4.13.1. Districts and intent.

The CG Commercial, General category includes one (1) zone district: CG. This district is intended for general retail commercial, office, and service activities which serve a market area larger than a neighborhood. While some of the same types of uses are found in CG and CN areas, the CG areas are generally greater in scale and intensity. Businesses in this category require locations convenient to automotive traffic and ample off-street parking is required, however, pedestrian traffic may also be found in this district. This district is not suitable for highly automotive-oriented uses and shall be located within designated urban development areas as defined by the county's comprehensive plan.

4.13.2. Permitted principal uses and structures.

1.

Retail commercial outlets for sale of food, wearing apparel, fabric, toys, sundries and notions, books and stationery, leather goods and luggage, paint, glass, wallpaper, jewelry (including repair) art, cameras or photographic supplies (including camera repair), sporting goods, hobby shops and pet shops (but not animal kennel), musical instruments, optical goods, television and radio (including repair incidental to sales), florist or gift shop, delicatessen, bake shop (but not wholesale bakery), drugs, plants and garden supplies (including outside storage of plants and materials), automotive vehicle parts and accessories (but not junk yards or automotive wrecking yards), and similar uses.

2.

Retail commercial outlets for sale of home furnishings (furniture, floor coverings, draperies, upholstery) and appliances (including repair incidental to sales), office equipment or furniture, hardware, second-hand merchandise, in completely enclosed buildings, and similar uses.

3.

Service establishments such as barber or beauty shop, shoe repair shop, restaurant, interior decorator, photographic studio, art or dance or music studio, reducing salon or gymnasium, animal grooming, self-service laundry or dry cleaner, tailor or dressmaker, laundry or dry cleaning pickup station, and similar uses.

4.

Service establishments such as radio or television station (but not television or radio towers or antennae); funeral home, radio and television repair shop, appliance repair shop, letter shops and printing establishments, pest control, and similar uses.

5.

Medical or dental offices, clinics, and laboratories.

6.

Business and professional offices.

7.

Newspaper offices.

8.

Public buildings and facilities, except those otherwise specified.

9.

Banks and financial institutions.

10.

Professional, business, and technical schools.

11.

Commercial recreational facilities in completely enclosed, soundproof buildings, such as indoor motion picture theater, community or little theater, billiard parlor, bowling alley, and similar uses.

12.

Hotels and motels.

13.

Dry cleaning and laundry package plants in completely enclosed buildings using non-flammable liquids such as perchlorethylene and with no odor, fumes, or steam detectable to normal senses from of the premises.

14.

Residential dwelling units, which existed within this district on the date of adoption or amendment of these land development regulations.

15.

Churches and other houses of worship.

16.

Art galleries.

I7.

Private clubs and lodges.

18.

Miscellaneous uses such as telephone exchange and commercial parking lots and parking garages.

19.

Recovery homes.

20.

Residential treatment facilities.

21.

Public, charter or private schools offering curricula comparable to that of public schools, as conducted in accordance with the provisions of the county's Comprehensive Plan.

Unless otherwise specified, the above uses are subject to the following limitations:

1.

Sale, display, preparation, and storage to be conducted within a completely enclosed building, and no more than 30 percent of floor space to be devoted to storage;

2.

Products to be sold only at retail; and

3.

Site and development plan approval (see Article 14) is required for the following uses:

a.

All commercial developments and public, charter or private schools.

4.13.3. Permitted accessory uses and structures.

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 use or structure, or on a contiguous lot in the same ownership.

c.

Do not involve operations or structures not in keeping with the character of the district.

2.

On-site signs. (See section 4.18.)

3.

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

4.13.4. Prohibited uses and structures.

1.

Manufacturing activities, except as specifically permitted or permissible.

2.

Warehousing or storage, except in connection with a permitted or permissible use.

3.

Off-site signs.

4.

Retail commercial outlets for sale of new and used automobiles, motorcycles, trucks and tractors, mobile homes, boats, heavy machinery and equipment, lumber and building supplies, and monuments.

5.

Motor vehicle body shop.

6.

Any other uses or structures not specifically, provisionally, or by reasonable implication permitted herein.

7.

Any use which is potentially dangerous, noxious, or offensive to neighboring uses in the district or to those who pass on public ways by reason of smoke, odor, noise, glare, fumes, gas, vibration, threat of fire or explosion, emission of particulate matter, interference with radio or television reception, radiation, or likely for other reasons to be incompatible with the character of the district. Performance standards apply. (See section 4.18.20.)

4.13.5. Special exceptions. (See also articles 12 and 13.)

1.

Automotive service stations. (See section 4.18.6 for special design standards for automotive service stations.)

2.

Rental of automotive vehicles, trailers, and trucks.

3.

Package store for sale of alcoholic beverages, bar, tavern, or cocktail lounge.

4.

Hospitals and nursing homes.

5.

Motor bus or other transportation terminals.

6.

Child care centers and overnight child care centers, provided:

a.

No outdoor play activities shall be conducted before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m.

b.

Provision is made for areas for off-street pick-up and drop-off of children.

7.

Flea markets.

8.

Other similar uses which are compatible with the uses of the district.

4.13.6. Minimum lot requirements (area, width).

1.

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

4.13.7. Minimum yard requirements (depth of front and rear yard, width of side yards). (See section 4.18.30 for right-of-way setback requirements.)

1.

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

2.

Child care centers and overnight child care centers:

Special provisions: A minimum thirty-five (35) foot natural buffer shall be required from all wetlands and perennial rivers, streams and creeks. The location of residential, commercial and industrial land uses shall be prohibited within these buffer areas, although agriculture, silviculture and 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 F.A.C. ch. 40B-4, as amended, a minimum buffer setback shall be required for rivers, streams and creeks, and their floodways, as required within such rule.

4.13.8. Maximum height of structures. No portion shall exceed (see also section 4.18 for exceptions): thirty-five (35) ft.

4.13.9. Maximum lot coverage by all buildings. Unrestricted, except as necessary to meet other requirements as set out herein.

Note: In addition to providing the required lot, yard, building height, lot coverage, landscaped buffering and off-street parking requirements of this section, no structure shall exceed a 1.0 floor area ratio.

4.13.10. Minimum landscaped buffering requirements. (See also section 4.18.)

1.

All permitted or permissible uses (unless otherwise specified):

Where a use listed under [paragraph] 1 above is erected or expanded on land abutting a residential district, then the proposed use shall provide a landscaped buffer which shall be not less than ten (10) ft. in width along the affected rear and/or side yards, as the case may be.

2.

Existing conventional single-family dwellings and mobile homes:

None, except as necessary to meet other requirements set out herein.

4.13.11 Minimum Off-street parking requirements. (See also section 4.18)

1.

Commercial and service establishments (unless otherwise specified): one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of non-storage floor area.

2.

Commercial establishments selling home furnishings and major appliances, and office equipment and furniture: one (1) space for each five hundred (500) sq ft of non-storage floor area.

3.

Restaurants, cocktail lounges, bars, and taverns: one (1) space for each three (3) seats in public rooms.

4.

Funeral homes: one (1) space for each three (3) seats in the chapel.

5.

Medical or dental offices, clinics, or laboratories: one (1) space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor area.

6.

Business and professional offices: one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.

7.

Newspaper office: one (1) space for each three hundred fifty (350) square feet of floor area.

8.

Public buildings and facilities (unless otherwise specified): one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.

9.

Banks and financial institutions: one (1) space for each one hundred fifty (150) squrae feet of non-storage floor area.

10.

Professional, business, and technical schools: one (1) space for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area.

11.

Community and little theaters, indoor motion picture theaters: one (1) space for each four (4) seats.

12.

Hotels and motels: one (1) space for each sleeping room, plus two (2) spaces for the owner or manager, plus required number of spaces for each accessory use such as restaurant, bar, etc. as specified.

13.

Dry cleaning and laundry package plants: one (1) space for each one hundred fifty (150) square feet of non-storage floor area.

14.

Each residential dwelling unit: two (2) spaces for each dwelling unit.

15.

Churches and houses of worship: one (1) space for each six (6) permanent seats in main auditorium.

16.

Art galleries: one (1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.

17.

Dance, art, and music studios: one (1) space for each three hundred fifty (350) square feet of floor area.

18.

Private clubs and lodges: one (1) space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area.

19.

Hospitals: one (1) space for each bed.

(Ord. No. 2013-05, § 7, 7-3-2013; Ord. No. 2017-07, § 2, 5-18-17)

State Law reference— Provisions for vehicle parking required, F.S. § 163.3202(1)(h).