HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 03-1988MICROFILMED JUNE 89
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING REGU-
LATIONS OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL,
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; AMENDING
SECTION 631.01, DEFINITIONS; AMENDING
SECTION 639.43, LANDSCAPING AND SCREEN-
ING FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
ZONING DISTRICTS; ESTABLISHING SECTION
639.44, INTERIOR LANDSCAPING FOR OFF
STREET PARKING AREAS; AMENDING SECTION
639.59, PRESERVATION OF TREES IN ALL
DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION 645.05,
SITE PLAN SUBMITTAL AND REVIEW PROCED-
URES; REPEALING ALL PORTIONS OF THE
CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Cape
Canaveral, Brevard County, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 631.01, Definitions, of the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, is hereby amend-
ed by amending the definition of "Setback" by repealing it in its
entirety and replacing with the following:
Setback - A required open space on the same lot with a
principal building, which space is unoccupied and
unobstructed by buildings from the ground upward,
except as specified in Sections 639.21, 639.23 and
639.44. All required setback areas shall be land-
scaped with greenery (sod) and shall be properly main-
tained.
SECTION 2. Section 639.43 is hereby repealed in its entire-
ty and replaced with the following:
Sec. 639.43 LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING FOR COMMERCIAL
AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS
Whenever the boundary of a commercial or industrial
zoning district abuts a residential zoning district, a
visual screen shall be provided within the required
setbacks of such commercial or industrial zoning
district.
A. Such visual screen shall:
1. Be provided along the entire length of the
commercial or industrial zoning boundary which
abuts any residential zoning district.
2. Consist of decorative or ornamental fencing or
shrubs designed and placed in a manner rendering
such visual screen at least eighty percent (80 %)
within a period of two years after such screen
is provided.
3. Be not less than four (4) or more than eight (8)
feet in height, except as provided for in
Section 639.27 (A) (2).
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4. One tree value as defined in Section 639.44
shall be planted every thirty -five (35) feet
with at least two tree values on the minimum
50 -foot, C -1 lot and three tree values on the
minimum 75 -foot, M -1 lot.
5. Be serviced by a functional underground
sprinkler system adequate to maintain such
landscaping.
6. Be properly maintained and replaced if for any
reason it does not survive.
B. All areas not paved with other landscaping as
designated in this section or in Section 639.44,
shall be covered with grass, hardy shrubs,
evergreen or other ground cover materials as
approved by the Building Official.
C. Location of screening and landscaping and
subsequent maintenance shall be subject to the
approval of the Building Official.
SECTION 3. Section 639.44 of the Zoning Regulations is here-
by established as follows:
Sec. 639.44 INTERIOR LANDSCAPING FOR OFF STREET
PARKING AREAS
A. Off street parking areas in C -1, M -1 and R -3 zones
shall have internal and perimeter landscaping as
specified below.
1. Parking areas with ten (10) or less spaces
shall have at least one tree value point for
every five (5) spaces or fraction thereof
planted within the interior of the parking lot.
2. Parking areas with eleven (11) or more spaces
shall have at least one tree value point for
every five (5) spaces or fraction thereof
interspersed throughout the parking area. In
addition, one tree value point shall be placed
at the end of each row where internal curbing
would be placed, even though internal curbing
may not be required.
3. Parking areas in the C -1 and M -1 districts as
described above, and parking in the R -3
districts that contain sixteen (16) or more
parking spaces, shall plant to a depth of at
least two (2) feet the entire perimeter facing
the public right -of -way, except for ingress and
egress and sidewalks. The perimeter shall be
planted with decorative shrubs and bushes three
(3) feet in height to form a visual screen with
a density of eighty percent (80%) within two
years of planting. Perimeters facing such
public right -of -way shall, in addition, have
one tree value point planted every thirty -five
(35) feet with at least two tree values on a
minimum 50 foot, C -1 lot and three (3) tree
values on the minimum 75 foot, R -3 lot.
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4. No trees shall be planted that will obstruct
visability at intersections or points of
ingress and egress to streets. See Section
639.25. The perimeter footage defined in
Section 639.25, and ingress and egress shall
not be used to calculate landscaping of
perimeters.
5. Existing trees in proposed internal parking
areas as listed under the tree value section
shall not be removed if over four (4) inches in
diameter without a permit from the Building
Official. Every effort shall be made to build,
pave or otherwise construct around existing
trees of value.
6. Each landscaped area, both within the interior
parking area and around the perimeter, shall be
served by a functioning underground sprinkler
system adequate to maintain all landscaping.
7. All landscaping specified in this section shall
be properly maintained and replaced if for any
reason it does not survive.
8. The value of the landscaping for the internal
parking areas and their perimeter, as well as
all additional external landscaping for other
areas on the site, will not be less than one
(1) percent of the total cost of the project,
including land acquisition, or three (3)
percent of the project, excluding land
acquisition, whichever is greater.
B. Tree Value Points referred to in Section A above
will have the following values:
Points Tree
1/3 All types of palm trees
1 Camphor
1 Southern Red Cedar
1 Bald Cypress
1 Sweet Gun
1 Southern Magnolia
1 Live Oak
1 Laural Oak
1 River Birch
Only trees listed herein shall be considered for
use in meeting landscaping requirements for C -1,
M -1 and R -3 zones. All trees planted to meet such
requirements must be at least seven (7) feet tall.
When trees of less than one value point are used,
they must be clustered together to equal one full
value point.
SECTION 4. Section 639.59, Preservation of Trees in All
Areas, is hereby amended by deleting sub - paragraph (C) in its
entirety and replacing with the following:
Sec. 639.59(C) - A proposed driveway or designated
parking area in the R -1 and R -2 districts. See
Sections 639.43 and 639.44.
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SECTION 5. Section 645.05(C), "Site Plan Criteria Re-
quired", is hereby amended by adding the following subparagraph:
Sec. 645.05(C)(1)(k) - Location of planned landscaping
in compliance with Sec. 639.43 and Sec. 639.44.
SECTION 6. All portions of the code in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, this 1st day of
March
, 1988.
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