For the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the community, the board of city commissioners of Coral Springs, Florida, is hereby authorized and empowered by Florida Statutes (Charter, (section 5(51)) to adopt zoning and building regulations in the territory within Coral Springs which is not included in the corporate limits of any other city or town, or the unincorporated territory of Broward County, and to divide said territory into districts or zones and to regulate and restrict the construction, reconstruction, erection, alteration, repair, height, number of stories, size and location of buildings and other structures within said districts or zones and to regulate and restrict the area, dimensions and the size of lots that may be occupied in connection with the construction and location of buildings or other structures within said districts or zones.

(Code 1972, § 20-580; Ord. No. 2023-101, § 191, 4-19-23)

For any and all of said purposes the board of city commissioners may divide such territory into districts of such number, shape and areas as may be deemed best suited to carry out purposes of this chapter. All such regulations and restrictions shall be uniform for each class or kind of property and building throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.

(Code 1972, § 20-581)

Such regulations and restrictions shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion on the highways; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land and water; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provisions of transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other requirements. Such regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land and water throughout the City of Coral Springs.

(Code 1972, § 20-582)

The board of city commissioners is hereby authorized by ordinance to establish the boundaries of such districts or zones, to promulgate regulations and restrictions to prevail therein, and from time to time to amend, supplement or to change the same. However, no such regulation, restriction or boundary or change of same shall be adopted until after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At the hearing, all persons interested shall be heard for or against the proposal and any other plans or modification thereof shall receive the consideration of the board of city commissioners. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time until some plan or proposal is adopted or until all are rejected.

(Code 1972, § 20-583)