HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-29ORDINANCE NO. 87- Z9
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE CODE OF LAWS AND
ORDINANCES OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, LICENSING AND LICENSE TAXES;
MODIFYING THE DEFINITION OF TEMPORARY PAVILION AND OF TRANSIENT
MERCHANT; REQUIRING TEMPORARY USE PERMITS FOR TRANSIENT MERCHANTS;
APPLYING NEW REGULATIONS TO CONTINUING TRANSIENT MERCHANT OPERA-
TIONS; AMENDING SECTION 25 OF APPENDIX A OF THE CODE OF LAWS AND
ORDINANCES OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, GENERAL PROVISIONS; PROVIDING
FOR INCLUSION OF TRANSIENT MERCHANTS IN TEMPORARY USE PERMIT
CATAGORIES; ESTABLISHING APPLICATION, SITE, AND OPERATION
STANDARDS FOR TRANSIENT MERCHANTS; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION,
SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
Section 1
Section 15-101 of Chapter 15, Indian River County Code of
Laws and Ordinances is hereby amended as follows.
For the purpose of this article the following terms shall be
given the meanings set forth below.
Temporary pavilion is any devise, operational vehicle,
4tt4Ot4tO, apparatus, tent, grouping of tables, or any other
display technique or apparatus that is mobile or portable, and
that is not a �Ot64 i At structure, as defined in the zoning code.
Transient merchant is any person or business entity that
engages in the sale of any personal Otlt 44 property, unless such
sales are excluded from transient merchant status by other zoning
code regulations, including but not limited to food products,
agricultural products, and merchandise, from )0440404104 temporary
pavilions OA/16t along public or private streets
with the following exceptions:
(1) Any person selling agricultural products from
agriculturally zoned property upon which he or she grew
the produce provided the products are not offered for
sale in the road right-of-way4; and
(2) Any person who sells his or her own property which was
not acquired for resale, barter or exchange and does not
conduct such sales or acts as a participant by
furnishing property for sale in such a manner more than
three (3) times during any calendar year (i.e., garage
sales, rummage sales, white elephant sales, etc.) when
property is not offered for sale in the road
right-of-way.
Section 2
Section 15-102 of Chapter 15, Indian River County Code of
Laws and Ordinances is hereby amended as follows.
Section 15-102. License and temporary use permit required;
licensing process.
(A) License prerequisite to sale. It shall be unlawful for
any person or business entity to engage in the business of a
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transient merchant in Indian River County without having first
obtained a transient merchant business license from the tax
collector of Indian River County, Florida.
Ajby (1) Application for license. Applications for a
license to conduct business as a transient merchant shall be
submitted to the tax collector and shall contain the following
information, certification, and permit:
XXY (a) Name, permanent address and telephone number of
applicant/owner.
A 4 (b) Florida sales tax number of applicant/owner.
X$i (c) The exact location where the merchandise will be
displayed and sold.
X$y (d) A letter from the owner of the property from which
the merchandise will be displayed and sold granting
permission to the transient merchant to conduct
business at said location. X txo/414 IAV44014AU
,($Y (e) Certification from the zoning department of Indian
River County 40404t440 that the area proposed for
the display and sale carries a commercials 14044f
tt441 or agricultural zoning classification. No
occupational license will be issued by the tax
collector without this certification and temporary
use permit
(f) A temporary use permit issued by the zoning
department of Indian River County as required by
the zoning code. No occupational license shall be
issued without a temporary use permit.
(B) Requirements applied to existing transient merchant
uses. No transient merchant uses in existence prior to
the adoption of these regulations shall be exempted from
these regulations nor shall such uses be considered
"grandfathered -in" under previous regulations.
Transient merchants permitted under previous regulations
shall comply with these regulations at such time that a
previously issued occupational license or temporary use
permit expires.
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Section 25(c)(3) of Appendix A, the Zoning Code, Indian River
County Code of Laws and Ordinances is hereby amended as follows.
a. Agricultural districts.
(i) Christmas tree sales.
(ii) Model homes.
(iii) Temporary construction offices.
(iv) Temporary meeting, recreation or amusement
facilities.
(v) Temporary real estate offices.
(vi) Temporary sale of fruit and vegetables.
(vii) Similar temporary uses.
(viii) Transient Merchants
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(i) Model homes.
(ii) Temporary construction offices.
Temporary real estate offices.
(iv) Similar temporary uses.
c. Commercial
b.
Residential
districts.
(i) Model homes.
(ii) Temporary construction offices.
Temporary real estate offices.
(iv) Similar temporary uses.
(i) Christmas tree sales.
(ii) Temporary construction offices.
(iii) Temporary meeting, recreation or amusement
facilities.
(iv) Temporary real estate offices.
(v) Similar temporary uses.
(vi) Transient Merchants
d. Industrial districts.
(i) Temporary construction offices.
(ii) Temporary meeting, recreation or amusement
facilities.
(iii) Temporary real estate offices.
(iv) Similar temporary uses.
Section 4
Establish section 25(c)(6)d of Appendix A, the Zoning Code,
Indian River County Code of Laws and Ordinances as follows
d. Transient Merchant Operations
(1) Transient merchant operations shall meet the following
criteria:
(a) Temporary pavilions utilized. No structures, as defined
in the zoning code, may be utilized; only temporary
pavilions as defined in the code of laws and ordinances
may be utilized for transient merchant operations. All
facilities used shall be self-contained and mobile or
portable. No mobile homes or trailers that exceed two
hundred (200) square feet in area may be utilized by
"Class A" merchants as defined herein. Trailers may be
used by "Class B" merchants as defined herein.
(b) Utilities use restricted. No utilities connections
(such as electrical, telephone, plumbing, or septic
tanks) shall be permitted with the following exception:
"Class B" transient merchants as defined herein may
obtain temporary electrical power for sales operations.
(c) Sign regulations. Any and all signs to be utilized on
site must conform to county sign regulations and shall
be deemed to be temporary and not a structure, andmust
be removed upon expiration of the temporary use permit
or upon vacation of the site. A sign permit, if re-
quired, must be obtained prior to issuance of a
transient merchant temporary use permit.
(d) Access alternatives. Access drives shall be limited to
the lowest classification road available to the site,
(e) Driveways restricted. All driveways utilized shall be
either existing improved and permitted driveways or new
driveways meeting the criteria specified herein. New
driveways (road cuts) may be permitted by the County
traffic engineer:
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c. Commercial
districts.
(i) Christmas tree sales.
(ii) Temporary construction offices.
(iii) Temporary meeting, recreation or amusement
facilities.
(iv) Temporary real estate offices.
(v) Similar temporary uses.
(vi) Transient Merchants
d. Industrial districts.
(i) Temporary construction offices.
(ii) Temporary meeting, recreation or amusement
facilities.
(iii) Temporary real estate offices.
(iv) Similar temporary uses.
Section 4
Establish section 25(c)(6)d of Appendix A, the Zoning Code,
Indian River County Code of Laws and Ordinances as follows
d. Transient Merchant Operations
(1) Transient merchant operations shall meet the following
criteria:
(a) Temporary pavilions utilized. No structures, as defined
in the zoning code, may be utilized; only temporary
pavilions as defined in the code of laws and ordinances
may be utilized for transient merchant operations. All
facilities used shall be self-contained and mobile or
portable. No mobile homes or trailers that exceed two
hundred (200) square feet in area may be utilized by
"Class A" merchants as defined herein. Trailers may be
used by "Class B" merchants as defined herein.
(b) Utilities use restricted. No utilities connections
(such as electrical, telephone, plumbing, or septic
tanks) shall be permitted with the following exception:
"Class B" transient merchants as defined herein may
obtain temporary electrical power for sales operations.
(c) Sign regulations. Any and all signs to be utilized on
site must conform to county sign regulations and shall
be deemed to be temporary and not a structure, andmust
be removed upon expiration of the temporary use permit
or upon vacation of the site. A sign permit, if re-
quired, must be obtained prior to issuance of a
transient merchant temporary use permit.
(d) Access alternatives. Access drives shall be limited to
the lowest classification road available to the site,
(e) Driveways restricted. All driveways utilized shall be
either existing improved and permitted driveways or new
driveways meeting the criteria specified herein. New
driveways (road cuts) may be permitted by the County
traffic engineer:
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10 if traffic maneuverability and safety can be
adequately handled by the new driveway location and
design; and if
2. a State department of transportation driveway
permit or county right-of-way permit, whichever is
applicable, is issued for the new driveway.
(f) Parking requirements. A minimum of four (4) temporary
standard -sized parking spaces for "Class A" merchants,
five (5) standard -sized parking. spaces "Class B"
merchants, shall be provided on site with all parking
spaces and driveways clearly designated on site prior to
sales operation. Temporary parallel spaces off of
one-way drives may be provided if the county's size and
dimension specifications for such driveways and spaces
are satisfied.
(g) Separation Distance. No "Class A" transient merchant
operation, as defined herein, shall be located within
one thousand five hundred (1,500) lineal feet of another
permitted "Class A" transient merchant operation.
(h) Application requirements. Any application shall include
a sketch showing:
1s site dimensions;
2s all required setback lines,
39 location and dimensions of all temporary pavilions,
driveways, entrances and exits, parking spaces,
4* adjacent roads and road rights-of-way, and
easements;
5e location and dimensions of all signs to be used.
`(i) Site cleaning and cash bond required. Within 30 da s of
temporary use permit expiration, all items related to
the transient merchant operation shall be removed from
the site. Prior to the issuance of any permit, a cash
bond in the amount of $200.00 shall be submitted to the
county. The county may use the entire amount of sub-
mitted funds to pay for disposing of all transient
merchant related items remaininq on a site 30 days after
permit expiration.
site, an applican
submitted funds. Permit applicants will receive the
submitted cash bond amount if:
1, the county has not used the funds under the
conditions described above; and
2* the site is inspected by the county and it is
verified that the site has been cleaned -up and all
transient merchant related items have been removed.
In cases where the County has used the $200.00 cash bond
for site clean-up, no transient merchant temporary use
permit shall be issued to the same applicant whose
vacated operation caused the cash bond default and
resulting clean-up by the County.
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(2). Operation in rights-of-way and easements. No transient
merchants. shall operate within any public rights-of-way. No
operations within easements shall be permitted unless specifically
allowed by all parties having an interest in such easements.
(3). Exemptions. The following types of sales operations,
for purposes of zoning regulations, shall not be considered
transient merchants:
a) curbside mobile ice cream sales involving frequent,
intermittent stops;
b) merchandise deliveries;
c) mobile prepared food services catering to employees at
employment sites or patrons at permitted special events.
(4) Time Limitations and Classifications. All transient
merchant temporary use permits shall clearly define an expiration
date No permit shall be transferable, and no permit shall be
good for a period of more than six months. Renewal of a permit_
shall require re-application.
(a) Transient Merchant Classifications. All proposed
transient merchant uses shall be classified as one of
the following:
Class A: Fruit and Vegetable Sales.
Class B: Seasonal Sales such as Christmas tree sales
and other similar uses;. use in operation, no
more than 45 days during any given permit
vear. (Season and permitey ar periods must be
ation
Class A and Class B permits may be renewed every six
months.
(5) Approval of planning director required. The planning
and development director shall, based on review of the application
and conformance with 'the criteria specified herein, have the
authority to approve, approve with conditions, or deny any tran-
sient merchant temporary use permit application or re-application.
(6) Appeals of decision. If an applicant disagrees with a
determination made by the planning and development director under
these provisions, review shall be available to the applicant by
way of written appea
Written appeals of ang
to the planninc
Manning and zon
zoning commission.
commission determina-
specified
on T.U.P.
(b) Specific
a
Class A and Class B permits may be renewed every six
months.
(5) Approval of planning director required. The planning
and development director shall, based on review of the application
and conformance with 'the criteria specified herein, have the
authority to approve, approve with conditions, or deny any tran-
sient merchant temporary use permit application or re-application.
(6) Appeals of decision. If an applicant disagrees with a
determination made by the planning and development director under
these provisions, review shall be available to the applicant by
way of written appea
Written appeals of ang
to the planninc
Manning and zon
zoning commission.
commission determina-
tion may be considered by the board
of county commissioners.
(b) Specific
permit renewal
and re-application
periods.
Class A and Class B permits may be renewed every six
months.
(5) Approval of planning director required. The planning
and development director shall, based on review of the application
and conformance with 'the criteria specified herein, have the
authority to approve, approve with conditions, or deny any tran-
sient merchant temporary use permit application or re-application.
(6) Appeals of decision. If an applicant disagrees with a
determination made by the planning and development director under
these provisions, review shall be available to the applicant by
way of written appea
Written appeals of ang
to the planninc
Manning and zon
zoning commission.
commission determina-
Section 5
All previous ordinances, resolutions, or motions of the Board
of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida which
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed
to the extent of such conflict. All Special Acts of the
legislature applying only to the unincorporated portion of Indian
River County and which conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
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tion may be considered by the board
of county commissioners.
Section 5
All previous ordinances, resolutions, or motions of the Board
of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida which
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed
to the extent of such conflict. All Special Acts of the
legislature applying only to the unincorporated portion of Indian
River County and which conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
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Section 6
CODIFICATION
The provisions of this iordinance shall be incorporated into
the County Code and the word "ordinance" may be changed to
"section", "article", or other appropriate word, and the sections
of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered to accomplish
such intentions.
Section 7
If any section, part of a sentence, paragraph, phrase or word
of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional,
inoperative or void, such holdings shall not affect the remaining
portions hereof and it shall be construed to have been the legis-
lative intent to pass this ordinance without such unconstitu-
tional, invalid or inoperative part.
Section 8
The provisions of this ordinance shall become effective upon
receipt from the Florida Secretary of State of official acknow-
ledgement that this ordinance has been filed with the Department
of State.
Approved and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of
Indian River County, Florida on this 10th day of March
1987.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF INDIAN RIVER_.COUNTY, FLORIDA
Don C�. Scurlock, Jr. Chairman
Acknowledgement by the Department of State of the State of Florida
this 16th day of March 1987.
Effective Date: Acknowledgment from the Department of State
received on this 20th day of March , 1987 at 11:00
A.M./P.M. and filed in the office of the clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY.
Bruce Barkett, Assistant
County Attorney
APPROVED AS TO PLANNING
MATTERS.
Robert Keati g, D*V6ctor
Planning & De elo ent
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