Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 01-24-12 special ldc — reading text

P."' 5 Drcc ndeer H, 2011 Packet Pg. 95  3. 1. a I' I) f( A' altrm leach PISAI. Iand De, rtop.. I Code List of Fieures Figure 5. 01. 03. D 5-9 Figure 5. 01. 08. E 5 - 11 Figure 5. 01. 09. A 5 - 12 Figure 5. 01. 09. B 5 - 12 Figure 5. 01. 09. 0 -1 5 - 13 Figure 5. 01. 09. 0 -2 5 - 13 Figure 5. 04. 18. D 5 - 41 Figure 5. 04. 181 5 - 42 1)"" I" pmem 5landarde Vn,e , 3 Ilc w,a,, 75, 2011 Packet Pg. 96  3. 1. a tort t4' all nn beach FIA U. I ; md De.. kq, nent Code 5. 00. 00 GENERALLY 5. 00. 01 Purpose and Intent A. It is the purpose of this section to regulate the installation, configuration, and use of accessory structures, and the conduct of accessory uses, in order to ensure that such structures and uses are compatible with surrounding areas. B. Accessory structures and uses are those uses, activities, and structures that are customarily associated with the principal uses permissible in a zoning district. Accessory uses and structures shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to permissible principal uses. C. Permissible accessory uses and structures are identified in Chapter 2, Table 2. 03. 03. D. No accessory use or structure shall be established prior to the construction of a principal use on the site where an accessory use or structure is proposed. 5. 01. 00 ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES 5. 01. 01 Home Occupations A. Home occupations may be permitted as an accessory use in a lawfully established dwelling unit located in the R -I E, R -1, and R -2 zoning districts. The standards for home occupations are intended to ensure compatibility with other permitted uses and with the residential character of the neighborhood. B. The following and similar uses shall be considered home occupations: 1. An office, such as for professionals and general businesses. 2. Instruction or teaching, such as, but not limited to, academic tutoring, performing arts, or fine arts, provided that no more than two ( 2) students are instructed at any one ( 1) time. 3 Administrative or clerical support services, such as transcription, court reporters, stenographers, notary public, or word processing, data entry, or addressing services. 4. Authors, composers, or creation of intellectual property. 5. Telephone answering service. 6. Beauty salons, barber shops, nail technician, or similar personal service, limited to one ( l) chair or station. 7. Similar uses. An interpretation that a use is similar shall be based on the tasks and activities normally associated with the proposed use and the similarity of those tasks and activities with the tasks and activities of a listed use. C. The following uses are specifically prohibited as home occupations: 1. Appliance and motor repairs ( small or large). 2. Automotive, vehicle, or watercraft repairs. 3. Florist. 4. Veterinary clinic. 5. Office for a doctor, dentist, or other medical practitioner. 6. Repair of radios, televisions, computers, CD or DVD players, or other similar equipment. 7. Any occupation involving hazardous materials. 8. Restaurants. 9. Any other occupation which does not meet the standards in Section 5. 01. 01. D. All home occupations shall comply with the following standards: Druiupnu nt Standards Panes - 4 1) r"' uher 15, 3011 Packet Pg, 97  3. 1. a Fort ANA Ruch FIN %I. I nad Ilcu lopmcnl Cola 1. Employees of the home occupation shall be limited to the residents of the dwelling in which the occupation is located. 2. A home occupation shall be required to have a City Business Tax Receipt ( BTR). There shall be one ( 1) BTR for each business conducted in the dwelling. 3. The use of the dwelling unit for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes, and shall not change the residential character of the structure. 4. Not more than twenty -five (25) percent of the habitable Floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation. 5. There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation including outside storage or signs pertaining to the home occupation. However, one ( 1) unlighted nameplate, not more than one ( I) square foot in area, may be attached to the front wall of the dwelling unit identifying the name of the business which constitutes the home occupation. 6. No home occupation shall be conducted in any accessory building, except for the permissible parking of vehicles in a garage or carport. 7. No open storage of equipment shall be permitted except that which is of a quantity and configuration normally used for purely domestic purposes. S. The home occupation shall not generate noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference to adjacent properties. 9. Up to two ( 2) passenger vehicles, which may be commercially marked, are permissible in association with the home occupation. All permissible vehicles shall be parked within a lawful garage, lawful carport, or on the driveway. However, vehicles with a primary purpose of commercial use are prohibited; such vehicles include well -drilling trucks, tow -trucks, cement mixers, semi -trailers, tractors, refrigerated trucks or vans, graders, or other earth moving equipment. Lawn equipment trailers and similar vehicles are permissible provided that they are screened from public view and limited to one ( 1) per dwelling. Taxi cabs may be permissible, provided that all such vehicles can be parked within a garage, carport, or driveway. 10. No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood. The basis for evaluating traffic generated shall be data available from the Institute of Transportation Engineers. 11. Any need for parking generated by the conduct of such home occupation shall be met by the parking areas serving the residential use, such as the driveway, garage, or carport. No vehicle shall block access to the driveway or pedestrian movement on a sidewalk. 5. 01. 02 Accessory Structures and Uses in All Zoning Districts A. Accessory uses and structures may be located on a parcel, provided that the following requirements are met: 1. There shall be a permitted principal structure or use on the development site, located in full compliance with all standards and requirements of this LDC. 2. Accessory structures shall be included in all calculations of impervious surface and stormwater runoff. Uc. rlopmcn15iwuinnls Pege < - Uacuuilror 15, 2U 17 Packet Pg. 98  3. 1. a PtVAI. Lend I" rr( IN AI on C cad, 3. Accessory structures shall be on the same development site, which may consist of combined lots, and subordinate to the principal use or structure. 4. Permanent accessory structures shall not be located within or on any required easement. 5. Accessory structures, other than fences and flagpoles located in compliance with the requirements of Section 5. 01. 08, shall not be located within any required buffer or landscaping area, parking lot, or protected area. The applicant shall demonstrate that accessory structures proposed in a storrnwater management area shall have no negative impact to the intended function of the area. B. Accessory uses and structures that contain recreation facilities, gyms and health club facilities, parks, playgrounds, play courts, and play fields shall not be open to the general public. Such accessory uses and structures are intended for the use of the residents or employees of the principal use. 1. There shall be no signage advertising the uses and structures. 2. Parking to support the accessory use or structure shall be provided as set forth in Section 6. 04.02. 3. Accessory structures shall be designed for consistency and compatibility with the principal building(s) on the site. C. Site development standards for accessory buildings 1. An accessory building in the R -IE, R -1, R -2, YC, MX -1, and MX -2 zoning districts shall not exceed one ( 1) story, except where an accessory dwelling unit is approved in the second story above a garage. 2. An accessory building in the R -IE, R -1, R -2, YC, MX -1, and MX -2 zoning districts shall have a roof pitch of 4: 12 or shall match the roof