§ 7. Use regulation districts.
Land and buildings in each of the following classified districts may be used for any of the following listed uses but no land shall hereafter be used and no building or structure shall hereafter be erected, altered or converted which is arranged or designed or used for other than those uses specified for the district in which it is located as set forth by the following schedule of uses:
1.
Legend for interpreting schedule of use:
Designates use permitted in district indicated. Designates use prohibited in district indicated. • Designates use may be approved as a Specific-Use Permit in accordance with Section 7, subsection 16. TYPE USE A SF-1 SF-2 SF-3 SF-4 2F MF O NS R C CA I PD AGRICULTURAL ONE-FAMILY DWELLING ONE-FAMILY DWELLING ONE-FAMILY DWELLING ONE-FAMILY DWELLING TWO-FAMILY DWELLING MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING OFFICE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE GENERAL RETAIL SERVICE COMMERCIAL CENTRAL AREA INDUSTRIAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 2
PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL USES ONE
FAMILY
DWELLING
DETACHED
ON SITE CONSTRUCTION (1) MANUFACTURED-MODULAR HOME (2) • • • MANUFACTURED-MOBILE HOME (3)* • • • ONE-FAMILY DWELLING-ATTACHED (4) • • • • TWO-FAMILY DWELLING (5) MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING (6) COMMUNITY UNIT DEVELOPMENT (7) • • • • • • BOARDING OR ROOMING HOUSE (8) HOTEL OR MOTEL (9) MOBILE HOME PARK (10)* • • • • 3
EDUCATIONAL, INSTITUTIONAL & SPECIAL USES ART GALLERY OR MUSEUM (11) CEMETERY OR MAUSOLEUM • • • • • • • • • • CHURCH OR RECTORY (12) COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY (13) • • • • • • • COMMUNITY CENTER (PUBLIC) (14) DAY CAMP (NO OVERNIGHT CAMPING) • • • • • • • DAY-CARE CENTER (14.5) • • • DAY-NURSERY OR KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL (15) • • • • FAIRGROUND OR EXHIBITION AREA • FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION, LODGE OR CIVIC CLUB • HOME FOR CARE OF ALCOHOLIC, NARCOTIC OR PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS (16) • • HOSPITAL (GENERAL ACUTE CARE) (17) • • HOSPITAL (CHRONIC CARE) (18) • • • INSTITUTIONS OF RELIGIOUS OR PHILANTHROPIC NATURE • • LIBRARY (PUBLIC) • MONASTERY OR CONVENT • • • • • • NURSING HOME OR RESIDENCE HOME FOR AGED (19) • • PARK, PLAYGROUND OR PUBLIC COMMUNITY CENTER SCHOOL, PRIVATE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY • • • SCHOOL, PUBLIC OR DENOMINATIONAL (20) SCHOOL, BUSINESS OR TRADE (21) • • 4
UTILITY, ACCESSORY & INCIDENTAL USES ACCESSORY BUILDING (22) COMMUNITY CENTER (PRIVATE) • ELECTRICAL GENERATING PLANT • • • • ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION • • • • • • • • ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINE FIELD OR CONSTRUCTION OFFICE (TEMPORARY) (23) SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AND CONTROL BY BUILDING OFFICIAL (SEE SECTION 13-4.) FIRE STATION OR SIMILAR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING GAS TRANSMISSION LINE AND METERING STATION HOME OCCUPATION (24) • • • • • • • • LOCAL UTILITY DISTRIBUTION LINES (25) OFF-STREET PARKING INCIDENTAL TO MAIN USE (26) PRIVATE UTILITY SHOP OF STORAGE • • • PUBLIC BUILDING, SHOP OR YARD OF LOCAL STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY (27) • • • • • • • • • • RADIO AND TELEVISION OR MICROWAVE TOWER (28) • • • • • • • • • • SEWAGE PUMPING STATION SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT • • • • • SWIMMING POOL (PRIVATE) TELEPHONE, BUSINESS OFFICE TELEPHONE LINE AND EXCHANGE, SWITCHING OR RELAY STATION (29) WATER RESERVOIR, WATER PUMPING STATION OR WELL WATER TREATMENT PLANT • • • • • • • • • 5
RECREATIONAL & ENTERTAINMENT USES AMUSEMENT, COMMERCIAL (OUTDOOR) (30) • AMUSEMENT, COMMERCIAL (INDOOR) (31) COUNTRY CLUB (PRIVATE) WITH GOLF COURSE (32) • • • • • • DANCE HALL OR NIGHT CLUB (33) DRAG STRIP OR COMMERCIAL RACING • • GO-CART TRACK • • GOLF COURSE (PUBLIC) (34) GOLF COURSE (COMMERCIAL) (35) • PARK OR PLAYGROUND (PUBLIC) (36) PLAYFIELD OR STADIUM (PUBLIC) (37) RODEO GROUNDS • ROLLER OR ICE SKATING RINK • STABLE, PRIVATE CLUB (38) • • • • • • • • STABLE, COMMERCIAL RENTAL (39) • STABLE, BOARDING (40) • SWIM OR TENNIS CLUB (41) • • • • • • • THEATER, DRIVE-IN • THEATER, OTHER THAN DRIVE-IN TYPE 6
TRANSPORTATION RELATED USES AIRPORT LANDING FIELD OR HELIPORT (42) • • BUS STATION OR TERMINAL HAULING OR STORAGE COMPANY MOTOR FREIGHT TERMINAL RAILROAD FREIGHT TERMINAL RAILROAD PASSENGER STATION RAILROAD TRACK OR RIGHT-OF-WAY (43) RAILROAD TEAM TRACK (44) PARKING LOT TRUCK PARKING LOT-COMMERCIAL (45) • • 7
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE USES AUTO LAUNDRY • AUTO PAINTING AND BODY REPAIR AUTO SALES AND REPAIR (IN BUILDING) AUTO WRECKING OR SALVAGE YARD (46) • COMMERCIAL AUTO PARKING LOT GASOLINE SERVICE STATION NEW AUTO PARTS SALES STORE NEW OR USED CAR SALES LOT (IN OPEN) (62) • SEAT COVER AND MUFFLER INSTALLATION SHOP TIRE RETREADING OR CAPPING USED AUTO PARTS SALES (IN BUILDING) 8
RETAIL & SERVICE TYPE USES ANTIQUE SHOP (47) • BAKERY OR CONFECTIONERY SHOP (RETAIL) CAFETERIA • • CLEANING AND PRESSING SMALL SHOP AND PICKUP (48) CUSTOM PERSONAL SERVICE SHOP (49) DRAPERY, NEEDLEWORK OR WEAVING SHOP FLORIST OR GARDEN SHOP GREENHOUSE OR PLANT NURSERY (RETAIL) • HANDICRAFT SHOP HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE SERVICE AND REPAIR LAUNDRY OR CLEANING SELF SERVICE MIMEOGRAPH, STATIONERY OR LETTER SHOP MORTUARY OR FUNERAL PARLOR • • OFFICES, PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PAWN SHOP RESTAURANT WITHOUT DRIVE-IN SERVICE • • RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE-IN SERVICE • RETAIL STORES AND SHOPS OTHER THAN LISTED STUDIO FOR PHOTOGRAPHER, MUSICIAN, ARTIST OR HEALTH SECONDHAND STORE USED FURNITURE OR RUMMAGE SALE (INSIDE SALES ONLY) TOOL OR TRAILER RENTAL 9
SIGN AND IDENTIFICATION USES NAME PLATE (50) SIGN, REAL ESTATE (51) SIGN, CONSTRUCTION (52) SIGN, DEVELOPMENT (53) SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AND CONTROL BY BUILDING OFFICIAL (SEE SECTION 13-3.) SIGN, INSTITUTIONAL (54) SIGN, AGRICULTURAL (55) SIGN, GENERAL BUSINESS (56) • 10
AGRICULTURAL TYPE USES ANIMAL POUND (PUBLIC OR PRIVATE) • • • ANIMAL CLINIC OR HOSPITAL (NO OUTSIDE RUNS OR PENS) • ANIMAL CLINIC, HOSPITAL OR KENNEL (WITH OUTSIDE RUNS OR PENS) • FARM OR RANCH (57) GREENHOUSE OR PLANT NURSERY • HATCHERY, POULTRY KILL ROOMS (61) • • LIVESTOCK AUCTION • • LIVESTOCK FEEDING PLANT, PENS OR YARDS • • 11
COMMERCIAL TYPE USES BAKERY (WHOLESALE) BUILDING MATERIAL SALES CABINET AND UPHOLSTERY SHOP CLEANING OR LAUNDRY AND DYEING PLANT (COMMERCIAL) CLEANING PLANT, BAGS OR CARPETS (SPECIAL EQUIPMENT) CLOTHING MANUFACTURE OR LIGHT COMPOUNDING OR FABRICATION (58) CONTRACTORS SHOP AND STORAGE YARD ENGINE AND MOTOR REPAIRING FEED STORE HEAVY MACHINERY SALES AND STORAGE JOB PRINTING OR NEWSPAPER PRINTING • MACHINE OR WELDING SHOP MILK DEPOT, DAIRY OR ICE CREAM PLANT PAINT SHOP PETROLEUM PRODUCTS STORAGE WHOLESALE PLUMBING SHOP SCIENTIFIC OR RESEARCH LABORATORIES • • STORAGE AND SALE OF FURNITURE OR APPLIANCES OUTSIDE A BUILDING STORAGE OR SALES WAREHOUSE (63) • TRADE OR COMMERCIAL SCHOOL TRAILER RENTAL OR SALES TRANSFER STORAGE AND BAGGAGE TERMINAL WHOLESALE OFFICE AND SAMPLE ROOM 12
NATURAL RESOURCE STORAGE & EXTRACTION EXTRACTION AND STORAGE OF SAND, CALICHE, STONE OR GRAVEL • • • SAND, GRAVEL OR EARTH SALES AND STORAGE • • PETROLEUM OR GAS WELL • • • • • • • • • • • • PETROLEUM COLLECTING OR STORAGE FACILITIES • MINING OR STORAGE OF MINING WASTES • • 13
INDUSTRIAL USES ASPHALT OR CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT TEMPORARY PLANT BY RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL CONCRETE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING • DUMP OR SANITARY FILL AREA • • • SLAUGHTER HOUSE OR MEAT PACKING PLANT • • 14
GENERAL MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRIAL USES LIGHT MANUFACTURING OR INDUSTRIAL USES AS DEFINED BY SECTION (59) MANUFACTURING OR INDUSTRIAL USES NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW AND EXCEPTING THOSE SPECIFICALLY LISTED AS REQUIRING SPECIFIC USE PERMITS IN SECTION (60) 15.
Classification of new and unlisted uses
It is recognized that new types of land use will develop and forms of land use not anticipated may seek to locate in the city of Fort Stockton. In order to provide for such changes and contingencies, a determination as to the appropriate classification of any new or unlisted form of land use shall be made as follows:
a.
The building official shall refer the question concerning any new or unlisted use to the planning and zoning commission requesting an interpretation as to the zoning classification into which such use should be placed. The referral of the use interpretation question shall be accompanied by a statement of fact listing the nature of the use and whether it involves dwelling activity, sales, processing, type of product, storage, and amount and nature thereof, enclosed as open storage, anticipated employment, transportation requirement, the amount of noise, odor, fumes, dust, toxic material and vibration likely to be generated and the general requirements for public utilities such as water and sanitary sewer.
b.
The planning and zoning commission shall consider the nature and described performance of the proposed use and its compatibility with the uses permitted in the various districts and determine the zoning district or districts within which such use should be permitted.
c.
The planning and zoning commission shall transmit its findings and recommendation to the city council as to the classification proposed for any new or unlisted use. The city council shall by resolution approve the recommendation of the planning and zoning commission or make such determination concerning the classification of such use as is determined appropriate based upon its findings.
16.
Specific use permits
The city council of the city of Fort Stockton, Texas, after public hearing and proper notice to all parties affected and after recommendations by the planning and zoning commission may authorize the issuance of specific use permits for the uses indicated by • in the use schedule, section 7, 2 through 14.
a.
The planning and zoning commission in considering and determining its recommendations to the city council on any request for a specific use permit may require from the applicant plans, information, operating data and expert evaluation concerning the location and function and characteristics of any building or use proposed. The city council may, in the interest of the public welfare and to assure compliance of this ordinance, establish conditions of operation, location, arrangement and construction of any use for which a permit is authorized. In authorizing the location of any of the uses listed as specific use permits, the city council may impose such development standards and safeguards as the conditions and locations indicate important to the welfare and protection of adjacent property from excessive noise, vibration, dust, dirt, smoke, fumes, gas, odor, explosion, glare, offensive view or other undesirable or hazardous condition.
(l)
Existing businesses in Retail, Office, Central Area, and Commercial Districts with area to accommodate an entirely separate, but adjoined, temporary apartment or residence (additions prohibited) from primary function of building shall be reviewed individually by the planning and zoning commission for a specific-use permit and, if approved, business operator shall abide by the guidelines of this ordinance.
(2)
Existing businesses, noted above, shall have separate exterior entries for each use and the tenant shall be the business operator.
(3)
"Temporary" habitat shall be defined as "an apartment or residence for two (2) years followed by the business operator's reapplication to the planning and zoning commission for re-evaluation of residence extension at business location.
(4)
An existing business shall be defined as a viable concern or entity which at the time of application or reapplication conducts operations during traditional business hours a minimum of five (5) days a week and must be in operation for a period of at least nine (9) out of the past twelve (12) months prior to reapplication.
Reapplication process requirements or stipulations:
1.
Current property insurance coverage;
2.
Current liability insurance coverage;
3.
Reapplication fee of sixty dollars ($60.00);
4.
Updated financial statement (combined statement showing business and personal data); to qualify must reflect an income growth from business inception date or last review period conducted by the planning and zoning commission;
5.
Residential exterior additions are prohibited, i.e., fences, pools, yards, etc.;
6.
Change in business type would require reapplication process;
7.
A six-year maximum "temporary residential" term (two-year increments not to exceed a total of six (6) years).
b.
Zoning permit fees
Applications ..... $ 10.00
Public hearings ..... 50.00 per hearing
17.
PD, Planned development district-uses permitted
a.
The city council of the city of Fort Stockton, Texas, after public hearing and proper notice to all parties affected and after recommendation from the planning and zoning commission, may authorize the creation of the following types of planned development districts:
(1)
Shopping center on tracts of two (2) acres or more;
(2)
Housing development or a community unit development;
(3)
Industrial parks or districts on tracts of four (4) acres or more;
(4)
Medical center and hospital;
(5)
Civic center and community center;
(6)
Office center;
(7)
Recreation center;
(8)
A combination of any of the developments listed in (1) through (7);
(9)
Transition districts as an extension of an existing district whereby the provision of off-street parking, screening walls, open space and planting would create a protective transition between a lesser and a more restricted district.
In establishing a planned development district in accordance with this section, the city council shall require a comprehensive site plan of the development. Such site plan shall be approved and filed as part of the ordinance prior to the issuance of any building permit in a planned development district. Such required plan and ordinance shall set forth the requirements for ingress and egress to the property, public or private streets or drives, the adequate right-of-way to conform to the thoroughfare plan of the city of Fort Stockton, sidewalks, utilities, drainage, parking space, height of building, maximum lot coverage, yards and open spaces, screening walls or fences and other development and protective requirements considered necessary to create a reasonable transition to and protection of the adjacent property.
Every planned development district approved under the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered as an amendment to the ordinance as applicable to the property involved. In approving the planned development district, the city council may impose conditions relative to the standard of development and such conditions shall be complied with before a certificate of occupancy is issued for the use of the land or any structure which is part of the planned development district and such conditions shall not be construed as conditions precedent to the approval of the zoning amendment, but shall be construed as conditions precedent to the granting of a certificate of occupancy.
18.
Definitions and explanations noted in use regulations
The following definitions and explanatory notes supplement, restrict and define the meaning and intent of the use regulations as set forth in the use schedule, section 7, 2 through 14, inclusive.
(1)
One-family dwelling (detached), on-site —A dwelling designed and constructed on-site on a lot or tract for occupancy by one (1) family, and located on a lot or tract and having no physical connection to a building located on any other lot or tract and occupied by one (1) family.
(2)
One-family dwelling (detached), manufactured modular home —"Modular home" means a structure or building module as defined and is under the jurisdiction and control of the Texas Department of Labor and Standards and is manufactured at a location other than the location where it is installed and used as a residence by a consumer, transportable in one (1) or more sections on a temporary chassis or other conveyance device, and designed to be used as a permanent dwelling when installed and placed upon a permanent foundation system. The term includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure. The term does not include a mobile home as defined in this act; nor does it include building modules incorporating concrete or masonry as the primary structural component.
(3)
One-family dwelling (detached), manufactured mobile home —"Mobile home" means a structure, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which is eight (8) body feet or more in width and is thirty-two (32) body feet or more in length, and which is built on a permanent chassis designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein and is under the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Labor Standards.
(4)
One-family dwelling (attached) —A dwelling which is joined to another dwelling at one (1) or more sides by a party wall or abutting separate wall and which is designed for occupancy by one (1) family and is located on a separate lot delineated by front, side and rear lot lines.
(5)
Two-family dwelling —A single structure designed and constructed with two (2) living units under a single roof for occupancy by two (2) families. This unit may be constructed in an SF-4 District.
(6)
Multiple-family dwelling (apartment) —Any building or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased or let to be occupied as three (3) or more dwelling units or apartments or which is occupied as a home or place of residence by three (3) or more families living in independent dwelling units.
(7)
Community unit development —An area of three (3) acres or more of unsubdivided land or the frontage on one (1) side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets planned as a single integral residential development which may contain variable types of housing with yard setback and open space standards differing from the district in which it is located but which observes the overall density standards set forth in such district. Where the overall density standards are proposed to vary from those of the district in which the community unit development is located, the development should be handled as a planned development district.
(8)
Boarding house or rooming house —A building, other than a hotel, where lodging and meals for three (3) or more persons are served for compensation.
(9)
Hotel or motel —A building or group of buildings designed and occupied as a temporary abiding place of individuals. To be classified as a hotel or motel, an establishment shall contain a minimum of six (6) individual guest rooms or units and shall furnish customary hotel services such as linen, maid service, telephone, use and upkeep of furniture.
(10)
Mobile home park —A tract of land designed or being used to accommodate one (1) or more transient portable dwelling units originally designed to be moved on wheels from location to location by automobile, truck, or similar prime mover.
(11)
Art gallery or museum —An institution for the collection, display and distribution of objects of art or science, and which is sponsored by a public or quasi-public agency and which facility is open to the general public.
(12)
Church or rectory —A place of worship and religious training of recognized religions including the on-site housing of ministers, rabbis, priests, nuns and similar staff personnel.
(13)
College, university or private school —An academic institution of higher learning, accredited or recognized by the state and offering a program or series of programs of academic study.
(14)
Community center (public) —A building and grounds owned and operated by a governmental body for the social, recreational, health or welfare of the community served.
(14.5)
Day-care center —Allowed in SF-1 and SF-2 zoned areas with the following provisions:
(a)
It shall meet all state licenses and requirements.
(b)
A six-foot minimum solid wood fence or equivalent will be required.
(c)
Hours of operation to be from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with no overnight care.
(d)
No more than six (6) children will be allowed, in addition to the caregiver's children, with no age limitation..
(15)
Kindergarten or nursery —An establishment where more than four (4) children are housed for care or training during the day or portion thereof.
(16)
Institution for the care of alcoholic, psychiatric or narcotic patients —An institution offering resident treatment to alcoholic, psychiatric or narcotic patients.
(17)
Hospital (acute care) —An institution where sick or injured patients are given medical or surgical treatment intended to restore them to health and an active life and which is licensed by the state of Texas.
(18)
Hospital (chronic care) —An institution where those persons suffering from illness, injury, deformity, deficiency or age are given care and treatment on a prolonged or permanent basis and which is licensed by the state of Texas.
(19)
Nursing home or residence home for the aged —A home where ill or elderly people are provided with lodging and meals with or without nursing care.
(20)
School, public or denominational —A school under the sponsorship of a public or religious agency having a curriculum generally equivalent to public elementary or secondary schools, but not including trade or commercial schools.
(21)
School, business or trade —A business organized to operate for a profit and offering instruction and training in a service or art such as a secretarial school, barber college, beauty school or commercial art school.
(22)
Accessory building —In a residence district, a subordinate building, attached or detached and used for a purpose customarily incidental to the main structure such as a private garage for automobile storage, tool house, lath or greenhouse as a hobby (no business), home workshop, children's playhouse, storage house or garden shelter, but not involving the conduct of a business. In a single family district, an accessory building shall not be used as a dwelling unit.
(23)
Temporary field or construction office —A structure or shelter, subject to removal by order of the building official, used in connection with a development or building project for housing on the site of temporary administrative and supervisory functions and for sheltering employees and equipment.
(24)
Home occupations —A home occupation is an occupation carried on in the home by a member of the occupant's family without the employment of additional persons, without offering any commodity for sale on the premises, without the use of equipment other than that customarily found in a household and which does not create obnoxious noise or other obnoxious conditions to abutting residential property such as emission of odor, increased traffic or generation of light or smoke, and where the use is carried on in the main structure only. A home occupation shall specifically exclude the operation of a repair garage, plumbing shop or similar activity in a residential area.
(25)
Local utility line —The facilities provided by a municipality or a franchised utility company for the distribution or collection of gas, water, surface drainage water, sewage, electric power or telephone service.
(26)
Off-street parking incidental to main use —Off-street parking spaces provided in accordance with the requirements specified by this ordinance and located on the lot or tract occupied by the main use or within three hundred (300) feet of such lot or tract and located within the same zoning district as the main use or in an adjacent parking district.
(27)
Public building, shop or yard of local, state or federal government —Facilities such as office buildings, maintenance yards or shops required by branches of local, state or federal government for service to an area such as the highway department yard or city service center.
(28)
Radio, television, or microwave towers —Structures supporting antennae for transmitting or receiving any portion of the radio spectrum, but excluding noncommercial antennae installations for home use of radio or television.
(29)
Telephone exchange, switching relay and transmitting equipment, but not including public business facilities.
(30)
Amusement, commercial (outdoors) —Any amusement enterprise offering entertainment or games of skill to the general public for a fee or charge wherein any portion of the activity takes place in the open including, but not limited to, a golf driving range, archery range and miniature golf course.
(31)
Amusement, commercial (indoors) —An amusement enterprise wholly enclosed in a building which is treated acoustically so that noise generated by the enterprise is not perceptible at the bounding property line and including, but not limited to, a bowling alley or billiard parlor.
(32)
Country club —An area of twenty-five (25) acres or more containing a golf course and club house which is available to a specific recorded membership. Such a club may include as adjunct facilities, a dining room, private club, swimming pool, cabanas, tennis courts and similar service and recreational facilities for the members.
(33)
Dance hall or night club —An establishment offering to the general public facilities for dancing and entertainment for a fee and subject to licensing and regulations by the city of Fort Stockton.
(34)
Golf course (public) —An golf course owned and operated by the city of Fort Stockton for the use, benefit and enjoyment of the citizens or be some other public agency such as the state or county.
(35)
Golf course (commercial) —A golf course constructed by a private individual or group and operated as a commercial enterprise other than a driving range, miniature golf or similar golf oriented commercial amusement.
(36)
Park or playground (public) —An open recreation facility or park owned and operated by a public agency such as the city of Fort Stockton and available to the general public.
(37)
Playfield or stadium (public) —An athletic field or stadium owned and operated by a public agency for the general public include a baseball field, golf course, football field or stadium.
(38)
Stable, private club —A paddock, stable and related riding and quartering facilities for horses owned by a specific number of recorded members and maintained for the exclusive use of such members and guests.
(39)
Stable, commercial —An establishment where horses are kept and rented to the general public for riding.
(40)
Stable, boarding —A stable and related open pasture where horses are quartered for owners on a fee basis.
(41)
Swim or tennis club —A private recreational club with restricted membership, usually of less area than a country club but including a club house and a swimming pool, tennis courts and similar recreational facilities none of which are available to the general public.
(42)
Airport, landing field or heliport —A landing facility for fixed and rotary wing aircraft including terminal, fueling and repair, and storage facilities and subject to approval by the city of Fort Stockton.
(43)
Railroad track and right-of-way, but not including railroad stations, sidings, team tracks, loading facilities, docks, yards or maintenance areas.
(44)
Railroad team track —A siding for spotting and unloading or loading box cars or other railroad cars and which area is connected to a public street by a drive or access.
(45)
Parking lot, commercial (auto) —An area devoted to the parking or storage of automobiles for a fee.
(46)
Wrecking or auto salvage yard —A yard or building where automobiles, metal materials, or machinery are stored, dismantled and/or offered for sale as whole units, as salvaged parts or as processed metal.
(47)
Antique shop —An establishment offering for sale, within a building, articles such as glass, china, furniture or similar furnishings and decorations which have value and significance as a result of age, design and sentiment.
(48)
Cleaning shop or small laundry self-service shop —To be of the customer self-service type or a custom cleaning shop not exceeding two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet in floor area.
(49)
Custom personal service —Tailor, dressmaker, shoe shop or similar shop offering custom service.
(50)
Nameplate —An accessory sign showing only the name and address of the owner or occupant of the premises on which it is erected or placed.
(51)
Signs, real estate —A temporary accessory sign pertaining to the sale or rental of property and advertising property only for use for which it is legally zoned.
(52)
Sign, construction —A temporary accessory sign identifying the property owner, architect, contractor, engineer, landscape architect, decorator or mortgagee engaged in the design, construction or improvement of the premises on which the sign is located.
(53)
Sign, development —A temporary accessory sign related to the promotion of new developments and located on the premises involved in the development.
(54)
Sign, institutional —An accessory sign for the identity of a school, church, hospital or similar public or quasi-public institution.
(55)
Sign, agricultural —An accessory sign identifying the farm or ranch on which it is placed and advertising the produce crops, animals or poultry raised or quartered thereon.
(56)
Sign, general business —An accessory sign or graphic device which advertises only commodities or service offered on the premises where such signs are located and where such sign is not of the billboard, poster panel or painted bulletin type but is a sign designed specifically for the location.
(57)
Farm, ranch, garden or orchard —An area of three (3) acres or more which is used for growing of usual farm products, vegetables, fruits, trees, and grain and for the raising thereon of the usual farm poultry and farm animals such as horses, cattle and sheep and including the necessary accessory uses for raising, treating and storing products raised on the premises, but not including the commercial feeding of offal and garbage to swine and other animals and not including any type of agriculture or husbandry specifically prohibited by ordinance or law. No pen, barn or enclosure for cows, horses, mules, donkeys, sheep or goats shall be located nearer than one hundred fifty (150) feet to any dwelling and no enclosure or pen for chickens, turkeys, guineas, geese, quail, pigeons or ducks shall be located nearer than fifty (50) feet to any dwelling.
(58)
Light fabrication and assembly processes —Including the manufacture of jewelry, trimming decorations, and any similar item not involving the generation of noise, odor, vibration, dust or hazard.
(59)
Light manufacturing processes —Which do not emit detectable dust, odor, smoke, gas or fumes beyond the bounding property lines of the lot or tract upon which the use is located and which do not generate noise or vibration at the boundary of the I district which is generally perceptible in frequency or pressure above the ambient level of noise in the adjacent areas and including, but not limited to such uses as:
a.
Woodworking and planning mill with dust and noise control;
b.
Textile manufacture with dust, odor and fume control;
c.
Ceramic and pottery manufacture with dust, odor and fume control;
d.
Plastic products manufacture with dust and fume control;
e.
Paint, oil, shellac and lacquer manufacture when hoods and fume destructors are used in the cooking process;
f.
Grain processing with hoods, dust and odor controls;
g.
Electroplating or battery making with acid, fume and odor controls;
h.
Manufacturing or industrial operations of any type which meet the general conditions set forth above and which are not offensive by the reason of the emission of noise, odor, smoke, gas, fumes, dust, glare or the creation of a hazard, but specifically excluding the uses listed in the paragraph (60) following.
(60)
Any manufacturing, industrial servicing or storage process not prohibited by law except the following uses may only be located in the I district upon approval by the city council in accordance with the procedure established in Section 7-16:
a.
Acid manufacture;
b.
Ammonia manufacture;
c.
Carbon black manufacture;
d.
Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster of paris manufacture;
e.
Chlorine manufacture;
f.
Cotton gin or compress;
g.
Explosives storage or manufacture;
h.
Glue and fertilizer manufacture;
i.
Petroleum and petroleum products refining and manufacture;
j.
Petroleum tank farm;
k.
Petrochemical plant;
l.
Rendering plant;
m.
Tanning, curing, treating or storage of skins or hides;
n.
Wrecking yard or salvage yard;
o.
Any use which due to the possible emission of excessive smoke, noise, gas, fumes, dust, odor or vibration or danger of explosion or fire is presently or in the future determined a hazard and subject to special control.
(61)
Kill Room —An operation to include the dressing of no more than one (1) head of livestock at a time with an anticipated maximum number of twelve (12) head per week; the operation to be conducted by appointment only, and livestock will not be held, penned or corralled outside the building or overnight inside the building.
(62)
Used car sales lot—An operation to keep no more than five (5) cars at a time in the car lot.
(63)
Storage or sales warehouse units —[Allowed by Specific Use Permit] in General Retail Service (R) zoned area, with the stipulation that unit(s) must:
a.
Be classified as inconsequential to said business or entity,
b.
Be utilized as an accessory,
c.
[Be] situated in rear area of lot or block with a five thousand (5,000) square foot minimum section to accommodate [the] facility,
d.
[Have the] entire facility surrounded by a fence,
e.
[Be] well-lit, and
f.
[Be] well-maintained.
(Ord. No. 81-114, § 2, 10-23-81; Ord. No. 89-101, §§ 1, 2, 3-28-89; Ord. No. 89-110, 10-10-89; Ord. No. 91-02, 2-12-91; Ord. No. 91-109, 8-13-91; Ord. No. 95-105, § 1, 7-25-95; Ord. No. 97-114, 10-14-97; Ord. No. 03-101, 3-24-03; Ord. No. 13-104, 4-25-13; Ord. No. 15-114 , 10-13-15; Ord. No. 16-100 , 1-11-16; Ord. No. 17-101 , 2-13-17; Ord. No. 17-114 , 7-25-17)