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ORDINANCE NO. 1079
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA PROVIDING
FOR AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES INCLUDING
SECTION 30-35 RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AND
LOCATION OF COMMERCIAL SANITARY GARBAGE CONTAINERS;
SECTION 66-1 DEFINITIONS, BY ADDING CERTAIN NEW DEFINITIONS
AND UPDATING EXISTING DEFINITIONS FOR CLARITY AND
CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS; SECTION 78-36 RELATING TO
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO
PROVIDE SIDEWALKS ALONG STREETS; SECTIONS 90-103(1), 90-
133(1), AND 90-193(2), BY ADDING BED AND BREAKFAST
ESTABLISHMENTS TO THE LIST OF SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES IN
THE RSF 1, RSF 2, AND RMF DISTRICTS, RESPECTIVELY; SECTIONS
90-135(B)(1) AND 90-196, BY CLARIFYING THE MINIMUM YARD
REQUIREMENTS FOR ZERO LOT LINE SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS IN
THE RSF 2 AND RMF DISTRICTS; SECTIONS 90-253(1)AND (2)AND 90-
282(3) AND (5) BY ADDING LAUNDROMAT AND TAKE-OUT
RESTAURANT TO THE LIST OF SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND PERMITTED
USES IN THE CLT AND CHV DISTRICTS, RESPECTIVELY; BY
MODIFYING SECTION 90-316 TO RECTIFY AN INCORRECT
REFERENCE; SECTIONS 90-342 AND 90-343 BY MOVING CAFÉ FROM
THE LIST OF SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES TO THE LIST OF PERMITTED
USES IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND BY ADDING CERTAIN
PERSONAL SERVICE USES TO THE LIST OF PERMITTED USES IN THE
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION 90-511(e)(6)
PROHIBITING PARKING SPACES ADJACENT TO A DRIVEWAY FROM
BEING CLOSER THAN 20 FEET TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A PUBLIC
ROAD; SECTION 90-512 BY MODIFYING THE OFF-STREET PARKING
REQUIREMENT FOR AUTOMOBILE SALES ESTABLISHMENTS; BY
DELETING SECTION 90-535 IN ITS ENTIRETY AND INCORPORATING
ITS PROVISIONS INTO SECTION 90-534; BY MODIFYING SECTION 90-
573(B)TO RECTIFY AN INCORRECT REFERENCE; BY MODIFYING THE
TITLE OF DIVISION 9 TO INCLUDE SUPPLEMENTAL USE
REGULATIONS; SECTIONS 90-693(3), 90-695(3), AND 90-696(3) BY
MODIFYING THE MINIMUM SIDE AND REAR YARDS FOR COMMUNITY
CENTERS, ADULT FAMILY CARE HOMES OR ASSISTED LIVING
FACILITIES,AND HOUSES OF WORSHIP; BY ADDING A NEW SECTION
90-703 ,9O2. SETTING FORTH REGULATIONS SPECIFICALLY PERTAINING
TO OUTDOOR VEHICLE SALES LOTS; PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS OF
FACT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Okeechobee, Florida, has a legitimate interest in periodic review
of its ordinances and land development regulations in order to update recent
legislative amendments; to address certain inconsistencies or outdated regulations
contained in the codes; to make amendments to meet changing community
standards, or to accommodate new development; and to create new ordinance or
regulation to better serve the public and to make the code a more consistent and
easier to understand document; and
WHEREAS, Staff and Planning Board for the City of Okeechobee, Florida have recently
reviewed the Code of Ordinances and Land Development Regulations to determine
areas of improvement; has discussed same at public meetings; and has
• recommended certain changes, amendments or modifications to the code to
present to the City Council for ordinance adoption; and
WHEREAS, in order to effectively address these recommendations in an orderly manner
with the intent of including all recommendations in a single ordinance, which will
save the city and its citizens costs and time, this ordinance is a compilation of many
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amendments, which when adopted, will amend each of the cited code sections
upon its effective date; and
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida, has considered the
recommendations of the Planning Board and Staff, and concludes that each of the
proposed amendments are in the best interests of the City and its citizens, that said
amendments are necessary and appropriate to make the codes more consistent
and responsive to the needs of the City and its citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by 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:
Section 1.
That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
30, ENVIRONMENT, Section 30-35(c) as follows:
(c) . •. - - - - . a. . - : -- : - Except for single-family developments,
all residential developments of four or more dwelling units must use
use commercial sanitary garbage containers as approved by the city. Areas where
such containers are located must be screened from view on all sides by a fence not
less than four feet and not more than six feet in height, with provision for convenient
and safe access by the collection service. Street-side pick-up of garbage or trash
is prohibited.
Section 2.
That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
66, GENERAL PROVISIONS, Section 66-1, Definitions, as follows:
Adult family care homes or assisted living facilities means a building designed or
used as permanent living quarters for six or more unrelated persons or families,
in which individual cooking facilities are not provided. The term "adult family care
homes or assisted living facilities" includes an adult congregate living facility,
Oa; - : - : • - -, _ - - - :•- -, - • . - •, and housing for the elderly. The
term "adult family care homes or assisted living facilities" shall not include a
hotel, motel, or nursing home.
Bar means an establishment for the sale and on-premises consumption of
alcoholic beverages as a primary use, without live performers, and includes a
tavern, cocktail lounge and saloon.
Boardinghouse means an owner-occupied dwelling, or part thereof,
o - - - .. - _ - - - a a . a ' ; in which lodging, and perhaps meals, are
provided to individuals unrelated to the owner for compensation; includes a
rooming h o u s e. ; - : a - 0 _ - o a - - ; - - - -- - - -
Bed and Breakfast establishment means an owner-occupied dwelling in which
overnight accommodations and a morning meal are provided, for compensation,
to transients.
Cluster development means the development of residential dwelling units, or
commercial, industrial or institutional building floor area, in which the density or
intensity of the uses is increased by the transfer of density or intensity from one
site or part of a site to another. Such development is authorized by permitting
smaller lot sizes when a specified part of the land is placed in permanent
conservation use.
Community center means = -- - - '- : : _ - - - -- a
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a facility used for recreational, social, educational, or cultural activities, and not
operated primarily for profit.
Dock means any fixed or floating accessory structure for securing vessels,
loading or unloading persons or property, or providing access to the water.
Flag means any freely waving material containing colors, patterns, insignias or
• symbols except as otherwise defined for the purposes of distinguishing a flag
from a banner (see definition of a flag in Division 5, Signs, §90-564).
Flea market means : - :• 6 __ - - ; - - - - ; - - - - - a a market
held in an open area or structure where parcels of land or portions of a
building(s1 are rented to individual merchants to display and sell goods
Floor area ratio means : ; a ,- - •• _ - _ a = - • - • - - = - = a a - -
the gross floor area of all buildings or structures on a lot divided by the
total area of the lot.
Height (See definitions for building height and structure height)
Home occupation means a business, profession, or trade carried out for financial
gain by a resident and within the resident's dwelling unit.
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Hotel means an establishment containing primarily sleeping accommodations for
transient guests, - - - - -- _: - _ -._ •- a •- .••.. • ; __ -- - with no
kitchen facilities other than a microwave, coffee pot, and small refrigerator, and
which may have restaurants, personal services and indoor recreation as
accessory uses.
House of worship means a church, temple, synagogue and similar centers of an
established religion for the primary purpose of conducting religious services on a
regular basis.
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Dry cleaner/laundry means an establishment where retail customers drop off and
pick up clothing for laundering and/or cleaning. Laundering and/or dry cleaning
may be conducted on the premises.
Laundromat means an establishment providing home-type washing, drying, and
dry cleaning and/or ironing machines on the premises for rental use to the
general public.
Lower income family means a family or household whose annual income does
not exceed 80 percent of that of a median family or household income for the
city, adjusted for household size.
Manufacturing means establishments engaged in the mechanical or chemical
transformation of materials or substances into new products, including the
fabrication and/or assembling of component parts, the creation of products, and
the blending of materials, such as lubricating oils, plastics, resins, or liquors.
Marina means a facility for storing, servicing, fueling, berthing, and securing of
boats and which may include eating, sleeping, and retail facilities for owners,
crews, and guests.
Nonconforming use means a lawful building, structure or land existing on the
date of enactment or amendment of these regulations, but which does not
• conform to the use regulations of the district in which it is located.
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Nursing home means an establishment providing permanent living quarters for
three or more unrelated, disabled, sick or mentally ill persons, in which
convalescent facilities and personal care is are provided; but not including
hospitals, clinics and institutions.
Off-street loading space means space at least ten feet wide by 30 feet long by
14 feet high used for temporary location of one motor vehicle while loading or
unloading persons or cargo.
Outdoor vehicle sales lot means an establishment for the sales of new and used
operable vehicles including cars, campers, recreational vehicles, trailers, trucks,
boats and similar vehicles; and excluding golf carts, riding mowers, go-carts,
farm equipment and mobile homes.
Pier(see Dock)
Private club means an establishment catering exclusively to an association of
persons and their guests, on a primarily not-for-profit basis, and which is not
available for unrestricted public access, includes fraternal lodge, sorority, and
union hall.
Recreational vehicle park means land under unified control designed to
accommodate short-term overnight parking of for five or
more recreational vehicles, and not for permanent residential use.
Research laboratory means a facility for investigation into the natural, physical,
or social sciences, which may include engineering and product development.
Residential migrant housing facility means housing, provided for individuals and
their families who are migrant farm workers, to be occupied solely by such
migrant farm workers and their families while employed in active agricultural
operations.
Restaurant means an establishment where food and drink are prepared, served,
and consumed, mostly within the principal building.
Restaurant, take-out, means an establishment where food and/or beverages are
sold in a form ready for consumption, where all or a significant part of the
consumption takes place outside the confines of the restaurant, and where
ordering and pickup of food and/or beverages may take place from an
automobile when a special exception for drive-through service has been
approved.
Retail store means an enclosed establishment - - •- : - :. ...• , : - 0 -
manufacturing any product in which goods or merchandise are sold or rented
directly to the general public; and, which does not involve the manufacture or
processing of such goods except as may be incidental and subordinate to the retail
sale, as in the case of a retail bakery or jeweler.
Service,personal, means an establishmentincluding:primarily engaged in providing
services involving the care of a person or his or her personal goods or apparel.
These include barbershop, beauty shop, clothes cleaning and repair, dry-cleaner,
nail care, pawnshop, reducing studio salons and health clubs, shoe repair, tailor,
and similar uses not primarily offering a product for sale.
Service, retail means a restaurant, take-out restaurant, café, printer, pawnshop,
dance or music studio, pet shop, as well as a bar or tavern for on-premise
consumption of alcohol alcoholic beverages, and similar establishments.
Structure height means the vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of a proposed finished grade for the structure to the highest point of the structure
(for roofed structures see Building height)
Section 3.
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That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
78, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, Section 78-36 to read as follows:
Sec. 78-36 Sidewalks, driveways, and pedestrian access.
(a) When required.
• (1) All projects, except for those involving only one individual single-
family structure, constructed in zoning districts set out in Section 90-71
of this Code, wherein the lands of the owner and/or developer adjoin a
collector or arterial street or city right of way, shall provide sidewalks
adjacent along each such street or right of way.
Section 4.
That the City City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein
Chapter 90, ZONING, ARTICLE III, Sections 90-103(1), 90-133(1), and 90-193(2)
by adding bed and breakfast establishments to the list of special exception uses in
the RSF 1, RSF 2, and RMF Districts, respectively, to read as follows and to
renumber subsequent uses accordingly
RSF 1 District, Sec. 90-103. Special exception uses.
(1)Boardinghouse
(2)Bed and breakfast establishments with six or fewer sleeping rooms.
RSF 2 District, Sec. 90-133. Special exception uses. ...
(1) Boardinghouse
(2) Bed and breakfast establishments with six or fewer sleeping rooms.
RMF District, Sec. 90-193. Special exception uses.
(2) Boardinghouse
(3) Bed and breakfast establishments.
Section 5.
That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
90, ZONING, ARTICLE III, Sections 90-135(B)(1) and 90-196 by clarifying the
minimum yard requirements for zero lot line single-family dwellings in the RSF 2 and
RMF Districts, respectively, to read as follows:
RSF 2 District, 90-135. Lot and structure requirements
(b) Minimum yard requirements...
(1) Single-family dwelling: Front 25 feet
Side 10 feet
Rear 10 feet
Zero lot line single-family dwelling: Front 25 feet
Side 15 feet and 0 feet
Rear 10 feet
RMF District, 90-196. Lot and structure requirements.
(2) Minimum yard requirements...
(a) Single-family dwelling and
two family dwellings: Front 25 feet
Side 10 feet
Rear 10 feet
Zero lot line single-family dwelling: Front 25 feet
Side 15 feet and 0 feet
Rear 10 feet
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Section 6.
That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
90, ZONING, ARTICLE III, Sections 90-253(1) and (2) and 90-282(3) and (5) by
adding laundromat and take-out restaurant to the list of special exception and
permitted uses in the CLT and CHV Districts, respectively, to read as follows:
CLT District, 90-253, Special exception uses.
(1) Restaurant, take-out restaurant, café.
(2) Dry cleaner/laundry, laundromat
CHV District, Sec. 90-282. Permitted uses.
(3) Restaurant, take-out restaurant, café.
(5) larreleaner7lattndry Dry cleaner/laundry, laundromat
Section 7.
That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
90, ZONING, ARTICLE Ill, Section 90-316 to read as follows:
Sec. 90-316. Additional regulations
The following additional regulations shall apply to all uses within this district. In
the event an applicant cannot comply with any additional regulation due to the
requirements in section 90-394 90-315, such applicant may, in conjunction with
the site plan review by the technical review committee, request a waiver of any
such additional regulation.
Section 8.
That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
90, ZONING, ARTICLE III, Section 90-342 and 90-343 by moving café from the
list of special exception uses to the list of permitted uses in the Industrial District
and by adding certain personal service uses to the list of permitted uses in the
Industrial District.
Section 90-342, Permitted uses. Section 90-343, Special
exception uses.
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(r2y 42- Barbershop, beauty shop
{24)- Dry Cleaner/laundry
f25) Nail care
(27) -6263- Shoe repair
281 -{ } Tailor
Section 9.
That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
90, ZONING, ARTICLE IV, by adding a new subsection 90-511(e)(6) to read as
follows:
(6) For new construction, no parking space accessed via a driveway from a
public road shall be located closer than 20 feet from the right-of-way line of said
public road.
Section 10.
That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
90, ZONING, ARTICLE IV, Section 90-512 by modifying the off-street parking
requirement for automobile sales establishments to read as follows:
DIVISION 3. OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING
Sec. 90-512. Space regulations.
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(2) Commercial Uses:
Automobile sales. 1 per 400 square feet of floor area, plus 1 per 1,500
square feet of outdoor area used for sales or display.
Section 11.
• That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
90, ZONING, ARTICLE IV, by deleting Section 90-535 in its entirety and modifying
Section 90-534 to read as follows:
Sec. 90-534. Required residential and nonresidential buffer areas.
For all development undertaken throughout the city, except for
with construction of an individual single-family or duplex structure, landscaped
buffer areas shall be required within required setbacks and landscaped as
follows:
Section 12.
That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
90, ZONING, ARTICLE IV, by modifying Section 90-573(b) to read as follows:
(b) Total area of all signs. The combined sign area of building signs, ground
signs and pole signs is limited to one square foot for each linear foot of property
on a frontage street, plus one square foot for each two linear feet of property on
side streets. In addition the total area of other signs identified in subsection (-1)(e}
(a)(3), above, shall not exceed 48 square feet.
Section 13.
That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
90, ZONING, ARTICLE IV, by modifying the title of Division 9 to read as follows:
DIVISION 9. SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND SUPPLEMENTAL USE
REGULATIONS
Section 14.
That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
90, ZONING, ARTICLE IV, relating to required minimum side and rear yards for
community centers, adult family care homes or assisted living facilities, and houses
of worship as set forth in Sections 90-693(3), 90-695(3) and 90-696(3)each to read
as follows
(3) Minimum yards Front 40 feet
Side 25 feet; 50 feet abutting residential zoning district or abutting
an adjacent residential use in the same residential zoning
district.
Rear 25 feet; 50 feet abutting residential zoning district or abutting
an adjacent residential use in the same residential zoning
district.
Section 15.
That the City Council for the City of Okeechobee, Florida amends herein Chapter
90, ZONING, ARTICLE IV, by adding a new Section 90--7-G2 setting forth gG_•TOZ
regulations specifically pertaining to outdoor vehicle sales lots, to read as
follows:
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c1U- Sec. i-792.Outdoor vehicle sales lot
Outdoor vehicle sales lot requirements are as follows:
(1) Location Where permitted by district regulations.
(2) Minimum lot area •, : - • _ - - - ; o -
10,000 square feet; 100 feet wide
(3) Minimum yards As permitted by district regulations.
4 Maximum lot coverage As permitted by district regulations.
(5) Max. impervious coverage As permitted by district regulations.
(6) Maximum height As permitted by district regulations
17) Special requirements
Display area: Vehicle display areas may be grass or other surface but
must be maintained in a sightly and dust free condition.
Grass display areas are permitted only to the extent that they are
identified on an approved site plan and such areas are in addition to the
minimum 15% of the site that is required to be pervious.
Vehicles on display must be located at least three (3) feet from any
sidewalk or property line.
Lighting: Artificial lighting used to illuminate the premises must be directed
away from adjacent properties and streets, shining only on the subject
site.
Section 16. Conflict.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 17. 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 18. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
INTRODUCED for first reading and set for final public hearing on this 3rd day of
January,;2012.. )
James E. Kirk, Mayor
ATTEST:
IA Al icy'
Lane Gamiotea, CMC, City Clerk
PASSED AND ADOPTED after Second and Fi . 'ubli' Hearing this 17th day of
January, 2012.
James E. Kirk, Mayor
A ilp ST:
Lan- Gamiotea, CMC, City Clerk
RE7 FOR L7AL UFF CIENCY:
John R. Cook, City Attorney
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