City of Dallas Use Regulations

Click on any of the links below to view the specific use regulation

• General Provisions
• Ambulance Service
• Animal Shelter or Clinic
• Auto Service Center
• Alcoholic Beverage Establishments
• Business School
• Car Wash
• Commercial Amusement (Inside)
• Commercial Amusement (Outside)
• Commercial Parking Lot or Garage
• Drive-In Theater
• Dry Cleaning or Laundry Store
• Furniture Store
• General Merchandise or Food Store 3,500 square feet
• General Merchandise or Food Store greater than 3,500 square feet
• Home Improvement Center, Lumber, Brick or Building Materials Sales Yard
• Household Equipment and Appliance Repair
• Liquor Store
• Mortuary, Funeral Home, or Commercial Wedding Chapel
• Motor Vehicle Fueling Station
• Nursery, Garden Shop or Plant Sales
• Outside Sales
• Pawn Shop
• Personal Services Use
• Restaurant Without Drive-in or Drive-through Service
• Restaurant with Drive-in or Drive-through Service
• Surface Parking
• Swap or Buy Shop
• Taxidermist
• Temporary Retail Use
• Theater
• Vehicle Display, Sales and Service

NOTE: The use chart on the following pages has not been formally adopted by the City Council. It is prepared by the city staff and intended for use as a guide only. You are advised to see the use regulations for specific regulations. In the event of a conflict between the use charts and the text of the use regulations, the text of the use regulations controls.

For additional information about the Yard, Lot and Space Regulations, please call Building Inspection, 214-948-4480 and ask for Zoning.