The "ESA" category includes one zone district: ESA lands in this district are considered in need of special planning and treatment regarding land development regulation. This is not a preservation district, but land uses permitted within these districts are to provide mitigating measures to protect the natural functions of the town's environmentally sensitive areas as designated within the comprehensive plan as regionally significant areas. These regulations prohibit intensive residential, recreational and agricultural uses and prohibit industrial and non-water-dependent commercial development.

(Ord. No. 234, § 3(art. 4, § 4.3(4.3.1)), 9-24-1990)

1.

Agricultural and silviculture uses operating under best management practices.

2.

Conventional single family dwellings.

3.

Mobile homes.

4.

Churches and other houses of worship.

5.

Public resource-based recreation facilities.

(Ord. No. 234, § 3(art. 4, § 4.3(4.3.2)), 9-24-1990)

1.

Uses and structures which:

a.

Are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted or permissible uses and structures.

b.

Are located on the same lot as the permitted or permissible principal use or structure, or on a contiguous lot in the same ownership.

c.

Do not involve operations or structures not in keeping with the intent of these land development districts.

2.

Examples of permitted accessory uses and structures include:

a.

Private garages.

b.

Docks, ramps, piers and walkways for residential and water-dependent commercial uses (see article 14).

c.

Residential facilities for caretakers whose work requires residence on the premises or for employees who will be quartered on the premises.

(Ord. No. 234, § 3(art. 4, § 4.3(4.3.3)), 9-24-1990)

Industrial uses, private recreational uses and any use or structure not specifically, provisionally, or by reasonable implication permitted herein or permissible as a special exception.

(Ord. No. 234, § 3(art. 4, § 4.3(4.3.4)), 9-24-1990)

(See also articles 12 and 13.)

1.

Home occupations.

2.

Foster care facilities.

3.

Group home care facilities.

4.

Water-dependent commercial uses (commercial fishing operations and marinas; see requirements under section 4.16 of these land development regulations).

(Ord. No. 234, § 3(art. 4, § 4.3(4.3.5)), 9-24-1990)

1.

Conventional single family dwellings and mobile homes:

2.

All other permitted or permissible uses and structures (unless otherwise specified):

Minimum lot area: 10 acres.

Minimum lot width: 400 feet.

(Ord. No. 234, § 3(art. 4, § 4.3(4.3.6)), 9-24-1990)

(Depth of front and rear yard, width of side yard.) (See section 4.16.30 for right-of-way setback requirements.)

1.

All permitted or permissible uses and structures (unless otherwise specified):

Front: 30 feet.

Side: 25 feet.

Rear: 25 feet.

Special provisions: A minimum 35-foot foot natural buffer shall be required for from all wetlands and a 75-foot foot natural buffer shall be required from perennial rivers, streams and creeks. The location of residential, and water-dependent commercial land uses (with the exception of marinas) shall be prohibited within these buffer areas, although non-intensive agriculture, silviculture and public resource-based recreational activities shall be permitted within these buffer areas. For all uses other than single-family residential, agricultural and silvicultural adjacent to a "Work of the District" as established in Rule 40B-4, Florida Administrative Code, as amended, a minimum buffer setback shall be required for rivers, streams and creeks, and their floodways, as required within such rule.

(Ord. No. 234, § 3(art. 4, § 4.3(4.3.7)), 9-24-1990)

No portion shall exceed: Unrestricted.

(Ord. No. 234, § 3(art. 4, § 4.3(4.3.8)), 9-24-1990)

20 percent.

(Ord. No. 234, § 3(art. 4, § 4.3(4.3.9)), 9-24-1990)

1.

All permitted or permissible uses and structures (unless otherwise specified): None, except as necessary to meet other requirements as set out herein.

(Ord. No. 234, § 3(art. 4, § 4.3(4.3.10)), 9-24-1990)

1.

Each residential dwelling unit: two spaces for each dwelling unit.

2.

Foster care facilities: two spaces for each dwelling unit.

3.

Group home care facilities: one space for each bedroom.

4.

Commercial marinas: one parking space for each slip or berth plus one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area of any buildings located on the premises.

(Ord. No. 234, § 3(art. 4, § 4.3(4.3.11)), 9-24-1990)