Ord 539-45AD~ ORDINANCE OF T~E. CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,
FLORIDA, CREATING CERTAIN NEW BUILDING ZONES, AND PROVIDING
FOR DEPTH OF LOTS ~dVD TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION PERMITTED THEREIN
~D FOR FRONT A~D SIDE YARD REQUIRF,~,~NTE.
BE IT ORDAI~ED by the City Council of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, as follows:
SE~IOI~ 1: That the following zones are hereby created
which shall be in addition to the zones already created and
designated by Zoning Ordinance No. 216 of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, to-wit: Residence 1 Zone, Residence 2 Zone
and Business 1 Zone.
SECTION 2: Residence 1 Zone shall conform to the require-
ments of Residence A District as provided in Zoning Ordinance
No. 216 of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, with the follow-
ing exceptions:
(a) The minimum floor area of a one-story building
shall be 650 square feet and the minimum floor area of the
first floor of a two-story building shall be 480 square feet.
SECTION 3: Residence 2 Zone shall conform to Apartment
House District with the following exceptions:
(a} The floor area of buildings shall not be
restricted.
(b) 0nly two buildings, inclusive of garages, out-
houses, etc., shall '0e allowed on any one minimum size lot.
(c) Where more than two such houses occur or are
planned for any one lot, the regular "Cottage Court" require-
ments of Zoning Ordinance No. 216 ~hall ap.ply as to ground area.
(d) No two h-.~uses shall be built closer than 20 feet,
but projections such as chimneys, roof eaves, and open platforms
not over 15 inches above ground shall Oe permitted, provided they
provided they do not encroach more than three feet into the said
20 foot space.
SECTION 4: Business Zone No. 1 shall conform to
Local Business Zone as set out in Zoning Ordinance No.
216, but this zone shall be limited to Residence 1
requirements, except that buildings meeting the Local
Business Zone requirements and approved by the Zoning
Committee will be permitted.
SECTION 5: The front yard requirements for the zones
created by this ordinance shall be as follows:
(a) Residence i shall have a minimum front
yard requirement of 35 feet.
(b) Residence 2 shall have a minimum front
yard requirement of 25 feet.
(c) Business Zone I shall have a minimum front
yard requirement of 40 feet for residences on Atlantic
Avenue; and 25 feet for residences on West 5th Avenue; and
20 feet for business houses on Atlantic Avenue and West
5th Avenue.
(d) Where a street is less than 40 feet in
width, the front yard requirements of abutting lots shall
be increased by one-half the difference of the actual
width of the street and 40 feet. Where an adjoining
building exists with a set back less than the above, a
new building adjoining the existing building shall be
required to set back only one-half the additional set
back called for by this subsection of this ordinance.
SECTION 6: In Residence Z.~ne i and Residence Zone
2, a minimum side yard set back of 20 feet shall be ob-
served except that a portecochere may project 5 feet into
such side yard set back. No building shall be con-
structed within 15 feet of any existing building, part
of building, porch, garage, or portecochere situated on
an adjoining lot.
SECTION 7: A minimum lot shall be 50 feet wide and
100 feet deep, or if it is of irregular shape, the aver-
age depth and width shall equal that amount. All lots
must have a frontage on a public street of not less than
33 feet; existing lots smaller than the minimum lot pro-
vided by this Section may be allowed for this purpose,
provided it meets the requirements of Zoning Ordinance
No.~ . No lot shall hereafter be divided into smaller
lots than the minimum required above, nor to a size less
than 5000 square feet in area.
SECTION 8: The following territory in the City of
Delray Beach, Florida, shall be included in the zones
created by this ordinance:
(a) Zone i includes all property in the City
of Delray Beach, Florida, facing N. W. 2nd Street from
N. W. 2nd Avenue to the Right-of-Way of the Seaboard Air- ~
line Railway; all of Blocks ~1, ~2, and ~3; Lots 1 to 6,
inclusive, of Block 4~; all of Blocks 3~, 3~, 39 and the ~
East half of Block 32; East half of Block ~, Tourist Nook ~
~bdivision; the West half of Blocks i a~d 2, and the West
half of the South half GA~ ~,~..~ 5, Section S, Township 46 S,
Range 43, E.
(b) The following territory in the City of
Delray Beach, Florida, shall be included in Residence 2
Zone, to-wit: All such property lying between Blocks
37, 3~, 39, 41, 42, 43, West one-half of Block 44, East
one-half of Block 32 and the Right-of-Way of the Seaboard
Airline Railroad, except such territory as is specially
designated as being in Residence Zone l, and all of Bus-
iness Zone 1.
(cD Business Zone i shall include all property
in the City of Delray Beach, Florida, lying on both sides
of Atlantic Avenue from W. 3rd Avenue west to the Right-
of-Way of the Seaboard Airline Railway to a depth of 140
feet north and south of Atlantic Avenue and also the
East one-half of Blocks 19, 20, 21 and 22 and the West
one-half of Blocks 27, 28, 29 and 30.
Passed in regular session on this the ~
day of August, 1945.
esidenl~, ~'~ty CounCil
Approved:
Attest:
City Clerk