Ice Machines Over 120 Square Feet.
San Antonio Unified Development Code § 35-398.01
in effectSec. 35-398.01. - Ice Machines Over 120 Square Feet.
(a) Applicability. These supplemental use regulations shall be required for both accessory and stand-alone ice machines over one hundred twenty (120) square feet.
(b) Platting or Plat Exception Required. The property upon which an ice machine over one hundred twenty (120) square feet is located shall be platted or meet one of the plat exceptions listed in subsection 35-430(c).
(c) Permit and Applicable Building Codes. All ice machines over one hundred twenty (120) square feet shall require commercial building permits, and shall meet all applicable building and building-related code, as applicable.
(d) Site Design Requirements.
1. The placement of the ice machine shall not impede traffic, nor visually impair any motor vehicle operation entering or leaving the parking lot from a street.
2. The ice machine shall not be located within any required building setback, buffer yard, access easement, drainage easement, floodplain, driveway, utility easement, and/or fire lane.
3. A minimum of one (1) stacking or parking space per ice machine shall be required. Such parking or stacking space shall be of sufficient size to accommodate an oversized vehicle as defined in this chapter.
4. Where the ice machine is an accessory use, the location of the ice machine shall not reduce existing parking to an amount below the required minimum parking spaces for the principal use on the lot.
5. All signage shall comply with Chapter 28, signs and billboards.
6. Permanently located (those with traditional permanent foundations), non-accessory ice machines, where platting is required, shall meet site work related UDC requirements for traffic, sidewalk, tree canopy, landscaping, and irrigation if the size of the ice machine is over one hundred fifty (150) square feet in size.
7. Non-permanently located (those with tie downs) and/or accessory ice machines are not required to comply with traffic, sidewalk, and landscaping/irrigation requirements. All ice machine projects are required to comply with the city tree ordinance for tree preservation.
(Ord. No. 2015-12-17-1077, § 2, 12-17-15)
Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/unified_development_code?nodeId=ARTIIIZO_DIV7SUUSRE_S35-398.01ICMAOV120SQFEFetched: 10/27/2026