2019-05-16CITY OF OKEECHOBEE PLANNING BOARD
CITY HALL, 55 SE 3RD AVENUE, ROOM 200, OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA 34974
SUMMARY OF BOARD DISCUSSION FOR MAY 16, 2019
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER — Chairperson.
Workshop, May 16, 2019, 6:00 P.M.
II. OPENING CEREMONIES:
Pledge of Allegiance led by Chairperson Hoover.
III. CHAIRPERSON, MEMBER AND STAFF ATTENDANCE — Secretary.
Chairperson Dawn Hoover
Vice Chairperson Doug McCoy
Board Member Phil Baughman
Board Member Karyne Brass
Board Member Rick Chartier
Board Member Mac Jonassaint
Board Member Les McCreary
Alternate Board Member Felix Granados
Alternate Board Member Jim Shaw
Board Attorney John R. Cook
City Planning Consultant Ben Smith
Administrator Marcos Montes De Oca
Board Secretary Patty Burnette
IV. ITEMS OF DISCUSSION — City Planning Consultant.
A. Planning Staff Report topics (Exhibit 1).
1. Parking requirements.
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DISCUSSION
Chairperson Hoover called the May 16, 2019, Workshop to order at 6:01 P.M.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Chairperson Hoover.
Board Secretary Burnette called the roll:
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Mr. Smith reviewed the Planning Staff Report dated May 8, 2019, which provided amendments to various topics of
the Land Development Regulations.
Mr. Smith explained for restaurant parking, City Code Section 90-512 requires that parking be provided for
restaurants, nightclubs, and bars at 1 parking space per 75 square feet of floor area. Floor area generally refers to
the amount of floor area within a building. This existing standard is appropriate for most restaurants but may not
provide a sufficient basis for determining the amount of parking needed for some types of restaurants including,
restaurants which primarily provide take-out services, restaurants relying on a significant amount of outdoor seating
to serve customers, and drive-in restaurants. He reviewed the definitions of restaurant and restaurant, take-out, and
concluded since take-out restaurant adequately described all three types of restaurants he described above, it would
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IV. ITEMS OF DISCUSSION CONTINUED.
A. 1. Parking requirements continued.
2. Parking reduction fee.
3. Definitions of Retail Service and Personal Service.
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DISCUSSION
seem appropriate to provide a new parking standard for that type of restaurant. Instead of relying on floor area to
calculate the number of required parking spaces, some jurisdictions utilize a calculation that requires a certain number
of parking spaces based on customer service area, and some based on customer service seats. His suggestion was to
have Restaurant as 1 per 75 square feet of floor area and create a new category for restaurant, take-out as 1 per
employee, plus 1 per three customer service seats.
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.
The Board asked for some examples and wanted to make sure this proposal would not present higher requirements
for businesses than what they were currently held to.
Consensus of Board was to have the Planner bring back specific scenarios comparing the application of the
current code requirements and the proposed.
Add a new process and fee for requests to reduce the amount of parking required according to Section 90-512.
Currently, the City charges the same fee for a parking reduction request as a site plan review. In situations where
the parking reduction request is concurrent with the site plan review, this is appropriate. However, there are certain
situations, like a change of use, where an Applicant may request a parking reduction without a site plan review. In
these cases, it is not appropriate to charge a one thousand dollar fee considering that staff will likely spend less time
processing a parking reduction request.
The consensus of the Board was to move forward with this proposal.
The definitions of personal service and retail service include uses that should be defined separately and treated
separately. The current definition of personal service includes pawnshops. The current definition of retail service
includes restaurant, take-out restaurant, cafe, pawnshop, and bar/tavern.
In the Light Commercial (CLT) zoning district, personal service and retail service are permitted uses. Though
restaurant, take-out restaurant, and cafe are special exception uses. This means that restaurants, take-out
restaurants, cafes, and bars are both permitted uses and special exception uses.
In the Commercial Professional Office zoning district, under special exception uses, it lists personal services, except
AGENDA
IV. ITEMS OF DISCUSSION CONTINUED.
A. 3. Definitions of Retail Service and Personal Service continued.
4. Bars.
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pawnshops and dry cleaning on premises. In order to address these inconsistencies and to separate the uses
included in these definitions, the Code should be revised. Also, where to consider adjusting which districts
pawnshops are permitted or permitted by special exception. Recommends the following definitions:
Pawnshop, means an establishment where items may be bought outright or left as collateral in order to borrow
money; and which those same items may be sold.
Service, personal, means an establishment 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, nail
care, pawnshop, reducing 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, cafe, printer, pawnshop, dance or music studio, pet shop,
as well as a bar or tavern for on premise consumption of alcoholic beverages, and similar establishments.
Besides the above recommendation, Planning Staff also recommends to:
Amend Section 90-252 by adding "pawnshop" to the list of permitted uses in the CLT District.
Amend Section 90-282 by adding "pawnshop" to the list of permitted uses in the Heavy Commercial (CHV) District.
Amend Section 90-342 by adding "pawnshop", "restaurant, take-out restaurant" to the list of permitted uses in the
Industrial (IND) District.
Amend Section 90-312 by adding "pawnshop, take-out restaurant" to the list of permitted uses in the Central
Business District (CBD).
Amend Section 90-402 by adding "pawnshop take-out restaurant, cafe" to the list of permitted uses in the Mixed -Use
Planned Unit Development (PUD -M) District.
Board discussion focused on whether pawnshops should be a permitted use in all of the proposed zoning districts.
Pawnshops offer collateral based loans. If one defaults on that loan then the pawnshop keeps the item. These items
could be boats, cars or other larger items that would not be able to be stored inside. One would maybe wish to
consider whether this would take up required parking spaces or whether it was compatible with adjacent uses.
The consensus of the Board was to agree with Staffs recommendation with the exception of making pawnshops a
permitted use in CHV and IND and a special exception use in all the other zoning district discussed above.
Three uses private club, night club, and bar are all listed together as permitted uses in the CHV district and as
special exception uses in the CLT district. Bars are not currently listed as a permitted use in the CBD and PUD -M
districts however, nightclubs are. The main difference between the definition of a bar and the definition of a nightclub
is that live entertainment is included in the definition of a nightclub and live entertainment is excluded from the
definition of a bar. Allowing live entertainment generally makes the nightclub use more intense than the bar use. The
definitions are as follows:
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IV. ITEMS OF DISCUSSION CONTINUED.
A. 4. Bars continued.
ADJOURNMENT — Chairperson.
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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.
Nightclub means an establishment providing indoor entertainment, usually with live performers and dancing, where
food and alcoholic beverages may be sold for on -premises consumption.
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.
Planning Staff's recommendation is:
Amend Section 90-312 by adding "bar" to the list of permitted uses in the CBD District.
Amend Section 90-402 by adding "bar" to the list of permitted uses in the PUD -M District.
The consensus of the Board was to move forward with this proposal.
There being no further items on the agenda, Chairperson Hoover adjourned the meeting at 7:00 p.m.
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City of Okeechobee Planning Board Workshop
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Patty's Handwritten Minutes May 16, 2019
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II. Opening Ceremonies: Pledge of allegiance - Chairperson
III. Chairperson. Board Member Staff Attendance - Secretary.
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From: Ben Smith <ben@larueplanning.com>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2019 1:12 PM
To: Patty Burnette
Subject: RE: Workshop Meeting
Here's what I got from the workshop:
1. Restaurant Parking: 5ring back some specific examples/scenarios comparing the application of differ ant parking
requirements.
2. Parking Reduction Request Fee: Agree to lower fee
3. Definitions of Retail Service and Personal Service: Agree with staff recommended definition revisions. Make
pawnshops a permitted use in CHV and IND. Make pawnshops a special exception in all other commercial
districts
4. Bars: Agree with staff recommended revisions.
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From: Patty Burnette<pburnette@cityofokeechobee.com>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2019 12:35 PM
To: Ben Smith <ben@larueplanning.com>
Subject: Workshop Meeting
Hi Ben.
Just wanted to compare notes from the Workshop Meeting last Thursday. Regarding the discussion of
retail service and personal service and pawnshops what was the direction of the Board to you? I have the
discussion about the pawnshops and I got the feeling they may want to have that as a special exception
use but really didn't get much other direction as to what zoning districts to apply it to? Then for restaurant,
restaurant, take-out was it their consensus to follow listing them in the zoning districts where you had
proposed? The same thing for Bar, I got the consensus they were ok with that one???
Please call to discuss if you would like.
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I. CALL TO ORDER — Chairperson: May 16, 2019, Workshop, 6:00 p.m., City Hall, 55 SE Third Avenue, Room 200, Okeechobee, Florida.
II. OPENING CEREMONIES: Pledge of Allegiance led by Chairperson.
III. CHAIRPERSON, BOARD MEMBER AND STAFF ATTENDANCE — Secretary.
Chairperson Dawn Hoover
Vice -Chairperson Doug McCoy
Board Member Phil Baughman
Board Member Karyne Brass
Board Member Rick Chartier
Board Member Mac Jonassaint
Board Member Les McCreary
Alternate Board Member Felix Granados
Alternate Board Member Jim Shaw
Board Attorney John R. Cook
City Planning Consultant Ben Smith
Board Secretary Patty Burnette
IV. ITEMS OF DISCUSSION — Chairperson.
A. Planning Staff Report Topics (Exhibit 1).
1. Parking requirements.
2. Parking reduction fee.
3. Definitions of Retail Service and Personal Service.
4. Bars.
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To: Okeechobee Planning & Zoning Board
From: Ben Smith, AICP
Date: May S, 2019
Subject: Land Development Code Workshop Discussion Items
(1) Restaurant Parking
City Code Section 90-512 requires that parking be provided for restaurants, nightclubs, and bars
at 1 parking space per 75 square feet of floor area. Floor area generally refers to the amount of
floor area within a building. This existing standard is appropriate for most restaurants but may not
provide a sufficient basis for determining the amount of parking needed for some types of
restaurants, including:
• Restaurants which primarily provide take-out services
• Restaurants relying on a significant amount of outdoor seating to serve customers
• Drive-in restaurants
City Code Section 66-1 already provides separate definitions for restaurant and take-out
restaurant as follows:
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.
Since the existing definition for take-out restaurant adequately describes all three types of
restaurants listed above, it seems appropriate to provide a new parking standard for that
restaurant definition.
There are alternatives to relying strictly on floor area to calculate the number of required parking
spaces. Some jurisdictions utilize a calculation that requires a certain number of parking spaces
based on customer service area; and some jurisdictions use a calculation based on number of
customer service seats. Using a calculation is the simplest method and it seems appropriate to
revise Code Section 90-512 as follows:
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Commercial Uses:
Shopping center, retail
store, retail service, and
personal service, or
1 per 300 square feet of floor area service, except as may
otherwise be specifically identified in this section.
Furniture or appliance
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Professional office,
business
1 per 300 square feet of floor area service
Medical office
1 per 180 square feet of floor area
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1 per 75 square feet of floor area
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1 per 75 square feet of floor area
Restaurant, take-out
1 per employee, plus 1 per three customer service seats
Barbershop, beauty shop,
and nail salon
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Hotel, motel
1 per bedroom, plus 5 spaces, plus accessory uses
Auto service, repair or
wash
1 per 150 square feet of floor area
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.
Auction house (indoor), or
storefront church with
fixed seating
1 per 3 seats in the area used for the auction, or in the assembly
area used for worship. For pews, each 18 inches shall equal one
seat.
Auction house (indoor), or
storefront church without
fixed seating
1 space for each 90 square feet of area used for the auction or
assembly area used for worship up to 1,470 square feet, plus 1
space for each 45 square feet of additional assembly area used
for the auction or worship in excess of 1,470 square feet.
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(2) Fees for Parking Reduction Requests
Sections 90-483 through 90-485 provide for requests to reduce the amount of parking required
according to Section 90-512. Currently, the City charges the same fee for a parking reduction
request as a site plan review. In situations where the parking reduction request is concurrent
with the site plan review, this is appropriate. However, there are certain situations (e.g. change of
use) where an applicant may request a parking reduction without a site plan review. In these
cases, it is not appropriate to charge a $1,000 fee. Depending on the recommendation of the City
Administrator and other staff, a fee of $200 to $300 may be more appropriate, considering that
staff will spend considerably less time processing a parking reduction request.
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(3)
Definitions of Retail Service and Personal Service
The definitions of personal service and retail service include uses that should be defined
separately and treated separately. The current definition of personal service includes pawnshops.
The current definition of retail service includes restaurant, take-out restaurant, cafe, pawnshop,
and bar/tavern.
In the CLT zoning district, personal service and retail service are permitted uses. Though
restaurant, take-out restaurant, and cafe are special exception uses. This means that restaurants,
take-out restaurants, cafes, and bars are both permitted uses and special exception uses.
In the CPO zoning district, under special exception uses, it lists "personal services, except pawn
shops and dry cleaning on premises"
in order to address these inconsistencies and to separate the uses included in these definitions,
the Code should be revised. This would also be a good time to consider whether the Board would
like to recommend adjusting which districts pawnshops are permitted or specially permitted.
Code Section 66-1, Definitions, should be amended as follows:
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Pawnshop, means an establishment where items may be bought outright or left as collateral in order
to borrow money: and which those same items may be sold.
Service, personal, means an establishment 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, nail care, reducing salons and health clubs, shoe repair,
tailor, and similar uses not primarily offering a product for sale.
Service, retail means a printer, x:!: h p, dance or music
studio, pet shop, i .+ ha{ ,44--+ 'et , :a preH4i_e c._+ htve u and
similar establishments.
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The CPO district standards should be amended as follows:
Sec. 90-222. - Permitted uses.
Subject to the limitations that no retail sales, or display or storage of merchandise, and no
manufacture or mechanical repair work shall be permitted, and no trucks larger than three-quarters
ton capacity shall be used, the following principal uses and structures are permitted in the CPO
district:
(I) Professional office, business office, medical office.
(2) Funeral home.
(3) Storefront church located in a unit in a multi -use building or shopping center.
Sec. 90-223. - Special exception uses.
The following uses and structures are permitted in the CPO district after issuance of a special
exception use petition and may have additional conditions imposed at the time of approval:
(1) Day care center.
(2) Personal services. wept slop_, and dry cleaning on premises.
(3) Cafe.
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(4) Business school.
(5) Private club.
(6) House of worship.
(7) Public facility and use.
(8) Public utility.
(9) Permitted uses in excess of 45 feet in height.
(10) Adult family care homes, assisted living facility as defined
(11) Free-standing drive -up ATM which is owned and operated
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(12) One dwelling unit per commercial building, provided that
either above or behind the ground floor commercial use.
The CLT district standards should be amended as follows:
in F.S. § 429.02(5).
by a bank or other financial
the dwelling unit is located
Sec. 90-252. - Permitted uses.
The following principal uses and structures are permitted in the CLT district:
(1) Professional office, business office, medical office.
(2) Retail store, retail service.
(3) Personal service.
(4) Craft studio.
(5) Storefront church located in a unit in a multi -use building or shopping center.
(6) Pet grooming.
(7) Convenience store.
(8) Medical marijuana dispensary as defined and regulated in F.S., § 381.986.
(9) Pawnshop
Sec. 90-253. - Special exception uses.
The following uses and structures are permitted in the CLT district after issuance of a special
exception use petition and may have additional conditions imposed at the time of approval:
(1) Restaurant, take-out restaurant, cafe.
(2) Dry cleaner/laundry, Laundromat.
(3) Private club, nightclub, and bar.
(4) Business school.
(5) Radio, television or cable reception, transmission or operational facilities.
(6) Commercial indoor recreation.
(7) Commercial parking garage or lot, taxistand.
(8) Outdoor vehicle sales lot.
(9) House of worship.
(10) Marina, dock, pier.
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(11) Enclosed storage.
(12) Public facility or use.
(13) Public utility.
(14) Permitted uses in excess of 45 feet in height.
(15) One dwelling unit per commercial building, provided that the dwelling unit is located
either above or behind the ground floor commercial use.
(16) Group home.
(17) Adult family care homes, assisted living facilities as defined in F.S. § 429.02(5).
(18) Nursing homes.
(19) Taxidermist.
(20) Free-standing drive -up ATM which is owned and operated by a bank or other
financial institution with an office located in Okeechobee County.
(21) Alcohol and drug rehabilitation center/detox center.
(22) Recovery center/sober home.
The CHV district standards should be amended as follows:
Sec. 90-282. - Permitted uses.
The following principal uses and structures are permitted in the CHV district:
(1) Professional office, business office, medical office.
(2) Retail service, retail store including outdoor display of merchandise.
(3) Restaurant, take-out restaurant, cafe.
(4) Personal service.
(5) Dry cleaner/laundry, Laundromat.
(6) Funeral home.
(7) Hotel, motel.
(8) Private club, nightclub and bar.
(9) Craft studio.
(10) Business school.
(11) Commercial indoor recreation.
(12) Commercial parking garage or lot, taxistand, bus terminal.
(13) Storefront church located in a unit in a multi -use building or shopping center.
(14) Taxidermist.
(15) Pet grooming.
(16) Convenience store.
(17) Indoor auction house.
(18) Medical marijuana dispensary as defined and regulated in F.S. 381.986.
(19) Pawnshop
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Sec. 90-283. - Special exception uses.
The following uses and structures are permitted in the CHV district after issuance of a special
exception use petition and may have additional conditions imposed at the time of approval:
(1) Drive-through service.
(2) Auto service station, car wash.
(3) Wholesale, warehouse not including bulk storage of flammable liquids.
(4) Enclosed warehouse and storage.
(5) Outdoor sales and storage, building trades contractor.
(6) Flea market.
(7) Mechanical and repair services.
(8) Commercial outdoor recreation.
(9) Veterinary service.
(10) Crematory.
(11) Marina, dock, pier.
(12) Recreational vehicle park, for transient recreation use.
(13) Radio, television or cable reception, transmission or operational facilities.
(14) Public facility or use.
(15) Public utility.
(16) Permitted uses in excess of 45 feet in height.
(17) One dwelling unit per commercial building, provided that the dwelling unit is located
either above or behind the ground floor commercial use.
(18) Outdoor vehicle sales lot.
(19) House of worship.
(20) Hospitals, which means in patient hospital care.
(21) Adult family care homes, assisted living facilities as defined in F.S. § 429.02(5).
(22) Nursing homes.
(23) Free-standing drive -up ATM which is owned and operated by a bank or other financial
institution with an office located in Okeechobee County.
(24) Alcohol and drug rehabilitation center/detox center.
(25) Convenience store with fuel pumps.
(26) Retail pool supplies and equipment (including storage of chemicals for use and/or
retail sale).
(27) Water treatment services (including storage of chemicals for use and/or retail sale).
(28) Pest control (including storage of chemicals for use and/or retail sale).
The IND district standards should be amended as follows:
Sec. 90-342. - Permitted uses.
The following principal uses and structures are permitted in the IND district:
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(1) Business office.
(2) Business school.
(3) Retail service, retail store including outdoor display of merchandise.
(4) Research laboratory.
(5) Manufacturing, processing, except those which produce explosives.
(6) Mechanical and repair services.
(7) Bulk storage of nonhazardous material.
(8) Off-site sign.
(9) Outdoor sales and storage, building contractor.
(10) Wholesale sales and distribution.
(11) Enclosed warehouse and storage.
(12) Commercial laundry, dry cleaner.
(13) Printing.
(14) Auto service station, car wash.
(15) Drive-through service.
(16) Parking garage, parking lot.
(17) Radio, television or cable reception, transmission or operational facilities.
(18) Veterinary service.
(19) Railroad facilities.
(20) Public utility.
(21) Public facility.
(22) Storefront church located in a unit in a multi -use building or shopping center.
(23) Restaurant, take-out restaurant. Cafe.
(24) Barbershop, beauty shop.
(25) Dry cleaner/laundry.
(26) Nail care.
(27) Shoe repair.
(28) Tailor.
(29) Limited agriculture of a commercial nature on properties on which there is an active
agricultural exemption, which was granted by the Okeechobee Property Appraiser not later
than September 19, 2013.
(30) Retail pool supplies and equipment, (including storage of chemicals for use and/or
retail sale).
(31) Water treatment services, (including storage of chemicals for use and/or retail sale).
(32) Pest control (including storage of chemicals for use and/or retail sale).
(33) Medical marijuana dispensary as defined and regulated in F.S., § 381.986.
(34) Pawnshop
(35) Bar
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(4) Bars
Three uses (private club, night club, and bar) are all listed together as permitted uses in the CHV
district and as special exception uses in the CLT district.
Bars are not currently listed as a permitted use in the CBD and PUD -M districts. However,
nightclubs are listed as a permitted use in the CBD and PUD -M districts; and the main difference
between the definition of a bar and the definition of a nightclub is that live entertainment is
included in the definition of a nightclub and live entertainment is excluded from the definition of
a bar. Allowing live entertainment generally makes the nightclub use more intense than the bar
use. And it's seems reasonable that the less intense use would be allowed where the similar, but
more intense use is allowed. The definitions are as follows:
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.
Nightclub means an establishment providing indoor entertainment, usually with live performers and
dancing, where food and alcoholic beverages may be sold for on -premises consumption.
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.
The City Clerk did some researching and found that in the oldest available version of the City's
Codes, the three uses (private club, night club, and bar) were all listed together as permitted uses
in the C -I, C -II, and CBD district. Then in the Ord #716, it appears that bar was just left out. This
may be because it was intended that the nightclub use would include bars, since the main
difference seems to be that the definition of nightclub includes live entertainment and the
definition of bar excludes live entertainment.
It may also be that bar was added to the definition of retail service and no longer needed to be
listed with private club and nightclub. In any case, bars should be separate from retail service and
grouped/allowed with private club and nightclub where those uses are already allowed. As such,
it seems appropriate to add bar as a permitted use to both the CBD district and the PUD -M district
by amending the Code.
The CBD district standards should be amended as follows:
DIVISION 9. - CENTRAL BUSINESS (CBD) DISTRICT
Sec. 90-312. - Permitted uses.
The following principal uses and structures are permitted in the CBD district:
(1) Professional office, business office, medical office.
(2) Retail service, retail store including outdoor display of merchandise.
(3) Restaurant, take-out restaurant, cafe.
(4) Personal service.
(5) Dry cleaner, laundry.
(6) Private club, nightclub. bar.
(7) Craft studio.
(8) Business school.
(9) Commercial indoor recreation.
(10) Commercial parking garage or lot.
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(1 1) Storefront church located in a unit in a multi -use building or shopping center.
(12) Medical marijuana dispensary as defined and regulated in F.S., § 381.986.
(13) Pawnshop
The PUD -M district standards should be amended as follows:
DIVISION 12. - MIXED-USE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD -M) DISTRICT
Sec. 90-402. - Permitted uses.
The following principal uses and structures are permitted in the PUD -M district:
(I) Attached and detached single-family dwellings.
(2) Zero lot line single-family dwellings.
(3) Two-family dwellings.
(4) Town homes.
(5) Multiple -family dwellings.
(6) Adult family care homes or assisted living facilities.
(7) Day care center, nursing home.
(8) Professional office, business office, medical office.
(9) Retail store, retail service.
(10) Restaurant. take-out restaurant, cafe.
(11) Personal service, dry cleaner.
(12) Mechanical and repair services.
(13) Auto service station.
(14) Private club, nightclub. bar.
(15) Hotel, motel.
(16) Craft studio.
(17) Business school.
(18) Commercial indoor recreation.
(19) Outdoor recreation, commercial outdoor recreation, golf course.
(20) Marina.
(21) Community center.
(22) School.
(23) House of worship.
(24) Public facility or use.
(25) Open space.
(26) Public utility.
(27) Pawnshop
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