Ord 53-2025 Zoning Amendment-Text Amendments 09/16/2025 ORDINANCE NO.
Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Appendix B: Zoning,
creating a special overlay district for the Heart of the Falls
Neighborhood Revitalization Area, amending development
regulations, zoning boundaries and a Land Use Plan update
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted the Strategic Planning Report with the
goal to Provide Quality Infrastructure through the objective to Develop a Neighborhood
Redevelopment Plan and Program; and,
WHEREAS, the staff actively engaged the neighborhood through the aid of
community partners to include the neighborhoods aspirations and goals for the program;
and,
WHEREAS, the City Council established the Central Wichita Falls Revitalization
Area Committee (CWFRAC), to discuss community needs and how to address them
through the researched programs and initiatives; and,
WHEREAS, at the CWFRAC meeting on April 1 , 2025, the committee voted to
recommend presenting the Heart of the Falls Neighborhood Revitalization Plan to City
Council for adoption; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council on April 15, 2025, adopted the Heart of the Falls
Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, including guiding principles, vision statement, and
directed the City staff to develop approaches to implementing the strategies and
programs; and,
WHEREAS, the city staff has reviewed this proposal and recommends approval of
the amendment to the Code of Ordinances; and,
WHEREAS, the CWFRAC Committee on April 29, 2025, voted to recommend
presenting the Zoning Amendment and development regulations to the Planning &Zoning
Commission for their recommendation; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission on August 13, 2025, voted to
recommend presenting the Zoning Amendment and development regulations to City
Council for adoption;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
1 . The Land Use Plan, an element of the Comprehensive Plan, as amended,
attached hereto as Exhibit "1" is adopted as an element of the
Comprehensive Plan for the City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
2. The zoning boundaries are hereby amended as depicted on the attached
map incorporated in this ordinance as Exhibit "2",
3. The creation of the Heart of the Falls Neighborhood Overlay (HFNO) District
is hereby created and the boundaries are as depicted on the attached map
incorporated in this ordnance as Exhibit "3"
4. Appendix B of the Wichita Falls Code of Ordinances is hereby amended
with revisions and additions to read as follows with deleted text shown as
strikcthrough and added text shown as underlined:
[Sec.] 4750 — Heart of the Falls Neighborhood Overlay District (HFNO)
The Heart of the Falls Neighborhood Overlay District (HFNO) is centrally located in the
city and has a unique mix of residential and commercial uses as well as a diverse cultural
mix of residents. The area is an approximately 911-arce core bounded by Seymour
Highway to the north, Kemp Boulevard to the west, Kell Freeway to the south, and Brook
Avenue to the east, as included in the ordinance, refer to Exhibit A herein.
[Sec.] 4751 Purpose/Overview
The Heart of the Falls Overlay District is to provide regulations to address the unique
physical development of the lots and buildings in terms of setbacks (front, sides and rear),
parking, and accessory uses, special conditions outside of the standards as adopted in
the zoning ordinance. To further promote neighborhood character the following
developmental guidelines will apply in addition to or instead of their base zoning
guidelines counterparts.
[Sec.] 4752 Permitted Uses
1 . The following uses are permitted in the Heart of the Falls Overlay District (HFOD):
Grocery Stores in a Limited Commercial (LC) zoning district.
[Sec.] 4753 HFNO Development Regulations
The Heart of the Falls Neighborhood Overlay District (HFNO) will allow for following
deviations from the base zoning and shall be subject to the following development
regulations. For regulations not listed, the base zoning regulations will apply:
1 . Setbacks:
Primary Structure:
A. Front setback: No greater than 25-foot maximum and no less than 15-foot
minimum. Setback will be determined by the predominant front setback of
51% of the developed block as determined by the Director of Development
Services.
B. Side setback, interior: Five-foot minimum.
C. Side setback, exterior: Five-foot minimum.
D. Rear setback:
a. Single-family and duplex dwelling: Five feet minimum from common
lot line or one foot minimum from alley. [Covered parking structures
must comply with setback requirements in sec. 6210.]
b. All other uses: Five-foot minimum. However, in no case shall the roof
overhang extend over the property line.
Accessory structures:
Accessory structures setbacks will no longer be subject to the accessory setback
ordinance Section 6515, and will follow the following setback guidelines, excluding
those structures exempt in Sec. 4220:
A. Front setback: 25-foot minimum.
B. Side setback, interior: Five-foot minimum.
C. Side setback, exterior: Five-foot minimum.
D. Rear setback:
a. Single-family and duplex dwelling: Five feet minimum from common
lot line or one foot minimum from alley. [Covered parking structures
must comply with setback requirements in sec. 6210.]
b. All other uses: Five-foot minimum. However, in no case shall the roof
overhang extend over the property line.
[Sec.] 4754 HFNO Accessory Use Regulations
Each site in the Heart of the Falls Neighborhood Overlay District (HFNO) shall allow the
following:
1 . One Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) allowed by right for all single-family, detached
uses.
[Sec.] 4755 HFNO On-Site Parking Regulations
Each site in the Heart of the Falls Neighborhood Overlay District (HFNO) shall be subject
to the following parking regulations:
1 . Single Family, detached and duplex uses will provide two (2) parking stalls per
dwelling unit.
2. New accessory dwelling units will be required to provide one (1) parking stall.
3. Non-residential uses will have no parking minimums. However, if parking is provided
all requirements of § 6225 — Design Standards for Parking Facilities will apply.
[Sec.] 4756 HFNO Special Conditions
The following special conditions are applicable to the Heart of the Falls Neighborhood
Overlay District:
1 . Alternative paving material shall be allowed, e.g., gravel for accessory dwelling units.
2. Each site participating in the Heart of the Falls Neighborhood Empowerment Zone
(NEZ) program shall be subject to the requirements of the Development Regulations
listed in the Heart of the Falls Design Guidelines.
[Sec.] 4757 HFNO Additional Setbacks
Additional setback shall be provided by non-single-family, non-single-family detached or
non-duplex residential uses in the manner prescribed in this section where any one of the
following conditions occur:
1 . When these uses are located adjacent to single-family, single-family detached or
duplex residential use, or abut an alley which is adjacent to a single-family, single-
family detached or duplex use, no portion of the structure shall be closer to single-
family, single-family detached or duplex property line than the height of that portion,
except that the minimum setbacks stated in [subsection] three shall apply.
2. [When these uses are:]
A. Adjacent to single-family, single-family detached or duplex residential use, no
portion of the structure shall be closer to a single-family, single-family
detached or duplex residential property line than the height of that portion,
except that the minimum setback stated in subsection 3 shall apply. However,
when the residential use property line abuts an alley or street right-of-way,
the city aqueduct, or a body of water such as Sikes Lake or Wichita River, the
additional setback shall be computed by including their width.
3. Minimum Setbacks:
A. Multifamily dwelling units, townhouses, condominiums, mobile home parks
and subdivisions, civic uses, and commercial uses shall have an increased
setback of;
a. A minimum of five feet if the structure is a single story and less that
fifteen feet in height or;
b. If structure is two-stories or more than fifteen feet in height the setback
shall be equal to the height of the structure.
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 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 16th day of September 2025.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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