0898 Industrial Height RestrictionsORDINANCE NO. 898
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 716 AND AS AMENDED, SECTION 90-345 THEREOF;
TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING CATEGORIES
RELATED TO THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING;
RESTRICTING SUCH EXCEPTION TO THE OKEECHOBEE COMMERCE
PARK AS PLATTED BY THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA;
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Okeechobee, Florida has established an industrial park known as
"City of Okeechobee Commerce Center", and located on industrial zoned property
located within the City, which park is found at Plat Book 7, Pages 10 -13, public
records, Okeechobee County, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Commerce Center location is isolated to other industrial uses in that its
location is the furthermost North and Eastem boundaries of the municipal city limits;
and
WHEREAS, the Commerce Center is designed to attract commercial and industrial uses
that create jobs for the City of Okeechobee and improve the overall commercial and
business environment of the City, and to assist in financial stability of the City and
its citizens; and
WHEREAS, due to the location of the Commerce Center, and its isolation from other
industrial uses within the city, as well as the intense industrial uses it may attract,
it is in the best interests of the City to permit certain industrial uses that may
otherwise not be compatible in other areas of the City that are zoned industrial;
NOW, THEREFORE, be ordained before the City Council for the City of Okeechobee,
Florida; presented at a duly advertised public meeting; and passed by majority vote
of the City Council; and properly executed by the Mayor or designee, as Chief
Presiding Officer for the City, it is adopted and approved that Ordinance No. 716 be
amended in the following respect:
Section 1.
Sec. 90 -345. Lot and structure requirements
Except where further restricted by these regulations for a particular use, the
minimum lot and structure requirements in the IND district shall be as follows:
(1) Minimum lot area.
All uses: Area As needed to comply with requirements set out in division
Width None
(2) Minimum yard requirements.
Except where a greater distance is required by these regulations for particular use,
the minimum yard setbacks shall be as follows:
All uses:
All uses:
Front 25 feet
Side 15 feet; 40 feet abutting residential zoning district
Rear 20 feet; 40 feet abutting residential zoning district
(3) Maximum lot coverage by all buildings.
Maximum Coverage Maximum Impervious
50 percent 85 percent
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(4) Maximum height of structures.
(a) Except where further restricted or enacted by these regulations for a
particular use, the maximum height shall be as follows: All uses shall
be 45 feet, where for any structure in which workers are employed;
ere-net-workers. and occupy. or a structure not occupied but which is
in the nature of a silo, spire. storage elevator, towers and similar
structures. except telecommunication towers govemed by 90-601 of
land development regulations
For all structures exceeding this height regardless of whether workers
are employed therein, and including any structure which may be
erected at a location that would adversely affect the navigational
requirements and air space surrounding the Okeechobee County
airport regardless of its height. such structures shall be permitted only
by special exception.
Section 2. Conflict.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Severability.
If any provision or portion of this ordinance is declared by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be void, unconstitutional, or unenforceable, then all remaining
provisions and portions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
INTRODUCED for first reading and set for final public hearing s 5 day of July, 2005.
John R. Cook, City Attorney
PASSED AND ADOPTED after Second and Final Public Hearing this 19 day of July,
2005.
La Gamiote CMC, City Clerk
REVIEWED FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
Language underlined is to be added.
Language stricken is to be deleted.
James E. Kirk, Mayor
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James E. Kirk, Mayor
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