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PZ SECTION.21 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. 21-1 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. 21-2 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. 21-3 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. 21-4 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.) 21-5