18-73 ORDINANCE NO. 18-73.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ZONING; AMENDING CHAPTER
29 "ZONING" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH BY CREATING AND ESTABLISHING A
NEW USE DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS "RM-6 - MULTIPLE
FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT" AND PRESCRIBING THE
USES PERMITTED THEREIN.
WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Board
that a new use district to be known as "RM-6 - Multiple Family Dwelling
District" be established; and
WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the City Administration with
Council agreement that such a new use district be established,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
SECTION 1. Chapter 29 "Zoning" of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Delray Beach as amended be further amended by creating and
establishing a new use district to be known as "RM-6 - Multiple Family
Dwelling District" and to be codified as Section 29-4.1.
Section 29-4.1. RM-6 MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
(a) PURPOSE
The purpose of this zoning district is to provide a low
density multi-family dwelling district, which will be
compatible with more restrictive, lower density, single-
family residential districts.
(B) USES PERMITTED IN RM-6
Within any RM-6 Multiple Family Dwelling District, no building,
structure, land or water shall be used except for one or more
of the following uses:
(1) Any use permitted in the R-1AA Single Family Dwelling
District.
(2) Multiple Family Projects containing eight (8) or less
dwelling units in one or more structures.
(C) CONDITIONAL USES FOR RM-6
As prescribed in Section 29-7.4, and after the review of the
application and plans appurtenant thereto and hearing thereon,
the Planning and Zoning Board finds as a fact that the pro-
posed use or uses are consistent with good zoning practice,
not contrary to the Master Plan, and not detrimental to the
health, safety, and general welfare of the City, the following
uses may be recommended to the City Council as conditional
uses in the RM-6 Multiple Family Dwelling District.
(1) Multiple Family Projects containing nine (9) or more
dwelling units in one or more structures and their
attendant recreational and sales facilities.
(2) Schools, nursery schools, and kindergartens.
(3) Libraries, community center buildings and public museums.
(4) Churches and their attendant educational and recreational
facilities.
(5) Public utilities (excluding equipment and storage yards).
(6) Golf courses, swimming and tennis clubs and similar
recreational facilities as principal uses when used
as a public facilit~ or private club.
(7) Doctor's offices.
(D) MINIMUM BUILDING SITE AREA AND DENSITY COMPUTATION
(1) Minimum Lot or Parcel of Land
RM-6
First Unit 6,000 sq. ft.
Each Additional Unit 7,500 sq. ft.
Maximum Floors 3 Floors
(2) Minimum Lot Dimensions
RM-6
(a) Front 60 ft.
(b) Width 60 ft.
(c) Depth 100 ft.
(d) Area (sq. ft.) 6,000 sq. ft.
( 3 ) Exceptions
(a) On curving streets and cul-de-sacs, the required
frontages of lots may be reduced by forty (40)
per cent, provided that the center line radius
of the adjacent public street is one hundred
(100) feet or less.
(b) On lots or parcels of record, the frontages of
which do not meet the required minimum of sixty
(60) feet and are not less than fifty (50) feet
but contain the minimum lot area, two dwelling
units shall be permitted and side yards shall be
as provided for in the R-1AA zone.
(E) MINIMUM AGGREGATE FLOOR AREA REQUIREMENTS
The following shall be the minimum floor areas for all multi-
ple family structures expressed as net living area, exclusive
of porches, balconies, decks and common areas such as
corridors:
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(1) Efficiency Apartment 400 sq. ft.
(2) One Bedroom Apartment 600 sq. ft.
(3) Two Bedroom Apartment 900 sq. ft.
(4) Three Bedroom Apartment 1,150 sq. ft.
(5) Four Bedroom Apartment 1,350 sq. ft.
(A minimum of Two (2) bathrooms is required in four bedroom
multiple family dwelling units.)
(F) MINIMUM BUILDING SETBACKS
(1) The following shall be the minimum building setbacks,
by total number of floors, for all multiple family
structures permitted and described in the RM-6 zoning
district:
RM-6
1 - 2 3
(a) Front 25 feet 25 feet
(b) Side (interior) 15 feet 25 feet
(c) Side (street) 25 feet 25 feet
(d) Rear 25 feet 25 feet
(2) Ail setbacks shall be measured from the street right-
of-way line, and where special setback lines have been
established on any street or highway for street widen-
ing purposes, front and street side yards shall be
measured from the special setback line on the property.
(3) Swir~ing pools in the RM-6 Zoning District may be per-
mitted in any yard provided that they comply with
Ordinance Section 17-28.1 and comply with the setback
lines.
(4) Single family structures will be permitted to observe
the setbacks set forth for the R-lA, Single Family
Zoning District.
(G) MAXIMUM PERMITTED GROUND FLOOR BUILDING AREA
The total ground floor building area of all buildings and
structures shall not exceed forty (40) per cent of the total
lot area.
(H) MAXIMUM PERMITTED BUILDING HEIGHT
No building or structure may be constructed to a height
exceeding three floors or in the case of a recreational
building, not higher than the highest principal residential
buildings.
(I) ON-SITE PARKING REGULATIONS
See Section 29-7.3
(J) ACCESSORY BUILDING REQUIREMENTS
For all accessory structures, the following requirements
shall be observed:
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(1) Ail accessory buildings shall observe the same
setbacks required for the principal structure(s).
(2) No garage or other accessory building shall be
erected before the principal building is under con-
struction to the point of being fully enclosed,
except where specifically permitted by the Site
Plan Permit.
(K) WALLS AND FENCES
(1) In any Multiple Family Dwelling District, no fence, wall,
or structure shall be maintained within the area at any
corner street intersection at elevations the City
Engineer determines will obstruct visibility.
(2) In any Multiple Family Dwelling District, walls and
fences erected on all lots shall be in accordance with
the following criteria:
(a) Front Yard: Front yard walls and fences, including
Those on front and side lot lines, shall not ex-
ceed four (4) feet in height above established lot
grade and may be maintained within a required front
yard area.
(b) Side and Rear Yards: Side and rear yard walls and
fences, including those on side and rear lot lines,
shall not exceed six (6) feet in height above the
established lot grade and may be maintained behind
a required front yard area.
(3) Walls, fences or similar structures erected in any
Multiple Family Dwelling District, shall not contain
any substance, such as broken glass, spikes, nails,
barbs, or similar materials designed to inflict pain
or injury to any person or animal. No barbed wire or
electrically charged fence shall be erected in any
location on any lot or parcel of land in these districts.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on the second and final
reading on the 23rd day of July , 1973.
ATTEST:
City ~le~
First Reading. June 25, 1973.
Second Reading J.uly 23, 1973.
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TO: J. Eldon Mariott, City Manager
FROM: Dan Kotulla, Planning Director
SUBJECT: RM-6 Multiple Family Dwelling District
DATE: June 14, 1973
The Planning and Zoning Board, at a meeting held June 12, 1973,
by unanimous vote, recommended to ~City Council, that the RM-6
Zoning District be adopted, as presented to the Board 'by the
Planning Director, with the following chan~es: (D) (1) Minimum
Lot or Parcel of Land - First unit at 6,000 square feet, Each
additional unit at 7,500 square feet, .M@ximum floors to be 3,
and (F) (1) Minimum setbacks for 3 floors will be 25 feet on all
sides.
A copy of the proposed revised ordinance is attached.
Dan Kotulla
DK/b
enclosure
Section 29-~. RM-6 MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING
DISTRICT
(A) PURPOSE
The purpose of this zoning district is to provide a low
density multi-family dwelling district, which will be com-
patible with more restrictive, lower density, single-family
residential districts.
(B) USES PERMITTED IN RM-6
Within any RM-6 Multiple Family_Dwelling District, no building,
structure, land or water shall be used except for one or more
of the following uses:
(1) Any use permitted in the R-1AA Single Family Dwelling
District.
('2) Multiple Family Projects containing eight (8) or less
dwelling units in one or more structures.
(C) CONDITIONAL USES FOR RM-6
As prescribed in Section 29-7.4, and after the review of the
application and plans appurtenant thereto and hearing thereon,
the planning and Zoning Board finds as a fact that the pro-
posed use or uses are consistent with good zoning practice,
not contrary to the Master Plan, and not detrimental to the
health, safety, and general welfare of the City, the follow-
ing uses may 'be recommended to the City Council as conditional
uses in the RM-6 Multiple Family Dwelling District.
(1) Multiple Family Projects containing nine-(9) or more
'dwelling units in'one.or more structures and their at~end-
ant recreational and sales f~cilities.
(2) Schools, nursery schools, and kindergartens.
(3) Libraries, community center buildings and public museums.
(4) Churches and their attendant educational and recreational
facilities..
(5) pUblic utilities (excluding equipment and storage yards).
(6) Golf courses, swimming and tennis clUbs and similar
recreational facilities as principal uses when used
~ as a pUblic facility or private clUb.
'~7) Doctor's offices.
(D) MINIMUM BUILDING SITE AREA AND DENSITY COMPUTATION
(1) Minimum Lot or Parcel of Land
RM-6
First Unit 6,000 sq.ft.
Each Additional Unit 7,500 sq.ft.
Maximum Floors 3 floors
(2) Minimum Lot Dimensions
RM-6
(a) Front 60 ft.
(b) Width 60 ft.
(c) Depth 100 ft.
(d) Area (sq.ft.) 6,000 sq.ft.
(3) Exceptions
(a) On curving streets and cul-de-sacs, the required
frontages of lots may be reduced 'by forty (40)
per cent, provided that the center line radius
of the adjacent public street is one hundred
(100) feet or less.
(b) On lots or parcels of record, the frontages of
which do not meet the required minimum of sixty (60) ft.
and are not less than fifty (50) feet but contain
the minimum lot area, two dwelling units shall
be permitted and side yards shall be as provided
for in the R-1AA Zone.
(E) MINIMUM AGGREGATE FLOOR AREA REQUIREMENTS
The following shall be the minimum floor areas for all
multiple family structures expressed as net living area,
exclusive of porches, balconies, decks and common areas
such as corridors:
(1) Efficiency Ap@rtment 400 sq.ft.
(2) One Bedroom Apartment 600 sq.ft.
(3) Two Bedroom Apartment 900 sq.ft.
(4) Three Bedroom Apartment 1,150 sq.ft.
(5) Four Bedroom Apartment 1,350 sq.ft.
(A minimum of two (2) bathrooms is required in four
bedroom multiple family dwelling units.)
(F) MINIMUM BUILDING SETBACKS
(1) ~he following shall be the minimum building setbacks,
by total number'of floors, for all multiple family
structures permitted and described in the RM-6 Zoning
district:
RM-6
1 -2 3
(a) Front 25 feet 25 feet
(b) Side (interior) 15 feet 25 feet
(c) Side (street) 25 feet 25 feet
(d) Rear 25 feet 25 feet
(2) All setbacks shall be measured from the street right-
of-way line, ~nd where special setback lines have been
established on any street or highway for street widen-
ing purposes, front and street side yards shall be
measured from the special setback line on the property.
(3) Swimming pools in the RM-6 Zoning District may be per-
mitted in any yard provided that they comply with
Ordinance Section 17-28.1 and comply with the setback
lines.
(4) Single family structures will be permitted to
observe the setbacks set forth for the R-lA,
Single Family Zoning District.
(G) MAXIMUM PERMITTED GROUND FLOOR BUILDING AREA
The total ground floor 'building area of all buildings
and structures shall not exceed forty (40) per cent
of the total lot area.
(H) MAXIMUM PERMITTED BUILDING HEIGHT
No building or structure may 'be constructed to a
height exceeding hhree floors or in the case of a recrea-
tional building, not higher than the highest.principal
residential 'buildings.
(I) ON-SITE PARKING REGULATIONS
See Section'29-7.3
(J) ACCESSORy BUILDING REQUIREMENTS
For all accessory structures, the following require-
ments shall be observed:
(1) Ail accessory buildings shall Observe the same
setbacks required for the principal structure(s).
(2) No garage or other accessory building shall be
erected before the principal building is under
construction to the point of being fully enclosed,
except where specifically permitted by the Site
Plan Permit.
(K) WALLS AND FENCES
(1) In any Multiple Family Dwelling District, no
fence, wall or structure' shall be maintained
within the area at any corner street intersection
st elevations the City Engineer determines will
Obstruct visibility.
(2) In any Multiple Family Dwelling District, walls
and fences erected on all lots shall be in accord-
ance with the following criteria:
(a) Front Yard: Front yard walls and fences,
including those on front and side lot lines,
shall not exceed four (4) feet in height
above established lot grade and may be main-
tained within a required front yard area.
(b) Side and Rear Yards: Side and rear yard
walls and fences, including those on side
and rear lot lines, shall not exceed six
(6) feet in height above the established
lot grade and may be maintained behind a
required front yard area.
(3) Wall, fences, or similar structures erected in any
Multiple Family Dwelling District, shall not contain
any substance, such as broken glass, spikes, nails,
barbs, or similar materials designed to inflict
pain or injury to any person or animal. No barbed
wire or electrically charged fence shall be erected
in any location on any lot or parcel of land in
these districts.