HomeMy WebLinkAbout020805 ORD - 10/24/1989AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY CREATING A NEW ZONING
DISTRICT, ARTICLE 14A, "BD" CORPUS CHRISTI BEACH DESIGN
DISTRICT, AND PROVIDING FOR NEW PARKING, SETBACK, STREET
YARD, AND LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by
creating a new zoning District, Article 14A, "BD" Corpus Christi Beach
Design District to read as follows:
Article 14A
"BD" Corpus Christi Beach Design District
Section 14A-1. The regulations set forth in this Article
14A or elsewhere in the Zoning Ordinance when referenced in
this article are the regulations pertaining to the "BD"
Corpus Christi Beach Design District. The district is
consistent with urban design policy recommendations
contained in the Comprehensive Plan and the objectives
stated in the North Central Area Development Plan. This
district has been created to provide for a wide variety of
tourist and business uses complimentary to the Texas State
Aquarium. The regulations are intended to create a unique
and attractive atmosphere of a resort area offering tourist
attractions and services, while recognizing current and
future uses in the area of the Texas State Aquarium.
Emphasis is placed on establishing pedestrian corridors,
amenities, and public open spaces.
Section 14A-2. Use Regulations. A building or premise
shall be used for the following or similar purposes:
1. Single-family and two-family dwellings;
2. Multi -family dwellings;
3. Boarding, rooming, lodging houses;
4. Aquarium;
5. Amusement place - indoor or outdoor, including bowling
alleys, arcades, billiard parlor, miniature golf, water
slides, etc.;
6. Theatre or amphitheater (auditorium);
7. Boat rental;
8. Enclosed boat sales, excluding boat repair;
9. Commercial parking as primary uses;
10. Bicycle and jet ski rentals;
11. Marina, dock and launching facilities;
12. Restaurants, excluding drive thru facilities;
13. Bars, taverns, clubs;
14. Liquor store;
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15. Museum;
16. Personal services such as barber shops, beauty salons,
tailor shops, dry cleaning receiving station and
laundry services, messenger or taxi stations, studios
for artist, musicians, photographers;
17. Artisan produced handicraft and candy manufacture;
18. Wholesale house of not more 6,000 square feet floor
area;
19. Hotels, motels, or motor hotels;
20. Food storage lockers;
21. Retail stores, including fuel pumps as accessory uses;
22. Enclosed kennels only;
23. Printing, publishing;
24. Child care centers;
25. Swimming pools, skating rink, natatorium;
26. Public parks and libraries;
27. Non-profit educational and research facilities;
28. Banks and automated teller machines;
29. Churches;
30. Offices and office buildings;
31. Promotional events subject to Article 27A, Section
27A-2 of this ordinance; buildings;
32. Accessory buildings and uses when clearly accessory to
an existing allowable primary use; and
33. Uses allowed in street setback areas including the
following or similar uses not incorporating structural
enclosures; seating for outdoor cafes, vendors,
musicians and other street performers, and artisian
work areas. All equipment and furniture associated
with the use must comply with FEMA regulations. (Refer
to Section 14A-6.01 for street setback requirements.)
Section 14A-2.01. Excluded Uses. The following and similar
uses are specifically excluded:
1. Auto sales, service and repair;
2. Service stations;
3. Hospitals, nursing homes;
4. Sexually oriented businesses;
5. Outdoor storage;
6. Athletic fields;
7. RV and mobile home sales and storage/RV parks;
8. Tire sales;
9. Car washes; and
10. Veterinarian clinics.
Section 24A-3. Sign Regulations.
14A-3.01. Monument and wall signs are allowed. Maximum
sign area allowance, per lot, is one square foot of signage
per foot of street frontage up to 275 square feet of total
of sign area.
14A-3.02. One monument sign shall be allowed for each whole
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one fifty (50) foot length of street frontage, or fraction
thereof, provided no sign exceeds twenty-five (25) square
feet in area or four (4) feet in height. Monument signs may
be placed within street setbacks.
14A-3.03. Wall signage may not project more than 18 inches
from the wall or extend above the roof lines.
14A-3.04. Banners are prohibited with the exception that
three permits per calendar year at 30 days per permits are
allowed for banners not exceeding 20 square feet in area and
not located in the street setback.
14A-3.05. Free standing pole mounted, roof mounted,
portable, off -premise, and billboard signs are prohibited.
14A-3.06. No signs shall be permitted, regardless of size,
which revolve, whirl, move, flash, or make noise.
14A-3.07. No agency of the City of Corpus Christi may grant
a variance, exception, or take any action which would permit
a sign to be erected in excess of the size provided herein
or different from the provisions contained herein.
Section 14A-4. Parking Regulations. The parking
regulations for the "BD" District are the same as required
in Article 22 for the "B2" Bayfront Business District except
as provided below.
14A-4.01. Required Parking in Article 22 shall be reduced
by 50 percent except for residential, hotel and motel uses.
14A-4.02. The location of parking may not exceed 2,000 feet
from the property served for non-residential uses or 750
feet from the property served for residential uses.
Distance shall be measured along shortest dedicated walk
pathways. Off-site parking shall be allowed upon submission
of evidence of control by the primary user through long-term
lease (at least annual lease) or ownership.
14A-4.03. Parking is not allowed in street setbacks or
alleys.
14A-5. Off -Street Loading Regulations. there are no
off-street loading requirements in the "BD" Corpus Christi
Beach Design District.
Section 14A-6. Height, Area and Bulk Regulations. The
height, area, and bulk requirements for the "BD" Corpus
Christi Beach Design District are as follows:
14A-6.01. Street setbacks shall be 10 feet except as
follows:
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On lots legally platted at the date of adoption of this
ordinance, with a depth of less than 100' from street
right-of-way to rear -most property line, street
setbacks shall be 1/10 of the depth or 5' whichever is
the greater.
Lots replatted to a depth of 100 feet or more shall
meet the 10' setback requirement.
14A-6.02. Rear and side yards along interior lot lines may
be 0 feet.
14A-6.03. No building, parking facility, or structures,
except for signs permitted under Section 14A-3, or uses
permitted under 14A-2, shall be permitted in a street
setback area.
Section 14A-6.04. Lot Frontage shall be a minimum of 50
feet.
Section 14A-7. Supplementary height and area regulations
contained in Article 27, shall not apply to Article 14A.
SECTION 2. That the Zoning Ordinance is amended by adding
the following definitions:
Street Setback.
The street setback is the minimum depth required between the
property R.O.W. line and a building or non -exempted
structure. Street setbacks are required along any portion
of a lot where the property line and street R.O.W. line are
the same. In those zoning districts where street setbacks
are designated, the street setback will be used in lieu of
front yard requirements.
Sexually Oriented Business.
Massage parlor, nude studio, modeling studio, love parlor,
adult bookstore, adult movie theater, adult video arcade,
adult movie arcade, adult video store, adult motel, or other
commercial enterprise the primary business of which is the
offering of a service or the selling, renting or exhibiting
of devices or any other items intended to provide sexual
stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer.
SECTION 3. That the Zoning Ordinance is amended by amending
Article 27B, Landscape Requirements, Section 27B-7, to include
landscape requirements for the BD zone, as follows:
The landscape requirement for the BD Zoning District is as
follows:
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D) BD ZONE
The minimum required landscape area is 30 percent of the
street yard area. Street yards shall be landscaped with a
combination of plant material and pedestrian paving
materials to achieve a minimum of .15 points per square foot
of total street yard area. Decorative paving materials such
as impressed concrete, cobblestones, brick, stone or
interlocking pavers, will be given a point credit of .1
points per square foot, however these paving materials shall
not be utilized to meet landscape area credit. All of the
street setbacks shall be decoratively paved or planted with
plants as required by this Ordinance.
In addition to the point requirement, for each 50 feet of
lot frontage, one (1) Washingtonia robusta filifera (freeze
hardy) palm tree of a minimum 7 foot trunk height is
required. These palms shall be located no closer than 5
feet to a building wall or building structures higher than 7
feet above grade.
SECTION 4. That upon written request of the Mayor or five
Council members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due
to the need for the efficient and effective administration of City
affairs, such finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring
suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon
ordinances at three regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed
and shall take effect upon first reading as an,exergency measure this
the day of , 19
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:,-' '.� DAY OF ) /P, , 197
HAL GEORGE, CITY ATTORNEY
ByuGr,-
Assistant City Attorney
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
99.066.01
Corpus Christi, Texas
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day of !. 4 i' _ i.
The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Betty N. Turner /i
David Berlanga, Sr. 1/
Leo Guerrero
Tom Hunt i
Edward A. Martin
Joe McComb 1
Clif Moss 1.
Mary Rhodes (�
Frank Schwing, Jr.
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