This activity center district is intended to promote either multi-use or mixed-use high intensity office, retail-commercial, service and institutional uses with high density residential uses permitted on a selected basis. 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 circulation.

(a)

Any use permitted in the MOC-1 district;

(b)

Hotels or motel complexes in activity centers only;

(c)

Office showrooms;

(d)

Commercial uses in mixed office commercial projects of ten acres or 100,000 square feet in size must develop a minimum of 20 percent of the project for office or noncommercial use.

Any use permitted by conditional use in the MOC-1 district as shall be permitted by conditional use in the MOC-2 district.

The maximum height for a building or structure is seven stories without development bonuses but may not exceed 15 stories through development bonuses. If structured parking is incorporated into a project, up to three levels of parking will not be counted toward the maximum story requirement if located under the building. A shading study may be required to determine any effects of shadows cast on neighboring lands or structures. Results of the shading study will be reviewed by the growth management director (See division 46 for development bonus information).

3.19.5.1 Minimum lot area. None except to meet other requirements set forth herein and all other applicable city regulations.

3.19.5.2 Minimum lot width. 100 feet at front lot line or building line.

3.19.6.1 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.

3.19.6.2 Side yard. A minimum distance of ten feet shall be provided. If a side yard abuts a right-of-way, the setbacks shall be computed as front yards.

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

3.19.6.4 Abutting residential. A minimum distance of 30 feet shall be provided from the property line to building site. Where the building exceeds 30 feet in height, the setback shall be equal to the height of such structure and parking will not be permitted in the first 30 feet closest to the property line. When a building or structure located within a project is adjacent to existing single-family or multifamily or low, medium or high proposed land use and is proposing buildings or structures above 75 feet in height, the following additional building setback restriction shall apply:

Five feet of additional building setback for each additional story above 75 feet. Low intensity lighting for parking lots may be required on a case-by-case basis. These requirements shall be in effect when abutting one- and two-family dwellings.

3.19.6.5 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 specific major roadways.

All landscape and buffer requirements must be in accordance with article VIII, Landscaping and tree protection, of this Code.

Parking may be allowed in any required yard, but shall not encroach into any required landscape area or where otherwise prohibited. For complete design standards see division 41, article III of this Code.

3.19.8.1 Parking reductions. In order to reduce overall parking needs, the parking space requirements and the size of parking stalls may be reduced for any site where the owner/developer provides to the city a parking management plan. This plan must demonstrate effective measures to reduce the need for parking on-site. Such measures are not limited to the following:

(a)

Cross-access for vehicles;

(b)

Pedestrian ways and bicycle facilities;

(c)

Circulation design to integrate adjoining uses;

(d)

Encourage transit ridership or provide transit facilities on-site;

(e)

Use of car pooling, van pools or any other system which reduces the number of normally required parking spaces;

(f)

Payments in lieu of parking to a trust fund for structured parking garages;

(g)

Staggered work hours; and

(h)

Shared parking agreements.

3.19.8.2 On-site loading dock requirements. A loading dock management plan shall be submitted with each site plan which graphically depicts the proposed loading area(s) and describes the frequency and hours of deliveries.

Signs for this district shall be the same as provided in the district regulations for the use most similar to the one in question. The determination of which regulations will apply shall be made by the growth management director. When a mixture of uses exists within a development, different regulations may be applied without regard to phrases or artificial boundaries within the development (see division 42 of article III of this Code).

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)

Residential projects greater than 1,000 units and nonresidential projects greater than 150,000 square feet are required to submit a sector plan (see section 3.44.24, Sector plan).

See article III, division 44.

(Ord. No. 1173-94, § 24, 6-7-94)

The minimum dwelling size for a residential unit shall be 500 square feet with an overall average for the entire project to be 725 square feet.

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1588-08, § 1, adopted May 20, 2008, repealed the former § 3.19.14, which pertained to development bonuses and enacted a new art. III, div. 46, which set out similar provisions.