Okaloosa County BOCC — November 1, 2016 — Mixed Use District text — reading text

2.07.00 MIXED USE DISTRICT (MU) 2.07.01 Purpose: The purpose of the Mixed Use (MU) district is to provide areas for a variety of housing types as well as a functional mix of residential and non-residential land uses. 2.07.02 Intent: The MU district is intended to implement and put into regulatory effect the provisions of the “Mixed Use” future land use categories established in the Comprehensive Plan. 2.07.03 Location/Designation Criteria: Lands to be designated as, or rezoned to, an MU district may be located inside or outside the urban development area boundary. Mixed Use districts must be located within a Mixed Use future land use category. This district may also include existing mixed use areas and Developments of Regional Impact (DRI). 2.07.04 Permitted Uses: The following uses are permitted as of right in the MU district. All other uses are permitted by special exception or prohibited. 1. Residential Uses. All R-1, R-2, and R-3 permitted uses. 2. Non-Residential. All C-2 permitted uses when located outside recorded residential subdivisions. C-2 uses are also permitted on parcels within residential subdivisions when such uses are included as part of a master plan for the subdivision. All C-3 uses may be allowed when the property involved fronts upon an arterial or collector roadway as identified in the Comprehensive Plan, Transportation Element Tables 2.2.1 and 2.2.2, and there is no access to the commercial part of the property through a residential area or residential-zoned area (all C-2 and C-3 bulk regulations shall apply). Institutional (all INST bulk regulations shall apply). Recreation (all REC bulk regulations shall apply). 3. Public transit stops and shelters. 4. Customary accessory uses and structures (see 2.21.00). 5. Utilities such as power lines, water mains, sewer mains, lift stations, water supply wells, and other similar facilities necessary for the collection, transmission, or distribution of utility service. 6. The percentage distribution among the mix of uses shall be no less than 50% any type of a predominate allowable use as specified herein in combination with one or more allowable uses which may be applied on a parcel-specific or area- wide basis, or the percentage distribution of uses may be applied based upon the following objective measurements: size of the property involved; use and character of the surrounding area; the extent of changed conditions and circumstances in the area; availability of utilities and services to support the uses allowed, and; the extent to which the mixed use designation would encourage a compact, sustainable pattern of development. 2.07.05 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. 2.07.06 Bulk Regulations: Bulk regulations for the MU district shall be as shown on Table 2.6. TABLE 2.6 BULK REGULATIONS FOR MU DISTRICTS ____________________________________________________________________________________ MAXIMUM DENSITY Inside Urban Development Area Boundary (UDAB) No more than 25 dwellings/acre No more than 10 dwellings/acre1 Outside UDAB or Rural Community No more than 4 dwellings/acre ____________________________________________________________________________________ MAXIMUM INTENSITY 0.75 FAR 75% ISC ____________________________________________________________________________________ MINIMUM BUILDING SETBACKS Inside UDAB Outside UDAB Front2 20 feet 20 feet Sides 5 feet 10 feet Rear 10 feet 10 feet ____________________________________________________________________________________ MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE 20 feet ___________________________________________________________________________________ MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT Inside UDAB 200 feet* Outside UDAB 45 feet See Section 3.09.00 for possible additional restrictions * Subject to approval by the Aviation Advisory Committee 1 – No more than 10 dwelling units per acre for parcels 2 acres or less. 2 - If the property abuts multiple roads, the front setback shall be from the road from which the subject property’s address is derived, with the rear being the side opposite the front provided, however, that in no case shall a building intrude into a visibility triangle of an adjacent property or road intersection, nor shall any building intrude into a roadway right-of-way area.