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THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF NUECES
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ¢
On this the day of May, 1948, the City Council of
the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, convened in regular meeting,
with the £allowing members of said Council present, to -wit:
:4esley E. Seale, mayor
George R. Clark, Jr. 9
John A. Ferris Q
Commissioners
R. R. Henry
Joe T. Dawson
M. A. Cage, Jr., , / City Secretary
'frith the following ebsentc �p�� onstituting a quorum,
at which time the following among other business was transacted:
Mayor Tinsley E. Seale presented for the consideration of
the Council an ordinance. The ordinance was read by the City Secretary.
The Mayor presented to the Council a communication in
writing pertaining to said proposed ordinance, as follows:
Corpus Christi, Texas
May . 1948
TO THE iAMMEERS OF TEE CITY COUNCIL T
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen;
It is necessary for the purpose of providing for the
orderly and progressive growth of the City of Corpus Christi and
necessary for the protection of the lives, health, property and
welfare of citizens living and owning property in the City of Cor-
pus Christi to pass the foregoing ordinance at this time and
further delay in the passage of this ordinance woul� be detrimental
to the health, safe*, property and general welfare of the citizens
of the co— wnity. For the reasons set out above and the reasons
set out in the emergency clause in the foregoing ordinance, a pub-
lic emergency and imper tine public n e asity exists for the s -
pension of the Charter rule requiring that no ordinanoe or resolu-
tion be passed finally on the date of its introduction and that
such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three separate meetings
of the City Council, I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend
said Charter rule o requirement, and pass said ordinance on the
date of its i troduction, or at the present meeting of the City
Council.
Respectfully,
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
Commissioner r— /Q Y/t- made a motion that the
Charter provision prohibiting ordinances from being finally passed
oa the date introduced be suspended for the reasons stated in the
written request of the Mayor and stated in the emergency clause of
the Ordinance. The motion was Seconded by Commissioner or,
The motion carried by the unanimous vote of the Council, viz;
Ayes: Commissioners Clark, Ferris, Henry and Dawson.
Nayesr None.
The Mayor requested/ to be `recorded as voting aye.
CCommissioner A y 'C made a motion that the
6rdinanoe be passed finally. The motion was seconded by Commissioner
�A W,S AAl The motion carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Commissioners Clark, Ferris, Henry and Dawson.
Neyess None.
The Mayor requested to be recorded as voting Aye.
The Mayor announced that the ordinance had been passed.
The Ordinance is as follows:
AN ORDINANCE °29D .2 :2� L
A1=ING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
ADOPTED ON THE 27th DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, AND APPEARING OF
RECORD IN VOLUME 9, page 565, OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLU-
TION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS OF 1STI AND AS THEREAFTER
AMENDED FROM TIE TO TI131, ESPECIALLY AS UMED BY ORDINANCE
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON K&RCH 5, 1942,
SAME BEING ORDINANCE NO. 11,25, SAID ORDINANCE BEING ENTITLED:
"AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ZONING REGULATIONS AND DISTRICTS
IN ACCORDANCE 17ITH A CO11dFRFJ3NSIVE PLAN AND REGULATING AND
DETERMINING THE HEIGHT, NUMBER OF STORIES AND SIZE OF BUILD-
INGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, THE PERCENTAGE OF LOTS THAT MAY
BE OCCUPIED, THE SIZE OF YARDS, AND OTHER OPEN SPACES, THE
DENSITY OF POPULATION, THE LOCATIONS AND USES OF BUILDINGS,
STRUCTURES AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY, RESIDENCEE, COMMERCE,
OR OTHER PURPOSE, AND DIVIDING THE CITY OF CORPUS CE'RISTI
INTO DISTRICTS AND REGULATING THE ERECTION. CONSTRUCTION, RE-
CONSTRUCTION. ALTERATION, REPAIR OR USS OF BUILDINGS, STRUC-
TURES OR LAND WITHIN SUCH DISTRICTS, AND PROVIDING UNIFORM
REGULATIONS FOR THE SEVERAL CLASSES OR KINDS OF BUILDINGS OR
STRUCTURES AND USES 'WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS AND
ADOPTING A ZONING MP SHOWING TH3 ACTUAL LOCATION AND BOUN-
DARI3S OF THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS AND USE AREAS, TOGETHER ';PITH
THE REGULATIONS IMPOSED UPON EACH DISTRICT AND USE AREAS, AND
PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN ETCEPTIONS, FOR A IETHCD OF ENFORCET,:c'NT,
FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND CO.IIPLIANCE, FOR THE INTER-
PRETATION OF THE ZONING MAP DESIGNATIONS, FOR A BOARD OF
ADJUSTMENT, ITS ORGANIZATION AND AUTHORITY, FOR THE COMPLETION
OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF &Y OF
TH•r PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINA:dCES, FUTURE CHl;S;GES AND AMEND -
Y—INTS TO THE ORDINANCE, DEFINING THE VARIOUS TERMS AND V7CRDS
USED IN THE ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY "; REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THERE41TH
AND CONTAINING A SHVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DECIARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION I. That the Zoning Ordinanoe of the City of Corpus
Christi adopted on the 27th day of August, A. D. 1937, being of record
in Volume 9, page 565 of the Ordinaries and Resolution Records of the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and as thereafter amended Prom time to
time, entitled,
"AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ZONING REGULATIONS AND DIS-
TRICTS IN ACCORDANCE KITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND REGULATING
AND DETERMINING THE HEIGHT, NUMBER OF STORIES AND SIZE OF
BUILDINGS ANNA OTHER STRUCTURES, THE PERCENTAGE OF LOTS THAT
MAY BE OCCUPIED, THE SIZE OF YARDS, AND OTHER OPEN SPACES,
THE DENSITY OF POPULATION, THE LOCATIONS AND USES OF BUILD-
INGS, STRUCTURES AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY, RESIDENCE,
COMAUMCE, OR OTHER PURPOSES, AND DIVIDING THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI INTO DISTRICTS AND REGULATING THE ERECTION, CONSTRUC-
TION, RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REPAIR OR USE OF BUILDINTGS,
STRUCTURES OR LAND WITHIN SUCH DISTRICTS, AND PROVIDING UNI-
FORM REGULATIONS FOR THE SEVERAL CLASSES OR KINDS OF BUILDINGS
OR STRUCTURES AND USES - R'ITHIN THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS AND
ADOPTING A ZONING MAP SH(NVING THE ACTUAL LOCATION AND BOUN-
DARIES OF THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS AND USE AREAS, TOGETHER "WITH
THE REGULATIONS IMPOSED UPON EACH DISTRICT AND USE AREAS,
AND PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN 210EPTIONS, FOR A METHOD OF EN-
FORCEMENT, FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND COMPLIANCE,
FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF TIM ZONING MAP DESIGNATIONS,
FOR A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, ITS ORGANIZATION AND AUTHORITY,
FOR THE COEFLETION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, FOR PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE FROVISIONS OF TEE ORDINANCES,
FUTURE CHANGES AND AIMTDM®TTS TO THE ORDINANCE, DEFINING
THE VARIOUS TERMS AND 7(ORDS USED IN THE ORDINANCE, AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. ",
be, and the same is hereby, emended so that it shall be and read as
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ARTICLE I. TITLE
This Ordinance shall be ]mown as the Corpus Christi Zoning Ordinance.
ARTICLE II. PURPOSE
The Zoning Regulations and Districts as herein established have been
made in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of promoting
Health, Safety, Morals or the General 17elfare of the City of Corpus Christi.
They have been designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure
safety Prom fir , panic and other dangers; to provide adagoate light and air;
to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of popu-
lation; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water,
sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. They have been made
with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the
district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view
to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use
of land throughout the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
ARTICLE III. CCETINUATION OF E%ISTING Rc,GULATIONS•
The provisions of this ordinance insofar as they are substantially the
same as existing ordinances relating to the same subject matter shall be con-
strued as restatements and continuations and not as new enactments.
ARTICLE IV. SECTION 1.. DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this Ordinance certain terms and words are hereby
defined. }fiords used in the present tense include the future; words in singu-
lar number include the plural number, and words in the plural number include
the singular; the word "building" includes the word "structure "; the word
"lot" includes the word "plot "; the word "shall" is mandatory and not direc-
tory.
ACCESSORY BUILDING, A detached subordinate building located on the same
lot, the use of which is customarily incident to that of the main building or
to the use of the land.
ALLEY: A public thoroughfare which customarily affords only a secondary
means of access to abutting property.
APART'.r : A room or suite of rooms in an apartment house, arranged,
designed or occupied as the residence of a single family, individual or group
of individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit.
APARTMENT HOUSE. Same as "Dwelling, Multiples,
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APARTMENT HOTEL: An apartment house which furnishes for the use of
its tenants services ordinarily furnished by hotels, but the privileges
of which are not primarily available to the transient public.
BOARDING HOUSE: A building other than a hotel or lodging house,
where meals for five or more persons are served for compensation.
BUILDING: Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls,
for the housing or enclosure of persons or chattels. Where dwellings are
separated from each other by a wall without openings, the portion of such
dwelling on each side of said wall shall be deemed a separate building.
CAMP, PUBLICS Any area or tract of land used or designed to accommo-
date two (2) or more camping parties, including cabins, tents, or other
camping equipment.
CLINIC: A group of offices for one or more physicians, surgeons or
dentists engaged in treating the sick or injured, but not including rooms
for the abiding of patients.
COMMISSION: The Zoning and Planning Commission.
DISTRICT: A section of the City of Corpus Christi for which the regu-
lations governing the areas, heights, or use of buildings are uniform.
DWELLING: A building or portion thereof, designed or used for residen-
tial occupancy, including one family, two family and multiple dwellings, but
not including boarding and lodging houses, hotels or tourist courts.
DWELLING, ONE - FAMILY: A detached building arranged or designed for oc-
cupancy by only one family.
DWELLING, TWO - FAMILY: A building arranged or designed for occupancy by
two (2) families living independently of each other.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE: A single building or portion thereof, arranged or
designed for occupancy by three (3) or more families living independently of
each other.
DWELLING UNIT: Two or more rooms in a dwelling, apartment, or hotel de-
signed for occupancy by only one (1) family for living or sleeping purposes
and having only one (1) kitchen.
FAMILY. One person, or two or more persons related either by blood or
marriage, living together as a single housekeeping unlit, or a group of not
more than four (4) persons not related by blood or marriage, living together
as a single housekeeping unit.
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FILLING STATION: Any building or premises used solely or principally
for the storing, dispensing, sale or offering for sale at retail of extiv
motor fuels, lubricants, or motor vehicle accessories. When such dispens-
ing, sale or offering for sale of motor fuels, oils or accessories f9 in-
cidental to the conduct of a public garage, the premises :ball be classified
as a public garage.
FRONTAGE- length of the property abutting on one side of a street
or place, measured along the dividing line between the property and the
street or Place.
GARAGE, PRIVAg8; An accessory building for storage only of motor ve-
hielea.
GARAGE, PUBLIC: A. building or Portion thereof designed or used for the
gale hiring, care or repair of motor vehicles for remuneration-
storage) :
GARAGE, STOWS: L building or portion thereof designed or used exclus-
ively for housing four (4) or more motor driven vehicles.
GARAGE, MECHANICAL: Any premises where automotive vehicles are mechan-
ically repaired, rebuilt or constructed.
GUEST HOUSE: Living quarters within a detached accessory building
located on the same Premises with the main building for use by temporary
guests of the occupants of the premises, such quarters having no kitchen fac-
ilities, or separate utilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate
dwelling.
HEIGHT OF BUILDING. The vertical diatence measured from the highest of
the following grades:
(e) From the average curb grade;
From the established or mean street grade, in case a curb has not
been constructed;
From the average finished ground level adjoining the building if it
sets back from the street line.
(b) To the highest point of the roof's surface if a flat surface, or to
the deck line of mansard roofs, or
(c) To the mean height level between eaves and ridge for hip or gable
roofs.
In measuring the height of a building the following structures shall be
excluded: chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, penthouses, tanks,
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water towers, radio towers, ornamental cupolas, domes or spires, and parapet
walls not exceeding four (4) feet in height.
HOBBY SHOF: An accessory use carried on by the occupant of, the premises
in a shop, studio or other work room, purely as a personal enjoyment, amuse-
ment or recreation provided that the articles produced or constructed in said
shop, studio or work room are not sold either on or off the premises.
HOTEL: A single building occupied or used primarily so a temporary
abiding place of individuals or groups of individuals who are lodged with or
without meals, in which there are more than twelve (12) sleeping rooms, and
no provision for cooking in individual rooms.
HOVE OCCUPATIONS: Any occupation or profession engaged in by the occu-
pants of a dwelling not involving the conduct of a retail business, and not
including any occupation conducted in any building on the premises excepting
the building which is used by the occupant am his or her private dwelling.
Home occupations shall include, in general, personal services such as fur-
nished by an architect, lawyer, physician, dentist, musician, artist, and
seamstress, when performed by the person occupying the building as his or her
private dwelling end net including a partnership or the employment of more
than one assistant in the performance of such services.
EMM. Any lot or premises on which four (4) or more dogs, at least
four (4) months of age, are kept.
LOADING SPACE: An off -street space or berth at least 10 a 25 feet on
the same lot with a building or contiguous thereto for the temporary parking
of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials,
and which abuts upon a street, alley or other appropriate mesas of acceas,
so as not to obstruct the pedestrian or! vehicular traffic in the public thor-
oughfares.
LODGING HOUSE: A building other than a hotel where lodging for five or
more persons is provided for compensation, and not open to transients.
LOT: A parcel of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a 'Wilding
and its accessory buildings and including such open spaces as are required
under this Ordinance, and having its principal frontage upon a public street
or officially approved place.
LOT AREA The total horizontal area within the lot lines of the lot.
LOT, CORNER: A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their inter-
section.
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LOT, DEPTH CF: The distance from the front street line to the rear
line measured in the mean direction of the aide lot line..
LOT, INTERIOR: A lot whose side line or lines do not abut upon any
street.
LOT, REVERSED CORNER: A corner lot the side street line of which is
substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the lot to it. rear.
LOT, THROUGH= An interior lot having frontages on two (2) streets,
LOT LINES: The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
LOT WIDTH: The mean distance between side lines measured at right
angles to the depth.
NON - CONFORMING DSEz A building or premises existing legally at the
time of the passage of this ordinance which does not by reason of use con-
form to the use regulations under this ordinance, of the district in
which it is situated.
PARKING LOT, PUBLIC: An open space, other than a street, alley or
place, used for temporary parking of more than four (4) self- propelled auto-
motive vehicles and available for public use. whether free, for compen.aticn,
or as an accommodation for clients or customers. Such use shall not include
the operation of a gasoline filling or service station or the repair or
servicing of vehicles.
PARKING SPACE, AUTOMOBILE: A suitably surfaced area on privately
owned property, either within or outside of a building and sufficient in
size to store one (1) standard automobile.
PLACE: An open unoccupied space reserved for purposes of aooess to
abutting property.
ROOMING HOUSE: Same as lodging house.
SIGNS Any name, figure, character, outline, spectacle, display,
delineation, announcement, advertisement, billboard, signboard, bulletin
board, device, appliance or any other thing of similar nature to attract
attention, and shall include all parts, portions, units and material compos-
ing the same together with the frame, background, structure and supports or
anchorage therefor as the case may be, but the term °sign" shall not include
signs painted on glass windows or attached to the interior of any building.
In calculating the area of a sign the perimeter of the area shall be a line
including the outer extremities of all letters, figures, characters and
delineations or a line including the outer extremities of the framework or
background upon which such sign is placed, whichever line includes the larger
area.
SERVANTS' QUARTERS: An accessory building or portion of the main
building located on the same lot as the main building and used as a living
quarters for servants employed on the premises and not rented or otherwise
need as a separate domicile.
STABLE, FUELIC: A stable with a capacity for more than two (2) horses
or Zola$.
STREET: A public thoroughfare which affords the principal maeme of
access to abutting property.
STORY$ 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 such floor and the
ceiling neat above it.
STORY, HALF: A space under a sloping roof at the top of the building,
the floor of which is not more than two (2) feet bolos the plate, shall be
counted as a half -story wben not Wore than sixty (60) per cant of said floor
area is used for rooms, baths, or toilets. A half -story containing independ-
ent apartment or living quarters shall be counted as a full story.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected, which regaires location on
the ground, or attached to something having a location on the ground, includ-
ing, but not limited to, advertising signs, billboards and poster panels.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS: Any change in the supporting members of a
building, such se hearing walls or partitions, columns, bema or girders, or
any substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls.
STUDIO: A place for instruction in or practice of the fine arts, such
as music, dancing, painting, dramatics, handicrafts and sculpturing.
TOURIST COURT (auto courts, motels, or motor lodgea): A group of
attached, semi- detaebed, or detached buildings containing individual sleep-
ing or living units, designed for or used temporarily by automobile tourists
or transients, with garage attached or parking space conveniently located
to each unit and offering to the public daily as well as other longer term
rental rates, and maintaining a register of guests and/or their vehicles.
TRAILER CANPs A lot where public facilities and aoeomodations are
provided by the day, week, month or for a longer period of time, for or
without compensation, for two or more house care or trailer cars, when such
house care or trailer care are being used for hmman habitation.
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YARD, An open space other than a court, on a lot unoccupied and un-
obstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this
Ordinance.
YARD, FRONT; An open space, unoccupied by buildings across the full
width of the lot extending from the front line of the building to the front
street line of the lot.
YARD, REAR, An open space unoccupied, except by an accessory building
or structure as hereinafter permitted, extending the full width of the lot
between a principal building and the rear lot line. where there is an alley,
the depth of the rear yard may be considered to extend to the center line of
the alley..
YARD, SIDE. An open unoccupied space on the somo lot with the building
between the main building and the adjacent side of the lot, and extending
entirely from the front yard to the rear yard thereof.
,ARTICLE V.
SECTION 1. Districts.
To effectuate the purposes of this ordinance, to regulate and restrict
the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures,
the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts,
and other spaces, the density of population and the location and use of
buildings, structures, and land, for trade, industry, residence and other
purposes, the City of Corpus Christi is hereby divided into twelve (12)
districts, as fallow",
"R -1" One Family Dwelling District.
"R -2"
Two Family Dwelling District.
"A -1"
First Apartment House District.
"A -2"
Second Apartment House District.
"A -3"
Third Apartment House District.
"A -!I."
Tourist Court District.
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Neighborhood Business District.
"B -2"
Bayfront Business District.
"B-3"
secondary Business District.
"B-4*
primary Business District.
"L -I"
Light Industrial District.
"H -I"
Heavy Industrial District.
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SECTICB 2. The boundaries of the districts are indicated upon the
district map of the City of Corpus Christi, which map is attached to and
made a part of this ordinance. A chart entitled "Summary of the Zoning
Regulations" is attached hereto and made a part of this Ordinance. Said
district map and chart, and all the notations, references and other mature
showing thereon shall be as much a part of this ordinance as if the nota-
tions, references and other matters set forth by said map and chart were
all fully described herein. Said map and chart shall be filed in the
office of the City Secretary at the City Hall in the City of Corpus Christi,
and it shall be the duty of said City Secretary thereafter to keep on file
an authentic copy showing all changes, amendments and additions thereto.
Duplicate copies of the official map and chart shall be kept on file in
the offices of the Inspection Division, Department of Public Works and the
City Zoning and Planning Commission.
ARTICLE 4I.
sR -1" ONE FAMILY DMLLING DISTRICT.
The following regulations shall apply in the "R -1" one Family Dwelling
District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building or land shall be used and no
building shall be bereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged, ex-
cept for the following uses:
1. One Family Dwelling.
2. Church (except rescue missions or temporary revivals.)
3. School, public or private, having a curriculum equivalent to a
public elementary or high school, and institutions of higher learning.
4, Public parks, playgrounds, golf courses (except miniature golf
courses, putting green, driving ranges and similar activities operated as a
business), public recreation, and community buildings and public —a—..
5. Municipal buildings, non- profit libraries or museums, police stn
tions and fire stations, public utility installations for sewer, water, gas,
electric and telephone mains and incidental appurtenances.
6. Farming, truck garden, orchard or nursery or greenhouse for the
growing or propagation of plants, trees and shrubs, provided no retail or
wholesale business office is maintained on the premises.
7. Accessory Buildings and Uses: Accessory buildings and uses Me-
tomerily incident to any of the above uses, when located on the same lot,
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including home occupations, private garage for one (1) or more cars, bona -
fide servant's quarters not for rent or used for commercial purposes, wash
rooms and storage room for domestic storage only. A bona -fide guest house
is permitted where the lot area is one acre or more. No accessory building
shall be more than one (1) story in height except accessory buildings to a
farm.
-g. Signs.
(a) One sign, which shall not ezceed one (1) square foot in area,
indicating the name of the occupant or occupation of a customary
home occupation, provided the sign is attached flatwiae to the
building.
(b) Signs or bulletin boards, which shall not exceed fifteen (15)
square feet in area for church or school.
(c) One sign, which shall not exceed four (4) square feet in area, may
be placed upon a lot or building to advertise the lease, hire or
sale of building or premises provided the sign is immediately
removed upon the lease, hire or sale of such building or premises.
Additions and exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in Article
%VIII, Section 1, and Special Uses in Article %8, Sections 1, 2 and 3.
SECTION 2. Height Regulations. No building shall exceed two and one
half (2 *) stories or thirty -five (35) feet in height.
Additions and Exceptions to Height Regulations are provided for in
Article %VIII, Section 2.
SECTION 3. Yard and Area Regulations.
1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard along the front line
of the lot. The minimum depth of such front yard shall be twenty -five (25)
feet.
2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on interior lots on
each side of the main building of ten (10) per cent of the average width of
the lot but such side yard need not exceed six (6) feet and shall be not less
than four (4) feet.
3. Rear Yards There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not
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less than twenty -five (25) feet.
4. Lot Width. The minimum average width of the lot shall be fifty
(50) feet.
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5. Lot Area. The niniatm area of the lot shall be six thousand
(6,000) square feet except in the area vast of Port Avenue and south of
Agnes Street to the city limits as of the date of the passage of thin
ordinance the minimum lot area may be five thousand (5,000) square feet -
on any lot separately owned at the time of the passage of this Ordinance
a single family dwelling may be erected even though the lot be of less,
width or area than regmired by the regulations of the area district in
which it is located, provided the required yard regulations are observed.
A lot shall be considered as separately owned even though it adjoins another
lot or lots belonging to the same owaer in case it fronts on a different
street from such other adjoining lot or lots.
6. Accessory Building. No accessory building shall be more than one
(1) story in height and location on the lot shall be as follows:
(a) Not closer than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line.
(b) Not closer than four (4) feet from a side lot line of an interior
lot.
(o) Not closer than five (5) feet from the rear lot line unless there
is an existing alley, in which case the accessory building may be
built along the rear lot line.
(d) Not closer than twenty (20) feet from any side street lot line.
Additions and Exception$ to Yard and Area Regulations are provided for -
in Article %VIII, Seetion 3.
ARTICLE VII.
aR-2a TWO FANILY DMUING DISTRICT.
The following regulations shall apply in the "R -2" Two Family Dwelling
District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulations. No building or land shall be used and no
building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged, ex-
cept for the following usest
1. Any use permitted in the "R -1" One Family Dwelling District.
2. Two Family Dwellings.
3. Accessory Buildings and Uses. Accessory Buildings and uses customer -
i27 incident to any of the above uses, when located on the same lot, including
a private garage for one (1) or more cars, bona fide servants' quarters not
for rent or used for commercial purposes, not exceeding one (1) story in
height, which may contain servants' quarter, wash room, storage room for domes-
tic storage only.
4. signs
(a) One sign which shall not exceed one (1) square foot in area,
indicating the uses of the occupant or occupation of a customary
home occupation, provided the sign is attached flatwiss to the
building.
(b) Signs or bulletin boards, which shall not exceed fifteen (15)
Square feet in sree for church or school.
Addition and Exception to IIn Regulations are provided in Article
IYIII, Section It and Special ffses in Article II.
SECTION 2. Height Regulations. No building shall exceed two and
one -half (2j) stories or thirty -five (35) feet in height.
Additions and Exception to Height Regulations are provided for in
Article MII, Section 2. -
SECTION 3. Yard and Area Regulations.
1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard along the front line of
the lot. The minimum depth of Such front yard shall be twenty -five (25)
feet.
2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on interior lots on each
Side of the main building of ten (10) per cast of the average width of the
lot, but such side yard need not exceed six (6) feet and shall be not less
than four (4) feet.
3. Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less
than twenty -five (25) feet.
4. Lot Width. The minimum lot width shall be fifty (50) feet except
that in the area bounded by Kennedy, Summers, Floral, and Rulbirt Streets
the minimum lot width for duplex use shall be seventy -five (75) feet.
5. Lot Area. The ninimom lot eras shall be six thousand (6,000)
Square feet, except that in the area bounded by Kennedy, Summers, Floral,
and Hnlbirt the minimum lot area shall be nine thousand (9,000) square feet
for duplex use.
6. Accessory Buildings. No accessory building Shall be more than
one (1) story in height and location on the lot shall be as follows.
(a) Not closer than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line.
(b) Not closer than four (4) feet from a side lot line, of an in-
terior lot.
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(c) Not closer than five (5) feet from the rear lot line unless there
is an existing alley, in which case the accessory building may be
built along the rear lot line.
(d) Not closer than twenty (20) feet from any side street lot line.
Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations are provided for
in Article 17111, Section 3.
ARTICLE VIII.
"A -1" FIRST APARTMENT ROUSE DISTRICT.
The following regulation shall apply in the "A-1" First Apartment House
District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building or land shall be used and no
building shall hereafter be erected, structurally altered, or enlarged, ex-
cept for the following uses;
1. Any use permitted in the "R -2" Two Family Dwelling District.
2. Multiple Dwelling.
3. Apartment Hotel.
4. Accessory Buildings and Uses. Accessory building and uses custom-
arily inoident to any of the above uses when located on the same lot and
including a private garage for one (1) or more cars, bona -fide servants.
quarters not for rent or used for commercial purposes, not exceeding one
(1) story in height, which may contain servants, quarters, wash room, storage
rooms for domestic storage only.
5. Signs.
(a) One sign, which shall not exceed two (2) square feet in area
indicating the name of the occupant or occupation of a customary
home occupation, provided the sign is attached flatwise to the
building.
(b) Signs or bulletin boards, which shall not exceed fifteen (15) square
feet in area for church or school.
(c) One temporary unlighted sign pertaining to the lease, hire or sale
of building or premises, which sign shall not exceed four (4) square
feet in area and provided the sign shall immediately be removed upon
the lease, hire or sale of such building or premises.
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in
Article MII, Section 1, and Special Uses in Article %%.
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SECTION 2 Height Regulations. No building shall exceed two and one-
half (2k) stories or thirty -five (35) feet in height.
Additions and Exceptions to Height Regulations ere provided, for in
Article XVIII, Section 2.
SECTION 3. Yard and Area Regulations.
1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard along the front line of
the lot. The minimum depth of such front yard shell be twsnty -five (25)
feet.
2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on interior lots, on each
aide of the main building of ten (10) per cent Of the average width of the
lot, but such side yard need not exceed six (6) feet and shall be not less
than four (4) feet.
3. Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth not less
than twenty -five (25) feet.
4. Lot Width. The minimum average width of the lot shall be fifty
(50) feet.
5. Lot Area. The minimum lot area shall be six thousand (6000) square
feet. For multiple family uses the minimum lot area shall be not less than
sixteen hundred (1600) square feet per unit. -
6. Accessory Building. No accessory building shall be more than one
(1) story in height and location on the lot shall be as follows:
(a) Not closer then sixty (60) feet from the front lot line.
(b) Not closer than four (4) feet from a side lot line of an interior
lot.
(c) Not closer than five (5) feet from the rear lot line, unless there
is an existing alley, in which case the accessory building may be
built along the rear lot line.
(d) Not closer than twenty (20) feet from my side street lot line.
Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations are provided for
in Article MII, Section 3.
SECTION 4. Tourist Apartments. Detached tourist apartments may be built
in the area bounded by the Bay, the center line of Airline Road extended,
Ocean Drive, Ocean Drive Place extended to the Bay, and the east line of Sea-
side Memorial Park Cemetery, Robert Drive, Ocean Drive to the N. line of Lot
One, Block One, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm & Garden Tracts, provided that:
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(a) The minimum lot area per unit shall be three thousand (3000)
square feat.
(b) All other regulations applying to the Apartment "A" District
are adhered to.
(c) Not more than one sign will be permitted to advertise each
tourist apartment group. Such signs shall not exceed twenty
(20) square feet in area. Such sign may be free standing in the
front yard provided it is not higher than eight (8) feet, or it
may be placed on the wall of a building but may not extend above
the outside walls of such building.
ARTICLE I%.
"A -2" SECOND APdRDMNT HOUSE DISTRICT.
The following regulations shall apply in the "A -2" Second Apartment
House District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building or land shall be used and no
building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged, ex-
cept for the following uses:
1. Any use permitted in the "A -1" First Apartment House District.
2. Boarding and Lodging Houses.
3. Hospitals and clinics, excepting tubercular, liquor, narcotics,
i.nsane and feeble- minded, or animal hospitals and clinics.
4. Hotels and Apartment Hotels.
5. Institutions of a religious, educational or philanthropic nature.
6. private kindergartens, nurseries and foster children's homes.
7. Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, and lodges excepting
those the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a
business.
8. Accessory Buildings and Uses. Accessory buildings and uses custom-
arily incident to any of the above uses when located upon the same lot and
not involving the conduct of a business, except that in a hotel or apartment
hotel there may be operated a dining room, eigar stand, beauty parlor and
barber shop, provided there will be no entrance to such place of business
except from the inside of the building.
9. Signs
(a) One sign, which shall not exceed two (2) square feet in area,
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indicating the name of the occupant or occupation of a customary
home occupation, provided the sign is attached flatwise to the
building. A building on a corner lot may have one sign for each
street.
(b) Signs and bulletin boards which shell not exceed sixty (60) square
feet in area will be permitted for hotels, apartment hotels, clubs
and lodges. Such signs shall be placed flat against the building
with no portion projecting more then twelve (12) inches from the
wall of the building. Signs may be placed on top of the building
without restriction as to size.
(c) one temporary unlighted sign pertaining to the lease, hire or
sale of building or premises, which sign shall not exceed four
(4) square feet in area and provided the sign shall immediately
be removed upon the lease, hire or sale of such building or
premises.
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in Article
XPIII, Section 1, and Special Uses in Article XX.
SECTION 2. Yard and Area Regulations.
1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard along the ?root line of
the lot. The minimum depth of such front yard shall be twenty -five (25)
feet, except that the property facing on Shoreline Drive shall maintain a
minimum depth for a front yard of twenty (20) feet.
2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on interior lots on each
side of the main building of not less than ten (10) percent of the average
width of the lot, but such side yard need not exceed six (6) feet and shall
be not less then four (4) feet.
3. Isar Yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less
than twenty (20) feet.
4. Lot Width. The minimum average width of the lot shall be fifty
(50) feet.
5. Lot Area. The minimum lot area shall be six thousand (6000) square
feet. For multiple family uses the minimum lot area shall be not less than
twelve hundred (1200) square feet per unit. For Apartment Hotels, the lot
area per dwelling unit may be five hundred (500) square feet, provided the
minimum lot area of six thousand (6000) square feet is maintained.
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6. Accessory Building. No accessory building shall be more than
one (1) story in height, except that a garage used exclusively for the
storage of vehicles for the accommodation of tenants of an apartment
house or apartment hotel or hotel may be erected to a height exceeding
this limit. The location on the lot shall be as follows:
(a) Not closer than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line.
(b) Not closer than four (4) feet from a side lot line, of an in-
terior lot.
(c) Not closer than five (5) feet from the rear lot line unless
there is an existing alley, in which case the accessory bonding
may be built along the rear lot line.
(d) Net closer than twenty (20) feet from any side street lot line.
SECTION 3. Parking Regulations. On property abutting on Shoreline
Drive an apartment or apartment hotel shall be provided with 150 square
feet of enclosed garage apace for each family unit provided for in the
apartment house or apartment hotel. The required garage space shall be
located on the same lot as the apartment house or apartment hotel, shall
be under the same ownership, and shall be available and suitable for the
tenants of such apartment house or apartment hotel.
ARTICLE X.
"A -3" THIRD APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT.
The following regulations shall apply in the "A -3" Third Apartment
House District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building or land shall be used and no
building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged exr
cept for the following uaest
1. Any use permitted in the "A -2" Second Apartment House District.
SECTION 2. Yard and Area Regulations.
1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard along the front line of
the lot. The minimum depth of such front yard shall be fifteen (15) feet.
2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on interior lots on each
side of the main building; the minimum width of such side yards shall be
four (4) feet.
3. Hear Yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less
than five (5) feet for a one - family dwelling and fifteen (15) feet for any
other dwelling.
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4. Lot Width. The minimum average width of the lot shall be
(a) Twenty -five (25) feet for a one - family dwelling.
(b) Forty (40) feet for a two - family dwelling.
(c) Fifty (50) feet for an apartment house.
5. Lot Area. The minimum ere. of the lot shall be 2000 square feet
for a one - family dwelling, 2400 square feet for a two - family dwelling, and
1200 square feet for each family where an apartment house is designed for
three or more families. More than one dwelling may be built on a lot pro-
vided: the dwelling fronting on the street complies with the front and side
yard requirements, the dwelling on the rear of the lot is not more than one
story in height, and is not closer to the rear line than 5 feet, the dwell-
ings are not closer to each other than 12 feet and there is not less than
1200 square feet of lot area for each family to be accommodated on the lot.
6. Open Space. For a dwelling or apartment house not over two stories
in height the required open space shall equal 40 per cent of the lot area;
for dwelling or apartment house over two stories in height there shall be at
least one square foot of open space for each four square feet of the gross
floor area of the building.
7. Acoesaory Building. No accessory building shall be more than one
(1) story in height, except that a garage used exclusively for the accommo-
dations of tenants of an apartment hotel or apartment house or hotel may be
erected to a height exceeding this limit. The location on the lot shall be
as follows:
(a) Not closer then five (5) feet to the rear lot line unless there is
an alley,in which case the accessory building may be built along
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the rear lot line.
Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations are provided for
in Article R4III, Section 3.
ARTICLE 11.
wA -4w TOURIST COURT DISTRICT.
The following regulations shall apply in the "A -4" Tourist Court District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulations. No building or land shall be used and no
building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged, ex-
cept for the following uses:
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1. Any use permitted in the "A -2" Second Apartment House District.
2. Tourist Court.
3. Accessory Buildings and Uses. Accessory Buildings and uses,
customarily incident to the above uses when located on the same lot.
A retail store or shop may be operated in connection with the tourist
court as an accessory use, provided it is primarily for the comfort and
convenience of the guests thereof, and shall not contain a floor area in
excess of one hundred (100) square feet per tourist .Dort unit.
4. Signs. Signs will be permitted to advertise hotels and tourist
courts.
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in
Article %VIII, Section 1, and Special Uses in Article XX.
SECTION 2. Yard and Area Regulations.
1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard along the front line of
the lot. The min.....m depth of such front yard shall be not less than Your
(4) feet.
2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on interior lots on each
of the outside margin of structures of ten (10) per cent of the average width
of the lot, but such side yard need not exceed six (6) feet and shall be not
less than four (4) feet.
3. Rear Yard, There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less
than ten (10) feet.
4. Lot Width. The minimum average width of the lot shall be fifty
(50) feet.
5. Lot Area. The minimum lot area shall be forty -five hundred (4500)
square feet and the lot area per unit shall be twelve hundred (1200) square
feet. The lot area per unit may be reduced to nine hundred (900) square
feet provided that sixty (60) per cent of the lot is maintained as open
space. Such open space may include yards, drives, and garages.
6. Accessory Building. No accessory building shall be more than one .
(1) story in height and location on the lot shall be as follows:
(a) Not closer than four (4) feet from a side lot line, of an in-
terior lot.
(b) Not closer than five (5) feet from the rear lot line unless there
is an existing alley, in which case the accessory building may be
built along the rear lot line.
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Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations are provided
for in Article %VIII, Section 3.
ARTICLE M.
"B-1" NEIGHBCRHCCD BUSINESS DISTRICT.
The following regulations shall apply in the "B-1" Neighborhood Bus-
iness District:
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building or land shall be used and
no building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged
except for the following uses:
1. Any use permitted in the "A -2" Second Apartment House District.
2. Antique shop.
3. Auto Parking Lot.
4. Bakery, provided that the floor area shall not exceed twenty -five
hundred (2500) square feet.
5. Berber and beauty shop.
6. Book store
7. Butcher shop.
S. Cigar store.
9. Cleaning, pressing and dyeing or laundry pick up station provided
that the floor area does not exceed fifteen hundred (1500) square feet.
10. Confectionery store.
11. Dancing school or studio
12. Delicatessen.
13. Drug store.
14. Dry goods and notions.
15. Filling Station.
16. Fish market.
17. Florist shop.
IS. Fruit store.
19. Gift shop.
20. Grocery store.
21. Green houses.
22. Hardware store.
23. Ice retail distributing station, no manufacture, capacity not to
exceed five (5) tons storage.
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24. Jewelry store.
25. Liquor atone.
26. Music shop.
X. News stand.
28. Notary.
29. Photograph, portrait or camera shop.
30. Radio shop.
31. Neal estate office.
32. Restaurant.
33. Shoe repair shop.
34. Tavern.
35. Telephone office.
36. Dndertatiag establishment.
37. Accessory Building" and Uses: Accessory buildings and uses
customarily incident to the above uses when located on the same lot
provided articles or materials are not stored in the open area outside of
the building.
38. Signs. Signs need or displayed shall pertain only to the use
conducted within the building and shall be attached flat against a wall
of the building. Such sign shall act extend above the outside malls of
such building, acr more than one (1) foot frca the face of the well of -
such building. One free standing sign not to exceed 241--in height will
be allowed within the front yard, provided it does not exceed twenty (20)
square feet in area.
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in
Article YPIII, Section 1, and Special Uses in Article %S.
SECTION 2. Yard and Area Regulation.
1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard along the front line of
the lot. The mininum depth of each front yard shall be twenty (20) feet.
2. Side Yard. For uses permitted in the "A -2" Second Apartment
Rouge District, the side yard regulations for that district shall be in
effect. For additional uses permitted in this Article side yards are act
required. On a corner lot the side yard on the street side shall be
twenty (20) feet.
3. Rear Yard. For "A -2" District uses there shall be a rear yard
having a depth of not lose than twenty (20) feet. For all other uses a
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rear yard is not required except where it abuts upon "R -1 ", "R -20 "A -le
or "A -2" Districts, in which case there shall be a rear yard of not lees
than ten (10) feet.
4. Lot Width, For uses permitted in the 01-2" District the minimum
lot width shall be fifty (50) feet. There is no minimum lot width regula-
tions for other uses.
5. Lot Area. The minimum lot area for "A -2" District uses sha11 be
six thousand (6000) square feet. For multiple family uses the minimum lot
area shall be twelve hundred (1200) square feet per unit. There are no
minimum lot area requirements for other uses.
6. Accessory Building. No accessory building shall be located
closer than twenty (20) feet to any side street lot line or closer than
four (4) feet to the side lot line of a lot adjoining "R -1 ", -R -2", "A -1 ",
or "A -2" Districts.
Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations are provided for
in Article %VIII, Section 3.
ARTICLE %III.
-B-2- BAITRONT BUSINESS DISTRICT.
The following regulations shall apply in the "B-2" Bayfront Business
District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building or lead shall be used and m
building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged ex-
cept for the following uses:
1. Any use permitted in the "A -2" Second Apartment House District.
2. Antique shop.
3. Automobile parking, provided no vehicles shall be parked in front
of the building line and such parking area shall be suitably screened from
Shoreline Boulevard by hedge or other - suitable enclosure which shall be not
less than four (4) feet or more than six (6) feet in height.
4. Automobile salesroom and accompanying service facilities customarily
incident thereto, provided that no mechanical or body work shell be done ex-
cept in an enclosed building and not closer than thirty (90) feet to the
front building line unless in an enclosed room with no openings facing the
front line of the property or within thirty (30) feet thereof.
5. Bank
6. Barber and beauty shop.
7. Book shop.
8. Clothing or baberdashery.
9. Cigar and tobacco shoe.
10, confectionery shop.
11.
ffivg store.
12.
Dry Goods, and dress shops.
13.
Florist Shop.
14,
Gift shop.
15.
Toweiry shop.
16.
Liquor store.
17.
Linen shop.
18.
Luggage and leather.
19.
11111inery shop.
20.
music shop.
21.
News and magazine shop.
22.
Offices.
23.
Photograph, portrait and cmera shop.
24.
Pop corn and nut shop.
25,
Restaurant.
26.
Shoe store.
27.
Sporting goods.
28.
Theatre.
29. Travel bureau, exclusively Co -op, ride or share -the -ride clubs
or agencies.
30. Aooessory Buildinge end Us.e. Ace. seory Buildings end uses ons-
tomarily incident to the above uses when located on the same lot and not
involving the conduct of a separate business.
31. Signs. Signs shall not exceed sixty (60) square feet in area
and shall be used only to advertise the Principal business or activity
operated on tbs premises or conducted in the building- Such signs shall
be placed flat against the building with no portion projecting mere than
twelve (12) inches from the wall of the building. Signs mey be placed on
top of the building without restriction as to via..
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Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in
Article %VIII, Section 1, and Special Uses in Article X%.
SECTION 2. Yard and Area Regulations. ,
1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard of minimum depth of
twenty (20) feet along the front line of the lot.
2. Side Yard. Side yard requirement. shall be the same as in the
"A -2" District for "A -2" District uses. For all other uses no side yard
is required.
3. Rear Yard. The rear yard requirements for "A -2" District uses
.ba11 be the setae as for the "A -2" District. There are no rear yard re-
quirements for other uses.
4. Lot Width. For uses permitted in the "A -2" District, the mini -
man lot width shall be fifty (50) feet. There is no minimum width required
for other uses. -
5. Lot Area. The lot area requirements shall be the same as in the
"A -2" District for "A -2" District uses. There are no minimum lot area re-
gairements for other uses.
6. Accessory Building. No accessory building shall be located closer
than seventy -five (75) feet to the front line of the lot nor closer than
ten (10) feet to the side street lot line of a corner lot.
Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations era provided for
in Article %VIII, Section 3.
ARTICLE XIV.
"B-3" SECONDARY BUSINESS DISTRICT.
The following regulations shall apply in the "B-3" Secondary Business
District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building or land shall be used and no
building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered or enlarged except
for the following usess
1. Any use permitted in the "B-l" Neighborhood Business District.
2. Automobile laundry.
3. Automobile rental agency.
4. Automobile repair.
5. Automobile salesroom and accompanying service facilities custom-
arily incident thereto, provided that no mechanical or body work shall be
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done except in an enclosed building and not closer then twenty (20) feet
to the front building line unless in an enclosed room with no openings
facing the front line of the property or within twenty (20) feel thereof.
6. Athletic field, private.
7. Balcary, retail, not exceeding six thousand (6000) square feet of
floor area.
8. se.k
9. Baseball park.
10. Hill boards or poster panels.
11. Billiard or pool club. '
12. Boat houses.
13. Bowling alley.
14. Broadcasting and receiving station.
15. Bas depot.
16. Candy manufacture.
17. Chemist shop.
18. Cleaning and pressing shop having an area not to exceed six
thousand (6000) square feet and using non- inflammable fluids only.
19. Commercial amusement park.
20. Commercial bill board or advertising signs.
21. Commercial building for private display and rental.
22. Conservatory, commercial.
23. Dairy products, retail, but no processing.
24. Dance hall.
25. Department store.
26. Drug manufacture.
27. Electric equipment, appliances and supplies.
28. Express office.
29. Feed store, retail.
30. Frozen food locker plant.
31. Furniture and house furnishings shop, new or used.
32. Garage, storage and sales only.
33. Golf driving range or miniature golf course.
34. (15 -1-, private.
35. Heating supplies and appliances.
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36. Ice skating rink.
37. Job print shop.
38. Laundry, self - service only.
39. Leather and leather goods shop.
40. Millinery manufacture.
41. Motor cycle sales.
42. Moving company, offices only.
43. Moving picture house or theatre.
" Natatorium.
45. Newspaper publishing and printing.
46. Notary.
47. Office building.
LIS. Office equipment and supply shop.
49. opera house.
50. Optical goods manufacture.
51. Penal and correctional institutions for the care of insane,
feeble minded, liquor or narcotic patients.
52. Piano store.
53• Plumbing and heating fixture supply shop.
54. Race track.
55. Roller ek.tiag rink.
56. Seed store.
57. Signs, advertising.
58. Sign Painting shop..
59. Skating rinks.
60. Sporting goods store.
61. Stadium, private.
62. Steam ship agency.
63. Tailor shop.
66 Telegraph office.
65. Upholstery shop.
66. Used car sales.
67. Utility substation.
68. Veterinary hospital or clinic (No animals housed or boarded
on premises).
69. Wholesale house or sales office and sample room.
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10, Any retail business not included in the "B-1" Neighborhood
Business District provided that such use is not noxious or offensive by
reason of vibrations, smoke, odor, dust, gas or noise.
71. Accessory Buildings and Uses. Accessory buildings and uses
customarily incident to the above uses when located on the same lot and
provided articles or materials are not stored in the open area outside of
the buildings, unless screened from public view by fence, hedge or other
suitable enclosure.
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in
Article XV111, Section 1, and Special Uses in Article XX.
SECTION 2. Yard and Area Regulations.
1. Front Yard, For uses permitted in the "A -2 District the front
yard requirements for the "A -2" District shall apply. For other uses
there shall be a front yardalong the front line of the lot. The minimum
depth of such front yard shall be twenty (20) feet.
2. Side Yard. The side yard regulations for "A -2" uses are the same
as those in the "A -2" Apartment House District. For other uses no side
yard is required. On a corner lot the side yard on the street side shall
be twenty (20) feet,
3. Rear Yard. For 11A -2" District uses there shall be a rear yard
having a depth of not less than twenty (20) feet. For all other uses a
rear yard is not required except where it abuts upon "R. -1 ", "R -2 ", "A -1 ",
or "A -2" Districts, in which case there shall be a rear yard of not less
than ten (10) feet.
4. Lot Width. For uses permitted in the "A -2" District, the minimum
lot width shall be fifty (50) feet. There is no minimue width regulation
for other uses.
5. Lot Area. The lot area requirements shall be the same as in the
"A -2" District for "A -2" District uses. There we no minimum lot area re-
quirements for other uses.
6. Accessory Buildings. No accessory building shall be located
closer than twenty (20) feet to any side street lot line or closer than
four (4) feet to the side lot line of a lot adjoining an "R -16, "R -211,
"A -1 ", or "A -2" District.
Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations are provided for
in Article %VIII, Section 3.
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ARTICLE 8V.
"B-4" PRIMRY BUSINESS DISTRICT.
The following regulations shall apply in the "B-4" Primary Business
District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulations. No building or land shall be used and
no building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged,
except for the following uses:
1. Any use permitted in the "B-3" Secondary Business District.
2. Accessory Buildings and Uses. Accessory buildings and uses
customarily incident to the above uses when located on the same lot and
provided articles or materials are not stored in the open area outside of
the buildings, unless screened from the public view by fence, hedge or
other suitable enclosure.
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in
Article XVIII, Section 1, and Special Uses in Article XX.
SECTION 2. Yard and Area Regulations.
1. Font Yard. No front yard shall be required; except that where
the frontage on the same side of the street between two intersecting
streets is located partly in the "B-4" District and partly in the "R-1 ",
"R -2 ", "A -l" or "A -2" Distriet.the front yard requirements of the more
restricted district shall apply.
2. Side Yard. The side yard regulations for "A -2" uses are the
same as those in the "A -2" Second Apartment House District. For all
other uses no side yard is required.
3. Rear Yard. For "A -2" District uses there shall be a rear yard
having a depth of act less than twenty (20) feet. For all other uses
no rear yard is required.
4. Lot Width. For uses permitted in the "A -2" District the mini-
mum lot width she71 be fifty (50) feet. There is no minimum width regs-
lations for other uses.
5. Lot Area. The lot area requirements shall be the same as in the
"A -2" District for "A -2" District uses. There are no minimum lot area
requirements for other uses.
6. Accessory Buildings. Accessory buildings may be located anywhere
on the lot, provided they comply with the Building Code and Fire Ordinance
of the City of Corpus Christi.
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Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations ere provided
for in Article %VIII, Section 3.
ARTICLE %VI. '
"L-I" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
The .following regulations shall apply in the "L-I" Light Industrial
District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building or land shall be used and
no building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged,
except for the following uses:
1. Any use permitted in the "B-4" Primary Business District.
2. Artificial flower manufacture.
3. Automobile top ma—faeturing.
4. Automobile truck service.
5. Baggage transfer, storage, warehouse.
6. Bakery, wholesale.
7. Battery repair and manufacturing.
S. Book publishing.
9.
Boot and shoe manufacture.
10.
Bottling work.
11.
Broom manufacture.
12.
Building materials yard.
13.
Bus yards and appurtenances.
14.
Cabinet maker.
15.
Canning and preserving factory.
16.
Cap and hat manufacture.
17.
Carpenter shop.
18.
Cement warehouse.
19.
Cigar manufacture.
20.
Clothing manufacture.
21.
Cold storage warehouse.
22.
Commission house.
23.
Condensed milk manufacture.
24.
Contractors storage yard.
25.
Cosmetic manufacture.
26.
Creamery, wholesale.
X.
Dairy, bottling, depot and wholesale.
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28. Dog and eat hospital.
29. Dry .leaning establishment.
30. Dry goods, wholesale or storage.
31. Dyeing and cleaning.
32. Electrical repairing.
33. Electrical sign manufacture.
34• enameling and painting.
35. 9cpress storage and delivery station.
36. Food store, wholesale.
37. Food product, manu£actnro.
38. Fuel distributing station.
39• Fuel gas storage.
40. Furniture warehouse or storage.
141. Garment factory.
142. Grocery store, wholesale.
43. Horseshoeing.
1t1A- I.. cream manufacture.
45. Ice N.anufecturs, or a combination of Ice Manufacturing and /or
Frozen Food Locker Storage, and/or Ice Cream Yanufaeturing, provided
that the combined total refrigerating equipment installed, where operated
at the manufacturers maximum speed is not capable of exceeding any one
or all of the following;
(a) An ice plant shall not be capable of producing more than 20
tons of ice in any 24 -hour period when operated continuously
at maximum capacity.
(b) An ice plant shall not contain more than 21,-0r300-pound cans
or the equivalent thereof in cans of other size.
(c) The refrigerating machinery shall not be capable of producing
more than 34 tons of refrigeration capacity per 24 hours am-
tinuous operation at manufaeturerts maximum speed and/or
pressure rating and power shall not be furnished by internal
combustion engines.
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(d) The ice storage vaults shall not permit storage of more than
250000 -pound bars of ice, or the equivalent thereof in other
sizes.
Lib. Jewel manufacture.
47. Isboratory, materials testing.
48. Laundry.
49. Lima and cement warehouse.
50. Lumber yard, retail and wholesale.
51. Mattress manufacture.
52. Medicine (patent) manufacture.
53• Millinery.
54. Mineral water and distillation and bottling.
55. Motorcycle repair.
56. Moving company, with storage facilities.
57. Office equipment and supply manufacture .
58. Paint shop.
59. Paper box manufacture.
60. Paper products company.
61. photo- engraving company.
62. Produce warehouse.
63. Pump station.
64. Relay station.
65• Rug cleaning.
66. Sand and gravel storage yard.
67. Sheet metal shop.
68. Shoe factory.
69. Storage warehouse.
70. Taxicab storage repair.
71. Telephone exchange.
72. Telephone substation.
73. Tinsmith.
74. Transfer company, baggage storage.
75. Trunk manufacture.
76. Upholstery Manufacture.
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77. Veterinary hospital.
78. Vulcanizing shop.
79. Wagon shop.
80. Warehouse.
81. mater bottling.
82. later company appurtenance..
83. 'Welding shop.
alt. Wholesale produce storage or market.
85• Winery.
86. Wood products manufacture.
87. Wood working shops, small.
88. Accessory Buildings and Uses. Accessory buildings and uses
customarily incident to any of the uses permitted in this district.
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in
Article XVIII, Section 1, and Special Uses in Article XG
SECTION 2. Yard and Area Regulation.
1. Front Yard. No front yard shall be required, except that where
the frontage on the same side of the street in a block is located partly
on the "L -I" Light Industrial District and partly in a more restricted
district the front yard regulations of the more restricted district shall
apply to the entire block frontage on said street.
2. Side Yard. The side yard regulations for "A -2" uses are the
same as those in the "A -2" Second Apartment House District. In all other
cases no side yard is required except on the side of a lot adjoining a
dwelling district, in which case there shall be a side yard of'not less
than five (5) feet.
3. Rear Yard. For "A -2" Distriot uses there shall be a rear yard
having a depth of not less than twenty (20) feet. For all other use" a
rear yard is not required except where it abuts upon "R -11,
or "A -2" Districts, in which case there shall be a rear yard of not less
than ten (10) feet.
4. Lot V;idth. For uses permitted in the "A -2" District the minimum
lot width shall be fifty (50) feet. There are no minimum width regula-
tions for other uses.
5• Lot Area. The lot area requirements shall be the same as in the
"A -2" District for "A -2" District uses.
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There are no minimum lot area requirements for other uses.
6. Accessory Building. Accessory buildings mey be located any-
where on the lot, provided the buildings conform to the Building Code
and Fire Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi, and provided that said
accessory buildings do not violate said yard lines herein established
for corner lots.
Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations are provided
for in Article MI, Section 3.
ARTICLE XVII.
"H -I^ HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
The following regulations shall apply in the "H -I" Heavy Industrial
District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building or land shall be need and
no building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered or enlarged,
except for the following uses.
1. Any use permitted in the ^L-1" Light Industrial District.
2. Ammonia manufacture (no ammonium nitrate).
3. Asbestos products manufacture.
4. Ash dumps.
5. Assaying.
6. Automobile manufacturing.
7. Automobile salvage or wrecking yard.
8. Bag cleaning.
9. Barrel manufacture.
10. Bed manufacture.
11. Beverage (malt and spirits manufacture.)
12. Blacksmith.
13. Blast furnace.
14. Boat manufacturing.
15. Boiler works.
16. Bolt and nut manufacture.
17. Box manufacture.
18. Brass foundry.
19. Brewery.
20. Brick yard and kiln.
21. Bronze manufacture.
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22. Brush manufacture. ,
23. Can manufacture.
24. Car barns.
25. carpet manufacture.
26. Carriage and Wagon manufacture.
27. Casting foundry.
28. Celluloid manufacture and storage.
29. Chair manufacture.
30. Charcoal manufacture and pulverising.
31. Cheese manufacture.
32. Clay products.
33. Coffee roasting.
34. Concrete miring.
35. Concrete products company.
36. Cooperage works.
37. Corrugated metal manufacture.
38. Cottonseed oil manufacture.
39. Crematory.
4o. Creosote treatment and mauufaotnre.
41. Calvert manufacture.
42. Disinfectant manufacture.
43. Distillation of coal, wood, bones.
44. Distillation of liquors, spirits, etc.
45. Dumping station.
46. Dyestuff manufacture.
47. raectrical supply manufacturs.
48. Engine manufacture.
49. ExUrminator or insect poison manufacture.
5o. Fire brick manufacture.
51. Fish curing.
52. Fish packing or storage.
53. Flour and grain milling.
54. Forge Works.
55. Foundry.
56. Furnace manufacture.
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57.
F rniturs factory.
58.
Glass manufacture.
59.
Crain elevator.
60.
Crease and tallow manufacture.
61.
Grist mill.
62.
Gyps manufacture.
63.
Hair products factory.
64.
Hide and tallow manufacture.
65.
Horse barn.
66.
Ice manufacture.
67.
Insect poison manufacture.
68.
Iron (ornamental) works.
69.
Junk yard.
70.
Lard manufacture.
71.
Lead (white) and oil manufacture.
72.
Leather goods manufacture.
73.
Light and power manufacture.
74.
Lime manufacture.
75.
Linoleum manufacture.
76.
Linseed oil manufacture.
77.
Lumber mill.
78.
.Machine shop. -
79.
Malleable casting manufacture.
80.
Malt P -ducts IDannfaoture.
81.
Marble works.
82.
Mattress manufacture.
83.
Meat cutter and coffee mill manufacture.
84.
Metal products manufacture.
85.
Metal weather stripping manufacture.
86.
Milling company.
87.
Molasses manufacture.
88.
Moa ent works.
89.
Motorcycle manufacture.
90.
Nail manufacture.
91.
oleomargarine manufacture.
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92, Ore dumps and elevators.
93. Ore reduction.
94. Paint manufacture.
95. Paper and paper pup manufacture.
96. Pattern shop.
97. Pharmaceutical products and manu facture.
98. Pickle manufacture.
99. Pipe (concrete) manufacture.
100. Planing mill.
101. Plumbing supply manufacture,
102. Poultry Peed manufacture.
103. Poultry slaughter.
104. Public utility plants.
105. Quarry.
106. Rag treatment or manufactured products from rags.
107. Refuse dump.
108. Rock crushing.
109. Rope manufacture.
110. Rubber manufacture.
111. Salvage storage yard.
112. Sawmill.
113. Scrap iron and junk storage yard.
114. Scrap metal reduction.
115. Sewer pipe manufacture.
116. Shell grinding,
117. Shipyard.
118. Smelting metals.
119.
Soap manufacture.
120.
Soda and washing compound manufacture.
121.
Soot blower manufacture.
122.
Soy bean oil manufacture.
123.
Stable.
124.
Stamping (metal) company.
125.
Starch manufacture.
126.
Structural iron and steel manufacture.
127.
Sugar refining.
128. Syrup and preserve manufacture.
129. Tallow manufacture.
130. Terra cotta manufacture.
131. Tile manufacture.
132. Tire manufacture.
133. Tool manufacture.
134. Wagon manufacture.
135. Waste paper products manufacture.
136. Wood preserving treatment.
137. Wood pulp manufacture.
138. Wrecking material yard.
139. Any other use not now or hereafter prohibited by Ordinance
of the City of Corpus Christi.
140. No building shall be erected, structurally altered, or en-
larged, for dwelling purposes, provided however, that dwelling quarters
may be established in connection with any industrial establishment for
watchmen, caretakers or other persons or families of persons employed
upon the premises.
141. Accessory Buildings and Uses. Accessory buildings and uses
customarily incident to eav of the uses permitted in this district.
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in
Article X9III, Section 1, and Special Uses in Article XX, section 4.
SECTION 2. Yard and Area Regulation. There are no yard or area
regulations in the Heavy Industrial District.
ARTICLE )VIII.
ADDITIONAL USE, HEIGHT, AREA AND PARKING REGULATIONS AND c.l.CE'PTIONS.
SECTION 1. Use.
(a) In the sR -2e Two Family Dwelling District a multiple family
dwelling not exceeding four (4) units may be permitted, pro-
vided that:
1. The minimum lot width is one hundred (100) feet.
2. The minimum lot area is twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.
3. The side yards shall equal ten (10) per cent of the lot
width but need not exceed twelve (12) feet.
4. All other regulations of the sR -2a District apply.
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SECTION 3. Yard and Area Regulations.
A. Projections into yards.
(a) A "car port" or Porte cochere may be permitted over a driveway
in a aide yard, provided such structure is not more than one (1)
story in height and twenty (2o) feet in length and is entirely
open on at least tbree (3) aide., exeept for the necessary support-
ing columns and customary architectural features.
(b) Every part of a required yard shall be open to the slq and unobstruc-
ted by buildings, except for accessory buildings in the rear yard and
except the ordinary projections of skylights, sills, belt course, cor-
nices and other ornamental features which may project into such yards
a distance of not more than two (2) feet, and except for other pro-
visions contained in this article.
(e) Open or lattice enolosed fire escapes, fire proof outside stairways
and balconies may project into aside yard not more than five (5)
feet, and the ordinary projections of chimneya and flues are per-
mitted.
(d) Open un- enclosed porches, platforms or landing places, not covered
by a roof or canopy and which do not extend above the level of the
first floor of the building, may extend or project into the front
or side yard not more than six (6) feet.
B. Front Yard.
(a) In the M -100 "R-29, "A-1 ", "A-2 ", "A -3 ", "B-1", and "B -3" Districts
where twenty -five (25) per cent of a block frontage on the same side
of the street is improved with conforming buildings, the front yard
Of all lots in said block shall extend to the average line of such
existing buildings, unless such alignment is more than forty (!,C)
feet, but in ao case shall the depth of such front yard be less than
fifteen (15) feet. In determining such front yard depth, buildings
located entirely on the rear one -half (J) of a lot shall not be
counted.
(b) where an official line has been established for the future widening
or opening of a street upon which a lot abuts, then the depth of a
front or side yard shall be measured from such official lire to the
nearest line of the building.
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(c) At each end of a through lot there shall be a front yard of the depth
required by this ordinance for the district in which each street
frontage is located, provided, however, that an equivalent open space
be provided on the lot in lieu of the required rear yards.
(d) Vision Clearance. On any corner lot on which a front yard is required
by this Ordinance no wall, fence, or other structure shall be erected
and no hedge, tree, shrub or other growth shall be maintained in such
location within such required yard space as to cause danger to traffic
by obstructing the view.
C. Side Yard.
(a) The minimum width of a required side yard of a corner lot, which side
yard lies along the side street, shall be not less than ten (10) feet,
provided that if the street side line of a corner lot is in the same
block frontage with a lot or lots whose street line is a front line
of such lot or lots, the side yard shall extend to the average align-
ment of the buildings along the same side of the street, unless such
buildings are more than twenty -five (25) feet back from the street
line, in which case the side yard need not be more than twenty -five
(25) feet.
(b) A side yard of not less than twenty -five (25) feet on the side of
the lot adjoining an "R-1 ", "R -2 ", "A -1 ", "A -2" or "A -4 ", District
shall be provided for all schools, libraries, churches, community
houses, and other public or semi - public buildings hereafter erected
or structurally altered.
(c) Garages detached or attached to the main nee building entering on
the side street of a corner lot, shall maintain a side yard of twenty
(20) feet in front of the garage.
D. Rear Yard.
(a) In the "R -1 ", "R -2" and "A -1" districts accessory buildings shall not
occupy more than thirty (30) per cent of the required minimum rear
yard area.
(b) In computing the depth of a rear yard where such yard opens into an
alley, one -half ( *) of the width of such alley may be assumed to be
a portion of the required rear yard.
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(c) In "B-1" Districts where the rear line of the lot abuts a railway
right -of -way or which has a rear railway track connection no rear
yard shall be rem,; -ed. ,
E. Lot Area.
(a) On any lot separately owned at the time of the passage of this Ord -
inane a single family dwelling may be erected even though the lot
be of leas width or area than required by the regulations of the
area district in which it is located, provided the required yard
regulations are observed. A lot shall be considered as separately
owned even though it adjoins another lot or lots belonging to the
same owner in case it fronts on a different street from such other
adjoining lot or lots.
SECTION 4. Off Street Parking Regulations.
(a) Places of public assembly including among other things theatres, as-
sembly halls and auditoriums, whether in separate buildings or a part
of another building when constructed in any district except the "B-4"
Primary Business District, shall provide one off street parking space
for each eight (8) seats in the place of public assembly, said park-
ing space to be provided on the same lot as the place of public as-
sembly or on a permanently reserved space on another lot within
three hundred (300) feet of said place of public assembly in an OA-2",
"A -3 ", "A -4 ", "B -1 ", "B -2 ", "B -3", "B-4 ", "Ll" or "HI" Districts.
These regulations do not apply to churches.
(b) Hospitals, clinics, funeral parlors and similar institutions shall
provide minimum off street parking space on the lot or within three
hundred (300) feet from the building entrance as follows:
1. Buildings containing a floor area of three thousand (3000) square
feet or less shall provide not less than five (5) parking spaces.
2. Buildings having over three thousand (3000) square feet shajl pro-
vide not less than five (5) parking spaces plus one (1) parking
space for each one thousand (1000) square feet or part thereof
of floor area over three thousand (3000) square feet.
3. in the "R -1 ", and "R -2" dwelling district not more than one (1)
truck only, which truck shall not exceed one and one -half W-)
ton capacity, may be parked or garaged, provided such truck is
parked in an enclosed garage space meeting all of the require-
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ments of this Ordinance. In the "A -1" and "A -2" Apartment
District only one (1) truck to each ten (10) families may
be permitted and such truck shall not emceed one and one -half
(1='r) ton capacity. Such truck or trucks shall be perked in
an enclosed garage space meeting all of the requirements of
this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. Areas Not to be Diminished. The lot, yard area, parking or
garaging space as required by this Ordinance for a particular building shall
not be included as a part of the required lot, open space, yard area, parking
or garage space of any other building. If the lot, open space, yard area,
parking or garage space as required by this Ordinance for a particular build-
ing we diminished, the continued existence of such building shall be deemed
to be a violation of this Ordinance. The lot, open space, yard area, parking
or garage space of the buildings existing at the time of the passage of this
Ordinance shall not be diminished below the requirements herein provided for
buildings hereafter erected and such required areas shall not be included as
a part of the required areas of any building hereafter erected.
ARTICLE XIX.
PERMITS.
No building shall be erected, constructed, altered, moved, converted, ex-
tended, or enlarged without the owner or owners first having obtained a build-
ing permit therefor from the Department of Public Works. Such permit shall
require conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance.
Any permit not in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance issued
prior to three (3) months from the date of adoption of this Ordinance, and the
construction authorized under said permit has not began at the time of the
adoption of this Ordinance is hereby declared invalid and the fees collected
for said permit shall be returned to the applicant.
The applicant shall submit to the Department of Public Works a plan
drawn to scale correctly showing with dimensions the lot lines, location and
size of building or buildings, accessory buildings or premises, together with
suitable indication on the plans as to the proposed uses of all parts of the
buildings.
ARTICLE II.
SPECIAL COUNCIL PERMITS.
SECTION 1. Upon receipt of application for a special building permit,
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the City Council shall request a report and recommendation thereof from
the Zoning and Planning Commission. Such report and recommendation of
the Zoning and Planning Commission shall be submitted to the City Coun-
cil within thirty (30) day. from the time such reque.t was filed with
the Zoning and Planning Commission. Upon receipt of such recommendation,
the City Council shall hold a public hearing on said application after
which public hearing the City Council may in its discretion authorize or
refuse the issuance of a special building permit. The City Council may
prescribe special conditions which shall be included in the permit. If
the report of the Zoning and Planning Commission is not submitted to the
City Council within thirty (30) days, such application shall be deemed as
approved by the Zoning and Planning Commission, in which case the applicant
may appeal direct to the City Council. In case of no action by the City
Council within a period of thirty (30) days following the submission of the
report by the City Planning Commission or the appeal by applicant, the applica-
tion shall be deemed as approved. Special Permits shall be granted for the
following:
SECTION 2. Conditional Uses: In districts where the following build -
Inge or use. are prohibited special permits under specified conditions may
be granted in accordance with the provisions of this article.
1. Hospitals
2. Miniature golf courses and driving ranges.
3. Nurseries or greenhouses.
A. Private clubs.
5. Philanthropic or correctional institutions.
6. Privately owned and operated parks and playgrounds.
7. Temporary commercial amusement enterprises, including, among other
things, circuses.
8. Private schools.
In these cases the Zoning and Planning Commission shall report on the
effect of the proposal on the character of the surrounding neighborhood,
traffic conditions, public utility facilities and other matters pertaining
to the general welfare. The Zoning and Planning Commission may recommend
such set backs, side or rear yards, height or parking regulations or other
.requirements as are deemed essential to minimise or counteract any detrimental
characteristics or to protect the surrounding area.
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SECTION 3. Group Housing Unit Plan. The owners or developers of any
tract of land on which a group housing project is proposed to be built may
submit to the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi a plan•for the use
and development of all of the tract of land for residential purposes. Such
proposed project plan shall include not less then eight (S) buildings to be
constructed on any plat which is not subdivided into customary streets and
lots or where the existing or contemplated street and lot layout makes it
impractical to apply the requirements of this Ordinance to the individual
units in the project.
Such development plan shall be referred to the Zoning and Planning Com-
mission for study, public hearing, and report to the City Council. Follow-
ing a public hearing, if the City Council approves the development plan,
building permits and certificates of occupancy may be issued by the Depart-
ment of Public works, even though the use of the land and the location of
the buildings to be erected in this area and the yard and open spaces con-
templated by the plan do not conform in all respects to the district regula-
tions of the district in which it is located.
Among other recommendations and reasons for approval or disapproval
specific evidence and facts shall be presented, showing whether or not the
proposed project meets the following conditions
1. That the property adjacent to the area included in the plan will
not be adversely affected.
2. That the plan is considered with the intent and purpose of this
Ordinance to promote public health, safety, morals and the general welfare.
3. That the property will be used in accordance with the provisions
herein provided for in Single Family District, Two Family District, and
Apartment District.
4. That the average lot area per family contained in the site, e=lu-
sive of the area occupied by street, will not be less than the lot area per
family required in the district in which the development is located.
SECTION 4. Objectionable Uses. No building or land shall be used and
no building shell be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged for
the following uses except upon a special permit authorized by the City Coun-
cil in accordance with the provisions of this Article for such use in the
Heavy Industrial District.
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1. Abattoir.
2. Acetylene gas manufacture and storage.
3. Acid manufacture and storage. ,
4. Air product manufacture.
5. Asphalt plant and storage.
6. Caustic soda manufacture.
7. Cement manufacture.
9. Chamical manufacture.
9. Cattle shed.
10. Chlorine manufacture.
11. cotton ginning.
12. Creosote manufacture.
13. Explosives manufacture or storage.
14. Pat rendering.
15. Fhel gas manufacture.
16. Garbage or dead animal rendering.
17. Gasoline storage, wholesale.
18. Glue and fertilizer manufacture.
19. Lamp black manufacture.
20. Leather, curing or tanning.
21. Meat packing plant.
22. Nitrating of cotton or other materials.
23. oil mamzfact -e.
24. Oil Refinery.
25. Digen gas manufacture.
26. Packing establishment.
27. Petroleum storage, wholesale.
28. Picric Acid or its derivatives manufacture.
29. Petroleum wells.
30. Potash manufacture.
31. Raw hides and skins treatment and storage.
32. Reduction of ore, garbage, offal, etc.
33. Refinery, oil.
34. Slaughter house.
35. soda ash manufacture.
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36. Stock yards.
37. Sulphuria or sulphurous acid or their derivatives manufaoture.
38. Tanning and curing of hides. ,
39. Tar distillation or manufacture.
140. Tar products manufacture.
41. Zinc refining.
This provision does not apply to an expansion of facilities on a
tract now improved for such uses or an existing use within the area north
of West Broadway and Busses Bay Boulevard.
The Zoning and planning Commission shall report on the affect of any
such proposed use on matters pertaining to the health, safety and general
welfare of the area surrounding, and the community as a whole, and may rec-
ommend to the City Council special regulations or precautions to lessen the
danger or objectionable features of such proposed use. In the preparation
of such report the Zoning and Planning Commission shall confer with the
Health Department, Fire Department and the Department of Public 1iorks.
SECTION 5. Tourist Courts and Trailer Camps. Tourist Courts may be
permitted in the "B -3 ", and "B-4" Business Districts and Trailer Camps may
be permitted in the "A -4" Tourist Court District, under the same restrictions
as provided in the "A-!}" Tourist Court District.
The Zoning and planning Commission may moo—and and the City Council
may, after a public hearing, prescribe special requirements as Dart of the
permit for these special uses.
ARTICLE XXI.
NON CONFORMING BUILDINGS AND USES.
SECTION 1. Non Conforming Use of Land. The non conforming use of land
where no building is involved existing at the time of the passage of this
Ordinance may be continued for a period of not more than two (2) years Prom
the date of the passage of this ordinance, provided that no such non con-
forming use of land shall in any way be expanded or extended either on the
same or adjoining property, and that i£ -.such non conforming use of land or
any portion thereof is discontinued or changed, eny future use of such land
shall be in conformity with regulations of the district in which it lies.
SECTION 2. Non Conforming Use of Buildings. Except as otherwise pro -
vidsd in this Article, the non confor i.ng use of a building existing at the
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time this Ordinance becomes effective may be continued, and the use of a
non conforming building may be changed to another use of the same or more
restricted classification, but where such use is changed to a more restricted
classification it shall not thereafter be changed back to a use of a less
restricted classification.
SECTION 3. A non conforming building which is or may hereafter become
vacant and which shall remain unoccupied or its non conforming use discarded
for a continuous period of one (1) year, shall not thereafter be occupied ex
cept by a use which conforms to regulation of the district in which it is
located.
SECTION b. A non conforming building may be maintained or kept in good
repair except as otherwise provided in this section.
SECTION 5. No existing non conforming building may be enlarged, extended,
reconstructed or altered unless its use is changed to a use permitted in the
district in which such building is located except in the event such enlarge-
ment, extension, reconstruction or alteration is required by court decision,
law or ordinance.
SECTION 6. No non conforming building shall be moved in whole or in part
to any other location on the lot unless every portion of such building is
made to conform to all the regulations of the district in which it is located.
SECTION 7. A non conforming building which is damaged by fire, explosion,
flood, wind, earthqual® or other calamity or act of God or the public enemy
to the extent of fifty (50) per cent or more of its reasonable value may not
be restored except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which
it is located.
SECTION S. The following uses now in existence and not in strict conform-
ity with the provisions of the district in which it is located are hereby pro-
hibited and such uses now in existence in the City of Corpus Christi shall be
altered, replaced or removed to conform to the provisions of this ordinance
on or before the dates shown in the following schedules
1. Billboards and posterboard (Jan. 1, 1950).
2. Automobile Wrecking Yard (Jan. 1, 1950).
3. Swap Iron and Junk Storage (Jan. 1, 1950).
Q. Trailer Camp (Jan. 1, 1950).
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SECTION 9. Any use existing at the time of the passage of this
ordinance, and non - conforming under the provisions of this ordinance,
and located in a business, tourist court, tourist apartment area, or
industrial district as established by this ordinance, shall be deemed to
be a conforming use upon the lot devoted to such use at the time of the
passage of this ordinance with all of the rights and privilege. of a
conforming use. This provision .hall not apply to junk yards and auto-
mobile wrecking yards, nor shall it have the effect of overruling any
Judicial decision rendered prior to the passage of this ordinance.
ARTICLE XXII.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
SECTION 1. No vacant land shall be occupied or used, except for
agricultural uses, until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued
by the Department of Public Works.
SECTION 2. No premises shall be used and no buildings hereafter
erected or structurally altered shall be used, occupied or changed in use,
until a certificate of occupancy and compliance shall have been issued by
the Inspection Section of the Department of Public Works, stating that the
building or proposed use of a building or premises complies with the build-
ing laws and the provisions of these regulations.
SECTION 3. Certificates of Occupancy and Compliance shall be applied
for co- incident with the application for a building permit and shall be
issued within ten (10) days after the erection or structural alterations of
such buildings shall have been completed in conformity with the provisions
of these regulations. A record of all certificates shall be kept on file
in the office of the Inspection Section of the Department of Public Works.
SECTION /y. NO permit for excavation for any building shall be issued
before application has been made for certificate of occupancy and compliance.
SECTION 5. A certificate of occupancy shall be required of .11 non-
conforming uses. Application for a certificate of Occupancy for non - conforming
uses shall be filed, within twelve (12) months from the effective date of this
Ordinance, with the Inspection Section of the Department of Public Works.
ARTICLE ==II.
BOMARI S OF DISTRICTS.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various
districts as shown on the accompanying map the following rules shall apply:
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SECTION 1. Street or Alleys. The district boundaries are either
streets or alleys, unless otherwise shown and where the indicated boundaries
on said district map we approximately street or alley lines, said streets
or alleys shall be construed to be the boundaries of such district.
SECTION 2. Lot Lines, Where the district boundaries are not shown to
be streets or alleys, and where the property has been cr may hereafter be
divided into blocks and lot., the district boundaries shall be construed to
be lot lines; and where the indicated boundaries on the district map are
approximately lot lines, said lot lines shall be construed to be the boundaries
of such district, unless such boundaries are otherwise indicated on the map.
SECTION 3. where the property is indicated on the district map as acre-
age and not subdivided into lots and blocks, or where the district boundary
lines on the zoning map shall be determined by the scale contained on the map,
and where uncertainty exists, the district boundary shall be determined by
the Zoning and Planning Commission by written decision.
ARTICLE MaV. y
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
SECTION 1. Organization. There shall be a Board of Adjustment estahliabec
in accordance with and controlled by the provisions of Section 7 of Chapter
283 of the Acts of 1927, 40th Legislature, of the State of Texas.
SECTION 2, powers. The Board of Adjustment shall have the following
powers.
1. To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in
any order, requirement, decision or determination made by an administrative
official in the enforcement of this Ordinance.
2. To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the Ordinance
upon which such Board is required to pass under this Ordinance.
3. To authorize in special cases such variance from the terms of this
Ordinance as will not be contrary to the public interest, where, owing to
special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions of this Ordinance,
will result in unnecessary hardship, and so that the spirit of the Ordinance
shall be observed and substantial justice done.
SECTION 3. Special Exceptions. when in its judgment the public conven-
ience and welfare will not be substantially or permanently injured, the
Board of Adjustment may in a specific case, after public notice and hearing
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and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, authorize special
exceptions to the regulations herein established as follows:
1. To permit a transitional use between a business or industrial
district and a dwelling district where the side of a lot in a one family
district or a two family district abuts upon a lot zoned for business or
industrial purposes as followa;
(a) On a lot in a single family dwelling district which sides upon
a lot zoned for business or industrial purposes, the Hoard may
permit a two family dwelling.
(b) On a lot in the two family dwelling district which sides upon a
lot zoned for business or industrial purposes the Board may per-
mit a multiple family dwelling of not more than four units.
2. Permit the extension of a building or use into a more restricted
district, immediately adjacent thereto, but not more than fifty (50) feet
beyond the boundary line of the district, in which such building or use is
authorized.
3. Grant in undeveloped sections of the city temporary and conditional
Permits for not more than two years. The granting or existence of such
temporary or conditional permit shall not be reason or cause for extension
of such permit,
4. Permit such modification of yard, open space, lot area or lot
width regulations as may be necessary to secure as appropriate improvement
of a parcel of land if such parcel was separately owned at the time of the
original passage of this Ordinance or subsequent annexation to the City and
is of such restricted area that it cannot be appropriately improved without
such modification.
5. To determine in cases of uncertainty the classification of any use
not specifically named in this Ordinance.
6. To grant a permit for the extension of a use, height or area reg-
lation into an adjoining district, where the boundary line of the district
divided a lot in a single ownership at the time of the adoption of this
Ordinance.
7. To permit as an accessory use a parking area for passenger auto-
mobiles on a lot or lots in a single family, two family or apartment house
district adjoining or across a street of not more than fifty (50) feet in
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width from a retail, intermediate business or industrial district, subject,
however, to the following provisions:
(a) The area ®hall be properly enclosed with a hedge screen„ fence,
wall or other suitable enclosure having a height of not less then
three (3) feet nor more then six (6) feet. Such fence or enclosure
shall conform to the front yard regulations of the district in which
It is located.
(b) The area shell be paved.
(c) No parking of vehicles shall be permitted within six (6) feet of
any adjoining lot on which is located a single family residence,
duplex or multiple dwelling.
(d) One sign, not exceeding two and one half (2J) square feet in area,
may be erected identifying the lot,
(e) No charges may be made for parking and no other business use may
be made of the lot.
(f) Any light used to illuminate said parking area shall be so arranged
as to direct the light away from any adjoining premises used for
residential purposes.
8. Permit the reconstruction of a building occupied by a nonconforming
use, or permit the extension of a non - conforming use of a building upon the
lot occupied by such use or building at the time of the passage of this
Ordinance.
SECTION 4. Any appeal or permit granted by the Hoard of Adjustment
shall not be valid if construction authorised by said permit is not begun
within a period of sixty (60) days.
ARTICLE XXV.
ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.
It shall be the duty of the Inspection Section of the Department of
public Works to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance and to refuse to
issue any permit for any building, or for the use of any premises, which
would violate any of the provisions of said Ordinance.
In case any building is erected, constructed, re- constructed, altered,
repaired or converted or any building or land is used in violation of this
Ordinance, the Inspector of Buildings is authorized and directed to insti-
tute any appropriate action to put an end to any such violation.
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Any person or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of
the ordinance or fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements
thereof or who shall build or alter any building in violation of'any de-
tailed statement or plan submitted end approved hereunder shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine of not more than one hundred
dollars ($100.00), and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist
shall constitute a separate offense. The owner or owners of any building
or premises, or part thereof, where anything in violation of this Ordinance
shall be placed, or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractor,
agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith and who have
assisted in the commission of any such violation shall be guilty of a sep-
arate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be fined as hereinbefore
provided.
ARTICLE XM.
CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS.
SECTION 1. The City Council may from time to time emend, supplement,
or change by ordinance the boundaries of the districts or the regulations
herein established.
SECTION 2. Before taking any action on any proposed amendment, supple-
ment or change, the City Council shall submit the same to the Zoning and
Planning Commission for its recommendation and report.
SECTION 3. The Zoning and Planning Commission shall make a preliminary
report and hold a public hearing thereon before submitting its final report
to the City Council.
SECTION 4. A public hearing shall be held by the City Council before
adopting any proposed supplement, amendment or change. Notice of such
hearing shall be given by publication three times in the official publica-
tion of the City of Corpus Christi, stating the time and place of such
hearing, which time shall not be earlier than fifteen (15) days from the
first day of such publication.
SECTION 5. Unless such proposed amendment, supplement or change has
been approved by the City Planning Commission or if a protest against
such amendment, supplement or change has been filed with the City Secretary,
duly signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty (20) per cent or
more, either of the area of the lots included in such proposed change,
or those immediately adjacent in the rear thereof extending two hundred
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(200) feet therefrom, or of those directly opposite thereto extending
two hundred (200) feet from the atreetj frontage of such opposite lots,
such amendment, supplement or change shall not become effective except
by a three - fourths (3/4) vote of the City Council,
ARTICLE %%VII.
FILING FEES.
All persons, firms, or corporations appealing to the Board of Adjust-
ment, applying for Council permits under the provisions of Article II of
this Ordinance, or applying for an amendment to the zoning ordinance or
change in the classification of a district or portion thereof, necessita-
ting the sending of notices and publications of notices in the newspaper,
shall be required to pay in advance ten (10) dollars, for expenses rela-
tive thereto. The payment of such money in advance to the City Tax
Assessor and Collector shall be deemed a condition precedent to the con-
sideration of such appeal, special permit or amendment.
ARTICLE %%VIII.
NEWLY ANNEXED TERRITORY.
SECTION 1. All territory hereafter annexed to the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas shall be automatically classified as "R -1" One Family
Dwelling District until such territory is permanently zoned by the City
Council of the City of Corpus Christi_ The Zoning and Planning Commis-
sion shall as soon as practicable, after annexation, undertake to esta-
blish permanent zoning of the said territory in accordance with the
provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. No permit for the construction of a building shall be
issued by the Inspection Section of the Department of Public Works of the
City of Corpus Christi in a territory newly annexed to the City of Corpus
Christi, other than a permit which will allow the construction of a build-
ing permitted to be constructed in "R -1" One Family Dwelling District as
provided in this Ordinance. An application for any other use than that
permitted in a OR -1" One Family Dwelling District shall be made to the In-
spection Section of the Department of Public Works and by him referred to
the Zoning and Planning Commission for consideration and recommendations
to the City Council. Whenever such recommendations shall be advisory in
nature.
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SECTION 3. NO existing building within any territory newly annexed
to the City of Corpus Christi not now lawfully used for business purposes
shall be altered, remodeled or constructed for business purposes without
a permit from the City Council of Corpus Christi, nor shall, any existing
building in any territory that may be hereafter annexed to the City of
Corpus Christi that is not lawfully used for business purposes at the
time of such annexation be altered, remodeled or constructed for business
purposes without a permit from the City Council of the City of Corpus
Christi. This permit shell be obtained under the same procedure set out
in Section Two (2) of this Article.
SECTION 4. The owner, lessee, or any other person, firm or corporation
owning, controlling, constructing, supervising, or directing the construc-
tion of any building in process of construction and which is incomplete at
the time the land upon which it is situated is annexed to the City of
Corpus Christi, before proceeding further with the construction, alteration
or completion thereof, shall make application to the Inspection Section of
the Department of Public Works for a permit authorizing further work on
said building, and shall attach to said application for such permit plans
and specifications relating to the construction of said building. Said
application for building permit shall be promptly referred to the Zoning
and Planning Commission for consideration, and said Commission shall
promptly thereafter File with said council its recommendation as to grant-
ing, modifying or rejecting said permit, said recommendation to be ad-
visory, as stated in Section Two (2) hereof. Said construction work
shall be suspended until the permit applied for has been issued, or until
final zoning regulations have been adopted, which permit the construction,
use and occupancy of the building.
ARTICLE XXIX.
INTERPRETATION, PURPOSE AND CONFLICT.
SECTION 1. In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Ordi-
nance, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion
of the public safety, health, convenience, comfort, morals, prosperity and
general welfare. It is not intended by this Ordinance to interfere with
or abrogate or annul any ordinances, rules, regulations, or permits pre-
viously adopted or issued, and not in conflict with any of the provisions
SUMURY OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS
Corpus Christi, Texas
District
Height
Front
Side
Hear
Lot
No.
USE Stories Feet
Yard
Yard
led
Width
Lot Area Per Family
R -1
One Family Dwellings, Churches, 2E 35
25'
61 max.
25'
50'
6000 square feet.
Schools, Parks, Yunicipel Build-
4' min.
ings, Farms
d -2
Any Use Permitted in "R -1" Dis- * 35
25'
61 max.
25f
501
3000 square feet.
trict Two Family Dwelling
41 min.
A -1
Any Use Permitted in "Nr2^ Dis- * 35
25'
6' max.
25'
50f
1600 square feet.
trict Multiple Dwellings, Apt.
4' min.
Hotels
A -2
ARy Use Permitted in "A -1" District. NONE
259
6' max.
20+
50'
1200 square feet
Boarding & Lodging Houses, Hospitals,
Clinics, Hotels, Religious, Education-
4' min.
500 square feet for apt, hotels.
al or Philanthropic Institutions, Pri-
vate Kindergartens, Private Clubs &
Lodges
A -3
Any Use Permitted in "A -2" District NONE
15'
4'
5'
25' one family
2000 square feet - one family use
one -fam.
40' two family
1200 square feet - two family use
15'
50' apt.
1200 square feet - multiple family use.
any other
A-4
Any Use Permitted in "A -2" District NONE
4'
6' max.
10'
501
1200 square feet per unit or
Tourist Courts
4' min.
900 square feet per wait when 60% open.
B-1
Any Use Permitted in "A -2" District NONE
Retail Stores, Customary Local Busi-
201
None except for "R -2" Uses
1200 square feet multiple family use.,
ness, Service Shope
Except
abutting
residence
District
No.
USE
B-2
Any Use Permitted in "A_2e
District Shops, Theatres,
Offices
B-3
Any Use Permitted in "B-1"
District. Any Retail Business
not Noxious or Offensive
Height Front Side Rear Lot
Stories net Yard Yard Yard Width Lot Area Per Family
NONE 201 NONE EXCEPT FOR "A -2" USES
NONE
B-4 Any Use Permitted in "B-3"
District NONE
L -I Any Use Permitted in "B-4"
District Industrial Uses
not Noxious or Offensive NONE
H -I Any Use Permitted in HL-In
District Except Residential
Uses & Certain Objectionable
Uses Permitted only by Special
Council Action
NONE EXCEPT FCR "A -211 USES
Except
201 Abutting
Residence
NONE EXCEPT FOR "A -2" USES
NONE EXCEPT FOR "A -2" USES
Except
Abutting
Residence
N 0 N E
For complete Regulations and Exceptions see Text of Ordinance.
SECTION II. The fact that this amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance adopted on August 27, 1937, and as thereafter amended
from time to time, is necessary for the purpose of providing further
Orderly and progressive growth and the necessary protection of the
lives, health, property and welfare of the oitisene living and
owning property in the City of Corpus Christi and the fact that further
delay in the passage of this ordinance would be detrimental to the
health, safety, property and general welfare of the citizens of the
community and the community in general, creates a public emergency
and public imperative necessity requiring the suspension of the
Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally
on the date it is introduced and that such ordinance or resolution
shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the
Mayor having declared that such public emergency and imperative
necessity exist, and having requested that such Charter rule be
suspended, and that this ordinance be passed finally an the date of
its introduction and take effect and be in full force and effect
from and after its passag.IT IS ACCOMMIGLY SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED this day of
A. D. 1948.
City of Corpua Christi, Tax
ATT.u7ST:
qtr y
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
orney
s step torney
Corpus Christi, Texas
1948
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
It is necessary for the purpose of providing for the
orderly and progressive growth of the City of Corpus Christi and
necessary for the protection of the lives, health, property and
welfare of citizens living and owning property in the City of Cor-
pus Christi to pass the foregoing ordinance at this time and
further delay in the passage of this ordinance would be detrimental
to the health, safety, property and general welfare of the citizens
of the community. For the reasons set out above and the reasons
set out in the emergency clause in the foregoing ordinance, a pub-
lic emergency and imperative public necessity exists for the a=-
pension of the Charter rule requiring that no ordinance or resolu-
tion be passed finally on the date of its introduction and that
such ordinanoe or resolution shall be read at three separate meetings
of the City Council; I, therefore, hereby request that you suspend
said Charter rule or requirement, and pass said ordinance on the
date of its introduction, or at the present meeting of the City
Council.
Respectfully,
A V
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote,
97es1ey E. Seale
George R. Clark, Jr.
John A. Ferris
R. R. Henry
Joe T. Dawson
The above ordinance was passed by the ollowing vote;
LW—ley E. Seale
George R. Clark, Jr.
John A. Ferris
R. R. Henry
Joe T. Dawson
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MU NG ORDINANCE
OF
CMWus CHRISTI, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2266
(As Amended)
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THIS'COFf 13 A COMPITATION CF ORDINANCE NO.
2266, THE GM COMPMHENSDR IONM ORDINANCE
(O IGMALIX ADOPTED AUGUST 279 193"!). PASSED,
BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON W 4, 1943, WIM
APEI MMM' THERETO BY - MMM ANCES NOS, _ 2314'
2370, 2386, 2394, 2495. 3228, 3256, 3385.
3438, 14620, xii, 4846, 4971, ®5d 51$1. THE
LOT ANEND*M TO THE TEXT CF ORDINANCE NO.
2266 INCUM IN THIS COMPILATION WAS PASSED
ON - CCTOBER 8, 1958. AHWM WS TO TALE TEXT
OF ORDINANCE NO. 2266 ARE SO MSIGHAM- •,
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AN ORDINANCE NO. 2266
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CIIT OF CORPUS ruw-rsmr
ADOPTED ON THE 27th DAY OF AUGUST, 1937, AND APPEARING OF
RECORD IN VOLUME 9, PAGE 565, OF THE ORDINANCE AND MSOII-
TION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND AS THEREAFTER
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, ESPECIALLY AS AMENDED BY ORDI-
NANCE PASSED ANA APPROWD HY THE CITT -_ NGII, OH MWE 5 s
1942, SAME MEING- ORDINANCE NO. 11425, SAID ORDINANCE_ SEING
ENTITIED, -AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ZONING REGULATIONS
AND DISTRICTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
REGULATING AND DETERMINING THE HEIGHT, NUMBER OF gTORTFS
AND SIZE OF BIIT«'nmGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, THB PEREEl4TAGE OF
LOTS THAT MAY BE OCCUPIED, THE SIZE OF TARDS, AND,ftM;� =OPEN
SPACES, THE DENSITY OF POPULATION, THE IOCATIONS AND DS& Co.
BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY, RESIDENCE,
COMMERCE, OR OTHER PURPOSE, AND DIVIDING THE CITY CF CORPUS
CHRISTI INTO DISTRICTS AND REGULATING THE ERECTION, CONSTRUC-
TION, RE- CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, REPAIR OR USE OF BUII=GS
OR STRUCTURES OR LAND WITHIN SUCH DISTRICTS, AND PROVIDING
UNIFORM REGULATIONS FOR THE SEVERAL CLASSES OR RIi+IDS,OF
BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES AND USES WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE DIS°
TRICTS AND ADCP`1ING A ZONING MAP SHOWING THE ACTUAL IACATION
AND BOUNDARIES OF THE SZVnA . DISTRICTS AND USE ARF.A,9, TO-
GETHER WITS THE REGi]IATIONS IMEOSED UPON EACH DISTRICT AND
USE AREAS, AND PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, FOR A
METHOD CF ENFORCEMENT, FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND
COMPLIANCES FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE ZONING MAP DESMI
NATIONS, FOR A BOARD OF ADJUST M, ITS ORGANIZATIbW AND
AUTHORTPY, FOR THE COMETION OF EXISTING BUIMINGS FOR
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS CF THE M
DINANCES, FUTURE CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE,
DEFINING THE VARIOUS TERMS AND WORM USED IN THE ORDINANCE;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY"; WEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINA =S IN CONFIZCT TOREWITH AND CONTAINING A
SEVERABILM CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMKRaM=.
BE IT ORDAINED BY TER CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TESAS2
SECTION to That the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Corpus Christi adopted
on the 27th day of August, A. R. 1937, being of record in.Volume 9. Page 565
of the Ordinance and Resolution- Records of the City of Corpus Christi* Texas,
and as thereafter amended from time to time, entitled"
"AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ZONING REGULATIONS AND DISTRICTS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND REGULATING AND
131'sTER.M 3MG TEE HEIGHT, NfJllBER. OF STORIES AND SIZE OF BUITD -
INGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, THE PERCENTAGE OF LOTS THAT MAY,
BE OCCUPIED, THE SIZE OF YARDS, AND OTHER OPEN SPACES,
THE DENSITY OF POPULATION, THE: 70CATIONS AND USKS OF
BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND LAND FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY,
.1 RESIDENCE, COM1ERGE, OR OTHER PURPOSES, AND DIVIDING
THE: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI INTO DISTRICTS AND REGU MING
.THE FMCTION, CONSTHUCTION, WCONSTRUCTION, nT.TERATTON,'
REPAIR OR USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURMS OR LAND WITHIN
SUCH DISTRICTS, AND PROVIDING UNIFORM REGULATIONS FOR
THE SEVERAL CLASSES OR KINDS OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES
AND USES WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS AND ADOPTING A
ZONING MAP SHOWING. THE ACTUAL LOCATION ACID BOUNDARIES
OF THE SEVERAL D=RICTS AND USE AREAS,, TOOMM W117
THE REGULATIONS MIVSED UPON EACH DIS T AMID USE
AREAS, AND PRoviDin FOR CERTAIN EKMPTmM, FOR A
METHOD OF ENFORCEMENT, FOR A CM=r O = OF OCCUPANCY
AM COMPLIANCE, FOR THE - INTERPRETATION OF THE ZONING
MAP DESIGNATIONS, FOR A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, ITS OR-
GANIZATION AND AUTHORITY, FOR THE COMUTION OF E%IST-
ING BUILDINGS, FOR RKNALMS FOR VMUMLON OF ANY OF
THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCES, FUTURE CHANGES AND
Ammmm S TO THE ORDINANCE, mynm THE VARIOUS MOM
AND WORDS USED IN THE ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY-,
be, and the same is hereby, amended so that it shall be and read as follows$
ARTICLE I.
TITLE
This Ordinance shall be Down as the Corpus Christi Zoning Ordinance. -
ARTICLE II.
i' aTIi5 3.
The Zoning Regulations and Districts as herein established have been made
in accordance with a Comprehensive_Plan for the -purpose,of promoting Health,
Safety, Morals or the General Welfare of-the-City of Corpus Christi. They
have been designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety
from fire, panic or other dangers; to provide - adequate light and air; to pre-
vent the overcrowding of land; to avoid fondue concentration at popolaticm;
to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage,
schools, parks and other public requirements. They have-be" made with
reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the dis-
trict and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to
conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use
of land throughout the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
ARTICLE ILL.
CONTINUATION OF E%ISTING REGULATIONS
The provisions of this Ordinance insofar as they are substantially the same
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-as existing ordinances redatiag to the saiw -66ject matter shall be con-
strued as restatements and continuations anff hot as now enactments.
ARTICIE N.
Incp� 7�� �.Pti
SECTION 1. For the purpose_of this Ordinance certain terms and words are
hereby defined. Words used in the °present_ tense include-the futures _words
in singular number include- the- plural _number...and words in -the plural nudger
include the singular; th& word "building" includes the word "structure ";
the word "lot" includes the word "plot "; the word "shall" is mandatory and
not directory.
ACCESSORY BUILDING. A detached subordinate building located on the as= lot,
the use of which is customarily incident to that of the main building or to
the use of the land.
ALIEYS A public thoroughfare which customarily affords only a secondary means
of access to abutting property.
APARTMENTS A room or unite of rooms in.an_apartment houses arranged,-designed
or occupied as the residence of a single " -fami.lj; 'individual or group of indi-
viduals living together as a sins le housekeeping unit.
APARTMENT HOUSES Same. as- °Duelling, Multiple ".
APARTMENT HDTELs'-An apartment house which furni.shea for the use of its
tenants services ordinarily furnished by hotels, but the privileges of which
are not primprily available to ths--transient_public.
BOARDING HOUSES A heiM ng other than a hotel or -lodging house where meals
for five or more persons are served-for compensation._
BUILDINGS Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls, for
the housing or enclosure of persons or chattels._ Where dwellings are sepa-
rated from each other by a wall without openings, the portion tof ,sucih;.d —n-
ing on each side of said wall shall. be .deemed a. separate building._
CAMP,, PUBLICS .Any area of tract of land used',or designed to accomodate two
(2) or more camping parties, including cabins, tents, or other camping equip-
ment.
CLINICS A group of offices for one or more physicians, surgeons or dentists
-engaged in treating the sick or injured, but not including :rows for the
abiding patients.
COWISSIONS The Zoning and Plaming Commission.
DISTRICTS A section of the City of.Corpus Christi for which the regulations
governing the areas, heights, or use'of hnildings are'uniform.
DWELLINGS A building or portion thereof, designed or used for residential
occupancy, including one family, two family or multiple dwellings, but not in-
cluding boarding and lodging houses, hotels or tourist courts.
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DWT.TJM, OW- FAMILYS A detached building arranged or designed'-for occupancy
by only one family.
DWELLING, TWO -FAKUM A building arranged or designed for occupancy by two
(2) families living :Independently of each other.
DWELLING, M=IPIES A single building or portion thereof, arranged or de-
signed for occupancy by three (3) or more families living independently of
each other.
DWELLING UNITS Two or more rooms in a dwelling, apartment, or hotel designed
for occupancy by only one (1) family for living or sleeping purposes and hav-
ing only one (1) kitchen.
FAMILY. One person, or two or more persons related either by blood or
marriage, livin together as a single housekeeping unit, or a group of not
more than four f4) persons not related by blood or marriage, living together
as a single housekeeping unit.
FILLING STATIONS Any building or premises used solely or principally for
the storing, dispensing, sale or offering for sale at retail of any motor
fuels, lubricants, or motor vehicle accessories. When such dispensing,
sale or offering for sale of motor fuels.. oils or accessories is incidental
to the conduct of a public garage, the premises shall be classified as a
public garage.
FRONTAGES The length of the property abutting on one side of a street or
place, measured along the dividing line between the property and the street
or place.
GARAGE, PRIVATES An accessory building for storage only of motor vehicles.
GARAGE, PUBLICS A building or portion thereof designed or used for the
storage, sale, hiring, care or repair of motor vehicles for remuneration.
GARAGE, STORAGES A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively
for housing four (4) or more motor driven vehicles.
GARAGE, MECHANICAL: Any premises where automotive vehicles are mechanically
repaired, rebuilt or constructed.
GUEST HOUSES Living quarters within a detached accessory building located
on the same premises with the main building for use by temporary guests of
the occupants of the premises, such quarters having no kitchen facilities,
or separate utilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwell-
ing.
HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS The vertical distance measured from the highest of the
following gradess
(a) From the average curb grade; from the established or mean street grade,
in case a curb has not been constructed; From the average finished
ground level adjoining the building if it sets back from the street line.
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(b) To th® highest point of the roofos surfacs -if a flat surface, or to
the deck line of mansard roofs, or
(c) To the mean height level between eaves and ridge for hip or gable roofs.
In measuring the height of a building the following stractures shall be ex-
cludedS chimnays, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, penthouses, tanks,
water towers, radio-towers, ornamental cupolas', domes or spires, and parapet
walls not exceeding four (4) feet in height,'
HOBBY SHOP8 An accessory use carried an by the occupant of the premises in
a shop, studio or other work roomb purely as a personal enjoyment,.amusemant
or recreation, provided that the articles produced or constructed in said
shop, studio or work room are not sold either on or off the premises.
BOMB OCCOPATIONSS Any occupation or profession ®ngaged im by the occupants
of a dwelling not involving the conduct of a retail business, and not includ-
ing any occupation conducted in any building on the premises excepting the
building which is used by the occupant as his or her private dwelling. Home
occupations shall include, in general, personal services such as furnished
by an architect, lawyer, pbysician, dentist, musician, artist, and seamstress,
when performed by the person occupying the building as his or her private
dwelling and not including a partnership or the employment of more than one
-assistant in .the performance of such services,
HOTELS A single building occupied or used primarily as a tsmporary abiding
place of individuals or groups of individuals who are lodged with or without
meals, in'which there are more than twelve (12) sleeping rooms, and no pro-
vision for cooking in individual rooms.
BENNELS Any lot or premises on which four (4) or more dogs, at 2east,f6ar
(4) months of age, are kept,
LOADIUG SPACES An off - street space or berth at least 10 x 25 feet.on.tbs'
same lot with a building or.contiguous thereto for the temporary.parking ` of
a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials,;
and which abuts upon a street, alley or other appropriate means-of access,
so as,not to obetract the pedestrian or vehicular traffic in the public
thoroughfares.
LODGING HOUSES A building other than a hotel where lodging for five.or mote
persons is provided for compensation, and not open to transients. ,_
IDT8 A parcel of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a building and
its accessory buildings and including such open spaces as are required under
this Ordinance, and having its principal frontage upon a public street or "
officially approved place.
LOT AREAS The total horizontal area within the lot lines of the lot.
LOT, CORNERS A lot abutting upon two (2) or " streets at their intersec-
tion.
LOT, DEPTH OF: The distance from the front street line to the rear line
measured in the, mean direction of the side lot lines.
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LOT, IMMRIORS A lot whose side line or lines do aot:abut upon any street.
LOT, CORNLRa A corner lot the side street line of which i.s.sulr
stantially a continuation of the front lot line of the lot to its .rear.
LOT, THROUGHS An interior lot having frontages on two (2) streets.'
LOT IMES. The lime bounding a lot as defined herein.
LOT WIM-1 The mean distance between side lines measured at right angles to
the depth.
NON- CONFORNMG USES A building or premises existing legally at the time of
the passage of this ordinance which does not by reason of use conform to
the use regulations under this ordinance, of the district in which it is
situated.
PARKM IAT, PUBLICS An open space, other than a streets alley or place,
used for temporary parking of more than four (4) self - propelled automotive
vehicles and available for public use, whether free, for compensation, or
as an accommodation for clients or customers. Such use shall not include
the operation of a gasoline filing or service station or the repair or
servicing of vehicles.
PARN1Nt SPACE, AUTONOBIIEs A suitably surfaced area on privately owned
property, either within or outside of a building and sufficient in size to
store one (1) standard automobile.
PIACEs An open unoccupied space reserved for purposes of-access to abutting
property.
ROOMING HOUSES Same as lodging house.
SIGNS Any name, figure, character, out3ine, spectacle, display, delineation,
announcement, advertisement, billboard, signboard, bulletin board,,device,
appliance or any other thing of similar nature to attract attention, and
shall include all parts, portions, units and material composi,ng,the same
together with the frame, background, structure and supports or anchorage
therefor as the case may be, but the term "sign" shall not include signs
painted on glass windows or attached to the interior of any building. In
calculating the area of a sign the perimeter of the area shall be a line in-
cluding the miter extremities of all letters, figures, characters and delin-
eations or a line including the outer extremities of the framework or back -
.ground upon which such sign is placed, whichever line includes the larger
area
".' MMANTS® QUARTERSS An accessory building or portion of the main building
located on the same lot as the main building and used as living quarters for
servants employed on the premises and not rented or otherwise used as a sepa-
rate domicile, and containing no kitchen facilities. (Ordinance 42314).
STABIE, PUBLICS A stable with a capacity for more than two (2) horses or
mules.
STORYS 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
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there be no floor above it then the space between such floor and the ceiling
neat above it.
STORY, HAMS A space under a slopin$ roof at the top of the building, the_
floor of which is not more than two (2) feet below the plate, shall be.
counted as a half-story when not more than sixty (60) per cent of said floor
area is used for rooms, baths, or toilets. A half -story containing indepen-
dent apartment or living quarters shall be counted as a full story.
STREM A public thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access
to abutting property.
STRUCTURE., Anything eonstracted or erected, which requires location oa the
ground, or attached to something having a location on the ground, including,
but not limited to, advertising signs, billboards and poster panels.-
STRUCTURAL ALTERATTnNSs . Any change in the supporting members of a building,
such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams or girders, or any sub-
stantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls.
STUDID2 A place for instruction in or practice of the fine arts, such as music,
dancing, painting, dramatics, handcrafts and sculpturing. ,
TOURIST COURT (auto courts, motels, or motor lodges)s A group of attached, F "
semidetached, or detached buildings containing individual sleeping.or living.
units, designed for or,used temporarily by automobile tourists,or transients,,..
with garage attached or parking space conveniently located to each unit and
offering to the public daily as well as other longer term rental rates, and
maintaining a register of guests and /or their vehicles. -.
TRAILER CAMPS A lot where public facilities and accommodations are.provided :-
by the day, week, month or for a longer period of tip, for or without com-
pensation, for two or more house cars or trailer cars, when such house care
or trailer cars are being used for human habitation.
YARDS An open space other than a court, on a lot unoccupied'and unobstructed
from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this ordinance." sY =:`
YARD FRONT An open space, unoccupied by buildings across the full width of
the lot extending from the front line of the building to the front street
line of the lot.
YARD, REARS An open space unoccupied, except by an accessory building or,
structure as, hereinafter permitted, extending the full width of.the lot
between a principal building.and the rear lot line. Where them is an alley,
the depth of the rear yard may be considered to extend to the canter line of
the alley.
YARD, SIDES An open unoccupied space on the same lot with the building
between the main building and the adjacent side of the lot, and extending
entirely from the front yard to the rear yard there of.
TRAMR OR TRLUZR COACRS Any portable vehicle so ,constructed and designed
as to permit occupancy thereof for dwelling or sleeping purposes and which
is kept in readiness for traveling. (Ordinance #3228).
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CHIM NURSERYs A building where five or more children, under the age of
six, other than members of the family occupying said building are served
and cared for for compensation, (Ordinance #3228).
TAVERffis "A place subject to be licensed under Vernongs Annotated Civil
Statutes, Article 666-10 for a wine and beer retailer °s permit or a beer
retailer ®s license. (Ordinance 93228).
BUIMINGs Any stricture other than a trailer or trailer coach having a roof
supported by columns or walls, for the housing or enclosure of persons or
chattels. (Ordinance x'3228).
DRIVF—IN OR DRIVF -IN GROCEHYs A grocery or retail food dispensing and eat -
^s ing establishment where patrons are permitted to park cars on premises and
food and drinks are served to patrons in cars. (Ordinance #3228).
YARD, REAR: An open space unoccupied, except by an'Accessori building or
structure as hereinafter permitted, extending the fpl_l width of the lot -
between the Tsar most wall of the principal building.and.the rear lot Jim.
Where there is an alley, the depth of the rear yard mag be considered to
extend to the center line of the alley. (Ordinance #3228).
ARTICIE V.
DISTRICTS
S9CTI0N 1. To effectuate the purposes of this ordinance, to regulate and
restrict the height, number of stories, and size of+buildingi and other
structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the -biz® of yards,
coasts$ and other spaces, the density of population and the location and
use of buildings, structures, and land, for trade, industry, residence and
other purposes, the City of Corpus Christi is hereby divided into twelve
(12) districts, as follows&'
M�1" One Family Dwelling District.
"R-2" Two Family Dwelling District.
"A-1" First Apartment House District.
"A-2" Second Apartment House District.
"A_3" Third Apartment House District.
"A-4" Tourist Court District.
"B-1" Neighborhood Business District.
"B-2" Bayfront Business District.
"B-3" Secondary Business District.
"B-4" Primary Business District.
"IP1" Light Industrial District.
"H- P Heavy Industrial District.
SECTION 2. The boundaries of the various districts as enumerated in
Article V, Section 1, of this.Ordinance are hereby established as identi-
fied and drawn on the faces of triplicate original zoning district maps of
the City of Corpus Christi, Texas,.which maps are hereby officially adopted
as the zoning district maps of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, with all
notations, references, legends, acalea. and every detail shown on said maps
to be considered as a part of this Ordinance as fully and to the same effect
as if said zoning district maps, notations, references, legends,'scales and
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every detail _shown on-them-wore fully set forth_ and, deseribed_horeizi._ Bads
of_eaid- trip73cate original zoning district maps shall bear.for'id®atifica+
tion and authentication the at of the Neyor -of the City and the
attestation of the City Secretary, the date of their signatures and the
notation,_Otbis zoning distriet map officially adopted -by the City Council
of the City of Corpus Chri.sti,'Teaas, by Ordinance No. 4846, passed and
. approved on 21st day of August, 19570. One cC said triplicate original
zoning district maps shall remain attached to this amendment of Ordinance
No 2266'; never to be changed in any respeati� arid; shall be filed with the
City b'ecretary as a permanent record of the City of Corpus Chriati, Toome;
another of said triplicate original zoning district maps sha]lbe ma*tained _
by the Director of the Zoning and Planning Department of the City and shall
be available, as a reference, for the general public during the regular office
hours of the Zoning and Planning Department$ and one of the triplicate
original zoning district maps shall also be maintained by the Director of the
Department of Public Works of the City for the benefit of the Inspection Sec-
tion of the Department of Public Works. (Ordinance
It shall ,be the .duty of the Director of the. Zoning and Plan hg :Depaititent
of the City to keep the original zoning district maps to be'maintaimed.in
the Zoning and Planning Department and in the Department of Public Works of
the City „current at all timea, shdwing.on the face6 of said maps, all changes-
amendments or additions thereto officially authorized by City Council action,
noting on such maps the ordinance number and date of passage of each such
amendment authorizing, any changes or additions.” (Ordinance #4846).
ARTICIE V1.
02-10 ONE FAMILY DWRLLING DISTRICT
The following regulations shall apply in the "R-1" One Family Dwelling Dis-
trict8
SECTION 1. Use Regulations. No building or land: shall be,usdd and no build-
ing shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged, except for
the following useas
1. One Fami]y,Dwelling.
2. Ch.rch.(except rescue missions or temporary revivals.)
3. School, public or private, having a curriculum Knivalimb to a public ele-
mentary or high school, and institutions of higher learning. -,_
4. Public parks, playgrounds, golf courses (ex oept miniature golf'oMwaes,
putting green, driving ranges and similar activities operated'as a.
business), pabiie recreation, and comet mity buildings and public museums.,
5. Municipal buildings, non - profit libraries or museums, police stations
and fire stations, public utility installations for rawer, waters gae,
electric and telephone mains and incidental appurtenances.
6. Farming, track garden, orchard or nursery or greenhouse for the growing
or propagation of plants, trees and shrubs, provided no retail or mho% -
sale business office is maintained on the premises.
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Bn7lrii -ga and Uses$ An" 'a tnilldingH ..
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incidgnt to_any-ef the above_nees, when located an the sa -ldt' includ-
ing home occupations, pir9.vate garage for one (1) or mere cars, 4wrAfide
servant's_.gnarters_ not for rent or used for commarcial, purposes wash ro®ms
and storage roan for domestic storage only. A bona -fide guest house is per-
mitted, where the 'lot area is one acre or more. No accessory building shall
be more than one (1) story in height except accessory buildings to a farm.
8. Signs
(a),Qne Edgp, which shall not exceed one (1) square foot in area, indicating
the name of the occupant or occupation of a custamary home occupation,
provided the sign is attached flatwise to the building.
(b) Sign or bulletin boards,' which shall not exceed fifteen (15) square feet
in area for church or school. ^
(c) One sign, which shall not exceed four (4) square feeCln,.area., may be
placed. upan.a lot or building'to- advertise "the lease, hire or sale of
building cr premises provided'the gib'1s immediately removed upon the Lease,._
hire or sale of such building or premises.
Auditions anal exceptions•to Use Reguletidba are provided for in Article XV=,
Section 1, and Special Uses in Article lX, Seo#ca 1, 2 and 3.
SECTION 2. Height Regulations.' No building shall exceed two and one half
(2i) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height.
Additions.and Exceptions to Height Regulations are provided for in Article
BRIII, Section 2.
SECTION 3. Yard and Area Regalations.
1. Front Yard. There shall be e'front yard along the front line of the lot.
The minimum depth of such front yard shall be twenty-five (25) feet.
2. Side,Yard. There shall be a side yard an interior lots cc each side off"
the main building of ten (10) per cent of the average width of the lot but
sagh side yard need not exceed six (6) feet and shall be not lose than four
(4) fbet.
3. Rear Yard.- There shall-be a rear yard having a depth of not less than
tw=6 five (25) feet.
4. Lot Width. The minimum average width of the lot shall be fifty (50)
5. Lot Area. The minimum area of the lot shall be six thousand (6,000.)
. square feet except in the area west of Port Avenue and south of Agnes
Strut to the city limits as of the date of the passage of this ordinance
the minimmi lot area may be five thousand (5,000) square feet. On any lot
separately a maed at the time of the passage of this Ordinance a single
family dwelling may be erected even though the lot be of less width or area
than required by the regulations of the area'.district in which it is located,
provided the required yard regulations are observed. A lot shall be con-
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sidere4,- an _pep d "-t
par#e3,
ympq even ,hough it -adjoins another lot or be
ic-Moing to the auto owner in case''it fronts an a different street from out%
Gther.gdj9#ing,lqt or-lots.
6. Accessory_ BmUdings. No accessory building ahall'be more than ate (1)
- story in-beight and lootation.on the lot'sban be as followS
(a) Not closer than sixty (60) feet #om 'the' ' 1
fr lot line.
(b) Not closer than four (4) feet from a sldslotlime..of an interior lot.
Not-clo ser than-fii-re(j) feet -from- the , rear - lot line unleas there is
an existing alley, in which "case the accessory building may be built
.along-the rear.lot Line.
(d) Not closer than twenty (20) feet frost any aide street lot Line.
Additions an&.&ceptidne to Yard' and 'Axea 'Regulations are provided for in
ARTICIE XII.
"R-2" TWO FA= VWELLM DISTRICT
The following - regulations shall apply in the OR-2" Two Family Dwelling Dis-
trict.
SECTION 1. Use Regulations. No building or.land shall be used and no build-
ing sha3l,be hereafter erecteds structurally altered, or.en2arged, except
for the following usess
1. Any use permitted in the nl?^lff'One Family Dwelling District.
2. Two Family Pue33-ings.
3. Accessory Buildings and Use6.' Accessory buiXings and inos OWL rily
incident to any. of the:-abbve uses, when located, an-the acme' lot,'Ano2ud-
ing. a - private - garage for one (1) or mare ' cars,.bona,flde servantev ' Aera
hot for rent or used for ccmmbrc:1al'purpoqes, not exceeding one (I)-story in
height, -which may contain servants quarter, mash room, storage room for
domesti6 storage only.
4, signs.
(4) One sign which shall not exceed one (1) square foot in are'a"-indicating
� the name of the occupant or occupation of a customary how occupation,
provided the sum is attached'flatwise to the building.
(b) Signs or bulletin,boards which shall not -exceed fifteen (1$) square
feet In area for church or'sohool.
Additions and Exceptions to•Use'Rsgdlations are provided in Article VIII,
Section 1, and Special Uses in'Aiticle XX.
SECTION 2. Height Rokulations. N . 6 buildingf shall exceed . two and one-half
Uyt) stories or thirty-five feet in height.
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Additions and Exceptions to Height Regulations are provided for in Article
%tRII, Section. 2.
SECTIOff 3., Yard and Area Regulations.
to Front Yard—There shall be-a front yard along the front Line of the
lot. The,mio mum depth of such front yard shall be twenty -five (25)
feet.
2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on interior lots on each side of._
the main building of ten (10) per cent of the average width of the lot,
but such side yard need not exceed six (6) feet and shall be not less than
four (4) feet..
3. Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than
twenty -five (25) feet.
4. Lot Width. The minimum lot width ehgn- be`fiftg (50),feet P'C' rt that,
in the area bounded by .Kennedy, Smawi-s, Floral, and Hu]biat *Xr ats,
the minimum lot width for duplex use shall be sevihtyfine (75) feet.
5.. Lot Area. The minimum lot area shall be six thousand .(6,000)`squa --
feet, except in the area. bounded by Kennedy, Summers, Floral, aead.tlbirt
the minimum lot area shall be nine thousand (9,000) square feet for duplex
use.
6. Accossory Baildings. No accessory building shall be more.than one (1)
story in height and location on the lot shall be as followss'
(a) Not closer than.siatg (60) feet from the front lot line.
(b) Not- closer, than four (4) feet from a side lot line, of an interior iot.
(c) Not closer than five (5) feet from the rear'lot'i nd unless Oere is qn
existing alley, in which case the aceessory'bui'Lding ma9 tie built along
the rear lot Line.
(d) Not closer. than twenty (20) feet from -4zW• side sweet lot Ana. ""
Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regalitiona ire provided for in
Article X=, Section 3.
ARTICIE VIII.
OA-19 FIRST APAR114& HOUR D*STRWr
The following regulations shall apply. in the "A=1" First Apartimeat House
Districts
SECTION 1. , Use Regulations. No building or land shall be used a44 no build
ing shat" . hereafter Ie erected, structurally altered, or enlarged, except for
the following usest
I. Any use permitted in the "&2" Two Family Dwelling District.
2. Multiple Dwellings
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3• Apartment Hotel.
i3 3 W. Tax supported, welfare agency sponsored homes consisting of'cui® (1)
or two.(2) persona acting as housemother or housemothers or parents
and not more than 9 related or unrelated non-delinquent miaor chi]dran. (Ord. #4813).
4. Accessory Building and Uses. Accessory building and uses customarily
incident to any,of the above uses when located on the same lot and in-
cluding a,private garage for ons (1) or more oars, bona -fide servants*
rarteminot for rent or used foil a maercial purposes, not exceeding one
) story.in height, which may contain servants° quarters, wash.roam, etoMge
rooms for dom<sstic „gtorage only.”
$. Signs.
(a) one sign, not exceeding fifteen (15) square feet in area, may be used
to advertise the principal activity operated °or conducted in the build-
ing, provided the sign- .,is'placed. flat against, along or an the,_froot:of the .,
bnild�na end with .no portion of it projecting more than six. .(6g :inchea.Prcmi
the wall. of the building A, i ildin$ on a .1ddorraner lot. may have sae sign f,or "
eacIr street fr•,ont. K4rdinAace #23314).. ?. l
(b) Signs or bulletin boards, which shall not exceed fifteen (15) square
feet in area for church or school. _
(e) One temporary unlighted sign pertaining to the lease, hire or sele-"or
building or premises which sign shall not exceed four (4) square feet
in area and provided the .sign absn itmaed+ately be removed upon the,lease, .
hire or sale. of agch; building:. or pY�smta ®a'. _
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Additions and Exceptions-to Use.PASgalations are provided for in Article
XVII2, Section ; ;}A ;and,Special Uses in Article 1X.
SECTION 2. Height Rega]ationsa; *'building Shall exceed two and one -half
(20 stories or,.thirty =five (35).f-et in height.
Additions and Exceptions to Reigh Regiiletioris are provided for in Article
X7=, Section'g,
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SECTION 3• Yard and Area Regulations.
1. Front Yard. There shall be t front yard along the front line of the lot.
.The minimum depth of such front yard shall be twenty-five (25) feet.
2. Side Yard. There shall be a aide yard an interior lots,, on each side of A.
.the main building of ten (10) per cent of the average width of the lot,
but such. side, yard need not exceed; six' (&) feet and shall be., not, le than.
four. (4) feet.
3. Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than
twentyfive (25) feet.
4. Lot Width. `;The minimum average width of the lot ahall be fifty (jO)
feet.,
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5• Lot Area. The minimum lot area sha3.l.be,sis.thousand.(6;o00)- square -_ _
fast. For mnitiple;famii7 uses the minimum lot_area,ahall.not be less
than sixteen ,hondred (1y600) Square feet per unit. For Apartment Hotels the
minimum :lot , area shall be :not less than 750 square-feet per_unit.,(:Ord.,#2495).
6. Accessory Building. No accessory building shall be more than one (1)
story in height and location on the lot shall be as follows:
(a) Not closer than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line.
(b) Not closer than four (4) feet from a side lot line of an interior.,lot.
(c) Not closer than five (5) feet from the rear lot line, unless there is
an existing alley, in which case the accessory building.may..be built
along therear lot line.
(d) Not closer than twenty (20) feet from any side street lot line.
Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations are provided for in
Article %VIII, Section: 3•
SECTION 4. Tourist Apartments. Detached tourist apartments may be built in
.the area :bounded by, the Bay, the center line of Airline Road extended,,.Pcean
Drive, Ocean Drive Place ektendedAo the Bay; and the east line of Seaside
Memorial Park•Cemetery,•Robert Drive,'O,pean Drive to -the N. line of,Lot One,
Bloch Dne,,_'Flour Bluff and Encinal:Farm & Garden Tracts, provided theta
(a) The minimum lot area per unit shall be three thousand (3,000) square
feeto, .. ... -
(b) All other regulations applying to the Apartment "A" District are adhered
to.
(c) Not more than one sign will be permitted to advertise each tourist apart-
ment group. :Such signs shall not exceed twenty (20) square feet,:in -area.
Such sign.may'be free standing in the front yard provided it is net higher
than eight (8) feet, of it may, be .placed on the wan of a building:�bat may
not.,extend above the outside walls of such building.
ARTICLE I%. '
"A,-2" SECOND APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT
The following regulations shall apply in the "Ar2" Second Apartment Souse
Districts r. J...
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building or land shall be used and no build -
ing shall:.be.hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged,:except for
the following usesa
1. Any use permitted in the "A�1" First Apartment House District.
2. Boarding and Lodging Houses.
3. Hospitals and clinics, excepting tubercular, liquor, narcotics, insane
,and feeble- minded, or animal hospitals and clinics.
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4. Hotels _and Apartment Hotels.
5. Institutions of a religions, educational or _phil8nthropie.xnateu�e..
6. Chilli care institutions, child nurseries, private kindergartens, and
foster childrens homes. (Ordinance #3228). - -
7.• private clubs, fraternities, sororities, and lodges excepting those the
chief activity of which is a service customarily.,carried on as a'...business.
B. .-Accessory Buildings and Usea. Accessory bpildingsuand_ uses cnetomari],q
incident to any of the above uses when located upon the samq,].ot and not
Involving, the conduct of a business, except that in a hotel'or apartment.
hotel there''may be operated a diming room, cigar stand, beauty parlor and
barber shop,.provided there will be no entrance to such place of business
except from the inside of the building.
9. Signs.
(a) One sign, not exceeding fifteen (1)- sq}iare f ®et' in areal9 may,.be used to
Advertise the principal activity operated or conducted In the building,
provided the.sign is placed flat against,_along ass° on the front-of the build -
ing and.with no portion of it projecting more than six (6) inches from the,
wall of the building. A building on a corner lot may have one sign for
street front. (Ordinance #2314).
(b).Signs and bulletin boards which sha7l.not exceed sixty (60) 6quare'feet
in area,wi7l ;be. permitted for - hotels, apartment'hotels -clubs and lodges.
Such signa.shall be placed fiat against the building.with'no portion pro-
jetting more than, twelve -(12) inches frown the wall of the building. , Signs
ma"y be placed on top of the building without-restriction as to size.
(c) One tam
.porary..unlighted sign pertaining to,the lease, hire or sale of
building or premises, which-'sign shall not exceed four (4) square feet
in area and. provided the sign shall immediately be removed upon the . leasa,,.:. -.,
hire or sale of such building or,premises.
Additions and Exceptions -to IIBOWgulations are 'provided for in Article iv=,
Section 1, and Special Uses in Article %%.
SA;ET d'z. Yard and Area RegaUtions. .
1., Front Yard.. There shall be a front yard along the front line of "ihe lot.
The minimum depth of such front yard.shall be twenty-five (25) feet, ex-
cept that the property facing on Shoreline Drive she" maintain a,minim,
depth fora front yard of twenty (20) feet.
2. Side Yard. .There shall be a side. yard on interior lots on each side of
the main building of not less than ten (10) per cent of the average
width of the lot, but such side yard need not exceed six (6) feet and shall.
be not less than four (4) feet.
3. Rear Yard. Thera shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than
twenty (20) feet.
4. Lot Width. The minimum average width of the lot shall be fifty (50) feet-
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5. Lot Area. The minimum lot area shall be six thousand (6,000) Mare
fee t.__ -For multiple family uses_ the,minimam_lot area'shall be_not less
th.n,t_welve hundred (1,200) square feet per unit. For Apartment HoteYS,
there shall be a minimum lot area per dwelling unit of -five hundred (500)
square feet, provided the minimum lot area of six thousand (6,000) square
feet is maintained, provided that the +animum of five- buidred'(500) square
feet of. -lot area per.dwelling unit shall not be required in any lots front-
ing on Shoreline Boulevard. (Ordinance #9370). -''-
6. Accessory Building. No accessory building shall be-more than one (1)
story _ifs height, except that a garage used' exclusively for the:atoQwage
Of vehicles,for the accommodation 'of tenants of an apartment house or
apartment hotel or hotel may be erected to ,s height exceeding this limit.
The location on the lot shall be as followss
(a) Not 'closer than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line.
(b) Not closer than four (4) feet from a side lot line, of an interior lot.
(c) Not closer than five (5) feet from the rear lot line unless there is an
existing alley, in which case the accessory building maybe built along
the rear lot line. , '� • If,
(d) Not closer than twenty (20) feet from any We street lot uns.
SECTION 3.Parh ng,Regulations. On property abutting on Shoreline Drive an
apartment or apartment hotel shall be ` provided with 150 square feet of yen
closed garage space for each family unit provided for in the apartment house
or apartment hotel. The required garage space shall be located on Ub vame
lot as the apartment house or apartment hotel, shall be under' the - .same,_
ownership, and shall be available "and suitable-for the tenamts,of: such
apartment house or apartment hotel.
A$TICIR X.
^A,3^ THIRD APARTN
1. PT HOUSE DISTRICT
The following regulations shall apply in the ^A-3^ Third Apartment House
District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. .No building or land shall be used and no build-
ing .shall. -ba he)ceafter erected, structurally altered., or `enlarged except for
the fol: o"g. aseso
1. Any -use permitted in the ^A 20 Second Apartment House Dist - riot.
SECTION 2. Yard,and Area Regulations.
1. Front Yard. There. shall be a front yard along the front line of the lot.
The minimum depth of such front yard shall be fifteAh (15) feeta•
2. Side Yard. There shall be a side yard on interior lots on each side of
the main building; the minimum width of such .side yards shall"he four
(4) feet.
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3. Rear Yard. There shall. -be a rear yard having a -depth -of not lees than
five (5),feet -.for a one - family dwelling and Tifteen (15) feet for any
other dweL` ling.
4. Loot Width. The minimum average width of the lot shall. bet
(a) Twenty-five (25) feet for a one - family dwelling.
(b) Forty (40) feet for a two-family dwelling.
(c) Fifty (50) feet for an apartment house.
5. Loot Area. The minimum area of the lot shall be 2,000 square feet for a
one family dwelling, 2,400 square feet..for a two-family dwelling and
1,200 square feet for each family where an apartment house is designed for
three or more families. More than one dwelling may be built on 4 lot pro -
videds the dwelling fronting on the street camplies with the front and side
yard requirements, the dwelling on the rear of the lot is not more than one
story in height, and is not closer to the rear, -line than 5 feet the .dwe31-
ings are not:oloser to each other than 12 feet and there is not less than
1,200 square feet of lot area for each family to -be accommodated on the lot.
6. Open Space.. For a dwelling or apartment house not over two stories in
- height the.regnired open space shall. equal 40 per cent of the lot area;
for dwelling or apartment house over two stories An height there shell be
at least one square foot of open space for each.f'onr egnare feet of the gross
floor area of the building.
7. Accegsor ]Building. -No accessory building shall be more than one (1)
story in height, kept that a garage used exclusively fAr the accommo-
dation of tenants of an apartment hotel or apartment horse of hotel may be
erected to a height - excesdizig this Limit. The location on the lot shall be
as follorass
(a) Not closer than five (5) feet to the rear lot line unless there is an
alley in which case the accessory building may be built along the rear
lot line..
Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations are pro -1.ded for in
Article %VIII, Section 3.
ARTICLE %I.
"A-4" TOURIST COURT DISTRICT =
The following regulations shall apply in the "A-4" Tourist Court District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulations. No building or land shall be used and no
building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged, ex-
cept for the following uses:
1. Any use permitted in the "A-2" Second Apartment House District.
2. Tourist Court.
3• Accessory Building and Uses. Accessary_1auil#pg _and °usss,'cust6�V13Y
incident to the above•.uses when looted on the sams loto_ A retail,pt*
or shop may be operated i n connection w i t h the tow-^ist_ court as am 'agoessgry
use, provided it is primarily for the comfort and convenience of the. guests
thereof, and shall not contain a floor area in excess of one hurdred'(100)
square feet per tourist court unit.
4. Signs. Signs will be. permitted as accessory used to advertiselhatsu
or tourist courts when located 'on thw aame lot as the'hotel br tourist•
court advertisedq (Ordinance #3228)o
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are piovlded•foil in Arti61s v
%VIII, Section 1,..and Special Uses. in Article &%.
SECTION 2. Yard and.,A.rpA Regulations.
1. Front Yard. There-shall be a front yard - along the front, li:ae of the
lot. The minimum, depth of such front yard shall be not less 'than four
(4) feet.
2. Side Yard. Thera „shall. be a side'. yard am interior lots 'c� each of the .'
outside margin of ;structures.of tbn.(10) per cent cif the eq®x^age widt�s
of the lot,, but.such _gida yard.need act exceed'dix'(6) feet�and shat] bs not
less than four .(4) ,feet...
3. Rear Yard. ,There shall-be a rear yard having a depth of not less than
ten (l0) feet..
4. Lot Width. The mini—average width -of the lot aball be fifty (50)
feet.
5. Ict Area. The minimum- lot area shall%be forty -five hundred {.k 500)
square feet and the lot :area,per:unit- shall be twelve hundred �1,z00)
square feet.. The lot area per:unit maybe' rsducsd try mine hundred (90.0) .
square feet provided that sixty (6o)Iper cent of the lot is maintis�pe$ as
open space. .,such open:,space.:�+ include yhrds;,drives', and gar s.
y. .
6. Accessory Builds eo No accessory building sbk3.1 be more`th"'.one tl)
story in height and location on the lot shall be as' folldus8 ”
(a) Not closer than four (4) feet from a side lot- line,'of an interior lot.
(b) Not closer than five (5) feat, from the rbar lot line unless there, is an-_ ,
s. alley, in ubleb case the eceeesc y ' AYA30mr9w is
the rear lot line.,..
Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations are pfovided fda° in
Article %VIII, :Section 30
ARTICIE %II.
"E®1" NEIaHBORHOOD' BUSINESS' DISTRICT
The following regulations shall apply is the "B-l" Neigbborhood Burliness
District-.
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SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building or land shall be- used and no,-build-
ing shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged except for
the following uses.'
1. Any use permitted in the "A-2" Second Apartment House District.
2. Antique shop.
3. Auto Parking Lot.
4. Bakeryg provided that the floor area shall not exceed twenty -five hundred
(2,500) square feet.
4-A. Bank, Loan Associaticp. (Ordinance x'4620).
5. Barber and beauty shop.
6. Book store.
7. Butcher shop.
8. Cigar store.
9. Cleaning, pressing and dyeing or laundry pick stion, provided that
the floor area does not exceed fifteen hundred (1,500) square feet.
10. Confectionery. store.
11..Dancing school or studio.
12. Delicatessen.
13. Drug store.
14. Dry goods and notions.
15. Filling Station.
16. Fish market.
17. Florist shop.
18. Fruit store.
19. Gift shop.
20. (grocery store.
21. Green houses.
22. Hardware store. ;.,r•.:..:,
23. Ice retail distributing station, no manufacture, capacity not to exceed
five (5) tons storage.
24. Jewelry store.
25. Idquor store.
26. Nasic shop.
27. News stand.
28. Notary.
29. Office, business ,or professional. (Ordinance No. 2314).
30. Photograph, portrait or camera shop.
31. Radio,shop.
32.. Restaurant.
32 -A. Self - Service Icaundry. (Ordinance No. 3256).
33. Shoe repair shop.
34. Tavern o
35. Undertaking establishment.
36. Accessory Buildings and UsesS Accessory buildings and uses,ongtomarily.
,incident to the above uses when located on the same lot provided ariicles
or materials are not stored in the open area outside of the building...
37. Signs. Signs used or displayed shall pertain only to the use1c6ducted
within the building and shall be attached flat against a wall.,,. the,
building. Such sign shall not extend above the outside walls a pooh building,
nor more than one (1) foot from the face of the mall of-such buiA iing. 04e.
free standing sign not to exceed 24 feet in height will be allowed. _within the
front yard, provided it does not exceed twenty (20) square feet in area.
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in Article %VIII,
Section 1, and Special Uses in Article XX.
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SECTION 2. Yard and Area Regulation.
1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard along the front line of the"lotb-
The.minimum depth of such front yard-shall be_twenty (20)_feet.
2. Side. Yard. For uses permitted in the "AP2" Sbonnd..Apartment House District, -'
the side yard regulations for that district shall be in affect. For addi-
tional uses permitted in this Article side yards are not required. On a corner
lot the side yard on the street side shall be twenty (20) feet.
3. Rear Yard. For 'Rml", 'RPZn9 °Aml ", and "AP2" District uses.there shall
be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty (20) feet. For all''
other uses a rear,yard.is not required except where it abuts upon "Rrl "9 ' -
"R-2", "Al", and, "Ar2 ".Districts in which case there shall be a rear yard of
not less than ten (10) feet.. (Ordinance #322$).
4. Lot Width. For uses permitted in the "APZ" District the'minimum J.ot'
width shall-. be fifty.(50).feet.. There is no minim+r lot width regala + -x
ticns.for other.uses. -_.
5. Lot Area. The minimum lot area for. "A-20 District uses-Shan be m3x�thou�-
sand (6,000). square feet, For multiple family.nses the mlidmum'lmt•area
shall be twelve hundred (1,200) square feet per.unit. There are no minimum:-._
lot area requirement$ for other uses...
6. Accessory Building. No accessory building shall be located closer than-`' -
twenty ,(20) feet to any side street lot line es closer than four (4).
feet to the side lot line of a lot adjoining "R-109 "R2 ",'"A -10, or
Districts.._
Additions and Exceptions to Yard.and Area.Regulations are .provided for `in
Article %VIII, Section 3.
ARTICD7 %IlI.
OB-2" BAM+'RQNT - BUSIMM DISTRICT
The following regulations shall apply in the "Bm2" Bayfront Business - District;.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building.or land shall. be used. end ,no builder :-
ing shall be hereafter erected, straot=al]y altered, or enlarged except f&
the following, uses,
1. .Any.use permitted in the "A�2" Second Apartment, House District'.
2. Antique chop.
3. Art Shop. (Ordinance No. 2370).
4. Auditorium. ( Ordinance No. 2370).
5. Automobile parking, provided no vehicles shall be parked in front of the :.
building line and such parking area shall tie suitably „screened fromi Shore-
line Boulevard by hedge or other suitable enclosure which shall be not less
than four (4),feet or more than.six (6) feet in height.
6. Automobile salesroom and.accompanying service facilities customarily
incident thereto, provided that no mechanical or body work•shall.be done '.
except in an enclosed building and not closer than thirty (30) feet to the
front building, line unless in an enclosed room with, no openings facing the
front line of the property or within thirty (30) feet thereof.,.
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7. Hank.
S. Barber and beauty shop.
9. Book shop.
10. Bowling alleys.' (Ordinance No. 2370).
I.I. Clothing or haberdashery.
12. Cigar and tobacco shop.
13. Confectionery shop.
14. Dance-hall and dance studio. (Ordinance No. 2370).
15. Drug store.
16. Dry Goods, and dress shops.
17. Florist shop.
18. Gift shops.
19. Jerse]ry shop.
20. Liquor store.
21. Linen shop.
•22. Ioggage and leather.
23. Millinery shop. .
24. Nusem. (Ordinance No. 2370).
25. Ymic shop.
26. Natatorium. (Ordinance No. 2370).
27. News and magazine shop.
28. offices.
29. Photograph, pof%rait and camera shop.
30. Pop corn and nut shop.
31. Restaurant.
32. Shoe store.
33• Skating rink. -(Ordinance No. 2370).
34. Sporting goods.
'35. Theatre.
36. Travel bureau, exclusively Co-op, ride'or shard -the®r de_clubs,or� aggmci ®a.
36-A. Art shop, auditorina, bowling alloys, dance hall &.dance - studio, ansseum0
natatorinms skating rink; provided that said uses be permitted . only in'an
entirely enclosed buildings (Ordi,nanci No. 2370).
37. Accessory Buildings and.Uses.. Accessory buildings and nwe custom%rl7,y
incident to the above uses when located on the same lot and not. involving
the conduct of a separate "business. .._
38. Signs. Signs shall not exceed siict7'(60) sgpare.,feet.# .area and shall be
- used only to advertise the principal business or sctivity,sD eda
o2i the "premises or conducted in the 'building. Such signs shall be-Placed flat
against the building'with'no portion:pro�egtivg more thaa'twelt+e,k1g) inches
from the wa" of the bni2ding. Signs may be placed on top of the building
without restriction as to size. _
Additions and Exceptione'to`Use Regc,lations are provided for in Artic3.g-V=,
Section 1, and Special Uses in Article %%.
SECTION 2. Yard' and Area Regulations.
1. Front Yard. There shall be a front yard of minim= dearth of tvepty (20)
feet along the front line of the lot.
2. Side Yard. Side yard requisements shah be the ,aa.m:as,in therR&2 ":Did-
trict for "A-2" District uses. For all other uses no side yard is required.
3. Rear Yard. The rear yard requirements for. "AP2" District uses. shall be
the same as for the "AP2" District. There are no rear yard requirements
for other uses.
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4. lot Width. For uses permitted in tha.! 2" District, 'the miniMna lot
width'shall be fifty (50) feet. Thera is no "r nip width - requtxed for
other uses. ..
5. lot Area. The lot area requirements shall be the same as in the "A,-2"
. District for „A.2” District uses. There are no +inz=,7ot area reggire-
ments.for other uses. s°
6.;, Accessory Building.- No acgessory.bailding shall be located closer than
seventy-five (75) feet.to the front line of the lot nor olceer than.ten
(10) feet to the side street lot line of a corner lot.
Additions and Xxceptions.ta Yard, and Area .Regulations are provided for in
Article %P ITT, section 3.
ARTICLE ;XIV.
-E�31- SECOVDARX BUS=SS .DISTR.ICT.
The following regulations shall apply, in the,, 3n Secondary Business"_ District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building. ng . or lead sha71 be peed . no bA +gig
shall. be hereaf(e�. erected, structurally altered 'or .enlarQed..except kor,.fhe
follewing.usesS
1. Any use permitted in the, °Hml'! Neighborhood Businese•Ristrtot.
2. Automobile laundry.
3e Automobile rental agency.
4. Automobile repair.
5. Automobile salesroom and accompanying service facilities customarily inci-
dent thereto, provided that no mec3ianical or . body .work' ehall.,be_: done ex-
cept in an enclosed building.and not- .closer.than twenty (9d).feA.to the front
building line unless in an- enclosed r9om arM na ,openings - facing, the;., roni
line of the_propei°ty or within twang -(20) feet thereof.
6. ..Athletic field, private.
70 :Bakery,. etail,.not, exceeding six t.4ogeand (6,000)_ rare feat-- af•floor
area.
8. Bank.
9. ,Baseball park.
10.. Bill boards or poster panels.
.11. Billiard or pool club.
12., Boat houses°
13. Bowling alley.
14..Broadcasting and receiving station.
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16: depot
Candy manufacture.
17- Chemist shop.
18. Cleaning and pressing shops and /or commercial.lavpdries, provided that•tbe
area of such business, whether .operated as a cleanIm.z and
.- .pl"Eissipg
or as a commercial laundrya, shall not exceed 6,,600 i4uir6 feet, anc',.providsd
further, that the. area of such business, if opsrated as a- patbined clasping
and pressing shop and a. commercial laundry, shall not,exoeed.12,,000,sgF-.teet.
(Ordinance No. 3228).
19. Commercial,amnsemant -park.
20. Commercial bill board ®r. advertising signs.
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21. Commercial building for private display and rental.
22. Conservatory, commercial.
23. Dairy products, retail, but no processing.
24. Dance Hall.
25. Department store.
26. Drug manufacture.
27. Electric equipment, appliances, and supplies.
28. Express office.
29. Feed store,. retail.
30. Frozen food locker plant.
31. Furniture and house furnishing shop,
32. Garage, storage and sales only.
33• Golf driving range or miniature golf
34. Gymnasium, private.
35• Heating supplies and appliances.
36. Ice skating rink.
37. Job print shop.
38, laundry, self- service. only.
39. leather and leather goods shop.
40. Millinery manufacture.
41. Motorcycle sales.
42. Moving company, offices only.
43. Moving picture house or theatre.
44. Natatorium.
45. Newspaper publishing and printing.
46. Notary.
47. Office Building,
48. Office equipment and supply shop.
49. Opera House.
50. Optical goods manufacture.
51. Penal and correctional institutions
minded, liquor or narcotic patients.
52. Piano store.
53• Plumbing and heating fixture supply
54. Race track.
55• Roller skating rink.
56. Seed .atom.
57. Signs, advertising.
58.. Sign Painting shops.
59. Skating rinks.
60. Sporting goods store.
61. Stadium, private.
62. Steam ship agency.
new or used.
amu^ae.
for the care of insane, f"e le
Shop.
6 .Tailor shop.
6o "Telegraph office.
65-0 Upholstery shop.
66. Used car sales.
67. Utility substation.
68. Veterinary.hospital or clinic (No animals housed or,boarded -om premises).
68-A. Bottling plants or works, provided that the area of such bgeiness shall
not exceed 6,000 ware feet. (Ordinance #3228).
69• Wholesale house or sales.office and sample room.
70. Any retail business not included in the Neighborhood Business Dis-
trict provided that such use is not noxious or offensive by reason
vibrations, smoke, odor, dust, gas or noise.
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71. Accessory Buildings and Uses. Accessory buildings _ and -uass castmarily
incident to the. above uses when located on the same-14 6W. provided
articles or materials are not stored in the open area outside of the build-
ings, unless screened from public view by fence, hedge or other suitable
enclosure.
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in Article X7,110
Section 1, and Special Uses in Article XX.
SECTION 2. Yard and Area Regulations.
1. Front Yard. For uses permitted in the "A-2" District the front yard re-
quirements for the "A-2" District aha11 apply. For other uses there
shall be a front yard along the front line of. t o lot. The minimum depth
of such front yard shall be twenty (20) feet.
2. Side Yard. The side yard regulations for !A-2" uses are the same as
those in the "A-2" Apartment House District. For -other Uses.na- side-
yard is- required. On a corner lot the side yard on th@ street " side shall
be twenty (20) feet.
3. Rear Yard. For "AP 2" District uses there shall be a rear yard having a
depth of not less than twenty - (20)_feet.. Fio a71 _ other _we's.-a rear $a'r4
is not required except where it .:abuts .upon "R-11t, IM-20 , .,"Arli',' or 4%.2s "
Districts, in which case there shall be .a rear yard of not less `£hsn (].b)
feet.
4. 'Sot -Width. rPor uses ,permitted in the "A-2° Distri�;t, the minimimm lot
yildth shall'be fifty (50) feet. There is no udnimm width regulation
for other uses.
5. Iaot 'Area. The lot.area requirements shall.be.the same as in the ^A-2"
District for "A-20 District.- -uses. There .ars no minimum. lot ai"ea rob re-
mahts for other uses. --
6. Accessory Buildings. No accessory - building shall be located closer than
twenty (20) fsat to my side strest lot line ode c5ossr than . fota;(4).,z =;
feet to the side: lot line of .a lot.,idjoining an. "RRi",.'!R. 2 "i, "A- ",'oi'. "A 2-
'District.
Additions.and'Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations,are provided for in
Article X =C, Section 3•
ARTICZE M
"B-4" PR.IMARY..BUS1B$SS_DISTRICT.
The following- regulation@ shal]._ apply, In, the nB- 40 _"ry Business District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulations. No building or land .shall be used and no build-
ing skiall.be hereafter erected, structurally altered, o& . enlarged, excebtl for
the - following uses'
1. Any use permitted in the "B63" Secondary Business District.
2. Accessory Buildings and Uses. Accessory buildings and uses customarily
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incident to the aba7e uses whan'looat6d cra the saw lot and prwlded articles
or materials am not stored in the open area outside lot_ �6�gs_, i wiiea
screened from the public view by fence, hedge or.otheruaitable enclosure.
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are pro7ided for in Article
IVII14 Section 1, and Special Uses I in Article IX.
SECTION 2,. Yard and Area Regulations.
the'
a - where fj�mt--
1. Front Yard. No front yard sha" bb required;* exqept.that it I tif i
age on the as side of the street betwien_t4� in-tersecting - r"-- - a
located -part3,v in, the WB-40 District and pArb3,v in iii6 Jitai" M-ro "A-l" or
"A,2" District the front yard requirements of the more restricted district
shall. apply.
2. Side Yard.' The side yard regulations far "A 2" uses are the, same as
those in the ."A,2d Second Apirtment. Mxm District. For all other uses
no side yard is requiredd
3. Rear Yard.•- For "A;.2" bistrict•uses there shall-be a Zar - yard - having 'A -
depth 'of not less than twenty (205 feet. For all other uses no rear
yard is,required.-
4. Lot Midth. For uses permitted ib the "Ar20 Distriot- the MIM 3.40t
width shall:be fifty (50) feet- There is no minimam width regulations
for other uses-6
--the "A,�V
5. Lot Area. The lot area r4quirebents ehall be the,sa ae.lzr
District. for PIA-2" District wee. There are no minimum lot area re-
quirewnts for other uses.
6. Accessary, Buildings. Accessory ft thd-
lot, peovided they-comply'vAh the Building Code and Fire Ordinance of
the City-of,Corpils Christi.
Additions-.and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations are prorlded for in
Articls,_VIII, 'Section N
ARTICIE., XV1.
91-IN IMET INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT ---
The following�regalations sbanapply'J$vthe "1-10 Lightlndustrial AlstrIct.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation. No building or.land shall be used MA no 3int]ffzt``
Jmg shall, be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged, except for
the following useal
1. Any use permitted in the "B-4" Primary Business District.
2. Artificial flawer manufacture.
3. Automobile top manufacturing.
4. Automobile truck service.
5- Baggage transfer, storage, warehouses
6. Bakery, wholesale.
7. Battery repair and manufacturing.
S. Book publishing.
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9m_ Boot and shoe manufacture.
i0. Bottling work.
ll. Broom manufacture.
12. Building materials yard.
13. Bus yards and appurtenances.
14. Cabinet maker.
15. Canning and preserving factory.
16. Cap and hat manufacture.
17. Carpenter shop.
18. Cement warehouse.
19. Cigar manufacture.
20. Clothing manufacture.
21. Cold storage warehouse.
22. Commission house.
23. Condensed milk manufactures
24. Contractors storage
25. Coametic'manufacture.
26. Creamery, wholesale.
27. Dairy, bottling, depot and wholesale.
28. Dog and cat hospital.
29. Dry cleaning establishment.
30. Dry goods, wholesale or storage..
31. Dyeing and cleaning.
32. Electrical repairing.
33. Electrical sign manufacture.
34. Enameling and painting.
35• Express storage and delivery station.
36. Food store, wholesale-
3?.-Food products manufacture.
38. Fuel distributing station.
39. Fuel gas storage.
40. Furniture warehouse or storage.
41. Garment factory.
42. Grocery store, wholesale.
43. Borseshoeing. ua
44. Ice cream manufacture.
45. Ice manufacture, or 'a combination of -Ice Manufacturing andror Frozen
Food Locker Storage, and /or Ice Cream Manufacturing, provided-_that_ the
combined total refrigerating equipment installed, where operated at the
manufacturer's maximum speed is not capable of exceeding any one or an of
the following:
(a) An ice plant shall not be capable of producing _more_than_20_tons of ice
In amy, 24-hour period when operated continuously at maximum' capacity-
(b) An ice plant shall not contain more than 240, 300 -pound cans or_the
equivalent thereof in cans of other size.
(c) The refrigerating machinery shall not.be capable 'of producing more
34 tons of refrigeration capacity per 24 hours continuous operation at
manufacturer's maximum speed and/or. pressure rating and p&Abr'Wiall not
be furnished by internal combustion engines.
(d) The ice storage vaults shall not permit,storage of more than 250, 300•-
pound bars of ice, or the equivalent thereof in other sizes.
46. Jewel manufacture.
47. laboratory, materials tooting.
48. Laundry.
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49. Lim and cement warehouse.
50. Iaamber yards retail and wholesale.
51. Mattress manuf #cture.
52. Medicine (patent) manufacture.
53• Millinery-
54. Mineral water and distillation and bottling.
55. Motorcycle repair.
56. Moving company, with storage facilities.
57. Office equipment and supply manufacture.
58. Paint Shop.
59• Paper box manufacture.
60. Paper products company.
61. Photo - engraving company..
626 Produce warehouse.
63. Pump station.
64. Relay station.
65. Rag cleaning.
66. Sand and gravel storage yard.
67• Sheet metal shop.
68. Shoe factory.
69. Storage warehouse.
70. Taxicab storage repair.
71. Telephone exchange.
72. Telephone substation.
73• Tinsmith.
74. Transfer company, baggage storage.
75• Trank manufacture.
76.- Upholetery manufacture.
77. Veterinary hospital.
78. Vulcanizing shop.
79. Wagon shop.
80. Warehouse.
81. Water bottling.
82. Water company appurtenances.
83. Welding shop.
84. Wholesale produce storage or market.
85e Winery.
86e Wood products manufacture.
87. Wood working shops, small..
88. Accessory Buildings and IIses. Accessory buildings and uses castomarily
incident to any`af the Haas permitted to this1•distriot.- .. -
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are- provided for in Article RVIII,
Section 1, and Special Uses in Article lX.
SECTION 2. Yard and Area Regulation,
1. Front Yard. No front yard -shall be required;_except_that_where the _front-
age on the same side of the _street in-a bloc'k-ia_ located partly an the
n- I" Light Industrial District and partly in's more. restricted district the
front yard regulations of the more restricted distJriot:- ehallgapply to the
entire block frontage on said street.
2. Side Yard. The side yard regulations for "A�20 uses are the same as
those in the "A-2" Second Apartment House District. In all other cases
no side yard is required except on the aide 'of a lot adjoining a dwelling
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district, in which case there shall be a side yard of not less than five
(5) feet.
3. Rear Yard. For -Ap2- District uses there shall be a-rear yard having a
depth of not less than twenty (20) feet. For° ill other_uses_ ear
a r_yard
is not regutred except where it abate upon "f-1 -, "RPV, °ArS: Dr 0 2-
Districts, in which case there shall be a rear yard of not less than ten (10)
feet.
4. Lot Width. For uses permitted in the -AP2- Distr414 the minimum lot
width shall be fifty (50) feet. There are no minimum width regulations
for other uses.
5. Lot Area. The lot area requirements shall be the same as in the -A-2-
District for -A-20 District uses.
There are no minimum lot area regairiments for, other nses.•n, _.
6. Accessory Banding. Accessory buildings may be located aiigwher®_on_tha
lot, provided the buildings cankorm.to the,Buildli g_Coft' and Fire _Ordi-
nanee of the City of Corpus Christi, and provided that said accessory build-
ings do not violate said yard lines herein established for_corner Lots.'_
Additions and Exceptions to Yard and Area Regulations are provided for in
Article %VIII, section 3.
ARTICPE XVII.
- &- Im'9EAVr IVMSTRIAI. DISTRICT.
The following regulations shall apply in the -H-I- Heavy,lidustrial District.
SECTION 1. Use Regulation..'No building or land shall' be nsdd3and no bmud-
ing shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered or enlarged, except for
the following uses.
1. Any use permitted in the "_11 Light. Industrial District.
2. Ammonia mahufacture (no ammonium nitrate).
3. Asbestos products manufacture.
4. Ash dumips.
5. Assaying.
6. Automobile manufacturing.
7. Automobile salvage or wrecking yard.
8. Bag cleaning.
9. Barrel manufacture.
10. Bed manufacture.
11. Beverage (malt and spirits - manufacture).
12. Blacksmith.
13. Blast furnace.
14. Boat manufacturing.
15. Boiler works.
16. Bolt and nut manufacture.
17. Box manufacture.
18. Brass foundry.
19• Brewery.
20. Brick yard and kiln.
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22.
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24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
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34.
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37•
38•
39.
4o.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
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47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
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58.
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62.
63.
64.
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68.
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70.
71.
72.
73.
7k.
75.
76.
Bronze manufacture.
Brush manufacture.
Can manufacture.
Car barns.
Carpet manufacture.
Carriage and wagon manufacture.
Casting foundry. '
Celluloid manufacture and storage.
Chair manufacture.
Charcoal manufacture and pulverizing.
Cheese manufacture.
Clay products.
Coffee roasting.
Concrete mixing.
Concrete products company.
Cooperage works. ..
Corrugated metal manufacture.
Cottonseed oil manufacture.
Crematory.
Creosote treatment and manufacture.
Culvert manufactured "
Disinfectant manufacture.
Distillation of coal, wood, bones.
Distillation of liquors, spirits, etc.
Dumping station.
Dyestuff manufacture.
Electrical supply manufacture.--
Engine manufacture.
Exterminator or insect poison manufacture.
Fire brick manufacture.
Fish curing.
Fish packing or storage.
Flour and grain milling.
Forge works;
Foundry.
Furnace manufacture.
Furniture factory.
Glass manufacture.
Grain elevator.
Grease and tallow manufacture.
Griat 'mill.
Gypsum manufacture.
Hair products factory.
Hide and tallow manufacture.
Horse barn.
Ice manufacture.
Insect poison manufacture.
Iron (ornamental) works.
Junk yard..
lard manufacture.
Lead (white) and oil manufacture.
Leather good manufacture. -
Light and power manufacture.
Lime manufacture.
Linoleum manufacture.
Linseed oil maniffacture.
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79
80.
81.
82.
83•
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
go.
91.
92•
93.
94.,
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96.
97•
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100.
101.
102.
103.
104.
105.
106.
107.
108.
109.
110..
1114
112.
113=
114.
1.15.
116.
117.
11.8.
119•
120.
121.
122.
123.
124.
125.
126.
127.
128.
129a
130.
131.
132.
Umber mill.
Machine shop.
Malleable casting manufacture.
Malt products manufacture.
Marble works.
Mattress manufacture.
Meat cutter and coffee mill manufacture.
Metal products manufacture.
Metal weather stripping manufacture.
Milling company.
Molasses manufacture.
Monument works.
Motorcycle manufacture.
Nail manufacture.
Oleomargarine manufacture.
Ore dumps and elevators.
Ore reduction.
Paint manufacture.
Paper and paper pulp.manufacture.
Pattern shop.
Pharmaceutical products and manufacture.
Pickle manufacture.
Pipe (concrete) manufacture.
Planing mill.
Plumbing supply. manufacture.
Poultry feed manufacture.
Poultry slaughter.
Public utility plants.
Quarry.
Rag treatment or manufactured
Refuse, dump.
Rock crushing.
Rope manufacture.
Rubber manufacture.
Salvage storage yard.
Sawmill.
products from.rags.
Scrap iron and junk storage yard.
Scrap metal reduction.
Sewer pipe manufacture.
Shell grinding
Shipyard.
Smelting metals.
Soap manufacture.
Soda and washing compound manufacture.
Soot blower manufacture.
Soy bean oil manufacture.
Stable.
Stamping (metal) company.
Starch manufacture.
Structural iron and steel manufacture.
Sugar refining.
Syrup and preserve manufacture.
Tallow manufacture.
Terra cotta manufacture.
Tile manufacture.
Tire manufacture.
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133. Tool manufacture.
134. Wagon manufacture.
139. Waste paper products manufacture.
136. Wood preserving treatment.
137. Wood pulp manufacture. _
138. Wrecking material yard.
139. Any other use not now or hereafter prohibited by-Ordinance, of'_the_City of
Corpus Christi.
140. No building shall be erected, structurally altered enlargede_ for
dwelling purposes, provided however, that dwelling_quarte?°s may be -
established in connection with any industrial establishmant -for watviunep,
caretakers or other persons or families of persons employed _upon the promises-
141. Accessory Buildings and Uses. Accessory,buildings and uses customarily
Incident to any of the uses permitted in this district. _
Additions and Exceptions to Use Regulations are provided for in Article %VIII,
Section 1, and Special Uses in Article %%, Section 4.
SECTION 2. Yard and.Area Regulations. There are'no yard or area regala #ms
in the Heavy Industrial District.
ARTICIE %VIII.
ADDITIONAL USE, HEMET, AREA AND PAM= REGMATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS.
SECTION 1. Use.
(a) In the /18-20 Two Family Dwelling. District a multiple.femily dwelling not
exceeding four (4) units may be permitted provided thats
1. The minimum lot width is one hundred (100) feet.
2. The minimum lot area: is twelve thodsand (]2',060) square feet.
3. The aide yards shall equal ten (10) per cent of the lot width but
need not exceed twelve (12) feet.
4. All other regulations of the "R-2p District apply.
5. This provision does not apply. in the area bounded by Kennedy,
Summers, Moral and Hulbirt Streets.
(b) No accessory building shall be constructed upon a lot until the construe
tion of the main use building has been 'actually commenced. No accas=7y
building shall be used unless the main use building on the lot is also being
used.
(c) Railroad Rights-of-way. On all existing rights- cf -waS of railroad, companies,
regardless of the zoning district in which such right-of ®way is located,
railroad trackage and accessories to railroad movement =y be constructed or
maintained.
(d) During the coarse of development of new subdivisions, field offices for the
purpose of construction and sale of houses in said subdivision, but sett. .
elsewhere, may be maintained and used by banafide builders for a. period of not
to exceed one (1) year, except for the renewal shown below. Such field office -
may not be used for aW other purpose, end may not be leased or .rented to
others. Provided, however, that no such field office shall be constructed or
moved upon any lot in said subdivision until a permit therefore, she" have been
obtained from the Department of Public Works. Said permit may be renewed by
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such Department of Public Works one time after the issuance of the original
permit for a period of not to exceed one (1) additional Year. (Ordinance
'x+971).
(e) During the course of development of new subdivisions and for the purpose
of expediting the construction of houses therein, individual builders may
stock pile lumber and other building materials within the - subdivision for a
period of one (1) year with such fencing or shelter as may be considered'necm.
essary to protect same from the elements or vandalism; provided, however, that
no such storage area shall be established until a permit therefor she" have
been obtained from the Department of Public Works. Said permit may be renewed
one time by such department after the issuance of the original permit for a
period of not to exceed six.(6) additional months. (Ordinance #4971).
SECTION 2. Height.
(a) In districts where the height is limited to two and one-half (2t) stories
or thirty-five (35) feet or three (3) stories or fort] five (45) feet,
public or quasi public buildin s, schools or hospitals may be erected to a
height not exceeding sixty (60 feet, provided.the required front, side and
rear yards are increased one(l) foot for each two (2) feet such building ex-
ceeds the height regulations of the district in which it is located and pro-
vided the minimum width.of the lot shall be one hundred (700) feet.
(b) In districts where the height is limited to two and one -half (22) stories
or thirty five (35) feet, one and two family dwellings may be increased.
in height to three (3) stories or forty-five (45).feet,.provided the side .-
yards are increased to fifteen (15) feet or more in width and provided.the
minimum width of lot shall be seventy-five (75) feet..
(c) Pent houses or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways,
tanks, ventilation fans-or similar equipment required to operate and main-
taro the building, and fire.or parapet walls, skylights, toweri,,- steeples,
roof signs, flag poles, chimneys, smoke stacks, wireless masts, water tanks,,
silos or similar structures maybe erected above the height herein prescribed,
but no pent house or other structure shall be allowed for the purpose of pro-
viding additional floor space.. All such structures shall be in accordance
with $uilding Code and other Ordinances of the City governing such structures..
SECTION 3. Yard and Area Regulations.
A. :Projections into yards.
(a) A "car port" or ports cochere may be permitted over a driveway.in a side
yard, provided such structure is not more than one (l) story in height
and twenty-four (24) feet in length and is entirely open on at least.three (3)
sides, except for the necessary supporting columns and customary architeo-
tural features, provided said "car port" or ports cochere must be at least
four (4) feet from the adjoining property line. (Ordinance #3228)x,
(b) Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky and unobstructed .
by buildings, except for accessory buildings in the rear yard sad except',
the ordinary projections of skylights, sills, belt course, cornices and other
ornamental features which may project into such yards a distance of not more
than two (2) feet, and except for other provisions contained in this article.
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(c) Open or lattice enclosed firs'escapes, fire proof outside stairways and
balconies may project into a side yard not more than five (5) feet, and
the ordinary projections `of chi=eys and flues are permitted.
(d) Open un- enclosed porches, platforms or landing places, not covered by a
roof or canopy and which do not extend above the level of the first floor
of the building, may extend or project into the front or side yard not more
than six (6) feet.
B. Front Yard.
(a) In the "Rrl", "R�26; "A l ",` "A-209 "Ar3 ", "B-l" and "Bm3"'_Districts where
twenty -five (25) per cent of a block frontage on the same side of the
street is improved with conforming buildings, the front yard of all lots in
said block shall extend to the average line of such existing buildings, unless
such alignment is more than forty (40) feet g but in no, case shall the depth
of such front yard be less than fifteen (153 feet. In determining such front
yard depth, buildings located entirely on the rear one -half (i) of a lot shall
not be counted.
(b) Where an official line has been established for the future widening or
opening of a street upon which a lot abuts, then the depth of a.front or
side yard shall be measured from such official line to the nearest line of
the building.
(c) At the and of a through lot there shall be a front yard of the depth re-
quired by this Ordinance for the District in which each street frontage
is located. (Ordinancd #3228).
(d) Vision Clearance. On any corner lot on, which a front yard is required by
this Ordinance no wall, fence, or other' structure shall be erected and no
hedge, tree, shrub or other growth shall be maintained in such location within
such required yard space as to cause danger to traffic by obstructing the view.
(e) Platted Subdivisions. On a lot in a platted subdivision in the R-1, Re2,
I-1, A-2, and A�3 districts a building may be constructed having a front
yard in conformity with the building set back lines pertaining to said sub-
division, but in no case shall such front yard be less than fifteen (15) feet
in• depth. (ordinance #2314.)
C. Side Yard.
(a) The minim® width of a required side yard of a corner lot, which aids
yard lies along the side street shall be not less than ten (10) feet,
provided that if the street side line of a corner lot is in the same block
frontage with a lot or lots whose street line is a front line of such lot or
lots, the side yard shall extend to the average alignment of the buildings
along the same side of the street, unless such buildings are more than twenty -
five (25) feet back from the street line, in which case the side yard need
not be more than twenty-five (25) feet.
(b) A side yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet on the side•of the lot
adjoining an IM-l", "R-20, "AP10, "A-2" or nA 4 ", District shall be pro-
vided for all schools, libraries, churches, community houses, and other public
or semi - public buildings hereafter erected or structurally altered.
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(.c) Garages detached or attached to the main use building entering on the
side street of a corner lot, shall maintain a side yard of twenty (20)
feet in front of the garage.
(d) Platted Subdivisions. On a lot in a platted subdivision in the E%1, RP2,
A-1, Ar2 and A�3 districts a- building may be constructed having a side
yard in conformity with the building setback lines pertaining to said sub-
division but in no-case shall such side yard be less than ten (10) feet in
depth. (Ordinance #2314).
D. Rear Yard.
(a) In the 10&10, "R-20, and "A-1" Districts accessory buildings shall not
occupy more than thirty (30) per cent of the rear yard area. (Ordinance
#3228).
(b) In computing the depth of a rear yard where such yard opens into an
alley, one -half (a) of the width of such alley may be assumed to be a
portion of the required rear yard.
(c) In "B=1" Districts where the rear line of the lot abuts a railway right-
of-way or which has a rear railway track connection no rear yard shall
be required.
(d) Garages connected to the main structure by an open breezeway, which
breezeway shall be defined as an open, umenclosed, roofed . over structure,
shall be construed as separate structures and may be located within the rear
lot according to the normal required yard areas. (Ordinance #3385).
E. lot Area.
(a) On any lot separately owned at the time of the passage of this - Ordinance
a single family dwelling may be erected even though the lot be of less
width or area than required by the regulations of the area district in which
it is located, provided the required yard regulations are cbssrved.. A lot
shall be considered as separately awned even though it adjoins another lot
or lots belonging to the same owner in case it fronts on a different street
from such other adjoining lot or lotso
SECTION 4. Off Street Parking Regulations.
(a) Places of public assembly including among other things theatres, assem-
bly halls and auditoriums, whether in separate buildings or a part of
another building when constructed in any district excspt the "B-4" Primary
Business District, shall provide one off street parking space for°',each eight
(8) seats in the place of public assembly, said parking space to be provided
on the same lot as the place of public assembly or an a permanently reserved
space on another lot within three hundred (300) feet of said place of public
assembly in an "A�2 ", "A -3 "9 "Aa4 ", "B.1 ", "B-2 ", 018 -3"9 "BA", °-I", or
"H -I" Districts. These regulations do not apply to churches.
(b) Hospitals, clinics, funeral parlors and similar institutions shall Pro-
vide minimum off street parking space on the lot or within three hundred
(300) feet from the building entrance as follows'-
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1. Buildings containing a floor area of three thousand (3,0067 square feet
or less shall provide not less than five (5) parking spaces.,._
2. Buildings having over three thousand (3,060) - square eet_,shall provide not
less than file (5) parking spaces plus one (1) parking space for each one
thousand (1,000) square feet or part thereof of floor area over three
thousand (3,000) square feet. -
3. In the "R-l" and t°R�Z" dwelling district not more than one_ irmok__anly,
which track shall not exceed one and one -half (11) ton_eapaeity, maybe
parked or garaged., provided each track is parked in-an enclosed garage
space meeting all of the requirements of this Ordinance. Ia the "A-1"
and "A-2 "- Apartment District only one (1) track to each tan (10)_families
may be permitted and such track shall not exceed we and one-half (10
ton capacity. Such track or trucks shall be parked in an enclosed
garage space meeting all of the requirements of this Ordinance. -
(c) In all Districts, canopies or awnings, open on all sides except on the
side attached to a building, shall be permitted in off street parking
areas on private property. (Ordinance #3228).
4CTION 5. Areas not to be Diminished. The lot, yard area, parking or .
garaging space as required by this Ordinance for a particular building
shall not be included as a part of the required iota open spaces yard area,
parking'or garage space of any other building. If the lot, open space, yard
area, parking or garage space as required by this Ordinance for a particiA9A'+'
building are dim niched, the continued ext.stance of such building shall be
deemed to'be a violation of this Ordinance. The lot, open-spaee, yard areas
parking or garage- space of the tasl.ldings existing at the time of the passage
o£ this Ordinance shall not be diminished below the requirements,hemin pro-
*ided for buildings hereafter erected and such required areas shall not be
included as a part of the required areas of any building_ hereafter erected.
SECTION 6. In "B-1" Neighborhood Business,Districts and "B=3" Secondary
Business Districts the front and /or side yard, area required under this ord9-
names, not exceeding 20 feet in depth, may be dedicated to the public as,
part of the street or streets adjoiziin& the property involved, and the build-- -
ipg line of such property along and adjoining said street or streats may be
l.ocated.at the property line. (Ordinance No. 2370).
ARTICLE %7%.
PERMS.
No building shall be erected, constructed, altered, moved, converted, extended;,
or enlarged without the owner or owners first having obtained .a buildimgr:per -�
mit therefor from the Department of Public Works. Such permit shall require:
conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance. (Ordinance #M4)-
No building permit by the Department of Public Works, lawfully issued prior'
to the effective date of this ordinance,, or of any.amendment hereto and which
permit by its own terms and provisions is in fun force and effect at said"
date, shall be invalidated by the passage of this ordinance, or any such.,
amendment but shall remain a valid and subsisting permit subject only to its
own terms and provisions and the ordinances, rales and regulations appertain-
Ing thereto and in effect at the time of the issuance of said permit, provided,
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haot er_ -that all -,such permits _shall_ezpire_not_ later _t. n_sixty (60�,da�s_iicm�
the effective date of this ordinance, unless actual construction shall have
theretofore begun and continued pursuant to the terms of said permit. (Or -
nance- #2394). - -
The applicant shall submit to the Department of Public Works a- plan-drawn_to _
scale correctly showing with dimensions the lot lines.'location and size -of._,
building or buildings, accessory buildings or premises, together with suitable
indication on the plans as to the proposed uses of all parts of the buildings.
(Ordinance #2394).
SPECIAL CECIL PERMITS.
SECTION is Upon receipt of application for a special building permit the City
Council shall request a report and recommendation thereof from the Zonin�� and
Planning Commission. The Zoning and Planning_ Commission shall, hold a public
hearing on said application giving notice of each hearing as provided in
Article XWI. Such report and recommandation of the Zoning and Planning
Commission shall be submitted to the City Council within thirty (30) days from
the time such request was filed with the Zoning and Planning Commission. -If
the report of the Zonin and Planning Commission is not submitted to the City
Council with thirty (30) days, such application shall be deemed as- approved,. --
by the Zoning and Planning Commission, in which case the applicant may appeal
direct to the City Council. Upon the receipt of such recommendation. or elapse
of thirty (30) days, the City Council sball hold a public Usaring.on said _
application within thirty (30) days after receipt of recommendation -pr
elapse of the first period of thirty (30) days giving notice of each f e�g
as provided in Article XXVI. After each public hearing the City Council may
in its discretion authorize or refuse the issuance of a special hni'1X
permit. The City Council may prescribe special conditions which aball be
included in the -permit. Special Council permits may be granted for the
followings (Ordinance #3228).
SECTION 2s Conditional Usess In districts where the following buildings or
uses are prohibited special permits under specified conditions may be granted
in accordance with the provisions of this article.
1. Drive -in theatres. (Ordinance $2386).
2. Hospitals.
3. Miniature golf courses and driving ranges.
4. Nurseries or greenhouses.
5. Private clubs.
6. Philanthropic or correctional institutions.
7. Privately owned and operated parks and playgrounds.
B. Radio transmission towers. (Ordinance $2392).
9. Schools, private.
10. Temporary commercial amusement enterprises, including, among ether things,
circuses.
11. Tax supportedo welfare agency sponsored homes consisting of;one (1) or
two (2 ) persons acting as housemother or housemothers or parents and -not
more than 9 related or unrelated non - delinquent minor children. (Ordinance
X813).
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12. In 1. 3" or -,4 Districts only; manufacturing,- processing, storing,
packag#g_or- distributing of foad and /or beverages; airy cleaning and /or
laundry plants or rag cleaning plants. (Ordinance #4813).
13. Veterinary Hospitals. (Ordinance X38).
In these cases the Zoning and Planning Commission shall report -,on -the effect
of the proposal on the character of the surrounding neighborhood,- traffic_. -
conditions, public utility facilities and other matters pertaining to-the.
general welfare. The Zoning and Planning Commission -_may recommend such set
backs, side or rear yards, height or parking regulations or other require-
ments as are deemed essential to ,1 „urns or counteract any detrimental,
characteristics or to protect the surrounding area.
SECTION 3. Group Sousing Unit Plan. The owners or developers of any tract
of land on which -a group housing project is proposed to be built may.submi.t
to the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi a plan for the ase'and',
development-of all of the tract of land for residential purposes. - Such pro-
posed project plan shall include not less -than eight (8) buildings to be .•
constructed on any plat which is not subdivided into customary streets and
lots or where the existing or contemplated street and lot layout makes it
impractical to apply the requirements of this Ordinance to the individual
units in the project.
Such development plan shall be referred to the Zoning;:apd Planning Comid eian
for study,-public hearing, and report to the City Council. Follawing.a pub-
lic hearing, if the City Council approves the development plant-,building
permits and certificates of occupancy may be issued by the Depatment of
Public Works, _even though the use of the land and the _location -of_the_buil&-
ings to_be_ erected in this area and the yard and opQn- spaces ooatemplated
by the plan do not conform in all respects to the district regulations of
the district in which it is located. _
Among other recommendations and reasons for approval or .disapproval specific
evidence and facts shall be presented, showing whether or not the proposed
project meets the following conditions
1. That the property.adjacent to the area included in the plan will not be
adversely affected.
2.- That the plan is considered with the intent and purpose of this Ordinance
to promote public health, safety, morals and the general welfare.
3. That the property will be used in accordance with the provisions herein`
provided for in Single Family District, Two Famd.]y District, and Apart-
ment District.
4. That the average lot area per family contained In the site, exclusive Of
the area occupied by street, will not be less than the lot area per family
required in the district in which the development is located.
SECTION 4. Objectionable Uses. No building or land shall be used and -no,
building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or enlarged in ,a
Heavy Industrial District for the following uses except upon a special permit
authorized by the City Council in accordance with'the. provisions of this:
Article and then only for the following uses: (Ordinance #3228).
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I., Abattoir.
2. Acetylene gas manufacture and storage.
3. Acid manufacture and storage.
4. Air product manufacture.
5. Aap11j1tplant_ad-.t0rage.
6, Cagst manufac manufacture.
soda_- --- #
Cepailt manufacture.
Chemical manufacture.
Cattle shed. - - - - - - - -
10. Chlorine manufacture.
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ing
12. Creosote
manufacture.
Xxploaiv -
: es manufacture or storage.
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.. I Fqtrendering.
15. Fuel gas manufacture..-
16. Garbage or dead inimal rendering.
171 Gasoline storage, wholesale.
3.8. Glue and fertilizer manufacture.
10. lamp bliok manufacture.
20. leather, curing or tanning.
Meat packing plant.
Nitrating of cotton or other materials.
23. Oil manufacture.
24. Oil refinery.
251 Oxygen gas manufacture.-
26. Packing establisbient.
279 Petroleum storage-', wholesale.
28..-Picric Acid or its derivatives manufacture.
29. Petroleum wells.
30. Potash manufacture... - Raw hides and skins treatment and storage.
321 Reduction ofore, garbage, offal, etc.
M. Rgf#ery,
j4- Slaughterhouse.
j$.. Soda Ash manufacture.—
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371 Sulphuric or sulphurous acid or their derivatives manufacture.
381 Tanning qnd.curing of hides.
391 Tar distillation or manufacture.
40. Tar products manufacture.
41. Zinc refining.
Within the area North of West Broadway and Naeces Bay Boulevard, this pro-
vision does not apply to an expansion of facilities on a tract now improved
for such uses or an existing use. (Ordinance #3228).
The Zoning and Planning CommIssion shall report an the effect of any such
proposed use on matters pertaining to the healthq safety, and general welfare
of the area surrounding, and the community as a whole, and my recommend to
the City Copnoil special regulations or precautions to lessen the•dangep or
objectionable features of such proposed use. Tm the preparation of . such '
report the Zoning and Planning Commission shall confer.with the.Saalth De-
partment, Fire Department and the Department of Public Works.
SECTION 5. Tourist Cam-be and Trailer Camps. Tourist Courts may belpl'er-
mitted in the "B-30 and "B-4" Business Districts and Trailer Camps may be
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permitted in the B°AA1° Tourist Court District, and in any Business District
north of the Bascule Bridge only, r-nder the same restrictions as provided
in -the "44" Tourist Court District. (Ordinance.#2495)-
The Zoning and Planning Commission may recommend and-the-City Council may,
after a public hearings prescribe special requirements as part of the permit
for these special uses.
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SECTION_l. Non Conforming Jse of_7enda Th e_non_conforming_us® of lend--.-- -
where no building is.,involved existing at the time of the.passa of
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Ordinance ma tae continued. for a period_c�_not_mose thaaa two_�2 years from
the date ..of_ the_ passage -of this os anceQ.prg _edthat_no such_ncn-oonform-
- ing_use ofland sha].l_iaa.,azW way be_ expanded -_or extended_either_on the same___
.or adjoiping property, -and -that if_sach non_conferming use of land . or any
portion thereof is discontinued or changed, any future use of each land shall
be in conformity with regulations of the district-in which it lies.. -.:
SECTION 2. Non'Conforming Use of Buildings. Except as otherwise provided
in this Article, the non conforming use of a building existing at the time
this - Ordinance becomes effective my be continued, and the use of a non.eonm
forming building may be changed to another use of the same or more restricted
classification, but where such use is changed to a more restricted classifi-
cation it shall not thereafter be changed back to a use of a less restricted
classification. --- ------
SECTION. 3." A non conforming b_ui_lAing shish -is or_may hereafter_become- vacant
and which shall remain unoccupied'or its non conforming use discarded fan a
continuous period of ones (1) year, shall not thereafter be occupied except by
a use which conforms to regulation of the district in.which it.:Ss- located.
SECTION 4. A non conforming building may be maintained or kept in good repair
except as-otherwise provided in this section.
SECTION 5. No existing non conforming building may be enlarged, extended,
reconstructed -or altered unless its use is changed to a use permitted in the
distri
altered, replaced or removed to conform to the provisions of this ordinance
on or before the dates shown in _the following. schedules
1. Billboards and Posterboard (Jan -A, 1950).
2. Automobile Wrecking Yard (Jan. 1, 195 0)m
Scrap Iran and Junk Storage (Jan. 1, 1950).
4. Trailer Camp (Jan. 1. 1950).
SECTION.,9•._Any_use existing _at the time of the passage of this ordinance,
and non- conforming'under the _provisions of -.this ordinance, and located in a
business,_tourist court, tourist apartment area, cr.iuduArial district as
e_siabiished.by this. ordinance, shall be deemed . to be a.conforming use upon the,
lot devoted. to_ such use at _'the time.of the passage of_this.ordinance with all
ofthe rights_and privileges of -_a conforming_ use. This_provision - shall not-
-!M _ ]y to junkyards and autcmobile wrecking yards, nor shall it have the
effect of overruling any judicial decisicn rendered prior to the passage of
this ordinance.
ARTICIE =11.
CERTIFICA7R'OF OCCUPANCY.
SECTION 1- No vacant land shall be occupied or used, except for agricul-
tural uses, until a cekificate of occupancy. shall have been issued by the
Department of,Public Works.__
SECTION 2. No premises shall be need and no buildings hereafter.erecbed.or
structurally altered shall be used, occupied or changed in use, until m..oerti-
ficate of occupancy and compliance shall :have been issued -by the. Inspection...
Section of the Department of Public Works, stating -that the.bui_l♦ding.or pro°
posed use of a building or premises complies with the building laws and the
provision° of.the�e_regu]ation ®..
SECTION 3.. Certificates of Occupancy,and Compliance ehall..'be appli.ed'.for -
co-incident ath the application . for a buJlding permit "and ,shams be issued
vr9thin;ten_(.l0 }_days aftei the erection or strnottiral.altprations ;aa£._auch
buiildings.,shali have, been completed in oonformi.ty wrath the proY 4tgns of _.
these regulations. A record of all certificates shan be kept or; file in
the office of the Inspection - Section of the Department of _Public Works.
SECTION 4.- No permit for excavation for any building shall be. issued :before
application has been made for certificate of occupancy and compliance.
SECTION 5... A certificate of occupancy shall._be required of all non- conforming -
uses. 1lpplica£ ion for a_ certificate_cf.occupancy for noarconforming.uses
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sha be filed, within twlve (12) months from the effective.date of this
Ordinance, with the Inspection Section of the Department of Public Works.
ARTICIE %Z12C.
BOCNDARMS CF DISTRICTS.
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various dis-
tricts as shown on the accompanying map the following rules shall. apply°
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SECTION 1. Street or AUeys. - the _district _boamdaries_are either _streets
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or alleys,_tmless otherwise shown and where the indicated boundaries on
said district map are approximately street or alley lilies, said streets or
alleys shall be construed to be the boundaries of such district._„
SECTION 2. Lot Unes. Where the district boundaries are not shown to be
streets or alleys, and where the property has been or may hereafter be di-
vided into blocks and lots, the district boundaries shall be construed to
be lot lines; and where the indicated boundaries on the district map are
approximately lot lines, said lot lines shall be construed to be the bound-
aries of such district, unless such boundaries are otherwise indicated on
the map.
SECTION 3. Where the property is indicated an the district map as acreage
and not subdivided into lots and blocks, or where the district boundary lines,
on the zoning mad shall be determined by the scale contained on the map, and '
where uncertainty exists, the district boundary shall be determined. by the
Zoning and Planning. Commission by written decision.
ARTICTE• %Slip.
BOARD OIL ADJUSZ°EM.
SECTION 1. Qrganization. There shall be a Board of Adjustment established
in accordance with and controlled by the provisions of Section 7 of Chapter
283 of the Acts of 1927, 40th legislature, of the State of Texas.
SECTION 2. Powers. The Board of Adjustment shall have the follmdn;_
powers'.
1• To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in Any
order, requirement, decision or determination made by an administrative
official in the enforcement of this Ordinance.
2. To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the Ordinance upon
which such Board is required to pass under this Ordinanbe.
3. To authorize in special cases such variance from the terms of this Cxdi.-
nance as will not be contrary to the public interest, where, owing to
special conditions, a literal enforcement of the praftsiona of this Ordinance,
will result in unnecessary hardship, and so that the spirit of the Ordinance
shall be observed and substantial justice done.
SECTION 3.. Special ibcceptions. When in its judgment the public cOnMience
and welfare will not be substantially or permanently injured, the Board of
Adjustment may in a specific casa,.after public notice and hearing and anbe
jest to apprqpriate 94diftons and oeogear",•a apeoial =00PUGUR
to.the regulations herein established as follaims
1. To permit a transitional, use bataaeu a haasialems w lmdu trid district and
a dwelling district where the side or a'Lot in,h cne family . district or a
two family district abuts up® a lot zoned kor bvidmss : cr induArial V070808,
as followss
(a)'On a lot in a single family dwe231mg district which sides upon a lot
zoned for business or industrial purposes, the Board ma$ Permit a two
family dwe13 Ing.
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(b} On a..lot in the- two fames. d:ve]IJ R- district which sides upon a lot
zoned for business or industrial purposes the Hoard may .permit a multiRle
family - dwellibag_ of not more than four units.
2. Permit the extension of a building or use into a more restricted district,
immediately adjacent thereto, but not more than fifty (50) feet beyond
the boundary line.af_the district in which such building or use is authorized.
9�.- _Grant in =develoAed sections of 'the city temporary and conditional per-
ate for not more than two years. The granting or existence of such
temporary or conditional permit shall not be reason or cause for extension
of such_ Permit. _. ... -- -..
4._ Permit such modification of yard, open space,. lot area or.lot_width -,
regulations as may be necessary to secure an appropriate imp¢°gvei6nt of
a parcel of land if each parcel was separately owned at the time 6f tha
gina_l passage of this Ordinance or subsequent annexation to the C. and is
of such restricted area that it cannot be appropriately imprvaad without such
modification. -
g. To determine is cases of uncertainty the classification of any use not
specifically named in this Ordinance.
6. To grant a permit for the extension of a use, height or area regulation
into an adjoining district, where the boundary line of the district
divided a lot in a single ownership at the time of the adoption of this Ordi-
na:ice.
y. To permit as an accessory use a parking area for passenger aptomobil.®s
on a -lot or lots in a single family, two family or apartment house #is-
trict_- adjoining or across a street of not more than fifty (59) feet 3m 'jidth
from a retails intermediate business or industrial district, 06Ject however,
to the following -pro i.sionss
(�) The area shall be properly enclosed with.a hedge, sag fencs0 Pali or
other suitable emaosure having a height of not 1009 than three (3) :Cwt
nor more than sire (6) feet. Such fence or enclosure 9hall.confoem to.tha
frmt yard regulations of the district which it is located.
(b) The area shan be paeed.
(c) No parkLug of vehicles shall be permitted within adz (6) feet of any ad-
joining lot on which is located a single family residences duplex or
multiple dwelling.
(d) One sign, not exceeding two and one-half (2J) square fdot in „area, =W be
erected'identVying the lot.
(g) No charges may be made for parking and no other business use may be made
of the lot.
(f) Any light used to il9+iLriate said parkLng area shall be so arranged as to
direct the light away from arr adjoining premises used for residential
purposes.
8. Permit the reconstruction of a building occupied by a non - conforming use,
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or permit the extension of a non - conforming use of a building upon the lot
occupied by such use or building at the time of the passage of this Ordinance.
9. To permit a church to use its lot or lots in any District as a parking'
area, during church activities, for the vehicles of the congregation mam
hers, subject to any reasonable regulations or conditions the Board may deem
necessary in the public interest. (Ordinance f5l.8l).
SECTION 4. Any appeal or permit granted by the Board of Adjustment shall
not be valid if construction authorized by said permit is not begun within a
pieriod of sixty (60) days.
ARTICIE %8V.
ENF'ORCMM AND PENA= FOR VIOLATION.
It shall be the duty of the Inspection Section of the Department of Public
Works, to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance and to refuse to issue any
permit for any building, or for the use of any premises, which would violate
any of the provisions of said Ordinance.
In case any building is- erected, constructed, re®constracted, altered, re-,
paired or converted or any building or land is used in violation of this Or-
diaance, the Inspector of Buildings is authorized and directed to institute
any appropriate action to put an and to any such violation.
Any person. or corporation who'shall violate any of the provisions of the
ordinance-or fail to comply therewith or with ay of the requ remQ*ts thereof
or who shall build or alter any - building in violation of any detailed state-
ment or plan .submitted and approved hereunder shall be guilty of h misde=
meaner and shall be liable to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars'
($100.00), and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shah cba=
stitute.a separate offense. The owner or owners.of any building ci premises,
or part thereof, where anything in violation of this Ordinance shall be
placed, or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractors agent, pars(n
or corporation employed in connection therewith and who have assisted ib the
ccami.ssion of any such violation shall be guilty of a separate offense and
upon conviction thereof sha71 be mined as hereinbefore provided.
CHANCES AND AEBNDMMS.
SECTION J; The City Council may from time to time amend, sapplament 6r change
by ordinance the boundaries of the districts or the regulations herein estab-
lished.
SECTION 2. Before taking any action on any proposed amendment, supplement d
change, the City Council shall submit the same to the Zoning and Planning
Commission for its recommendation and report.
SECTION 3. The Zoning and Planning Commission shall make a prelimin report_.
and hold a public hearing thereon before submitting its final report to -the
City Council. Notice of public hearings before the Zoning and Planniang'Commie-
sion shell be given by sending written notice to all owners of property, or
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to the person rendering the same for City Taxes to which the proposed change
of classifications would apply, and to all owners ot_prop®rtys or to the per-
son rendering the same for City Taxes, located within two _ht�dred_(20 ®)_feet
of.any_Property.to be changed-thereby, within not lose than,_ten.days bef_ore'
any such hearing is held. Such notice may be served by depositing the same,
properly addressed and postage paid, in the City Post Office. (Ordinance
#3228).
In the event a public hearing shell be held by the Zoning and Planning
Commission in regard to a change of the Corpus Christi Zoning'Ordinance not
Involving a- particular section of the City but involving a change in the
ordinance generally, notice of such public hearing shall be.. given by, publish-
ing irr the official newspaper of the City of Corpus Christl at•least once a
notice of this hearing fifteen (15) days prior to said hearing. (Ordinance
X3228)0
•' SSCTIUN 4. .A public hearing "shall. be held by the City Council befora:adopt-
ing any proposed supplemental,-amendment or change. Notice of each hearing
shall be given by publication three times in the official publication of-the
City of Corpus Christi, stating the time and place of such hearing,:which
time shall not be earlier than fifteen (15) days from the first day`ot *such
.publication.
SECTIO% 5. Unless such proposed amendment, supplement or change -has been
approved by the City Planning Commission or if a protest against auch:amend
ment, supplement or change has been filed with the City Seoretary6 duly
signed and acknowledged by the owners of twenty (20) per cent or more, --either
of the area of the lots included in such proposed change, or.those- immediately
adjacent in the rear thereof extending two hundred (200) feet therefrom, or
of those directly opposite thereto extending two hundred:(P00) feet:frcm -the
street frontage of such opposite lots, such amendment g lement -or change
shall not become effective except by a three fourths �3/4) vote of1the CAy
Council.
ARTI IE %lye.
FILM FEES.
SECTION I.: All persons, firms, or corporations, appealing to the:Board -of
Adjn§tment,-neeessitating the sending -of notices,azid publication of notices
in the nekspaper'sha11 be required to pay in-advance-M.00 for.expenses
relative thereto. (Ordinance 63228).
SECTION 2. -- All personp, firms, or corporations applying fos^• Council permits
under the provisions of Article S% of this Ordinance or applying.for_an
ameai3ment to the Zoning Ordinance or a'change in-the classification of-the
_ district or a- portion thereof% necessitating the sending of.notices and. ,pub-
].icatibns of notices in the newspaper shall: be required to pay in advance
$25.00 for expense relative thereto. (Ordinance +3M)e
SECTION 3. The payment of such money in advance to the City!Tax Accessor
and Collector shall be deemed a condition precedent to the consideration of
such appeal, special pewit or amendment. (Ordinance,#3228).
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FA, 4W # 2W * AIM 0 .
SECTION 1. Ail territory hereafter annexed to the.City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, shall be automatically classified as p°R-l" One Family Dwelling Dis-
trict until such territory is permanently zoned by the City Council of the
City of Corpus Christi. The Zoning and Planning Commission shall as soon as
practicable, after annexation, undertake to establish_ permanent zoning of
the said territory in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. No permit for the construction of a building shall be issued by
the Inspection Section of the Department of,Pablic Works of the City of Corpus
Christi in a territory newly annexed to the City of Corpus Christi, other than
a permit which will -allow, the construction of a building permitted to be con -
stracted in OR-10 One Family'Dwel]ing District as provided in this Ordinance.
An' application for any other use than that ,permitted in a One Fa".,
Dwelling-District shall be made to the Inspection. Section of th ®"6*11tment
of Public Works and by him referred to the Zoning and Planning Commission
for consideration and '.recommendations to .the. City, Council... Such 'recommenda-
tions shall-be advisory In nature.
SECTION 3. No'existing building within any territory newly annexed to the
City of Corpus Christi not now lawfully used for business purposes 'shall be
altered, remodeled or constructed for business purpodes.without-a permitt'
from the City Council of Corpus Christi, nor shall any 'existing building in
any territory that may be hereafter annexed to the City of Corpus =chrlsti
that is not lawfully used for business purposes at the time of"such annexa-
tion be altered; - remodeled or.construoted for business purposes1withdut -a
permit from the City Council of the City of Courpua_ Christi.. This `�erm1t
shall be obtained under the same procedure set out in Section Wo :Q &) of
this Article.
SECTION 4. The owners lessee, or any other person, firm or corporation awn -
Ing, controlling, constructing, supervising, or directing the b6ndti- ndtion of
any building In process of construction and which is incomplete' -at'the tite
the land upon which it is situated is annexed to the City "of Corpus. Christi,,
'before proceeding further with the constructions alteration or completion
thereof, shall make application to the Inspection Section of the DepaYtlUffnt
of Public Works for a permit authorizing further work on said buildift, and
shall attach to said application for such, permit plans and specifications re`
]sting to the construction of said building. Said application for building
permit shall be promptly referred to the Zoning and Planning Comndasion for
consideration, and said Commission shall promptly thereafter file with said
Council its recommendation as to granting, modifying or rejecting said permit,
said recommendation to be advisory, as stated in Section Two (2) hereof.
Said construction work shall be suspended until the permit applied for has
been issued, or Until final zoning regulations have been ddopted, 'which per-
mit the construction, use and occupancy of the building-
..INTERPRETATION, PURPOSE AND CONMISCT
SECTION 1. In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Ordinance,
they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the pr6motion'of the
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public safety, health,_convenience, comfort, morals, prosperity_aad general
welfare. It is not Ant®nded by_•this Ordinance to interfere with or abroate..
or annul any_ordinances-P roles, regulations, or permits previ.ously_adopted
or issued, and not in confli -ot -with any of the provisions of this Ordinance,
or which shall _ be adopted or issued pursuant to law relating to the use of
building or premises, and likewise not in conflict with this.Ordinance;" nor
is It intended by this Ordinance to Interfere with or abrogate or annul_ any
easements, covenants or other agreements between parties, except that, if
this Ordinance imposes a greater restriction, this Ordinance.shall.control.
Wherever in this Ordinance restrictions or provi.sions.conflict, the more
restrictive restriction or provision shall apply.
ARTICIE XXK.
VALIDITY.
SECTION 1. If any section ,,parsgraph,'tubdivision, clause, phrase- or,provi-
eion -.of this Ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional,
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 or un-
constitutional.
SECTION 2.- All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in eonflict- hprewith.are
hereby repealed.
SECTION II. The fact that this amendment to the Zpning Ordinance.- .adopted on
August 27, 1937, and as thereafter amended -from time to time, ie.;necessary
for the purpose of providing further orderly and - progressive growth and the
necessary, protection of. the lives, health, property and ;welfare o1, the citi-
zens living and owning property in the City of Corpus Christi and tho. fact
that further delay in the passage of this ordinance would be. detrimental to
the health, aafety, property and general'welfare of the citizens_of t}i®
community and the co mmmity in- general, creates a public emergency`@1nd public
Imperative necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter R4. th l&Ilb
ordinance or resolution .shall be passed finally - on the date it, i's,, ntroduced
and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several'i"t-
ings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared that such;_public
emergency and imperative necessity exist, and having requested that such Char-
ter rule be suspended,.and that this ordinance be passed finally gn_tl�e date
of its introduction and take effect and be in full..force, and- of °fry and
after its passage and publication, IT IS ACCORDMLY, -Sp OE�DAII=.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 4th day of May, A. D., 1948.
ATTESTS
/sl M. A. Cage, Jr.
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO IiQL FORMS
/s/ Tillman Smith /s/ J P. Rutherford
City Attorney Assistant City Attorney
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/s/ Wasley.E. -Seale
Mayor
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
Is/ Tom. M. Pogue
Assistant City Attorney
Corpus- Christi, Texas
May 4th, 1848
To TEE mwsXF Tm CITY comcm
Ocrpns Christi, Texas
Gentlemena
It .is .necessary :far the purpose odf !providing for the orderly and pY*cgressive
growth of the'City of Corpus Christi and neoessary�fcr the protection 'of tlia
lives, -health, property and welfare 'of citizens living and owning'propdrty
in the City of Corpus 'Christi to ,pass the 'foregoing ordinance at 'this blue
and further Ldelay in the passage of 'this ordinance would be. detrimental. to
the health, - safety, property and:geueral welfare of the citizens of the
comity. For_the reasons set out above and the reasons set out in'the
emergency clause in the foregoing ordinance, a enhl;.c mergency and i>+era-
tive public necessity exists for the suspension of the Charter rule`regUUdtg
that no ordinance or resolution be passed finally on the date "6f its intro-
duction and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read °at thi*e�tdparate
'meetings of the City Council; I, therefore 'hereby rdquest that :sou suspend
said Charter rule or requirement, and pass said ordinance cn the'-ftts'of its
introduction, or at the present meeting +of the City Connor.
Respectfully,
/s/ Wesley E. Seale
Mayo'
City of Corpaa Christi, Velma
The Charter role was suspended by the following vote:
Wesley E. Seale
AYE
George R. Clark, Jr.
AYE
John A. Ferris
AYE
R. R. Henry
-AYE
Joe T. Dawson
AYE
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Wesley E. Seale
AYE
George 'R.. Clerk, Jr.
AYE
John A. Ferris
ASE
R. R. Henry
AYE
Joe T. Dawson
AYE
47
STATE OF TUAS
CDMITY OF POECM
Io T. Ray gringo City Secretary of the City of_Cor@es,Chrletio-
Toms, hereby certify that the foregoing i_s_a true and correct copy_.af.Ordi-
nanes No. 2266, passed by the City Council on !by 4, 1945, and an ausaded
by Ordinances No. 2314, 2370, 2346, 2394, 2+95, 3M, 3256, 3305, 34369 :
4620, 4813, 4846, 4971 and 5181, as the same appear in the official records
of the City of Corpse Christi, Teasae, of which records I am the official
and ]awful onstodiaa.
W3MM HT hM and the official Seal of Corpss Christi, Tease,
this der of , 1950
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T" MY
City Secratary ar the City of
Corps Christi, Tease