36-77 ORDINANCE NO. 36-77
AN ORDINANCE OF ~{E CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 29 "ZONING"
OF T~[E CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACI{ BY A~ENDING SECTION 29-7(D) RM-10 (MULTIPLE
FAMILY DWELL][NG) DISTRICT AND SECTION 29-8 (D) ~-15
(MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING) DISTRICT BY ADDING A SUBSECT-
ION (4) TO PERMIT DUPLEX ~ESIDENCES ON LOTS WITH
MINIMUM SQUARE FOO~IGE OF 8,000 SQUARE FEET AND PER-
MITTING THE CONVEYANCE OF EACH UNIT AND APPROXIMATELY
ONE-HALF OF T~ LOT WITHOUT FURTHER PLATTING REQUIRE-
MENT, PROVIDED THaT EACH ONE-HALF OF THE LOT CONTAINS
NOT LESS '.[~I~N 4,000 SQUARE FEET; PROVIDING A SAVING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, ~{EREFORE, BE IT ORDAIt{ED BY THE~CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 29-7(D) RM-10 Multiple Family Dwelling
District be amended by adding a Subsection (4) to read as follows:
(4) Duplexes
On lots or parcels of record where duplexes are
'permitted, and where said lots or parcels are. at
least 8,000 square feet, and where there is a party
wall separating the two (2) duplex units, each
unit together wihh approximately one-half (½)of
the lot may be conveyed, providing each portion
of the lot contains not less than 4,000 square
feet, and the dividing line runs through the
party wall. The conveyance as set forth in this
paragraph shall not constitute subdivision
requiring additional platting.
(a) Conditions
(1) The party wall separating the two
.duplex units must be a fire wall, as
required for residential separations
in the Southern Standard Building
Code, as adopted by the City.
(2) Each individual duplex unit and its
portion of the lot or parcel it is
located on, must be adjacent to a
public or private street, and have
direct access thereto.
Section 2. That Section 29-8(D) RM-15 Multiple Family Dwelling
District be amended by adding a Subsection (4) to read as follows:
(4) Duplexes
On lots or parcels'bf re~ord where duplexes are
permitted, and where said lots or parcels are at
least 8,000 square feet, and where there is a party
wall separating the two (2) duplex units, each
unit together with approximately one-half (~)of
the lot may be conveyed, providing each portion
of the lot contains not less than 4,000 square
feet, and the dividing line runs through the
party wall. The conveyance as set forth in this
paragraph shall not constitute subdivision
requiring additional platting.
(a) Conditions
(1) The party wall separating the two
duplex units must be a fire wall, as
· required for residential separations
in the Southern S~andard Building
Code, as adcpted by the city.
(2) Each individual duplex unit and its
portion of the lot or parcel it is
located on, must be adjacent to a
public or private street, and have
direct access thereto.
Section 3. 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 othe
than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall become effective ten days
after passage on.second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 13th day of June , 1977.
ATTEST:
-jCity Clerk
First Reading May 23~ 1977
Second Reading, June 13, 1977