OR 297-A-43 "HC" Highway Commercial Zoning District AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 297A43
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING THE
COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AS
HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY ADDING THERETO A NEW ZONING DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATION, TO WIT: "HC" HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATION; ESTABLISHING USE REGULATIONS FOR SUCH DISTRICT;
PROVIDING FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS
WITHIN THE "HC" DISTRICT; ADDING THERETO A NEW SUBSECTION TO SECTION 29
OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PERMITTED USES IN THE "HC" DISTRICT
BY GRANT OF A SPECIFIC USE ZONING CLASSIFICATION; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Zoning Commission and the Governing Body of the City of
Coppell, Texas, in compliance with the laws of the State of Texas with reference to
amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell, have given
requisite notices by publication and otherwise, and after holding due hearings and
affording a full and fair hearing to all parties generally, the said Governing Body is of
the opinion that the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell, Texas,
to wit: Ordinance No. 297, should be amended in the exercise of its legislative discretion:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell,
Texas, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section 22A
establishing a new zoning district classification to be known as "HC" Highway Commercial
Zoning District Classification as follows:
"SECTION 22A
"HC" HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
GENERAL PURPOSE AND DESCRIPTION
The "HC" Highway Commercial district is intended primarily as a high
intensity area permitting a mixed-use for office, commercial-retail, and
highway oriented uses, such as hotels, restaurants, and low and mid-rise
offices, and should be located generally along high-volume thoroughfares.
The site characteristics for each area should be designed in a manner to
create an attractive appearance from I.H. 635 and S.H. 121, and an
impressive "gateway" into the Community. Because these areas are
designated as major thoroughfare entry points, emphasis has been placed
on building arrangement, setbacks, parking, and landscape treatment, which
are intended to be elements influencing the character of entrance into
the City. It is the intention of the "Highway Commercial" zoning district
to create an attractive and unique entrance into the City.
22 A.1 USE REGULATIONS
Any use permitted in the "O" Office district.
Any use permitted in the "R" Retail district.
Temporary amusement activity (approved by City Council resolution).
Exhibition hall.
Equipment sales.
Hotel or motel.
Newspaper printing.
Radio, television or microwave receiving dish (subject to screening
regulations; see Section 32.1).
Restaurant, cafe, and cafeteria, including drive-ins.
University, college, or parochial school and related facilities.
Manufacturing and industrial plants including the processing or assembly
of parts for production of finished equipment, where the process of
manufacturing or treatment of materials is such that only a minimum amount
of dust, odor, gas, smoke, or noise is emitted and that none of the lot or
tract is used for the open storage of products, materials, or equipment.
Any use permitted by Special Use Permit, as listed in Section 29.7, 29.8
or 29.8A.
22A.2 Non-permitted uses: For clarity, the following uses, though not limited to
the following, are specifically not permitted uses within the "HC" district
even with a Special Use Permit.
Airport.
Crop production
Kennels.
Any use requiring outside storage.
Pawn shops.
Seed store
Used automobile sales or display, repair garages, tire and seat cover shops,
or auto laundries unless incidental to a service station.
Self-storage or mini-warehouses.
22A.3 AREA AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS
Size of Yards:
(a) Front yard: Minimum required setback, sixty (60) feet from edge
of front property line.
(b) Side yard: Adjacent to a street or property line, minimum required
thirty (30) feet.
(c) Rear yard: Twenty (20) feet.
Size of Lot:
(a) Lot area: 10,000 square foot minimum.
(b) Lot width: No minimum.
(c) Lot Depth: No minimum.
Lot Coverage: In no case shall more than fifty percent (50%) of the lot
area be covered by buildings.
Height Restrictions: Maximum height of twenty (20) stories, but limited
to seventy (70) feet on any portion of the site within three hundred (300)
feet of property zoned or used for A, SF-ED, SF-18, SF-12, SF-9, SF-7,
SF-0, 2F-9, TH-1 or TH-2. In addition, no structure may exceed the
maximum height limitations as established by the Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport Board.
Parking Requirements: Required off-street parking shall be provided in
accordance with the specific uses set forth in Section 30. No more than
fifty percent (50%) of the required parking shall be utilized in the front
yard. No parking or loading shall be permitted within 20 feet of the front
property line.
Type of Exterior Construction: All structures shall be eighty percent
(80%) masonry exterior exclusive of doors and windows. Glass may be
counted in place of masonry. Stucco is permitted by Special Use Permit
only.
Landscape Requirement: Landscape requirements shall be provided
according to Section 33. Additionally, those areas which are specified
within the Coppell Streetscape Plan shall be adhered to.
SITE PLAN REVIEW
The purpose of the site plan review is to ensure, prior to issuance of
building permits, that all city requirements have been or will be met,
including compliance with zoning, subdivision, landscape, streetscape and
building regulations.
No building permit shall be issued on any tract of land unless a site plan
is first submitted for review by the Planning and Zoning Commission and
approved by the City Council. A public hearing shall not be required.
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued unless all construction and
development conform to the site plan as approved by the City Council.
Any major revision to an approved site plan must be approved by the City
Council, however, minor revisions may be permitted upon approval by both
the Planning and Zoning Coordinator and the City Building Official. The
Planning and Zoning Coordinator shall make the determination as to whether
or not a revision is a minor or major revision.
A site plan shall indicate building elevations, location of separate buiIdings,
and the minimum distance between buildings. Site plans shall also include
property lines, streets and alleys, together with a parking plan and a
landscape plan showing the arrangement and provision for off-street parking,
and the layout of planting materials. An architectural rendering of proposed
buildings shall be submitted with the site plan.
All site plans shall be filed with the Planning Department and reviewed
by the Development Review Committee before going to the Planning and
Zoning Commission and City Council.
An approved site plan shall be the final plan for development, and
construction shall conform to approved plan. A site plan may be submitted
for the total area zoned or any portion thereof.
SECTION 2. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell,
Texas, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection 29.8A
to Section 29 establishing certain uses permitted in the "HC" Highway Commercial Zoning
District Classification by Specific Use Permit zoning classification as follows:
SECTION 29
"S" O1~ "SUP" - SPECIFIC USE PERMITS
"29.8A Auto parking lot or garage (commercial).
Automobile sales or rental.
Amusement activity (indoor or outdoor).
Bus terminal.
Electric substation, transmission line, or other public utility.
Fairgrounds.
Gasoline service station.
Grocery or convenience store.
Indoor sports; recreation and entertainment.
Institution for care of alcoholic, narcotic, or psychiatric
patients.
Laboratory.
Motorcycle sales and service.
Office warehouse.
Private club.
Radio broadcasting towers.
Rodeo or other sports entertainment.
Television studio.
Trailer rental.
Zoo (Public).
SECTION 3. That any part of any ordinance of the City in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed and all other
ordinances or parts of ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions of
this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. That should any paragraph, sentence, subdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid,
the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or
provision thereof other than the part so decided to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional
and shall not affect the validity of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance as a whole.
SECTION 5. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
or terms of this ordinance shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, as heretofore amended, and upon conviction
shall be punished by fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00)
for each offense, and that each day such violation shall continue to exist shall constitute
a separate offense.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage and publication of its caption, as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PA~ED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the
day of ~-~ , 1988.
APPROVED:
MAYOR'
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
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