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ORDINANCE 2012-016 SECTION #2: Amend LDR Section 911.04(3)(C), Minimum yard and setback requirements, to read as follows: (c) Minimum yard and setback requirements. Generally. Minimum yard requirements shall be as specified for a given zoning district. The yard requirements shall apply to all buildings and structures, as they relate to the respective lot lines, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter or as exempted in section 911.04(3)(c)2. 2. Accessory uses and structures. Special yard requirements related to accessory uses and/or structures are provided in Chapter 917. 3. Yard encroachments. See section 911.15(2), encroachments into required yards. 4. Required yards for lawfully created nonconforming lots. Lawfully created nonconforming lots shall have required yards; provided, however, that the buildable width of such lot shall not be reduced by front or side yard requirements to less than thirty (30) feet and provided further that no accessory structure on a corner lot shall project into the required front yard on any street. In those instances where the thirty- foot minimum applies, the house shall be centered between the lot lines, unless an alternative siting arrangement is approved by the community development director. 5. Residential lots and units adjacent to the urban service area boundary. Residential subdivision projects, site plan projects, and planned development projects located inside the urban service area where new residential lots or units are proposed adjacent to the urban service area boundary shall include provisions for a special buffer. Project sites are considered adjacent to the urban service area boundary when adjoining that boundary and when separated from that boundary by intervening road and canal rights-of-way. Said buffer shall be provided in a separate tract and provided between the proposed residential lot (single-family) or unit (multi -family) and the urban service area boundary and shall consist of native vegetation planted in a fifty -foot or wider Type "B" buffer with a six-foot opaque feature, as described in Chapter 926. Where walls are used, the wall variation requirements of subdivision ordinance section 913.09(9) shall apply. Where required, said buffer shall be treated as a required improvement for the project or project phase in which the buffer is to be located. 6 Yards adiacent to active agricultural operations. Subdivision and planned development proiects located within the urban service area where new residential lots are proposed adiacent to active asricultural operations that typically involve application of fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides (e.2. citrus Groves and field crops) shall provide a special buffer. A pasture shall not be considered an active agricultural use for purposes of this buffer requirement unless the pasture is regularly sprayed with fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides. The buffer shall be provided between the proposed residential lots and the adiacent active agricultural operation and shall consist of the quantity of canopy and understory trees required in a twenty-five (25) foot wide Type "B" buffer. As an alternative Bold Underline: Additions to Ordinance St.i !hfaugh: Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance C:\Documents and Settings\tlister\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\QPAZMTU8\2012-016 911 and 912.doc