City of Dallas Use Regulations

NOTE: The following use regulations are prepared by the city staff and are intended for use as a guide only. Please refer to the Dallas Development Code Use Regulations for specific regulations. In the event of a conflict between the following use regulations and the text of the Dallas Development Code Use Regulations, the text of the Dallas Development Code Use Regulations controls.

Agricultural Uses

• Animal Production
• Commercial Stable
• Crop Production
• Private Stable

Commercial and Business Service Uses

• Building Repair and Maintenance Shop
• Bus or Rail Transit Vehicle Maintenance or Storage Facility
• Catering Service
• Custom Business Services
• Commercial Cleaning or Laundry Plant
• Custom Woodworking, Furniture Construction, or Repair
• Electronics Service Center
• Job or Lithographic Printing
• Labor Hall
• Machine or Welding Shop
• Machinery, Heavy Equipment, or Truck Sales and Services
• Medical or Scientific Laboratory
• Technical School
• Tool or Equipment Rental
• Vehicle or Engine Repair or Maintenance

Industrial Uses

• Potentially Incompatible Industrial Use
• Industrial (inside)
• Industrial (inside) Light Manufacturing
• Industrial (outside)
• Medical / Infectious Waste Incinerator
• Metal Salvage Facility
• Mining
• Municipal Waste Incinerator
• Organic Compost Recycling Facility
• Outside Salvage or Reclamation
• Pathological Waste Incinerator
• Temporary Concrete or Asphalt Batching Plant

Institutional and Community Services Uses

• Adult Day Care Facility
• Cemetery or Mausoleum
• Child-Care Facility
• Church
• College, University, or Seminary
• Community Service Center
• Convalescent and Nursing Homes, Hospice Care, and Related Institutions
• Convent or Monastery
• Foster Home
• Halfway House
• Hospital
• Library, Art Gallery or Museum
• Public or Private School

Lodging Uses

• Hotel or Motel
• Lodging or Boarding House
• Overnight General Purpose Shelter

Miscellaneous Uses

• Carnival or Circus (Temporary)
• Hazardous Waste Management Facility
• Placement of Fill Material
• Temporary Construction or Sales Office

Office Uses

• Financial Institution Without Drive-In Window
• Financial Institution with Drive-in Window
• Medical Clinic or Ambulatory Surgical Center
• Office

Recreation Uses

• Country Club with Private Membership
• Private Recreation Center, Club, or Area
• Public Park, Playground, or Golf Course

Residential Uses

• College Dormitory, Fraternity or Sorority House
• Duplex
• Group Residential Facility
• Handicapped Group Dwelling Unit
• Manufactured Home Park, Manufactured Home Subdivision, or Campground
• Multifamily
• Residential Hotel
• Retirement Housing
• Single Family

Retail and Personal Service Uses

• 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

Transportation Uses

• Airport or Landing Field
• Commercial Bus Station and Terminal
• Heliport
• Helistop
• Private Street or Alley
• Railroad Passenger Station
• Railroad Yard, Roundhouse, or Shops
• STOL (Short Takeoff or Landing) Port
• Transit Passenger Shelter
• Transit Passenger Station or Transfer Center

Wholesale, Distribution, and Storage Uses

• Auto Auction
• Building Mover's Temporary Storage Yard
• Contractor's Maintenance Yard
• Freight Terminal
• Livestock Auction Pens or Sheds
• Manufactured Building Sales Lot
• Mini-Warehouse
• Office Showroom / Warehouse
• Outside Storage
• Petroleum Product Storage and Wholesale
• Recycling Buy-Back center
• Recycling Collection Center
• Recycling Drop-off Container
• Recycling Drop-off for special occasion collection
• Sand, Gravel, or Earth Sales and Storage
• Trade Center
• Vehicle Storage lot
• Warehouse

Utility and Public Service Uses

• Commercial Radio or Television Transmitting Station
• Electrical Generating Plant
• Electrical Substation
• Local Utilities
• Police or Fire Station
• Post Office
• Radio, Television, or Microwave Tower
• Refuse Transfer Station
• Sanitary Landfill
• Sewage Treatment Plant
• Tower / Antenna for Cellular Communication
• Utility or Government Installation Other Than Listed
• Water Treatment Plant

Accessory Uses

• Accessory Community Center (Private)
• Accessory Game Court (Private)
• Accessory Helistop
• Accessory Medical / Infectious Waste Incinerator
• Accessory Outside Display of Merchandise
• Accessory Outside Sales
• Accessory Outside Storage
• Accessory Pathological Waste Incinerator
• Amateur Communication Tower
• Day Home
• General Waste Incinerator
• Home Occupation
• Occasional Sales (Garage Sales)
• Private Stable
• Swimming Pool (Private)
• Pedestrian Skybridges

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