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Can I use this property for retail in Celina?

Retail is generally permitted in the C, Commercial, Office & Retail district (Sec. 14.02.403) and in Mixed-Use (MU) developments, which require a minimum 30 percent commercial/office/retail component (Sec. 14.02.406(d)). Retail uses appear across the non-residential schedule of uses in Sec. 14.03.102 with different requirements: for example general retail is permitted (P) across most non-residential districts, while some retail-adjacent uses like auto sales or alternative retail services need a Specific Use Permit or carry distance restrictions from residential property. Retail is generally not part of the base residential or industrial-only use lists outside of home occupations. A Planned Development can expand or restrict what retail uses are allowed on a specific tract. Start by confirming the zoning district and any PD number on the city's public GIS (celina-public-gis-celinatx.hub.arcgis.com) or with Development Services at 972-382-2682. This pack covers incorporated Celina only; Celina's ETJ and unincorporated Collin or Denton county land have no municipal zoning.

Sources

Full text: Celina ordinance on City-hosted PDF (Development Services document center); the Code of Ordinances is also on eCode360 (https://ecode360.com/CE6272) but the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 14) working copy the city links from its Codes & Ordinances page is this standalone PDF, most recently saved 2026-06-17 per its file metadata. eCode360 states it includes legislation through Ord. No. 2026-028 (adopted April 14, 2026), somewhat newer currency evidence than the PDF; the two platforms agree on Articles 14.01-14.04 (districts, uses, site development standards) but eCode360 carries an additional Article 14.05 (state law compliance, adopted 2019) absent from the PDF, and shows the PDF's OT and OT-R base-district sections as reserved with no text, deferring fully to the Downtown Code for those two districts. Applies to districts: C, MU.

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