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ORDINANCE 2014- 012 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, CONCERNING AMENDMENTS TO ITS LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRs); PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 901, DEFINITIONS, BY AMENDING SECTION 901.03, DEFINITION OF "STREET"; BY AMENDING SECTION 901.03, DEFINITION OF "YARD, FRONT" AND BY 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) CHAPTER 901, DEFINITIONS, FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES, BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: SECTION #1: Amend LDR Section 901.03, Definitions, definition of "Street" to read as follows: Street (also see roadway) a public or private right-of-way which provides vehicular traffic access between certain points and which also may provide space for the location of utilities. Streets are classified by function as follows: (1) Arterial, principal those routes intended to carry heavy volumes of traffic for major distances within or through the county, as delineated on the Indian River County Thoroughfare Plan. (2) Arterial, minor those routes intended to carry heavy volumes of traffic for short distances within the county, as delineated on the Indian River County Thoroughfare Plan. (3) Collector a street which carries traffic from minor streets to arterial streets, as indicated on the Indian River County Thoroughfare Plan. (4) Subdivision collector road a street which serves as the principal entrance street of a residential subdivision or provides for traffic circulation within a subdivision. (5) Minor or Local Street a street of limited continuity used primarily for access to abutting property, including cul-de-sacs and nonthrough streets. (6) Marginal Access Streets a street that is parallel and adjacent to a major arterial street or highway and which provides access to abutting property. (7) Commercial service street a local street of limited right-of-way width (30' — 40') that serves commercially zoned property but not residentially zoned property, functions as an alley or secondary service access for property that fronts the commercial service street and an arterial street, and that is designated as a commercial service street by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners. SECTION #2: Amend LDR Section 901.03, Definitions, definition of "yard, front" to read as follows: Yard, front on interior lots the yard being the minimum horizontal distance between the structure and the street right-of-way or Murphy Deed Reservation line. On multi -frontage lots (including corner lots) all yards which abut a street right-of-way or Murphy Deed Reservation are considered front yards, with the following exception: Bold Underline: Additions to Ordinance 1 Strike .,,'�FOUgh: Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance F:\Community Development\CurDev\Ordinances\2014\2014- 901 definitions.doc