, section or provision of this ordinance be declared by the courts to
be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part
thereof other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, and the remainder hereof shall remain
in full force and effect.
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SECTION XXX
SIGNS
30.1 PURPOSE
The sign regulations as herein established have been made for the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals
and general welfare of the City of North Richland Hills. The Ordinance contains standards regulating the use,
size, location, construction and maintenance of signs. The intent of the regulations is to protect value within the
City of North Richland Hills, to enhance the beauty of the City and to protect the general public from damage
and injury which may be caused by the unregulated construction of signs.
30.2 DEFINITIONS
30.2,1 AREA OF SIGN
"Area of Sign" shall mean the total area within the extreme perimeter of the attraction area
intended to draw attention to the sign. Supporting structures shall not be included in
calculations. The area of the sign with two (2) faces, approximately opposed, shall be that of
the larger face if such condition prevails; but, if the angle between the planes of the opposing
faces exceeds thirty (30) degrees the total area of both faces shall be considered the sign area,
For multi-sided or circular signs, the calculation shall include all of the projected area.
30.2.2 BANNER SIGN
"Banner Sign" shall mean any sign painted on a strip of cloth, canvas, or light fabric with or
without frames intended to be displayed for a short period of time only.
30.2.3 BUILDING LINE
"Building Line" shall be the setback lines as established by the Zoning Ordinance of the City of
North Richland Hills.
30.2.4 DEVELOPMENT
"Development" I for the purposes of this section, shall mean any nonresidential property
improvement or properties improved as a unit with a common parking area that is contiguous to
the development. A shopping center under single or multiple ownership constitutes a
development. A pad site within a shopping center under separate ownership constitutes a
development. Any single lot, single structure on nonresidential property constitutes a
development.
30.2.5 FLAG
"Flag" shall mean United States, Texas, Company and Award type flags flown from flag poles,
30.2.6 GROUND SIGN
"Ground Sign" shall mean a sign not wholly supported on a building or which has its main
supporting structure depending on the ground for attachment.
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30.2.7 LIMITED ACCESS FREEWAY
"Limited Access Freeway" shall be deemed to mean a highway to which the right of access to
or from abutting lands is controlled and restricted by the State Department of Highways and
Public Transportation or the City of North Richland Hills, further, a "Limited Access Freeway"
shall be bordered on each side by access roads (or right-of-way for access roads). "Limited
Access Freeways" within the City of North Richland Hills are Interstate Loop 820 and State
Highway 121 (Airport Freeway) only.
30.2.8 MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
A "Major Development" shall mean a coordinated commercial development containing fifty
thousand (50,000) square feet of building(s) area.
30.2.9 MARQUEE SIGN
"Marquee Sign" shall include any hood or awning or permanent construction projecting from the
wall of a building or other structure containing either permanent or changeable advertising.
30.2.10 MONUMENT SIGN
"Monument Sign" shall mean a ground sign constructed out of brick, stone or cast concrete
supported on concrete foundation.
30.2.11 PROJECTING SIGN
"Projecting Sign" shall mean a sign suspended from a building or structure and projecting out
therefrom more than one (1) foot.
30.2.12 PYLON SIGN
"Pylon Sign" shall mean a ground sign erected for the purposes of identifying the tenants in a
major development as defined by this Section,
30.2.13 QUALIFIED STREET FRONTAGE
"Qualified Street Frontage" shall mean the width of property along the street of a commercial or
industrial development which bears the address of the property.
30.2.14 ROOF SIGN
"Roof Sign" shall mean any sign supported by the roof of building or placed above the apparent
flat roof or eaves of a building as viewed from any elevation,
30.2.15 SIGHT TRIANGLE
"Sight Triangle", for the purposes of this section, shall be an area of unobstructed visibility on
either corner of a street and/or driveway of at least twenty-five (25) feet in any direction.
30.2.16 SIGN
"Sign" shall mean a display board, screen, structure, object or part thereof, used to announce,
declare, demonstrate, display or otherwise advertise and attract the attention of the public to
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any business, service or product provided on the premises upon which sign is place, other
than:
(a) Official notices authorized by a court, public body or public officer, and,
(b) Directional, warning or information signs authorized by federal, state or municipal
authority .
30.2,17 TEMPORARY SIGN
"Temporary Sign" shall mean a sign, balloon, or other advertising display constructed of cloth,
canvas, light fabric, cardboard, wall board or light material with or without frames intended to be
displayed for a short period of time only, Trailer and portable signs are classified "temporary
signs".
30.2.18 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGN
"Traffic Control Sign" shall be any sign used only to control and direct traffic on private
property, e.g., "ENTER" or "EXIT".
30.2.19 WALL SIGN
"Wall Sign" shall mean any sign painted on, attached to or projecting from the wall surface of a
building (including permanent window signs and signs on awnings and/or marquees), A wall
sign shall not project above the apparent flat roof or eaves line as viewed from all elevations, or
more than one (1) foot from the surface of the wall.
30,2.20 WALL SURFACE
"Wall Surface" of a building shall mean the general outer surface not including cornices, bay
windows, or other ornamental trim, of any main exterior wall of the building.
30.2,21 ZONING DISTRICT
"Zoning District" shall be the Districts as designated in this Ordinance.
30.3 SIGN PERMIT AND FEES
30.3.1 SIGN PERMIT REQUIRED
(a) No person shall erect, alter, add to a sign or sign structure, except as provided in this
Section and unless a permit for the same has been issued by the Building Permit
Department. Where signs are illuminated by electric lighting requiring permanent wiring
connections, separate electrical permit shall be obtained as required by the Electrical
Code of the City,
(b) Temporary signs may be permitted to businesses possessing a current Certificate of
Occupancy,
30,3.2 OFFICIAL, QUASI-OFFICIAL AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNS
(a) Nothing herein contained shall prevent the erection, construction and maintenance of
official, traffic, fire and police signs, signals, devices and markings of the State, City or
other appropriate governmental authorities, nor the posting of notices required by law.
Private and quasi-public signs shall be prohibited upon public property unless
authorized by the City or other appropriate governmental authority,
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(b) Legal notices, telephone and other underground utility warning signs not exceeding one
(1) square foot in size and other safety signs may be erected without a permit being
issued.
(c) Non-advertising, directional or informational signs less than six (6) square feet in area
may used without a permit in zoning districts R-7-MF, 0-1, LR, C-1, C-2, OC, 1-1, 1-2
and PO as designated in this Ordinance.
30.3.3 APPLICATION FOR SIGN PERMIT
Applications for sign permits shall be to the Building Inspection Office for each development on
which the sign or signs are to be erected and shall contain or have attached thereto the
following information:
(a) Name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
(b) Location of building, structure or lot to which or upon which the sign or advertising structure is
to be attached or erected,
(c) Position of the sign or advertising structure in relation to nearby buildings or structures,
(d) Two (2) blueprints or ink drawings of the plans and specifications and method of construction
and attachment to the buildings or in the ground.
(e) Copy of stress sheets and calculations showing the structures are designed for dead load and
wind pressure in any direction in the amount required by the Codes and Ordinances of the City.
The Building Code of the City, which is the current edition of the Uniform Building Code, shall
apply for design of any sign structure. All structural calculations and design drawings are to be
by a professional engineer registered by the State of Texas.
(f) Name of person, firm, corporation or association erecting structure or painting of sign,
(g) Any electrical permit required and issued for such sign.
(h) Detailed plans of all existing signs, including photos and/or other pertinent data which will aid in
the determination to the site's conformance with this Ordinance.
(i) Such other information as the Building Official shall require to show full compliance with this
and all other Codes and Ordinances of the City.
U) In addition to the filing fee, a sign permit fee shall be collected in accordance with the schedule
contained in Section 30.3.8,
30,3.4 NONCONFORMING SIGNS
(a) The lawful use of any sign at the time this Ordinance was adopted may be continued
for a period of five (5) years, after which any sign not in compliance with this Ordinance
shall be considered non-conforming.
(b) Except as this Ordinance may otherwise require, any nonconforming sign use may be
continued in operation on the same land and/or on the same structure which was in
use on the effective date of these regulations or on the effective date of any
amendment by which the use became nonconforming, but such sign area advertising
and/or structure shall not be changed,
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(c) No new permit may be issued for a sign which does not conform to the provisions of
this section.
30,3,5 APPROVAL OF TRAFFIC ENGINEER
If, in the opinion of the Building Official, the plans and specifications indicate that the sign or
sign structure might interfere with, mislead, or confuse traffic, and if a ground sign is to be
placed on a corner lot and in the opinion of the Building Official, could create a potential hazard
to traffic, the applicant shall be required to submit a certification from a qualified Traffic
Engineer that the sign location and structure will not constitute a hazard.
30,3,6 ISSUANCE OF PERMITS
If it shall appear that the proposed sign structure is in compliance with all the requirements of
this Section and all other Codes and Ordinances of the City and has received approval where
necessary, the Building Department shall then issue the sign permit. If the work authorized
under the permit is not prosecuted and has not been completed within one hundred eighty
(180) days or a proper extension granted thereto after the date of issuance the said permit shall
become null and void. Issuance of a sign permit shall be conditioned upon the applicant's
acceptance of any conditions imposed thereon by the City.
30,3.7 UNSAFE AND UNLAWFUL SIGNS
(a) Signs and sign structures including those existing prior to this Section shall be
maintained at all times in a state of good repair, safe and secure with all braces, bolts,
slips, supporting frame and fastenings free from deterioration, termite infestation, rot,
rust or loosening, able to withstand at all time the wind pressure for which they were
originally designed.
(b) No person maintaining any sign, sign structure or billboard shall fail to keep the ground
space within eight (8') feet of the base of the sign, signboard, or advertising structure
free and clear of weeds, rubbish and other flammable waste materials.
30.3.8 FILING AND PERMIT FEES
(a) Permanent Signs: Sign permit fees for permanent signs shall be based on square
footage of the sign in accordance with the following:
Square Footaqe
1 to 50
51 to 100
101 to 200
201 to 300
301 and above
Fee
$50.00
$100.00
$200.00
$300,00
$300.00
(b) Temporary Signs:
A single filing/permit fee of $25,00 shall be charged for each application for temporary
signs. Permits for trailer and other types of portable signs shall be in form of a sticker
label which shall be applied by owner to sign, Label shall show date of Permit issue
and expiration.
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30.4 AREA OF SIGNS PERMITTED
30.4.1 SIGNS: COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
(a) For signing purposes, frontage on private streets that serve as a public thoroughfare
and not just as driveway may be considered as qualified street frontage.
(b) Anyone (1) development may have one sign which may be a choice of, a ground sign,
Monument sign, roof sign or projecting sign, subject to the requirements of Sections
30.4,2 through 30.4.8.
(c) Major Developments, containing fifty thousand (50,000) square feet or greater in
building(s), may have one Pylon Sign located on one street frontage, The total amount
of signage allowed on a Pylon Sign shall be calculated at (0,005) square feet of
signage for each square foot of floor area up to maximum of one thousand (1,000)
square feet of sign area, Signage for such major development may reach a maximum
height of seventy-five (75) feet if the sign is located on a Controlled Access Freeway
frontage. For all other frontages of such development the sign may reach a maximum
of fifty (50) foot in height and shall meet the general provisions of this Section.
(d) In Developments with substantial street frontages; i.e" three hundred fifty (350) linear
feet or greater, on two or more streets, additional ground signs may be permitted for
each street providing that all signs requested must meet the provisions of Section
30,4.2.
30.4.2 GROUND SIGNS
Ground signs are subject to the following provisions:
(a) One (1) ground or pole sign may be permitted for each three hundred (300) linear feet
or portion thereof of qualified street frontage with each development in all zoning
districts except AG and all "R" Districts.
(b) The total area of sign permitted for a ground sign shall be calculated as one (1) square
foot of sign for each linear foot of street frontage, up to a maximum of three hundred
(300) square feet for anyone sign.
(c) The maximum height of any ground sign and supporting structure shall be twenty-five
(25) feet, except that the height of a ground sign may be increased by adding one (1)
foot of height for each linear foot the sign is set back from the adjacent property lines,
not to exceed an absolute maximum of fifty (50) feet to the top of the sign; except as
noted in Section 30.4,1.
(d) The height of any ground sign may not exceed one-half (1/2) of the shortest linear
distance from the location of the sign to the nearest boundary of any AG or "R" Zoning
District.
(e) The sign shall not project over the property line of the development, right-of-way or
over any area within ten (1 0) feet of the curb of a public street.
(f) A minimum qualified frontage of fifty (50) feet shall be required to erect a ground sign,
(g) Permanent attachment to the ground shall be required for all ground signs, to meet or
exceed the requirements of Section 30.3,3 paragraph (e).
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30.4.3 MONUMENT SIGNS
Monument signs are subject to the following provisions:
(a) One (1) monument sign may be permitted with each development in all zoning district
with exceptions as specified in 30.4.3(b),
(b) No more than two (2) matching monument signs shall be allowed at the main entrances
of "R" district subdivisions. Monuments signs are not permitted in "AG" districts.
(c) Monument signs in all zoning districts with exception of lOR" districts shall not exceed six
(6) feet in height and shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) square feet in sign area.
(d) Monument signs in lOR" districts shall not exceed four (4) feet in height and shall not
exceed fifty (50) square feet in sign area.
30.4.4 BANNER SIGNS
Banner Signs are subject to the following provisions:
(a) One (1) Banner Sign may be permitted with each development without a sign permit in
all zoning districts except AG and the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-6-T, and R-8 Districts.
Developments with a parking lot containing more than 65,000 feet may erect color
coded banners for the purpose of aiding patrons in locating their parked vehicles such
banners shall be located on poles uniformly throughout the parking lot with a ratio of
not to exceed one banner for each 65,000 square feet of parking area and such
banners shall be entitled to have a logo or symbols identifying the establishment. The
total size of each such color coded banner shall not exceed 36 square feet and the
banner shall not be less than 3 feet in width nor more than 12 feet in length or greater
than 20% of the surface height of the pole to which it is to be attached.
(b) The total permitted area for banner signs shall not exceed a maximum of fifty (50)
square feet.
(c) Banner Signs may be attached to a wall surface or fascia and shall not project above
the apparent roof or eaves line.
(d) Banner Signs shall be attached in such a manner to withstand wind loads.
(e) The total size of each such color coded banner shall not exceed 36 square feet and the
banner shall not be less than 20% of the surface height of the pole to which it is to be
attached.
30.4.5 FREEWAY SIGNS
On properties fronting on the Limited Access Freeways as defined in Section 30.2 the following
additional provisions shall apply to Ground Signs erected.
(a) The maximum height allowed for a Ground Sign located within two hundred (200) feet
of a limited access Freeway shall be fifty (50) feet as measured from the location of the
sign or thirty-five (35) feet above the height of the adjacent main travel line of the
Freeway, whichever is greater.
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(b) The maximum size of the Ground Sign which is located within two hundred (200) feet
of the Freeway shall be two (2) square feet of sign area for each linear foot of Freeway
frontage up to a maximum of four hundred (400) square feet.
30.4.6 GROUND SIGNS FOR AUTO DEALERSHIPS
Ground Signs erected for the purpose of advertising Automobile Dealerships are subject to the
following provisions:
(a) One (1) ground or pole sign may be permitted for each distinct Dealership for each one
hundred fifty (150) linear feet or portion thereof of qualified street frontage with each
development,
(b) The total area of sign permitted for a ground sign shall be calculated as one (1) square
foot of sign for each linear foot of street frontage, up to a maximum of three hundred
(300) square feet for anyone sign.
(c) A minimum qualified frontage of fifty (50) feet shall be required to erect a ground sign.
30.4.7 ROOF SIGNS
Roof Signs are permitted under the following provisions:
(a) One (1) roof sign may be permitted with each development on all zoning districts
except AG and the IIR" Districts.
(b) Roof signs shall not project horizontally over the edge of the roof or eaves.
(c) The maximum permitted area of roof signage shall be one (1) square foot of sign area
for each linear foot of qualified frontage not to exceed a maximum of two hundred (200)
square feet.
(d) The height of a roof sign shall not exceed ten (10) feet above the apparent flat roof or
eaves line.
(e) Roof sign supports should be architecturally attractive or screened from view.
30.4.8 PROJECTING SIGNS
Projecting Signs permitted are subject to the following provisions:
(a) One (1) projecting sign may be permitted with each development in all zoning districts
except for AG and the IIR" districts.
(b) Projecting signs shall not project over the property line of the development, right-of-way,
or over any area within ten (10) feet of the curb of a public street.
(c) A projecting sign shall not extend more than four (4) feet from any wall facing.
(d) The total permitted area of a projecting sign shall be measured as one (1) square foot
of sign area for each linear foot of qualified frontage not to exceed a maximum of one
hundred (100) square feet.
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30.4.9 THEATER MARQUEES
(a) The maximum permitted area of a Theater Marquee shall be one (1) square foot of sign
area for each linear foot of qualified frontage not to exceed three hundred (300) square
feet of sign area.
30.4.10 WALL SIGNS COMMERCIAL ZONES
(a) Wall Signs shall be permitted in Commercial or Industrial Zoning district developments
provided the total area of all wall signs on anyone (1) wall of a building shall not
exceed twenty-five (25%) percent of the total wall area.
(b) Application of the area requirements shall include any valance or permanent window
signs,
(c) A wall sign shall not project above the apparent flat roof or eaves line.
(d) In Service Station/Convenience Store uses when a canopy is provided over the pump
area, wall signs located on the fascia area of the canopy, or suspended on the
supports of the canopy, may be permitted provided that the total area of all signs does
not exceed twenty-five (25%) percent of the total fascia area of the canopy.
30.4.11 SIGNS: RESIDENTIAUAGRICUL TURAL ZONES
All signs are prohibited in AG and all "R" Districts except as follows:
(a) Multi-family developments in R-7-MF and R-6-T Zoning Districts shall be allowed wall or
ground signs for identification purposes only for each street frontage, The total area of
such signs shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet.
(b) Ground signs allowed in these Districts shall not exceed a height of four (4) feet above
grade.
(c) Ground signs installed in these Districts shall not be located in the required sight
triangle of a street or driveway inspection.
(d) In HR" District developments providing solid masonry screening along street frontages,
approved wall signs may be installed in such screening walls.
(e) Wall signs may be used with any residential use in AG and all lOR" Zoning Districts with
the exception of R-7-MF, with a maximum area of two (2) square feet per sign. No
more than two (2) signs per occupancy. No permit is required for these signs.
(f) In AG zoning districts, legitimate agricultural businesses or enterprises shall be
permitted ground, roof, projecting or wall signs in accordance with the restrictions of
Sections 30.4.2; 30.4.3; 30.4.6; 30.4.7; and 30.4.9 with exception that such signs shall
not exceed a total of one hundred (100) square feet and ground signs shall not exceed
fifteen {15) feet in height.
30.4.12 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS
(a) The maximum area of anyone traffic control sign shall be two (2) square feet.
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(b) Traffic control signs are not permitted in AG and "R" Districts, with the exception of the
R-7-MF District.
(c) Traffic control signs shall not include any advertising or attention attracting lighting,
symbols, logos or shapes.
(d) Traffic control signs may pertain to either vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
30.4.13 FLAGS
Flags permitted are subject to the following provisions:
(a) United States and Texas Rags shall be permitted in all zoning districts,
(b) Company and Award type flags shall be permitted in all zoning districts except AG, R-1,
R-2, R-3 and R-6- T.
(c) Company and Award type flags shall not exceed one hundred (100) square foot in area
and if flown in conjunction with United States and Texas Flags shall not exceed area of
United States and Texas flags.
(d) Flags permitted in R-7-MF zoning districts shall not be flown at a height exceeding
twenty (20) feet.
(e) Flags permitted in Ag, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-6-T shall not be flown at height exceeding
fifteen (15) feet.
(f) Flags as described in 30.4.13 shall be permitted without sigh permit or fee.
30.5 GENERAL PROVISIONS
30.5,1 INTERFERENCE WITH BUILDING REGULATIONS
No sign shall be erected in such a manner that any portion of its surface or supports will
interfere in any way with the free use of any fire escape, exit, standpipe, or windows or obstruct
any required ventilator or door stairway.
30,5.2 ENCROACHMENT PERMIT
(a) No sign permit shall be issued for any sign which encroaches upon or over any
City-owned or controlled property unless an encroachment permit therefor is obtained
from the City Councilor State Agency responsible for such property,
30.5.3 PROJECTION OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY
(a) No sign may project more than six (6) inches from the face of a building over private
property used or intended to be used by the general public, unless there is a minimum
of eight (8) feet clearance provided from the bottom of the sign to sidewalk or grade
immediately below the sign, or a minimum of fourteen (14) f.eet clearanc-e from the
bottom of the sign to a vehicular trafficway immediately below the sign.
30.5.4 MEMORIAL SIGNS AND HISTORICAL TABLETS
(a) Nothing herein contained shall prevent the City Council from granting special permits on
such terms as it may deem proper, for signs denoting properties or buildings which may
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have historical or memorial significance to the community. Nor shall the City Council
be restricted from authorizing signs as they may deem appropriate to advertise patriotic,
special events or special projects of general public interest taking place within the
boundaries of the City.
30.5.5 VEHICLE ADVERTISING
(a) The intent of this Section is to create equal and just vehicle advertising. Vehicles may
display signage in accordance with Texas Motor Safety Laws with the following
additional guidelines.
(b) Signs must be permanently attached to vehicles by either being painted, bohed,
screwed or magnetically fixed.
(c) Cloth or other light materials secured with rubber, rope, string, tape, or other similar
adhesives shall not be permitted.
(d) No sign or advertising shall be erected or attached to any vehicle except for those signs
which are painted directly or mounted flush to the surface or mounted directly on the
roof of the vehicle.
(e) No roof mounted signs shall project more than twelve (12) inches above the roof of the
vehicle.
(f) All vehicles which have signs or advertising shall be in working order and shall be in
compliance with all applicable vehicle safety laws when signs are in place, All such
vehicles shall have current registration and inspection stickers and shall be regularly
used for transportation purposes.
30,5.6 LIGHTING
(a) Signs may be illuminated or non-illuminated, Illumination may be either by internal,
internal indirect lighting as defined below. Lighting shall be so installed as to avoid any
glare or reflection into adjacent property, or onto a street or alley to create a traffic
hazard.
(b) When not necessary to satisfy security purposes, it is suggested that lighting be turned
off as soon after business hours as is reasonable, especially where signs are in close
proximity to residential areas.
(c) "Internal lighting" shall mean a source of illumination entirely within the sign which
makes the contents of the sign visible at night by means of the light being transmitted
through a translucent material but wherein the source of the illumination is not visible.
(d) "Internal-indirect lighting" shall mean a source of illumination entirely within the sign
(generally a free-standing letter) which makes the sign visible at night by means of
lighting the background upon which the free-standing character is mounted. The
character itself shall be opaque, and thus will be silhouetted against the background.
The source of the illumination shall not be visible.
(e) "Indirect lighting" shall mean a source of external illumination located a distance away
from the sign, which lights the sign, but which itself is not visible to persons viewing the
sign from any normal position of view,
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30,5.7 ROTATING, MOVING, FLASHING, CHANGING OR BLINKING, BILLBOARD SIGNS
(a) Rotating, search lights, flashing, blinking, or billboard signs shall not be permitted.
30.5.8 MESSAGE SIGNS
(a) Message signs containing changeable messages, i.e., Time and Temperature, etc, may
be permitted on an individual basis by submittal of a request to the Building Official.
30.6 TEMPORARY SIGN
30.6.1 EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION:
(a) No person may erect a temporary sign as defined in Section 30.2.10 without a permit
from the Building Inspection Department.
(b) No temporary or portable sign shall be erected or placed to advertise a business,
industry or pursuit except on the premises on which the referenced business, industry
or pursuit is conducted.
(c) All temporary type fragile displays or signage that might separate from itself of become
separated from either line under the guidelines of the 1988 Uniform Building code,
Section 23-4, Figure 4, Page 137 shall not be allowed. These restrictions are to protect
the general public from flying debris generated by dismembered displays.
(d) No temporary or portable sign shall be attached to any utility pole, light pole, or traffic
control sign or pole.
(e) The complete sign package must be removed at termination of the permit. Removal of
letters from the sign board does not abate a non-permitted sign.
(f) No temporary sign shall be displayed for more than thirty (30) days per permit received,
(g) A maximum of three (3) temporary sign permits per year shall be issued to anyone
business, industry, or pursuit. However, consecutive permitting is not allowed. There
shall be a forty-five (45) day period between permitting.
(h) Temporary signs shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet in area,
(i) No temporary or portable sign shall be erected or placed within fifteen (15) feet of the
curb or street except for those which may be mounted on the wall of a building which is
closer than fifteen (15) feet to the curb or street.
(j) No temporary or portable signs may be erected or placed in any location that
constitutes a safety or traffic hazard.
(k) No temporary or portable sign may be erected or placed in a fire zone, fire lane,
handicap parking area or required loading zone,
(I) No temporary or portable sign may be placed in any location that blocks view from any
permitted permanent signage.
(m) Temporary or portable sign shall be place at least one hundred (100) feet apart.
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(n) Non-conforming temporary signs or temporary signs without pennits may be impounded
by the City forty-eight (48) hours after notice is given to the owner or party responsible
for the sign,
(0) Each temporary sign may advertise one or more individual businesses. However, for
each business advertised a separate permit fee will be charged for the advertisement
against its allotted three (3) permits per year as stated in Subsection (g).
(p) Trailer and portable signs shall bear in letters of not less than one (1) inch in height the
company name of the sign owner and telephone number on each unit. This information
must be current. Any sign not containing current information shall be classified as
non-confonning signs and may be impounded by the City forty-eight (48) hours after
notice is given to the owner or party responsible for the sign.
30.6,2 REAL ESTATE SIGNS
Permits shall not be required for the following types of real estate signs:
(a) One (1) temporary sign announcing the offering for sale or rental of individually platted
residential or commercial property on which it is placed shall be allowed in any District
and may be placed in any yard, Such sign shall not exceed five (5) square feet in
area. Such sign shall be removed within one (1) week following the close of a sale or
lease,
(b) On nonresidential commercial property where there is a business building, one (1)
temporary unlighted sign offering all or a portion of the same sale or rental shall be
allowed flat against any wall of the business building. Such sign shall be no taller than
the wall and shall have an area no larger than one hundred (100) square feet. Such
sign shall be removed within one (1) week following the close of a sale or lease.
(c) On undeveloped property, temporary unlighted signs offering the same for sale or lease
shall be allowed. Such signs shall be located at least twenty-five (25) feet behind any
curb or ten (10) feet behind any property line, whichever is greater; and shall not
exceed fifteen (15) feet in height. The total area of all sign message surfaces of all
such signs shall not exceed one (1) square foot per one (1) linear foot of street
frontage of the property for sale or one hundred (100) square feet on each street
fronting the property; whichever is smaller. Only one (1) sign per street frontage shall
be permitted. Each sign shall be removed within one (1) week following the close of
the sale or lease.
30.6.3 WEEKEND ADVERTISING
The City of North Richland Hills policy for weekend advertising, as expressed in this Ordinance
is extended to homebuilders and apartment owners for the purpose of guiding the weekend
motoring public to available residential properties in North Richland Hills. The policy is intended
as a benefit also to the buying public. These provisions are designed to allow temporary
directional signs without resulting in an excess that may prove offensive to others of the public.
The policy should also serve as "common sense" guidelines in places where direct application
is unclear.
(a) Registration: In order for a builder/developer to be eligible to participate in this
weekend advertisement he must be registered with the Building Inspection Office, An
annual fee of $50.00 must be paid by each builder/developer/owner wishing to
advertise under these provisions, Such annual fee must be paid and/or renewed
during the month of January each year.
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(b) Schedule: Signs will be allowed between 12 PM Friday and 12 PM Monday. A holiday
falling on Friday or Monday will be considered part of the weekend.
(c) Sign Size: Signs shall not exceed twenty-four (24) inches by thirty (30) inches in size,
not to exceed three (3) feet above grade.
(d) Spacing of Signs: A minimum of thirty (30') feet must be held between all signs, and
signs for one advertiser must be at least two hundred (200) feet apart.
(e) Sign Location: Individual sign locations shall adhere to the following criteria,
(1) No closer than forty (40) feet to a street intersection or median opening,
(2) Signs may be placed in City right-of-way, but no closer than three (3) feet from
the edge of the sign to the street curb or edge of pavement. Signs should not
encroach either the sidewalks or the street.
(3) No sign shall be placed in a "visibility triangle" as defined in this section.
Generally, if a sign is close to blocking motorist visibility, it should be removed.
(4) No signs should be placed further than three (3) miles from the subject
property,
(f) Sign Construction and Criteria: Signs should be rigid, two (2) dimensional displays that
advertise new residential property, "For Sale or Lease", guiding the motorists to a
specific location in North Richland Hills,
These are the guidelines under which this policy will be administered, relating particularly to the
weekend/motoring customer. It is the responsibility of the builder/owner to secure permission of
the adjacent property owner for placement of the signs on private property, This policy does
not grant unlimited access and use of the City right-of-way. Violations of this policy will be
cause for confiscation of the signs, Any signs which are confiscated by the Code Enforcement
Officer may be reclaimed by the owner of such sign, but each sign so confiscated will be
subject to a redemption fee of $5,00 per sign. If signs remain unreclaimed for a period of thirty
(30) days, the City will dispose of such signs as may be appropriate, Excessive general
violations may require that the policy be suspended for a period of time. The Building Official
shall notify the City Council in the event that the suspension of this policy is put into effect
indicating the causes and the period of the suspension, All builders/owners are offered the use
of these provision equally. In so doing, the City asks that the builders/owners aid in
maintaining a neat and orderly appearance throughout all of North Richland Hills.
30.6,4 SUBDIVISION/NEW DEVELOPMENT SIGNS
(a) Subdivision/New Development Signs are to be used for the identification of a new
project, such as a subdivision, where real property is being sold for the first time to a
user, new buildings, public projects and the like. These signs are not permanent but
may be required for a longer period of time than most temporary signs.
(b) Each subdivision and/or development shaU be permitted to install one on-site sign
located on the property owned by the advertiser in the same zoning district as the
project and one off-site sign which may be located in any Commercial, Industrial, of
Office District or on unplatted vacant property,
(c) A sign permit is required for each subdivision or new development sign erected in
accordance with these provisions.
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(d) Permits for such signs shall be issued for a period of one (1) year or to completion of
the project, whichever occurs first. A second permit allowing an additional of one (1)
year may be granted by the Building Official upon payment of a renewal fee equal to
the original permit fee and conformance with the following requirements:
(1) A substantial portion of the development is not yet completed.
(2) If the development has building activity in progress,
(3) If the sign is relocated to a portion of the development which is not offensive to
the completed portion of the development.
(e) These signs shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet in height and shall be no larger than one
hundred fifty (150) square feet in size,
(f) Such signs shall be located at least twenty-five (25) feet behind the curb of the street
and shall not be in violation of any visibility triangle.
(g) On larger vacant tracts where more than one project or development may be
advertised, no two signs may be closer than two hundred (200) feet apart.
30.6.5 TRADE CONSTRUCTION SIGNS
(a) Trade Construction signs may be approved at the discretion of the Building Official to
advertise the various construction trades on any construction site,
(b) Trade construction signs must be removed prior to the issuance of a Certificate of
Occupancy.
30.6.6 POLITICAL SIGNS
(a) Temporary, unlighted, political signs (including portable or trailer signs) supporting an
announced candidate, a party or an issue shall be allowed in any district without a sign
permit.
(b) Political signs shall not be located on any utility, light, traffic signal or sign pole,
(c) Political signs are permitted for a period or thirty (30) days prior to local or county
elections, sixty (60) days prior to a state election and ninety (90) days prior to a
national election. All political signs shall be removed no later than seven (7) days after
the election or after the termination of candidacy, whichever occurs first.
(d) In AG and all "R" zoning districts, political signs shall not have a height of more than
three (3) feet above grade. In other districts, the height shall not exceed six (6) feet
above grade,
(e) In AG and all "R" districts, political signs shall not exceed five (5) square feet.
(f) In all zoning districts, political signs shall not be located to cause a safety or traffic
hazard.
30,6.7 CIVIC AND RELIGIOUS SIGNS
(a) Temporary signs advertising public school, religious events of public schools and
religious organizations may be erected or placed on their property after obtaining a
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pennit from the Building Department. Such permit will be at no cost. A maximum of
two permits may be issued at anyone time,
(b) Temporary signs advertising public school, civic or religious events of public school,
civic or religious organizations may be placed on any private property with the
pennission of the owner. Such off-site signs are required to be permitted.
(c) Signs announcing civic or religious events of wide·spread community interest may be
erected on public property or right-of-way with special permission of the City Council.
Such signs will be permitted by the Building Department at no cost. Such signs shall
be located so as not to present a safety or traffic hazard.
30,6.8 GARAGE SALE SIGNS
(a) Temporary, unlighted signs announcing the holding of a sale of household possessions
at a place of residence shall be allowed in any zoning district without permit.
(b) Garage sale signs shall be located on private property only. Garage sale signs shall
not be permitted on any public property or right-of-way, nor on any utility, light, traffic
signal or sign pole.
(c) Sign size shall not exceed six (6) square feet.
(d) Signs shall not be posted more than five (5) days prior to the beginning of the sale and
shall be removed within twenty-four (24) hours following the end of the sale.
30.7 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
30,7.1 The construction of all signs shall comply with the structural requirements of the City Building
Code and the current edition of the Unifonn Building Code as adopted by the City, Structural
design shall be by professional engineer registered by the State of Texas.
30,7.2 The design of sign supports and structure shall be compatible with and in harmony with the
surrounding buildings and structures.
30.8 OBNOXIOUS SIGNS EXPLOITING SEX PROHIBITED
30,8.1 VISUAL DEPICTION OF SEXUAL AREAS OF HUMAN FORM PROHIBITED,
(a) No sign or signs as defined in this Ordinance, to include any temporary sign, which in
whole or in part, depicts the human form in such a manner that the areas of the
buttocks, or the genitals, or the pubic area, or any portions of the female breast below
the top of the nipple, are depicted as not covered with opaque clothing shall be
maintained, erected, or placed upon or adjacent to the outside of any building where it
is visible from public streets or from adjacent building or premises,
30.8.2 USE OF THE WORDS CONNOTING EROTIC ENTERTAINMENT PROHIBITED.
(a) No sign or signs, as defined in this Ordinance, including any temporary signs, which in
whole or part advertise any "topless", "bottomless·, "naked", or words of like import,
except that the words "adult entertainment· or "adult shows" will be permissible, shall
be maintained, erected, or placed upon or adjacent to the outside of any building where
it is visible from public streets or from adjacent buildings or premises.
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30,8.3 DISPLAY OF OFFENSIVE SIGNS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
(a) Any sign which is in violation of Sections 30.8,1 or 30.8.2 is declared a public nuisance.
30,8.4 ABATEMENT
(a) Any temporary sign or sign in violation of Section XXX shall be abated within
twenty-four (24) hours after notice has been given in writing to abate the sign or signs,
Any sign which involves letters placed on a marquee is considered a temporary sign for
purposes of this Section.
(b) Any sign or signs in violation of Section XXX which can be covered or painted over in
such a manner so the sign will comply with this Section and which do not require
removal or mechanical or electrical alterations, the whole or part of the sign shall be
covered or painted within twenty-four (24) hours after written notice has been given in
writing to abate the sign or signs.
(c) Signs in violation of Section XXX which require mechanical or electrical alteration of all
or part of the sign or require the removal of part or all of the sign in order to comply
with this Section shall be altered or removed within seven (7) days after service or
written notice to abate the sign or signs.
30.8.5 NOTICE TO ABATE
(a) The City Manager or the Building Official or one of their designees are authorized to
prepare and deliver notice to abate any sign or signs in violation of Section XXX.
(b) Notice is deemed to be served for the purpose of Section XXX if delivered to any
person who is an owner or lessee of the premises on which the sign or signs are
located or to any officer of any corporation or any partner of a partnership which is
operating a business on the premises on which the sign or signs are located which
violates Section XXX and which is responsible for the sign or signs in violation of this
Section.
30,8.6 VIOLATION A MISDEMEANOR
(a) Any person, firm, or corporation which is found to be in violation of the provisions of
Section XXX shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction may be punished by
fine of not less than ($50) dollars, and each day such violation occurs shall be deemed
a separate offense.
30.9 ADMINISTRATION
The Building Official shall administer Section XXX of this Ordinance,
30.10 ENFORCEMENT
30.10.1 ENFORCEMENT
(a) If the Building Official or other person he/she may appoint shall find that any sign or
other advertising structure regulated herein is unsafe or insecure, or is a menace to the
public, or has been constructed or erected or is being maintained in violation of the
approved sign permit or provisions of this Section, the permittee or owner thereof shall
be given written notice of the violation.
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(b) If the permittee or owner fails to remove or alter the structure so as to comply with the
standards herein set forth within ten (10) days after such notice, such sign or
advertising structure may be removed or altered to comply by the City of North
Richland Hills at the expense of the permittee and/or owner of the property upon which
it is located.
(c) The Building Official shall refuse to issue any subsequent building, electrical, plumbing
or mechanical permits for the property on which the offending sign was located if any
owner or permittee shall refuse to pay the costs so assessed.
(d) The Building Official may cause any sign or other advertising structure which is in
immediate peril to persons or property to be removed; by giving notice to the owner or
permittee at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance.
(e) The Building Official or other person he/she may appoint may cause an illegal
temporary sign, to be removed within twenty-four (24) hours,
30,10.2 RIGHT OF ENTRY
(a) Upon presentation of proper credentials, the Building Official or his duly authorized
representative may enter at reasonable times, any buildings, structure or premises in
the City to perform any duties imposed upon him by Section XXX.
30.11 ABATEMENT OF NONCONFORMING SIGNS
30.11,1 TIME PERIOD
A period of ten (10) days subsequent to the effective date of this Ordinance is hereby
established for the abatement of signs legally existing prior to the said date but such signs
which have become nonconforming under the terms of the Section or previous Ordinances
adopted since the effective date noted. Nothing contained within this provision shall apply to
signs illegally erected, Such illegally erected signs are subject to immediate abatement.
30,11.2 WALL SIGNS
Nonconforming painted wall signs are subject, in addition to the abatement procedures set
forth, to immediate abatement when the business occupying the premises changes to a
different business or different owner necessitating repainting of the said sign,
30.11,3 APPEAL
Abatement periods established herein are subject to appeal before the Zoning Board of
Adjustment.
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GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
For a period of two years from the effective date of Ordinance 1080, property with a current valid zoning may
be developed (Building Permit) issued under Ordinance Number 179. Where development (Building Permit
issued) is undertaken under Ordinance Number 179 development shall conform with all of the requirements of
Ordinance Number 179 and all policies consistently applied in the application of Ordinance Number 179.
Where development is undertaken under Ordinance Number 1080 for a given tract, then all future development
on said tract will be pursued under Ordinance Number 1080. If development (Building Permit issued) is not
undertaken within the two year period; then the property shall automatically revert to the regulations of
Ordinance Number 1080.
From the effective date of Ordinance 1080 all requests for new zoning shall following the regulations of
Ordinance 1080,
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APPENDIX I
LIST OF SPECIFIC USE PERMITS
SPECIFIC USE PERMITS
SUP NAME & ORDINANCE
NUMB CASE LOCATION AUTHORIZED SPECIFIC USE NUMBER
1. PZ 84-52 Doyne S. Byrd C-2 Sale of Used Autos 1156
Lot 3R, Block 23
Clearview Add. Conditions:
1. The business to be open from 8 A.M to 5 P,M.
2, Be landscaped per City Ordinance.
3. No additional lighting,
4. No entry from Grapevine Hwy.
5. No cars over 2 years old,
2. PZ 85-58 0.5. Byrd C-2 Sale of Used Autos 1253
Lot 3R, Block 23
Clearview Add. Conditions:
1. Operating hours 8 A.M, to 8 P.M.
2. Lighting not to shine outside property.
3. No cars older than 2 years old.
3. PZ 85-106 World Class C-1 Sale of Used Autos 1288
Motors, Ltd.
Lot 5, Kips Big Conditions:
Boy Addition (Not in business - Ordinance Voided)
4. PZ 86-24 D,S. Byrd C-2 Sale of Used Autos 1381
Lot 3R, Block 23
Clearview Add, Conditions:
1. No cars older than 6 years old.
2, Definition of a classic car to be defined
by City Attorney.
5. PZ 89-12 Kirley Eddleman C-2 Sale of Used Autos 1619
Portion of Lot 7,
Block 4, N, Richland Conditions:
Hills Addition
1. Consignment cars only.
2. Back of lot 7 only.
3. Ingress and egress from Blaney.
6. PZ 90-12 Snappy Car Rental Agency C-1 Car Rental Agency 1686
Portion of Lot 1,
Block 1, Cochran Add. Conditions:
1. For Suite E and 9 designated parking
spaces as shown on Exhibit A.
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SPECIFIC USE PERMITS
SUP NAME & ORDINANCE
NUMB CASE LOCATION AUTHORIZED SPECIFIC USE NUMBER
7. PZ 90-15 E.K. Arledge C-2 Vehicle Leasing, Rental and Used Car Sales 1699
Lot 4, Block 1,
N. Richland Sta. Add. Conditions:
1. 75% of used vehicles to be no older
than five years.
8. PZ 91-22 1-20 Matlock, Inc. C-1 Vehicle Inspection Station 1778
Lot 1, Block 1,
Northland Shopping
Center Addition
9. PZ 92-12 Conoco, Inc. C-1 Car Wash Facility 1807
Lot 1-R, Block B,
Part of Lot 1 and 2.
Block B. Richland Oaks Addn.
10. PZ 92-22 lTC, Inc. RV Storage Lot 1818
Tract 8, Johns Addn.
APPENDIX II
AUTHORIZED PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS
AUTHORIZED PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS
PD NAME & ORDINANCE
NUMB CASE LOCATION PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DESCRIPTION NUMBER
1. PZ 84-25 Nassar Shafipour Twelve townhomes 1120
Portion of Lot 1, Blk. 4
Red Gate Addition.
2. PZ 85-42 Richland Hills U-PD (Institutional Planned 1144
Church of Christ Development) for a church and
South of Loop 820 condominium project
West of Rufe Snow
3, PZ 85-86 Century Bldg. R-6-T PD (Townhome Planned 1265
Construction Company Development) for 84 units
Part of Blk. 4
Northridge Addition
4. PZ 85-155 Richmond Bay Dev. R-7-MF PD (Multi-family Planned 1348
Part of Tr. 2, A-1520 Development) with minimum of
W.A. Trimble Survey 1,000 SF per unit
5. PZ 88-10 Richland Hills U-PD (Institutional Planned Res, 88-29
Church of Chrisl Development) for 80 unit
Retirement Clr. congregate housing
Meadow Lakes Dr.
6. PZ 88-21 J.B, Johnston 0-1 PD (Office Planned Court Order
Lot 1R & 2R. Blk, 6 Development) for an office #342-12017289
Meadow Lakes Addn. building constructed 10
N. Richland Sla. Add. reflect architectu re of the
neighborhood
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APPENDIX III
MINIMUM PARKING AREA AND SPACES
TABLE 22.2a
PARKING DIMENSIONS
FULL SIZE CARS
AISLE
KIH. AISLE WIDTH LENGTH HOOOLE WIDTH
PARKING STALL STALL -----------.--.- PER ----------------
AlfGLE WIDTH DEPl'H ONE-WAY mrWAY STALL ONE-WAY m-WAY
-------- -----
(A) (8) (C) (D) (D) (E) (F) (F)
-------- -----
PARALLEL 8.0 8.0 12.0 18.0 22.0 28.0 34.0
20 9.0 14.6 12.0 18.0 26.3 41.2 47.2
30 9.0 16.8 12.0 18.0 18.0 45.6 51.6
45 9.0 19.1 12.0 25.0 12.7 50.2 63.2
50 9.0 19.6 18.0 25.0 11.7 57.2 64.2
60 9.0 20.1 18.0 25.0 10.4 58.2 65.2
75 9.0 19.7 25.0 25.0 9.3 64.4 64,4
90 9.0 18.0 25.0 25.0 9.0 61.0 61.0
TABLE 22.2b
PARKING DIMENSIONS
COMPACT CARS
AISLE
KIN. AISLE WIDTH LENGTH KOOOLE WIDTH
PARKING STALL STALL ---------------- PER ----------------
AlfGLE WIDTH DEPl'H ONE-WAY mrWAY STALL ONE-WAY m-WAY
-------- -----
(A) (8) (C) (D) (D) (E) (F) (F)
-------- -----
PARALLEL 8.0 8.0 12.0 18.0 18.0 28.0 34.0
20 8.0 12.3 12.0 18.0 23.4 36.6 42.6
30 8.0 13.9 12.0 18.0 16.0 39.8 45.8
45 8.0 15.6 12.0 25.0 11.3 43.2 56.2
50 8.0 15.8 18.0 25.0 10.4 49.6 56.6
60 8.0 16.1 18.0 25.0 9,2 50.2 57.2
75 8.0 15.6 25.0 25.0 8.3 56.2 56.2
90 8.0 14.0 25.0 25.0 8.0 53.0 53.0
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F D
Note: All dimensions are expressed in feet.
MINIMUM PARKING SPACES
TABLE 22.3
Use
Number of
Parking
Spaces
Required for Each
Additional
Requirements
(1 ) RESIDENTIAL
(a) Single Family
Dwelling 4 Dwelling Unit
(b) Townhouse, row-
house, duplex,
quadruplex or
condominium 2 Living Unit
(c) Apartment 2,5 Living Unit
(d) Dormitory 1,5 Two (2) occupants
per designed
occupancy
(e) Duplex 2 Living Unit One additional
for each bedroom
over three
(2) INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL
(a) Community Center 1 125 square feet of floor space
(b) School - Elementary 1 200 square feet of class room space
and Jr. High
School
(c) High School 1 125 square feet of class room space
(d) Place of 1 Three seats
Public Assembly
(e) College or 125 square feet of floor space
University
(f) Church Three seats in sanctuary or auditorium
(g) Kindergarten, day
nursery, day care 1 500 square feet
(h) Hospital 1.5 Bed
(i) Home for the aged 1.5 Three beds
and convalescent
home
ü> Ubrary 1 400 square feet of public area
(k) Mortuary. funeral 1 Three seats in chapel
chapel
(3) RECREATIONAL, SPECIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT
(a) Theater 1 Three seats
(b) Bowling alley 2 Lane
(c) Coin machine arcades 1 125 square feet
other commercial of floor area
amusements (indoor)
TABLE 22.3 (continued)
Number of
Parking
Spaces
Required for Each
Additional
Requirements
Use
Commercial
amusements
(outdoor)
500 square feet of
site area exclusive of
buildings
(d)
Lodge, fraternal
organization
Spas, Health
Studios, Fitness
Centers, Commercial
Gymnasiums
50 square feet
of floor area
400 square feet of
gross floor space
(e)
(f)
PERSONAL SERVICE AND RETAIL
(a) Personal service shop 1
(except Barber and
Beauty Shops
(b) Beauty Shops and
Barber Shops
(c) Retail Stores or
shops (inside)
(d) Outside retail
sales
(4)
150 square feet of floor area
100 square feet of floor area
250 square feet of floor area
1 ,000 square feet
of site area exclusive
of buildings
250 square feet of floor area
(e) Coin-operated or
self-service laundry
or dry cleaning
FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICES (Separate Building Only)
(a) Fast Food Service 1 150 square feet of
floor area
150 square feet of
floor area for
employee parking
100 square feet
floor area
(5)
Minimum of
eight spaces
Minimum of
eight spaces
Drive-in eating
(b)
Cafe, restaurant
cafeteria, and
all other eating or
drinking establishments
(c)
Minimum of
15 spaces
BUSINESS SERVICES
(a) Bank
(b) Savings and Loan
or similar inst.
(6)
300 square feet of floor area
300 square feet of floor area
TABLE 22.3 (continued)
Use
Number of
Parking
Spaces
Required for Each
Additional
Requirements
(c) Medical or 1 200 square feet of floor area
dental clinic
(d) Office, business 1 300 square feet of floor area
over 10,000 SF
(e) Small and pro- 250 square feet of floor area
fessional bldg.
less than 10,000 SF
(7)
AUTOMOTIVE AND EQUIPMENT
(a) Service Station 1
(b)
(c)
(d)
Auto repair,
garage or shop
Vehicle or
machinery sales
Car wash
150 square feet
of floor area
500 square feet
of floor area
150 square feet
of floor area
150 square feet
of floor area
Minimum of
four spaces
Minimum of
five spaces
1
Plus one per
1,000 SF of site
area exclusive
of bldgs. and
parking
(8) STORAGE, WHOLESALE AND MANUFACTURING
(a) Brick or lumber 1 3,000 square feet of site area
yard or similar
(b) Open storage of 1 3,000 square feet of site area
sand, gravel,
petroleum
(c) Warehouse and 1 3,000 square feet of floor area
enclosed storage
(d) Manufacturing 500 square feet of floor area
operations
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TABLE 22.3 (continued)
Use
Number of
Parking
Spaces
Required for Each
Additional
Requirements
(9) (a) Shopping Centers, 1 250 square feet of floor area
Malls and Retail
(b) Shopping Centers, 1 250 square feet of floor area
Malls and nonresi-
dential multi-occupancy
uses over 60 acres
(10) (a) Any other use 1 250 square feet of floor area
(11 ) (a) All other Multi- 250 square feet of floor area
use Occupancy