Arlington, TX zoning districts
28 districts, 28 with a written citation. Each row says what the district permits by primary use.
Zoning in Arlington, Texas is governed by the City of Arlington Unified Development Code (UDC) — the "Unified Development Code" chapter of the Code of the City of Arlington, Texas, 1987 — originally adopted 2014 (zoning-district transition effective July 10, 2014) and amended regularly (e.g., Ord. No. 25-059, Aug. 26, 2025, amending Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 for multi-family/mixed-use and small-lot development). Zoning districts are established in UDC Article 2, Zoning Districts (Sec. 2.2 Residential Districts; Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts; Sec. 2.4 Overlay Districts). Allowed uses are set by Article 3, Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 "Table of Allowed Uses," which splits into Table 3.1-1 (Allowed Uses – Residential Districts) and Table 3.1-2 (Allowed Uses – Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts), with use codes P = Permitted, S = Specific Use Permit, and * = Supplemental Use Standards apply. The code is published by Planning & Development Services on the city site (arlingtontx.gov); the mapped districts are published in the city's GIS "Zoning Districts" feature layer.
How to read the permissions
By right — allowed without discretionary approval. Conditional use — allowed only with a specific approval. Not permitted — not allowed as a primary use. Not resolved — the ordinance does not settle it in a way we would state as fact.
These describe the district. A specific parcel can also be affected by overlays, corridors, flood zones and site conditions.
| District | Residential | Commercial | Industrial |
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CC
Community Commercial (CC)
commercial
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Conditional use | By right | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Community Commercial, CC); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Community-scale retail/commercial by-right; residential conditional (mixed-use/SUP); industrial not permitted. Residential axis inferred from category — cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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CMU-4
Corridor Mixed-Use limited to four stories (CMU-4)
mixed use
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By right | By right | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Corridor Mixed-Use, CMU-4, capped at 4 stories); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Residential and commercial mix by-right; industrial not permitted. Cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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CMU-6
Corridor Mixed-Use limited to six stories (CMU-6)
mixed use
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By right | By right | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Corridor Mixed-Use, CMU-6, capped at 6 stories); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Corridor Mixed-Use permits vertical/horizontal mix of residential and commercial by-right; industrial not permitted. Cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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DB
Downtown Business (DB)
mixed use
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By right | By right | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts, Subsec. 2.3.8 Downtown Business | DB (exact section quoted from city Granicus-hosted UDC amendment ordinance); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Downtown mixed-use business district: commercial and residential (mixed-use) by-right; industrial not permitted. Cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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DT-C
Downtown Core (DT-C)
mixed use
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By right | By right | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Downtown Core, DT-C; the city's highest-intensity downtown mixed-use district — the mapped instance also carries a Landmark Preservation Overlay per Sec. 2.4); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Residential and commercial by-right in the downtown core mix; industrial not permitted. Cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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DT-G
Downtown Gateway (Special District)
mixed use
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By right | By right | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Downtown Gateway, DT-G); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2 (Allowed Uses – Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts). Downtown Gateway is a downtown mixed-use/special district; residential and commercial are the intended mix, industrial not a downtown-district use. Cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked); structure verified via city Granicus-hosted UDC amendment ordinance. | |||
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ETJ
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (unincorporated, unzoned)
unzoned
Lower confidence — verify against the ordinance before relying on it.
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Not resolved | Not resolved | Not resolved |
| Not a UDC zoning district. ETJ denotes Arlington's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction — unincorporated territory outside the city limits. Under Texas Local Government Code, a home-rule city may not apply its zoning ordinance in its ETJ, so no Arlington UDC use permissions attach (subdivision/plat rules may apply, not use zoning). No Article 2/Article 3 entitlement to ground; permissions null. | |||
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FH
Flex Hybrid (FH)
mixed use
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Not resolved | By right | Conditional use |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Flex Hybrid, FH); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Flex Hybrid is a flexible business district blending commercial and light-industrial/maker uses with some residential; commercial by-right, light-industrial and residential likely conditional. Axes inferred from name/category — cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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GC
General Commercial (GC)
commercial
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Conditional use | By right | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (General Commercial, GC); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Broad range of retail/office/service commercial by-right; residential conditional (mixed-use/SUP); industrial not permitted (light industrial typically requires LI). Residential/industrial axes inferred from category — cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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IM
Industrial Manufacturing (IM)
industrial
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Not permitted | Conditional use | By right |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Industrial Manufacturing, IM — the city's heavier industrial district); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Manufacturing/industrial uses by-right; residential not permitted; commercial limited/conditional. Secondary axes inferred from category — cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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LI
Light Industrial (LI)
industrial
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Not permitted | By right | By right |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Light Industrial, LI); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Light manufacturing/warehousing and most commercial uses by-right; residential not permitted. Secondary axes inferred from category — cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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LO
Limited Office (LO)
office
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Conditional use | By right | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Office, LO; office-use district per city GIS 'Office Use (LO)'); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Office/professional uses by-right (treated as commercial family); residential limited/conditional; industrial not permitted. Secondary axes inferred from category — cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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MH
Manufactured Housing (MH)
residential low
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By right | Not permitted | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.2 Residential Districts (Manufactured Housing, MH — district for manufactured/mobile home dwellings); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-1 (Allowed Uses – Residential Districts). Manufactured-home dwellings by-right; commercial/industrial main uses not permitted. Exact subsection within Sec. 2.2 not confirmed and not invented; cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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NC
Neighborhood Commercial (NC)
commercial
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Conditional use | By right | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Neighborhood Commercial, NC); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Small-scale neighborhood-serving retail/commercial by-right; residential conditional (mixed-use/SUP); industrial not permitted. Residential axis inferred from category — cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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OC
Office Commercial (OC)
commercial
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Conditional use | By right | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Office Commercial, OC); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Office and low-intensity commercial by-right; residential typically via SUP/mixed-use (conditional); industrial not permitted. Residential axis inferred from district category — cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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PD
Planned Development (PD)
planned development
Lower confidence — verify against the ordinance before relying on it.
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Not resolved | Not resolved | Not resolved |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts — Planned Development (PD). PD uses and standards are governed by the site-specific adopted PD ordinance/concept plan for each property (the mapped instances tie to specific case ordinances, e.g., a VG-PD tract limited to Light Industrial uses excluding bars/SOBs/heavy equipment, and another for Community Service uses/assisted living), not by a base use table. No generic base entitlement to ground; permissions null per PD rule. | |||
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RE
Residential Estate (RE)
residential low
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By right | Not permitted | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.2 Residential Districts (Residential Estate, RE; low-density single-family/estate lots); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-1 (Allowed Uses – Residential Districts). Single-family/estate dwellings by-right; commercial/industrial main uses not permitted. Section 2.2 classification and Table 3.1-1 verified via city Granicus-hosted UDC amendment ordinance; name from city GIS ('Residential Estate (RE)'). | |||
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RM-12
Residential Medium Density-12 (RM-12)
residential mid
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By right | Not permitted | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.2 Residential Districts (Residential Medium Density-12, RM-12; medium-density residential, ~12 units/acre); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-1 (Allowed Uses – Residential Districts). Medium-density residential (duplex/townhome/small multi) by-right; commercial/industrial main uses not permitted. Sec. 2.2 classification and Table 3.1-1 verified via city Granicus-hosted UDC amendment ordinance; name from city GIS. | |||
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RMF-22
Residential Multi-Family-22 (RMF-22), max. density 22 units/acre
residential high
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By right | Not permitted | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.2 Residential Districts (Residential Multi-Family-22, RMF-22; multi-family dwellings by-right, max 22 units/acre); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-1 (Allowed Uses – Residential Districts). As a residential district on the Residential use table, multi-family is by-right and commercial/industrial main uses are not permitted. Section 2.2 residential classification and Table 3.1-1 verified via city Granicus-hosted UDC amendment ordinance; district name from city GIS. | |||
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RS-15
Residential Single-Family-15 (RS-15), min. lot 15,000 sq. ft.
residential low
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By right | Not permitted | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.2 Residential Districts, Subsec. 2.2.4 Residential Single-Family-15 | RS-15 (exact section quoted from city Granicus-hosted UDC amendment ordinance); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-1 (Allowed Uses – Residential Districts). Single-family detached by-right; retail/office/industrial main uses not permitted in a residential district. | |||
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RS-20
Residential Single-Family-20 (RS-20), min. lot 20,000 sq. ft.
residential low
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By right | Not permitted | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.2 Residential Districts (Residential Single-Family-20, RS-20, min. lot 20,000 sq. ft. — large-lot single-family); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-1 (Allowed Uses – Residential Districts). Single-family detached by-right; retail/office/industrial main uses not permitted. Sec. 2.2 classification and Table 3.1-1 verified via city Granicus-hosted UDC amendment ordinance. | |||
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RS-5
Residential Single-Family-5 (RS-5), min. lot 5,000 sq. ft.
residential low
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By right | Not permitted | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.2 Residential Districts (Residential Single-Family-5, RS-5, min. lot ~5,000 sq. ft. — smallest single-family lot district); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-1 (Allowed Uses – Residential Districts). Single-family detached by-right; retail/office/industrial main uses not permitted. Sec. 2.2 classification and Table 3.1-1 verified via city Granicus-hosted UDC amendment ordinance (parallel to RS-15 = Subsec. 2.2.4). | |||
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RS-7.2
Residential Single-Family-7.2 (RS-7.2), min. lot 7,200 sq. ft.
residential low
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By right | Not permitted | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.2 Residential Districts (Residential Single-Family-7.2, RS-7.2, min. lot 7,200 sq. ft.); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-1 (Allowed Uses – Residential Districts). Single-family detached by-right; retail/office/industrial main uses not permitted. Sec. 2.2 classification and Table 3.1-1 verified via city Granicus-hosted UDC amendment ordinance (parallel to RS-15 = Subsec. 2.2.4); exact RS-7.2 subsection not invented. | |||
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TN
Traditional Neighborhood (TN)
mixed use
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By right | Conditional use | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Traditional Neighborhood, TN); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Walkable traditional-neighborhood form: residential by-right with limited/conditional neighborhood-serving commercial; industrial not permitted. Category call — cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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UN-3
Urban Neighborhood limited to three stories (UN-3)
mixed use
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By right | Conditional use | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Urban Neighborhood, UN-3, capped at 3 stories); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Urban Neighborhood is a residential-forward mixed-use form: higher-density residential by-right with limited/conditional neighborhood-serving commercial; industrial not permitted. Cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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UN-5
Urban Neighborhood limited to five stories (UN-5)
mixed use
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By right | Conditional use | Not permitted |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts, Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts (Urban Neighborhood, UN-5, capped at 5 stories); allowed uses per Art. 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table 3.1-2. Residential-forward mixed-use: residential by-right, neighborhood-serving commercial conditional, industrial not permitted. Cell-level table values not directly read (full UDC Akamai-blocked). | |||
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UTA
University of Texas at Arlington district (UTA) — designation not confirmed in the UDC use tables
special
Lower confidence — verify against the ordinance before relying on it.
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Not resolved | Not resolved | Not resolved |
| Live GIS district code 'UTA' (City of Arlington GIS Zoning Districts layer) with no ZONINGDESCRIPTION populated; understood to designate the University of Texas at Arlington campus area. Could not be tied to any Article 2 base district or Article 3 use-table column in the reachable sources (full UDC PDF Akamai-blocked). Permissions null / unmapped lead pending the base UDC text. | |||
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VG
Village on the Green at Tierra Verde — Planned Development (VG-PD)
planned development
Lower confidence — verify against the ordinance before relying on it.
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Not resolved | Not resolved | Not resolved |
| Arlington UDC, Art. 2 Zoning Districts — site-specific Planned Development. VG maps to the 'Village on the Green at Tierra Verde-Planned Development (VG-PD)' district, whose permitted uses are fixed by its adopted PD ordinance/concept brief (city GIS records instances for Community Service uses + assisted living, and for enumerated Light Industrial uses excluding bars/nightclubs/SOBs/major auto repair/heavy equipment/outside storage), not by a base use table. No generic base entitlement to ground; permissions null per PD rule. | |||
Sources
- City of Arlington GIS 'Zoning Districts' feature service (official mapped districts, DISTRICT code + ZONINGDESCRIPTION name field): https://gis2.arlingtontx.gov/agsext2/rest/services/OpenData/OD_Property/MapServer/3 (queried 2026-07; ArcGIS item id 2392c361adfc457781eb3d9c33ec73e4, owner opendatamanager_arlingtontx) — source for every district code's official name.
- City of Arlington Unified Development Code amendment ordinance (Ord. No. 15-____) served via the city's Granicus document viewer: https://arlingtontx.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=9&clip_id=1689&meta_id=200560 — grounds the UDC article/section structure verbatim: Article 2 Zoning Districts (Sec. 2.2 Residential Districts [RS-15 = Subsec. 2.2.4], Sec. 2.3 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use Districts [Downtown Business DB = Subsec. 2.3.8], Sec. 2.4 Overlay Districts), and Article 3 Use Standards, Sec. 3.1.5 Table of Allowed Uses (Table 3.1-1 Residential; Table 3.1-2 Non-Residential and Mixed-Use; P/S/* codes).
- City of Arlington Zoning/Unified Development Code pages (governing code reference; direct fetch blocked by Akamai HTTP 403): https://www.arlingtontx.gov/Business/Development-Resources/Land-Development/Zoning-Unified-Development-Code and .../Zoning-Districts ; Ord. No. 25-059 (2025 UDC amendment, Articles 2/3/4/5/6/9/10/12): https://www.arlingtontx.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/planning-and-development-services/documents/zoning-unified-development-code/ord.-25-059-august-26-2025.pdf
- steadily.com, 'Residential zoning laws in Arlington, TX – 2026' (secondary corroboration that DB = Downtown Business and GC/LI naming): https://www.steadily.com/blog/residential-zoning-laws-regulations-arlington
Table verified against the sources above on 2026-07-19. Ordinances change, so check the current code before relying on any row for a decision.
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