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b0I2 PUBLIC IIEAIZING INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA LUR ANIENI)MENT MEMORANDUM TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: Stan Boling, AISP; ommunity Development Director FROM: John W. McCoy, AICP; Chief, Current Development DATE: May 19, 2015 SUBJECT: Consideration of Proposed Amendments to the CH, IL, and IG Maximum Building Coverage Regulations Chapter 911 [2001110066-74280/LDRA-15-05-01] It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of June 2, 2015. BACKGROUND Currently, the County's zoning district regulations include size and dimension requirements for various development parameters, including minimum lot size, minimum setbacks, minimum open space,floor area ratio,and maximum building coverage.Applied together,these regulations establish a building envelope, a maximum development area, and building footprint limitations for development on a parcel. Recently, Todd Howder and Kevin Hawkins contacted staff with concerns about the difference between the building coverage maximum and the floor area ratio (FAR) maximum within the CH (Heavy Commercial), IL (Light Industrial), and IG (General Industrial) zoning districts. Those differences came to light as they were working on designs for warehouse buildings on a US 1 CH zoned site. The existing CH, IL, and IG building coverage maximum limits the ground floor coverage for any building to 40% of the total site area while the existing floor area ratio (FAR) maximum allows up to 50%of a site to be covered by a one story building. A single story industrial warehouse building covering up to 50%of the site area could be developed in a manner that meets all development criteria(such as setbacks,open space,landscaping,stormwater management,FAR, parking) except for the current 40% building coverage maximum. In February, Mr. Howder, on behalf of Mr. Hawkins, filed a land development regulation (LDR) amendment proposing to increase the maximum building coverage for single-story structures within the CH zoning district from 40%to 50%(see attachment 1). Based on conversations with staff,the IL and IG zoning districts have been included in the request. In response to that request, staff has drafted a proposed ordinance to change maximum building coverage requirements for single-story warehouse and industrial buildings in the CH, IL, and IG districts. The applicant supports the proposed ordinance. 130 F:\Community Development\CurDev\BCC\2015 BCC\911 ch,il,ig bldg coverage.rtf 1