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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
THE STATE OF TEXAS I
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COUNTY OF GUADALUPE I
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCil.
OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ
TEXAS :
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of the City
Council of the City of
Schertz
, Texas, will be
held at the City Hall in said City on the
31st
day of
March
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8:00
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for the purpose of
Holding a public tearing on a proposed
Zoning Ordinance.
DATED, this the
24th day of
March
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Ci 'Y Secretary, City 0 Schertz
Texas
CONSENT TO MEETING
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, members of the City Council Qf the
City of
Schertz
, Texas, hereby accept service of
the foregoing notice, waivin g any and all irregularities in such
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service and such notice, and consent and ggree that said City
Council shall meet at the time and place therein stated, and for
the purpose herein stated.
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CI"~; S~HER'fZ ZOIING ORDIN~'
10. 139
An Ordinance eatablishing Zoning Regulations:
SECTION 26 VIOLATION AND PENALTIES
Any person who shall violate any oE, the provisions of this Zoning Code
or who shall fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements
th~f, or who shall erect or alter any buflding, or who shall commence
to erect or alter any building in violation of any detailed statemant of
plan submitted or approved thereunder, shall for each and every violation
or noncompliance- be deemed guilty of a lIIisdemeanorand shall be fined
not IIIOre than two hundred dollars <#200.00). and each day such v.iolation
shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a lIIeparll~t offense. The
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owner of that building or prelllises or part thereof where anything 11:1
violation ot this zoning code shall be placed or shall exist and any
architect. building, contractor. agent, person or corporation emplOyed
in conne-ction therewith who may have assisted in the cOlllllission otuy
such viobtion shall each be ilU!lty of a separate offense and upon
conviction shall be subject to t.he panalties herein provided.
This amended code shall be collie effective from and after the date
ot its approval and adoption as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 31 day of March 1966.
ATTEST:
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SCHERTZ, TEXAS
NOTICE TO ALL CITIZENS
A public hearing on the prGlposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of
Schertz will be held on Tuesday, February 22, 1966 at 8:00 P.M. at
the City Hall. This hearing will be conducted by the Planning and
Zoning Commission of City of Schertz to provide an opportunity for
the citizens to express their opinions regarding the proposed ordinance.
A copy of the proposed Zoning Ordinance, together with a proposed
Zoning District Map are available for study by the citizens at the
office of the City Clerk.
All interested citizens are invited to attend the public hearing.
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SECTION 27 INTERPRETATION OF ORDINANCE
CONFLICT WITH OrHER LAWS. WHEREVER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE ARE AT
VARIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY OTHER LAWFULLY ADOPTED RULES, REGULATIONS
OR ORDINANCES, THE MORE RESTRICTIVE OR THAT IMPOSING THE HIGHER STANDARDS,
SHALL GOVERN.
SECTION 28 EFFECTIVE DATE
THIS AMENDED CODE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF ITS
APPROVAL AND ADOPTION AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE
WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF
1! Z- DAY OF ~~n~~l/ 19~6A. D., 1966,
SIGNED:
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ZONING
ORDINANCE
PREPARED THROUGH THE COOPERATION OF THE
TEXAS STATE DEPART~ENT OF HEALTH
The preparation of this material was financially
aided through a Federal Grant from the Urban
Renewal Administration of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development, under the Urban
Planning Assistance Program authorized by Sec-
tion 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended.
SCHERTZ, TEXAS
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CITY OF SCHERTZ
ZONING ORDINANCE
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PART I ENACTMENT AND DEFINITIONS.
SECT I.ON 1
SECTION 2
SECT ION 3
SECTION 4
SECTION 5
ENA CTMENT .
DEfi NIT IONS
ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS
RULES FOR THE INTERPERTATION OF D!STRICT BOUNDARIES
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS.
PART II DISTRICT USE AND AREA REGULATIONS.
SECTION
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6 R-1 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
7 R-2 SINGLE FAMILY DwELLING DISTRICT
8 R-3 Two FAMILY ~dELLING DISTRICT . .
9 R..4 MULTIPLE FAMILY DWIrLLING DISTRICT.
10 C-1 LOCAL BUSINESS DISTRICT .
11 C-2 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
12 M-1 RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
113 M-2 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
4 HEIGHT AND AREA REGULAT IONS.
1) HEIGHT AND AREA EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
1b OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
117 SPECIAL USE REGULATIONS
8 NON-CONFORMING USES.
PART III ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
SECTION 19
SECT I ON 20
SECTION 21
SECT I ON 22
SECT ION 223
SECTION 1+
SECTION 25
SECTION 26
SECT I ON 227
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OFFICIAL ZONING MAp.
ENFORCEMENT
PLANS
EFFECT UPON EXISTING PERMITS, AGREEMENTS AND RIGHTS
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
CERTIFICATE Of OCCUPANCY
AMENDMENTS,
VIOLATION AND PENALTIES
INTERPRETATION OF ORDINANCE
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CITY OF SCHERTZ ZONING ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ZONING REGULATIONS AND DIVIDING THE CITY Of
SCHERTZ INTO DISTRICTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND REGULATING
THE USE AND HEIGHT Of BUILDING, THE SIZE Of YARDS, THE DENSITY Of POPULATION,
ADOPTING A ZONING MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES Of THE VARIOUS DIS-
TRICTS AND USE AREAS, AND PROVIDING fOR EXCEPTIONS, AND ISSUANCE Of LICENSES,
METHODS Of ENfORCEMENTS, iNTERPRETATION Of ZONING MAP, A BOARD Of ADJUSTMENT,
PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES AND OPERATION, ZONING Of NEW TERRITORY UPON EXTENSION
Of CITY LIMITS, PENALTIES fOR VIOLATION, fUTURE CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS, DE-
f!NING VARIOUS TERMS AND WORDS USED IN THE ORDINANCE, PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE
AND fiXING EffECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
PART 1: ENACTMENT AND DEFINlilONS
SECTION 1. ENACTMENT
SECTION 1-1 SHORT TITLE. THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS
"THE ZONING ORDINANCit'Q'F THE CITY Of SCHERTZ".
1-2 ~ABILITY Of CHAPTER. If fOR ANY REASON ANY ONE OR MORE
SECTIONS, SENTENCES, CLAUSES, OR PARTS OF THIS CHAPTER ARE HELD INVALID,
SUCH JUDGMENT SHALL NOT EffECT, I MPA I R OR INVALI DATE THE REMA I N !riG PROV I S IONS
Of THIS ORDINANCE BUT SHALL BE CONfiNED IN ITS OPERATION TO THE SPECifiC SECTIONS,
SENTENCES, CLAUSES OR PARTS Of THIS CHAPTER HELD INVALID AND THE INVALIDITY Of
ANY SECTION, SENTENCE, CLAUSE OR PART Of THIS CHAPTER IN ANY ONE OR MORE INSTANCE'
SHALL NOT AffECT OR PREJUDICE IN ANY WAY THE VALIDITY Of THIS CHAPTER IN ANY
OTHER INSTANCE.
1-3 ADOPTION Of LEGISLATIVE GRANT Of POWER. ARTICLES l011A THROUGH
1011K Of THE REVISED CIVIL STATUTES Of THE STATE Of TEXAS ARE HEREBY ADOPTED
AND THE PROVISIONS Of THIS CHAPTER ARE ADOPTED IN THE EXERCISE OF THE POWER
GRANTED TO MUNICIPALITIES BY SUCH STATUTES.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS
SECTION 2-1 FOR THE PURPOSE Of THIS ORDINANCE, CERTAIN TERMS AND WORDS ARE
HEREBY DEFINED. WORDS USED IN THE PRESENT TENSE SHALL INCLUDE THE FUTURE;
THE SINGULAR NUMBER SHALL INCLUDE THE PLURAL AND THE PLURAL THE SINGU~AR;
THE WORD "BU I LD I NG" SHA~L I NCLUDE THE WORD "STRUCTURE" AND THE WORD "SHALL"
1S MANDATORY AND NOT DIRECTORY. THE WORD "LOT" SHALL INCLUDE THE WORD "PLOT",
"PREMISE", "TRACT", AND "PARCEL" AND EXCEPT WHEN SPECIFICALI_Y STATED OTHERWISE
SHALL MEAN A BUILDING LOT.
2-2 ACCESSORY USE: AN ACCESSORY USE OR BUILDING IS A SUBORDINATE
USE OR BUILDING CUSTOMARILY INCIDENT TO AND LOCATED ON THE SAME LOT OCCUPIED
BY THE MAIN USE OR BUILDING.
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2-3 ALLEY: A WAY WHICH AffORDS ONLY A SECONDARY MEANS Of ACCESS TO
PROPERTY ABUTTING THEREON.
2-4 APARTMENT: A ROOM OR SUITE Of ROOMS INTENDED, DESIGNED, OR USED
AS A RESIDENCE BY A SINGLE fAMILY.
2-5 APARTMENT HOTEL: A BUILDING DESIGNED fOR OR CONTAINING BOTH
APARTMENTS AND INDIVIDUAL GUEST ROOMS OR SUITES Of ROOMS AND APARTMENTS AND
IN WHICH MAY BE fURNISHED SERVICES ORDINARILY fURNISHED BY HOTELS.
2-6 APARTMENT HOUSE: SEE DWELLING, MULTIPLE.
2-7 BASEMENT: A STORY HAVING PART BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE-HALf (1/2) Of
ITS HEIGHT ABOVE GRADE AND USED fDR STORAGE, GARAGES fOR USE BY OCCUPANTS Of THE
BUILDING, JANITOR OR WATCHMAN QUARTERS, OR OTHER UTILITIES COMMON fOR THE REST
Of THE BUILDING. A BASEMENT USED fOR THE ABOVE PURPOSE SHALL NOT BE COUNTED
AS A STORY.
2-8 BoARDING HOUSE: A BUILDING OTHER THAN A HOTEL WHERE, fOR COMPEN-
SATION AND BY ARRANGEMENT, MEALS OR LODGING AND MEALS ARE PROVIDED fOR THRE~
(3) OR MORE, BUT NOT EXCEEDING TWENTY (20) PERSONS.
2-9 BUILDING: ANY STRUCTURE DESIGNED OR BUILT fOR THE SUPPORT, EN-
CLOSURE, SHELTER, OR PROTECTION Of PERSONS, ANIMALS, CHATTELS OR PROPERTY Of
ANY KIND.
2-10 BUILDING. HEIGHT Of: THE VERTICAL DISTANCE fROM THE GRADE TO THE
HIGHEST POINT Of THE COPING Of A fLAT ROOf OR TO THE DECK LINE OF A MANSARD
ROOf, OR THE MEAN HEIGHT LEVEL BETWEEN EAVES AND RIDGE fOR GABLE, HIP AND
GAMBREL ROOfS.
2-11 CLINIC: AN ESTABLISHMENT WHERE PATIENTS, WHO ARE NOT LODGED OVER-
NIGHT, ARE ADMITTED fOR EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT BY A GROUP Of PHYSICIANS
PRACTICING MEDICINE TOGETHER.
2-12 ~: 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.
2-13 DISTRICT: ANY SECTION Of THE CITY Of SCHERTZ fOR WHICH THE ZONING
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE USE Of BUILDINGS AND PREMISES, THE HEIGHT Of BUILDINGS,
THE SIZE Of YARDS, AND THE INTENSITY Of USE ARE UNifORM.
2-14 DwELLING: ANY BUILDING OR PORTION THEREOf WHICH IS DESIGNED fOR
OR USED fOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
2-15 DwELLING, SINGLE-fAMILY: A BUILDING DESIGNED fOR OR OCCUPIED
EXCLUSIVELY BY ONE (1) fAMILY.
2-16 DwELLING, TWO-fAMILY: A BUILDING DESIGNED fOR OR OCCUPIED
EXCLUSIVELY BY TWO (2) fAMILIES.
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2-17 DWELLING, MULTIPLE: A BUILDING DESIGNED FOR OR OCCUPIED EXCLUSIVE-
LY BY THREE (3) OR MORE FAMILIES.
2-18 FAMILY: ONE OR MORE PERSONS OCCUPYING A DWELLING AND LIVING AS A
SINGLE HOUSEKEEPING UNIT AND DOING THEIR OWN COOKING ON THE PREMISES, AS DISTIN-
GUISHED FROM A GROUP OCCUPYING A BOARDING HOUSE, LODGING HOUSE, OR HOTEL, AS
HEREIN DEFINED.
2-19 FILLING STATION: ANY BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR LAND USED FOR THE
DISPENSING, SALE OR OFFERING FOR SAL,E AT RETAIL OF ANY AUTOMOBILE FUELS, OIL~; OR
ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING LUBRICATION OF AUTOMOBILES AND REPLACEMENT OR INSTALLATIOI
OF MINOR PARTS AND ACCESSORIES BUT NOT INCLUDING MAJOR REPAIR ~ORK SUCH AS MOTOR
REPLACEMENT, BODY AND FENDER REPAIR OR SPRAY PAINTING.
2-20 FRONTAGE: ALL THE PROPERTY ON ONE SIDE OF A STREET BETWEEN TWO
INTERSECTING STREETS (CROSSING OR TERMINATING), MEASURED ALONG THE LINE OF THE
STREET, OR IF THE STREET IS DEAD ENDED, THEN ALL OF THE PROPERTY ABUTTING ON ONE
SIDE BETWEEN AN INTERSECTING STREET AND THE DEAD END OF THE STREET.
2-21 GARAGE. PRIVATE: AN ACCESSORY BUILDING DESIGNED OR USED FOR THE
STORAGE OF NOT MORE THAN FOUR (4) MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICL,ES OWNED AND USED BY THE
OCCUPANTS OF THE BUILDING TO WHICH IT IS ACCESSORY. NOT MORE THAN ONE (1) OF
THE VEHICLES MAY BE A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE Or NOT MORE THAN TWO (2) TON CAPACITY.
2-22 GARAGE. PUBLIC: A BUILDING OR PORTION THEREOF, OTHER THAN A PRI-
VATE OR STORAGE GARAGE, DESIGNED OR USED FOR EQUIPPING, SERVICING, REPAIRING,
HIRING, SELLING OR STORING MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLES.
2-23 GARAGE, STORAGE OR PARKING: A BUILDING OR PORTION THEREOF DESIGNEe
OR USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR TERM STORAGE BY PRE-ARRANGEMENT OF MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLES:
AS DISTINGUISHED FROM DAILY STORAGE FURNISHED TRANSIENTS, AND WITHIN WHICH MOTOR
FUELS AND OILS MAY BE SOLD, BUT NO MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED, REPAIRED,
HIRED OR SOLD.
2-24 GRADE:
A. FOR BUILDINGS HAVING WALLS ADJOINING ONE STREET ONLY, THE ELEVATION OF THE
PROPERTY LINE AT THE CENTER OF THE WALL ADJOINING THE STREET.
B. FOR BUILDINGS HAVING WALLS ADJOINING MORE THAN ONE STREET, THE AVERAGE OF TW
ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY LINES AT THE CENTERS OF ALL WALLS ADJOINING THE STREET~
C. FOR BUILDINGS HAVING NO WALL ADJOINING THE STREET, THE AVERAGE LEVEL OF THE
FINISHED SURFACE OF THE GROUND ADJACENT TO THE EXTERIOR WALLS OF THE BUILDING.
2-25 HEIGHT: THE HEIGHT OF A BUILDING OR PORTION OF A BUILDING SHALL BE
MEASURED FROM THE ESTABLISHED GRADE TO THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE ROOF'S SURFACE IF
A FLAT SURFACE; TO THE DECK LINE OF MANSARD ROOFS, AND TO THE MAIN HEIGHT LEVE~
BETWEEN EAVES AND RIDGE FOR HIP AND GABLE ROOF. IN MEASURING THE HEIGHT OF A
BUILDING THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURES SHALL BE EXCLUDED: CHIMNEYS, COOLING TOWERS,
ELEVATOR BULKHEADS, PENTHOUSES, TANKS, ~ATER TOWERS, RAD I 0 TOWERS, ORNAI.ENTA L
CUPOLAS, DOMES, SIGNS, SPIRES AND PARAPET WALLS NOT EXCEEDING FOUR FEET IN HEIG:r.
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2-26 HOME OCCUPATION: ANY OCCUPATION OR ACTIVITY CARRIED ON BY A
MEMBER Of THE IMMEDIATE fAMILY, RESIDING ON THE PREMISES, IN CONNECTION WITH
WHICH THERE IS USED NO SIGN OTHER THAN A NAME PLATE NOT MORE THAN ONE (1) SQUARE
fOOT IN AREA, OR NO DISPLAY THAT WILL INDICATE fROM THE EXTERIOR THAT THE BUILD-
ING IS BEING UTILIZED IN PART fOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN THAT Of A DWELLING;
THERE IS NO COMMODITY SOLD UPON THE PREMISES; NO PERSON IS EMPLOYED OTHER THAN
A MEMBER Of THE IMMEDIATE fAMILY RESIDING ON THE PREMISES; AND NO MECHANICAL
EQUIPMENT IS USED EXCEPT Of A TYPE THAT IS SIMILAR IN CHARACTER TO THAT NORMALLY
USED fOR PURELY DOMESTIC OR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES.
HOME OCCUPATION SHALL INCLUDE THE USE Of PREMISES BY A PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, DEN-
TIST, LAWYER, CLERGYMAN OR OTHER PROfESSIONAL PERSON fOR CONSULTATION OR EMERGENC
TREATMENT, BUT NOT fOR THE GENERAL PRACTICE Of HIS PROfESSION.
2-27 HOTEL: A BUILDING IN WHICH LODGING OR BOARDING AND LODGING ARE
PROVIDED AND OffERED TO THE PUBLIC fOR COMPENSATION AND IN WHICH INGRESS AND
EGRESS TO AND fROM ALL ROOMS IS MADE THROUGH AN INSIDE LOBBY OR OffiCE SUPER-
VISED BY A PERSON IN CHARGE AT ALL HOURS, AND AS SUCH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
2-28 INSTITUTION: A BUILDING OCCUPIED BY A NON-PROfiT CORPORATION OR
A NON-PROfiT ESTABLISHMENT fOR PUBLIC USE.
2-29 LOADING SPACE: A SPACE WITHIN THE MAIN BUILDING OR ON THE SAME
LOT THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR THE STANDING, LOADING OR UNLOADING OF TRUCKS, AND
HAVING A MINIMUM DIMENSION Of 12 BY 35 fEET AND A VERTICAL CLEARANCE OF AT LEAST
14 fEET.
2-30 LODGING HOUSE: A BUILDING OTHER THAN A HOTEL WHERE LODGING fOR
THREE (3) OR MORE PERSONS IS PROVIDED fOR COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO PREVIOUS
ARRANGEMENT AND NOT TO ANY ONE WHO MAY APPLY.
2-31 LOT: A PARCEL Of LAND OCCUPIED OR INTENDED fOR OCCUPANCY BY A USE
PERMITTED IN THIS OReINANCE, INCLUDING ONE (1) MAIN BUILDING TOGETHER WITH ITS
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, THE OPEN SPACES AND PARKING SPACES REQUIRED BY THIS
ORDINANCE, AND HAVING ITS PRINCIPAL fRONTAGE UPON A STREET OR UPON AN OfFICIALLY
APPROVED PLACE.
2-32 LOT. CORNER: A LOT ABUTTING UPON TWO (2) OR MORE STREETS AT THEIR
INTERSECTION.
2-33 LOT. DoUBLE FRONTAGE: A LOT HAVING A fRONTAGE ON TWO (2) NON-
INTERSECTING STREETS AS DISTINGUISHED fROM A CORNER LOT.
2-34 LOT Of RECORD: A LOT WHICH IS PART Of A SUBDIVISION, THE MAP Of
WHICH HAS BEEN RECORDED IN THE OffiCE Of THE COUNTY CLERK Of GUADALUPE COUNTY;
OR A PARCEL Of LAND, THE DEED Of WHICH WAS RECORDED IN THE OffiCE Of THE COUNTY
CLERK Of GUADALUPE COUNTY.
2-35 MoTOR COURT OR MOTEL: A BUILDING OR GROUP Of BUILDINGS USED FOR
THE TEMPORARY RESIDENCE Of MOTORISTS OR TRAVELERS.
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2-36 NON-CONFORMING USE: THE USE OF LAND OR A BUILDING, OR PORTION
THEREOf, WHICH USE DOES NOT CONfORM WITH THE USE REGULATIONS Of THE DISTRICT IN
WHICH IT IS SITUATED.
2-37 PARKING AREA: AN OPEN, UNOCCUPIED SPACE USED OR REQUIRED fOR USE
fOR PARKING Of AUTOMOBILES EXCLUSIVELY AND IN WHICH NO GASOLINE OR AUTOMOBILE
ACCESSORIES ARE SOLD OR NO OTHER BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED AND NO fEES ARE CHARGED.
2-38 PARKING SPACE: A SURfACED AREA, ENCLOSED IN THE MAIN BUILDING OR
IN AN ACCESSORY BUILDING, OR UNENCLOSED, HAVING AN AREA Of NOT LESS THAN ONE
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY (180) SQUARE fEET EXCLUSIVE Of DRIVEWAYS, PERMANENTLY RESERVED
fOR THE STORAGE Of ONE AUTOMOBILE AND CONNECTED WITH A STREET OR ALLEY BY A SUR-
FACED DRIVEWAY WHICH AFfORDS SATISfACTORY INGRESS AND EGRESS.
2-39 PLACE: AN OPEN UNOCCUPIED SPACE OR A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE THOROUGH-
fARE OTHER THAN A STREET OR ALLEY PERMANENTLY RESERVED AS THE PRINCIPAL MEANS Of
ACCESS TO ABUTTING PROPERTY.
2-40 ROOMING HOUSE: SEE LODGING HOUSE.
2-41 STORY: THAT PORTION Of A BUILDING, OTHER THAN A BASEMENT, 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.
2-42 STORY, HALF: A PARTIAL STORY UNDER A GABLE, HIP OR GAMBREL ROOf,
THE WALL PLATES Of WHICH ON AT LEAST TWO OPPOSITE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE NOT MORE THAN
FOUR fEET ABOVE THE fLOOR Of SUCH STORY, EXCEPT THAT ANY PARTIAL STORY USED fOR
RESIDENCE PURPOSES, OTHER THAN fOR A JANITOR OR CARETAKER OR HIS fAMILY, OR BY
A fAMILY OCCUPYING THE FLOOR IMMEDIATELY BELOW IT, SHALL BE DEEMED A fULL STORY.
2-43 STREET:
CIPAL MEANS OF ACCESS
A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE THOROUGHfARE WHICH AffORDS THE PRIN-
TO ABUTTING PROPERTY.
2-44 ?TREET LINE: A DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN A LOT, TRACT OR PARCEL Of
LAND AND A CONTIGUOUS STREET.
2.45 STRUCTURE: ANYTHING CONSTRUCTED OR ERECTED, THE USE Of WHICH
REQUIRES MORE OR LESS PERMANENT LOCATION ON THE GROUND OR ATTACHED TO SOMETHING
HAVING A PERMANENT LOCATION ON THE GROUND, INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE
GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, ADVERTISING SIGNS, BILLBOARDS, BACK STOPS fOR
TENNIS COURTS, AND ARBORS.
2-46 STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS: ANY CHANGE WHICH WOULD TEND TO PROLONG
THE LIFE Of A SUPPORTING MEMBER OF A STRUCTURE SUCH AS BEARING WALLS, COLUMNS,
BEAMS OR GIRDERS.
2-47 TOURIST HOME: A BUILDING OTHER THAN A HOTEL WHERE LODGING IS
PROVIDED AND OffERED TO THE PUBLIC FOR COMPENSATION fOR NOT MORE THAN TWENTY
(20) INDIVIDUALS AND OPEN TO TRANSIENT GUESTS.
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2-48 TOURIST OR TRAILER CAMP: AN AREA WHERE ONE (1) OR MORE TENTS OR
AUTO TRAILERS CAN BE OR ARE INTENDED TO BE PARKED, DESIGNED OR INTENDED TO BE
USED AS TEMPORARY L.lVING FACILITIES OF ONE (1) OR MORE FAMILIES, AND INTENDED
PRIMARILY FOR AUTOMOBILE TRANSIENTS.
2-49 YARD: AN OPEN SPACE AT GRADE BETWEEN A BUILDING AND THE ADJOINING
LOT LINES, UNOCCUPIED AND UNOBSTRUCTED BY ANY PORTION OF A STRUCTURE FROM THE
GROUND UPWARD, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN. IN MEASURING A YARD FOR THE
PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE WIDTH OF A SIDE YARD, THE DEPTH OF A FRONT YARD OR THE
DEPTH OF THE REAR YARD, THE MINIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LOT LINE AND
THE MAIN BUILDING SHALL BE USED.
2-50 YARD, FRONT: A YARD EXTENDING ACROSS THE FRONT OF A LOT BETWEEN
THE SIDE LOT LINES, AND BEING THE MINIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE STREET
OR PLACE LINE AND THE MAIN BUILDING OR ANY PROJECTIONS THEREOF OTHER THAN THE
PROJECTIONS OF THE USUAL UNCOVERED STEPS, UNCOVERED BALCONIES, OR UNCOVERED
PORCH. ON CORNER LOTS THE FRONT YARD SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS PARALLEL TO THE
STREET UPON WHICH THE LOT HAS ITS LEAST DIMENSION.
2-51 YARD, REAR: A YARD EXTENDING ACROSS THE REAR OF A LOT AND BEING
THE REQUIRED MINIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE REAR LOT LINE AND THE REAR
OF THE MAIN BUILDING OR ANY PROJECTIONS THEREOF OTHER THAN THE PROJECTIONS OF
UNCOVERED STEPS, UNENCLOSED BALCONIES OR UNENCLOSED PORCHES. ON ALL LOTS THE
REAR YARD SHALL BE IN THE REAR OF THE FRONT YARD.
2-52 YARD, SIDE: A YARD BETWEEN THE MAIN BUILDING AND THE SIDE LINE OF
THE LOT, AND EXTENDING FROM THE REQUIRED FRONT YARD TO THE REQUIRED REAR YARD,
AND BEING THE MINIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN A SIDE LOT LINE AND THE SIDE
OF THE MAIN BUILDINGS OR ANY PROJECTIONS THERETO.
SECTION 3. ESTABLISHMENT Of DISTRICTS AND BOUNDARIES
SECTION 3-1 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ORDINANCE, THE CITY OF SCHERTZ IS HEREBY
DIVIDED INTO EIGHT (8) DISTRICTS AS FOLLOWS:
R-1 SINGLE FAMILY DwELLING DISTRICT
R-2 SINGLE FAMILY DwELLING DISTRICT
R-3 Two-FAMILY DwELLING DISTRICT
R-4 MULTIPLE DwELLING DISTRICT
C-1 LOCAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
C-2 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
M-1 RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
M-2 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
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3-2 THE LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICTS HEREIN ESTABLISHED ARE
SHOWN UPON THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP, WHICH IS HEREBY INCORPORATED INTO AND MADE A
PART OF THIS ORDINANCE. SAID ZONING MAp, TOGETHER WITH ALL NOTATIONS, REFERENCES
AND OTHER INFORMATION SHOWN THEREON AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO, SHALL BE AS MUCH
A PART OF THIS ORD!NANCE AS IF FULLY SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED HEREIN. WHICH ZONING
DISTRICT MAp, PROPERLY ATTESTED IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY.
SECTION 4. RULES FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
WHERE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH RESPECT TO THE BOUNDARIES OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID
DISTRICTS AS SHOWN ON THE ZONING MAp, THE FOLLOWING RULES SHALL APPLY:
4-1 WHERE DISTRiCT BOUNDARIES ARE INDICATED AS APPROXIMATELY FOLLOWING
A STREET OR HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES, SUCH LINES SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO BE SUCH
BOUNDAR I ES.
4-2 WHERE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ARE SO INDICATED THAT THEY APPROXIMATELY
FOLLOW THE LOT LINES, SUCH LOT LINES SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO BE SAID BOUNDARIES.
4-3 WHERE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ARE SO INDICATED THAT THEY ARE APPROXI-
MATELY PARALLEL TO THE CENTER LINES OR STREET LINES OF STREETS, OR THE CENTER
LINES OF RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES OF HIGHWAYS, SUCH DISTRICT BOUNDARIES SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AS BEING PARALLEL THERETO AND AT SUCH DISTANCE THEREFROM AS INDICATED
ON THE ZONING MAp. IF NO DISTANCE IS GIVEN, SUCH DIMENSION SHALL BE DETERMINED
BY THE USE OF THE SCALE ON SAID ZONING MAP.
4-4 IN UNSUBDIVIDED PROPERTY, THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY LINES ON THE ZONING
MAp SHALL BE DETERMINED BY USE OF THE SCALE APPEARING ON THE MAP.
4-5 IN THE CASE OF A DISTRICT BOUNDARY LINE DIVIDING A PROPERTY INTO
TWO PARTS, THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY LINE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO BE THE PROPERTY LINE
NEAREST THE LESS RESTRICTED DISTRICT.
4-6 WHENEVER ANY STREET, ALLEY OR OTHER PUBLIC WAY IS VACATEO BY OFFICIAL
ACTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THE ZONING DISTRICT ADJOINING EACH SIDE OF SUCH
STREET, ALLEY OR PUBLIC WAY SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED TO THE CENTER OF SUCH
VACATION AND ALL AREA INCLUDED IN THE VACATION SHALL THEN AND HENCEFORTH BE SUB-
JECT TO ALL REGULATIONS OF THE EXTENDED DISTRICTS.
SECTION 5. COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS
EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED:
SECTION 5-1 No LAND SHALL BE USED EXCEPT FOR A PURPOSE PERMITTED IN THE DISTRICT
IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED.
5-2 No BUILDING SHALL BE ERECTED, CONVERTED, ENLARGED, RECONSTRUCTED,
MOVED OR STRUCTURALLY ALTERED, NOR SHALL ANY BUILDING BE USED, EXCEPT FOR A USE
PERI41TTED IN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH BUILDING IS LOCATED.
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5-3 No BUILDING SHALL BE ERECTED, CONVERTED, ENLARGED, RECONSTRUCTED
OR STRUCTURALLY ALTERED TO EXCEED THE HEIGHT LIMIT HEREIN ESTABLISHED FOR THE
DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH BUILDING IS LOCATED.
5-4 No BUILDING SHALL BE ERECTED, CONVERTED, ENLARGED, RECONSTRUCTED OR
STRUCTURALLY ALTERED EXCEPT IN CONFORMITY WITH THE AREA REGULATIONS OF THE DIS-
TRICT IN WHICH SUCH BUILDING IS LOCATED.
5-5 No BUILDING SHALL BE ERECTED, OR STRUCTURALLY ALTERED TO THE EXTENT
SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED HEREINAFTER EXCEPT IN CONFORMITY WITH THE OFF-STREET PARK-
ING AND LOADING REGULATIONS OF THE DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH BUILDING IS LOCATED.
5-6 THE MINIMUM YARDS, PARKING SPACES, AND OPEN SPACES, INCLUDING LOT
AREA PER FAMILY, REQUIRED BY THIS ORDINANCE FOR EACH AND EVERY BUILDING EXISTING
AT THE TIME OF PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE OR FOR ANY BUILDING HEREAFTER ERECTED,
SHALL NOT BE ENCROACHED UPON OR CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE YARD OR PARKING SPACE
OR OPEN SPACE REQUIRED FOR ANY OTHER BUILDING, NOR SHALL ANY LOT AREA BE REDUCED
BELOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE FOR THE DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH LOT IS
LOCATED.
5-7
LOCATED ON A
SHALL NOT BE
EVERY BUILDING HEREAFTER ERECTED OR STRUCTURALLY ALTERED SHALL BE
LOT AS HEREIN DEFINED; AND, EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, THERE
MORE THAN ONE MAIN BUILDING ON ONE LOT.
PART II: DISTRICT USE AND AREA REGULATIONS
SECTION 6 "R-1" S!NGLE-FAMILY DWELlIN~ DISTRICT
SECTION 6-1 THE REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION OR SET FORTH ELSEWHERE
IN THIS ORDINANCE WHEN REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION, ARE THE REGULATIONS IN THE
"R_l" SINGLE-FAMILY DwELLING DISTRICT.
6-2 USE REGULATIONS. A BUILDING OR PREMISE SHALL BE USED ONLY fOR THE
fOLLOWING PURPOSES:
A. ONE-FAMILY DwELLING.
B. FARMING AND TRUCK GARDENING AND ORCHARDS PROVIDED THAT ANY STRUCTURE OR
ENCLOSURE FOR THE SHELTER OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY SHALL BE LOCATED NOT LESS
THAN 200 FEET FROM ANY STREET OR LOT LINE.
C. PUBLICLY OWNED OR OPERATED PARK, PLAYGROUND OR COMMUNITY BUILDING, MUSEUM,
LIBRARY OR ART GALLERY.
D. CHURCH OR OTHER PLACE Of WORSHIP OR SUNDAY SCHOOL.
E. PUBLIC OR DENOMINATIONAL ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL, OR A PRIVATE SCHOOL
HAVING A CURRICULUM THE SAME AS ORDINARILY GIVEN IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
F. COUNTRY CLUB OR GOLf COURSE, EXCEPT A GOLF COURSE OR MINIATURE COURSE OR
PRACTICE DRIVING TEE OPERATED fOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
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G. HOME OCCUPATION INCIDENTAL TO A PERMITTED USE PROVIDED SUCH OCCUPATIONS ARE
CONDUCTED IN THE MAIN BUILDING AND ONLY BY A PERSON RESIDENT Of SAID BUILDING.
H. ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE, INCLUDING A PRIVATE GARAGE CUSTOMARILY INCIDENT TO
THE ABOVE USES, BUT NOT INVOLVING THE CONDUCT Of A BUSINESS.
I. A CHURCH OR PUBLIC BULLETIN BOARD OR TEMPORARY SIGN APPERTAINING TO THE LEASE,
HIRE OR SALE Of A BUILDING OR PREMISE, WHICH SIGN OR BULLETIN BOARD SHALL NOT
EXCEED 10 SQUARE fEET IN AREA.
6-3 HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS: THE HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS SET
fORTH IN SECTIONS 14 AND 15 SHALL BE PROVIDED.
6-4 PARK I NG REGULAT IONS: Off-STREET PARK I NG SPACE SHALL. BE PROV I DED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS fOR SPECIPIC USES SET fORTH IN SECTION 16.
SECTION 7. "R-2" SINGLE-FAMILY DWELL!NG DISTRICT
SECTION 7-1 THE REGULATIONS SET fORTH IN THIS SECTION OR SET fORTH ELSEWHERE IN
THIS ORDINANCE WHEN REfERRED TO IN lHI8 SECTION, ARE THE REGULATIONS IN THE
"R-2" SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICTS.
7-2 USE REGULATIONS: A BUILDING OR PREMISES SHALL BE USED ONLY fOR THE
fOLLOWING PURPOSES: ANY USE PERMITTED IN THE "R-1" SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING Dls-
TR ICT.
7-3 HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS: THE HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS SET
fORTH IN SECTIONS 14 AND 15 SHALL BE PROVIDED.
7-4 PARKING REGULATIONS: Off-STREET PARKING SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS fOR SPEClf!C USES SET fORTH IN SECTION 16.
SECTION 8. "R-3" TVJO-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
SECTION 8-1 THE REGULATIONS SET fORTH IN THIS SECTION OR SET fORTH ELSEWHERE IN
THIS ORDINANCE WHEN REfERRED TO IN THIS SECTION ARE THE REGULATIONS IN THE "R-3"
Two-FAMILY DwELLING DISTRICT.
8-2 USE REGULATIONS: A BUILDING OR PREMISES SHALL BE USED ONLY fOR THE
fOLLOWING PURPOSES.
A. ANY USE PERMITTED IN THE "R-2" SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT.
B. Two-FAMILY DWELLING.
8-3 HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS: THE HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS SET
fORTH IN SECTIONS 14 AND 15 SHALL BE PROVIDED.
8-4 PARKING REGULATIONS: Off-STREET PARKING SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS fOR SPECifiC USES SET fORTH IN SECTION 16.
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~ 9-1 THE REGULATIONS
JRDINANCE WHEN REFERRED
lPLE DwELLING DISTRICT.
SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION OR SET FORTH ELSEWHERE IN
TO IN THIS SECTION ARE THE REGULATIONS IN THE "R-4"
9-2 USE REGULATIONS:
FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
A BUILDING OR PREMISES SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE
A. ANY USE PERMITTED IN THE R-3 Two-fAMILY DwELLING DISTRICT.
B. MULTIPLE DwELLING.
C. INSTITUTION OF A RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, CHARITABLE OR PHILANTHROPIC NATURE,
BUT NDT A PENAL OR MENTAL INSTITUTION.
D. HOSPITAL OR SANITARIUM, EXCEPT A CRIMINAL, MENTAL OR ANIMAL HOSPITAL.
E. NURSING OR CONVALESCENT HOME.
f. PRIVATE CLUB, FRATERNITY, SORORITY OR LODGE, EXCEPTING ONE THE CHIEF ACTIVITY
OF WHICH IS A SERVICE CUSTOMARILY CARRIED ON AS A BUSINESS.
G. ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE CUSTOMARILY INCIDENTAL TO ANY OF THE ABOVE USES,
INCLUDING A STORAGE GARAGE ON A LOT OCCUPIED BY A MULTIPLE DWELLING, HOSPITAL
OR INSTITUTION.
9-3 HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS: THE HEIGHT AND AREA REQUIREMENT SET
FORTH IN SECTIONS 14 ANO 15 SHALL BE OBSERVED.
9-4 PARKING REGULATIONS: OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC USES SET FORTH IN SECTION 16.
SECTION 10. "C-l" LOCAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
SECTION 10-1 THE REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION OR SET FORTH ELSEWHERE IN
THIS ORDINANCE WHEN REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION ARE THE "C-l" LOCAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT.
10-2 USE REGULATIONS. A BUILDING OR PREMISE SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE
FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
A.
ANY USE PERMITTED IN THE "R-4" MULTIPLE DwELLING DISTRICT.
ADVERTISING SIGNS USED IN CONNECTION WITH A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT.~
B.
C.
AUTOMOBILE PARKING LOT.
D.
BANK.
E.
BAKERY BUT ONLY WHEN THE PRODUCTS ARE SOLD AT RETAIL ON THE PREMISES.
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F. DISPLAY ROOM fOR MERCHANDISE TO BE SOLD AT WHOLESALE WHERE MERCHANDISE SOLD
IS STORED ELSEWHERE.
G. CLINIC.
H. DRESSMAKING, TAILORING, SHOE REPAIRING, REPAIR Of HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND
BICYCLES, CATERING, DRY CLEANING AND PRESSING, BARBER SHOPS, BEAUTY PARLORS,
PHOTOGRAPHIC OR ARTIST STUDIOS, MESSENGERS, TAXICABS, NEWSPAPER OR TELEGRAPHIC
SERVICE STATIONS, DRY CLEANING RECEIVING STATIONS, RESTAURANTS, AND OTHER PERSONAL
SERVICE USES Of A SIMILAR CHARACTER.
K. PRIVATE SCHOOL.
L. RETAIL STORE, IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH STORE, THERE SHALL BE NO S:.AUGHTERING
Of ANIMALS OR POULTRY ON THE PREMISES.
M. LAUNDROMAT.
N. UNDERTAKING BUSINESS OR ESTABLISHMENT.
O. FLORIST SHOP OR GREENHOUSE.
P. DANCING OR MUSIC ACADEMY.
Q. FROZEN fOOD LOCKER.
R. OffiCES AND OfFICE BUILDINGS.
s. MOTEL OR TOURIST HOME. HOTEL.
T. PARKING OR PUBLIC GARAGE.
U. THEATERS (EXCEPT DRIVE-IN THEATER).
V. USED CAR SALES OR STORAGE LOT WHEN LOCATED AT LEAST 100 fEET fROM ANY "R"
DISTRICT.
w. ANY OTHER LOCAL BUSINESS USE SUPPLYING THE EVERYDAY SHOPPING NEEDS Of
IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SUBJECT TO THE fOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
(1) THAT IT BE CONDUCTED
(2) THAT REQUIRED
OR fOR THE STORAGE
WHOLLY WITHIN AN ENCLOSED BUILDING.
YARDS BE NOT USED fOR DISPLAY, SALE OR STORAGE Of MERCHANDISE,
Of VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, CONTAINERS OR WASTE MATERIAL.
(3) THAT ALL MERCHANDISE BE fiRST-HAND AND BE SOLD AT RETAIL ON THE PREMISES.
(4) THAT SUCH USE BE NOT OBJECTIONABLE BECAUSE Of ODOR, EXCESSIVE LIGHT, SMOKE,
DUST, NOISE, VIBRATION, PRESENCE Of VERMIN OR RODENTS, OR SIMILAR NUISANCE.
QUESTIONABLE USES SHALL BE RULED ON BY THE ZONING BOARD Of ADJUSTMENT.
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10-3 HE I GHT AND AREA REGULAT IONS: THE HE IGHT AND A!lEA REGULAT IONS
SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 14 AND 15 SHALL BE PROVIDED AND IN ADDITION EVERY BUILD-
ING OR PORTION THEREOF USED SEPARATELY FOR DWELLING PURPOSES SHALL COMPLY WITH
THE SIDE AND REAR YARD AND LOT AREA PER FAMILY REQUIREMENTS OF THE R-4 MULTI-
FAMILY RESIDENCE 'ISTRICT.
10-4
SPACES SHALL
SET FORTH IN
PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS:
BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
SECTION 16.
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC USES
SECTION 11. "C-2" GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
SECTION 11-1 THE REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION OR SET FORTH ELSEWHERE
IN THIS ORDINANCE WHEN REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION ARE THE REGULATIONS IN THE
C-2 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
11-2 USE REGULATIONS: A BUILDING OR PREMISES SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR
THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
A. ANY USE PERMITTED IN THE C-1 LOCAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.~
B. AUTO REPAIR GARAGE AND SEAT COVERS.
C. BAKERI ES.
D. PRINTING OR ENGRAVING PLANTS.
E. CANDY MANUFACTURING.
F. CARPENTER SHOP.
G. CLEANING AND DYEING PLANTS.
H. ENGRAVING.
I. WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS.
J. JEWELRY MANUFACTURING.
K. LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS YARDS.
L. CREAMERY, I CE CREAM MANUFACTUR I NG AND DAIRY OPERAT IONS.
M. WAREHOUSES.
N. ICE PLANTS.
O. TIRE SHOP.
P. AUTOMOBILE OR TRAILER DISPLAY AND SALES ROOMS.
Q. BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL SCHOOL.
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R. FARM IMPLEMENT DISPLAY AND SALES ROOM.
S. MILK DISTRIBUTING STATION.
T. RADIO OR TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATION OR STUDIO.
U. VETERINARIAN OR ANIMAL HOSPITAL OR RIDING ACADEMY PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH
BUILDING, KENNEL OR EXERCISE RUNWAY SHALL BE CLOSER THAN 100 FEET TO ANY
"R" DISTRICT.
V. ANY SIMILAR USES WHICH ARE NOT LIKELY TO CREATE ANY MORE OFFENSIVE NOISE,
VIBRATION, DUST, HEAT, SMOKE, ODOR, GLARE, OR OTHER OBJECTIONABLE INFLUENCES
THAN THE MINIMUM AMOUNT NORMALLY RESULTING FROM OTHER USES PERMITTED, SUCH
PERMITTED USES BEING GENERALLY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE, SERVICE INDUSTRIES
AND LIGHT INDUSTRIES THAT MANUFACTURE, PROCESS, STORE AND DISTRIBUTE GOODS
AND MATERIALS AND ARE IN GENERAL DEPENDENT ON RAW MATERIALS REFINED ELSEWHERE.
(QUESTIONABLE USES SHALL BE RULED UPON BY THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT).
11-3 HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS: THE HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS SET
FORTH IN SECTIONS 14 AND 15 SHALL BE PROVIDED AND IN ADDITION EVERY BUILDING
OR PORTION THEREOF USED FOR DWELLING PURPOSES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE SIDE AND
REAR YARD AND LOT AREA PER FAMILY REQUIREMENTS OF THE R-4 MULTIPLE DwELLING
DISTRICT.
11-4 PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS: OFF-STREET LOADING SPACES
SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 16.
SECTION 12 "M-l" RESTRICTED INnusTRIAL DISTRICT
SECTION 12-1 THE REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION OR SET FORTH ELSEWHERE
IN THIS ORDINANCE WHEN REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION ARE THE REGULATIONS IN THE
"M-1" RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
12-2 USE REGULATIONS: A BUILDING OR PREMISES SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR
THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:
A., ANY USE PERMITTED IN THE C-2 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT EXCEPT, WHENEVER 40
PER CENT OR MORE OF A BLOCK OR TRACT OF LAND IN THE M-1 DISTRICT IS VACANT
OR OCCUPIED BY STRUCTURES THAT ARE OF NON-RESIDENTIAL USE, THEN NO NEW
RESIDENTIAL UNITS MAY BE PERMITTED WITHIN THAT BLOCK OR TRACT.
B. ApPAREL AND OTHER PRODUCTS ASSEMBLED FROM FINISHED TEXTILES.
C. BOTTLING WORKS.
D. CARTING, EXPRESS, HAULING OR STORAGE YARD.
E. COSMETIC MANUFACTURE.
F. CONTRACTOR'S YARD.
G. DRUGS AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING.
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H. ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ASSEMBLY.
I. GLASS PRODUCTS, FROM PREVIOUSLY MANUFACTURED GLASS.
J. HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE PRODUCTS ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURE FROM PREFABRICATED
PARTS.
K. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURE.
L. PLASTIC PRODUCTS MANUFACTURE, BUT NOT INCLUDING THE PROCESSING OF RAW
MATER IALS.
M. PETROLEUM STORAGE, BUT ONLY AFTER THE LOCATION AND TREATMENT OF THE PREMISES
HAVE SEEN APPROVED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL.
H. DRIVE-IN THEATERS.
O. SPORTING AND ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE.
P. INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING PLANTS INCLUDING THE PROCESSING OR ASSEMBLING
OF PARTS FOR PRODUCTION OF FINISHED EQUIPMENT WHERE THE PROCESS OF MA~UFACTURING
OR TREATMENT OF MATERIALS IS SUCH THAT ONLY A NOMINAL AMOUNT OF DUST, ODOR, GAS,
SMOKE OR NOISE IS EMITTED AND NOT MORE THAN TEN (10) PER CENT OF THE LOT OR
TRACT IS USED FOR THE OPEN STORAGE OF PRODUCTS, MATERIALS OR EQUIPMENT.
Q. TESTING AND RESEARCH LABORATORIES.
R. WOOD YARD.
12-3 HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS: THE HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS
SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 14 AND 15 SHALL BE PROVIDED AND IN ADDITION ANY BUILDING
THAT MAY BE USED FOR DWELLING PURPOSES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE SIDE AND REAR
YARD AND LOT AREA PER FAMILY REGULATIONS OF THE R-4 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCE
DI,STRICT.
12-4 PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS:
SPACES SIlALL BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
SET FORTH IN SECTION 16.
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC USES
SECTION 13 IM_2" INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
SECTION 13-1 THE REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION OR SET FORTH ELSEWHERE
IN THIS ORDINANCE WHEN REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION ARE THE REGULATIONS IN THE
M-2 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
13-2 USE REGULATIONS: ANY BUILDING OR PREMISES MAY BE USED FOR ANY
PURPOSE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH ANY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ REGULATING
NUISANCES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO BUILDING SHALL BE ERECTED, RECONSTRUCTED,
OR STRUCTURALLY ALTERED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, EXCEPT FOR RESIDENT WATCHMEN
AND CARETAI(ERS EMPLOYED ON THE PREMISES; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO BUILDING
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OR OCCUPANCY PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING USES UNTIL AND
UNLESS THE LOCATION OF SUCH USE SHALL HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION AFTER REPORT BY THE MAYOR AND THE fIRE MARSHAL.
A. ACID MANUFACTURE.
B. CEMENT, LIME, GYPSUM OR PLASTER OF PARIS MANUFACTURE.
C. DISTILLATION OF BONES AND GLUE MANUFACTURE.
D. EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE.
E. fAT RENDERING AND FERTILIZER MANUFhCTURE.
f. GARBAGE, OFFAL, OR D~AD ANIMALS, REDUCTION OR DUMPING.
G. PETROLEUM, OR ITS PRODUCTS, REFINING OF.
H. SMELTING OF TIN, COPPER, ZINC, OR IRON ORES, AND OTliER METALS.
I. STOCKYARDS OR SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS.
J. AUTO WRECKING YARDS AND JUNK YARDS BUT ONLY WHEN THE PREMISES UPON WHICH
SUCH ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED ARE WHOLLY ENCLOSED WITHIN A BUILDING OR BY A
WeODEN FENCE NOT LESS THAN EIGHT (8) FEET IN HEIGHT AND IN WHICH THE OPENINGS
OR CRACKS ARE LESS THAN FIFTEEN (15) PER CENT OF THE TOTAL AREA.
K. OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGNS, EXCEPT THAT THEY SHALL NOT BE WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED ~
(500) FEET OF ANY R-1, R-2, OR R-3, OR R-4 DISTRICT.
L. GRAVEL EXCAVATION AND OPEN LAND MINING.
13-3 HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS: THE HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS SET
FORTH IN SECTIONS 14 AND 15 SHALL BE OBSERVED.
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SPACES SHALL
SET FORTH IN
PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS: OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC USES
SECTION 16.
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SECTION 14 HE IGrlr AND MlEA REQUI REMENTS
YARD
MAx I MUM HE IGHT MINIMUM LOT .. EiT'H'Eii AGGREGATES OF
DISTRICT TYPE OF USE STOR I ES FEET ~ WIDTH DEPTH FRONT REAR SIDE SIDE YARDS
"R-l" SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING 2-1/2 35 7200 60' 120' 30' 20' 6' 14'
ACCESSORY USES
"R-2" SINGLE-FAMILY DwELLING 2-1/2 35 6000 50' 100' 25' 15' 5' 12'
ACCESSORY USES
"R-3" SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING 6000 50' laO'
Two-FAMILY DwELLING 2-1/2 35 6000 50' 100' 25' 15' 5' 12'
ACCESSORY USES
"R-4" SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING 6000 50' 100'
Two-FAMILY DwELLING 3 45(1) 6000 50' 100' 25' 15' 5' 12'
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING 2000 50' 100'
ACCESSORY USES PER/UNIT
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lie_lit RESIDENTIAL USES SAME 3 45(1) SAME "R-4" 25' 5' 12' \.0
AS ~
As "R-4" I
LOCAL BUSINESS NONE 25' NONE(3)'--(2) NONE
"C-2" RESIDENTIAL USES SAME (1 ) SAME AS "R-4" 25' 15' 5' 12'
As "R-4"
GENERAL BUSINESS 10 125(5) NONE NONEt4 ) --(3) --(2) NONE
"M-l" RESIDENTIAL USE RE- (1 ) SAME AS "R-4" 25' 15' 5' 12'
STRICTED As "R-4"
RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL 8 100(6) NONE NONE(4) "--(3) NONE
"M-2" INDUSTRIAL 8 100(6) NONE NONE --(3) --(2) NONE
RESIDENTIAL USE
NOT PERMITTED
(1)
A BUILDING MAY BE ERECTED TO A HEIGHT OF EIGHT STORIES AND 100 FEET IF SET BACK FROM ALL REQUIRED
YARD LINES A DISTANCE OF 1 FOOT FOR EACH TWO FEET OF ADDITIONAL HEIGHT ABOVE 45 FEET.
No SIDE YARD SHALL BE REQUIRED EXCEPT THAT A SIDE YARD OF NOT LESS THAN 6 FEET IN WIDTH SHALL BE
PROVIDED ON THE SIDE OF A LOT ADJOINING A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(2)
(3) No REAR YARD REQUIRED EXCEPT THAT A REAR YARD OF NOT LESS THAN 15 FEET IN DEPTH SHALL BE PROVIDED
UPON THAT PORTION OF A LOT ABUTTING UPON A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(4) No FRONT YARD OR SET BACK IS REQUIRED EXCEPT ~/HERE A LOT ADJOINS A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, IN WHICH
INSTANCE THE FRONT YARD IN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR A DISTANCE OF NOT LESS
THAN 25 FEET FROM THE BOUNDARY OF SAID RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
(5)
BUILDINGS MAY EXCEED TEN STORIES OR 125 FEET IF SET BACK 1 FOOT FOR EVERY 2 FEET OF HEIGHT ABOVE
125 FEET BUT IN NO CASE SHALL THE HEIGHT OF A BUILDING EXCEED THE TOTAL OF THE STREET WIDTH ON WHICH
IT FACES PLUS THE DEPTH OF THE FRONT YARD.
(6)
WHENEVER A BUILDING IN AN "M_l" OR lM_2" DISTRICT ADJOINS OR ABUTS A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, SUCH BUILDING
SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE STOR I ES OR 45 FEET . N HE IGHT UNLESS IT I S SET BACK 1 FO.OT FROMTTHE REQU I RED S I DE
AND REAR YARD LINES rOR EACH FOOT Of ADDITIONAL HEIGHT ABOVE 45 fEET.
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SECTION 15 HEIGHT AND AREA EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
SECTION 15-1 HEIGHT.
A. THE HEIGHT REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED HEREIN SHALL NOT APPLY TO TELEVISION AND
RADIO TOWERS, CHURCH SPIRES, BELFRIES, MONUMENTS, TANKS, WATER AND FIRE
TOWERS, STAGE TOWERS OR SCENERY LOFTS, COOLING TOWERS, ORNAMENTAL TOWERS
AND SPIRES, CHIMNEYS, ELEVATOR BULKHEADS, SMOKE-STACKS, CONVEYORS AND FLAG
POLES.
B. PUBLIC, SEMI-PUB~IC'-OR PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, INSTITUTIONS
OR SCHOOLS, WHERE PERMITTED, MAY BE ERECTED TO A HEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 60
FEET AND CHURCHES AND TEMPLES MAY BE ERECTED TO A HEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 75
FEET WHEN THE REQUIRED SIDE AND REAR YARDS ARE EACH INCREASED BY ONE FOOT
FOR EACH FOOT OF ADDITIONAL BUILDING HEIGHT ABOVE THE HEIGHT REGULATIONS FOR
THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE BUILDING IS LOCATED.
C. THE LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF STORIES SHALL NOT APPLY TO BUILDINGS USED
EXCLUSIVELY FOR STORAGE PURPOSES PROVIDED SUCH BUILDINGS DO NOT EXCEED THE
HEIGHT IN FEET PERMITTED IN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED.
15-2 FRONT YARDS.
A. WHEN 40 PER CENT OR MORE OF THE FRONTAGE ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET BETWEEN
TWO INTERSECTING STREETS IS IMPROVED WITH BUILDINGS THAT HAVE A FRONT YARD
WHICH IS GREATER OR LESS THAN THE REQUIRED FRONT YARD IN THE DISTRICT, NO
BUILDING SHALL PROJECT BEYOND THE AVERAGE FRONT YARD SO ESTABLISHED; PRO-
VIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A FRONT YARD DEPTH SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO EXCEED 50
PER CENT IN EXCESS OF THE fRONT YARD OTHERWISE REQUIRED IN THE DISTRICT IN
WHICH THE LOT IS LOCATED.
B. ON LOTS HAVING DOUBLE FRONTAGE THE REQUIRED FRONT YARD SHALL BE PROVIDED
ON BOTH STREETS.
C. IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT NO FENCE, STRUCTURE, OR PLANTING HIGHER THAN
THREE AND ONE-HALf fEET ABOVE THE ESTABLISHED STREET GRADES SHALL BE MAINTAINED
WITHIN 20 FEET OF ANY STREET INTERSECTION.
D. AN OPEN, UNCOVERED PORCH OR PAVED TERRACE MAY PROJECT INTO A REQUIRED fRONT
YARD fOR A DISTANCE Of NOT MORE THAN 10 FEET, BUT THIS SHALL NOT BE INTERPRETED
TO INCLUDE OR PERMIT FIXED CANOPIES,
E. FILLING STATION PUMPS AND PUMP ISLANDS MAY BE LOCATED WITHIN A REQUIRED
YARD PROVIDED THEY ARE NOT LESS THAN 15 fEET FROM ANY PROPERTY LINE AND NOT
LESS THAN 50 FEET fROM THE BOUNDARY Of ANY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
F. Off-STREET PARKING fACILITIES MAY BE LOCATED WITHIN THE REQUIRED fRONT
YARD Of ANY C OR M DISTRICT BUT SHALL NOT BE NEARER THAN 50 FEET TO ANY R
DISTRICT AND NO OfF-STREET PARKING SHALL BE PERMITTED IN THE REQUIRED FRONT
YARD Of ANY R,DISTRICT.
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15-3 SIDE YARDS,
A. ON A CORNER LOT THE WIDTH OF THE YARD ALONG THE SIDE STREET SHALL NOT
BE LESS THAN ANY REQUIRED FRONT YARD ON SUCH STREET, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
THE BUILDABLE WIDTH OF A LOT OF RECORD SHALL NOT BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 32
FEET.
B. No ACCESSORY BUILDING SHALL PROJECT BEYONO A REQUIRED YARD LINE ALONG ANY
STREET.
C. WHERE DWELLING UNITS ARE'ERECTED ABOVE COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT, NO SIDE
YARD IS REQUIRED EXCEPT WHEN REQUIRED FOR THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON THE SIDE
OF A LOT ADJOINING A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
D. A PORTE-COCHERE OR CANOPY MAY PROJECT INTO A REQUIRED SIDE YARD PROVIDED
EVERY PART OF SUCH PORTE-COCHERE OR CANOPY IS UNENCLOSED AND NOT LESS THAN
FIVE FEET FROM ANY SIDE LOT LINE.
E. FOR THE PURPOSE OF SIDE YARD REGULATIONS, A TWO-FAMILY DWELLING OR MULTIPLE
DWELLING SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS ONE BUILDING OCCUPYING ONE LOT.
F. WHERE A LOT OF RECORD AT THE TIME OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE
IS LESS THAN 50'FEET IN WIDTH THE REQUIRED SlOE YARD MAY BE REDUCED TO 10
PER CENT OF THE WIDTH OF THE LOT, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO SIDE YARD SHALL
Ell:: LESS THAN THR~ FEET.
G. COMMUNITY BUILDINGS, MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, ART GALLERIES AND OTfIER PERMITTED
PUBLIC BUILDINGS SHALL BE LOCATED NOT LESS THAN 40 FEET FROM ANY SIDE LOT
LINE WHEN LOCATED IN AN R-1 RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
H. CHURCHES SHALL BE LOCATED NOT LESS THAN 50 FEET FROM ANY SIDE LOT LINE
WHEN LOCATED IN AN R-1 RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
I. A PUBLIC OR DENOMINATIONAL ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL
SHALL BE LOCATED NOT LESS THAN 150 FEET FROM ANY SIDE LOT LINE WHEN LOCATED
IN THE R-1 RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
15-4 REAR YARDS.
A. WHERE A LOT ABUTS UPON AN ALLEY, ONE-HALF THE ALLEY WIDTH MAY BE CONSIDERED
AS PART OF THE REQUIRED REAR YARD.
B. AN ACCESSORY BUILDING NOT EXCEEDING 20 FEET IN HEIGHT MAY OCCUpy
NOT TO EXCEED 30 PER CENT OF A REQUIRED REAR YARD AND UNENCLOSED PARKING
SPACES MAY OCCUpy NOT TO EXCEED 90 PER CENT OF THE AREA OF A REQUIRED REAR
YARD BUT NO ACCESSORY BUILDING SHALL BE CLOSER THAN 10 FEET TO THE MAIN
BUILDING NOR CLOSER THAN THRE~ FEET TO ANY REAR LOT LINE.
C. THE ORDINARY PROJECTIONS OF SILLS, BELT COURSES, CORNICES AND ORNAMENTAL
FEATURES MAY EXTEND TO A DISTANCE NOT TO EXCEED 18 INCHES INTO A REQUIRED
YARD.
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D. OPEN OR LATTICE-ENCLOSED FIRE ESCAPES, OUTSIDE STAIRWAYS AND BALCONIES
OPENING UPON FIRE TOWERS, ANO THE ORDINARY PROJECTIONS OF CHIMNEYS AND FLUES
INTO A REAR YARO MAY BE PERMITTED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR A DISTANCE
NOT TO EXCEED FIVE FEET WHEN THESE ARE SO PLACED AS NOT TO OBSTRUCT LIGHT
AND VENTILATION.
15-5 LOT AREA PER FAMILY: WHERE A LOT OF RECORD AT THE TIME OF THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE HAS LESS AREA OR WIDTH THAN HEREIN REQUIRED
IN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED, AND THE OWNER OF SUCH LOT DOES NOT
OWN ANY OTHER PARCEL OR TRACT ADJACENT THERETO, SAID LOT MAY BE USED FOR A
ONE-FAMILY DWELLING OR FOR ANY NON-DWELLING USE PERMITTED IN THE DISTRICT IN
WHICH IT IS LOCATED.
SECTION 16 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 16-1 IN ALL DISTRICTS THERE SHALL BE PROVIDED AT THE TIME ANY BUILD-
ING OR STRUCTURE IS ERECTED OR STRUCTURALLY ALTERED, OFF-STREET PARKING
SPACES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCRE!I)UE:E: 'j$
A. DWELLINGS, INCLUDING SINGLE: AND TWO-FAMILY AND MULTIPLE-FAMILY: ONE
PARKING SPACE FOR EACH DWELLING UNIT.
8. ROOMING OR BOARDING HOUSE: ONE: PARKING SPACE FOR EACH TWO SLEEPING ROOMS.
C, FRATERNITY OR SORORITY: ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EACH SIX BEDS.
D. PRIVATE CLUB OR LODGE: ONE: PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY FIVE MEMBERS.
E. CHURCH OR TEMPLE:
TOR1UM.
ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EACH SIX SEATS IN THE MAIN AUDI-
F. SCHOOL. (EXCEPT HIGH
SEATS IN THE AUDITORIUM
WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
SCHOOL OR COLLEGE): ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EACH TEN
OR MAIN ASSEMBLY ROOM, OR ONE SPACE FOR EACH CLASSROOM,
G. COLLEGE OR HIGH SCHOOLS: ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EACH EIGHT SEATS IN THE
MAIN AUDITORIUM OR THREE SPACES FOR EACH CLASSROOM, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
H. COUNTRY CLUB OR GOLF CLUB: ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EACH FIVE MEMBERS.
I. COMMUNITY CENTER, LIBRARY, MUSEUM OR ART GALLERY: TEN PARKING SPACES PLUS
ONE ADD I T 10NAL SPACE FOR EACH 300 SQUARE FEET ,Of fLOOR AREA I N EXCESS Of 2,000
SQUA AE fEET.
J. HOSPITAL: ONE PARKING SPACE fOR EACH FOUR BEDS.
K. SANITORIUM, CONVALESCENT HOME, HOME fOR THE AGED OR SIMILAR INSTITUTION:
ONE PARKING SPACE fOR EACH SIX BEDS.
L. THEATER OR AUDITORIUM (EXCEPT SCHOOL): ONE PARKING SPACE fOR EACH fiVE SEAT'
OR BENCH SEATING SPACES.
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M. SPORTS ARENA, STADIUM, OR GYMNASIUM: ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EACH FIVE
SEATS OR SEATING SPACES.
N. HOTEL: ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EACH THREE SLEEPING ROOMS OR SUITES PLUS
ONE SPACE FOR EACH 200 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL FLOOR AREA CONTAINED THEREIN.
O. TOURIST HOME, CABIN OR MOTEL: ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EACH SLEEPING ROOM OR
SUITE.
P. DANCE HALL, ASSEMBLY OR EXHIBITION HALL WITHOUT FIXED SEATS: ONE PARKING
SPACE FOR EACH 100 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA USED THEREFOR.
Q. BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, STUDIO, BANK, MEDICAL OR DENTAL CLINIC:
THREE PARKING SPACES PLUS ONE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE FOR EACH 400 SQUARE
FEET OF FLOOR AREA OVER 1,000.
R. BOWLING ALLEY: FIVE PARKING SPACES FOR EACH ALLEY.
S. MORTUARY OR FUNERAL HOME: ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EACH 50 SQUARE FEET OF
FLOOR SPACE IN SLUMBER ROOMS, PARLORS OR INDIVIDUAL FUNERAL SERVICE ROOMS.
T. RESTAURANT; NIGHT CLUB, CAFE OR SIMILAR RECREATION OR AMUSEMENT ESTABLISH-
MENT: ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EACH 100 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA.
U, RETAiL STORE OR PERSONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECI-
FIED HEREIN: ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EACH 200 SQUARECFEET OF FLOOR AREA.
V. FURNITURE OR APPLIANCE STORE, HARDWARE STORE, WHOLESALE EST~BLISHMENTS,
MACHINERY OR EQUIPMENT SALES AND SERVICE, CLOTHING OR SHOE REPAIR OR SERVICE
SHOP: Two PARKING SPACES PLUS ONE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE FOR EACH 300
SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA OVER 1,000.
W. PRINTING OR PLUMBING SHOP OR SIMILAR SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT: ONE PARKING
SPACE FOR EACH THREE PERSONS EMPLOYED THEREIN.
X. MANUFACTURING OR INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT, RESEARCH OR TESTING LABORATORY,
CREAMERY, BOTTLING PLANT, WAREHOUSE OR SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENT: ONE PARKING SPACE
FOR EACH TWO EMPLOYEES ON THE MAXIMUM WORKING SHIFT PLUS SeACE TO ACCOMMODATE
ALL TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
16-3 IN COMPUTING THE NUMBER OF SUCH PARKING SPACES REQUIRED, THE
FOLLOWING RULES SHALL GOVERN:
A. "FLOOR AREA" SHALL MEAN THE GROSS FLOOR AREA OF THE SPECIFIC USE.
B. WHERE FRACTIONAL SPACES RESULT, THE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED SHALL BE CONSTRU'
ED TO BE THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER.
c. THE PARKING SPACE REQUIREMENT FOR A USE NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED HEREIN
SHALL BE THE SAME AS REQUIRED FOR A USE OF SIMILAR NATURE AS DETERMINED BY
THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
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D. WHENEVER A BUILDING OR USE CONSTRUCTED OR ESTABLISHED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS CHANGED OR ENLARGED IN FLOOR AREA, NUMBER OF
EMPLOYEES, NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS, SEATING CAPACITY OR OTHERWISE, TO CREATE
A NEED FOR AN INCREASE OF TEN PER CENT OR MORE IN THE NUMBER OF EXISTING
PARKING SPACES, SUCH SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED ON THE BASIS OF THE ENLARGEMENT
OR CHANGE. WHENEVER A BUILDING OR USE EXISTING PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS ORDINANCE IS ENLARGED IN FLOOR AREA OR IN THE AREA USED, SAID IMPROVE-
MENTS OR USES SHALL THEN AND THEREAFTER COMPLY WITH THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS
SET FORTH HEREIN.
E. IN THE CASE OF MIXED USES, THE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED SHALL EQUAL THE
SUM OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE VARIOUS USES COMPUTED SEPARATELY.
16-4 ALL PARKING SPACES REQUIRED HEREIN SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE SAME
LOT WITH THE BUII.DING OR USE SERVED, EXCEPT THAT WHERE AN INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF SPACES IS REQUIRED BY A CHANGE OR ENLARGEMENT OF USE OR WHERE SUCH
SPACES ARE PROVI,DED COLLEC1'IVELY OR USED JOINTLY BY TWO OR MORE BUILDINGS OR
ESTABLISHMENTS, THE REQUIRED SPACES MAY BE LOCATED NOT TO EXCEED 300 FEET
FROM AN INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING SERVED AND NOT TO EXCEED 500 FEET FROM ANY
OTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SERVED.
A. NOT MORE THAN 50 PER CENT OF THE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED FOR (1) THEATERS,
BOWLING ALLEYS, DANCE HALLS, NIGHT CLUBS OR CAFES, AND UP TO 100 PER CENT OF
THE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED FOR A CHURCH OR SCHOOL AUDITORIUM MAY BE PROVIDED
AND USED JOINTLY BY (2) BANKS, OFFICES, RETAIL STORES, REPAIR SHOPS, SERVICE
ESTABLISHMENTS AND SIMILAR USES NOT NORMALLY OPEN, USED OR OPERATED DURING
THE SAME HOURS AS THOSE LISTED IN (1); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WRITTEN
AGREEMENT THERETO IS PROPERLY EXECUTED AND FILED AS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH
"B" OF THIS SECTION.
B. IN ANY CASE WHERE THE REQUIRED PARKING SPACES ARE NOT LOCATED ON THE SAME
LOT WITH THE BU I LD I NG OR USE SERVED, OR WHERE SUCH SPACES ARE COL,LECT I VEL Y
OR JOINTLY PROVIDED AND USED, A WRITTEN AGREEMENT THEREBY ASSURING THEIR
RETENTION FOR SUCH PURPOSES, SHALL BE PROPERLY DRAWN AND EXECUTED BY THE
PARTIES CONCERNED, APPROVED AS TO FORM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND SHALL BE
FILED WITH THE APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT.
16-5 EVERY BUILDING OR PART THEREOF ERECTED OR OCCUPIED FOR RETAIL
BUSINESS, SERVICE, MANUFACTURING, STORAGE, WAREHOUSING, HOTEL, MORTUARY, OR
ANY OTHER USE SIMILARLY INVOLVING THE RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTION BY VEHICLES OF
MATERIALS OR MERCHANDISE, SHALL PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON THE SAME PREMISES
LOADING SPACE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
A. IN THE C-l LOCAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ONE LOADING SPACE FOR THE FIRST 5,000
TO 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA IN THE BUILDING AND ONE ADDITIONAL LOADING
SPACE FOR EACH 15,000 SQUARE FEET, OR FRACTION THEREOF, OF FLOOR AREA IN EX-
CESS OF 15,000 SQUARE FEET.
B. IN THE C-2 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND IN THE M-l AND M-2 INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICTS ONE LOADING SPACE FOR EACH 10,000 SQUARE FEET OR FRACTION THEREOF,
OF fLOOR AREA IN THE BUILDING.
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16-6 MINIMUM DIMENSIONS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING.
A. 90 DEGREE ANG~E PARKING: EACH PARKING SPACE SHAL~ BE NOT LESS THAN EIGHT
(8) FEET WIDE NOR LESS THAN SEVENTEEN (17) FEET IN LENGTH. MANUEVERING SPACE
SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-THREE (23) FEET IN LENGTH.
B. 60 DEGREE ANGLE PARKING: EACH PARKING SPACE SHA~~ BE NOT LESS THAN EIGHT
(8) FEET WIDE PERPENDICULAR TO THE PARKING ANGLE NOR ~ESS THAN EIGHTEEN (18)
FEET IN LENGTH WHEN MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE BUILDING OR PARKING LINE.
MANEUVERING SPACE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN EIGHTEEN (18) FEET PERPENDICULAR TO
THE BUI~DING OR PARKING LINE.
c. 45 DEGREE ANGLE PARKING: EACH PARKING SPACE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN EIGHT
(8) FEET WIDE PERPENDICU~AR TO THE PARKING ANG~E NOR ~ESS THAN SEVENTEEN (17)
FEET IN LENGTH WHEN MEASURED AT RIGHT ANG~ES TO THE BUI~DING OR PARKING ~INE.
MANEUVERING SPACE SHA~~ BE NOT ~ESS THAN FIFTEEN (15) FEET PERPENDICULAR TO
THE BUILDING OR PARKING LINE.
D. WHEN OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES ARE LOCATED ADJACENT TO A PUBLIC ALLEY,
THE WIDTH OF SAID ALLEY MAY BE ASSUMED TO BE A PORTION OF THE MANUVERING SPACE
REQU I REMENT.
E, A PRIVATE WALK, IF PROVIDED ADJACENT TO A BUSINESS BUILDING, SHALL BE NOT
LESS THAN FIVE (5) FEET IN WIDTH AND SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE MINIMUM
REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING AND MANUVERING SPACE HEREIN REQUIRED.
F. WHERE OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED IN EXCESS OF THE MINIMUM
AMOUNTS HEREIN SPECIFIED, OR WHEN OFF-STREET PARKING FACI~ITIES ARE PROVIDED
BUT NOT REQUIRED BY THIS ORDINANCE, SAID OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES SHALL
COMPLY WITH THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING AND MANUVERING SPACE HEREIN
SPEC IFI ED.
SECTION 17 SPECIAL USE REGULATIONS
SECTION 17-1 SPECIAL USES:
A. THE CITY COMMISSION BY AN AFFIRMATIVE TWO-THIRDS VOTE MAY BE
ORDINANCE GRANT A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR THE FO~LOWING SPECIAL USES IN ANY
DISTRICT AS HEREIN QUALIFIED, FOR WHICH THEY ARE OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY THIS
ORDINANCE, AND MAY IMPOSE APPROPRIATE CONDITIONS AND SAFEGUARDS, INC~UDING A
SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE PERMIT.
(1) AIRPORT, ~ANDING FIELD, OR ~ANDING STRIP FOR AIRCRAFT.
(2) AMUSEMENT PARK, BUT NOT WI THI N 300 FEET OF ANY "R" 01 STR I CT.
(3) CIRCUS OR CARN I VAL GROUNDS, BUT NOT WITH IN 300 FEET OF ANY "R"
DISTR,ICT.
(4) COMMERCIAL, RECREATIONAL OR AMUSEMENT DEVE~OPMENT FOR TEMPORARY
OR SEASONAL PERIODS.
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(5)
PERM ITTED IN
ACRES, SHALL
SHALL BE SET
HOSPITAL OR INSTITUTION, PROVIDED THAT ANY HOSPITAL OR INSTITUTION
ANY "R" D ISTR I CT SHALL BE LOCATED ON A SITE OF NOT LESS THAN fl VE
NOT OCCUpy MORE THAN TEN PER CENT OF THE TOTAL LOT AREA AND
BACK FROM ALL YARD LINES AT LEAST EIGHT (80) FEET.
(6) OFFICE BUILDING OF A CIVIC, RELIGIOUS OR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION,
CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES PRIMARILY BY MAIL AND NOT HANDLING MERCHANDISE OR
RENDERING SERVICES ON THE PREMISES, WITHIN THE R-4 DISTRICT.
(7) PRIVATELY OPERATED COMMUNITY BUiLDING OR RECREATION fIELD.
(8) ANY PUBLIC OR GDVERNMENT BUILDING.
(9) RADIO OR TELEVISION BROADCASTING TOWER OR STATION.
(10) DRIVE-IN THEATER IN THE C-2 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
(11) TOURIST OR TRAILER CAMP WHEN LOCATED IN ANY BUSINESS OR INDUSTR.1AL
DISTRICT CAN BE EXPANDED INTO AN ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, PROVIDED
SUCH TOURIST OR TRAILER CAMP SHALL COMPLY WITH THE fOLLOWING AND SUCH
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR PROPER DEVELOPMENT AND
THE PROTECTION Of THE SURROUNDING AREA:
(ItA) ALL APPROPRIATE STATE AND COUNTY SANITATION REGULATIONS
SHALL BE STRICTLY OBSERVED.
(11B) AT LEAST 1,500 SQUARE FEET OF LOT AREA PER ;RAILER SHALL
BE PROVIDED; NO TRAILER SHALL BE PARKED CLOSER TO THE STREET OR XIGHWAY THAN
THE REQUIRED fRONT YARD SET BACK OR CLOSER THAN 20 fEET TO ANY PROPERTY LINE;
AND A CLEARANCE Of NOT LESS THAN fifTEEN FEET SHALL BE MAINTAINED BETWEEN
TRAILER COACHES ON ALL SIDES.
(llc) TRAILER COACH SPACES SHALL ABUT UPON A HARD SURFACED
DRIVEWAY OR ACCESSWAY Of NOT LESS THAN 25 fEET IN WIDTH.
(llD) SERVICE BUILDING OR OTHER fACILITIES fOR BATHING, LAUNDRY
AND SANITATION, AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH REGULATIONS, SHALL
BE LOCATED AT LEAST 20 FEET fROM THE SIDE AND REAR LOT LINES AND SHALL BE
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL TRAILER COACHES BY MEANS Of THE ACCESS DRIVES OR HARD-
SURFACED WA LKS.
(llE) WHEREVER PRACTICABLE, SPACE SHALL BE RESERVED FOR RECREATION
AND A PLAYGROUND.
B. BEFORE AUTHORIZATION OF ANY Of THE ABOVE SPECIAL USES, THE REQUEST THERE-
rOR SHALL BE REfERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION fOR STUDY AND REPORT CONCERN-
ING THE CONFORMANCE OF THE PROPOSED USE TO THE OBJECTIVES Of THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AND ON THE CHARACTER AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. A PUBLIC HEAR-
ING SHALL BE HELD IN RELATION THERETO BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, NOTICE
AND PUBLICATION Of THE TIME AND PLACE fOR WHICH SHALL CONfORM TO THE PROCEDURE
PRESORIBED IN SECTION 25. If NO REPORT IS TRANSMITTED BY THE PLANNING
COMMISSION WITHIN SIXTY DAYS Of NOTIFICATION, THE CITY COMMISSION MAY TAKE ACTION
WITHOUT fURTHER AWATTING SUCH REPORT.
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C. ANY PROPOSED SPECIAL USE SHALL OTHERWISE COMPLY WITH ALL THE REGULATIONS
SET FORTH IN THE ORDINANCE FOR THE DISTRICT IN WHICH SUCH USE IS LOCATED,
EXCEPT THAT THE CITY COMMISSION MAY PERMIT HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS TO EX~
CEED THE HEIGHT LIMITATIONS OF SUCH DISTRICT.
17-2 TEMPORARY BUILDINGS: TEMPORARY BUILDINGS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH
CONSTRUCTION WORK ONLY MAY BE PERMITTED IN ANY DISTRICT DURING THE PERIOD THAT
THE CONSTRUCTION WORK IS IN PROGRESS, BUT SUCH TEMPORARY BUILDINGS SHALL BE
REMOVED UPON COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK.
17-3 RAILROADS AND UTILITIES: EXISTING RAILROADS AND UTILITIES, IN-
CLUDING TELEPHONE SERVICE MAY CONTINUE TO BE OPERATED AND MAINTAINED IN
DWELLING AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, BUT NO NEW RAILROAD OR UTILITY STRUCTURE
OTHER THAN THE USUAL POLES, WIRES AND UNDERGROUND UTILITIES SHALL BE ESTABLISHED
IN SUCH DISTRICTS EXCEPT WHEN SO AUTHORIZED BY ARTICLE 1011J OF VERNON'S
CIVIL STATUTES OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT,
17-4 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS: THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROCE-
DURE CAN BE RECOMMENDED BY PLANNING COMMISSION ON ANY SIZE TRACT OF LANO WHERE
THE REQUESTED RE-ZONING WOULD BE THE EXTENSION OF A CONTIGUOUS DISTRICT HAVING
THE SAME ZONING CLASSIFICATION AND BY THE OWNERS OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON
A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING TEN OR MORE ACRES FOR WHICH THE OWNER DESIRES TO
CHANGE THE EXISTING ZONING IN PART OR TOTALLY. THIS PROCEDURE IS NOT MANDATORY
BUT OFFERS A MEANS FOR ZONING AND DEVELOPING PROPERTY WHERE IT IS IMPRACTICAL
TO SPECIFY APPROPRIATE CONDITIONS WITH REFERENCE TO PARKING, PLANNING BECAUSE
OF VARYING CONDITIONS OF TERRAIN, LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY; OR PROTECT THE
PUBLIC WELFARE WHERE TRANSITION FROM A MORE TO A LESSER RESTRICTED USE OCCURS
UNDER THE USE REGULATIONS (SECTION 6 TO 12 INCLUSIVE). THE CITY COMMISSION
MAY WITHIN ITS DISCRETION AND AFTER REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION BY THE CITY PLAN-
NING COMMISSION, MAKE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS:
A. RECOMMEND AGAINST THE CHANGE IN ZONING.
8. RECOMMEND A CHANGE IN ZONING.
C. RECOMMEND A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR SUCH AREA BE REVIEWED AND, AFTER
PUBLIC HEARING AS PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 25, GRANT A CHANGE IN ZONING SUBJECT
TO THE CONFORMANCE WITH AN APPROVED SITE PLAN, SAID SITE PLAN TO INDICATE THE
PROVISIONS FOR THE PAVING OF STREETS, ALLEYS AND SIDEWALKS, MEANS OF INGRESS
AND EGRESS TO THE PUBLIC STREET, PROVISIONS FOR DRAINAGE, PARKING SPACE AND
STREET LAYOUT AND PROTECTIVE SCREENING AND OPEN SPACE.
17-5 A SPECIAL USE AS DEFINED UNDER SECTION 17-1 AND ZONING WHICH RE-
LATES TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AS DEFINED UNDER SECTION
17-4 SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS APPLICABLE
TO SUCH PROPERTY. IN GRANTING SUCH PERMIT THE CITY COMMISSION MAY IMPOSE
CONDITIONS WHICH SHALL BE COMPLIED WITH BY THE GRANTEE BEFORE A CERTIFICATE OF
OCCUPANCY MAY BE ISSUED FOR THE USE OF THE BUILDINGS OR SUCH PROPERTY PURSUANT
TO SAID SPECIAL PERMIT AND SUCH CONDITION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO THE GRANTING OF THE SPECIAL PERMIT OR THE CHANGE IN ZONING OF SAID
PROPERTY, BUT SHALL BE CONSIDERED A PRECEDENT TO THE GRANTING OF A CERTIFICATE
OF OCCUPANCY.
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SECTION 18 NON-CONFORMING USES
SECTION 18-1 CONTINUANCE Of USE. ANY NON-CONfORMING USE Of LAND OR STRUCTURES
MAY BE CONTINUED fOR DEfiNITE PERIODS Of TIME, SUBJECT TO SUCH REGULATIONS AS
THE ZONING BoARD Of ADJUSTMENT MAY REQUIRE fOR IMMEDIATE PRESERVATION Of THE
ADJOINING PROPERTY AND THE ULTIMATE REMOVAL Of THE NON-CONfORMING USE. If,
HOWEVER, A CONTINUOUS OPERATION IS NOT CARRIED ON IN SUCH NON-CONfORMING USE
DURING A CONTINUOUS PERIOD Of ONE (1) YEAR, THE BUILDING, OTHER STRUCTURE OR
TRACT Of LAND WHERE NON-CONfORMING USE PREVIOUSLY EXISTED SHALL THEREAfTER
BE OCCUPIED AND USED ONLY fOR A CONfORMING USE. INTENT TO RESUME ACTIVE
OPERATION SHALL NOT AffECT THE fOREGOING.
18-2 CHANGE Of USE. A NON-CONfORMING USE MAY BE CHANGED TO ANY CON-
fORMING USE. ~NON-CONfORMING USE SHALL NOT BE CHANGED TO ANY OTHER TYPE Of
NON-CONfORMING USE WITHOUT THE PRIOR APPROVAL Of THE ZONING BOARD Of ADJUST-
MENT WHICH MAY GRANT A CHANGE Of OCCUPANCY fROM ONE NON-CONfORMING USE TO
ANOTHER, PROVIDED THE USE IS WITHIN THE SAME OR HIGHER CLASSifiCATION AS THE
OR~GINAL NON-CONfORMING USE, THAT SUCH NON-CONfORMING USE AND OCCUPANCY WILL
NOT TEND TO PROLONG AND CONTINUE NON-CONfORMING USE. A NON-CONfORMING USE ONCE
CHANGED fROM A LOWER TO A HIGHER CLASSifiCATION USE SHALL NOT BE CHANGED
THEREAfTER TO A LOWER CLASSifiCATION USE, AND SUCH PRIOR LOWER CLASSifiCATION
USE SHALL BE CONSIDERED ABANDONED.
18-3 DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION. A NON-CONfORMING USE SHALL NOT BE EXTEND-
ED OR REBU~LT IN CASE Of OBSOLESCENSE OR TOTAL DESTRUCTION BY fiRE OR OTHER
CAUSE. IN THE CASE Of PARTIAL DESTRUCTION BY fiRE OR OTHER CAUSES NOT EXCEED-
ING fifTY PER CENT (50%) Of ITS VALUE, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR SHALL ISSUE A
PERMIT fOR RECONSTRUCTION. If GREATER THAN fifTY PER CENT (50%) AND LESS
THAN TOTAL, THE ZONING BOARD Of ADJUSTMENT MAY GRANT PERMIT fOR REPAIR AfTER
PUBLIC HEARING AND HAVING DUE REGARD fOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS Of THE PERSONS
AffECTED WHEN CONSIDERED IN THE LIGHT Of PUBLIC WELfARE AND THE CHARACTER
Of THE AREAS SURROUNDING THE DESIGNATED NON-CONfORMING USE.
18-4 ENLARGEMENT. A NON-CONfORMING USE SHALL NOT BE ENLARGED OR EX-
TENDED, EXCEPT UPON AUTHORIZATION Of THE ZONING BOARD Of ADJUSTMENT.
18-5 NORMAL MAINTENANCE. NORMAL MAINTENANCE Of A BUILDING OR A
STRUCTURE CONTAINING A NON-CONfORMING USE IS PERMITTED, INCLUDING NECESSARY
NON-STRUCTURAL REPAIRS AND INCIDENTAL ALTERATIONS NOT EXTENDING THE NON-
CONfORMING USE.
18-6 STRUCTURAL CHANGES. No STRUCTURAL ALTERATION SHALL BE MADE IN A
BUILDING OR OTHER STRUCTURE CONTAINING A NON-CONfORMING USE EXCEPT THAT RE-
QU I RED BY LAW.
PART III. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIOI~S
SEe~toN 19 OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
SeCTION 19.1
OfFICE Of THE
OffiCE Of THE
OffiCIAL ZONING MAP Of
CITY SECRETARY AND ONE
BUILDING INSPECTOR.
THE CITY Of SCHERTZ SHALL BE KEPT IN THE
(1) COpy SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN THE
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19-2 IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR TO KEEP THE
OFFICIAL MAP CURRENT AND THE COPIES THEREOF, HEREIN PROVIDED FDR, BY ENTERING
ON SUCH MAPS ANY CHANGES WHICH THE CITY COMMISSION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME
ORDER BY AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP.
19-3 THE CITY SECRETARY, UPON THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
AFFIX A CERTIFICATE IDENTIFYING THE MAP IN HIS OFFICE AS THE OFFICIAL ZONING
MAP OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ. HE SHALL LIKEWISE OFFICIALLY IDENTIFY THE COPIES
DIRECTED TO BE KEPT BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND IN THE OFFICE OF THE
BUILDING INSPECTOR.
SECTION 20 ENFORCEMENT
SECTION 20-1 BUILDING INSPECTOR:
A. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE ADMINISTERED AND ENFORCED BY THE
BUILDING INSPECTOR OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ.
B. RIGHT TO ENTER. THE BUILDING INSPECTOR OR ANY DULY AUTHORIZED PERSON SHALL
HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENTER UPON ANY PREMISES AT ANY REASONABLE TIME PRIOR TO THE
COMPLETION OF THE BUILDINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING INSPECTIONS OF BUILDING
OR PREMISES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT HIS DUTIES IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
C. STOP ORDERS. WHENEVER ANY BUILDING WORK IS BEING DONE CONTRARY TO THE PRO-
VISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR MAY ORDER THE WORK STOPPED
BY NOTICE IN WRITING SERVED ON THE OWNER OR CONTRACTOR DOING OR CAUSING SUCH
WORK TO BE DONE, AND ANY SUCH PERSON SHALL FORTHWITH STOP SUCH WORK UNTIL
AUTHORIZED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR TO PROCEED WITH THE WORK.
SECTION 21 PLANS
SECTION 21-1 ALL APPLI CAT IONS FOR BUI LD ING PERM I TS SHALL BE ACCOMPAN I ED BY
ACCURATE PLOT PLANS, SUBMITTED IN DUPLICATE, DRAWN TO SCALE, SHOWING THE ACTUAL
SHAPE AND DIMENSIONS OF THE LOT TO BE BUILT UPON, THE EXACT SIZES AND LOCATIONS
ON THE LOT OF THE BUILDINGS AND ACCESSORY BUILDINGS THEN EXISTING AND THE LINES
WITHIN WHICH THE PROPOSED BUILDING AND STRUCTURE SHALL BE ERECTED OR ALTERED,
THE EXISTING AND INTENDED USE OF EACH BUILDING OR PART OF BUILDING, THE
NUMBER OF FAMILIES OR HOUSEKEEPING UNITS THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED TO
ACCOMMODATE, AND SUCH OTHER INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO THE LOT AND
NEIGHBORING LOTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DETERMINE AND PROVIDE FOR THE EN-
FORCEMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE. ONE COPY OF SUCH PLOT PLANS WI LL BE RETURNED
TO THE OWNER WHEN SUCH PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. AN INSPECTION PERIOD OF AS
MUCH AS TWO WEEKS SHALL BE ALLOWED FOR INSPECTION OF PLANS BEFORE A PERMIT
SHALL BE ISSUED.
21-2 ALL DIMENSIONS SHOWN ON THESE PLANS RELATING TO THE LOCATION AND
SIZE OF THE LOT TO BE BUILT UPDN SHALL BE BASED ON AN ACTUAL SURVEY AND THE
LOT SHALL BE STAKED OUT ON THE GROUND BEFORE CONSTRUCTION IS STARTED.
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SECTION 22 EFFECT UPON EXISTING PERMITS-, AGREEMENTS AND RIGHTS
Section 22-1 Existing Pet1l)its and Private Agreements. This ordinance ,:lis not
intended to abrogate or annul (1) any permits issued before the effe9tive
date of this ord:lnance. or (2) any easement., covenant or any other p~vate
agreement.
22~2 Preserving Rights in Pending Litigation and Violations Under
Exis ting Ordinances. By the pas,sag!! of this ordinance, no Ere,se~ tly iJ;legal
use shall be deemed to have been :Le&alized unless speci,fically SUch "use';falls
within a use district where the actual use is a conformiIlg__.w>e. ' 'Otherwise,
such uses shall remain non-conforming uses where recQgnized, or an illegal
use, as the case may be. It is further the intent and declare~ purpose of
this ord:lnance that no offense committed. and no liability, penalty or
forfeiture, either civil or criminal, shall be discha~ged or affected by
the adoption of this ordinance; but prosecutions and suits for such offenses,
liabilities, penalties or forfeitures may be instituted or causes pres.ently
pending be proceeded with in all respects as if such prior ordinance had not
been repealed.
22-3 Completion of Existing Buildings.
A. Nothing in these regulations nor in any amendments hereto which"cQange
district boundaries shall require any change in the plans, constructiQn or
designated use of a building which shall be completed in its entirety' within
two (2) years from the date of the passage of this ordinance, provided such
building either was actually under construction at the time of the p~ssage
of this ordinance or was authorized by building permit before ,the passage of
this ordinance, and further provided construction shall have been ~~arted
within ninety (90) days from passage of this ordinance.
B. Commitments with reference to construction of public utility building
necessary forE.l'op_osed expansion of the City made prior to the passage of
this ordinance shall be observed,
22-4 Zoning of Annexed Areas.
A. Proposed Annexation. In the event the Planning Commission holds a hearing
on proposed annexation, it may. at its discretiQn, at the same time hold a
hearing upon the permanent zoning that is to be given to the area or'tract to
be annexed, and make a recommendation on both matters to the City Commission
so that the City Commission can, if it desires, act on the matter of
permanent zoning and annexation at the same time.
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B. Zoning Annexed Areas. All territory annexed to the City of Scher~,~...re~
after shall be temporarily classified as R-l Single-Family Residence'Df~trict
only until permanently zoned by the City Commission of the City of S~~tz.
The Planning Commission shall~ within a.periodof six months af~er ann~~tion
of any territory, recommend to the City Colllll1is,sion a permanentzqning; "ij,ijd the
procedqte to be followed shall be the same as is provided by law for t~"
adoption of original zoningreg!1la1;,ions.
SECTION 23 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
Section 23-1 Organization and. Procedure.
A. A Board of Adjustment is created consistJ;l1.g iif five citizens of d(f'City
of Schertz, each to be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the city
Connnission, for the terms of three years, respectively" proviqed that",when
the first Board shall be appointed hereunder, one member shall be appointed,
for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. At least 'one
member of the Board shall be a member of the Planning,C~s,sion and his
term shall expire at the same time as his term on such CO~issj;on.. K~ember
appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term.
B. The hearings of the Board of Mjustment shall be public. Howeve~, the
Board may go into executive session for diSCUSSion but not for vote 9D any
case before it. The Board shall organize annually and elect a pres~ent,
vice president and secretary. The Board of Adjustment shall actb)"resg:;Lution
in which three members must concur. The Board shall adopt from time t/3" time
such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to carry into.'affect
the provisions of this Ordinance, and shall furnish a copy of ' the same to
the Building Inspector, all of which rules and regulations shall operate
uniformlY in all cases. All of its resolutions and orders shall,);e in
accordance therewith.
The Board shall hear the intervention of any owner of property adjac~t to,
in the rear -of, or across the street from a lot as to which the granting
of any b,!1ilding permit is pending. and shall also hear any other partt,es in
interest. '
C. the Board shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, administer ,.aths,
and pun:;.sh for contemp_t, and !)lay req!1ire the production of documents,'"under
such regUlations as it may establish.
23-2 , Appeals may be taken to and before the Board of Adjustment;,!>y any
person agg):'ieved, or by any officer, department, board or bureauorthe"..City.
Such appeal shall be taken by filing with the office of the Board, a l)o'fice
of appeal and specifying the .grounds thereof. The office or departmen,:t' from
which the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the Zoning Board' of
Adjus,t,ment" all of the pap,e.rs constituting the record upon which thea.l;',tion
appealed from was taken.
An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action app~led
from unless the Building Inspector shall certify to the Board of"Mj!1$tment
that by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would,ip its
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OPINION, CAUSE IMMINENT PERIL TO LIFE OR PROPERTY, IN WHICH CASE PROCEEDINGS
SHALL NOT BE STAYEO OTHERWISE THAN BY A RESTRAINING ORDER WHICH MAY BE
GRANTE~ BY THE BoARD OF AOJUSTMENT OF BY A COURT OF EQUITY, AFTER NOTICE
TO THE OFFICER FROM WHOM THE APPEAL IS TAKEN AND ON DUE CAUSE SHOWN.
THE BOARD SHALL FIX A REASONABLE TIME FOR THE HEARING OF THE APPEAL OR OTHER
MATTER REFERRED TO IT, AND SHALL MAIL NOTICES OF SUCH HEARING TO THE
PETITIONER AND TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY LYING WITHIN TWO HUNDRED (200) FEET
OF ANY POINT OF THE LOT OR PORTION THEREOF ON WHICH A VARIATION IS DESIRED,
AND TO ALL OTHER PERSONS DEEMED BY THE BOARD TO BE AFFECTED THEREBY, SUCH
OWNERS AND PERSONS BEING DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT TAX ROLLS OF
THE CITY OF SCHERTZ AND DEPOSITING OF SUCH WRITTEN NOTICE IN THE MAIL
SHALL BE DEEMED SUFFICIENT COMPLIANCE THEREWITH. THE BOARD SHALL DECIDE
THE APPEAL WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME. UPON THE HEARING, ANY PARTY MAY
APPEAR IN PERSON OR BY AGENT OR ATTORNEY. THE BOARD MAY REVERSE OR
AFFIRM, WHOLLY OR PARTLYOR MAY MODIFY THE ORDER, REQUIREMENTS, DECISION OR
DETERMINATION AS IN ITS OPINION OUGHT TO BE MADE IN THE PREMISES, AND TO
THAT END, SHALL HAVE ALL POWERS OF THE OFFICER OR DEPARTMENT FROM WHOM
THE APPEAL IS TAKEN.
23-3 THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS AND IT
SHALL BE ITS DUTy:
A. To HEAR AND DECIDE APPEALS WHERE IT IS ALLEGED THERE IS ERROR OF LAW IN
ANY ORDER, REQUIREMENT, DECISION OR DETERMINATION MADE BY THE BUILDING IN-
SP'ECTOR I N THE ENFORCEMENT OF TH I S CODE.
B. IN HEARING AND DECIDING APPEALS THE BOARD SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO GRANT
AN EXCEPTION IN THE FOLLOWING INSTANCES:
(1) PERMIT THE EXTENSION OF A DISTRICT WHERE THE BOUNDARY LINE
OF A DISTRICT DIVIDES A LOT OR TRACT HELD IN A SINGLE OWNERSHIP AT THE TIME
OF THE PASSAG E OF TH ,I S CODE.
(2) INTERPRET THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO
CARRY OUT THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE, AS SHOWN UPON THE MAPS
FIXING THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS, ACCOMPANYING AND MADE A PART OF THIS ORDINANCE,
WHERE THE STREET LAYOUT ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND VARIES FROM THE STREET LAYOUT
AS SHOWN ON THE MAPS AFORESAID.
(3) PERMIT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A NON-CONFORMING BUILDING
WHICH HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY EXPLOSION, FIRE, ACT OF GOD, OR THE PUBLIC ENEMY,
TO THE EXTENT OF MORE THAN FIFTy (50) PER CENT OF ITS FAIR MARKET VALUE.
(4) WAIVE OR REDUCE THE PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS IN ANY
OF THE DISTRICTS WHENEVER THE CHARACTER OR USE OF THE BUILDING IS SUCH AS TO
MAKE UNNECESSARY THE FULL PROVISION OF PARKING OR LOADING FACILITIES, OR WHERE
SUCH REGULATIONS WOULD IMPOSE AN UNREASONABLE HARDSHIP UPON THE USE OF THE
LOT, AS CONTRASTED WITH MERELY GRANTING AN ADVANTAGE OR A CONVENIENCE.
(5) PERMIT LAND WITHIN THREE HUNDRED (300) FEET OF A MULTIPLE
DWELLING TO BE IMPROVED FOR THE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH A
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multiple dwelling, but only when there is positive assurance that such land
will be used for such purpose during the existence of the multiple dwelling.
(6) To determine whether an industry should be permitted within
the M-l Restricted Industrial and the M-2 Industrial Districts because of
the methods by which it would be operated and because of its effect upon. uses
within surrounding zoning districts,
C. The Board shall have the authority to grant the following variations:
(1) Permit a variation in the yard requirements of any'dis,trict
where there are unusual and practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships
in the carrying out of these provisions due to an irregular shape of the lot,
topographical or other conditions, provided such variation will not seriously
affect any adjoining property or the general welfare.
(2) Authorize upon appeal, whenever a property owner can
show that a strict application of the terms of this Code relating to the
construction or alterations of buildings or structures will impose upon
him unusual and practical difficulties or particular hardship, such
variations of the strict application of the terms of this Ordinance as
are in harmony with its general purpose and intent, but pnly when the
Board is satisfied that a granting of such variation will not merely
serve as a convenience to the applicant, but will alleviate some
demonstrable and unusual hardship or difficulty so great as to warrant
a variation from the Comprehensive Plan as established by this Ordinance,
and at the same time, the surrounding property will be properly protected,
In considering all appeals and all proposed exceptions or variations ,to ,this
Code the Board shall, before making any exceptions or variations from the
Ordinance in a specific case, first determine that it will not 'impair an
adequate supply of light and air to adjacent property or unreasonably'inc;rease
the congestion in public streets, or increase the danger of fire or "endanger
the public safety, or unreasonably diminish or impair established'property
values within the surrounding area, or in any other respect impair the
public health, safety, comfort, morals or welfare of the inhabit-ants'of the
City of Schertz.
23-4 A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid to the
Building Inspector at the time the notice of appeal is filed, which the
Inspector shall forthwith pay over to the City Treasurer to the credit of
the general revenue fund of the City of Schertz.
SECTION 24 CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY
Section 24-1 Certificates of occupancy shall be required for any of the
following:
A, Occupancy and use of a building hereafter erected or structurally'altered.
B. Change in use of an existing building to a use of a different classification.
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C. OCCUPANCY AND USE OF VACANT LAND.
D. CHANGE IN THE USE OF LAND TO A USE OF A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION.
E. ANY CHANGE IN THE USE OF A NON-CONFORMING USE.
CHANGE Of USE, SHALL TAKE PLACE UNTIL A CERTifiCATE
SHALL HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR.
No SUCH OCCUPANCY, USE OR
OF OCCUPANCY THEREFOR
24-2 WRITTEN APPLICATION FOR A CERTifiCATE Of OCCUPANCY fOR A NEW
BUILDING OR fOR AN EXISTING BUILDING WHICH HAS BEEN ALTERED SHALL BE MADE AT
THE SAME TIME AS THE APPLICATION fOR THE BUILDING PERMIT fOR SUCH BUILDING.
SAID CERTifiCATE SHALL BE ISSUED WITHIN THREE DAYS AfTER A WRITTEN REQUEST
fOR THE SAME HAS BEEN MADE TO SAID BUILDING INSPECTOR OR HIS AGENT AfTER
THE ERECTION OR ALTERATION OF SUCH BUILDING OR PART THEREOf HAS BEEN COM-
PLETED IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE.
24-3 WRITTEN APPLICATION FOR A CERTifiCATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE USE OF
VACANT LAND, OR fOR A CHANGE IN THE USE Of LAND FOR A BUILDING, OR FOR A
CHANGE I N A NON-CONFORM ING USE, AS HERE I N PROV IDEO, SHALL BE MADE TO SA 10
BUILDING INSPECTOR; IF THE PROPOSED USE IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS ORDINANCE, THE CERTifiCATE OF OCCUPANCY THEREfOR SHALL BE ISSUED
WITHIN THREE DAYS AfTER THE APPLICATION fOR SAME HAS BEEN MADE." THii: FEE
fOR SUCH CERTifICATE Of OCCUPANCY SHALL BE ONE DOLLAR ($1.00) TO BE PAID
TO THE CITY TREASURER OF THE CITY Of SCHERTZ.
24-4 EVERY CERTifiCATE Of OCCUPANCY SHALL STATE THAT THE BUILDING OR
THE PROPOSED USE Of A BUILDING OR LAND COMPLIES WITH ALL PROVISIONS Of LAW.
A RECORD OF ALL CERTifiCATES Of OCCUPANCY SHALL BE KEPT IN fiLE IN THE OFfiCE
OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR OR HIS AGENT AND COPIES SHALL BE fURNISHED ON RE-
QUEST TO ANY PERSON HAVING PROPRIETORY OR TENANCY INTEREST IN THE BUILDING
OR LAND AFfECTED.
24-5 CERTifiCATES Of OCCUPANCY fOR NON-CONfORMING USES. A CERTifiCATE
OF OCCUPANCY SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL LAWfUL NON-CONfORMING USES Of LAND
OR BUILDINGS CREATED BY ADOPTION Of THIS ORDINANCE. ApPLICATION FOR SUCH
CERTIFICATE Of OCCUPANCY FOR A NON-CONfORMING USE SHALL BE fiLED WITH THE
BUILDING INSPECTOR BY THE OWNER OR LESSEE OF THE BUILDING OR LAND OCCUPIED
BY SUCH NON-CONFORMING USE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EffECTIVE DATE OF THIS
ORDINANCE. IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR TO ISSUE A CERTifi-
CATE OF OCCUPANCY fOR A LAWFUL NON-CONfORMING USE, BUT fAILURE TO APPLY fOR
SUCH CERTIFICATE Of OCCUPANCY FOR A NON-CONfORMING USE, OR REfUSAL OF THE
BUILDING INSPECTOR TO ISSUE A CERTifiCATE Of OCCUPANCY fOR SUCH NON-
CONfORMING USE SHALL BE EVIDENCE THAT SAID NONCONFORMING USE WAS EITHER
ILLEGAL OR DID NOT LAWfULLY EXIST AT THE EfFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
SECTION 25 AMENDMENTS
SECTION 25-1 THE CITY COMMISSION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME AMEND, SUPPLEMENT OR
CHANGE BY ORDINANCE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICTS OR THE REGULATIONS HEREIN
ESTABL I SHED.
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25-2 BEFORE TAKING ACTION ON ANY PROPOS~D AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT OR
CHANGE THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL SUBMIT THE PROPOSED REVISION TO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION FOR ITS RECOMMENDATION AND REPORT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION SHALL
MAKE A PRELIMINARY REPORT AND HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS THEREON BEFORE SUBMITTING
ITS FINAL REPORT. WRITTEN NOTICE OF ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS ON PROPOSED CHANGES
IN CLASSIFICATIONS SHALL BE SENT TO ALL OWNERS OF PROPERTY, OR TO THE
PERSON RENDERING THE PROPERTY FOR CITY TAXES, AFFECTED BY SUCH PROPOSED
CHANGES OR CLASSIFICATIONS AND TO ALL OWNERS OF PROPERTY, OR TO THE PERSON
RENDERING THE PROPERTY FOR CITY TAXES, LOCATED WITHIN TWO HUNDRED (200) FEET
OF ANY PROPERTY AFFECTED THEREBY WITHIN NOT LESS THAN TEN (10) DAYS BEFORE
ANY SUCH HEARING IS HELD. SAID NOTICE MAY BE SERVED BY DEPOSITING THE
SAME, PROPERLY ADDRESSED AND POSTAGE PAID, IN THE CITY POST OFFICE.
25-3 AFTER RECEIPT OF THE FINAL REPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION,
A PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE HELD BY THE CITY COMMISSION BEFORE ADOPTING ANY
PROPOSED AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT OR CHANGE. NOTICE OF SUCH HEARING SHALL BE
GIVEN BY PUBLICATION ONE (1) TIME IN A PAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE
CITY STATING THE TIME AND PLACE OF SUCH HEARING, WHICH TIME SHALL BE NOT
LESS THAN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS FROM THE FIRST DATE OF PUBLICATION.
25-4 UNLESS SUCH PROPOSED AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT OR CHANGE HAS BEEN
APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SUCH AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT OR CHANGE
SHALL NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE EXCEPT BY CONCURRENCE OF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COMMISSION AND NO VOTE SHALL BE TAKEN UNLESS THE FULL MEMBERSHIP OF THE CITY
COMMISSION IS PRESENT.
25-5 FILING FEE. No NOTICES OF ANY APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF ZONING
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OR FOR ANY CHANGE OF ZONING ORDINANCE OR CLASSIFICATIONS
SHALL BE ISSUED AND NO HEARINGS SHALL BE HAD BEFORE EITHER THE PLANNING
COMMISSION OR THE CITY COMMISSION UNTIL A FILING FEE ACCOMPANYING SUCH
APPLICATION IS PAID. THE FILING FEE (PAYABLE IN CASH, CERTIFIED CHECK OR
CASHI ERI.S CHECK) SHALL BE FIFTEEN DOLLARS ($15.00) FOR THE FIRST ONE
HUNDRED (100) FEET OR FRACTION THEREOF, OF LOT FRONTAGE INVOLVED, AND FIVE
DOLLARS ($5.00) FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ONE HUNDRED (100) FEET, OR FRACTION
THEREOF.
SECTION 26 VIOLATION AND PENALTIES
ANY PERSON WHO SHALL VIOLATE ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ZONING CODE OR
WHO SHALL FAIL TO COMPLY THEREWITH OR WITH ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS THEREOF,
OR WHO SHALL ERECT OR ALTER ANY BUiLDING, OR WHO SHALL COMMENCE TO ERECT
OR ALTER ANY BUILDING IN VIOLATION OF ANY DETAILED STATEMENT OF PLAN SUB-
MITTED OR APPROVED THEREUNDER, SHALL FOR EACH AND EVERY VIOLATION OR NON-
COMPLIANCE BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND SHALL BE FINED NOT MORE THAN
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00), AND EACH DAY SUCH VIOLATIONS SHALL BE PERMITTED
TO EXIST SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFfENSE. THE OWNER OF THAT BUILDING OR
PREMISES OR PART THEREOF WHERE ANYTHING IN VIOLATION Of THJS ZONING CODE
SHALL BE PLACED OR SHALL EXIST AND ANY ARCHITECT, BUILOER, CONTRACTOR,
AGENT, PERSON OR CORPORATION EMPLOYED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH WHO MAY HAVE
ASSISTED IN THE COMMISSION Of ANY SUCH VIOLATION SHALL EACH BE GUILTY OF A
SEPARATE OFFENSE AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES HEREIN
PROV IDEO.
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