The intent of the GO general office district is to promote orderly and logical development of land for office and services activities, to discourage integration of noncomplementary land uses that may interfere with the proper function of the district, and to assure adequate design in order to maintain the integrity of existing or future nearby residential areas. The ultimate site plan must provide a low intensity of land usage and site coverage to enable the lot to retain a well-landscaped image so as to readily blend with nearby residential areas; buildings are low profile. It is intended that a minimum number of points of ingress and egress be utilized in order to reduce the impact of traffic on adjacent streets and thus enhance traffic movement. The district is most generally located on arterial or collector roadways.

(a)

Public parks, parkways, playgrounds, playfields and land resources;

(b)

Public golf courses;

(c)

Public arboretums, museums, libraries, cultural institutions, etc.;

(d)

Public universities and colleges;

(e)

General government offices, post offices and administrative public buildings;

(f)

Fire stations;

(g)

Dental/medical clinics and laboratories;

(h)

General office buildings;

(i)

Insurance, real estate, architectural, engineering, legal and other professional business services;

(j)

Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services, finance offices;

(k)

Telephone business offices and exchanges;

(l)

Reserved;

(m)

Public local schools, and private and parochial schools (pre-kindergarten through grade 12);

(n)

Treatment and rehabilitative facilities;

(o)

Conservation areas;

(p)

Nursing homes;

(q)

Hospitals;

(r)

Accessory uses and structures which:

(1)

Are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted or permissible uses and structures.

(2)

Do not involve operations or structures not in keeping with the character of the district or which are not compatible with uses of adjacent properties or which pose adverse environmental or public health consequences.

(s)

Similar and compatible uses as determined by the growth management director.

(Ord. No. 1599-09, § 1, 3-3-09; Ord. No. 1652-12, § 2, 12-4-12)

(a)

Public utility buildings and facilities;

(b)

Vocational, trade, or business schools, provided all activities are conducted in completely enclosed buildings;

(c)

Where there is a demonstrated need, limited service activities in support of and limited to offices uses within the district, such as restaurant (with drive-thru facilities, but not drive-in restaurant), barber or beauty shop, laundry or dry cleaning pickup station (but not laundry, dry cleaners, etc.), and similar service activities;

The above uses are subject to the following limitations:

(1)

Sale, display, preparation and storage to be conducted within a completely enclosed building, and no more than 20 percent of floor space to be devoted to storage.

(2)

No signs other than identification wall signs.

(d)

Accessory parking for passenger vehicles when intended for a permitted adjacent commercial use. A parking lot operated as a commercial enterprise shall not be permitted;

(e)

Banks, savings and loan and similar financial institutions, and drive-in teller facilities, when located on a roadway having a right-of-way width of not less than 80 feet shall be required;

(f)

Hospitals and nursing homes. Location on a roadway having a right-of-way width of not less than 80 feet shall be required;

(g)

Funeral homes when located on a roadway having a right-of-way width of not less than 80 feet;

(h)

Child care centers, provided all (applicable) requirements are met (see the definition of child care centers in article II);

(i)

Adult day care centers;

(j)

Hotel and motel complexes in activity centers only;

(k)

Quick copy print shops in activity centers only;

(l)

Data processing and computer centers;

(m)

Private colleges and universities;

(n)

Houses of worship with their attendant educational and recreational buildings, and off-street parking.

(Ord. No. 1599-09, § 1, 3-3-09; Ord. No. 1652-12, § 2, 12-4-12)

(a)

Outside activity centers. The maximum height for buildings and structures shall not exceed 35 feet.

(b)

Inside activity centers. The maximum height for buildings and structures shall not exceed five stories, except up to two levels of structured parking under buildings will be allowed and not count toward the height limit.

3.12.5.1 Minimum lot area: 15,000 square feet.

3.12.5.2 Minimum lot width: 100 feet at front lot line.

3.12.6.1 Front yard. A minimum distance of 25 feet shall be provided from the closer of the front lot line or the existing or planned rights-of-way to the building site.

3.12.6.2 Side yard. A minimum distance of 20 feet shall be provided from the side lot lines. If a side yard abuts a right-of-way, the setback shall be computed as for front yards.

3.12.6.3 Rear yard. A minimum distance of 20 feet shall be provided from the rear lot line.

3.12.6.4 Waterfront. Setback to be determined during site plan process.

3.12.6.5 Abutting residential. A minimum distance of 30 feet shall be provided from the property line to building site whenever abutting property is zoned residential.

3.12.6.6 Additional setback requirements. Greater setbacks may be required on certain properties in order to accommodate cross-access easements as may be required under article XI, Access control; division 7, Joint driveways and service road provisions, of this Code. Also: see table in article XI for setbacks on major roadways.

All landscape and buffer requirements must be in accordance with article VI, Design standards, of this Code.

See division 42 of article III of these regulations.

Refer to division 30, development intensity standards, for density and intensity requirements.

(Ord. No. 1588-08, § 2, 5-20-08; Ord. No. 1652-12, § 2, 12-4-12)

Sector plans (for properties outside the regional business center and/or areawide developments of regional impact (DRI's) shall be required where properties and/or projects are of the magnitude and size as follows:

(a)

DRI applications are required for properties and/or projects that meet or exceed the DRI thresholds found in F.S. ch. 380.06, Developments of Regional Impact.

(b)

Nonresidential projects greater than 150,000 square feet are required to submit a sector plan (see section 3.44.24, Sector plan).

See division 44 of article III.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1588-08, § 1, adopted May 20, 2008, repealed the former § 3.12.12, which pertained to development bonuses and enacted a new art. III, div. 46, which set out similar provisions.