Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 100.211 - Establish Professional Office District — reading text

READ IN 1st 2nd t, t ORDINANCE IOf). ),,/ 1 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING P- l and P- 2 ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA: That the following zonlng districts of P- 1 and P- 2 are hereby adopted: SECTION I. P- 1 PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DISTRICT This district is designed to encourage the compatible office complexes in areas which development of major professional are suitable for such activities: Within the P- l Professional Office a) Uses permitted: District, structure, land or water shall be used except no building for one or more of the following uses: 1) Professional and business offices. 2) Nonprofit organization offices. 3) Public offices. 4) Automobile parking establishments. No building or structure b) Building Height Regulations: shall exceed forty- five ( 45) feet in height. c) Building Site Area Regulations: Each principal building of land having not less than six shall be located on a lot or parcel thousand ( 6, 000) square feet. d) Yard Regulations: Front Yard - There shall be a front yard having a distance of not less than thirty- five ( 35) feet. Side Yard - None required except where the lot abuts a residential district, there shall be a side yard of not less than twenty- five ( 25) feet. Rear Yard - There shall be a rear yard having a distance of not less than twenty ( 20) feet for the the lot and not less than principal building on seven and one- half ( 7- 1/ 2) feet for accessory  SECTION II. P- 2 PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DISTRICT This district is designed to the encourage compatible development of major professional and related office complexes as well as other related businesses located within the principal building. a) Uses Permitted: Within the P- 2 Professional Office District, no building structure, land or water shall be used except for one or more of the following uses: 1) Professional and business offices. 2) Nonprofit organization offices. 3) Public offices. 4) Automobile parking establishments. 5) Business training schools. 6) Testing laboratories. 7) Personal service establishments, educational facilities, restaurants, cultural facilities, religious establishments, hospitals, nursing care homes, public utility structures and dwelling units located within the principal building. SECTION III. A) Compatibility The parcel of land must be suitable for the type of use proposed by virtue of its location, shape, topography, and the nature of surrounding development uses, standards required, standards and regulations for these uses, and buildings are as follows: a) Uses shall be subject to the general regulations for structures and uses, lots and yards and vehicles contained in this ordinance for princi- pal buildings and single- lot development. b) All should be located an adequate dis- buildings tance from all property lines and street right- of way lines. Greater building set- back lines should be required when the lot has more than the minimum lot area required or when deemed necessary to protect surrounding properties. c) A properly maintained landscaped separation strip, at least fifteen ( 15) feet in width, should be provided along all property lines and along all streets serving the premises. The Planning Board may also require that the  d) Minimum lot frontage on a street shall be sufficient to permit properly spaced and located access points designed to serve the use proposed. Wider space between access and intersection street right- of- way points lines may be required ~ y the Planning Board when the lot has more than the minimum re- quired frontage on the street. No building structure B) Building Height Regulations - or shall exceed forty- five ( 45) feet in height. C) Building Site Area Regulations: Each principal building shall be located on a lot or parcel of land having not less than six thousand ( 6, 000) square feet. D) Yard Regulations: Front Yard - There shall be a front yard having a distance of not less than thirty- five ( 35) feet. Side Yard - None required except where the lotabuts a residential district there shall be a side yard of not less than twenty- five ( 25) feet. Rear Yard - There shall be a rear yard having a distance of not than twenty ( 20) less feet for the principal building on the lot and not less than seven and one half ( 7- 1/ 2) feet for accessory buildings. E) Off- street Parking Regulations: See Section 23- 11. etc. F) Signs: Refer to Section 23- 12. 1 NOTE: Sign requirement for P- 1 and P- 2 shall comply with those requirements established for C- l Limited Commercial District as described in Section 23~ 12. l. SECTION IV. DEFINITIONS 1. Religious establishment: A building occupied by a religious organization operated primarily for wor- ship and related activities. 2. Research development laboratory: and A building, or portion building occupied by of a an establishment primarily engaged in research, development and test- ing on a commercial basis, normally on a contract basis for a fee or charge or nonprofit organization primarily engaged in research and dissemination of information for the public health welfare. and nnnnrn~; T nrIT~ n; 7~~; nnc'  4. Personal service establishment: A building, or portion of a building, occupied by an establishment in which a person, or persons, practice a vocation that performs a type of labor, act or work that results primarily in a specialized aid of assistance directly to the personal needs of ultimate consumers normally served on the premises for a fee or charge. Personal service establishments do not include laundry and dry cleaning plants. 5. Public offices: A building, or portion of a