Zoning districts & permitted uses

Protects and preserves valuable agricultural areas; implements agricultural and natural resource protection.

Single-family dwelling (detached), minimum lot size 1 acre (43,560 SF) and minimum lot width 120 ft.

Single-family dwelling (detached), minimum lot size 20,000 SF and minimum front width 65 ft.

Single-family dwelling (detached), minimum lot size 6,000 SF and minimum lot width 50 ft.

Single-family (detached/attached/townhouse), two-/three-/four-family, row-house or zero-lot line, accessory dwelling; minimum lot 6,000 SF, front width 15 ft.

Single-family dwelling (detached), minimum lot size 5,000 SF and minimum lot width 45 ft.

Single-family (detached/attached/townhouse), two-family, row-house or zero-lot line, accessory dwelling; minimum lot 5,000 SF, front width 15 ft.

Single-family dwelling (detached), minimum lot size 4,000 SF and minimum lot width 35 ft.

Single-family (detached/attached/townhouse), two-/three-/four-family, row-house or zero-lot line, accessory dwelling; minimum lot 4,000 SF, front width 15 ft.

Multi-family, single-family (detached/attached/townhouse), two-/three-/four-family, row-house or zero-lot line; maximum density 25 units/acre.

Any use permitted in MF-25 but with a maximum density of 33 units/acre.

Any use permitted in MF-25 but with a maximum density of 40 units/acre.

Any use permitted in MF-25 but with a maximum density of 50 units/acre.

8,000 SF lot minimum — designed to protect existing platted subdivisions substantially developed with single-family detached dwellings.

10,000 SF lot minimum — designed to protect existing platted subdivisions substantially developed with single-family detached dwellings.

15,000 SF lot minimum — designed to protect existing platted subdivisions substantially developed with single-family detached dwellings.

Areas suitable for HUD-manufactured homes on individual lots as well as manufactured home parks.

Office district for professional and low-intensity service uses.

Wider variety of office and retail uses than O-1, permitting mixed-use development and internal capture of vehicular trips; low to high-rise office buildings.

Small areas for offices, professional services, service and shopfront retail uses, designed in scale with surrounding residential development.

Neighborhood commercial uses depending on greater vehicular volume than NC; appropriate buffer between residential and C-2/C-3.

More intensive commercial and retail than NC/C-1, generating greater vehicular traffic.

Identical to C-2 except sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.

Most intensive commercial uses — community/regional shopping centers, power centers, and assembly of similar uses into a single complex.

Identical to C-3 except sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption is prohibited.

Identical to C-3 except the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited.

Concentrated downtown retail, service, office and mixed uses in the central business district.

Mix of light manufacturing, office park, flex-space, and limited retail/service uses serving the industrial development.

Heavy and concentrated fabrication and manufacturing suitable based on the character of adjacent development.

Highly hazardous, environmentally severe uses and/or very high truck traffic; major transportation terminals and high-impact manufacturing.

Imposes height restrictions near San Antonio International Airport, Stinson Municipal Airport, Kelly AFB, and Randolph AFB to prevent airport hazards.

Restricts certain uses located over the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone.

Intended to preserve, enhance, and protect the historically significant aspects of the city.

Imposes restrictions on uses within a 3,000 × 12,000 ft corridor at either end of the Kelly AFB runway clear zones.

Protects residential neighborhoods or commercial districts worthy of preservation that may lack sufficient significance for historic designation.

Modifies public utility corridors to allow underground, relocated, or redesigned distribution systems for a safer environment.

Imposes regulations to protect, preserve, and enhance views and vistas of historic places, landmark buildings, and sites of cultural importance.

Concentrated residential, retail, service, office and mixed uses.

Encourages a mixture of residential, commercial, and employment opportunities within identified light rail station or other high-capacity transit areas.

Provides flexible standards for the development and reuse of underutilized parcels.

Provides flexibility in planning and construction by allowing a combination of uses developed under an approved plan that protects adjacent properties.

Encourages development of internally compatible mixed uses to achieve well-designed development and efficient land-use, building, and circulation systems.

The beautified sections of the San Antonio River and "Paseo del Río" — distinct from any other part of the city and unsuited for other zoning classifications.

May be located adjacent to any freeway, arterial, principal arterial, or non-residential collector street.

Must have within its boundaries as a primary use a theme park or destination resort developed as a regional tourist entertainment facility.

Permits sand or gravel extraction where soil, sand, gravel, and clay may be removed for commercial use, plus related uses such as concrete and asphalt production (city council approval required within the ERZD).

Allows a quarry and related uses for the extraction of limestone and other raw materials and processing into finished products.

Designates federal and state military reservations; the city’s zoning regulations do not apply, and uses are regulated solely by the responsible federal or state agency.

Temporary zoning classification for newly-annexed property.