Okaloosa County BOCC — October 16, 2012 — Exhibit 3

EXHIBIT LJ LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE Chapter 2 Zoning Regulations [2.10.00 GENERAL COMMERCIAL (C-3) 2.10.01 Purpose: The purpose of the General Commercial (C-3) District is to provide areas for intensive commercial uses involving conducting business, professional, service, or government which generally do not involve the manufacture of new products from raw materials. 2.10.02 Intent: The General Commercial (C-3) District is intended to implement and put into regulatory effect the “Commercial” and other Future Land Use Map categories that allow commercial uses. 2.10.03 Location/Designation Criteria: A C-3 district may be located either within or outside the urban development area boundary. General Commercial districts may be located only within “Commercial”, “Mixed Use’, and “Agriculture” Future Land Use Map categories, and then only when the specific conditions and requirements applicable to the category involved are met. 2.10.04 Permitted Uses: The following uses are permitted as of right in C-3 districts. All other uses are permitted by special exception or prohibited. 1. All C-1 and C-2 permitted uses. 2. Specific permitted uses are listed in the North American Industry Classification System, U.S. Census Bureau, 2902 2012, under the following codes. a. Code 23: Construction. b. Code 42: Wholesale trade. c. Code 44 — 45: Retail trade. d. Code 48 - 49: Transportation and Warehousing, except: 481 Air transportation;_4831_ Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation; 4881 Support Activities for Air Transportation; 4882 Support Activities for Rail Transportation; 4883 Support Activities for Water Transportation, and; 487990 Scenic and. Sightseei g =: e. Code 51: Information. f. Code 53: Real estate, rental and leasing except 532411 Commercial air, rail and water transportation equipment rental and leasing. g. Code 54: Professional, scientific, and technical services. h. Code 55: Management of companies and enterprises. 2-23 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE Chapter 2 Zoning Regulations i. Code 56: Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services except 5622 Waste Treatment and Disposal. j. Code 61: Educational services. k. Code 62: Health and social assistance. |. Code 71: Arts, entertainment, and recreation except 7132 Gambling Industries (any gaming and gambling prohibited by law), and: 713990 (Nudist Camps and_outdoor shooting activities involving firearms such as firing ranges, trap shoot, skeet shoot only). onsistent with m. Code 72: Accommodation and food services. n. Code 81: Other services. 0. Code 92: Public administration except 922140 Correctional institutions (state or federal prison). p. Utilities. | q. Off-site signs (billboards). 3. Residential uses with a residential density of 10 dwelling units per acre or less, provided that any adjacent commercial uses shall not be required to install any compatibility buffers or mitigation against the residential use. 4. Lounges, businesses or establishments, and further any business that, principally, is engaged in the | dispensing of alcoholic beverages by the drink for consumption on the premises as specified in-Section | 2.21.01 of this Code. 5. Automobile, boat, or vehicle repair garage, mechanical and body, which shall not store or otherwise maintain any parts or waste material outside of such buildings. 6. Building and lumber supply establishments provided the entire storage area is enclosed within a fence at least six (6) feet in height. 7. Junk yards shall be located on parcels with a minimum of five (5) acres and shall have an eight (8) foot high chain link fence enclosing the areas within which junk is to be kept. There shall be a minimum twenty (20) foot green belt around the borders of the property which, except for ingress and egress points and their associated visibility triangles, shall be planted with evergreen trees and shrubbery sufficient to provide a visual screening of 100% opacity from the ground level to a height of eight (8) feet at the time of planting. A privacy fence or wall with a height of eight (8) feet may be used as an alternative to vegetation to achieve the required opacity provided however, that the installation of such a wall or fence shall not exempt junkyards from perimeter buffer or landscaping requirements required elsewhere in this code. Under no circumstances shall a chain link fence into which slats have been woven or any sort of 2-24 a OO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE Chapter 2 Zoning Regulations screening attached be considered an opaque privacy fence or wall for purposes of this section. There shall be a minimum thirty (30) foot setback from all property lines which shall remain clear of all structures and storage of any junk or storage of materials of any kind. 8. Trade shops including sheet metal, upholstery, electrical, plumbing, venetian blind. Cabinet making, carpentry and sign painting, provided that all operations are conducted entirely within a building. 9. Solid waste transfer stations and recycling facilities. 10. Utilities such as power lines and electric power substations, water mains, sewer mains, lift stations, water supply wells, and other similar facilities for the collection, transmission or distribution of utility service. 11. Communications towers. 12. Animal hospitals, veterinary clinics, commercial kennels, and animal boarding provided that no outside cages or runs shall be located closer than 100 feet from any residence or residential zoning district. 2.10.05 Special Exceptions: The following uses may be allowed by the granting of a special exception by the Board of Adjustment. 1. Uses which, in the opinion of the Planning Official, are similar in nature to other uses allowed as permitted uses. 2.10.06 Bulk Regulations: Maximum impervious surface coverage shall be no greater than 85% and maximum floor area ratio shall be no greater than 0.75. Maximum building height shall be 75 feet and may be higher subject to compatibility analysis or approved as part of a master plan. The minimum front setback shall be ten (10) feet. Residential building setbacks shall be applied based on the type of building, ie. single-family: R-1; duplex: R-2, etc. See Section 2.19.00 for possible additional requirements. 2.10.7 Performance Criteria: In addition to the permitted uses specified in 2.10.04, the following performance criteria may be assigned to any C-3 zoning district, including any rezoning of property to C- 3. Once assigned, these criteria shall attach and have the effect of a new C-3 zoning district. 1. Criteria A — Low Impact Commercial: The following criteria shall attach to the C-3 zoning district for this criteria. a. Hours of operation: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM b. Noise: Noise levels shall net d-55-dbA cutside-any lesed-struciure-orbuilding be as specified in Sections 9.01.00 and 9.02 c. Storage: There shall be no outside storage of any supplies or materials. d. Odors, fumes: There shall be no detectable noxious odors or fumes that extend onto any adjacent or nearby property. e. Light, glare: No continuous light or glare shall extend onto any adjacent or nearby property. 2-25 — LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE Chapter 2 Zoning Regulations f. Dust, dirt: The permitted use shall not reasonably be expected to produce dust or dirt which extends onto any adjacent or nearby property on a regular basis. g. Alcoholic beverages: There shall be no establishments allowed which serve alcoholic beverages consumption on premises whether with food consumption or not. 2. Criteria B - Medium Impact Commercial: The following criteria shall attach to the C-3 zoning district for this criteria a. All Category A criteria except as specified herein. b. Hours of operation: 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM. c. Alcoholic beverages: There shall be no establishments allowed which .serve alcoholic beverages consumption on premises unless such establishment is licensed as a food service establishment and otherwise meets the criteria of Section 2.20.01. 2-26