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i W - a kik T Z EA ORDINANCE NO. 96- 6 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRS): CHAPTER 901, DEFINITIONS; CHAPTER 902, ADMINISTRATIVE MECHANISMS; CHAPTER 910, CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; CHAPTER 911, ZONING; CHAPTER 912, SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 913, SUBDIVISIONS AND PLATS; CHAPTER 914, SITE PLAN REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES; CHAPTER 915, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (P.D.) PROCESS AND STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 930, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER 934, EXCAVATION AND MINING; CHAPTER 953, FAIRSHARE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS; CHAPTER 954, OFF-STREET PARKING; CHAPTER 971, REGULATIONS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USE CRITERIA; CHAPTER 972, TEMPORARY USES; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. Be it ordained by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida that the Indian River County land development regulations (LDRs) be amended as follows: 1. Yards fronting subdivision road rights-of-way with buffers. Amend the definition of "Yard, front" as found in section 901.03 of the Definitions chapter of the land development regulations, as follows: "Yard, front: on interior lots the yard being the minimum horizontal distance between the structure and the street right-of- way. On multi -frontage lots (including corner lots) all yards which abut a street right-of-way are considered front yardso, with the following exception. For parcels adjacent to subdivision street rights-of-way, where the parcel is separated from the subdivision street by landscape improvements required by the subdivision ordinance and where the parcel cannot be accessed from the subdivision street, the portion of the parcel adjacent to the right-of-way shall be treated as a side yard where a side yard would exist, and a rear yard where a rear yard would exist, absent the right-of-way. On double frontage lots having frontage on opposite sides of the lot or parcel, the yard abutting the street with the lower functional classification as depicted on the county's thoroughfare plan map shall be the front yard. If both streets have the same functional classification, the yard adjacent to the front lot line having the shortest dimension shall be the front yard." 2. Subdivision road right-of-way buffering. Amend section 913.09(c)l. of the Subdivision and Platting chapter of the land development regulations, as follows: (C) Relation to existing streets. 1. Adjoining areas. The pattern of streets in new subdivisions shall provide for the continuation of existing streets from adjoining areas, or for their proper projection where adjoining land is not subdivided. Where a right-of-way is proposed to be located adjacent to a parcel not located in the proposed subdivision, and where the adjacent property will not be accessed from the proposed right-of-way, buffering satisfying the requirements of section 913.09(C)(5) shall be provided between the adjacent property and the proposed subdivision street. Coding: Words in . . -. . type are deletions from existing law. Words underlined are additions.