4.14.1. Districts and intent.

The CI Commercial, Intensive category includes one (1) zone district: CI. This district is intended for intensive, highly automotive-oriented uses that require a conspicuous and accessible location convenient to streets carrying large volumes of traffic and shall be located within designated urban development areas as defined within the county's comprehensive plan. Such activities generally require large land areas, do not cater directly in appreciable degree to pedestrians, and require ample off-street parking and off-street loading space. This district permits certain uses not of a neighborhood or general commercial type and serves the entire county.

4.14.2. Permitted principal uses and structures.

As for CG, and in addition:

1.

Retail commercial outlets for sale of new and used automobiles, motorcycles, trucks and tractors, mobile homes, boats, heavy machinery and equipment, dairy supplies, feed, fertilizer, lumber and building supplies, monuments, and outdoor retail commercial display areas associated with sale of said items.

2.

Service establishments such as repair and service garage, motor vehicle body shop, car wash, auction house (but not including livestock auction arena), laundry or dry cleaning establishment, animal boarding kennels in soundproof buildings, plant nursery or landscape contractor, carpenter or cabinet shop, home equipment rental, ice delivery station, upholstery shop, marina and boat sales, commercial water softening establishment, rental of automotive vehicles, trailers, and trucks.

3.

Commercial recreation facilities such as drive-in theater (see section 4.18), golf driving range, miniature golf course, skating rink, skateboard arena, go-cart track, and similar uses.

4.

Palmist, astrologist, psychics, clairvoyants, and phrenologists.

5.

Miscellaneous uses such as express or parcel delivery office, motor bus or other transportation terminal.

6.

Wholesaling from sample stocks only, providing no manufacturing or storage for distribution is permitted on the premises.

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

1.

All commercial developments.

4.14.3. 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 also section 4.18.)

3.

Outdoor storage yard in connection with permitted or permissible use only; provided, this provision shall not permit wrecking yards (including automobile wrecking yard), junkyards, or yards used in whole or in part for scrap or salvage operations or for processing, storage, display, or sales of any scrap, salvage, or secondhand building materials, junk automotive vehicles, or secondhand automotive parts.

4.

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

4.14.4. Prohibited uses and structures.

1.

Manufacturing activities, except as specifically permitted or permissible.

2.

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

3.

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.)

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

1.

Wholesale, warehouse, or storage use in completely enclosed buildings. However, bulk storage of flammable liquids is not permitted.

2.

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

3.

Off-site signs. (See also section 4.18.)

4.

Truck stops and automotive service stations. (See section 4.18 for special design standards for automotive service stations.)

5.

Service establishments such as crematory.

6.

Agricultural fairs and fairground activities, livestock auction arenas.

7.

Commercial tourist attractions.

8.

Building trades contractor with on premises storage yard for materials and equipment.

9.

Hospitals and nursing homes.

10.

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.

11.

Flea markets.

12.

Light manufacturing, assembling, processing (including food processing, but not slaughterhouses), packaging or fabricating in completely enclosed buildings.

13.

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

4.14.6. Minimum lot requirements (area, width).

1.

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

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

1.

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

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 subject to best management practices. 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.

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

4.14.9. 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.

4.14.10. 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.

4.14.11. Minimum off-street parking requirements. (See also section 4.18.)

1.

For uses specifically listed under CG: as for CG off-street parking requirements.

2.

Commercial or service establishments (unless otherwise specified); agricultural fairs and fairgrounds; livestock auction area: one (1) space for each three hundred fifty (350) sq. ft. of floor area, plus, where applicable, one (1) space for each one thousand (1,000) sq. ft. of lot or ground area outside buildings used for any type of sales, display, or activity.

3.

Express or parcel delivery office, motor bus or other transportation terminal: one (1) space for each three hundred fifty (350) sq. ft. of floor area.

4.

Palmist, astrologist, psychics, clairvoyant, and phrenologist: one (1) space for each two hundred (200) sq. ft. of floor area.

5.

Wholesale establishments: one (1) space for each five hundred (500) sq. ft. of floor area.

6.

Warehouse or storage use only: one (1) space for each one thousand five hundred (1,500) sq. ft. of floor area.

7.

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

Note: Off-street loading required. (See section 4.18.)

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