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SUBJECT: Revisions to Zoning Code
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Attached please find revised pages, to the City of Cape Canaveral's
Zoning Regulations. These pages reflect the changes made by the
adoption of the following Ordinances:
Ordinance No. Adopted Date
10-91 November 7, 1991
01-92 January 21, 1.992
24-92 January 5, 1993
Listed below are the pages of your zoning regulations which should
be removed and destroyed and the new pages which should be inserted
in order to bring the zoning regulations up to date.
Pages to Be
Removed & Destroyed Revised Pages to be Inserted
Page Nos. 94 - 97 Page Nos. 94 - 97A
Page No. 122 Page No. 122
Upon completion of this procedure, your Zoning Regulations book
will be current. If you should have any questions, please contact
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Attached, please find the revised pages to the City of Cape
Canaveral's Zoning Ordinance. These pages reflect the changes
made by the adoption of the following Ordinances:
Ordinance No. 12-B9 19 Sept 89
Ordinance No. 20-90 1 May 90
Ordinance No. 26-90 19 Jun 90
Listed below are the pages of your zoning book which should be
removed and destroyed and the new pages which should be inserted
in order to bring your zoning book up, to date.
Pages to be
Removed and Destroyed
Page 12 & 13
Page 40 & 41
Page 90 & 91
Pages to be Inserted
Page 12 & 13
Page 40 & 41.
Page 90 & 91
Upon completion of this procedure, your book will. be current.
Z 0 N I N G R E G O t A T 1 0 N S
C I T Y 0 S C A P E C A N A 7£ R A t
ORDINANCE NO. 2-83
FEBRUARY 15. 1983
2ND PRINTING
JULY 22. 1985
AUGUST l§, 1989
ZONING REGULATIONS
CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
631 Establishment and Purpose
631.01 Purpose 1
631.03 Repeal of Conflicting Ordinance 2
631.05 Short Title 2
632.01 Zoninq Definitions 2
633 Establishment of Districts: Provision
for Official Zoninq Map
633.01 Official Zoning Map 18
633.03 Replacement of Official Zoning Map 19
633.05 Rules for Interpretation of District
Boundaries 19
635
Application of District Regulations
635.01
Conformity With Regulations
21
635.03
Structure Height, Maximum Units, Lot Area
Percentage, Setbacks
21
635.05
Setback, Open Space, Parking, Loading
Requirements for Additional Buildings
21
635.07
Area Used for density Calculations Cannot
Be Reused for Additional Density Cal-
culations
22
635.09
Dimension or Area Reduction Below Minimum
Requirements
22
635.11
Lot and Street Requirements for
Structures
22
635.13
Zoning Classification of Annexations
22
635.15
Unusual Uses or Uses Not Specifically
Permitted
23
637 Schedule of District Regulations
637.01 R-1 Low Density, Residential District 24
637.03 Principal Uses and Structures 24
637.05 Accessory Uses and Structures 24
637.07 Special Exceptions 25
637.09 Prohibited Uses and Structures 25
637.11 Area and Dimension Regulations;
Minimum Setback Requirements 25
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637.13 Off -Street Parking and Access 25
637.15
R-2
Medium Density Residential District
27
637.17
Principal Uses and Structures
27
637.19
Accessory Uses and Structures
27
637.21
Special Exceptions
28
637.23
Prohibited Uses and Structures
28
637.25
Area and Dimension Regulations;
28
Minimum Setback Reauirements
29
637.27
Off -Street Parking and Access
30
637.29
R-3
Medium Density Residential District
31
637.31
Principal Uses and Structures
31
637.33
Accessory Uses and Structures
31
637.35
Special Exceptions
32
637.37
Prohibited Uses and Structures
32
637.39
Area and Dimension Regulations;
32
Minimum Setback Requirements
33
637.41
Off -Street Parking and Access
34
637.43
Minimum Breeze Requirement
34
637.44
Dune Crossover Required
34
637.45
C-1
Low Density Commercial District
35
637.47
Principal Uses and Structures
35
637.49
Accessory Uses and Structures
36
637.51
Special Exceptions
36
637.53
Prohibited Uses and Structures
40
637.55
Area and Dimension Regulations;
41
Minimum Setback Requirements
42
637.57
Landscaping, Screening and Parking
42
637.59
Off -Street Parking and Access
42
638.01
M-1
Light Industrial and Research and
Development District
43
638.03
Principal Uses and Structures
43
638.05
Accessory Uses and Structures
44
638.07
Special Exceptions
44
638.09
Prohibited Uses and Structures
48
638.11
Area and Dimension Regulations;
Minimum Setback Requirements
48
638.13
Landscaping, Screeninq and Parking
49
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638.15 Performance Standards 49
638.17 Parking and Loading 49
639 Townhouse Requlat ions
639.03
Area and Dimension Regulations
50
639.03
Minimum Setback Requirements
50
639.05
Off -Street Parking
51
639.07
Utilities
51
639.09
Preservation of Trees
51
639.11
Individually Platted Lots
51
639.13
Procedures
52
639.15
Development Schedule
52
640
Residential Planned Unit Development (RPUD)
640.01
Purpose and Ihtent
53
640.03
Definitions
54
640.05
Permitted Uses
56
640.07
Common Open Space, Drainage Systems,
Private Roads, and Other Related
Common Facilities
56
640.09
Land Use Regulations
57
640.11
Classification of Applications
63
640.13
Procedure for Receiving Approval of a
Preliminary Development Plan and
Tentative Zoning
63
640.15
Procedure for Securing Approval of a
Final Development Plan
68
640.17
Physical Review
76
640.19
Building Permit
76
640.21
Bonding
77
640.23
Termination Zone
77
640.25
Enforcement
78
641
Performance Standards
641.01
Off -Street Parking
79
641.03
Off -Street Loading
82
641.05
Home Occupations
83
641.07
Permitted Home Occupations
83
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641.09
Home Occupation Requirements
83
641.11
Occupational License Required
84
641.13
Garage Sales
85
641.15
Application of Performance Standards
86
641.17
Building Setback Lines
86
641.19
Erection of More than One Principal
Structure on a Lot
87
641.21
Setback Encroachments
87
641.23
Accessory Structures
88
641.25
Visibility at Intersections
89
641.27
Fences, Walls and Hedges
89
641.29
Exceptions to Height Regulations
90
641.31
Structures to Have Access
91
641.33
Location of Recreational Vehicles,
Camping Equipment, Boats and Boat
Trailers
92
641.35
Living Aboard Boats
93
641.36
Living or Residing in Automotive Vehicles
93
641.37
Parking and Storage of Certain Vehicles
93
641.39
Minimum Width of Courts
94
641.41
Water Areas
94
641.43
Landscaping and Screeninq for Commercial
and Industrial Zoning Districts
95
641.44
Interior Landscaping for Off -Street
Parking Areas
96
641.45
Sewage Disposal
97
641.47
Swimming Pools and Enclosures
97
641.49
Vehicular Use Areas
100
641.51
Atomic Energy Uses
101
641.53
Building Required
101
641.55
Sidewalks Required
101
641.57
Dedicated Public Land
102
641.58
Dedicated Public Easement
102
541.59
Preservation of Trees In All Districts
102
641..61
Earth Station Antenna Regulations
103
642 Schedule of S ecial Exceptions Permissible By
Boara of Adjustment
642.01 Establishments Serving Alcoholic Beverages 105
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645.01
TABLE OF CONTENTS
116
Section
Building Permits Required
Paqe
643
Non -Conforming Lots, Non -Conforming Structures
117
645.05
and Non -Conforming Uses
118
643.01
Intent
109
643.03
Mobile Home Parks and Single Family
123
645.09
Mobile Home Districts
110
643.05
Non -Conforming Structures
110
643.07
Non -Conforming Uses
111
643.09
Repairs and Maintenance
114
643.11
Structures and Uses Approved by Special
Exception
114
643.13
Variance
114
643.15
Temporary Uses
115
645
Administration and Enforcement - Buildinq
Permits and Certificates of Occupancy
645.01
Administration and Enforcement
116
645.03
Building Permits Required
116
645.04
Application for Building Permit
117
645.05
Site Plan Submittal and Review Procedures
118
645.07
Certificate of Occupancy Required
123
645.08
Certificate of Occupancy for Hotels & Motels
123
645.09
Times and Conditions of Building Permit
123
645.11
Construction and Use to be as Provided in
Applications, Plans, Permits and
Certificates of Occupancy
124
645.13
Board of Adjustment; Establishment and
Procedure
125
645.15
Proceedings of the Board of Adjustment
125
645.17
Board of Adjustment; Powers and Duties
125
645.19
Administrative Review
126
645.21
-Special Exceptions; Conditions Governing
Applications; Procedures
127
645.23
Written Findings; Violation of Safeguards
128
645.25
Variances; Conditions Governing Applications
Procedures
130
645.27
Applicants
132
645.29
Decisions of the Board of Adjustment
132
645.31
Reconsideration of Administrative Review,
Special Exception or Variance
132
645.33
Appeals from the Board of Adjustment
133
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645.35 Zoning Ordinance Interpretation and
Enforcement 134
645.37 Schedule of Fees, Charges and Expenses 134
645.39 Provision of Ordinances Declared to be
Minimum Requirements 135
645.41 Complaints Regarding Violations 135
645.43 Penalties for Violation 136
645.45 Separability Clause 136
647 Amendments
647.01 Procedures 137
647.03 Limitations 139
647.05 Reconsideration of District Boundary
Changes 139
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631 ZONING REGULATIONS
CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
An Ordinance establishing comprehensive zoning regulations
for the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and providing for
the administration, enforcement and amendment thereof, in
accordance with the provisions of Florida Statutes, and the
Charter of the City of Cape Canaveral, and for the repeal of
all Ordinances in conflict herewith.
631.01 PURPOSE
WHEREAS Florida Statutes and the Charter of the City of Cape
Canaveral empower the City to enact a Zoning Ordinance and
to provide for its administration, enforcement and amend-
ment, and
WHEREAS the City Council deems it necessary for the purpose
of promoting the health, safety, morals and general welfare
of the City to enact such an Ordinance, and
WHEREAS the City Council pursuant to the provisions of
Florida Statutes, has appointed a Planning and Zoning
Board to recommend the boundaries of the various original
districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced there-
in, and
WHEREAS the Planning and Zoning Board has divided the City
into districts and has prepared regulations pertaining to
such districts in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan and
designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure
safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to promote
health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light
and air; to prevent the over -crowding of 'Land; to avoid
undue concentration of population; to facilitate the ade-
quate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools,
parks and other public requirements, and
WHEREAS the Planning and Zoning Board has given reasonable
consideration, among other things, to the character of the
districts and their peculiar suitability for particular
uses, with a view to conserving the value of buildings and
encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the
Municipality, and
WHEREAS the Planning and Zoning Board has made a preliminary
report and held public hearings thereon, and submitted its
final report to the City Council, and
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WHEREAS the City Council has given due public notice of
hearings relating to zoning districts, regulations and re-
strictions, and has held public hearings, and
WHEREAS all requirements of Florida Statutes, with regard
to the preparation of the report of the Planning and Zoning
Board and subsequent action of the City Council has been
met;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the
City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, as follows:
Ordinance No. 10-75 of the City of Cape Canaveral, as
amended, is hereby abolished and repealed, and all other
City Ordinances, Resolutions or General Laws, or any part
thereof, in conflict with any provisions of this Ordinance
are hereby abolished and repealed.
631.05 SHORT TITLE
This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as "The
Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida."
632.01 ZONING DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Ordinance, certain terms or words
used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
The word person includes a firm, association, i
-organzation,
partnership, trust, company or corporation as well as indi-
vidual. The present tense includes the future tense, the
singular number includes the.'Plural, and the plural number
includes the singular. The word shall is mandatory; the
word may is permissive,,, ,The words used or occupied include
,
the words intended, or arranged to be used or oc-
cuDied. The word,,l'ot includes the words plot or parcel.
Access Easement - See Utility Access Easement.
Accessorx Use - A use or structure on the same lot with and
of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to the
principal use or structure.
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Adult Congregate Living Facilities - As defined by Statute
400.402,
F13r-aa—,t-ince — i c" it roll-,nts
the -ret -o.
Alcoholic Beverage - As defined by Section 561.01 (4) (a),
Florida Statutes.
Alley - Any public or private right-of-way set aside for
secondary public travel and servicing which is less than
thirty (30) feet in width.
Apartment - See Dwelling, Multiple Family.
Apartment Hotel_ - A building designed for or containing both
apartments and individual guest rooms or rental units, under
resident supervision and which maintains an inner lobby
through which all tenants must pass to gain access to apart-
ments, rooms or units.
Approved Structure - That which is built or constructed or
an edifice or building of any kind in which collected non-
hazardous material may be stored.
Automotive Vehicle - Any self-propelled vehicle or convey-
ance designed and used for the purpose of transporting or
moving persons, animals, freight, merchandise or any sub-
stance. The phrase shall include passenger cars, trucks,
buses, motor homes, motorcycles, scooters and station
wagons, but shall not include tractors, construction equip-
ment or machinery or any device used for performing a job
except as stated above.
Automotive Repair Facilities - This term shall include all
mechanical engine overhaul or repair, and body work and
painting of automotive vehicles.
Awning - A detachable, rooflike cover, supported by the
walls of a building for protection from sun or weather.
Block - Area between two adjacent streets, or if no streets
are present, an area not to exceed 600' in length or width.
Bottle Club - A membership composed of a group of people
which permits the consumption of alcoholic beverages on a
premises without charge. Membership shall be for a period
of not less than one (1) year.
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Building - Any structure built for the support, shelter or
enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any
kind which has enclosing walls for fifty ( 50 ) percent of its
perimeter. The term "building" shall be as if followed by
the words "or part thereof". (For the purpose of this Ordi-
nance each portion of a building separated from other
portions by a fire wall shall be considered as a separate
building.) For the purpose of area and height limitations
this definition shall be applicable to sheds and open sheds.
` ;�. Shed - Any structure built for the support, shelter or
encTosure of persons, animals, chattels, or property of
any kind which has enclosing walls for less than fifty
/ (50) percent of its perimeter.
'lY1 Open Shed - Any structure that has no enclosinc walls.
Building Official - The official charged with the admin-
istration and enforcement of this Ordinance as provided for
in Section 645.01.
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Camper (Truck Mounted) - A portable structure designed to be
mounted on a truck or similar type vehicle for the purpose
of converting said vehicle into a movable living unit and
customarily used for recreational or camping use.
Camper Trailer - See Recreational Vehicle.
Church - Any building occupied on a permanent basis for reli-
gious exercises as a primary use.
Clinic - A building where patients, who are not lodged over-
night, are admitted for examination and treatment by one
person or group of persons practicing any form of the
healing arts services to individuals, whether such persons
be medical doctors, chiropractors, osteopaths, chiropodists,
naturopaths, optometrists, dentists or any similar profes-
sion, the practice of which is licensed in the State of
Florida. The term Clinic does not include a place for the
treatment of animals.
Common Open Space - A parcel,
land and water, other than a
site and designed and intended
residents 1 iv ing within the
Common Open Space may contain
PAXIt6.s or area of land or
dedicated canal, within the
for the use or enjoyment of
zone or development area.
such complementary structures
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and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the
benefit and enjoyment of the said residents.
Containers - Any cans, barrels, drums or tanks (except sta-
tionary tanks) which would be used for the outside storage
of non -hazardous materials.
Construction Site - A lot or parcel upon which development
is immediately proposed or in progress, as authorized by a
current building permit.
Convalescent Home - A building where regular nursing care is
provided For mare than one person, not a member of the
family, which resides on the premises.
Court - An unoccupied open space on the same lot with the
principal building and enclosed on at least three adjacent
sides by walls of the principal building.
Courtesy Notice - A notice of a public hearing, not required
by law, mailed at the City's discretion to property owners
within five -hundred (500) feet of property subject of said
public hearing.
Dedication - The deliberate appropriation of land by its
owner for any general and public uses, reserving to himself
no other rights than such as are compatible with the full
exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the pro-
perty has been devoted.
Dish Antenna - See earth station antenna.
Drive (Private-) - A private way set aside for vehicular
traffic that does t exceed
ceed two -hundred (200) feet in devel-
oped length and "`�7s:rves less than four (4) residential,
1�1 of residential and commercial
commercial, or a combination
units.
Drive -In Restaurant or Refreshment Stand - Any place or pre-
mises used for sale, dispensing, or servicing of food,
refreshments, or beverages in automobiles, including those
establishments where customers may serve themselves and may
eat or drink the food, refreshments, or beverages on the
premises,.
Dwelling, Single Family - A detached residential dwelling
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unit other than a mobile home, designed for and occupied by
one family.
Dwelling, Mobile Home - A detached residential dwelling unit
over eight 8) feet in width, which bears a seal from the
Department of Housing and Urban Development of the United
States Government, designed for travel over highways/streets
or for house accommodations (or both), manufactured on an
integral chassis (or undercarriage) and arriving at the site
where it is to be occupied except for minor and incidental
an,,cU4packing and assembly operations, locations on jacks or
other temporary or permanent foundations, connections to
utilities and the like.
Dwelling, Two Family - A detached residential building con-
taining two dwelling units, designed for occupancy by not
more than two families.
Dwelling, Multi le Family - A residential building designed
may for or occupied by three or more families, with the number
of families in residence not exceeding the number of
dwelling units provided.
Dwelling Unit or Living Unit - One room or roams connected
together, constituting a separate independent housekeeping
establishment for owner occupancy, or rental or lease, and
physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units
which may be in the same structure, and containing independ-
ent c,00king and sleeping facilities.
Earth Station Antenna - An antenna, usually a dish antenna,
whose purpose it is to receive communications or other
signals primarily from orbiting satellites.
Easement - A right-of-way granted for limited use of private
property for a public or quasi -public purpose.
Fair Market Value - Fair Market Value for the purpose of
this Ordinance, shall be deemed to be the valuation of such
structure by the Tax Assessor of Brevard County in his as-
sessment for the levying of ad valorem taxes for the tax
year the damage was sustained.
Family - An individual or a group of persons related to each
other by blood or marriage or a group of not more than four
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(4) adults who are not necessarily so related, living to-
gether under one roof as a single household unit.
Fence - A structure forming a physical barrier which is so
constructed that no less than fifty (50) percent of the vert-
ical surface is open to permit the transmission of light,
-ir _and__v_is--ion_,_throuqh such surface in a horizontal plane.
CAlso see section X41
Fire District - shall include that territory or area con-
sisting of:
A. Two or more adjoining blocks, exclusive of intervening
streets, where at least fifty (50) per -cent of the ground
area is built upon and more than fifty (50) percent of
the built on area is devoted to group "S" occupancy or
group "H" occupancy as defined in the 1982 edition of
the Standard Building Code.
B. Where four (4) contiguous blocks or more comprise a fire
district, there shall be a buffer zone, as determined by
the Fire Marshal, of up to 200 feet around the perimeter
of such district. Streets, rights-of-way and other open
spaces not subject to building construction may be in-
cluded in the buffer zone.
Floor Area - The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the
several floors of a building or buildings, measured from the
exterior faces of exterior walls or from the centerline of
walls separating two attached buildings. The required min-
imum floor area within each district shall not apply to
accessory uses.
Garage, Storage - A building or portion of a building there-
of designed or used exclusively for the storage or parking
of automobiles. Service other than storage at such storage
garage shall be limited to lubrication, washing, waxing and
polishing. When used for such a purpose, such property may
not be used in combination with any other use with the excep-
tion of mini -storage.
Guest House - Living quarters within a detached accessory
building located on the same lot with the main building for
use by temporary guest of the occupants of the premises,
such auarters, having no kitchen facilities or separate
utility meters and not rented or otherwise used as a sep-
arate dwelling.
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Hedge - A row of bushes or small trees planted close to-
getEer in such a manner as to form a boundary or barrier.
Height of Building - The vertical distance from twelve (12)
inches above the crown of the fronting road or natural grade
at the building line, whichever is highest, to (a) the
highest point of flat roof; (b) the deck line of a mansard
roof; (c) the average height between the eaves and ridge for
gable, hip and gambrel roofs. Measurement must be in com-
pliance with the 100 year flood level, as determined by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Home Occupation - Any occupation conducted entirely within a
dwelling unit and carried on by an occupant thereof, which
occupation is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of
the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the
residential character thereof.
Hospital - A building or group of buildings, having room
acilities for one or more overnight patients, used for pro-
viding
ro-
viding services for the in-patient medical or surgical care
of sick or injured humans, and which may include related
facilities, such as laboratories, out-patient departments
training facilities, central service facilities, and staff
offices; provided, however, that such related facility must
be incidental and subordinate to the main use and must be an
integral part of the hospital operations.
Hotel - A building in which lodging is provided and offered
to the public for compensation, and in which ingress and
egress to and from all rooms are made through an inside
lobby or office supervised by a person in charge at all
times. In no event shall the number of efficiency units or
units with kitchen facilities exceed a maximum of twenty-
five (25) percent of the units per building. There shall be
a minimum of six (6) guest rooms per building and a minimum
of 150 guest rooms per hotel. Guest rooms shall be defined
as those rooms intended or designed to be used, or which are
used, rented or hired out, to be occupied or which are oc-
cupied, for sleeping purposes by guests.
Landscape Buffer - That portion of the building setback area
which is located along property lines adjacent to streets or
abutting lots and which in its entirety contains land-
scaping.
and-
scaping.
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Landscaping - The arrangement of vegetation such as trees,
bushes and grass, together with other suitable materials in
complementary fashion over a tractof land for aesthetic
effect.
Living Area - The minimum floor area of a dwelling as
measured Sy its outside dimensions exclusive of carports,
porches, sheds and attached garage.
Loading Space, Off -Street - Space logically and conveniently
located for bulk pickups and deliveries, scaled to delivery
vehicles expected to be used, and accessible to such vehi-
cles when required off-street parking spaces are filled.
Required off-street loading space is not to be included as
off-street parking space in computation of required off-
street parking space.
Lot - For purposes of this ordinance, a lot is a parcel of
land of at least sufficient size to meet minimum zoning re-
quirements for use, coverage and area, and to provide such
setbacks and other open spaces as are herein required. In
no case of division or combination of parcels shall any re-
sidual lot or parcel be created which does not meet the
requirement of this Ordinance, except townhouses. Such lot
may consist of:
A. A lot of record; or
S. A portion of a lot of record; or combination of portions
of lots of record;
C. A combination of complete lots of record, or complete
lots of record and portions of lots of record; and/or
D. A parcel of land described by metes and bounds.
Lot Coverage - The area of a lot that is covered by an en-
closed structure. This is normally the principal and
accessory structures, and any other structure that blocks
sunlight and/or the breezeway.
Lot, Corner A lot located at the intersection of two or
more streets. A lot abutting on a curved street or streets
shall be considered a corner lot if straight lines drawn
from the foremost points of the side lot lines to the fore-
most point of the lot meet at an interior angle of less than
one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.
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VLot, Dimensions:
A. Depth - Of a lot shall be considered to be the distance
between the midpoints of straight lines connecting the
foremost points of the side lot lines in front and the
rearmost points of the side lot lines in the rear.
B. Width - Of a lot shall be considered to be the distance
Between straight lines connecting front and rear of the
required front setback, provided, however, that width
between side lot lines at their foremost points (where
they intersect with the street lines) shall not be less
than eighty (80) percent of the required lot width ex-
cept in the case of lots on the turning circle of cul-
de-sacs, where the eighty (80) percent requirement shall
not apply; provided, however, that all lots shall have a
minimum of twenty-five (25) feet facing a street.
Lot, Frontage - The front of a lot shall be the narrowest
portion of the lot fronting on a dedicated, accepted or main-
tained street right-of-way.
v'Lot, Interior - A lot with only one frontage on a street.
,----Lot Line - The boundary line of a lot.
,,Lot of Record - A lot whose existence, location and dimen-
sion have been legally recorded or registered in a deed 'or
on a plat.
Lot, Reversed Frontage - A lot on which the frontage is at
'right angles or approximately right angles ( interior angle
less than one hundred thirty-five (135) degrees) to the
general pattern in the area. A reversed frontage lot may
also be a corner lot, an interior lot or a through lot.
ot, Through - A lot other than a corner lot with frontage
on more than one street. Through lots abutting two streets
may be referred to as a double frontage lot.
Major Recreational Equipment - Boats and boat trailers,
travel trailers, trailers for transporting motorized ve-
hicles, pickup campers or coaches (designed to be mounted on
automotive vehicles) , motorized dwellings, tent trailers and
the like, including the coverings.
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Manufactured Housing/Building - A closed structure, building
assembly, or system of su -assemblies, which may include
structural, electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating, or
other service systems manufactured in manufacturing facil-
ities for installation or erection, with or without other
specified components, as a finished building or as part of a
finished building, which shall include, but not be 1 im ited
to, residential, commercial, institutional, storage and in-
dustrial structures. This part does not apply to mobile
homes. Manufactured building may also mean, at the option
of the manufacturer, any building of open construction made
or assembled in manufacturing facilities away from the
building site, for installation, or assembly and install-
ation, on the building site.
marina - A place for docking boats or providing services to
boats and occupants thereof, including servicing and repair
to boats, sale of fuel and supplies, and provision of food,
beverages, and entertainment as accessory uses. A yacht
club shall be considered as a marina, but a hotel, motel, or
similar use, where docking of boats and provision of
services thereto, is incidental to other activities shall
not be considered as a marina, nor boat docks accessory to a
multiple family dwelling where no boat -related services are
rendered.
Mini -Storage - The renting of storage space which is uti-
lized for the incidental storage of personal effects which
space shall not exceed two hundred eighty (2 80) square feet
of net floor area. When used for such a purpose, such prop-
erty may not be used in combination with any other use with
the exception of storage garage.
Mobile Some Parks - A single parcel of ground on which there
are sites to be leased or rented to tenants for the purpose
of parking mobile homes.
Motel - A building in which lodging is provided and offered
to the public for compensation. As such it is open to the
public the same as a hotel, except that the buildings are
usually designed to serve tourists traveling by automobile,
ingress to rooms need not be through a lobby or office, and
parking usually is adjacent to the dwelling unit. In no
event shall the number of efficiency units or units with
kitchen facilities exceed a maximum of twenty-five (25) per-
cent of the units per building. There shall be a minimum of
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six (6) guest rooms per building and a minimum of 150 guest
rooms per motel. Guest rooms shall be defined as those
rooms intended or designed to be used, or which are used,
rented or hired out, to be occupied or which are occupied,
for sleeping purposes by guests.
Motor Travel Home - A self-propelled vehicle containing
living facilities and customarily used for camping or recrea-
tional uses.
Net Residential Acre - The horizontal acreage of a lot or
lots devoted exclusively to residential uses and their appur-
tenant accessory uses. Such area shall include the building
site, recreation areas, open space, swimming pools, parking,
drives, setbacks areas and the like. Net residential
acreage does not include areas used for non-residential pur-
poses, streets, waterways, offices, golf courses, or any
other use not developed for the exclusive use of the
property's residents.
Non -Conformity - Any lot, use of land, use of structure, use
o structure and premise or characteristics of any use which
was lawful at the time of enactment of this Ordinance but
which does not conform with the provisions of the district
in which it is located.
Non -Hazardous Material - Any material which does not in-
crease nor cause an increase of the hazard of menace of fire
to a greater degree than that customarily recognized as
normal by persons in the public service regularly engaged in
preventing, suppressing or extinguishing fire.
Occupied - The use of structure or land for any purpose,
inc' lud g occupancy for residential, business, industrial,
manufacturing, storage and public use.
Oceanfront Lots - A lot that is contiguous with the ocean
beach and which is considered as fronting on a public and
include those lots adjacent to a dedicated street. All lots
contiguous with the ocean beach shall be considered interior
lots.
Open Space Area - That area of the lot which is to be left
open for ree circulation of air and which provides an area
for recreational and/or leisure pursuits. Not to be in-
cluded as part of open space area: building setbacks, area
occupied by all building structures, parking area, roads,
and drives. Recreational areas may be included. Swimming
pools may be included in the calculation of minimum open
space.
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Open Shed - See Building.
Patio - See Terrace.
Parking Space, Off Street - For the purposes of this Ordi-
nance the term "ott street parking space" shall consist of a
minimum paved area two hundred (200) square feet for parking
an automobile, exclusive of access drives or aisles thereto.
In areas of the City zoned M-1 or C-1, sites which require
parking spaces for four hundred (400) or more vehicles, may
be allowed to utilize up to twenty-five percent (25%) of
those spaces for compact car parking. Compact car parking
spaces shall consist of a minimum, paved area of one hundred
sixty (160) square feet, exclusive of access drives or
aisles thereto.
Paying - Paving may consist of the following materials, maca-
dam, asphalt, tar, cement, concrete, pervious concrete,
bricks, tile, pavestone, tilestone, flags, flagstone,
flagging, cobblestone, cobbles, curb, kerb, curbstone, kerb-
stone, edgestone and curbing. All material must be
contained by a permanent border and properly maintained.
Playground - An area of land set aside for outdoor recrea-
tion, used by children for play and often equipped for
specific activities. May also be that part of a park or
outdoor recreation facility set aside for such use by
children. A playground may be public or private, however,
any recreational area established for pre -kindergarten
children only, or for adults or college students primarily,
shall not be considered a playground.
Principal Use of Structure - A building in which is con-
ducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated.
In a residential district any dwelling shall be deemed to be
the principal building on the lot on which the same is sit-
uated. An attached carport, shed, garage, or any other
structure with one or more walls or a part of one wall being
a part of the principal building and structurally dependent,
totally or in part, on the principal building, shall com-
prise a part of the principal building. A detached and
structurally independent carport, garage, or other structure
shall conform to the requirements of any accessory building.
A detached and structurally independent garage, carport, or
other structure conforming as an accessory building may be
attached to the principal buildings by an open breezeway not
to exceed six (6) feet in width. A connecting roof breeze-
way in excess of six (6) feet and enclosed on one or both
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sides including louvers, lattice or screening, shall cause
the entire structure to be construed as the principal
building and shall be subject to the regulations applicable
to the principal building.
Public Use - Any use of land or structures owned and oper-
ate3 By a municipality, county, state or the federal
government or any agency thereof and for a public service or
purpose.
Recreational Vehicle - Units designed as temporary living
quarters or recreational, camping or travel use, which
either have their own motive power or are mounted on or
drawn by another vehicle. Includes travel trailer, camping
trailer, truck camper, motor home and wheel recreational
trailer.
Residential District - That area set aside primarily for use
as low and medium density residential housing.
Restaurant - Any building or structure or portion thereof,
in which food is prepared and served for pay to any person
not residing on the premises.
Right -of -Way - Land reserved, used or to be used for a
street, alley, walkway, drainage facility or other public
purpose.
Schoolgrounds - All the land included in the lot or parcel
upon which a school building isregularlyused (except vaca-
tion periods) by elementary and/or secondary school students.
The school and/oe'land may be pub"I' )i ic or private.
Service Station - Buildings and premises where petroleum
products are supplied at retail, as a primary use, and
where, in addition, services may be rendered and sales made
as specified by this Ord 'inance.,_.' I ti"_
Setback - A required open space on the same lot with a
principal building, which space is unoccupied and unob-
structed by buildings from the ground upward, except as
specified in Sections 641.21, 641 23 and 641.44. All re-
quired setback areas shall be landscaped with greenery (sod)
and shall be properly maintained.
Shed - See Building.
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Shopping Center - Three (3) or more units for purposes of
mercantile.
Sii n__ - As defined in Chapter 23 of the Standard Building
Coe, current edition.
Special Except ion - A Special Exception is a use that would
not be appropriate generally or without restriction through-
out the zoning division or district but which, if controlled
as to number, area, location, or relation to the neighbor-
hood, would promote the public health, safety, welfare,
morals, order, comfort, convenience, appearance, posterity
or general welfare. Such uses as may be permitted by the
Board of Adjustment are identified for each zoning district
as Special Exceptions.
Story - That portion of a building included between the
floor surface and the upper surface of the floor next above,
or any portion of a building, used for human occupancy be-
tween the top -most floor and roof. A basement or cellar not
used for human occupancy shall not be counted as a story.
Street - A street for the purposes of this section shall be
a puGlic or private right-of-way set aside for public
travel.
Street Richt-of-Way - The property line which bounds the
-- right-of-way set aside for use as a street.
Street Centerline - The midpoint of the street right-of-way.
Street (Private) - A private way set aside for vehicular
traffic—that exceeds two hundred (200) feet in developed
length and/or serves four (4) or more residential, com-
mercial, or any combination of residential and commercial
units. Private streets shall be installed in accordance
with Section 503.09(C) of the Subdivision of Land Regu-
lations.
Structure - That which is built or constructed.
Swimming Pool - Any portable pool or permanent structure
containing a body of water eighteen ( 1 8) inches or more in
depth and/or two hundred fifty ( 250 ) square feet of surface
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area or more of water service area, including an ornamental
reflecting pool or fish pond or other type of pool regard-
less of size, unless it is located and designed so as not to
create a hazard or not be used for swimming or wading.
Tent - A collapsible shelter of canvas or other fabric type
material.
Terrace - An open space adjacent to the principal building
on one or two sides, prepared with a hard, semi -hard, or
improved surface, for the purpose of outdoor living.
Total Floor Area or Gross Floor Area - The areas of all
floors of a building, including finished attics, finished
basements and all covered areas, including porches, sheds,
carports and garages.
Townhouse - A single family dwelling unit constructed in a
series or group of attached units with property lines sepa-
rating such units.
Trailer - A portable structure having no foundation other
than wheels, jacks or blocks that will not be a hazard to
adjacent buildings and also fully enclosed, operable and
licensed.
Trailer Park - An area duly licensed by the City of Cape
Canaveral and approved by the Florida State Board of Health,
which is designed, constructed, equipped, operated and main-
tained for the purpose of Mroviding space for and otherwise
servicing mobile homes andor trailers.
Travel Trailer - See Recreational Vehicle.
Utility Access Easement - An easement less than twenty (20)
feet wide, dedicated and used f o r ut il. it ie s and utility ve-
hicles. Not qualified as an alley per subdivision code.
Vacant - A building or parcel of land which is neither occu-
p ie& no r used.
Variance - A variance is a relaxation of the terms of the
zoning ordinance where such variance will not be contrary to
the public interest and where, owing to conditions peculiar
to the property and not the result of the actions of the
applicant. A literal enforcement of the Ordinance would
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result in unnecessary and undue hardship. As used in this
Ordinance, a variance is authorized only for height, area,
size of structure or size of yards and open spaces; estab-
lishment or expansion of a use otherwise prohibited shall
not be allowed by variance, nor shall a variance be granted
because of the presence of non -conformities in the zoning
district or used in an adjoining zoning district.
Wall - A structure forming a physical barrier which is so
constructed that less than fifty (50) percent of the ver-
tical surface from ground level to its top is open to permit
the transmission of light, air and vision through such sur-
face in a horizontal plane.
Wall, Concrete Boundary - shall be a structure constructed
using concrete, either poured or in block form, along the
property boundary or within the setback and used as a di-
viding line between parcels of property in a residential
zone, specifically excluding townhouse interior party walls.
Yard - All open space on the same lot as the principal
building, which space is unoccupied and unobstructed by
buildings from the ground upward except as otherwise pro-
vided. Generally applies to the area from each lot line to
the principal building and its attached porches, sheds, car-
ports, garages and storage areas.