Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 1696 define building hgts — reading text

READING DATE 1st 2nd ORDINANCE 1696 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA; PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY; AMENDING CHAPTER 12. 20 DEFINITIONS, OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, TO AMEND DEFINITION OF BUILDING HEIGHT; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF PRIOR PROVISIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I.Authority. The authority for enactment of this ordinance is pursuant to the powers for the City of Fort Walton Beach, provided in Section 2 of the City Charter, and Section 166.021( 1) Florida Statutes. SECTION II. Volume IV, Land Development Code, Section 12.20 Definitions is hereby amended as follows: Section 12. 20 Definitions Delete the current: Height SuildiRg, Might 9f The veFtiGal distanGe fF9m the FRean finished grade to the highest paim of the main buikting. The height of the '(Jail is the vertical distance fmm the grade to the mean f9I of the top of the wall, including any le~. OOn:ReFS or gables in the wall. Height ef BlJikJiRfJ The \"eFtfG81 distance measuF9d fF9f'R the upper floor swFfase of the fiFSt habitable 8t9ry to the highest paint 9f the building. [ also defined in R 1 E, R 1.\, R , 18) ( 3) U&> Eimum MlP..\' heighb The determination of height shaH be as measured 19 the ceiling 9f the highest stary or fOof desk of a flat roof buildiAg fmm the gF9ater of the f91t9\& Jing: 1. The FEW. F8quiF9meRt far the fiFSt habitable fl90r; or 2. 18 iAShes age~1e the el8'/ati9n of the average CF9\VR of the adj8Q8nt F9ad( s); or 3. The a~:eFage grade aftha property. Bui/dina heiaht: Sinale-fami/v and duo/ex buildinos or industrial buildinas: The determination of buildina heiaht shall be measured to the hiahest point of the roof structure from the first habitable finished floor elevation ( FFE) as measured from the areater of the followina:  a) 18 inches above the elevation of the average crown of the adiacent streett s): or b) The established averaae arade of the Droeerty. A Darkina aaraae built below a) or b) above whichever is areater shall be excluded from the determination of heiaht. All buildings other than sinale-familv and duolex bul1dinas or industrial buildinas: The maximum buildina heiaht shall be measured to the ceilina of the hi~ hest stOry. or roof deck of a flat-roof buildina. from the first habitable floor elevation as measured from the areater of the followina: a) 18 inches above the elevation of the averaae crown of the adiacent street( s): or b )The established averaae arade of the Drooerty. A Darkina aaraae built below a) or b) above whichever is areater shan be excluded from the determination of heiaht. Roof structures. Daraoet walls. elevator shafts. or architectural embellishments may extend UD to 15 feet above the maximum oermitted height in any building tYee. SECTION III. REPEAL OF PRIOR PROVISIONS. In the event any ordinance or parts of ordinances are in conflict herewith, the provisions of this Ordinance herein shall prevail. SECTION N. SEVERABILITY. Should any section or provision of this Ordinance, or any portion thereof, be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder, as a whole or any part hereof, other than that part declared to be invalid. SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE. 2  This Ordinance shan take effect immediately upon approval by City Council and signature of the Mayor. ADOPTED: ~,,-, '/,~ & dJ6 J4kI!uun Mike Anderson, Mayor Approved as to form and legal sufficiency. Codification Instructions Section II: Codified as amendment to Section 12.20, LDC Sections I, III, IV and V: not codified Strikethroughs are deletions; underlinina are additions. DISPOSITION 3