4.16.1. Districts and intent.

The I Industrial category includes one (1) zone district: I. This district is intended primarily for manufacturing and closely related uses within designated urban development areas as defined by the county's comprehensive plan. It is intended to preserve such lands for the functions of industrial activity, wholesaling, warehousing, and distribution. To allow maximum latitude for operations, performance standards are applied at district boundaries, so that uses which might otherwise not be permitted are allowable in portions of the district well away from district boundary lines.

4.16.2. Permitted principal uses and structures.

As for ILW, and in addition:

1.

Any industrial use which is otherwise lawful (except those uses requiring special controls and permissible as special exceptions) and which conforms to performance standards as set out in article 14.

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

1.

All industrial developments.

4.16.3. Permitted accessory uses and structures.

1.

Uses and structures which are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted principal uses and structures.

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.

4.16.4. Prohibited uses and structures.

Any uses or structures not specifically, provisionally, or by reasonable implication permitted herein, including any use not conforming to performance standards of article 14.

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

1.

Wrecking yards (including automobile wrecking yard); junk yards; or yards used for scrap, salvage, second-hand building materials, junk automotive vehicles, or second-hand automotive parts; provided any such yard shall be completely enclosed by an opaque fence or wall not less than six (6) feet high; provided that this fence or wall shall not be built of tin or galvanized metal sheets.

2.

Bulk storage yards including bulk storage of flammable liquids, subject to provisions of local and state fire codes.

3.

Chemical and fertilizer manufacture.

4.

Paint, oil (including linseed), shellac, turpentine, lacquer, or varnish manufacture.

5.

Paper and pulp manufacture.

6.

Petroleum refining.

7.

Rendering plant.

8.

Storage, sorting, collecting or baling of rags, iron, or junk.

9.

Off-site signs (see section 4.18).

10.

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

11.

Hazardous waste disposal sites.

12.

Electric or gas generating plants.

13.

Asphalt or concrete batching plants.

14.

Uses which are similar to the ones listed above.

15.

Radar installations and related facilities.

16.

Solar farms (see also section 4.18.39).

4.16.6. Minimum lot requirements (area, width).

1.

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

4.16.7. 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):

Special provisions: A minimum thirty-five (35) foot natural buffer shall be required from all wetlands, perennial rivers, streams and creeks within this zoning district. The location of residential and water-oriented commercial land uses (with the exception of marinas) shall be prohibited within these buffer areas, although non-intensive 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.

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

4.16.9. Maximum lot coverage by all buildings.

Unrestricted, except as necessary to meet other requirements 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.

4.16.10. 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 twenty-five (25) ft. in width along the affected rear and/or side yards, as the case may be.

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

1.

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

2.

Retail commercial establishments for sale, repair, and service of new and used automobiles, motorcycles, trucks and tractors, mobile homes, boats, heavy machinery and equipment, and farm equipment; motor vehicle body shops; retail establishments for sale of farm supplies, lumber and building supplies, monuments, and automotive vehicle parts and accessories; wrecking yards; and similar uses: 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.

Restaurants: one (1) space for each three (3) seats in public rooms.

4.

Miscellaneous uses such as express or parcel delivery office, telephone exchange, motor bus or truck or other transportation terminal: one (1) space for each three hundred fifty (350) sq. ft. of floor area.

5.

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

6.

Other permitted or permissible uses (unless otherwise specified): one (1) space for each five hundred (500) sq. ft. of floor area.

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

(Ord. No. 2021-02, § 9, 5-20-2021)

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