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to A - <br /> LDR AMENDMENT <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA ILEGISLATIVE1 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator <br /> D T ENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br /> odZ <br /> Robert M. Keating, ACP; ommuni evelopment Director <br /> /:)�5 <br /> FROM: Stan Boling, AICP <br /> Planning Director <br /> DATE: May 15, 2013 <br /> SUBJECT: Consideration of Amendments to Land Development Regulations(LDRs)Chapters 901,911, <br /> and 912 to Change the Limitations for Size of Commercial Vehicles and Recreational <br /> Vehicles Parked Outside in Residential Areas <br /> It is requested that the following information be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br /> Commissioners at its regular meeting of June 18, 2013. <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> In Indian River County,certain types of commercial vehicles are prohibited from being parked in residential <br /> areas. Those prohibited commercial vehicles include bucket trucks,dump trucks,semi-tractors,semi-trailers, <br /> and other similar vehicles, as well as vehicles over a certain size and weight. In essence, current county <br /> regulations allow commercial trucks and vans, subject to weight, length, and height limitations, while <br /> prohibiting larger, more industrial type of vehicles. <br /> At the February 5,2013 Board of County Commissioners meeting,Ron Heen appeared and requested that the <br /> county change its land development regulations(LDRs)to allow commercial vehicles taller than 9 feet to be <br /> parked outside in residential areas. Mr.Heen is a tile and flooring contractor who parks his commercial truck <br /> at his single-family residence at 1046 22nd Avenue in the Heritage Estates subdivision. <br /> During discussion at the February 5`h meeting, the Board heard from staff that Mr. Heen is currently under <br /> code enforcement for multiple violations. One of those violations involves parking a 9'h foot tall commercial <br /> vehicle outside in a residential area contrary to county LDRs that prohibit commercial vehicles over 9 feet tall <br /> from being parked outside in residential areas. Staff also showed the Board pictures of Mr.Heen's truck and <br /> illustrations presented to the Board in 2008 when the county last changed its commercial vehicle regulations. <br /> At the conclusion of the February 5`h discussion, the Board indicated a willingness to accommodate Mr. <br /> Heen's request and directed staff to evaluate regulations for commercial vehicles parked in residential areas. <br /> In response to the Board's direction, staff surveyed commercial vehicle regulations of other local <br /> governments and compared those with Indian River County's regulations. Also, staff included recreational <br /> vehicles in its research, since the Board recently expressed an interest in re-examining the county's current <br /> prohibition on parking recreational vehicles that exceed 32 feet in length in residential areas. Staff then <br /> FACommunity Deve1opment\CurDev\BCC\2013 BCC\CommandRVatresidenceBCC.doc 126 <br />