When a MC, CF, SU, GU or EC District abuts or is across a water body or local or collector street from any R zoned plot, a buffer area shall be required on the MC, CF, SU, GU or EC parcel. This buffer area shall be used to create a solid opaque screen, such as a decorative masonry wall or earthen berm, or combination thereof with a minimum height of five (5) feet, provided however, that the solid opaque screen for designated loading areas, docks and overhead doors shall have a minimum height of eight (8) feet. The requirement for a solid opaque screen of a minimum height of five (5) feet on the miscellaneous zoned plot shall not be required when:

(1)

The abutting R zoned plot has a minimum five-foot high solid opaque screen and there is no roadway or canal separating the plot and the R zoned plot; or

(2)

When the abutting R zoned plot has a minimum four-foot high solid opaque screen and there is a roadway or canal separating the plot and the R zoned plot.

However, no reduction in wall height or location will be permitted when the wall on the miscellaneous district property is required to screen designated loading areas, docks, and overhead doors or is required to satisfy specific requirements in accordance with provisions set forth elsewhere in this chapter. The minimum width of the buffer area shall be as follows:

Buffer areas shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. However, where contiguous properties are developed as one site, used for transmission lines in conjunction with parking, signage, access drives, and landscaping related to and serving uses on the contiguous property, the following provisions shall apply in lieu of the conditions provided above:

(1)

A landscaped buffer consisting of a hedge, trees, or berms, shall be installed to provide landscape screen of at least five (5) feet in height at time of installation in order to screen all vehicular use areas within the special utility plot area from view from any unrelated contiguous residential plot adjoining the special utility plot.

(2)

Areas not paved shall be improved and maintained as landscaped areas and/or water areas.

(Code 1972, § 20-420; Ord. No. 93-146, § 1, 9-21-93; Ord. No. 2007-115, § 28, 11-20-07)

The Employment Center (EC) District is intended to provide for corporate and business park development geared to employment generating light industrial, research and development and complimentary commercial and service uses. Properties in this district should be located in proximity to major transportation corridors. The minimum area for an EC District is forty (40) acres.

(Code 1972, § 20-421)

No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water area used, in whole or in part, for other than one (1) or more of the following uses provided the requirements set forth elsewhere in this chapter are satisfied:

(1)

Light industrial uses inside of a fully enclosed building.

(2)

Research and assembly.

(3)

Corporate offices.

(4)

Communication broadcast and production facilities.

(5)

Hotels, motels and similar lodging.

(6)

Restaurants and personal services.

(7)

The following accessory uses limited to fifty (50) per cent of an overall EC development site:

(a)

Transportation.

(b)

Public and private utilities essential to serve principle uses in the EC District, specifically excluding electric transmission facilities and substations.

(c)

Storage.

(d)

Recreation and open space uses.

(e)

Offices as an accessory use within another permitted use.

(f)

Living quarters not exceeding five hundred (500) square feet in area.

(g)

Nursery schools and day care centers subject to the limitations as described in the RM-15 zoning district.

(Code 1972, § 20-422)

The following uses shall only be conditionally permitted subject to the procedures and requirements as outlined in this chapter and subject to the availability of sufficient flexibility as permitted by the comprehensive plan:

(1)

Commercial and retail uses.

(2)

Non-corporate offices.

(Code 1972, § 20-422.1)

Except as specifically permitted in this division, the following uses are expressly prohibited as either principal or accessory uses:

(1)

Foundry.

(2)

Drop forging.

(3)

Paint or varnish manufacture.

(4)

Oil compounding or barreling.

(5)

Die casting.

(6)

Livery stable, riding academy or dude ranch.

(7)

Meat processing, slaughtering.

(8)

Fish smoking, curing and canning.

(9)

Airport.

(10)

Manufacture of asphalt, brick, tile, cement, lime plaster, concrete or products thereof, acids, carbon, plastics, disinfectants, poison, insecticides and batteries.

(11)

Open air storage in bulk of asphalt, brick, building materials, butane, cement, clay products, concrete products, contractors equipment, fuel, gravel, hay, grease, lime, plaster, pipe, lumber, machinery, roofing, sand, stone, tar or creosoted products, timber or wood. This prohibition does not apply to storage of these materials in a warehouse, or fully enclosed within a masonry wall at least six (6) feet in height.

(12)

Institution for the housing of sick, indigent, aged or minor persons.

(13)

Manufacturing and/or storage of explosives.

(14)

Electric transmission facilities and substations.

(15)

Any business which is obnoxious because of dust, dirt, smoke, fumes, odors, noises, vibrations or radioactive wastes.

(Code 1972, § 20-423)

No building or structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding fifty (50) feet.

(Code 1972, § 20-424)

The minimum area for an EC District is forty (40) acres.

(Code 1972, § 20-425)

Every plot shall be not less than one hundred (100) feet in width and not less than one (1) acre in area.

(Code 1972, § 20-426)

(1)

No building or roofed structure shall be located less than fifty (50) feet from any street line nor less than twenty-five (25) feet from any plot line other than a street line.

(2)

No more than one-half (½) of the depth of any required setback area measured from a street line or a plot line may be used for parking and such parking shall be located on the half of the required setback furthest from the street or front plot line. The balance of the minimum required setback area shall be landscaped.

(e)

Signs, light standards, walls and fences shall be permitted in required setback areas as hereinafter specified.

(Code 1972, § 20-427)

All fences and walls shall be constructed of concrete, masonry or metal. Metal fences shall be of the open-weave, chain-link type. Fences and walls shall not exceed ten (10) feet in height adjacent to nonresidential property nor exceed eight (8) feet in height adjacent to residential property. Fences and walls shall not be located within any setback area on a street with the exception that a double frontage plot shall be permitted to contain fences and walls in the rear or secondary required setback area when provided with a twenty-five-foot planting area adjacent to the street landscaped in conformance with this chapter. Notwithstanding the above, no fences or walls shall be located closer than fifty (50) feet to any right-of-way of eighty (80) feet or greater in width.

(Code 1972, § 20-428)

(1)

Each plot shall provide not less than thirty (30) per cent of its area in landscaped open space.

(2)

A landscape strip at least twenty-five (25) feet in width located between the abutting right-of-way and the off-street parking and any other vehicular use area which is exposed to an abutting right-of-way, with the exception of master parking areas, shall be required.

(3)

On the plot of a building or structure of open lot use providing an off-street parking area or other vehicular use area, a landscaped strip of at least twelve and one-half (12½) feet in width shall be provided to form a visual screen between the off-street parking area or other vehicular use area and any abutting property.

(Code 1972, § 20-429; Ord. No. 93-146, § 1, 9-21-93; Ord. No. 95-038, § 11, 6-20-95)

All necessary lighting on the plot shall be so installed as not to cause any nuisance to adjoining properties.

(Code 1972, § 20-430)

No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected or used, in whole or in part, in any manner that is obnoxious, objectionable, a nuisance or a hazard to adjoining properties, as it relates to sound, vibrations, odors, glare, radioactive materials, smoke and particular matters.

(Code 1972, § 20-431)

The Medical Center (MC) District is intended primarily to provide rules and regulations for hospitals and related medical facilities in the City of Coral Springs. Such districts are intended to be large areas which may develop to such an extent as to provide great diversity of medical and medically related goods, services and programs.

(Code 1972, § 20-442)

No building, structure, or land, or part thereof shall be erected or used in whole or in part for other than one (1) or more of the following specified uses:

(1)

Hospitals, convalescent homes.

(2)

Medical and dental clinics and laboratories and accessory private offices. Private offices must be contained within the clinic building and less than fifty (50) per cent of the floor area of any one (1) building shall be used for said purposes.

(3)

Private offices for doctors, dentists and opticians.

(4)

Apothecaries and stores for retail sale or rental of hospital and physical therapy or orthopedic treatment.

(5)

Establishment for physical therapy treatment.

(6)

Certain congregate living facilities as provided for in and in accordance with section 250152 of this chapter, including but not limited to, Table "A".

(7)

Nursing homes.

(8)

The following accessory uses are permitted to a hospital, convalescent home or nursing home; heliports, helistops and off-heliport landing sites subject to the requirements as outlined in this chapter; gift shops, floral shops; pharmacies; medical marijuana dispensing facilities, places of worship; cafeterias; snack bars; quarters for employees and personnel including nurses; interns, doctors and medical technicians, or any other uses which are accessory to or incidental to the normal operation of a hospital, convalescent home or nursing home, provided that there be no signs or advertisements or promotional materials directed to the general public relating to such accessory uses except for information and directional purposes.

(9)

Pharmacies and medical marijuana dispensing facilities are permitted provided that no pharmacy or medical marijuana dispensing facility shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of another pharmacy or medical marijuana dispensing facility and that the pharmacy or medical marijuana dispensing facility is otherwise compliant with federal, state, and local laws as may be applicable.

(Code 1972, § 20-443; Ord. No. 2019-104, § 9, 4-3-19; Ord. No. 2023-114, § 22, 9-13-23)

(1)

Each plot shall provide not less than thirty (30) per cent of its area in landscaped open space.

(2)

A landscape strip at least ten (10) feet in width located between the abutting right-of-way and the off-street parking and any other vehicular use area which is exposed to an abutting right-of-way, with the exception of master parking ares, shall be required.

(3)

On the plot of a building or structure of open lot use providing an off-street parking area or other vehicular use area, a landscaped strip of at least five (5) feet in width shall be provided to form a visual screen between the off-street parking area or other vehicular use area and any abutting property.

(Code 1972, § 20-443.1; Ord. No. 93-146, § 1, 9-21-93; Ord. No. 95-038, § 12, 6-20-95)

Every plot shall be not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet.

(Code 1972, § 20-444)

No building or structure or part thereof, other than a hospital, shall be erected or altered to a height of more than fifty (50) feet, except that no building or structure shall be erected in excess of twenty-five (25) feet in height if within one hundred fifty (150) feet of an RS District. Hospitals shall be limited to a maximum of one hundred fifty (150) feet in height.

(Code 1972, § 20-445)

Every plot shall have front or street yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet in depth, provided that where the building exceeds twenty-five (25) feet in height, the depth of such yard shall be increased by one foot for each additional two (2) feet in height.

(Code 1972, § 20-446)

A side yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet in width shall be provided on each side of every plot except when such side yard abuts a street it shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet and shall be increased by one (1) foot in width for every two-foot increase in building height over twenty-five (25) feet.

(Code 1972, § 20-447)

Every plot shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet in depth. Provided that where the building exceeds twenty-five (25) feet in height, the depth of such yard shall be increased by one foot for each additional two (2) feet in height over twenty-five (25) feet in height.

(Code 1972, § 20-448)

All yards adjacent to or bordering on an RS District shall be not less than thirty-five (35) feet in depth and such yard shall consist of lawn and landscaping.

(Code 1972, § 20-449)

The minimum floor area of all structures shall be not less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.

(Code 1972, § 20-450)

The Golf Course and Recreation (GC) District is intended to accommodate privately owned recreation and open space land uses, principally golf courses.

(Code 1972, § 20-456; Ord. No. 93-146, § 1, 9-21-93)

No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used, in whole or in part, for other than one (1) or more of the following specified uses, whether or not for profit:

(1)

Heliports, helistops and off-heliport landing sites, which are ancillary to the recreation use on the site subject to the requirements outlined in this chapter.

(2)

Golf course.

(3)

Golf club.

(4)

Tennis and racquetball clubs and facilities.

(5)

Swimming pool.

(6)

Privately owned parks and playgrounds, not including a business, trade, occupation or profession except as otherwise permitted.

(7)

Accessory uses including, but not limited to, restaurants, club houses, pro shops, maintenance buildings, driving ranges.

(Code 1972, § 20-457)

The following uses shall only be conditionally permitted subject to the procedures and requirements provided elsewhere in this chapter and subject to the city commission making the additional finding that the use is ancillary.

(1)

Hotels, motels and time share units, ancillary to the golf course use.

(a)

No more than five (5) per cent of the golf course shall be utilized for hotel, motel or time share purposes;

(b)

The area of the golf course shall not be less than one hundred sixty-five (165) acres;

(c)

Maximum density shall be no more than the equivalent of two (2) motel units for each gross acre in golf course use.

(2)

Ancillary caretakers' quarters not exceeding one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet and located on land held in common ownership with the golf course.

(3)

Other uses ancillary to the hotel use when located on the same plot.

(Code 1972, § 20-457.1)

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

(1)

Drive-in theater, drive-in restaurant or drive-in refreshment stand.

(2)

Carnivals, fairs, circuses or other outdoor amusement activities, devices or any unrelated outdoor mechanical devices whether or not under canvas.

(Code 1972, § 20-458)

The site development plan for a plot in a GC District shall provide for such an arrangement and location of uses and facilities on the plot as to give maximum possible separation from, and protection to, contiguous and nearby off-site residential property. Where the nature of the activities or facilities on the plot present any potential hazard or detriment to contiguous off-site residential properties from noise, glare, odors, smoke, vibration or traffic protection to such contiguous residential properties shall be provided as required by the city in the form of open space, fences, walls, hedges, enclosures and/or by such other means as may be appropriate and effective to prevent or minimize such hazards.

(Code 1972, § 20-459)

No more than one and one-half (1½) per cent of the plot shall be under roof.

(Code 1972, § 20-460)

(1)

Minimum landscaping in accordance with Article VIII, Minimum Landscaping Requirements, shall be provided. In addition, any additional landscaping deemed necessary by the City of Coral Springs to protect nearby or contiguous property as indicated in this chapter shall be provided.

(2)

A landscape strip at least ten (10) feet in width located between the abutting right-of-way and the off-street parking and any other vehicular use area which is exposed to an abutting right-of-way, with the exception of master parking ares, shall be required.

(3)

On the plot of a building or structure of open lot use providing an off-street parking area or other vehicular use area, a landscaped strip of at least five (5) feet in width shall be provided to form a visual screen between the off-street parking area or other vehicular use area and any abutting property.

(Code 1972, § 20-461; Ord. No. 95-038, § 13, 6-20-95)

No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding fifty (50) feet.

(Code 1972, § 20-462)

(1)

No parking area shall be located within twenty (20) feet of any residentially zoned property nor within five (5) feet of any street line.

(2)

No structure, except fences or walls as hereinafter provided, shall be located within twenty (20) feet of any plot line nor within twenty-five (25) feet of any street line.

(3)

No building shall be located closer than fifty (50) feet to any one-family zoning district.

(4)

Buildings over twenty (20) feet in height shall require one additional foot of setback area for each foot of height over twenty (20) feet, except when located adjacent to single-family zoned property.

(5)

Buildings over twenty (20) feet in height located adjacent to a single-family zoned lot or parcel shall require one additional foot of setback area for each one foot of height above twenty (20) feet.

(6)

No required open space, yard or setback area shall be used or developed for any purpose other than landscaping and parking subject to parking setback limitations and by the minimum amount of walkways and/or driveways reasonably necessary to serve the permitted GC uses.

(Code 1972, § 20-463)

No fence, wall, hedge or continuous planting situated within ten (10) feet of any plot line shall exceed eight (8) feet in height.

(Code 1972, § 20-464)

The purpose of the Parks and Recreation (P) District is to provide suitable locations for publicly owned or operated parks and open spaces usually for specific programs or natural resource conservation.

(Code 1972, § 20-470)

The following public uses are permitted in the Parks and Recreation District:

(1)

Parks.

(2)

Playgrounds.

(3)

Picnic grounds.

(4)

Athletic playing fields.

(5)

Athletic playing courts, indoor and outdoor.

(6)

Swimming pools.

(7)

Gymnasiums.

(8)

Buildings for multipurpose recreational uses.

(9)

Any use generally and customarily accessory to the above principal uses.

(Code 1972, § 20-471)

Height: No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding fifty (50) feet except buildings or structures within one hundred (100) feet of single-family zoning districts shall not be greater than thirty (30) feet in height. Light poles placed more than two hundred (200) feet from single-family zoning shall not be subject to the fifty-foot height limit.

(Code 1972, § 20-472)

Every plot containing a roofed structure greater than one hundred (100) square feet in area shall be not less than one hundred (100) feet in width and ten thousand (10,000) square feet in area. All other plots shall have no minimum size.

(Code 1972, § 20-473)

No more than seven (7) per cent of a plot shall be under roof. However, no more than five (5) per cent of a plot shall be under a permanent, nonportable roof structure.

(Code 1972, § 20-474)

No parking area shall be located within twenty (20) feet of any residentially zoned property nor within five (5) feet of any street line.

No structure except fences or walls, as hereinafter provided, shall be located within twenty (20) feet of any residentially zoned property nor within twenty-five (25) feet of any street line.

No building or roofed structure greater than one hundred (100) square feet in area shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any plot line.

Roofed structures higher than fifteen (15) feet shall require one additional foot of setback area for each foot of height over fifteen (15) feet.

No required open space, yard or setback area shall be used or developed for any purpose other than parking, landscaping, and the minimum amount of walkways and/or driveways reasonably necessary to serve the permitted P area.

A landscape strip at least ten (10) feet in width located between the abutting right-of-way and the off-street parking and any other vehicular use area which is exposed to an abutting right-of-way, with the exception of master parking areas, shall be required.

On the plot of a building or structure of open lot use providing an off-street parking area or other vehicular use area, a landscaped strip of at least five (5) feet in width shall be provided to form a visual screen between the off-street parking area or other vehicular use area and any abutting property.

(Code 1972, § 20-475; Ord. No. 95-038, § 14, 6-20-95)

The purpose of the Community Facility General (CF-G) District is to provide locations for general public facility uses including the administrative public activities of a municipal, state and federal agency, religious facilities including places of worship and related educational facilities, and other types of community social activities.

(Code 1972, § 20-481)

The following uses shall be permitted in the Community Facility General District:

(1)

Municipal governmental buildings.

(2)

Libraries.

(3)

Museums and art galleries.

(4)

Municipal auditorium, amphitheater and bandshell.

(5)

Cultural, civic and community centers.

(6)

Places of worship and accessory schools.

(7)

Uses generally accessory to the above principal uses.

(Code 1972, § 20-482)

The following uses are conditionally permitted in the Community Facility General District, subject to the procedures and requirements provided as set forth elsewhere in this chapter:

(1)

Non-municipal governmental buildings.

(2)

Private fraternal, civic, charitable, professional or educational non-profit organizations.

(3)

Cemeteries, crematory, columbarium or mausoleum.

(4)

Uses generally accessory to the above principal uses.

(Code 1972, § 20-482.1)

The following uses are prohibited in the CF-G District:

(1)

Any regular use or activity which creates noise, light, odor, vibration or other physical effect which is a general nuisance or irritant to the occupants of surrounding properties.

(2)

Residential uses.

(Code 1972, § 20-483; Ord. No. 93-146, § 1, 9-21-93)

Height: No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding one hundred (100) feet, except buildings or structures within one hundred (100) feet of one-family zoning districts shall not be greater than twenty-five (25) feet in height.

(Code 1972, § 20-484)

Every plot containing a roofed structure shall not be less than one hundred (100) feet in width and ten thousand (10,000) square feet in area.

(Code 1972, § 20-485)

No more than twenty-five (25) per cent of the plot shall be under roof.

(Code 1972, § 20-486)

No parking area shall be located within twenty (20) feet of any residentially zoned property or within five (5) feet of any street line.

No structure, except fences or walls, as hereinafter provided, shall be located within twenty (20) feet of any residentially zoned property or within twenty-five (25) feet of any right-of-way line.

No building or roofed structure shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any property line. Roofed structures over fifteen (15) feet in height shall require one additional foot of setback area for each foot of height over twenty-five (25) feet.

No required open space, yard or setback area shall be used or developed for any purpose other than parking, landscaping, and the minimum amount of walkways and/or driveways reasonably necessary to serve the permitted uses.

A landscape strip at least ten (10) feet in width located between the abutting right-of-way and the off-street parking and any other vehicular use area which is exposed to an abutting right-of-way, with the exception of master parking areas, shall be required.

On the plot of a building or structure of open lot use providing an off-street parking area or other vehicular use area, a landscaped strip of at least five (5) feet in width shall be provided to form a visual screen between the off-street parking area or other vehicular use area and any abutting property.

(Code 1972, § 20-487; Ord. No. 95-038, § 15, 6-20-95)

The Community Facility Educational (CF-E) District is intended primarily to provide locations for public elementary, middle and high schools, private schools and a wide variety of post secondary educational facilities in a campus atmosphere.

(Code 1972, § 20-487.1)

No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water area used, in whole or in part, for other than one (1) or more of the following uses:

(1)

Public elementary, middle and high schools.

(2)

Uses generally accessory to the above principal use.

(3)

As an accessory use one (1) mobile home or house trailer permitted per public school site as residences for law enforcement officers and their families. A site plan depicting the proposed location of the mobile home or house trailer must be submitted to the city for review and approval.

(Code 1972, § 20-487.2)

The following uses are conditionally permitted by the CF-E District subject to the procedure provided below:

(1)

College universities or other schools which award degrees.

(2)

Private schools including vocational, trade or business schools.

(3)

Uses generally accessory to the above principal uses.

(Code 1972, § 20-487.3)

No parking area shall be located within twenty (20) feet of any residentially zoned property or within five (5) feet of any right-of-way line.

No structure, except fences or walls, as hereinafter provided, shall be located within twenty (20) feet of any residentially zoned property or within twenty-five (25) feet of any right-of-way line.

No building or roofed structure shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any property line. Roofed structures over fifteen (15) feet in height shall require one (1) additional foot of setback area for each foot of height over twenty-five (25) feet.

No required open space, yard or setback area shall be used or developed for any purpose other than parking, landscaping and the minimum amount of walkways and/or driveways reasonably necessary to serve the permitted uses.

A landscape strip at least ten (10) feet in width located between the abutting right-of-way and the off-street parking and any other vehicular use area which is exposed to an abutting right-of-way, with the exception of master parking areas, shall be required.

On the plot of a building or structure of open lot use providing an off-street parking area or other vehicular use area, a landscaped strip of at least five (5) feet in width shall be provided to form a visual screen between the off-street parking area or other vehicular use area and any abutting property.

(Code 1972, § 20-487.4; Ord. No. 95-038, § 16, 6-20-95)

No more than twenty-five (25) per cent of the plot shall be under roof.

(Code 1972, § 20-487.5)

The purpose of the Special Utility District is both to accommodate electrical transmission lines and related facilities and to permit other limited uses which are compatible with both the electrical transmission lines and the uses on adjoining properties.

(Code 1972, § 20-488)

The following uses shall be permitted in the Specialty Utility District:

(1)

Electrical distribution and transmission facilities excluding substations and transmission lines carrying more than two hundred thirty (230) kV.

(2)

Drainage facilities.

(3)

Parking signage, access drives, landscaping related to and serving uses on contiguous property provided that:

(a)

The special utility plot to be so used shall be joined with the contiguous plot as provided in the Land Development Code, if there are separate plots involved;

(b)

No more than fifty (50) per cent of the special utility plot area may be used for parking and access drives;

(c)

No parking space may be located closer than fifty (50) feet to any unrelated residential plot contiguous to the special utility plot;

(d)

Documentation from the appropriate utility operator is furnished to show that the proposed use of the special utility area is compatible with any existing or proposed electrical transmission lines and related improvements;

(e)

Any overhead lighting within the special utility area shall be oriented away from any unrelated contiguous residential plot; and

(f)

All such parking shall be supplemental to required parking for the related plot and no such parking shall be utilized as a credit for the parking otherwise required by the Code of Ordinances [and the Land Development Code]. A landscape strip at least ten (10) feet in width located between the abutting right-of-way and the off-street parking and any other vehicular use area which is exposed to an abutting right-of-way, with the exception of master parking areas, shall be required.

On the plot of a building or structure of open lot use providing an off-street parking area or other vehicular use area, a landscaped strip of at least five (5) feet in width shall be provided to form a visual screen between the off-street parking area or other vehicular use area and any abutting property.

(4)

Uses generally accessory to the above listed uses.

(Code 1972, § 20-489; Ord. No. 95-038, § 17, 6-20-95)

The following use is conditionally permitted in the SU district subject to the requirements established in the Land Development Code;

(1)

Electric power transmission facilities including substations and transmission lines carrying greater than two hundred thirty (230) kV.

(Code 1972, § 20-489.1)

The following uses are prohibited in the Special Utility District:

(1)

Any use, mechanical equipment, or activity which creates excessive noise, light, odor, vibration or other physical effect which is a general nuisance or irritant to the occupants of contiguous residential plots.

(2)

Any buildings or roofed structures.

(3)

Parking or storage of trucks or other commercial vehicles.

(Code 1972, § 20-490)

The purpose of the General Utility (GU) District is to provide locations for utility uses to provide an adequate level of utility service to meet the current and future needs of the residents of Coral Springs.

(Code 1972, § 20-491)

The following uses shall be permitted in the GU District:

(1)

Governmental water and wastewater treatment facilities.

(2)

Drainage facilities.

(3)

Governmental waste transfer stations.

(4)

Solid waste disposal.

(5)

Recycling operations

(6)

Uses generally accessory to the above listed uses.

(Code 1972, § 20-492; Ord. No. 94-118, § 1, 4-19-94)

The following uses are conditionally permitted in the GU District subject to the procedures and requirements provided elsewhere in this chapter:

(1)

Private water and wastewater treatment facilities.

(2)

Uses generally accessory to the above use.

(Code 1972, § 20-492.1)

No more than twenty-five (25) per cent of the plot shall be under roof.

(Code 1972, § 20-493)

No parking area shall be located within twenty (20) feet of any residentially zoned property or within five (5) feet of any street line.

No structure, except fences or walls, as hereinafter provided, shall be located within twenty (20) feet of any residentially zoned property or within twenty-five (25) feet of any right-of-way line.

No required open space, yard or setback area shall be used or developed for any purpose other than parking, landscaping, and the minimum amount of walkway and/or driveways reasonably necessary to serve the permitted uses.

A landscape strip at least ten (10) feet in width located between the abutting right-of-way and the off-street parking and any other vehicular use area which is exposed to an abutting right-of-way, with the exception of master parking areas, shall be required.

On the plot of a building or structure of open lot use providing an off-street parking area or other vehicular use area, a landscaped strip of at least five (5) feet in width shall be provided to form a visual screen between the off-street parking area or other vehicular use area and any abutting property.

(Ord. No. 89-206, § 1, 12-26-89; Ord. No. 95-038, § 18, 6-20-95)