Ordinance No. 15,516 ORDINANCE NO. 15,516
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, APPENDIX A
"UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE," ARTICLE I "GENERAL," DIVISION 3
"ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES," SECTION 1.26, "REZONING, SPECIAL
USE PERMITS,AND ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS;"AMENDING THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, APPENDIX A "UNIFIED LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE," ARTICLE II "USE DISTRICTS," DIVISION 3 "LAND USE
TABLES AND CONDITIONS," SECTION 2.10, "LAND USE CONDITIONS;"
SUBSECTION A "NON-RESIDENTIAL CATEGORIES" TO ADD A CONDITION
FOR WAREHOUSE AND FREIGHT MOVEMENT, LOGISTICS, WHOLESALE
TRADE IN A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1: That Appendix A,"Unified Land Development Code,"Article I "General,"Division
3 "Administration and Procedures," Section 1.26, "Rezoning, special use permits, and zoning text
amendments,"of the Code of Ordinances,Baytown,Texas,is hereby amended to add subsection(e)(4)a.x.
as follows:
APPENDIX A.UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
ARTICLE I. GENERAL
DIVISION 3.ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES
Sec. 1.26.Rezoning,special use permits,and zoning text amendments.
(e) Additional criteria for special use permits. The planning and zoning commission may recommend
and the city council may adopt other conditions on any special use permit application that are
needed to protect the public health, safety and welfare, including, but not limited to, hours of
operation and additional landscape or parking requirements.
(4) The following uses identified in table 2-2 "Use conditions" require the issuance of a special use
permit:
a. Industrial uses,including:
x. Warehouse,freight movement,and logistics uses located in a GC District.
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Section 2: That Appendix A "Unified Land Development Code," Article II "Use Districts,"
Division 3 "Land Use Tables and Conditions," Section 2.10 "Land use conditions," Subsection A, Non-
Residential Categories"of the Code of Ordinances,Baytown,Texas,is hereby amended to read as follows:
APPENDIX A.UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
ARTICLE H.USE DISTRICTS
DIVISION 3.LAND USE TABLES AND CONDITIONS
Sec.2.10.Land use conditions.
This section sets forth the conditions associated with identified land uses in section 2.05.The
conditions expressed in the use table are cumulative of applicable conditions contained elsewhere in the
Code.
ApplicableLand Use
Zoning
District
A. Non-Residential Categories
40 Warehouse and GC (a) Warehouse and freight movement excludes shipment or
freight storage of hazardous cargo and/or materials.
movement, (b) Warehouse shall have a maximum building height of 40
Logistics, feet.
Wholesale Trade (c) Outdoor storage shall be separated by opaque screening
from all adjacent uses and all public rights-of-way.
(d) Loading docks or bay doors shall not face arterial or
collector street.
(e) If warehouse exceeds 10,000 square feet, must adhere to
LI vegetative buffer described in Sec. 18-1206.5 of the
Code of Ordinances.
(f) No rail,boat,or air transport of cargo may be used for
freight movement on site.
(g) The primary activity must be done within the enclosed
warehouse structure.
h Warehouse must be located on an arterial street.
i) Minimum lot size must be at least one acre.
(j) The minimum building setback shall be a 100 feet.
Within this setback,a 50-foot open space and a 50-foot
vegetative buffer shall be provided.
(k) Existing uses may expand no more than 50%of the total
square footage of all buildings lawfully existing on
December 20, 2015,and be exempt from all use
conditions, property development and compatibility
standards except for the following:
»Meet LI setbacks along with all other standards for GC
in Table 3-1; and
»Provide a minimum of six feet of opaque screening
from all adjacent uses.
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(1) All outdoor storage shall be separated by a vegetative or
transition buffer, as described in section 3.14(i)of the
Code of Ordinances, from all adjacent uses and all public
streets.
(1n) Warehouse, freight movement,and logistics uses require
the issuance of a special use permit,as outlined in Sec.
1.26.
Section 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance
are hereby repealed; provided,however,that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency,
and in all other respects,this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing
the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 4: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances shall for any reason
be held unconstitutional, void, or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances; and to this end,
all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 5: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten(10)days from its passage by the
City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this
ordinance to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within ten (10)
days after passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by t;EDQ0NCATZ;ETfLL0,
cil of the City of
Baytown this the 10'h day of August,2023.
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ATTEST: 61,YT0;'�,
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APPROVED AS O FO
SCOTT LEM ND,City Attorney
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