Ord 16-2021 Amending Appendix B Zoning Sec. 3600 & 3605 06/01/2021 Ordinance No. 16-2021
Conduct a public hearing and take action on an ordinance amending
the Code of Ordinances, Appendix B: Zoning for an amendment to
Section 3600 & 3605 - Revisions and additions to definitions to the
permitted and conditional uses allowed in Heavy Industrial (HI) district
to include uses of the more restrictive zones into the less restrictive
zones; providing a repealer clause; and providing for inclusion
WHEREAS, the city staff has reviewed this proposal and recommends approval of
these amendments to the Code of Ordinances; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council concurs with
city staff's recommendation to amend the Code of Ordinances, Appendix B — Zoning,
Sections 3600 & 3605 for the life, health, and safety of its residents;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
1. Permitted and Conditional Uses in HI — Additions and Deletions The
following section of Appendix B of the Wichita Falls Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended with various additions and deletions to the permitted and
conditional uses:
[Sec.] 3600. - Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted in the HI Heavy Industrial District
subject to the site plan review provisions of section 7100:
Civic uses:
Halfway housc.
Public safety services.
Religious assembly.
Utility service.
Community residential centers.
Commercial uses:
Alcoholic beverage sales, subject to the provisions of section 5400.
Coin-operated amusement machines establishment, as regulated by section 5905.
Contractor's yard.
Convenience stores.
Donation box.
Exterminating services, with or without chemical storage.
Offices.
Outdoor storage.
Restaurants.
Retail trade.
Services.
Shooting range (indoor).
Shopping center.
Heavy commercial uses:
Agriculture sales and services.
Airports.
Fabrication and assembly.
Freight hauling.
Fuel and chemical storage.
Heavy machinery sales and storage.
Light manufacturing.
Lumberyards.
Mining and excavation.
Manufactured housing, individual accessory use.
Manufactured housing sales.
Motor vehicle salvage yard, subject to chapter 46, Environment, article V, Outdoor
Storage, Wichita Falls Code of Ordinances, as amended.
Oil drilling, subject to the provisions of appendix A, Subdivision and Development
Regulations, section 6.4, Oil and Gas Well, as amended.
Stockyards.
Trucking facilities.
Warehousing facilities.
Industrial uses:
Basic industry and manufacturing.
Industrial park.
Power generation.
Refineries.
(Ord. No. 28-86, § 15, 4-1-1986; Ord. No. 30-89, § II, 5-2-1989; Ord. No. 50-94, § 1 , 4-
19-1994; Ord. No. 84-94, § 1, 6-21-1994; Ord. No. 86-96, § 1 , 6-18-1996; Ord. No. 35-
98, § 2, 4-21-1998; Ord. No. 71-2000, § 6, 7-5-2000; Ord. No. 45-2001 , § 5, 5-1-2001 ;
Ord. No. 95-2001 , § 4, 10-2-2001 ; Ord. No. 43-2016, 11-1-2016; Ord. No. 51-2018, §
3, 10-2-2018)
[Sec.] 3605. - Conditional uses.
The following uses are permitted in the HI Heavy Industrial District
subject to the approval process in section 7200:
Communications towers and antennas as regulated by section 5910.
Landfill.
Shooting range (outdoor).
Slaughterhouse and meat packing.
It is the intention of the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that the
provisions of this ordinance shall become a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, and that sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered
to accomplish such intention.
Should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or portion of this ordinance or the
Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be void or unconstitutional, the same
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance or the Code of
Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and effect.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 1st day of June, 2021.
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MAYOR
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