HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-31ORDINANCE NO.99-.L_
AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING THE
FOLLOWING CHAPTER OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
(LDRS): CHAPTER 911, ZONING; AND 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) BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Exemptions for the 98' Avenue Manufacturing Area and Historic Buildings and
Resources
A. Land Development Regulation section 911.19(3)(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(3) Specific development regulations within the SR 60 Corridor. In the SR 60 Corridor Plan
area, the following special regulations and exemptions shall apply to new development and
redevelopment projects that require major site plan approval.
(a) Exemptions:
1. Single-family development and redevelopment shall be exempt from all SR
60 Corridor special development regulations.
2. Multifamily development shall be exempt from foundation planting
landscaping requirements, prohibitions on fiberglass and asphalt shingles and
textured plywood as a finish product, and from requirements to screen roof
vents.
Industrial and storage buildings located in the CH, IL, and IG zoning districts
shall be exempted from foundation planting landscaping requirements and
architectural/building requirements for building facades that do not abut
residentially designated areas or front on public or platted roads. However,
industrial buildings shall satisfy the color requirements.
4. Electrical substations and similar uses that prohibit access by the public onto
the site may be exempted from architectural/building requirements, if the
exempted building(s) and equipment will be visually screened from adjacent
properties and roadways.
98t' Avenue Manufacturing District: Industrially zoned manufacturing uses
located along 98th Avenue comprise what is herein known as the 98th Avenue
manufacturing district. Within this district, manufacturing_ uses shall be
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exempt from all architectural/ building requirements and foundation planting
requirements. Such uses shall comply with the SR 60 Corridor regulations
for signs and colors. Along the 981 Avenue frontage of such uses. the SR 60
and Thoroughfare Plan road buffer shall be provided with the following
alternative: the 4' hedge and berm requirement may be reduced to a 2' hedge
and/or berm in exchange for a 20% increase in required canopy trees or a
50% increase in understory trees. As stated in the landscaping and buffer
regulations, clustering of trees within the buffer is allowed and encouraged.
6. Historic Buildings and Resources: In accordance with Future Land Use
Element objective 8 and LDR Chapter 933, historic buildings and resources
identified in the "Historic Properties Survey of Indian River County.
Florida or by the Historic Resources Advisory Committee. and located
within the SR 60 corridor are exempt from special SR 60 Corridor Plan
requirements to the extent that applying the special Corridor Plan
requirements would:
b. Threaten or destroy the historical significance of an identified historic
building or resource.
Said exemption shall be reviewed by and may be granted by the Planning and
Zoning Commission upon receiving a recommendation from staff and the
Historic Resources Advisory Committee.
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Said exemption shall be reviewed by and may be granted by the Planning and
Zoning Commission upon receiving a recommendation from staff and the
Historic Resources Advisory Committee.
(f) Foundation plantings. Foundation plantings shall be required as stated below
for buildings in commercial and industrial areas and for business= allowed
in residential areas. However, for industrial and storage buildings located in
the CH, IL, and IG zoning districts, foundation planting strips shall be
exempted for sides of buildings not fronting on a residentially designated
area, or a public or platted road. In addition, industrially zoned
manufacturing uses in the 98t' Avenue manufacturing district and historic
buildings and resources are exempt from foundation planting requirements
to the extent provided for in sections 911.19(3)(a15. and 6. of this ordinance.
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(f) Foundation plantings. Foundation plantings shall be required as stated below
for buildings in commercial and industrial areas and for business= allowed
in residential areas. However, for industrial and storage buildings located in
the CH, IL, and IG zoning districts, foundation planting strips shall be
exempted for sides of buildings not fronting on a residentially designated
area, or a public or platted road. In addition, industrially zoned
manufacturing uses in the 98t' Avenue manufacturing district and historic
buildings and resources are exempt from foundation planting requirements
to the extent provided for in sections 911.19(3)(a15. and 6. of this ordinance.
1. Industrial and storage uses in the CH, IL, and IG Districts:
Compliance shall be required only for those facades fronting on
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1. Industrial and storage uses in the CH, IL, and IG Districts:
Compliance shall be required only for those facades fronting on
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Architectural/building
(b)
exemptions
and
special requirements:
1. Industrial and storage uses in the CH, IL, and IG Districts:
Compliance shall be required only for those facades fronting on
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residentially designated areas or a public or plafted roads. However,
industrial buildings shall satisfy the color requirements. In addition,
industrially zoned manufacturing uses in the 98t' Avenue
manufacturing district and historic buildings and resources are
exempt from architectural/building requirements to the extent
provided for in sections 911.19(3)(a)5. and 6. of this ordinance.
D. Footnote "1 " of Land Development Regulations section 911.19(6) (b) is hereby amended to
read as follows:
'NOTE: The hedge and berm combination shall provide a visual screen four (4) feet high
above the grade of the project site parking area. An alternative to this standard is available
for industrially zoned manufacturing uses located in the 98t' Avenue manufacturing district,
as provided for in section 911.19(3)(a)5. of this ordinance. Hedge material shall provide full
screening to the ground; therefore, wax myrtles and shrubs with similar leafing
characteristics shall not be used for hedge material unless a double row arrangement is used.
At the time of a certificate of occupancy (CO) for the project site, the combination of
berming and hedging shall provide a four -foot visual screen, subject to county sight distance
requirements. Undulations in the berm and corresponding hedge height are encouraged.
Hedge shrubs shall be planted no further apart than twenty-four (24) inches on center along
the length of the buffer strip, to form a hedge that appears continuous as viewed from the
roadway being buffered. Berms shall have a slope no steeper than three (3) horizontal to one
(1) vertical, and shall be continuous along the length of the buffer strip, except where berm
modifications may be necessary for tree preservation as determined by the community
development director or his designee.
Clustering of trees along the buffer strip is encouraged, and uniform spacing of trees is
discouraged, except where used to emphasize a particular planting theme or development
style. Hedge plantings may be asymmetrical, and a buffer wall, not to exceed four (4) feet
in height except as specified below, is allowed within the middle one-third (1/3) of the buffer
strip's width (measured perpendicular to the road being buffered) if landscaping material is
planted on each side of the wall.
2. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
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 which conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
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3. CODIFICATION
The provisions of this ordinance 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.
4. SEVERABILITY
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 legislative intent to pass this ordinance
without such unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative part.
5. EFFECTIVE DATE
The provisions of this ordinance shall become effective upon filing with the Department of
Approved and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County,
Florida on this 26th day of o c t o h P r , 1999.
This ordinance was advertised in the Vero Beach Press -Journal on the 13 t h day of
October , 1999, for a public hearing to be held on the 2 6 t h day of o t_o b e r
1999, at which time it was moved for adoption by Commissioner G i n n
seconded by Commissioner Ad a m s , and adopted by the following vote;
The ordinance was adopted by a vote of :
Chairman Kenneth R. Macht
Vice Chairman Fran B. Adams
Commissioner Caroline D. Ginn
Commissioner Ruth Stanbridge
Commissioner
John
W. Tippin
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3. CODIFICATION
The provisions of this ordinance 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.
4. SEVERABILITY
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 legislative intent to pass this ordinance
without such unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative part.
5. EFFECTIVE DATE
The provisions of this ordinance shall become effective upon filing with the Department of
Approved and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County,
Florida on this 26th day of o c t o h P r , 1999.
This ordinance was advertised in the Vero Beach Press -Journal on the 13 t h day of
October , 1999, for a public hearing to be held on the 2 6 t h day of o t_o b e r
1999, at which time it was moved for adoption by Commissioner G i n n
seconded by Commissioner Ad a m s , and adopted by the following vote;
The ordinance was adopted by a vote of :
Chairman Kenneth R. Macht
Vice Chairman Fran B. Adams
Commissioner Caroline D. Ginn
Commissioner Ruth Stanbridge
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Commissioner
John
W. Tippin
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BOARD OF COUNTY .COMMISSIONERS
OF INDIAN RIVER; COUNTY
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By
Ac owledgment by the Department of State of tt�
1999.}
ate of Florida this day of
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Effective Date: Filed with the Department of State on the day of @ ,
1999.
William G. Collins
Deputy County Attorney
Community Development
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