Coral Springs City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- IN GENERAL
Sections
- Sec. 250101.- Intent; methods.
- Sec. 250102. - Short title; purpose.
- Sec. 250103. - Land development regulations.
- Sec. 250104. - Zoning maps.
- Sec. 250105. - Definitions.
- Sec. 250106. - Division of City of Coral Springs into districts.
- Sec. 250107. - Boundaries of districts.
- Sec. 250108. - Rights-of-way.
- Sec. 250109. - Scope.
- Sec. 250110. - Application of zoning resolutions.
- Sec. 250111. - Essential services.
- Sec. 250112. - City uses.
- Sec. 250113. - Regulations of unzoned property.
- Sec. 250114. - Effect of annexation on property previously zoned by a unit of local government.
- Sec. 250115. - Districting of vacated ways.
- Sec. 250116. - Existing plots—No reduction of required area permitted.
- Sec. 250117. - Same—Plots less than minimum area, depth and width in separate ownership.
- Sec. 250118. - Same—Reduction of plots below minimum requirements.
- Sec. 250119. - Time limit.
- Sec. 250120. - Uncompleted structures.
- Sec. 250121. - Errors and violations.
- Sec. 250122. - Replatted lots.
- Sec. 250123. - Double frontage.
- Sec. 250124. - Use of premises without buildings.
- Sec. 250125. - Multi-family supplemental design criteria for RC Districts.
- Sec. 250126. - Yard encroachments and building separation encroachments.
- Sec. 250127. - Easement encroachments.
- Sec. 250128. - Fences, walls and hedges.
- Sec. 250129. - Accessory structures.
- Sec. 250130. - Height limits.
- Sec. 250131. - Accessory residential use in nonresidential districts.
- Sec. 250132. - Use of residentially zoned property for access.
- Sec. 250133. - Nuisances.
- Sec. 250134. - Mobile homes and other trailers.
- Sec. 250135. - Commercial business in residential garage.
- Sec. 250136. - Moving of buildings.
- Sec. 250137. - Vehicular driveways.
- Sec. 250138. - Rear door, commercial delivery to business and industrially zoned establishments.
- Sec. 250139. - Heliport, helistop and off-heliport landing site use.
- Sec. 250140. - Master parking.
- Sec. 250141. - Boats, trailers, motor homes, tents and campers.
- Sec. 250142. - Storage of building materials or construction equipment; containment of construction waste and trash.
- Sec. 250143. - Conflicting regulations.
- Sec. 250144. - Exterior lighting.
- Sec. 250145. - Regulation of adult entertainment establishments and massage parlors.
- Sec. 250146. - Street address display.
- Sec. 250147. - Townhouse subdivision developments.
- Sec. 250148. - Zero lot line dwelling subdivision developments.
- Sec. 250149. - Compliance with comprehensive plan.
- Sec. 250150. - Density monitoring system.
- Sec. 250151. - Density calculation.
- Sec. 250152. - Community residences, recovery communities, and congregate living facilities.
- Sec. 250153. - Procedures and requirements for conditional uses before the planning and zoning board and city commission.
- Sec. 250154. - Procedures and requirements for mixed use developments.
- Sec. 250155. - Corporate park uses and research facilities and laboratories.
- Sec. 250156. - Architectural guidelines.
- Sec. 250157. - Body art studios.
- Sec. 250158. - Sidewalk cafes.
- Sec. 250159. - Mobile food vendors; operation on public or private property.
- Sec. 250160. - Vacation rentals.
ARTICLE III
CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Sections
- Sec. 250191.- Purpose of regulations.
- Sec. 250192. - Development permits subject to concurrency review.
- Sec. 250193. - Measurement of capacities and levels of service.
- Sec. 250194. - Application requirements for concurrency determination.
- Sec. 250195. - Determination of available capacity.
- Sec. 250196. - Determination of concurrency for transportation.
- Sec. 250197. - Strategic transportation evaluation plans (STEP).
- Sec. 250198. - Determination of concurrency for mass transit.
- Sec. 250199. - Determination of concurrency for water and wastewater.
- Sec. 250200. - Determination of concurrency for solid waste.
- Sec. 250201. - Determination of concurrency for parks.
- Sec. 250202. - Determination of concurrency for drainage.
- Sec. 250203. - Public school concurrency requirements.
- Sec. 250204. - Development permit approval, approval with conditions or phasing or denial.
ARTICLE IV
- RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - ESTATE (RS-1) DISTRICT
- Sec. 250221.- Purpose of district.
- Sec. 250222. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 250223. - Size of plot and minimum frontage.
- Sec. 250224. - Plot coverage.
- Sec. 250225. - Height.
- Sec. 250226. - Front yard.
- Sec. 250227. - Side yards.
- Sec. 250228. - Rear yard.
- Sec. 250229. - Minimum floor area.
- Sec. 250230. - Minimum roofing standards.
- Sec. 250231. - Required buffering adjacent to roadways.
- DIVISION 3. - ONE-FAMILY DWELLINGS (R-3, RS-4 AND RS-5) DISTRICTS
- Sec. 250241.- Purpose of districts.
- Sec. 250242. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 250243. - Size of plot and minimum frontage.
- Sec. 250244. - Plot coverage.
- Sec. 250245. - Density.
- Sec. 250246. - Height.
- Sec. 250247. - Front yards.
- Sec. 250248. - Side yards.
- Sec. 250249. - Rear yards.
- Sec. 250250. - Minimum floor area.
- Sec. 250251. - Reserved.
- Sec. 250252. - Minimum roofing standards.
- Sec. 250253. - Required buffering adjacent to roadways.
- DIVISION 4. - SPECIAL ONE-FAMILY (RS-6) DISTRICT
- Sec. 250261.- Purpose of district.
- Sec. 250262. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 250263. - Plot area per unit.
- Sec. 250264. - Size of plot.
- Sec. 250265. - Plot coverage.
- Sec. 250266. - Height.
- Sec. 250267. - Yards, setbacks and separation of buildings.
- Sec. 250268. - Minimum floor area.
- Sec. 250269. - Definition of plot.
- Sec. 250270. - Limitations and special requirements.
- Sec. 250271. - Limitation on number of dwelling units per gross acre.
- Sec. 250272. - Minimum roofing standards.
- Sec. 250273. - Required buffering adjacent to roadways.
- DIVISION 5. - RESIDENTIAL CLUSTER (RC-6, RC-12 AND RC-15) DISTRICTS
- Sec. 250281.- Purpose of districts.
- Sec. 250282. - Permitted uses.
- Sec. 250283. - Height.
- Sec. 250284. - Minimum floor area.
- Sec. 250285. - Density.
- Sec. 250286. - Miscellaneous regulations.
- Sec. 250287. - Required perimeter buffering adjacent to abutting properties.
- Sec. 250288. - Minimum roofing standards.
- Sec. 250289. - Required buffering adjacent to roadways.
- DIVISION 6. - TWO-FAMILY DWELLING (RD-8) DISTRICT
- Sec. 250296.- Purpose of district.
- Sec. 250297. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 250298. - Conditional uses.
- Sec. 250299. - Size of plot.
- Sec. 250300. - Plot coverage.
- Sec. 250301. - Height.
- Sec. 250302. - Front yard.
- Sec. 250303. - Side yards.
- Sec. 250304. - Rear yards.
- Sec. 250305. - Minimum floor area.
- Sec. 250306. - Individual unit ownership.
- Sec. 250307. - Limitation on number of dwelling units.
- Sec. 250308. - Attached and semi-attached groupings.
- Sec. 250309. - Alternate method of attachment of dwellings.
- Sec. 250310. - Required perimeter buffering adjacent to abutting properties.
- Sec. 250311. - Minimum roofing standards.
- Sec. 250312. - Required buffering adjacent to roadways.
- Sec. 250313. - Required perimeter landscape strips.
- DIVISION 7. - LOW MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIPLE-FAMILY (RM-15) DISTRICT
- Sec. 250321.- Purpose of district.
- Sec. 250322. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 250323. - Conditional uses.
- Sec. 250324. - Minimum size of plot.
- Sec. 250325. - Maximum plot coverage.
- Sec. 250326. - Maximum height.
- Sec. 250327. - Minimum front yard.
- Sec. 250328. - Minimum side yard.
- Sec. 250329. - Minimum rear yard.
- Sec. 250330. - Minimum street yards.
- Sec. 250331. - Prohibition of vehicular use areas in required yards and buffers.
- Sec. 250332. - Minimum separation of any building from any vehicular use area.
- Sec. 250333. - Maximum building length.
- Sec. 250334. - Minimum distance between buildings and building orientations.
- Sec. 250335. - Minimum landscaped open space.
- Sec. 250336. - Minimum useable open space and locational criteria.
- Sec. 250337. - Minimum floor area and minimum unit width.
- Sec. 250338. - Limitations on number of dwelling units per gross acre.
- Sec. 250339. - Limitations on business related parking.
- Sec. 250340. - Required perimeter buffering adjacent to abutting properties.
- Sec. 250341. - Minimum roofing standards.
- Sec. 250342. - Sidewalks required.
- Sec. 250343. - Provision of emergency access.
- Sec. 250344. - Balconies.
- DIVISION 8. - MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIPLE-FAMILY (RM-20) DISTRICT
- Sec. 250351.- Purpose of district.
- Sec. 250352. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 250353. - Conditional uses.
- Sec. 250354. - Minimum size of plot.
- Sec. 250355. - Maximum plot coverage.
- Sec. 250356. - Maximum height.
- Sec. 250357. - Minimum front yard.
- Sec. 250358. - Minimum side yards.
- Sec. 250359. - Minimum rear yard.
- Sec. 250360. - Minimum street yards.
- Sec. 250361. - Prohibition of vehicular use areas in required yards.
- Sec. 250362. - Minimum separation of any building from any vehicular use area.
- Sec. 250363. - Maximum building length.
- Sec. 250364. - Minimum distance between buildings and building orientations.
- Sec. 250365. - Minimum landscaped open space.
- Sec. 250366. - Minimum useable open space.
- Sec. 250367. - Minimum floor area and minimum unit width.
- Sec. 250368. - Limitation on number of dwelling units per gross acre.
- Sec. 250369. - Limitation on business related parking.
- Sec. 250370. - Required perimeter buffering adjacent to abutting properties.
- Sec. 250371. - Minimum roofing standards.
- Sec. 250372. - Sidewalks required.
- Sec. 250373. - Provision of emergency access.
- Sec. 250374. - Balconies.
- DIVISION 9. - MEDIUM HIGH DENSITY MULTIPLE-FAMILY (RM-30) DISTRICT
- Sec. 250381.- Purpose of district.
- Sec. 250382. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 250383. - Conditional uses.
- Sec. 250384. - Minimum size of plot.
- Sec. 250385. - Maximum plot coverage.
- Sec. 250386. - Maximum height.
- Sec. 250387. - Minimum front yards.
- Sec. 250388. - Minimum side yards.
- Sec. 250389. - Minimum rear yards.
- Sec. 250390. - Minimum street yards.
- Sec. 250391. - Prohibition of vehicular use areas in required yards and buffers.
- Sec. 250392. - Minimum separation of any building from any vehicular use area.
- Sec. 250393. - Limitation on business related parking.
- Sec. 250394. - Maximum building length.
- Sec. 250395. - Minimum distance between buildings and building orientations.
- Sec. 250396. - Minimum landscaped open space.
- Sec. 250397. - Minimum useable open space.
- Sec. 250398. - Minimum floor area and minimum unit width.
- Sec. 250399. - Limitation on number of dwelling units per gross acre.
- Sec. 250400. - Required perimeter buffering adjacent to abutting properties.
- Sec. 250401. - Minimum roofing standards.
- Sec 250402. - Sidewalks required.
- Sec. 250403. - Provision of emergency access.
- Sec. 250404. - Balconies.
- DIVISION 10. - HIGH DENSITY MULTIPLE-FAMILY (RM-40) DISTRICT
- Sec. 250411.- Purpose of district.
- Sec. 250412. - Permitted uses.
- Sec. 250413. - Conditional uses.
- Sec. 250414. - Minimum size of plot.
- Sec. 250415. - Maximum plot coverage.
- Sec. 250416. - Maximum height.
- Sec. 250417. - Minimum front yard.
- Sec. 250418. - Minimum side yards.
- Sec. 250419. - Minimum rear yards.
- Sec. 250420. - Minimum street yards.
- Sec. 250421. - Prohibition of vehicular use areas in required yards and buffers.
- Sec. 250422. - Minimum separation of any building from any vehicular use area.
- Sec. 250423. - Maximum building length.
- Sec. 250424. - Minimum distance between buildings and building orientations.
- Sec. 250425. - Minimum landscaped open space.
- Sec. 250426. - Minimum usable open space.
- Sec. 250427. - Minimum floor area.
- Sec. 250428. - Limitation on number of dwelling units per gross acre.
- Sec. 250429. - Conditions for hotel, motel and timesharing uses.
- Sec. 250430. - Required buffering adjacent to abutting properties.
- Sec. 250431. - Minimum roofing standards.
- Sec 250432. - Sidewalks required.
- Sec. 250433. - Provision of emergency access.
- Sec. 250434. - Balconies.
ARTICLE V
- BUSINESS DISTRICTS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS (B-1) DISTRICT
- DIVISION 3. - COMMUNITY BUSINESS (B-2) DISTRICT
- Sec. 250566. - Purpose of district.
- Sec. 250567. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 250568. - Conditional uses.
- Sec. 250569. - Uses prohibited.
- Sec. 250570. - Limitations on uses and structures.
- Sec. 250571. - Height.
- Sec. 250572. - Plot size.
- Sec. 250573. - Yards.
- Sec. 250574. - Special provisions for shopping center outparcels.
- Sec. 250575. - Landscaping.
- DIVISION 4. - GENERAL BUSINESS (B-3) DISTRICT
- Sec. 250586. - Purpose of district.
- Sec. 250587. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 250588. - Conditional uses.
- Sec. 250589. - Uses prohibited.
- Sec. 250590. - Limitations of uses and structures.
- Sec. 250591. - Height.
- Sec. 250592. - Plot size.
- Sec. 250593. - Yards.
- Sec. 250594. - Special provisions for shopping center outparcels.
- Sec. 250595. - Landscaping.
ARTICLE VI
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL (IC) DISTRICT
- DIVISION 3. - INDUSTRIAL, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (IRD) DISTRICT
- Sec. 250636. - Purpose of district.
- Sec. 250637. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 250638. - Conditional uses.
- Sec. 250639. - Uses prohibited.
- Sec. 250640. - Height.
- Sec. 250641. - Plot size.
- Sec. 250642. - Setbacks.
- Sec. 250643. - Fences and walls.
- Sec. 250644. - Lighting.
- Sec. 250645. - Minimum landscaped open space.
- Sec. 250646. - Storage.
- Sec. 250647. - Coverage.
- Sec. 250648. - Developmental standards.
- Sec. 250649. - Performance standards.
- Sec. 250650. - Development standards for buildings designed to achieve LEED Silver Certification.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS DISTRICTS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - EMPLOYMENT CENTER (EC) DISTRICT
- Sec. 250671. - Purpose of district.
- Sec. 250672. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 250673. - Conditional uses.
- Sec. 250674. - Uses prohibited.
- Sec. 250675. - Height.
- Sec. 250676. - District size.
- Sec. 250677. - Plot size.
- Sec. 250678. - Setbacks.
- Sec. 250679. - Fences and walls.
- Sec. 250680. - Minimum landscaped open space.
- Sec. 250681. - Lighting.
- Sec. 250682. - Performance standards.
- DIVISION 3. - MEDICAL CENTER (MC) DISTRICT
- DIVISION 4. - GOLF COURSE (GC) DISTRICT
- DIVISION 5. - PARKS AND RECREATION (P) DISTRICT
- DIVISION 6. - COMMUNITY FACILITY GENERAL (CF-G) DISTRICT
- DIVISION 7. - COMMUNITY FACILITY EDUCATIONAL (CF-E) DISTRICT
- DIVISION 8. - SPECIAL UTILITY (SU) DISTRICT
- DIVISION 9. - GENERAL UTILITY (GU) DISTRICT
ARTICLE VIII
OFF-STREET PARKING, LOADING, AND OTHER VEHICULAR USE AREAS
Sections
- Sec. 250811.- Off-street parking required.
- Sec. 250812. - Location of required parking.
- Sec. 250813. - Off-street parking and accessibility for the disabled.
- Sec. 250814. - Size and character of required parking.
- Sec. 250815. - Plans required for parking facilities.
- Sec. 250816. - Amount of off-street parking.
- Sec. 250817. - Use of parking facilities.
- Sec. 250818. - Off-street loading.
- Sec. 250819. - Drive-through service windows, lanes, markings and stacking spaces required.
ARTICLE IX
MINIMUM LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS2
Sections
- Sec. 250831.- Objective.
- Sec. 250832. - Definitions.
- Sec. 250832.1. - Applicability.
- Sec. 250832.2. - General provisions and design standards.
- Sec. 250832.3. - Landscape plans.
- Sec. 250832.4. - Soils.
- Sec. 250832.5. - Standards for land clearing and preservation of native vegetation.
- Sec. 250833. - Minimum landscape requirements for zoning districts.
- Sec. 250834. - Plant material and installation requirements.
- Sec. 250834.1. - Design and installation of irrigation systems.
- Sec. 250834.2. - Year-round landscape irrigation measures.
- Sec. 250834.3. - Variances from year-round landscape irrigation measures.
- Sec. 250835. - Maintenance requirements.
- Sec. 250835.1. - Fertilizer management.
- Sec. 250835.2. - Pesticide management.
- Sec. 250835.3. - Shoreline considerations.
- Sec. 250836. - Designation of specimen trees, historic trees.
- Sec. 250837. - Consideration of credits for existing plant material.
- Sec. 250839. - Nonconforming sites.
- Sec. 250840. - Waivers.
- Sec. 250841. - Landscape manual.
- Sec. 250842. - Penalty.
ARTICLE X
- NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
Sections
- Sec. 250851.- Existing uses.
- Sec. 250852. - Nonconforming use—Extensions.
- Sec. 250853. - Nonconforming use—Repair, alteration, enlargement.
- Sec. 250854. - Reconstruction after catastrophe.
- Sec. 250855. - Change of nonconforming use.
- Sec. 250856. - Discontinuance or abandonment of a nonconforming use.
- Sec. 250857. - Continuance of nonconforming uses and structures.
- Sec. 250858. - Unlawful use not authorized.
- Sec. 250859. - District or regulation change.
- Sec. 250860. - Nonconformity other than use.
- Sec. 250861. - Establishment of a nonconforming use.
- Sec. 250862. - Community enhancement.
- Sec. 250863. - Modification of development standards for site plan approval.
- Sec. 250864. - Submittal of the application.
ARTICLE XI
ADMINISTRATION
Sections
- Sec. 250876.- Enforcement.
- Sec. 250877. - Permits not to be issued.
- Sec. 250878. - Plot plan.
- Sec. 250879. - Permits for new use of land.
- Sec. 250880. - Permits for new use of buildings.
- Sec. 250881. - Permits required.
- Sec. 250882. - Certificates required.
- Sec. 250883. - Procedure on violations.
- Sec. 250884. - Duties of enforcers.
- Sec. 250885. - Right of entry.
ARTICLE XV
REDEVELOPMENT
Sections
- Sec. 2501017.- Purpose.
- Sec. 2501018. - Demolition of structures.
- Sec. 2501019. - Redevelopment criteria.
- Sec. 2501020. - Parking lot compliance.
- Sec. 2501021. - Building, remodeling and repainting.
- Sec. 2501022. - Bicyclists, pedestrians, and mass transit users.
- Sec. 2501023. - LEED certified structures.
ARTICLE XVI
COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES NOT IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
- Sec. 2501025. - Definitions.
- Sec. 2501026. - Applicability and administration.
- Sec. 2501027. - Application requirements.
- Sec. 2501028. - Review process.
- Sec. 2501029. - Development standards.
- Sec. 2501030. - Replacement or modification of a wireless communication facility.
- Sec. 2501031. - Public safety and city communications.
- Sec. 2501032. - Removal of abandoned antennas and towers.
- Sec. 2501033. - Protection of the city and residents.
- Sec. 2501034. - Construction bond.
- Sec. 2501035. - Amateur radio services antenna support structures.
- Sec. 2501036. - Special exception.
- Sec. 2501037. - Penalties.
- DIVISION 3. - COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY REGULATIONS
- DIVISION 4. - CONFLICTS
ARTICLE XVII
DOWNTOWN MIXED-USE DT-MU ZONING DISTRICT
Sections
- Sec. 2501046.- Purpose.
- Sec. 2501047. - Relationship to the Comprehensive Plan and Community Redevelopment Plan.
- Sec. 2501048. - Applicability.
- Sec. 2501049. - Downtown Regulating Plan.
- Sec. 2501050. - DT-MU Subdistrict(s).
- Sec. 2501051. - Eligibility requirements for Downtown General and Downtown Edge subdistricts.
- Sec. 2501052. - Uses permitted.
- Sec. 2501052.1. - Conditional use.
- Sec. 2501053. - Uses prohibited.
- Sec. 2501054. - Limitations of uses and structures.
- Sec. 2501055. - Circulation.
- Sec. 2501056. - Block length and perimeter.
- Sec. 2501057. - Pedestrian network standards.
- Sec. 2501058. - Building typologies.
- Sec. 2501059. - DT-MU Building Type Table.
- Sec. 2501060. - Landscape requirements.
- Sec. 2501061. - General design standards.
- Sec. 2501062. - Parking requirements.