Dania Beach City Zoning Code
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• or questions relating to property with a single-family or duplex on it, or zoned for single-family or duplexes, see quick-find guide number 1 below. The following are single-family or duplex zoning districts, E-1, A-1, RS-18,000, RS-12,000, RS-8,000, RD-8,000, RS-6,000, NBHD-Res.
• For questions relating to an apartment building or townhouse community, see quick-find guide number 2 below.
• For questions relating to businesses or other nonresidential use, see quick-find guide number 3 below.
• If you are a developer, see quick-find guide number 4 below.
For questions about parking, outdoor storage and home occupations, see guide 2A. For all other questions, see guide 2B.
QUICK-FIND GUIDE NUMBER 1
Guide for:
• Residents of single-family or two-family (duplex) dwellings
• Owners of a lot zoned for single-family or two-family dwellings
| Topics | Code sections | What the code section tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Converting a single-family home into a duplex/building a duplex | 205-10 | The min. lot size and lot width required for duplexes in RS, RD Districts |
| 302-20(A)(1) | The min. lot size and lot width required for duplexes in NBHD-RES District | |
| Building or expanding a dwelling | 205-10 | Schedule of lot, yard and bulk regulations |
| 640-70 | Amendment of plat | |
| Building a pool | 105-60 | Swimming pools |
| Building a shed or other detached structure | 105-160 | Accessory building and structure use regulations |
| 215-90 | Accessory structure setbacks | |
| 220-70 | Accessory structure height | |
| Fences, walls | 235-10 | Placement of walls, hedges and fences |
| 235-20 | Height measurement | |
| 235-30 | Requirements for placement within required yards | |
| 235-40 | Materials | |
| 235-50 | Orientation | |
| 309-40 | Additional development standards for fences and walls | |
| Driveways, parking | 265-100 | Design standards for residential parking spaces utilizing individual driveways or back-out parking |
| Required landscaping | 275-90 | Perimeter buffer landscape requirements for vehicular use areas |
| 275-150 | Landscape requirements for vacant residential properties | |
| 275-160 | Landscape requirements for single-family and duplex lots | |
| 275-170 | Landscape requirements for screening | |
| Permitted trees and other landscape materials |
Landscape
Technical Manual | See City of Dania Beach's Community Development Department for Landscape Technical Manual. |
| Tree protection | 825-160 | Historical trees |
| 825-170 | Protection from construction work | |
| 830-10 | Trimming and pruning operations | |
| 830-20 | Exceptions | |
| Tree removal | 825-30 | Tree removal license required |
| 825-60 | General licenses | |
| 825-70 | License application | |
| 825-80 | Tree removal license | |
| 825-90 | Tree relocation | |
| 825-100 | Tree replacement | |
| 825-110 | General relocation/replacement conditions | |
| 825-120 | Maintenance/monitoring requirements | |
| 825-130 | Payment in lieu of replacement/relocation | |
| 825-140 | Special status category trees | |
| 825-150 | Bond requirements | |
| Emergency generators | 285-10 | Emergency generators in residential districts |
| Air conditioning, pool equipment | 215-50 | Permitted yard encroachments in the E-1, RS-18000, RS-12000, RS-8000, RS-6000, NBHD-RES, and RD-8000 Districts |
| Chimneys | 215-50 | Permitted yard encroachments in the E-1, RS-18000, RS-12000, RS-8000, RS-6000, NBHD-RES, and RD-8000 Districts |
| 215-60 | Permitted yard encroachments in the RM, RM-1, and RM-2 Districts | |
| Porches | 215-50 | Permitted yard encroachments in the E-1, RS-18000, RS-12000, RS-8000, RS-6000, NBHD-RES, and RD-8000 Districts |
| Walkways | 215-60 | Permitted yard encroachments in the RM, RM-1, and RM-2 districts |
| Sports courts | 215-50 | Permitted yard encroachments in the E-1, RS-18000, RS-12000, RS-8000, RS-6000, NBHD-RES, and RD-8000 Districts |
| Docks, pilings, boat lifts | 240-10 | Dock signage |
| 240-20 | Construction of accessory boat slips and docks on waterways; limitations | |
| Commercial vehicle parking | 105-120 | Parking of commercial vehicles in residential zoning districts |
| Parking or storage of RVs, boats, trailers | 105-130 | Parking of recreational vehicles in residential zoning districts |
| Mobile homes | 105-110 | Parking and storage of mobile living units |
| 215-120 | Internal setbacks between buildings and structures on the same lot, or within a unified development. | |
| Portable storage containers | 105-90 | Outdoor storage containers |
| Real estate, political signs, etc. | 505-170 | Temporary signs |
| Garage sales | 675-20 | Temporary uses authorized |
| Flagpoles | 505-160 | Flag and flagpole provisions |
| Home occupations | 105-80 | Home occupation provisions |
| Satellite dish | Article 286 | Satellite dish provisions |
| Use of swale | Article 415 | Pavement, improvement and use of swale areas |
| Responsibility to maintain sidewalk, swale | Article 415 | Maintenance requirements for sidewalks |
QUICK-FIND GUIDE NUMBER 2A
Guide for:
• Residents of townhomes and apartments
| Topics | Code sections | What the code section tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial vehicle parking | 105-120 | Parking of commercial vehicles in residential zoning districts |
| Parking or storage of RVs, boats, trailers | 105-130 | Parking of recreational vehicles in residential zoning districts |
| Portable storage containers | 105-90 | Outdoor storage containers |
| Sidewalk maintenance | Article 415 | Construction of sidewalks when building constructed or substantially improved |
| Use of swale | Article 415 | Pavement, improvement and use of swale areas |
| Home occupations | 105-80 | Home occupation provisions |
QUICK-FIND GUIDE NUMBER 2B
Guide for:
• Townhouse and multifamily maintenance associations
| Topics | Code sections | What the code section tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Building a shed or other detached structure | 105-160 | Accessory building and structure use regulations |
| 215-90 | Accessory structure setbacks | |
| 220-70 | Accessory structure height | |
| Fences, walls | 235-10 | Placement of walls, hedges and fences |
| 235-20 | Height measurement | |
| 235-30 | Requirements for placement within required yards | |
| 235-40 | Materials | |
| 235-50 | Orientation | |
| 309-40 | Additional development standards for fences and walls | |
| Required landscaping | 275-90 | Perimeter buffer landscape requirements for vehicular use areas |
| 275-100 | Interior landscape requirements for vehicular use areas | |
| 275-130 | Perimeter buffer landscape requirements for residential properties | |
| 275-140 | Landscape requirements for other nonvehicular open space | |
| 275-170 | Landscape requirements for screening | |
| Permitted trees and other landscape materials | Landscape Technical Manual | See City of Dania Beach's Community Development Department for Landscape Technical Manual. |
| Tree protection | 825-160 | Historical trees |
| 825-170 | Protection from construction work | |
| 830-10 | Trimming and pruning operations | |
| 830-20 | Exceptions | |
| Tree removal | 825-30 | Tree removal license required |
| 825-60 | General licenses | |
| 825-70 | License application | |
| 825-80 | Tree removal license | |
| 825-90 | Tree relocation | |
| 825-100 | Tree replacement | |
| 825-110 | General relocation/replacement conditions | |
| 825-120 | Maintenance/monitoring requirements | |
| 825-130 | Payment in lieu of replacement/relocation | |
| 825-140 | Special status category trees | |
| 825-150 | Bond requirements | |
| Emergency generators | 285-10 | Emergency generators in residential districts |
| Docks, pilings, boat lifts | 240-10 | Dock signage |
| 240-20 | Construction of accessory boat slips and docks on waterways; limitations | |
| Commercial vehicle parking | 105-120 | Parking of commercial vehicles in residential zoning districts |
| 105-140 | Restrictions on parking commercial and recreational vehicles in residential areas | |
| Parking or storage of RVs, boats, trailers | 105-130 | Parking of recreational vehicles in residential zoning districts |
| 105-140 | Restrictions on parking commercial and recreational vehicles in residential areas | |
| Portable storage containers | 105-90 | Outdoor storage containers |
| Real estate, political signs, etc. | 505-170 | Temporary signs |
| Garage sales | 675-20 | Temporary uses authorized |
| Flagpoles | 505-160 | Flagpole and flag provisions |
| Home occupations | 105-80 | Home occupation provisions |
| Garbage dumpsters | 290-30 | Applicability and exemptions |
| 290-40 | Minimum enclosure size | |
| 290-50 | Dumpster and enclosure design and construction | |
| 290-60 | Maintenance | |
| 290-70 | Location and access requirements | |
| Use of swales | Article 415 | Pavement, improvement and use of swale areas |
| Satellite dish | Article 286 | Satellite dish provisions |
| Responsibility to maintain sidewalk | Article 415 | Maintenance requirements for sidewalks |
QUICK-FIND GUIDE NUMBER 3
Guide for:
• Businesses, nonresidential uses
| Topics | Code sections | What the code section tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Permitted uses | 110-20 | Permitted, special exception and prohibited uses in CRA Marine District, RO District and Commercial districts (C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4) |
| 110-20 | Permitted, special exception and prohibited uses in CRA mixed-use districts (CC, NBHD-MU, EDBB-MU, SFED-MU, GTWY-MU) | |
| 115-40 | Permitted, special exception and prohibited uses in industrial districts (IG, IR, IRO, IROM, IROC, MA-1, PEDD) | |
| 630-40 | Special exception procedure | |
| Signage regulations | 505-80 | Specific signage regulations for individual commercial or office buildings and individual mixed commercial-residential buildings in commercial zoning districts (C-1; C-2; C-3; C-4 and the CRA form-based zoning districts) |
| 505-90 | Specific signage regulations for office complexes and office parks in commercial zoning districts (C-1; C-2; C-3; C-4) | |
| 505-100 | Specific signage regulations for shopping centers smaller than 100,000 square feet in commercial districts (C-1; C-2; C-3; C-4), and nonresidential and mixed residential/nonresidential development on large lots within the CRA form-based districts | |
| 505-110 | Specific signage regulations for shopping centers 100,000 square feet or larger in commercial zoning districts (C-1; C-2; C-3; C-4) | |
| 505-120 | Specific signage regulations for individual buildings that are not part of an industrial park, in areas zoned industrial (IG; IR; IRO; IROM; IROC; MA-1) | |
| 505-130 | Specific signage regulations for industrial parks, in areas zoned industrial (IG; IR; IRO; IROM; IROC; MA-1) | |
| 505-140 | Special signage regulations by location or type of use | |
| 505-150 | Signs exempt from permit requirement | |
| Flags, flagpoles | 505-160 | Flagpoles and flags |
| Temporary uses | 675-20 | Temporary uses authorized |
| Shutters, bars on windows, doors | 510-30 | Arterial or other design standards |
| Glazing, film on windows | 510-30 | Arterial or other design standards |
| Canopies, awnings | 215-50 | Permitted yard encroachments in the E-1, RS-18000, RS-12000, RS-8000, RS-6000, NBHD-RES, and RD-8000 Districts |
| 215-70 | Permitted yard encroachments in the C-1, C-3 and C-4 Districts. | |
| 311-20 | Frontage type definitions and standards | |
| 520-10 | Façades for large retail establishments | |
| Gasoline and service stations | 515-30 | Appearance |
| 515-40 | Landscaping | |
| Large retail establishment design standards | 110-20 | Use regulations |
| 520-10 | Façades | |
| Garbage dumpsters | 290-30 | Applicability and exemptions |
| 290-40 | Minimum enclosure size | |
| 290-50 | Dumpster and enclosure design and construction | |
| 290-60 | Maintenance | |
| 290-70 | Location and access requirements | |
| Business tax receipts | See Dania Beach's Code of Ordinances | Part II: Chapter 15: Business Tax |
| Outdoor lighting regulations | 280-30 | Prohibited outdoor lighting |
| 280-40 | Outdoor lighting standards | |
| 280-50 | Outdoor lighting permits | |
| 280-60 | Maintenance | |
| Emergency generators | 285-20 | Emergency generators in nonresidential districts |
| Number and dimension of parking spaces | 265-20 | Off-street parking space definition; dimensions |
| 265-30 | Vehicular stacking space definition; dimensions | |
| 265-50 | Off-street parking required; on-street parking credit | |
| Valet/attendant parking | 265-120 | Attendant/valet parking provisions |
| Landscaping requirements | 275-90 | Perimeter buffer landscape requirements for vehicular use areas |
| 275-100 | Interior landscape requirements for vehicular use areas | |
| 275-110 | Perimeter buffer landscape requirements for areas separating business, commercial, mixed-use residential/commercial, and industrial property from residential property | |
| 275-120 | Perimeter buffer landscape requirements for business, commercial and industrial properties | |
| 275-140 | Landscape requirements for other nonvehicular open space | |
| 275-170 | Landscape requirements for screening | |
| Tree protection | 825-160 | Historical trees |
| 825-170 | Protection from construction work | |
| 830-10 | Trimming and pruning operations | |
| 830-20 | Exceptions | |
| Tree removal | 825-30 | Tree removal license required |
| 825-60 | General licenses | |
| 825-70 | License application | |
| 825-80 | Tree removal license | |
| 825-90 | Tree relocation | |
| 825-100 | Tree replacement | |
| 825-110 | General relocation/replacement conditions | |
| 825-120 | Maintenance/monitoring requirements | |
| 825-130 | Payment in lieu of replacement/relocation | |
| 825-140 | Special status category trees | |
| 825-150 | Bond requirements | |
| Responsibility to maintain sidewalk | Article 415 | Maintenance requirements for sidewalks |
| Satellite dishes | Article 286 | Satellite dish provisions |
| Things to consider when expanding or undertaking construction | 640-10 | When is platting required? |
| 635-20 | When is a site plan required? | |
| Article 805 | Concurrency regulations | |
| Article 810 | Impact fees |
(Ord. No. 2011-007, § 2, 2-22-11)
QUICK-FIND GUIDE NUMBER 4
Guide for developers
| Topics | Code sections | What the code section tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Permitted uses | 110-20 | Permitted, special exception and prohibited uses in commercial district and RO District (C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4) |
| 110-20 | Permitted, special exception and prohibited uses in CRA mixed-use districts (CC, NBHD-MU, EDBB-MU, SFED-MU, GTWY-MU) | |
| 115-40 | Permitted, special exception and prohibited uses in industrial districts (IG, IR, IRO, IROM, IROC, MA-1, PEDD) | |
| Special exception uses | 630-40 | Special exception procedure |
| Platting | 640-10 | When is platting required? |
| 640-20 | General application procedures | |
| Article 610 | Public notice requirements | |
| 640-40 | Platting procedures | |
| 640-90 | Subdivision and off-site improvement regulations | |
| 815-20 | Minimum right-of-way width requirements | |
| Site plan | 635-20 | When is a site plan required? |
| 635-40 | General application procedures | |
| Article 610 | Public notice requirements | |
| 635-70 | Site plan procedures | |
| Basic site development standards | 205-10 | Schedule of lot, yard and bulk regulations |
| Detailed regulations for site development standards | Article 210 | Supplemental lot regulations |
| Garbage dumpsters | 290-30 | Applicability and exemptions |
| 290-40 | Minimum enclosure size | |
| 290-50 | Dumpster and enclosure design and construction | |
| 290-60 | Maintenance | |
| 290-70 | Location and access requirements | |
| Excavation, filling | Article 245 | Paving, excavation, and filling |
| Concurrency requirements | Article 805 | Concurrency regulations |
| Impact fees | Article 810 | Impact fees |
| Parking & loading requirements | Article 265 and Article 270 | Parking and loading regulations |
| Landscaping requirements | 275-90 | Perimeter buffer landscape requirements for vehicular use areas |
| 275-100 | Interior landscape requirements for vehicular use areas | |
| 275-110 | Perimeter buffer landscape requirements for areas separating business, commercial, mixed-use residential/commercial, and industrial property from residential property | |
| 275-120 | Perimeter buffer landscape requirements for business, commercial and industrial properties | |
| 275-140 | Landscape requirements for other nonvehicular open space | |
| 275-170 | Landscape requirements for screening | |
| Tree protection | 825-160 | Historical trees |
| 825-170 | Protection from construction work | |
| 830-10 | Trimming and pruning operations | |
| 830-20 | Exceptions | |
| Tree removal | 825-30 | Tree removal license required |
| 825-60 | General licenses | |
| 825-70 | License application | |
| 825-80 | Tree removal license | |
| 825-90 | Tree relocation | |
| 825-100 | Tree replacement | |
| 825-110 | General relocation/replacement conditions | |
| 825-120 | Maintenance/monitoring requirements | |
| 825-130 | Payment in lieu of replacement/relocation | |
| 825-140 | Special status category trees | |
| 825-150 | Bond requirements | |
| Signage regulations | Article 505 | Sign regulations |
| Street dedications | 400-10 | Dedications required; minimum required street width for plat approval |
| Utilities | Article 405 | Utilities in new subdivisions |
| Sidewalks and swales | Article 415 | Sidewalks and swales; authorized uses and encroachments; maintenance responsibility |
| Drainage | 805-50 | Stormwater drainage level of service standards |
| Article 410 | Drainage facilities | |
| Design | Article 510 | Principal arterial commercial design standards |
| Outdoor lighting | Article 280 | Outdoor lighting standards |