Ord 09-10- -- - ORDINANCE NO. 09-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ARTICLE 4.4,
"BASE ZONING DISTRICT", SECTION 4.4.9, "GENERAL
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT", SUBSECTION (B), "PRINCIPAL
USF,S AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED"; SECTION 4.4.13,
"CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT", SUBSECTION (B),
"PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED";
SECTION 4.4.15, "PLANNED OFFICE CENTER
DISTRICT", SUBSECTION (B), "PRINCIPAL USES AND
STRUCTURES PERMITTED"; SECTION 4.4.16,
"PROFESSIONAL AND OFFICE DISTRICT", SUBSECTION
(B), "PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED";
SECTION 4.4.17, "RESIDENTIAL OFFICE DISTRICT",
SUBSECTIONS (B), "PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES
PERMITTED", AND (G), "SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRICT
REGULATIONS", TO SPECIFY AND CLARIFY
MEDICALLY RELATED USES; AMENDING APPENDIX
"A", "DEFINITIONS", TO ENACT REVISED OR NEW
DEFINITIONS FOR "MEDICAL CLINIC", "MEDICAL
LABORATORY", "MEDICAL OFFICE", AND
"PROFESSIONAL OFFICES" PROVIDING A SAVING
CLAUSE, A GENERAL REPEALER CLAUSE, AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Delray Beach has the authority to protect
the health, safety and welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Delray Beach has the authority to make
regulations pertaining to land use and development within the City of Delray Beach; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to LDR Section 1.1.6, the Planning and Zoning Board reviewed the proposed
text amendment at a public hearing held on June 21, 2010 and voted 6 to 0 to recommend that the changes be
approved; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Florida Statute 163.3174(4)(c), the Planning and Zoning Board, sitting as the
Local Planning Agency, has determined that the change is consistent with and Furthers the goals, objectives
and policies of the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Delray Beach adopts the findings in the Planning
and Zoning Staff Report; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Delray Beach finds the ordinance is consistent with
the Comprehensive Plan.
NOW "THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
I~1?1,R~1Y BRACH, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the recitations set forth above are incorporated herein.
Section 2. That Article 4.4, "Base Zoning District", Section 4.4.9, "General Commercial
District", Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and Structures Permitted", of the Land Development Regulations
of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
(B) Principal Uses and Structures Permitted: The following are allowed within the GC
District as permitted uses, except as modified in the Four Corners Overlay District by Section 4.4.9(G)(3)(a).
(1) General retail uses including, but not limited to:
* ~ Antiques, arts and crafts, automotive parts, baked goods, books, carpet and floor
covering, cheeses, beer, wine, liquor, confectioneries, cosmetics, meats, draperies and
slipcovers, medicines and prescriptions, electrical fixtures and supplies, fabrics, fish,
flowers and plants, fruits and vegetables, food, garden supplies, gifts, glassware, hardware
and paints, home furnishings, ice cream, lawn care equipment, leather goods, luggage,
medical and surgical equipment, music and musical instruments, nautical supplies, office
furniture equipment and supplies, pets and pet supplies, photographic equipment and
supplies, sewing supplies, sporting goods, toys, wearing apparel and accessories,
appliances, bicycles, business machines, jewelry.
(2) Business x~-,Professional, and Medical uses including, but not limited to:
* a Interior decorating, medical and dental clinics, medical and dental laboratories,
photographic studios, printing and publishing, business offices. professional offices, and
medical offces.
(3) Contractor's Offices, including but not limited to:
* j~Air conditioning, general contractor, electrical, painting, and plumbing; however, any
outside storage of materials is prohibited.
(4) Services and Facilities including, but not limited to:
* (~ Auctions, barber and beauty shops and salons, caterers, dry cleaning limited to on-site
processing for customer pickup only, dry cleaning and laundry pickup stations, financing
e.g. banks and similar institutions including drive-through facilities, laundromats limited to
self-service facilities, pet groonvng, restaurants including drive-in and drive-through,
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tailoring, tobacconist, vocational schools limited to arts and crafts, business, beauty,
dancing, driving, gymnastics, photography, modeling, and karate-judo, small item repair,
and rental of sporting goods and equipment (such as but not limited to bicycles, skates,
boogie boards).
* ~ abused spouse residence with forty (40) or fewer residents, galleries, broadcast
studios, butcher shops, cocktail lounges, exercise facilities e.g. gyms and clubs, indoor
shooting ranges, museums, libraries, newsstands, commercial or public parking lots and
parking garages, theaters excluding drive-ins.
(5) Dwelling units in the same structure as commercial uses provided that: commercial uses
must be provided on the ground floor; commercial uses on the ground Floor must occupy no less than 25%
of the total structure excluding square footage devoted to vehicular use; residential uses are not located on the
ground level; residential uses and non-residential uses are physically separated and have separate accessways;
and the residential density does not exceed 12 units per acre, except the Four Corners District which may
have a free standing residential building as part of amulti-building unified master plan or the residential
component ma}' be a part of a single mixed use building. The density of the Four Corners Master Plan shall
not exceed 30 dwelling units per acre and is subject to the provisions under Section 4.4.9 (G)(3)(d)(4).
(G) Astrologists, clairvoyants, fortune tellers, palmists, phrenologists, psychic readers,
spiritualists, numerologists and mental healers, subject to the locational restrictions of Section 4.4.9(H)(3).
(7) Group Home, Type 1, pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 4.3.3(I).
Section 3. That Article 4.4, "Base "Coning District", Section 4.4.13, "Central Business District",
Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and Structures Permitted", of the Land Development Regulations of the City
of Delray Beach, Florida, shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
(B) Principal Uses and Structures Permitted: The following types of use are allowed within the CBD
District as a permitted use:
(1) General retail uses including, but not limited to:
(a) Antiques, arts and crafts, automotive parts, baked goods, books, carpet and floor
covering, cheeses, beer, wine, liquor, confectioneries, cosmetics, meats, draperies and
slipcovers, medicines and prescriptions, electrical fixtures and supplies, fabrics, fish,
flowers and plants, fruits and vegetables, food, garden supplies, gifts, glassware, hardware
and paints, home furnishings, ice cream, lawn care equipment, leather goods, luggage,
medical and surgical equipment, music and musical instruments, nautical supplies, office
furniture equipment and supplies, pets and pet supplies, photographic equipment and
supplies, sewing supplies, sporting goods, toys, wearing apparel and accessories,
appliances, bicycles, business machines, jewelry.
(2) Business, mil pProfessional, and Medical uses pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section
4.4.13(H)(1) including, but not limited to:
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(a) Interior decorating, medical and dental clinics, medical and dental laboratories,
photographic studios, printing and publishing, business, medical, and professional
offices.
(3) Services and facilities including, but not limited to:
(a) Auctions, barber and beauty shops and salons, caterers, dry cleaning limited to on-site
processing for customer pickup onl}', dry cleaning and laundry pickup stations,
laundrotnats limited to self-sen~ice facilities, pet grooming, restaurants excluding drive-in
and drive-through, outdoor cafes, tailoring, tobacconist, vocational schools limited to arts
and crafts, business, beauty, dancing, driving, gymnastics, photography, modeling, and
karate-judo, small item repair, and rental of sporting goods and equipment (such as but
not limited to bicycles, skates, boogie boards).
(b) Galleries, broadcast studios, butcher shops, cocktail lounges, exercise facilities e.g. gyms
and clubs, museums, libraries, newsstands, commercial or public parking lots and parking
garages.
(c) Public open space plazas
(4) Multi-family dwelling units, excluding duplexes, up to a maximum density of thirty (30) units
per acre except for the West Atlantic Neighborhood or Beach District, where the maximum density is twelve
(12) dwelling units per acre.
(5) Hotels, motels, bed and breakfast inns, and residential-type inns except in the West Atlantic
Neighborhood.
(6) Assisted Living Facilities and Continuing Care Facilities, up to a maximum density of thirty
(30) units per acre except for the West Atlantic Neighborhood or Beach District, where the maximum density
is twelve (12) dwelling units per acre.
Section 4. That Article 4.4, "Base "Coning District", Section 4.4.15, "Planned Office Center
District", Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and Structures Permitted", of the Land Development Regulations
of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
(B) Principal Uses and Structures Permitted: '1'hc following types of use are allowed within
the POC District as a permitted use:
(1) Banks and financial institutions including drive-in and drive-through facilities.
(2) Brokerage establish<:.er,ts, including watercraft, aviation, and motor vehicles but
without on premises storage of items, except thin securities brokers may store securities brokered by them on
the premises.
(3) General bBusiness offices.
(4) Computer and data management services, including the servicing of hardware.
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(4) Abused spouse residence lunited to Eorty (40) or fewer residents.
(5) Funeral parlors, funeral homes.
(6) Parking lots not associated with a use, pursuant to an adopted neighborhood or ~
redevelopment plan.
(7) Group Home, Type 1, pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 4.3.3(I).
(8) Assisted Living Facilities.
Section 7. That Article 4.4, "Base Zoning District", Section 4.4.17, "Residential Office
District", Subsection (G), "Supplemental District Regulations", of the Land Development Regulations of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
(G) Supplemental District Regulations: The supplemental district regulations as set forth in
Article 4.G shall apply except as modified and added pursuant to the following:
(1) All uses shall be in completely enclosed buildings and any outdoor storage is
expressly prohibited.
(?) Parking required for business, medical. and professional offices shall be at the
standard of one space per three hundred square feet of net floor area (1/300). However, this requirement
may be reduced to 1/400, or at least by one parking space, when there is a mix of residential and office use in
the same structure or for an existing structure on a property located within a designated historic district or an
individually designated historic site.
Section 8. That tlppendix "A", "Defiiutions", of the Land Development Regulations of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended as follows:
Ml?DICr1L CLINIC An establishment where patients, not lodged overnight eseept for emergency treatment
and observation, including_out-patient sur~cn~. are admitted for examination and treatment by one or more
persons practicing any form of healing or medical health services. Such persons may be chiropractors, dentist,
naturopaths, opticians, optometrists, psychologist, surgeons, or any other medical profession, the practice of
which is lawful in the state.
MEDICAL I ABORr1TORY• An c,tablishment whose primary role is the collection and/or testine of
medical samples obtained from a medical office or on-site sampling of patients.
MEDICAL OFFICE Shall mean ~ an office providing services to the public by physicians,
dentists, surgeons, chiropractors, osteopaths, physical therapists, nurses, acupuncturists, podiatrists,
optometrists, psychiatrists, (who are also know as health care practitioners) or others who are duly licensed to
practice their respective professions in the State of Florida, as well as others, including but not lunited to
technicians and assistants, who are acting under the supervision and control of a licensed health care
practitioner.
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(5) Medical offices
(6~ Medical Clinics
{~}~. Medical and dental laboratories.
(~~ Professional offices.
~~ Photographic studios.
~9} 10 Real estate, insurance, accounting, travel arrangements and similar services.
Section 5. That Article 4.4, "Base "Coning District", Section 4.4.16, "Professional and Office
District", Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and Structures Permitted", of the Land Development Regulations
of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
(B) Principal Uses and Structures Permitted: The following types of use are allowed within
the POD District as a permitted use.
(1) Professional Offices such as accountants, architects, attorneys, chiropractors,
dentists, engrineers, independent trustees, landscape architects, opticians, optometrists, osteopaths, physicians,
psychologists, surgeons, and interior designers.
(2) General Business Offices for businesses without outside storage of inventory or
cqutpment.
(3) Banks and Financial Institutions including drive-through facilities.
(4) Finance, insurance, travel, and real estate services.
(5) Medical Offices ~ .
(6~ Medical Clinics
Section 6. That ~~rticle 4.4, "Base Zoning District", Section 4.4.17, "Residential Office
District", Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and Structures Permitted", of the Land Development Regulations
of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
(B) Principal Uses and Structures Permitted: The following types of use are allowed within
the RO District as a permitted use:
(1) Single family detached dwelling units.
(2) Duplex structures.
(3) Business, x~ pProfessional. and Medical offices.
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PROFESSIONAL OFFICES A business that offers services to the public by those vocations in which
professed attainments in special knowledge are practiced, as distinguished from mere skills, and shall be
limited to those professions so classified by the Laws of Florida, and which are conducted as professions and
not as a trade or other business, such as attorneys engineers architects, and other similarly licensed
professionals. PROFESSIONAL OFFICES do not include offices for the treatment of animals on the
premises. 'I'bis definition does not include a Medical Office.
Section 9. That should any section or provision of this ordinance or any portion thereof,
any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof other than the
part declared to be invalid.
Section 10. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith shall be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
Section 11. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage on
second and final reading.
'1SSED AND ADOPTED in re ar session on second a final reading on """ day
of ~~ , 2010.
MAYOR
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City Clerk
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM: David T. Harden, City Manager
DATE: July 7, 2010
SUBJECT: AGENDA ITEM 10.D. -REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING OF JULY 20, 2010
ORDINANCE NO.09-10 (SECOND READING/SECOND PUBLIC HEARING)
ITE__M BEFORE COMMISSION
This ordinance is before Commission for second reading and second public hearing to consider city
initiated amendments to the Land Development Regulations (LDR), Article 4.4, "Base Zoning District",
Section 4.4.9, "General Commercial District", Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and Structures
Permitted"; Section 4.4.13, "Central Business District", Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and Structures
Permitted"; Section 4.4.15, "Planned Office Center District", Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and
Structures Permitted"; Section 4.4.16, "Professional and Office District", Subsection (B), "Principal
Uses and Structures Permitted"; Section 4.4.17, "Residential Office District", Subsections (B),
"Principal Uses and Structures Permitted", and (G), "Supplemental District Regulations"; amending
Appendix "A", "Definitions", to enact revised or new definitions for "Medical Clinics", "Medical
Laboratory", and "Professional Offices".
BACKGROUND
At the first reading on July 6, 2010, the Commission passed Ordinance No. 09-10.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommend approval of Ordinance No. 09-10 on second and final reading.
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ORDINANCE NO. 09-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ARTICLE 4.4,
"BASE ZONING DISTRICT", SECTION 4.4.9, "GENERAL
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT", SUBSECTION (B), "PRINCIPAL
USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED"; SECTION 4.4.13,
"CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT", SUBSECTION (B),
"PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED";
SECTION 4.4.15, "PLANNED OFFICE CENTER
DISTRICT", SUBSECTION (B), "PRINCIPAL USES AND
STRUCTURES PERMITTED"; SECTION 4.4.16,
"PROFESSIONAL AND OFFICE DISTRICT", SUBSECTION
(B), "PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED";
SECTION 4.4.17, "RESIDENTIAL OFFICE DISTRICT",
SUBSECTIONS (B), "PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES
PERMITTED", AND (G), "SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRICT
REGULATIONS", TO SPECIFY AND CLARIFY
MEDICALLY RELATED USES; AMENDING APPENDIX
"A", "DEFINITIONS", TO ENACT REVISED OR NEW
DEFINITIONS FOR "MEDICAL CLINIC", "MEDICAL
LABORATORY", "MEDICAL OFFICE", AND
"PROFESSIONAL OFFICES" PROVIDING A SAVING
CLAUSE, A GENERAL REPEALER CLAUSE, AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Delray Beach has the authority to protect
the health, safety and welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Delray Beach has the authority to make
regulations pertaining to land use and development within the City of Delray Beach; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to LDR Section 1.1.6, the Planning and Zoning Board reviewed the proposed
teat amendment at a public hearing held on June 21, 2010 and voted 6 to 0 to recommend that the changes be
approved; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Florida Statute 163.3174(4)(c), the Planning and Zoning Board, sitting as the
Local Planning Agency, has determined that the change is consistent with and furthers the goals, objectives
and policies of the Comprehensive Plan; and
~~1HEREt1S, the City Commission of the City of Delray Beach adopts the findings in the Planning
and Zoning Staff Report; and
WHEREAS, the City Corruivssion of the City of Delray Beach finds the ordinance is consistent with
the Comprehensive flan.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
DELRr1Y BEACH, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the recitations set forth above are incorporated herein.
Section 2. That Article 4.4, `Base Zoning District", Section 4.4.9, "General Commercial
District", Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and Structures Permitted", of the Land Development Regulations
of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
(B) Principal Uses and Structures Permitted: The following are allowed within the GC
District as permitted uses, except as modified in the Four Corners Overlay District by Section 4.4.9(G)(3)(a).
(1) General retail uses including, but not limited to:
* a Antiques, arts and crafts, automotive parts, baked goods, books, carpet and floor
covering, cheeses, beer, wine, liquor, confectioneries, cosmetics, meats, draperies and
slipcovers, medicines and prescriptions, electrical fixtures and supplies, fabrics, fish,
flowers and plants, fruits and vegetables, food, garden supplies, gifts, glassware, hardware
and paints, home furnishings, ice cream, lawn care equipment, leather goods, luggage,
medical and surgical equipment, music and musical instruments, nautical supplies, office
furniture equipment and supplies, pets and pet supplies, photographic equipment and
supplies, sewing supplies, sporting goods, toys, wearing apparel and accessories,
appliances, bicycles, business machines, jewelry.
(2) Business ,Professional, and Medical uses including, but not limited to:
* ~a,~ Interior decorating, medical and dental clinics, medical and dental laboratories,
photographic studios, printing and publishing, business offices, professional offices, and
medical offices.
(3) Contractor's Offices, including but not lirruted to:
* ~t1ir conditioning, general contractor, electrical, painting, and plumbing; however, any
outside storage of materials is prohibited.
(4) Services and Facilities including, but not limited to:
* ~ Auctions, barber and beauty shops and salons, caterers, dry cleaning limited to on-site
processing for customer pickup only, dry cleaning and laundry pickup stations, financing
e.g. banks and similar institutions including drive-through facilities, laundromats limited to
self-service facilities, pet grooming, restaurants including drive-in and drive-through,
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tailoring, tobacconist, vocational schools limited to arts and crafts, business, beauty,
dancing, driving, gymnastics, photography, modeling, and karate-judo, small item repair,
and rental of sporting goods and equipment (such as but not lirruted to bicycles, skates,
boogie boards).
* fib. Abused spouse residence with forty (40) or fewer residents, galleries, broadcast
studios, butcher shops, cocktail lounges, exercise facilities e.g. gyms and clubs, indoor
shooting ranges, museums, libraries, newsstands, commercial or public parking lots and
parking garages, theaters excluding drive-ins.
(5) Dwelling units in the same structure as commercial uses provided that: commercial uses
must be provided on the ground floor; commercial uses on the ground floor must occupy no less than 25%
of the total structure excluding square footage devoted to vehicular use; residential uses are not located on the
ground level; residential uses and non-residential uses are physically separated and have separate accessways;
and the residential density does not exceed 12 units per acre, except the Four Corners District which may
have a free standing residential building as part of amulti-building unified master plan or the residential
component may be a part of a single mixed use building. The density of the Four Corners Master Plan shall
not exceed 30 dwelling units per acre and is subject to the provisions under Section 4.4.9 (G)(3)(d)(4).
(6) Astrologists, clairvoyants, fortune tellers, palmists, phrenologists, psychic readers,
spiritualists, numerologists and mental healers, subject to the locational restrictions of Section 4.4.9(H)(3).
(7) Group Home, Type 1, pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 4.3.3(I).
Section 3. That Article 4.4, "Base Zoning District", Section 4.4.13, "Central Business District",
Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and Structures Permitted", of the Land Development Regulations of the City
of Delray Beach, Florida, shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
(B) Principal Uses and Structures Permitted: The following types of use are allowed within the CBD
District as a pernutted use:
(1) General retail uses including, but not limited to:
(a) Antiques, arts and crafts, automotive parts, baked goods, books, carpet and floor
covering, cheeses, beer, wine, liquor, confectioneries, cosmetics, meats, draperies and
slipcovers, medicines and prescriptions, electrical fixtures and supplies, fabrics, fish,
flowers and plants, fruits and vegetables, food, garden supplies, gifts, glassware, hardware
and paints, home furnishings, ice cream, lawn care equipment, leather goods, luggage,
medical and surgical equipment, music and musical instruments, nautical supplies, office
furniture equipment and supplies, pets and pet supplies, photographic equipment and
supplies, sewing supplies, sporting goods, toys, wearing apparel and accessories,
appliances, bicycles, business machines, jewelry.
(2) Business, ~ pProfessional. and Medical uses pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section
4.4.13(H)(1) including, but not limited to:
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(a) Interior decorating, medical and dental clinics, medical and dental laboratories,
photographic studios, printing and publishing, business. medical, and professional
offices.
(3) Services and facilities including, but not limited to:
(a) Auctions, barber and beauty shops and salons, caterers, dry cleaning limited to on-site
processing for customer pickup only, dry cleaning and laundry pickup stations,
laundromats limited to self-service facilities, pet grooming, restaurants excluding drive-in
and drive-through, outdoor cafes, tailoring, tobacconist, vocational schools limited to arts
and crafts, business, beauty, dancing, driving, gymnastics, photography, modeling, and
karate-judo, small item repair, and rental of sporting goods and equipment (such as but
not limited to bicycles, skates, boogie boards).
(b) Galleries, broadcast studios, butcher shops, cocktail lounges, exercise facilities e.g. gyms
and clubs, museums, libraries, newsstands, commercial or public parking lots and parking
garages.
(c) Public open space plazas
(4) Multi-family dwelling units, excluding duplexes, up to a maximum density of thirty (30) units
per acre except for the West Atlantic Neighborhood or Beach District, where the maximum density is twelve
(12) dwelling units per acre.
(5) Hotels, motels, bed and breakfast inns, and residential-type inns except in the West Atlantic
Neighborhood.
(6) Assisted Living Facilities and Continuing Care Facilities, up to a maximum density of thirty
(30) units per acre except for the West Atlantic Neighborhood or Beach District, where the maximum density
is twelve (12) dwelling units per acre.
Section 4. That Article 4.4, "Base Zoning District", Section 4.4.15, "Planned Office Center
District", Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and Structures Permitted", of the Land Development Regulations
of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
(B) Principal Uses and Structures Permitted: The following types of use are allowed within
the POC District as a permitted use:
(1) Banks and financial institutions includuig drive-in and drive-through facilities.
(2) Brokerage establishments, including watercraft, aviation, and motor vehicles but
without on premises storage of items, except that securities brokers may store securities brokered by them on
the premises.
(3) Getre~al l~Business offices.
(4) Computer and data management services, including the servicing of hardware.
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(5) Medical offices
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{~r}~ Medical and dental laboratories.
{~),(~. Professional offices.
f 8}~9,~ Photographic studios.
~~ Real estate, insurance, accounting, travel arrangements and similar services.
Section 5. That Article 4.4, "Base Zoning District", Section 4.4.16, "Professional and Office
District", Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and Structures Permitted", of the Land Development Regulations
of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
(B) Principal Uses and Structures Permitted: The following types of use are allowed within
the POD District as a permitted use:
(1) Professional Offices such as accountants, architects, attorneys, chiropractors,
dentists, engineers, independent trustees, landscape architects, opticians, optometrists, osteopaths, physicians,
psychologists, surgeons, and interior designers.
(2) General Business Offices for businesses without outside storage of inventory or
equipment.
(3) Banks and Financial Institutions including drive-through facilities.
(4) Finance, insurance, travel, and real estate services.
(5) Medical Offices
(~. Medical Clinics
Section 6. That Article 4.4, "Base Zoning District", Section 4.4.17, "Residential Office
District", Subsection (B), "Principal Uses and Structures Permitted", of the Land Development Regulations
of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
(B) Principal Uses and Structures Permitted: The following types of use are allowed within
the RO District as a permitted use:
(1) Single family detached dwelling units.
(2) Duplex structures.
(3) Business, m~ pProfessional, and Medical offices.
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(4) Abused spouse residence limited to forty (40) or fewer residents.
(5) Funeral parlors, funeral homes.
(6) Parking lots not associated with a use, pursuant to an adopted neighborhood or
redevelopment plan.
(7) Group Home, Type 1, pursuant to restrictions set forth in Section 4.3.3(I).
(8) Assisted Living Facilities.
Section 7. That Article 4.4, "Base Zoning District", Section 4.4.17, "Residential Office
District", Subsection (G), "Supplemental District Regulations", of the Land Development Regulations of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
(G) Supplemental District Regulations: The supplemental district regulations as set forth in
Article 4.G shall apply except as modified and added pursuant to the following:
(1) All uses shall be in completely enclosed buildings and any outdoor storage is
expressly prohibited.
(2) Parking required for business, medical, and professional offices shall be at the
standard of one space per three hundred square feet of net floor area (1/300). However, this requirement
may be reduced to 1/400, or at least by one parking space, when there is a mix of residential and office use in
the same structure or for an existing structure on a property located within a designated historic district or an
individually designated historic site.
Section 8. That Appendix "A", "Definitions", of the Land Development Regulations of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended as follows:
MEDICAL CLINIC An establishment where patients, not lodged overnight except for emergency treatment
and observation, including out-patient surgery. are admitted for examination and treatment by one or more
persons practicing any form of healing or medical health services. Such persons may be chiropractors, dentist,
naturopaths, opticians, optometrists, psychologist, surgeons, or any other medical profession, the practice of
which is lawful in the state.
MEDICr1L LABORATORY: An establishment whose primary role is the collection and/or testing of
medical samples obtained from a medical office or on-site sampling of patients.
MEDICAL OFFICE Shall mean ~t~ an office providing services to the public by physicians,
dentists, surgeons, chiropractors, osteopaths, physical therapists, nurses, acupuncturists, podiatrists,
optometrists, psychiatrists, (who are also know as health care practitioners) or others who are duly licensed to
practice their respective professions in the State of Florida, as well as others, including but not limited to
technicians and assistants, who are acting under the supervision and control of a licensed health care
practitioner.
ORD No. 09-10
PKOFESSIONAL OFFICES A business that offers services to the public by those vocations in which
professed attainments in special knowledge are practiced, as distinguished from mere skills, and shall be
limited to those professions so classified by the Laws of Florida, and which are conducted as professions and
not as a trade or other business, such as attorn~~s engineers architects. and other similarly licensed
professionals. PROFESSIONAL. OFFICES do not include offices for the treatment of animals on the
premises. This definition does not include a Medical Office.
Section 9. That should any section or provision of this ordinance or any portion thereof,
any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof other than the
part declared to be invalid.
Section 10. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith shall be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
Section 11. 'T'hat dus ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage on
second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading on this day
of , 2010.
ATTEST:
NIr1YOR
City Clerk
First Reading
Second Reading
ORD No. 09-10
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM: Amy E. Alvarez, Historic Preservation Planner
Paul Dorling, AICP, Planning and Zoning Department
THROUGH: City Manager
DATE: July 1, 2010
~1J$JF('"['; AGENDA ITEM 10. B. - REGULAR CO~~IMISSION MEETING OF JULI' 6, 2010
ORDINANCE NO. 09-1_OO~FIRST READING/FIRST PUBLIC HEAItINC)
ITEM BEFORE COMM_ISSION
The item before the City Commission is that of approval of aCity-initiated text amendment to the Land
Development Regulations with the intent to clarify the "medical office" use, by specifically adding this
use to multiple zoning districts based on current and past practices.
BACKGROUND
On October 20, 2009, the City Commission adopted Ordinance 50-09, which revised the definition of
the term "Professional Office" to specify that the definition "does not include medical office." This
revision created an unintended result, which was the exclusion of medical office uses in zoning districts
where they had been previously permitted and allowed under the broader professional office use
category. The following zoning districts will now specificly include the "Medical Office" use:
^ General Commercial
^ Central Business District
^ Planned Office Center
^ Professional and Office District
^ Residential Office
In addition, the term "Clinic" is revised to "Medical Clinic," and additional changes are made to
highlight the more expansive service, i.e., outpatient surgery allowed within these facilities. A new term
"Medical Laboratory" and a corresponding definition are also included, as well as a revision to the
"Professional Office" definition to include specific examples.
Additional explanation and analysis is provided in the attached Planning and Zoning Board Staff Report
dated June 21, 2010.
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REVIEW BY OTHERS
The Historic Preservation Board (HPB) reviewed Ordinance 09-10 at their May 5, 2010 meeting
and recommended approval.
The Pineapple Grove Main Street (PGMS) committee reviewed Ordinance 09-10 at their May 5,
2010 meeting and recommended approval.
The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) reviewed Ordinance 09-10 at their May 11, 2010
meeting and recommended approval.
The West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition (WARC) reviewed Ordinance 09-10 at their May 12,
2010 meeting and recommended approval.
The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) reviewed Ordinance 09-10 at their May 13, 2010
meeting and recommended approval.
The Planning and Zoning Board reviewed Ordinance 09-10 at their June 21, 2010 meeting and
recommended approval on a 6 to 0 vote.
RECOMMENDATION
By motion, approve Ordinance 09-10 on first reading by adopting the findings of fact and law contained
in the staff report, and finding that the request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and meets
criteria set forth in Section 2.4.5(M) of the LDRs, with second reading to occur on July 20, 2010.
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PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: JUNE 21, 2010
AGENDA NO: IV. B.
ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 09-10 FOR A CITY-INITIATED
AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA,
BY AMENDING ARTICLE 4.4, "BASE ZONING DISTRICT", SECTION
4.4.9, "GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT", SUBSECTION (B),
"PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED"; SECTION 4.4.13,
"CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT", SUBSECTION (B), "PRINCIPAL
USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED"; SECTION 4.4.15, "PLANNED
OFFICE CENTER DISTRICT", SUBSECTION (B), "PRINCIPAL USES
AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED"; SECTION 4.4.16, "PROFESSIONAL
AND OFFICE DISTRICT", SUBSECTION (B), "PRINCIPAL USES AND
STRUCTURES PERMITTED"; SECTION 4.4.17, "RESIDENTIAL OFFICE
DISTRICT", SUBSECTIONS (B), "PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES
PERMITTED", AND (G), "SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS",
TO SPECIFY AND CLARIFY MEDICALLY RELATED USES; AMENDING
APPENDIX "A", "DEFINITIONS", TO ENACT REVISED OR NEW
DEFINITIONS FOR "MEDICAL CLINIC", "MEDICAL LABORATORY",
"MEDICAL OFFICE", AND "PROFESSIONAL OFFICES".
ITEM BEFORE THE BOARD
The item before the Board is that of making a recommendation to the City Commission on
Ordinance 09-10 for aCity-initiated amendment to the Land Development Regulations (LDR)
pertaining to Medical Office uses.
Pursuant to Section 1.1.6, an amendment to the text of the Land Development Regulations may
not be made until a recommendation is obtained from the Planning and Zoning Board.
On October 20, 2009, the City Commission adopted Ordinance 50-09, which revised the
definition of the term "Professional Office" to specify that the definition "does not include medical
office." This revision created an unintended result, which was the exclusion of medical office
uses in zoning districts where they had been previously permitted and allowed under the
broader professional office use category. It is noted that while a reference is being added to
specifically add "medical offices" to each of the following zoning categories, it is codifying
current and past practices:
^ General Commercial
^ Central Business District
^ Planned Office Center
^ Professional and Office District
^ Residential Office
Planning and Zoning Board Staff Report, June 21, 2010
Ordinance 09-10: Amendment to LDRs Regarding Medical Office Uses
Page 2
In addition, the term "Clinic" is revised to "Medical Clinic," and additional changes are made to
highlight the more expansive service, i.e., outpatient surgery allowed within these facilities. A
new term "Medical Laboratory" and a corresponding definition are also included, as well as a
revision to the "Professional Office" definition to include specific examples.
The Board considered the subject Ordinance at its May 17, 2010 meeting where it was
continued pending further clarification on the differences between "Medical Office", "Medical
Clinic" and "Medical Laboratory" uses. In districts where there is a significant residential
component such as RO, medical offices are permitted and they are determined to be less
intense in contrast to medical clinics and laboratories. In addition, the primary function of the
medical office is as an office which may provide limited laboratory and clinical services. The
medical clinic will include office visits, customary of medical offices, however, would allow
additional services including out-patient surgical procedures and/or treatment which does not
require overnight lodging. The primary function of the medical laboratories is to collect medical
samples either from a medical office or on-site and performing medical testing on these
samples. Given the differences described above, these medical use categories have been
individually specified in the appropriate zoning districts.
Ordinance 09-10 is now before the Board for consideration.
LDR Section 2.4.5(M)(5) (Findings) requires that the City Commission make a finding that the
text amendment is consistent with and furthers the Goals, Objectives and Policies of the
Comprehensive Plan. A thorough review of the Comprehensive Plan was conducted, and
although the amendment is not found consistent with any specific policy, it is noted that this
amendment is not inconsistent with the Plan.
The Historic Preservation Board (HPB) reviewed Ordinance 09-10 at their May 5, 2010
meeting and a recommendation of approval was made.
The Pineapple Grove Main Street (PGMS) committee reviewed Ordinance 09-10 at their May
5, 2010 meeting and a recommendation of approval was made.
The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) reviewed Ordinance 09-10 at their May 11,
2010 meeting and a recommendation of approval was made.
The West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition (WARC) reviewed Ordinance 09-10 at their May
12, 2010 meeting and a recommendation of approval was made.
The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) reviewed Ordinance 09-10 at their May 13,
2010 meeting and a recommendation of approval was made.
Courtesy notices were provided to the following homeowner and civic associations:
^ Neighborhood Advisory Council
^ Chamber of Commerce
^ (PROD) Progressive Residents of Delray
^ Del-Ida Park Neighborhood Association
Letters of objection and support, if any, will be provided at the Planning and Zoning Board
meeting.
Planning and Zoning Board Staff Report, June 21, 2010
Ordinance 09-10: Amendment to LDRs Regarding Medical Office Uses
Page 3
Attachment:
^ Ordinance 09-10
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2C 7HE PALM BEACH-POST • WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2010
NO, 53974458
CITY OF DELR~-1( E~EACH I
NOTICE,OF. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
The City Commission of the Cily of Delray Beach, Florda proposes, fa.adopt
the folbwing ordinances:..`
R INANCE N0.09.-10
f1N ORDINANCE 0E 7HE; CITY COMMiSSiON OF THE CITY'OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS,
ARTICLE 4.4, "BASE ZONING DISTRICT", SECTION 4.4.9, "GENERAL
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT", SUBSECTION (B}, 'PRINCIPAL USES' AND
STRUCTURES PERMITTED"; SECTKN~L 4:4.13; "CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT";
SUBSECTION (8), "PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES PERMITTED";.
SECTION 4.4.15, '°PLANNED OFFECf CENTER DISTRICT", SUBSECTION
18), "PRINCIPAL USES AND. STRUCTURES PERMITTED"; .SECTION 4.4.16;
"PROFESSIONAL AND OFFICE DISTRICT", SUBSECTION (8); "PRINCIPAL
USES-AND, STRI IC'TI IRFC GFDMITfFn".- ccrnni.~ -. r~~.. .,..~",,.~. ,_...
TO ENACT REVISED OR NEW DEFINITIONS. FOR
rlturtaJIUD1AL OFFICES" PROVIDING A`SAVING`CIAUSE i'A`GENERAI:
REPEALER CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTNE DATE.
ORDINANCE NO 1T-TO
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF .THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH; FLC>RIDA; AMENDNG THE CTfY'S LAND bEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS; BY AMENDING ARTICLE 4:3; "DISTRICT REGULATI)NS,
GENERAL PROVISIONS", SECTION 4.3:3;."SPECIAL.,REQUIREMENTS FC>R
SPECIFIC USES"; SUBSECTION (O): "GUESPCnTTAGF°. eNti.a mcFrnrva
:TION lD),
BED AND
ION 4.4:1
ntawa~l n.°,L ~xntt'1lcul: g151RICT", SUBSECTION
ID), "CONDITIONAL USES.AND.STRl1CTURES ALLOWED"; AND' SECTION
':4.4.24, °OLl) SCHOOL SQUARE HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT",.SUBSECTION
-~B}, "PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES", TO CLARIFY'BED AND BREAKFAST
INN USES; AMENDING APPENDIX "A°, "DEFINITIONS", TO ENACT REVISED
DEFINITIONS FOR "BED AND BREAKFAST INN", AND "GUEST COTTAGE";
PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; A GENERAL: REPEALER CLAUSE; AtVD AN
EFFECTIVE DATE..
The City Commission will cdndud Mro (2) public Hearings Tor the purpose o£
accepting public testimony regprding the proposed ordinances:'The £irit Public
Haarin~ wilt lie held on T~€SDAY JULY 6 20T O AT 700 p nn in the Commission
'Chambers at City Hall, 100 N. W: 1" Avenue, Delray Beach, Forida. IfYhe
pproppsed ordinances-pre passed on Frst reading, a second Public Hearing will
be held on TUESDAY Jl)LY 20 2010 AT TQO Pti' (or of any amtinuatiori of
such meeting which is sei by the CommissionJ. in the Commiaian Chambers at
Cihy Hall; 100 N. W: 1 ° Avenue, Delray Beach, Florida.
All interested abiens'are mvded b aHend The public hearing's and comment
upon fhw omnn"e,J .:.,Jo...,". _....L ..~--
~urormanon ar ro obtain a. copy of the proposed ordinancesp please contact
the Planning andZorting Department, .City Hall, 100 N.W. 1 ° Avenue, Delray
Beach; Florida 33444 (email at pzmail~mydelray6each.com) pr 6y calling.
561/243'-7040, between they hours `oF' 8:00 a m Fond 5:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday, excluding holidays.
Please be advised that if a person decides to i}ppeal ariy decision made. by the
City Commission with respect to.any matter considered at these hearings;•such
person may need to enwre thot:avarbatim-record includes the testimony and
evidence upon which The appeal is to be based. The Gty does noFprov(de nor
prepare such record pursuant to E5: 286.0105: '
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CfIY OF DELR.4Y BEACH ' ~ ,
Cfievelfe D, NubinjCMC
CityClerk' _ _
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