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Broward County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XXX

AGRICULTURAL-DISPOSAL A-6 DISTRICT

Sec. 39-457.- Purpose of district.

The A-6 Agricultural-Disposal District is intended to apply to areas appropriate for the disposal of materials wherein such disposal will not adversely affect desirable future development.

Sec. 39-458. - Uses permitted.

No building or structure, or part hereof, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used, in whole or in part, for other than one or more of the following specified uses:

(1)

Any use permitted in an A-1 district, subject to the limitations and requirements specified for such use in an A-1 district.

(2)

Dump, sanitary landfill, incinerator, or resource recovery facility.

(3)

Accessory structures and uses.

(Ord. No. 84-87, § 1, 12-14-84)

Sec. 39-459. - Uses prohibited.

The permissible uses enumerated in section 39-458 above shall not be construed to include, either as a principal or accessory use, any of the following, which are listed for emphasis:

(1)

Manufacturing or industrial establishments.

(2)

Wholesale, warehouse or storage establishments.

(3)

Junkyards, house wrecking yard, automobile wrecking, used auto parts, display, storage or sale.

(4)

Automobile, truck or trailer display, storage, service, repair or sale.

(5)

Oil, asphalt or petroleum products drilling, removal, storage, processing or sale.

(6)

Building supplies or material display, storage or sale.

(7)

Contractor, construction or equipment yard.

(8)

Display, storage or sale of used or secondhand merchandise.

Sec. 39-460. - Height.

No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding two hundred (200) feet. A landfill shall not be deemed to constitute a structure and is subject to Subsection 39-464(6), "Limitations of uses."

(Ord. No. 84-87, § 2, 12-14-84; Ord. No. 2013-04, § 2, 2-12-13)

Sec. 39-461. - Plat size.

(a)

A plot used for disposal of refuse, not including garbage or animal refuse, shall be not less than five acres in area.

(b)

A plot used for disposal of refuse, including garbage or animal refuse, shall be not less than 20 acres in area.

(c)

A plot used for an incinerator or resource recovery facility shall be not less than 20 acres in area.

(Ord. No. 84-87, § 3, 12-14-84)

Sec. 39-462. - Plot coverage.

The combined area occupied by all main and accessory buildings or roofed structures shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the plot area.

(Ord. No. 2013-04, § 2, 2-12-13)

Sec. 39-463. - Yards.

(a)

Every plot shall have side and rear yards at least 50 feet in depth or width and a front yard at least 75 feet in depth.

(b)

Every plot used for disposal of refuse, including garbage or animal refuse, shall have yards adjacent to all plot lines not less than 100 feet in depth.

(c)

No part of any incinerator or its appurtenant attached building or structures shall be located within 500 feet of any plot line.

Sec. 39-464. - Limitations of uses.

Any plot utilized for a dump, sanitary landfill, incinerator, or resource recovery facility shall be used, operated, and maintained in accordance with the following regulations:

(1)

An attendant shall be kept on duty during hours the disposal area is open to control deposit of refuse.

(2)

The disposal area shall be enclosed sufficiently by a fence with gate or by other means so as to limit use to authorized periods, and for proper purposes.

(3)

No burning of refuse shall be permitted within 10,560 feet of any residentially zoned property in the incorporated or unincorporated territory of Broward County, except by combustion in a completely enclosed incinerator or resource recovery facility of adequate design and operation to prevent emission of fly ash and dense smoke. There shall be no burning of refuse between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

(4)

No refuse to be deposited within any required yard.

(5)

Refuse is to be compacted daily and topped by a soil cover daily.

(6)

Maximum height of a landfill shall not exceed three hundred twenty-five (325) feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum ("NGVD").

(Ord. No. 84-87, § 4, 12-14-84; Ord. No. 2013-04, § 2, 2-12-13; Ord. No. 2025-13, § 1, 2-25-25)