Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 100.304 - Establish Regulations CRA area — reading text

1. Maximum Height Two and one- half ( 2- 1/ 2) stories but no higher than thirty- five ( 35) feet. 2. General Yard Regulations No structure. other than swimming pools, ground level decks or courts, and bulk- heads, shall be erected closer than fifty ( 50) feet from the mean high tide line of Santa Rosa Sound nor closer than twenty- five ( 25) feet from any right- of- way line. 5-  3. Minimum Yard ~ etbacks Front Side Rear Principal Buildings 25 feet 10 feet plus 2 feet for 20 feet* each habitable story in ht. above the 2nd habitable story Parking Decks 25 feet Same as principal building 20 feet* setback or 20 feet whichever is less Accessory Building 25 feet Same as principal building 10 feet* setback or 20 feet whichever is less Outdoor Recreation Facilities 25 feet 10 feet 10 feet See subsection D- 2 above. 4. Maximum Lot Coverage The maximum lot coverage by all buildings and structures shall not exceed forty 40) percent of the lot area ( outdoor recreation facilities located at approxi- mately ground level shall not be included in determining lot coverage.) 5. Maximum Density The following limits on floor and dwelling units per acre are in- gross area tended to increased and encourage light air between and around highrise buildings: HEIGHT IN MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA MAXIMUM DWELLING HABITABLE STORIES* AS % OF LOT AREA UNITS PER ACRE 1 40. 0 10 2 60. 0 20 3 71. 7 25 4 86. 1 30 5 100. 4 35 6 114. 8 40 7 129. 1 45 8& Over 143. 5 50 No building or structure shall exceed two and one- half ( 2- 1/ 2) habitable stories, or thirty- five ( 35) feet in height except as provided in subsection 6. below. 6. Height Bonus Criteria It is the intent of these regulations to encourage the prOV1Slon of amenities of benefit to the public in the development of this district. To encourage such amenities, the maximum height of a building may be increased to exceed two ( 2) habitable stories if the proposed development meets one or more of the bonus criteria set forth below. Building heights may be increased two ( 2) habitable stories for each bonus criterion met in proposed development but only after re- ceiving written approval from the Fort Walton Beach Redevelopment Agency. Exer- cise of this bonus provision must be requested by the developer in writing, stating the criteria that will be met. Request must be submitted with the site plan. Bonus Criteria a. Provision of public access to the waterfront promenade along rights- of- way or easements whose alignments, widths, and improvements are approved by the Fort Walton Beach Redevelopment Agency; b. Development of waterfront promenade with alignment, width, and improvement approved by the Fort Walton Beach Redevelopment Agency; 6-  c. Arrangement of open space to provide unobstructed vistas of Santa Rosa Sound from Miracle Strip Parkway or Brooks Street. Such vistas shall provide an angle of view not less than 10 degrees wide when measured between two lines beginning at a single point along the front property line and diverging toward Santa Rosa Sound; d. Landscaping or other approved screening of off- street parking facilities; e. Elevation of first habitable story, including all horizontal components for its support, to a height not less than two ( 2) feet above base flood elevation as established by the Federal Flood Insurance Agency; f. Energy conservation measures for all habitable stories that exceed State minimum requirements by more than fifteen ( 15) percent; g. Landscape treatment of not less than twenty ( 20) percent of the lot area by use of grass, trees, shrubs, pavement design, sculptures, fountains, light- ing, benches, and similar amenities with particular emphasis on the area between principal building and its frontage street. h. Provision for underground or below- grade parking; i. Arrangement of high- rise buildings to prevent shading that would not be in the best interest of the public' s health, welfare, safety, and morals; j. Attractively designed parking lot( s) making use of features such as curbed and landscaped islands, mature trees, textured and/ or colored pavement, security lighting, protected pedestrianways, and other features that break the monotony of asphalt and cement and reduce reflected heat. 7. Minimum Lot Size - ten thousand ( 10, 000) square feet. Sec. 24- 2. 3 DR- 5 Mixed Use District A. INTENT The intent of the DR- 5 Mixed Use District is to provide locations for motels, hotels and high density residential and commercial development along the waterfront where distant views of Santa Rosa Sound are available and within easy access to the down- town area. B. USES PERMITTED BY RIGHT 1. Motels and hotels provided that each lodging unit shall contain not less than two hundred ( 200) square feet of floor area; 2. Multi- family structures excluding townhouses and cluster homes; 3. Incidental retail trades and services such as food service, gift or novelty SEop, barber and beauty shop, and lounges, soda bar, conducted primarily for the convenience of transient guests and residents and' contained wholly withill a principal building. 4. Customary accessory uses including ancillary recreation facilities. C USES PERMITTED