4311 Blanco Rd, San Antonio, TX 78212

Neighborhood Commercial District

This district provides small areas for offices, professional services, service and shop front retail uses, all designed in scale with surrounding residential uses. The district regulations are designed to protect and encourage the transitional character of the districts by permitting a limited group of uses of a commercial nature and to protect the abutting and surrounding residential areas by requiring certain minimum yard and area standards to be met which are comparable to those called for in the residential districts. These districts are also intended to reduce energy consumption by permitting a limited group of commercial uses to be located in close proximity to residential areas. This district provides a balance of residential and nonresidential land use opportunities reflecting the economic needs of residents and business owners. The NC district implements the following policies of the master plan: Neighborhoods, Policy 2b: Amend the Unified Development Code to create neighborhood commercial districts.; Urban Design, Policy 1a: Based on a comprehensive land use plan, encourage more intensive development in and near neighborhood centers with less intensive development between neighborhood centers, and implement these changes through zoning.; Urban Design, Policy 5b: Encourage resident and employment growth within walking distance of the downtown area and neighborhood centers in order to support an inter-modal transportation system.