0466 ZoningORDINANCE NO. 466
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX A, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; AMENDING
THE SCHEDULE OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS TO CREATE THE NEW ZONING
DISTRICT - COMMERCIAL, PROFESSIONAL/OFFICE (CPO); PROVIDING
PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES; PROVIDING PERMITTED
. ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES; PROVIDING PROHIBITED USES AND
STRUCTURES; PROVIDING SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND REQUIRED SETBACKS;
PROVIDING LIMITATIONS ON SIGNS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND MINIMUM
OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Appendix A. The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Okeechobee,
Florida is hereby amended to include a new zoning classification in the schedule of
district regulations to be known as Commercial, Professional/Office (CPO), the pro-
visions of which are set out below:
DISTRICTS AND INTENT
CPO -COMMERCIAL, PROFESSIONAL AND OFFICE:
This district is intended primarily for restricted commercial activity. Among
the types of uses are professional offices, such as doctors, dentists, attorneys,
engineers, etc. as applied by the title. Also, in this district, one will find all
types of business offices and medical and dental clinics. along with related types
of activities. Residential uses in the area are permitted by special exceptions
since the district is not intended for general residential use. Prohibited in the
district are such things as retail sales, service stations, motor vehicle repair
shops and other activities of a highly business intensified nature.
PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES
CPO
1. Clinic/Office, medical and dental, (but not hospital), chiropractor (but not
masseur), optometrists, optician and oculist.
2. Professional offices, such as accountant, architect, attorney, engineer,
land planner, surveyor and similar uses.
3. Business offices, such as real estate broker, insurance agent, stock broker,
manufacturers agent, and similar uses.
4. Funeral homes, (but not crematory), private clubs and lodges.
All of the permitted uses in the CPO DISTRICT are limited by the following condi-
tions:
1. No retail sales, display or storage of merchandise shall
be permitted, except as allowed by special exception as
provided herein.
2. No vehicles, other than passenger automobiles or trucks of
not more than three quarter ton capacity shall be used.
3. No manufacture, repair or work of mechanical nature of any
kind shall be permitted and no machinery shall be used other
than normal office equipment, such as typewriters, calculators,
computers, bookkeeping machines, etc.
PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES
CPO
1. Are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate
to the permitted or permissible uses and structures.
2. Are located on the same lot as the permitted or permissible uses
or structure, or on a contiguous lot on the same ownership.
3. Do not involve operations or structures not in keeping with the
character of the district.
4. On the same premises and in connection with the permitted or
permissible uses and structures, dwelling units only for
occupancy by owners or employees.
PROHIBITED USES AND STRUCTURES
CPO
Any use of structure not specifically, provisionally, or by reasonable
implication permitted herein.
0 SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS
Permissible by board of adjustments
after public notice and hearing and
safeguards (see section 13.3)
CPO
1. Child care center
2. Beauty shop, barber shop, gift shop, tea room (but not full service
restaurant or drive-in restaurant).
3. Public parks, playgrounds, playfields, city or county buildings in
keeping with the character and requirements of the district.
4. Houses of worship, provided parcel size shall not be less than 1.75 acres.
5. Hospital, nursing home, and sanitarium.
6. Schools, colleges and universities.
7. Boutique, apparel shops.
8. Vocational, technical, trade or business school.
MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS
(area and width)
CPO
None, except as needed to meet all other requirements set out herein.
MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE BY ALL BUILDINGS
CPO
65% (Sixty-five percent)
MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS
CPO
a) Front: 20 feet
b) Side: Must be none or else 8 ft., except where CPO lot abuts land zoned
residential, with or without an intervening street or alley, then
20 ft. side yard must be provided on CPO lot.
c) Rear: 10 ft., except where CPO lot abuts land zoned residential, with
or without an intervening street or alley, then 20 ft. rear yard
must be provided by CPO lot.
MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES
CPO
All uses: 45 feet
LIMITATIONS ON SIGNS
CPO
1. Signs for use in this district should be compatible with their surroundings,
appropriate to the type of activity to which they pertain, expressive of the
the identity of the individual proprietors or the community as a whole, and
legible in the circumstances in which they are seen. Each establishment for
use in this district is limited to one ground sign and two attached building
signs.
2. No ground sign over thirty-six inches in height shall be erected within
thirty feet of the intersection of street right-of-way lines without prior
• approval by the City Council.
3. No sign shall be erected or maintained at any location in such a manner as
to obstruct free and clean vision at any intersection of any street or other
public ways.
4. No sign shall be erected or maintained at any location where, by reason
of the position, illumination, shape or color, it may interfere with,
obstruct the view of, or be confused with any authorized traffic sign,
signal or device.
5. No ground sign area shall exceed forty-eight square feet per face of a
one or two face sign.
• 6. The total sign area for each building establishment and for each major
street frontage for that establishment shall not exceed forty-eight square
feet per face of a one or two face sign for wall signs as permitted.
7. An establishment having a building frontage along a single major street in
excess of seventy-five feet may increase its allowable sign area by one
third square foot for each foot of that building frontage in excess of
seventy-five feet.
8. Other signs prohibited in this district are:
a) Portable or sandwich type signs
b) Signs attached to trees or utility poles
c) Wind blown or attention catching devices
d) Spectacular or animated signs, blinking, moving, flashing or
revolving.
e) Banner signs
f) Off premise signs
MINIMUM OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
(see also section 7.13; for off street
loading requirements see section 7.13 (m)-(p)
CPO
Off street requirements shall be accordance with the provision of the zoning
ordinance, but in no event shall they be less than those provided in the
commercial (C) district.
SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
Introduced on first reading and set for public hearing this 8th day of June,
1982.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
" J
Mayor
Introduced and passed on second and final reading this 13th day of July, 1982.
ATTEST:
City C er
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorn~rf
Mayor