Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 10-09-12 regular-with petitions — reading text

principle building or use and which is on the same lot or parcel of ground as the principle building or use. Adverse effects: Any modifications, alterations, or effects or waters, associated wetlands, or shorelands, including their quality, quantity, hydrology, surface area, species composition, or usefulness for human or natural uses which are or may potentially be hartnful or injurious to human health, welfare, safety or property, to biological productivity, diversity, or stability Packet Pg. 82"  ORDINANCE ([ D # 1996) or which unreasonably interfere with the reasonable use of property, including outdoor recreation. The term includes secondary and cumulative as well as direct impacts. Aquifer: An underground formation, group of formations, or part of a formation that is permeable enough to transmit, store or yield usable quantities of water. Archaeological site: A property or location which has yielded or may yield information on the city's and local area' s history or prehistory. Archaeological sites are evidenced by the presence of artifacts and features indicating the past use of a location by people. Arena, auditorium, or stadium: An open, partially enclosed or fully enclosed facility primarily used or intended for commercial spectator sports or entertainment. Typical uses include convention and exhibition halls, sports arenas, and amphitheaters. Artisan .studio: A workplace for a person skilled in an applied art. As -built plans: The amended site development plans specifying the locations, dimensions, elevations, capacities and capabilities of structures or facilities as they have been constructed. Breakaway wall. A wall that is not part of the structural support of the building and is intended through its design and construction to collapse under specific lateral loading forces without causing damage to the elevated portion of the building or the supporting foundation system. Building.: Any structure built for support, shelter, or enclosure for any occupancy or storage. Po_ -E Clearing: The removal of trees and brush from a substantial part of the land but shall not include mowing of grass. Commercial vehicle: Any vehicle whether motor -driven or towed, and used constructed or equipped for the transportation of goods, wares, merchandise, tools, or equipment in the trade, commerce or industry. The following vehicles shall be excluded from the effect of this LUC: Passenger vehicles including station wagons, SUVs, and vehicles constructed for recreational purposes or other non commercial purposes, vehicles used by governmental agencies for official business, and vehicles which are or may be required to be similarly identified by State or Federal law. Cottage industry: The creation or assembly of products in a home -based setting rather than a factory. Cross -access: A vehicular and/ or pedestrian connection between abutting properties which permits the exchange of trips between the two adjacent sites without the need to use the public street system. Cultural or historic resource: Any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, object, or other real or personal property of historical, architectural, or archaeological value. The Packet Pg. 83  ORDINANCE ( ID # 1996) properties may include, but are not limited to, monuments, memorials, Native American habitations, ceremonial sites, abandoned settlements, artifacts or other objects with intrinsic historical or archaeological value, or any part thereof relating to the history, government, and culture of the city, the state, or the nation. Dedication: The deliberate appropriation of land by its owner for any general and public use, reserving to such owner no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public use to which the property has been devoted. De minimus: A matter so minor as to be disregarded. Density: Number of residential dwelling units per acre. Detention: The collection and storage of surface water for subsequent controlled discharge at a rate which is less than the rate of inflow. Development agreement: A document complying with the requirements of Section 163. 3220 - . 3243, F.S. Development order. Any order granting, denying, or granting with conditions, any official action of the City having the effect of allowing or denying the development or use of land. Direct hydrologic connection: A surface water connection which, under normal hydrological conditions, occurs on an average of thirty ( 30) or more consecutive days per year. In the absence of reliable hydrologic records, a continuum of wetlands may be used to establish a direct hydrologic connection. Discharge or discharge point: The point of outflow of water from a project, site, aquifer, drainage basin, or facility. Drainage.: Surface water runoff, the removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading or other means which include runoff controls. Drip line: The outer perimeter of the crown of a plant or tree. Dwelling: A single building, or portion thereof, forming an independent habitable unit including facilities for living, sleeping, sanitation, and cooking. Dwelling, duplex: A single building containing two ( 2) contiguous and independent dwelling units separated by a common wall and sharing a common roof and foundation. Dwelling /multiple family: A structure containing three ( 3) or more dwelling units attached to each other by walls, garages, carports, utility rooms, breezeways, etc. or conventional dwelling units, whether attached or detached from each other, which share a single deeded lot. Each dwelling unit of the multiple family structures may be located on one ( 1) deeded lot or may be on separately deeded lots. Multifamily dwellings include structures commonly called garden apartments, apartments, and condominiums. Dwelling/singlefamily: A structure containing a single dwelling unit, detached from other dwelling units by horizontal or vertical space with no connection provided by walls, garages, carports, utility rooms, breezeways, etc. PacketPg. 84  ORDINANCE ( ID # 1996) T3^ E Easement: An interest in land owned by another which entitles its holder to a specific use or enjoyment. Elevated building: A nonbasement building built to have the lowest floor elevated above the ground level by means of fill, solid foundation perimeter walls, pilings, columns ( posts and piers), shear walls, or breakaway walls. Elevation ( geography): Vertical distance to a point or object from sea level or some other datum, as specified within the LDC. Elevation ( structures): A drawing showing the vertical elements of a building, either exterior or interior, as a direct projection to a vertical plane. Ex parte: An oral and/ or written communication with a decision -maker regarding an application for development approval which occurred prior to the quasi- judicial hearing at which the decision -maker is to consider such application. An ex parte communication includes a private site visit to the property that is the subject of the application for development approval. r3,- Facade: That portion of a building encompassing the area extending in a generally vertical plane from the ground to the highest point of the building, marquee, or canopy and extending in a horizontal plane between the vertical ends of the structure. Farmers market: A group of vendors principally involved in the sale of locally produced and grown fruits, vegetables, meats, prepared foods, and art and crafts. Finishedfloor elevation: The top of a floor surface of an enclosed area in a building including basement) i. e. top of slab in concrete slab construction or lop of wood flooring in wood frame construction measured from the mean sea level. Flag. A sign made of fabric or other similar non -rigid material supported or anchored along only one edge or supported or anchored at only two ( 2) comers. Flood orflooding: The following terms are defined for the purposes of implementing the floodplain management requirements set forth in Section 3. 05. 00. The use and application of the following terms are applicable solely to Section 3. 05. 00 and shall not be construed to apply to any other regulations set forth in this LDC. Alteration of a watercourse: A dam, impoundment, channel relocation, change in channel alignment, ehannelization, or change in cross -sectional area of the channel or the channel capacity, or any other form of modification which may alter, impede, retard or change the direction and/ or velocity of the riverine flow of water during conditions of the base flood. Appeal: A request for a review of the Flood Plain Administrator interpretation of any provision of this LDC or a request for a variance. Packet Pg. 85  ORDINANCE ( ID # 1996) ASCE 24: A standard titled Flood Resistant Design and Construction that is referenced by the Florida Building Code. ASCE 24 is developed and published by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. Base flood: A flood having a l- percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. [ Also defined in FBC, B, Section 1612. 2.] The base flood is commonly referred to as the " 100 -year flood” or the " 1- percent- annual chance flood." Base flood elevation: The elevation of the base flood, including wave height, relative to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum ( NGVD), North American Vertical Datum ( NAVD) or other datum specified on the Flood Insurance Rate Map ( FIRM). Also defined in FBC, B, Section 1612. 2.] Basement: The portion of a building having its floor subgrade ( below ground level) on all sides. [ Also defined in FBC, B, Section 1612. 2.] Building Official: The officer or other designated authority charged with the administration and enforcement of the Florida Building Code, or a duly authorized representative. [ Also defined in FBC, B, Section 1612. 2.] Building permit: An official document or certificate issued by the community which authorizes performance of specific activities that are determined to be compliant with the Florida Building Code. Coastal construction control line: The line established by the State of Florida pursuant to section 161. 053, F.S., and recorded in the official records of the City, which defines that portion of the beach -dune system subject to severe fluctuations based on a 100 -year storm surge, storm waves or other predictable weather conditions. Coastal high hazard area: A special flood hazard area extending from offshore to the inland limit of a primary frontal dune along an open coast and any other area subject to high velocity wave action from storms or seismic sources. Coastal high hazard areas are also referred to as " high hazard areas subject to high velocity wave action" or " V Zones"