Section 21 C-2 Local Retail Commercial District
SECTION 21
C-2 LOCAL RETAIL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
21.1 PURPOSE AND INTENT - This district is a low to medium intensity commercial category
providing a uniform set of standards for neighborhood type retail shopping facilities and
general commercial activities. It is intended that this zoning district be served by appropriate
thoroughfares and be of such size that all parking and traffic maneuvering can take place on
the commercial site. It is intended to provide limited local retail and service commercial
uses which serve one or more neighborhoods lying within a one and one-half to two mile
radius of the site.
21.2 PERMITTED USES (As amended by Ordinance No. 480-U.)
1. Any use permitted in the O-1 Office District.
2. Any use permitted in the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District.
3. Antique shops.
4. Bakeries designed for retail sales rather than wholesale operation.
5. Bicycle sales and bicycle repair shops.
6. Blueprinting or photostating.
7. Book or stationery stores to include large newsstands.
8. Business colleges or private schools for vocational training of office related careers,
such as stenographers, executive secretaries, etc.
9. Christmas tree sales beginning one week before Thanksgiving and extending through
December 31st of each calendar year (outdoor display permitted).
10. Cigar or tobacco stores.
11. Cleaning, dying and pressing works; laundry and Laundromats, providing that the
floor area does not exceed three thousand (3,000) square feet for separate or
combined uses.
12. Confectionery stores.
13. Custom dress making or millinery shops.
14. Dancing schools.
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15. Day nurseries
16. Delicatessen shops without size limitations.
17. Dog and cat hospitals or small animal hospitals if conducted wholly within a
completely enclosed sound-proofed and air-conditioned building, providing that
noise or odors created by activities within the building shall not be perceptible
beyond the property line; that no long term boarding of animals is permitted except
where related to medical treatment; and that no animals are kept outside the building
at any time.
18. Drug stores.
19. Dry goods and notion stores provided that the floor area of such facility not exceed
eight thousand (8,000) square feet.
20. Duplicating service, printing, lithographing, mimeographing, multi-graphing and
offset printing, providing that the floor area does not exceed two thousand (2,000)
square feet.
21. Filling stations or service stations, operating with or without a convenience store.
Such use may offer gasoline, oil, greasing and accessories, and may contain a small
car wash facility, but may not include fender or body repairs, mechanical services,
rear-end, transmission or engine overhaul. (As amended by Ordinance No. 480-C.)
(Deleted by Ordinance No. 480-Z.)
22. Financial institutions.
23. Florist or gift shops.
24. Frozen food lockers for individual or family use, not including the processing of food
except cutting or wrapping.
25. Grocery stores and meat markets without size limitations.
26. Health service facilities to include clinics, offices of dentists, doctors, and other
practitioners of healing arts, licensed or similarly recognized under the laws of the
State of Texas; offices for specialists and supporting health service fields, such as
physical, audio and speech therapy, podiatry and psychological testing and
counseling; dental, medical and optical laboratories and blood banks; ambulance
dispatch stations, prescription pharmacies and offices, stores and display rooms for
the sale and rental and medical supplies and equipment.
27. Jewelry stores.
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28. Leather and leather good shops, providing that the floor area does not exceed two
thousand (2,000) square feet for separate or combined uses.
29. Optical goods.
30. Photographs, portrait or camera shops and photofinishing.
31. Radio and television sales and servicing.
32. Restaurants, tea rooms, cafeterias, fast food and "take-out" food restaurants.
33. Shoe repair services.
34. Sporting goods, including gun sales and repair.
35. Tailor, clothing or wearing apparel shops without size restriction.
36. Tires, batteries and automobile accessory sales, provided that such activities occur
entirely within the confines of the business structure itself.
37. Variety stores, provided that the floor area of such facility does not exceed ten
thousand (10,000) square feet.
21.3 ACCESSORY USES - In addition to those accessory uses specifically authorized in Section
34 of this ordinance, any use may be established as an accessory use to a permitted use when
it complies with the conditions for an accessory use as defined in this ordinance.
21.4 SPECIFIC USE PERMITS - Specific use permits may be approved by the City Council
following a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission as specifically
authorized in Section 45 of this ordinance, subject to full and complete compliance with any
and all conditions required in Section 45, together with any other conditions as the City
Council may impose. Any use accessory to an approved specific use permit shall be
permitted without specific approval if it complies with the conditions for an accessory use as
defined in this ordinance. (As amended by Ordinance No. 480-C.)
21.5 DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS - In this district, the following development regulations
shall be applicable (As amended by Ordinance No. 480-HH.):
a. Height: No building or structure shall exceed two and one-half (2-1/2) stories, nor
shall it exceed thirty-five (35) feet.
b. Front Yard: There shall be a front yard of not less than thirty (30) feet.
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c. Side Yard: There shall be a side yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet; provided,
however, where a C-2 zoned lot abuts on the side of property zoned as single family
residential, each portion of a building in excess of fifteen (15) feet in height shall be
set back one additional (1) foot for each additional one (1) foot in height.
Zero lot line development may be permitted on a common interior lot line where
construction of a party wall is used and when approved by the City Council after a
recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Where zero lot
development is utilized, the equivalent open space and plantings (normally provided
in adjoining bufferyards along the common lot line) shall be provided elsewhere
within the two developing lots. A concept plan meeting the requirements of Section
41 of this ordinance is required to be submitted with a request for zero lot line
development. Approval shall be based upon an analysis of the location, the
configuration, and the impact and compatibility of the construction with adjacent
land uses. (As amended by Ordinance No. 480-U.)
d. Rear Yard: There shall be a rear yard of not less than ten (10) feet except where the
lot abuts property zoned as single-family residential there shall be a rear yard of not
less than twenty-five (25) feet.
e. Maximum Lot Coverage: All buildings or structures shall have a maximum lot
coverage not exceeding fifty (50) percent of the lot area.
f. Floor Area: Each store, shop or business shall have a minimum of five hundred
(500) square feet of floor area, but The minimum size for a separate building or
structure existing within this district shall be two thousand (2,000) square feet. The
maximum floor area contained within any structure existing in this district shall be
forty thousand (40,000) square feet.
g. All commercial uses within this district shall be retail sales and/or service type uses
selling new merchandise only.
h. All exterior lighting designed for security, illumination, parking lot illumination or
advertising and which is placed within this zoning district shall meet the
requirements of the current lighting ordinance, as amended. (As amended by
Ordinance No. 480-GG.)
i. Outdoor storage of trash receptacles shall be at the side or rear of the site and shall be
totally encircled or screened by fence, planting or other suitable visual barrier.
j. Off-street vehicle parking spaces may be located within the required front yard of
any retail, office or industrial district; however, such off-street parking spaces shall
be on a hard surfaced drive or parking area.
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k. Maximum Impervious Coverage: The maximum impervious coverage shall not
exceed seventy (70%) percent of the total lot area. (As amended by Ordinance No.
480-JJ.)
21.6 ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR BUILDINGS OR USES LYING
WITHIN FOUR HUNDRED FEET (400') OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY - In addition to the development regulations applicable to this zoning district,
the development regulations in Section 43, Part III, Residential Adjacency Standards, shall
also apply. When any requirements in this section are in conflict with any other requirements
for this zoning district, the more stringent requirements shall apply. (As amended by
Ordinance No. 480-CC).
21.7 SITE PLAN - A site plan meeting the requirements of Section 40 shall be required prior to
the issuance of a building permit for any construction in the C-2 district. (As amended by
Ordinance No. 480-M.)
21.8 SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES - Special exception uses may be approved by the Board of
Adjustment as specifically authorized in Section 44 of this ordinance subject to full and
complete compliance with any and all conditions required in Section 44, together with any
other conditions as the Board of Adjustment may impose. Any use accessory to an approved
special exception use shall be permitted without specific approval if it complies with the
conditions for an accessory use as defined in this ordinance. (As amended by Ordinance No.
480-M.)
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