24-74 ORDINANCE NO. 24-74.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRA¥ BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 29' "ZONING"
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, AS AMENDED, BY REVISING SECTION 29-7.1 PER-
TAINING TO AN INCREASE IN USES (PERMITTED AND CONDI-
TIONAL), MINIMUM LOT SIZES AND BUILDING SETBACK
LINES, REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS IN THE LI LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING
A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Board has recommended revision
of the uses (Permitted and Conditional), minimum lot sizes and building
setback lines, regulations and requirements in the LI Light Industrial
District as set forth in Section 29-7.1 of Chapter 29 "Zoning" of the
Code of Ordinances; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
concurs in said recommendation,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 29-7.1 of Chapter 29 "Zoning" of the
Code of Ordinances of the CitY of Delray Beach is hereby repealed and
of no effect.
SECTION 2. That the following revised Section 29-7.1 of Chapter
29 "Zoning" of the Code of Ordinances is hereby adopted and shall be
codified in Chapter 29, Zoning, as follows:
"Sec. 29-7.1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT '(LI)
(A) PURPOSE
The purpose of the LI Zoning District is to provide suffi-
cient space in appropriate locations for certain types of
business and light manufacturing, processing, or fabrication
of non-objectionable products which do not involve the use
of materials, processes, or machinery which cause undesirable
effects such as objectionable odors, dust, noise, fumes,
smoke, gases, or vibrations upon nearby or adjacent resi-
dential or commercial property.
(B) USES PERMITTED
(1) Appliance manufacturing
(2) Bakeries, wholesale, large scale preparation
(3) Broadcasting studios and other communication facilities
(4) Business offices accessory to the primary industrial use
(5) Communication and utility activities
(6) Confectionery, wholesale, large scale preparation
(7) Cosmetic manufacturing
(8) DairY processing
(9) Dry ice manufacturing
(10) Electronic equipment manufacturing
(11) Engraving
(12) Frozen food locker
(~3) Storage garage
(14) Leather goods manufacturing
(15) Machinery shop
(16) Motion picture studio
(17) Moving and storage
(18) Pharmaceutical products and manufacturing
(19) Plants or portions of laboratories and related facili-
ties used in the manufacturing of prototypes and the
production of experimental products, or the manufac-
turing of such products as may be necessary to the
development or production of operating systems, where
such systems are to be installed or operated at another
location.
(20) Precision instruments and optics manufacturing
(21) Printing and publishing
(22) Public utilities
(23) Restaurants, cafes
(24) Scientific research laboratories and facilities,
including laboratories and facilities for product
development and testing.
.(25) Sign painting and manufacturing
(26) Upholstery shop
(27) Wholesale sales offices and their attendant distribu-
tion facilities
(C) CONDITIONAL USES
As prescribed in Sec. 29-7.4, and after the review of the
application and plans appurtenant thereto and hearing there-
on, the Planning and Zoning Board finds as a fact that the
proposed use or uses are consistent with good zoning prac-
tice, not contrary to the Master Plan, and not detrimental
to the promotion of public safety, health, convenience,
comfort, morals, prosperity, appearance, good order, and
general welfare of the City, the following uses may be
recommended to the City Council as Conditional Uses:
(1) Auto paint and body shop
(2) Boat manufacturing
(3) Fish processing
(4) Food processing
(5) Furniture manufacturing
(6) Metal fabrication
(7) Meat cutting and wholesale storage
(8) Monument and ornamental stone cutting
(9) Natural resource utility
(10) Textile and clothing manufacturing
(11) Toy manufacturing
(12) Tobacco manufacturing
(13) Warehouses
(14) Welding shop
(15) Woodworking
(16) Any other tight industrial use, the operations of
which are not productive of objectionable odors, dust,
noise, fumes, smoke, gases, or vibrations.
(D) MINIMUM BUILDING SITE AREA AND LOT DIMENSIONS
(1) Minimum Lot Dimensions
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(a) Frontage 100 feet
(b) Width 100 feet
(c) 'Depth 200 feet ' '
(d) Area 20,000 square feet
(2) Exceptions
(a) On curving streets and cul-de-sacs, the required
frontages of lots may be reduced by forty per
cent (40%) provided that the center line radius
of the adjacent public street is one-hundred (100)
feet or less.
(b) Any lot or parcel of record zoned Light Industrial
which qualifies as a lot as set forth in this
Code, and which does not comply in all respects
with the minimum lot dimensions specified herein
may nevertheless be used as permitted and other-
wise regulated by provisions applicable to this
district.
(E) MINIMUM BUILDING SETBACKS
The following shall be the minimum setbacks for all buildings
and structures permitted and described in the LI Zoning
District:
(1) Front 30 feet
(2) Side (interior) 10 feet
(3) Side (street) 30 feet
(4) Rear 10 feet
(F) MAXIMUM PERMITTED GROUND FLOOR BUILDING AREA
The total ground floor building area of all buildings and
structures shall not exceed fifty (50) per cent of the total
lot area.
(G) MAXIMUM PERMITTED BUILDING HEIGHT
No building or structure may be constructed to a height
exceeding thirty-five (35) feet, unless approved as a
Conditional Use.
(H) ON-SiTE PARKING AND LOADING REGULATIONS
See Sec. 29-7.3.
(I) WALLS AND FENCES
(1) No wall, fence, or similar structure shall be main-
tained within the area at any corner street intersec-
tion at elevations the City Engineer determines will
obstruct visibility.
(2) Walls, fences, or similar structures shall not contain
any substance such as broken glass, spikes, or nails.
No electrically charged fence shall b= erected on any
lot or parcel of land in this zoning district.
(3) Ail areas devoted to the storage of equipment or
supplies shall be adequately screened with landscaping
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pursuant to the criteria stated in Chapter 15C of
this Code and shall further be enclosed by a fence or
wall at least six (6) feet in height, but not to ex-
ceed twelve (12) feet in height. No outdoor storage
of equipment or supplies shall exceed the height of
the enclosing wall or fence or building, whichever
provides the best visual obstruction from a public
right-of-way.
(J) BEAUTIFICATION AND LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS
A landscaping plan in conformance with Chapter 15C of this
Code showing location, type, and size of all plantings shall
be submitted for review and approval by the Beautification
Committee.
(K) CONDITIONS OF OPERATION
All operations shall be conducted wholly within a completely
enclosed building, except for off-street loading and automo-
bile parking. Trucks may be parked on the property if
adequately screened from view in conformance with Section
29-7.1 (I) (3)."
SECTION 3. That any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of SECTION 2 above, shall, upon conviction, be
punished as provided in Section 1-6 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Delray Beach.
SECTION 4. The remaining sections of Chapter 29, not repealed
in SECTION 1 above, shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or uncon-
stitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall
be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such
holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this ...10th day of June , 1974.
VICE M A Y 0 R
ATTEST:
~ City-Clerk '"
First Reading. May 13, 1974
Second Reading. ~ ~ ~
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