94-85 ORDINANCE NO. 94-85
AR ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF T~E CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLOE IDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 30,
'ZONING", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, BY ENACTING A NEW SECTION
30-8.4, "PRD-L, LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY PLANNED
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT"; AND PROVIDING
(A) "PURPOSE'; (E) 'PERMITTED USES"; (C) 'CO~I-
TIO~AL USES'; (D) 'DENSITY, SITE AREA, LOT DIMEN-
SIONS"; (E) "AGGREGATE FLOOR AREA"; (F) "BUILDING
SETBACKS"; (G) "GROU~ FLOOR BUILDING AREA"; (H)
'BUILDING HEIGHT"; ( I ) "PARKING AND LOADING
REGULATIONS"; (J) "WALLS AND FENCES"; (K) 'LAND-
SCAPING"; (L) "SIGNS"; (M) ' TO~HOUSES A~,"D
TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS"; (N) "MINIMUM SPACING
BETWEE~ BUILDINGS"; (O) "SPECIAL SETBACK
PROVISIONS'; (P) "SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS"; (Q)
"SITE A}~ DEVELOP~:~ENT PLA}~, APPROVAL"; (R) "SPECIAL
REGULATIONS", TO iNCLUDE GE~E~AL STANDARDS,
BUILD lUc DESIGi? STA~']DARDS, LA~SCAPE DESIG~~.
STANDAFDS, OPE~*.7 SPACE DESIGn,? STAk~,RDS ~ CIRCULA-
TION SYSTE.~ DESIGN STA~.~DARDS, PARKING AND LOADING
DESIGN STA~!DARDS, AS WELL AS STA~.~ARDS FOR THE
MEASUREMENT OF SETBACKS, ACCESSOPY BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTUEES, SWI~,'i~:ING POOLS, FRONTAGE O~; CURVING
STREETS A}D CUL-DE-SACS, AND SCREENED ENCLOSURES;
PROVIDING FOR (S) "PARK AND RECREATIONAL LAND
DEDICATION"; (T) "PERFORMANCE STANDARDS";
PROVIDINC A GENERAL REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A~..~ EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, ~E IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DELPJ%Y EEAC~], FLORIDA, AS FOLLO~,~S:
"Zoning" of the Code of
Section 1. That Chapter 30, ,
Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended by
enacting a new Section 30-8.4, "PRD-L, Low to Medium Density Planned
Residential Development District", as set forth in Exhibit "A"
attached hereto, and which is expressly made a part of this ordinance.
~_~. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
which are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
~_~. 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 then the part declared to be invalid.
~_9_~. That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final
reading on this the 24th day of September , 1985.
ATTEST:
First Reading September 10, 1985
Second Reading September ~4, 1985
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" Sec. 30-8.4 PRD-L LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY PLANNED RESIDENTIAL
DEV"ELOPMEN T DI'STRICT
(A) PURPOSE
The PRD-L district is intended to provide a residential
zoning district with flexible density having a base of
three units per acre and a range from } to 6.99 units per
acre in which multiple family and detached single family
developments are planned together so as to promote
f~exibility in the drvelopment of land, improve design,
character and quality and preserve the natural and scenic
features of open space. PRD-L shall have a maximum of 6.99
units per ac~.e with a minimum of :,50,%) percent of the total
units in detached single family units and a minimum of
fifteen(15%) percent of the total acreage in common open
space. Approval of densities above the base shall be made
in compliance with subsections (D) and (T) below, unless
otherwise specified on the City's Land Use Plan Map or in
the Ordinance rezoning the property to RRD-L.
(B) PERHITTED USES ::
(1) Sing]e family dwellings and their customary accessory
uses including bird aviaries, boat docks, dog houses
and dog runs, garages, greenhouses, guest cottages,
playhouses, pool houses and covers, pump houses, slat
houses, storage sheds, swimming pools, tennis courts,
tool sheds, workshops, and ~milar recreational
facilities, subject to Site and 9evelopment Plan and
Plat Approval
(Z) Hultiple Family projects and their attendant
recreational facilities, subject to Site and
Development Plan and Plat Approval
(~)Home occupations, subject to Sec. }O-l?(1)(I)
(C) CONDITIONAL USES
As prescribed in Sec. ~0-21 and after the ceviem of the
application and plan appurtenant thereto, and hearing
thereon, the Planning and Zoning Board Finds as a Fact that
the proposed use or uses are consistent ~'ith good zoning
practice, not cont~.ary to the [.!aster Plan, and not
detrimental to tlc promotion of public appearance, comfort,
conveniencb, general ~elfare, good ordec, health, morals,
prosperity and safety of the City, the Folloming uses may
be recommended to the City Council as Conditional Uses:
(1) Churches or places of worship, and their attendant
educational, recreational, and columbarium facilities
(2) Community center facilities, unen operated by a
residential home omners association
Day care centers, kinOergartens, nursery schools, and
other preschool facilities, subject to Section
30-17(2) (O)
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.~ (4) Educational institutions, excluding colleges, semi-
naries, training centers, universities and
vocational schools.
(5)- Golf courses, and their attendant accessory uses
(6) Natural resource utilities
(?) Public utilities, in a completely enclosed build-
ing
(8) Swimming clubs, and their attendant accessory uses
(9~ Tennis clubs and their attendant accessory uses
(D) DENSITYm SITE AREAz LOT DIMENSIONS
(Il Density
lhe base density for this district is three dwelling
units per acre, and, where speciai conditions can be met
as described beiow, densities may be increased to a
maximum of 6.99 d~eiling units per acre.
Where a site plan is submitted showing that the per-
formance standards set forth at Sec. ~O-8(T) can be met,
higher densities may be approved; in no case,
shali density exceed 6.99 units per acre. In approving a
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request for higher densities, cerLai,: safeguards and
improvements, both on and off site, may be requi~ed to
mitigate the impact of she increased numbers. Where
possible, these improvements will be incorporated onto
the site plan; where necessary, they will form part
the wrztten conditions to which the approval of the site
plan and increased density are subject.
Densities over the base for this distr{ct ere permitted
only as they relate to a specific site design and
attendant improvements. If a major site plan modifi-
cation is proposed, of if the agreed upon improvements
are not completed, or if the time limitation of the
approval expires, then the permitted density fcr the
property will revert to the base ¢zgure of' three units
per acre,
In circumstances where the City initiates the rezoning
of the property to RRD-L and sets a density for tne
property ~hich ~s less than 6.99 d~,eliing units per
acre, or the Land Use Plan Flap provides a density ~hioh
is less than 6.~9 d~eliing units per acre, that desig-
nated- density may not be exceeded 'uiLhout a rezoning
and/ur a Land Use Plan amendment, if t~,e zoni,,g ordi~ance
or the Land Use Plan r. iap designates a denslty for pro-
perty zoned RRD-L uhich is betmeen 3 and 6.99 units per
acre, the property may be developed to that density
without the need For performance standard r~vi~ as the
time of site plan approval. Rezonings which are not
initiated by the City shall not provide a density
designation in the or di,'~ance. The specific density
permitted shall be determined as proviced ~erein.
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(2) Minimum Site Area
The minimum size parcel for development of land zoned
PRD-L shall be five (5) acres. In the event that a
pa'~cel zoned PRD-L is less than five (5) acres in size
or.is not aggregated or joined with other parcels in the
same zoning classification to equal in total the minimum
size parcel of five (5) acres prior to development~ any
persons desiring to develop this undersize parcel must
apply to have the subject pruperty rezoned to some other
zoning classification.
(3) Minimum Lot O%mcnsion
Residential Type Area Width Depth
(a) Single Family
detached
(Conventional) 7,500 sq.ft. 60 ft . */80 ,'t . ** lOOft.
(b) Single family
detached
(Cluster or
zero lot line) 4,500 sq.ft. 40ft.~/60ft.** 80ft.
(c) Duplex
(Conventional) 8,000 sq.ft. 60ft.*/8Oft.** lOOft.
(d) Duplex
(lJnits platted
separately) 4,000 sq.ft. 30ft.~/~Oft.** iOOft.
(e) Tomnhouses
(Units platted
separately) 1,600 sq.ft. 16ft.*/5Oft.** 80ft.
(f) ~.~hen the multiple family lot area is to be platted,
the lot area shall coincide uith or exceed the
slab area for the d%,elling units.
* Interior lots
*~' Corner lots
(E) AGGREGATE FLOOR AREA
(1) Single Family Detached
lhe f611oming shall De the minimum aggregate floor area
for all detached single family dmelling, exlcusive of
terraces, and unroofed areas, including fifty (50%)
percent of attached carports, garages, and screened
patios:
(a) Slngle family detached
Conventional) 1,200 sq.ft.
(b) Single family detached
(Cluster or zero lot l~ne) 1,000 sq.ft.
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(2) Multiple Family
l he following shall be the minimum aggregate floor
areas for all multiple family dwelling units, expressed
as net living area, exclusive of balconies, decks,
porches, and common area such as corridors:
(a) Efficiency 400 sq. ft.
(b) One (1) bedroom 600 sq.ft.
(c) Two (Z) bedroom.~ 900 sq.ft.
(d) Three (3) bedrooms ~,150 sq.ft.
(e) Four (4) bedrooms 1,350 sq.ft.
A minimum of two (2) bathrooms are requ£red in four
(4) bedroom multiple family dwelling units.
(F) BUILDING SETBACKS
The following shall be the minimum setbacks for all
buildings and structures allowed in this zoning district:
Residential Type Front Szde Side Rear
(interior) Street)
(1) Single family
detached
(Conventional) 25 ft. 7 1/'2 ft. 15 ft. 10 rt.
(2) Single Family
detached
(Cluster or
zero lot line) 20 ft. * 15 ft. 10 Ft.
(3) Hultiple family
(a) 1-2 floors 25 ft. 15ft.** 25ft. 25ft.
(b) 3-4 floors 30ft. 25ft. 30ft. 25ft.
(~) To~nhouses See Sec. 30-17(I) (K)
· Zero lot line: No setback on one (1) side, fifteen
(15) feet on the other sloe.
Cluster: 7 1/2 feet interior setbacks
· * Duplex platted
separately: No setback on one (1) side, fzfteen
(15) feet on the other side.
(G) GROUND FLOOR 8UILDING AREA
The fol]o~ing shall be the maximum total ground floor
building area of all buildings and st[.uctures allo~ed in
this zoning district:
(1) Single family detached No requirements
(2) Hultiple family ~0% of total lot
a rea
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(H) BUILDING HEIGHT
(1) Single .Family
N,. building or structure shall be constructed to a
height exceeding three (3) floors or thirty-five
feet.
(2) M ul.t i.pm. 1 e Family
No building or structure shall be constructed to a
height exceeding three (3) floors or forty-five (45)
feet, or in the case of a recreational building, not
higher than the highest principal residential building.
PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS
See Sec. 30-18 and 30-19.
WALLS AND FENCES
See Sec. Articles IX and X, Chapter 9, City Code of Ordin-
ances.
(K) LANDSCAPI>~G
See Sec. Articles IX and X. Chapter 9, City Code of Ordin-
ance.
(L) SIC,~S
See Articles VIII, Chapter 9, City Cote of Ordinances
(M) TOWNHOUSES AND TOVJNHOUSE DEVELOPHENTS
See Sec. 30-17 (1)(K)
(N) HINIHUH SPACING BETWEEN BUILDINGS
See Sec. 30-17(1)(J)
(0) SPECIAL SETBACK PROVISIONS
See Sec. 30-16
(P) SURPLEHENTARY REGULATIONS
See Sec. 30-17
(Q) SITE AND DEVELOPMEqT PLAN APPROVAL
See Sec. 30-22
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(R) SPECIAL REGULATIONS
(1) General Standards
(a)The development plan sb-ll provide for an effec-
tive and unified treatment of the development
potential of the site, making appropriate
provisions for the preservation of scenic
features and amenities of the :2te.
(b) The development plan shall foster harmony with
existing or proposed development zn areas sur-
rounding the site.
(2) Buildin~ Desi,~n Standards
(a) Buildings in the layout shall be an integral
part of the development, and have convenient
access to and from adjacent uses and blocks.
(b) In multiple family developments, the individual
buildings shall be related to each other in
design, masses, materials, placement and
connection, so as to provide visually and
physically integrated developments. Treatment
of the sides and rear of buildings shall be com-
parable in amenity and appearance to the
treatment given to street Frontage.
(c) Ail buildings shall be oriented so as to insure
adequate light and air exposures to the rooms
within.
(d)Layouts and buildings shall be arranged so as to
be accessible to emergency vehicles.
(e) Where "T" cul-de-sacs are used, a maximum of
three (3) duplexes may be employed, provided
they comply with the building setback
requirements for zero lot line detached single
Family dwellings.
(3) Landscape Design Standards
(a) Landscape treatment for plazas, roads, paths,
service and parking areas, shall be designed as
an integral part of a coordinated landscape and
street Furniture design for the entire area.
(b) Primary landscape treatment shall consist of
shrubs, ground cover and street trees and
shall combine with appropriate walks and street
surfaces to provide an attractive development
pattern. Landscape materials should be
appropriate to local growing conditions.
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(c) Whenever possible, existing trees shall be con-
served and integrated into the landscape desiqn
plan.
Open Space DesiQn 3tandar. ds
(a) The location, shape, size and character of the
common open space must be suitable for the
contemplated development including; density,
population characteristics and housing types.
(b) Common open space must be used fcr amenity or
recreational purposes, and must be suitably
improved for its intended use. Natural features
wo[thy of preservation shall be incorpo;ated into
the co~,mon open space system.
(5) Circulation System Design Standards
(a) Roads, pedestrian walks and open spaces shall be
designed as an integral part of an overall design
and shall be properly related to buildings and
appropriately landscaped.
(b) There shall be an adequate amount of pedestrian
walks, and landscaped spaces to limit pedestrian
use of vehicular ways, and to separate pedestrian
walks and public transportation loading places
from general vehicular' circulation.
(c) The location and desiqn ~F pedestrian walks
shou]d emphasize desirable ~iews of new and ex-
isting developments.
(~) Parking And Loadin§ Desiqn Standards
(a) Rarking facilities in multiple family areas shall
be landscaped and screened from public vie~ to
the extent necessary to elin, inate unsightliness
and monotony of parked cars.
(b) Rarking facilities shall be designed with careful
regard to orderly arrangment, landscaping, and
ease of access, and shall be developed as an
integral part of an overall site design.
(c) -Loading facilities shall be screened from public
view tc the extent necessary to eliminate
uns ightl ine ss.
(7) Heasurement of Setbacks
Setbacks shall be measured from the riq~t of ray line
for public streets, and from the access easement line
for private streets.
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(8) Accessory Buildings A.nd Structure
In ze-~o lot line developmen'~s, ali a~cessory buildings,
structures, or uses, attached or unattache~ to the
principal structure, shall comply with the following
setbacks:
(1) Front 20 ft.
(2) Side (interior) 10 ft.
(5) Side (street) 15 ft.
(~) Rear 10 ft.
Provided, however, that attached garages shall be
piaced contiguous to the side property line that the
principaI structure is Iocated, provided the sum of
the t~o (9-) required side setbacks exists on the
opposite side property iine. If the party wali is
extended, however, ail accessory buildings,
structures, or uses may be placed contiguous to this
wall.
(9) Swimmin~ Pools
S~imming pools the top of which are no higher than
grade level may extend into the setback area but not
closer than the ten (10) feet to any rear or side
property line, not closer than fifteen (15) feet to
any street right-of-way line. Alt' ~ugh s~imming pools
may extend into setback areas, uno ir no circumstances
shall a screened or ~ther pool enc]:~sures be permitted
to encroach into such setback areas.
(10) Frontaqe On Curvinq Streets And Cul-De-Sacs
On curving streets and cul-de-sacs, t~,e required
frontages of lots may be reduced by forty (~0) percent,
provided the center line radius of the adjacent street
is one hundred (100) feet or less.
(11) Screened Enclosures
in zero lot line developments only, screened enclosures
may extend into the interior side setback areas, but
shall not extend closer than five (5) Feet From the
property line, or exceed thirty five (~5) percent of
the net li%iag area, exlusive of garages, balconies,
decks, porches, and common area such as corridors.
(S) PARK AND RECREATIONAL LAND DEDICATION
See Sec. 30-17(1)(L)
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(T) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Unless -the density is otherwise specified on the City's
Land Use-Plan Map or Jn the Ordinanc~ r..zoning the property
to PRD-L, as provided in subparagraph (D)i above, ~ne
following performance standards shai£ be evaluated as
mandatory areas of consideration for all site pIan requests
above the base density of this district. A finding of fact
that each Performance Standard has been satisfied shall be
made prior to any increase over the base density.
(1) Performance Standard 1. Water Services
(~-)The Dclr~-y Beach Department of Public Utilities
must agree to supply '~ater to thc development.
(b) There shall be provided proof that p~'ior
commitments of water plus the projected need of
the deve]ooment do not exceed .supply ~nd
treatment capacity.
,.~2) Performance Standard 2. Sewer Ssrvice~
(a), The South Centr,~l R~g_c~ nai Waste Water Treatment .-
and Disposal Board must agree to supply sewer
service to the development.
(b) There shall De provided proof thaL prior commit-
ments of sewer service plus the projected need
of the development do not exceed treatment
capacity.
(3) Performance Standard 3. Streets
Streets serving a proposed project shall, during and
upon completion of the project, not exceed reasonable
and safe levels of service. As the standard, streets
shall be maintained at levels of service naving
stable flow characteristics and shall only approach
unstable flo~ conditions during peak t£affic periods,
In determining the effects of a proposed development
on level of service, project analyses shall include
the follo'~ing areas of evaluation:
(a) Traffic ~haracteristic~ and levels of ~ervice of
existing streets directly affected by the
proposed project.
(b} ' Tr±p genuraLion and origin-destznation proj¢c-
fiords for the prupnsed project.
(c) Impacts of th6 prnpo~ed project on affected
streets: int~luding level of service.
(d) Impacts of previously approved nfo jeers affecting
the cam~ streets as the p?opcsed pruject.
(e) Radius of development influence.
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Effects of phasing of the proposed development
including relationships to the long range tho-
roughfare pla s of the City, C~unty, and
Metropolitan Rlanning Organization (MPO), and to
the five year work program of the MPO and
Department of Transportation (DOT).
(g) Effects of roadway alterations anticipated in
the proposed project, including intersection
improvements, turn lanes, signalization, median
and other improvements.
(h)Highway and intersection design capacities.
The City Engineering Division shall be responsible for
evaluating the traffic impacts of the proposed develop-
ment. However, the City Engineer may require the
developer, or the developer himself may opt, to
provide a professional traffic impact analysis on
streets serving the proposed project. In any case,
the traffic evaluation of the project shall be in
accordance with accepted traffic engineering practices
and Palm 8each County's Ordinance No. 81-5 "Traffic
Performance Standards".
(4) Rerformance Standard 4. Environmental Impacts
(a) In any case where a potential environmentally
sensitive area exists, the developer shall be
required to contact the C-?ps of Engineers,
Department of Environmental Regulation, South
Florida ~,Jaste Management Dis~.cict and/or other
applicable regulatory agenc_es co~current with
his application to the City. .~'here a regulatory
agency indicates probable environmental sensi-
tivity, the developer may be required to provide
reports or studies to address the environmental
pr ob 1 ems.
(b) Any proposed development which may create waste
hazardous to humans or the environment shall Oe
required to provide information to the City and
applicable regulatory agencies sufficient to
allow determination of the poten rial effects
of such waste materials.
(5) Additional Considerations
The folloming considerations shall be evaluated prior
to granting any increase in density over the base, an
their deficiency, individually or in combination, may
represent sufficient grounds For denial of such
application.
(a) Adequacy of fire protection shall be evaluated.
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' (b) Drainage proposals, including the effects of
proposed storm water discharges, shall be
evaluated.
(c) Recreational proposal, and subsequent impa~ts
shall be evaluated by the Parks and Recreation
Department.
(d) Flood hazard potential shall be evaluated.
In addition to all Performance Standards above, the
final decision on any change shall include careful
consideration of existing development patterns and
shall provide densities which are compatible with the
character of the surrounding neighborhoods.
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