No land, body of water or structure shall be used, or permitted to be used, and no structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered or maintained for any purpose in an RU-5 District which is designed, arranged, or intended to be used or occupied for any purpose, except for one or more of the following uses, and all other uses are hereby prohibited:

(1)

Duplex use—those uses permitted in the RU-2 District subject only to the requirements, limitations and restrictions specified in said district, and except that it shall be permissible to use a fifty- by one hundred-foot lot for two-family use in an old subdivision

(1.1)

Rowhouse development, subject only to the requirements, limitations and restrictions specified for the RU-RH district.

(2)

Apartment house as permitted in the RU-3 District subject only to the requirements, limitations and restrictions applicable in the RU-3 District for such use

(3)

Multiple-family housing projects

(3.1)

Workforce housing units in compliance with the provisions of Article XIIA of this Code.

(3.2)

Group residential facility, in accordance with the group residential facility requirements of Section 33-208.

(4)

Abstract title

(5)

Accountants—bookkeeping

(6)

Actuaries

(6.1)

Adult day care center, subject to the following conditions:

(a)

Such facility shall be licensed in accordance with chapter 429, Florida Statutes;

(b)

A valid certificate of use shall be obtained and renewed annually, with proof of state licensure provided to the County prior to issuance or renewal of the certificate of use; and

(c)

No such facility shall be located any less than 1,000 feet from any other existing, unabandoned legally established adult day care center facility, measured by following a straight line from the nearest portion of the structure of the proposed use to the nearest portion of the structure of the existing use.

(7)

Advertising (no shops)

(8)

Adjusters (insurance)

(9)

Aerial survey and photography

(10)

Appraisals—no sale or rental of any type of merchandise or equipment

(11)

Architects

(12)

Attorneys

(13)

Auditors

(14)

Banks without drive-in teller facilities

(15)

Business analysts—counselors or brokers

(16)

Building contractors, office only (no shops or storage)

(17)

Chiropodists

(18)

Chiropractors

(19)

Consulates

(20)

Counseling, child guidance and family service

(21)

Court reporter, public stenographer

(22)

Credit reporting

(22A)

Day nursery, kindergarten and afterschool care licensed by the State of Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services and established in accordance with the requirements of Article XA

(23)

Dentists

(24)

Detective agencies and investigating service

(25)

Drafting and plan service

(26)

Engineers, professional

(27)

State or Federal savings and loan associations as defined in 12 U.S.C.A., Section 1464, which do not require drive-in tellers

(28)

Insurance and bonds

(29)

Manufacturers' agents

(30)

Market research

(31)

Medical doctors

(32)

Model agencies (no school)

(33)

Mortgage broker

(34)

Notary public

(35)

Optician

(36)

Optometrists

(37)

Public libraries

(38)

Public relations

(39)

Real estate

(40)

Real estate management

(41)

Secretarial service

(42)

Shoppers' information service

(43)

Social service bureau

(44)

Stock broker exchange—investment service

(45)

Tax consultants

(46)

Telephone answering service

(47)

Theater ticket agencies

(48)

Travel agencies

(49)

Zoning consultants

(50)

Any use which is found by the Director to be a use similar to one (1) of the above numbered uses and, in his opinion, conforms to the intent of this section.

(Ord. No. 60-8, § 1A, 2-9-60; Ord. No. 64-18, § 2, 5-5-64; Ord. No. 76-35, § 1, 4-20-76; Ord. No. 83-37, § 1, 6-7-83; Ord. No. 90-145, § 2, 12-18-90; Ord. No. 95-215, § 1, 12-5-95; Ord. No. 06-96, § 9, 6-20-06; Ord. No. 07-05, § 12, 1-25-07; Ord. No. 08-51, § 1, 5-6-08; Ord. No. 11-04, § 3, 2-1-11; Ord. No. 20-110, § 7, 10-6-20; Ord. No. 23-85, § 3, 10-3-23)

Minimum lot width shall be one hundred (100) feet and the minimum lot area shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet for multiple-family housing projects, listed office uses or mixed office and residential uses except that a lot with a minimum of fifty (50) [foot] frontage and five thousand (5,000) square feet in area, which is in a platted old subdivision, can be utilized for office use upon compliance with all other requirements of this district.

(Ord. No. 60-8, § 1B, 2-9-60; Ord. No. 64-18, § 2, 5-5-64; Ord. No. 83-37, § 1, 6-7-83)

(a)

Lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage for all structures on the site shall be forty (40) percent. The structures must comply with the following minimum setback requirements.

(b)

Principal building setbacks.

(1)

Minimum setback from front property line shall be twenty-five (25) feet.

(2)

Minimum setback from side property line abutting a highway right-of-way shall be fifteen (15) feet.

(3)

Minimum setback from interior side property line shall be fifteen (15) feet.

(4)

Minimum setback from rear property line shall be twenty-five (25) feet.

(c)

Accessory buildings. No accessory building shall be permitted.

(d)

Type of building permitted. The building(s) to be erected shall be without store fronts or display windows.

(Ord. No. 60-8, § 1C—F, 2-9-60; Ord. No. 64-18, § 2, 5-5-64; Ord. No. 83-37, § 1, 6-7-83)

(a)

Floor area ratios. The floor area ratio shall not exceed the following; provided, however, that structure parking shall not count as part of the floor area, but shall be counted in computing building height:

One story: 0.40 FAR.

Two (2) stories: 0.60 FAR.

(b)

Heights. The maximum height of any structure shall be two (2) stories but not to exceed thirty-five (35) feet above finished grade.

(Ord. No. 60-8, § 1G, H, 2-9-60; Ord. No. 64-18, § 2, 5-5-64; Ord. No. 83-37, § 1, 6-7-83)

(a)

Open space. On each lot there shall be provided an open space equal to a minimum of twenty-five (25) percent of the total lot area. Said open space shall be unencumbered with any structure or off-street parking and shall be landscaped and well maintained with grass, trees and shrubbery, excepting only areas used as pedestrian walks and water bodies; provided said water bodies shall not be credited for more than twenty (20) percent of the open space required (five (5) percent of the total lot area). Open space areas may also include tree preservation zones of "natural forest communities" as defined in Section 26B-1, Code of Miami-Dade County. Tree preservation zones shall be delineated on all plans submitted to Miami-Dade County for site plan review under Section 33-223.5.1 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, for the purposes of determining overall preservation area and percent of overall landscaped area. The requirements contained herein do not replace or substitute for any requirements contained within Chapter 18A, Code of Miami-Dade County.

(b)

Maintenance. All landscaped areas shall be continuously maintained in a good, healthy vigorous condition and in general good appearance equivalent to Florida No. 1 requirements as provided in the State of Florida's "Grades and Standards for Nursery Plants," Part I, dated Revised Edition 1973, and Part II, dated Revised Edition 1975, respectively. Sprinkler systems of sufficient size and spacing shall be installed to serve and irrigate all landscaped areas, except within trees preservation zones of "natural forest communities" as defined in Section 26B-1, Code of Miami-Dade County. Tree preservation zones shall also be maintained in a healthy natural condition free from trash, debris and disturbance of understory vegetation.

(c)

Reserved.

(d)

Mixed uses. Depending on lot area available, it shall also be permissible for the occupant of an office to have an accompanying residential use in connection therewith.

(e)

Wall. A decorative wall of masonry, reinforced concrete, precast concrete, or wood fence or other like material that will be compatible with the main structure, five (5) feet in height, shall be erected along all interior property lines including the rear property line; provided, however, in the event that the rear property line abuts a secondary road, said wall shall be set in ten (10) feet from the official right-of-way of the secondary road and said ten-foot strip shall be landscaped; provided further, in the event that the interior side property line abuts property zoned RU-5, RU-5A, or a more liberal zoning district, the requirement for the wall along said common interior property line shall not apply.

(f)

Through lots. Where the building site is on a through lot, the structure shall front on the principal road, and if there is any question as to which of the two (2) roads is the principal road, the decision of the Zoning Director shall be adhered to.

(g)

Trees. Landscaping and trees shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 18A of this Code.

(h)

Accessory use. A snack bar for convenience and use of the occupants and patrons of an office development shall be permitted; said snack bar shall not exceed five hundred (500) square feet in size and shall be permitted with an office facility of at least twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. Said snack bar shall be completely enclosed in the building(s) and have no outside advertising or entrance.

(Ord. No. 60-8, § 1, I—N, 2-9-60; Ord No. 64-18, § 2, 5-5-64; Ord. No. 66-67, § 1, 12-20-66; Ord. No. 83-37, § 1, 6-7-83; Ord. No. 85-59, § 1, 7-18-85; Ord. No. 85-85, § 1, 10-1-85; Ord. No. 95-223, § 1, 12-5-95)

All development shall be reviewed in accordance with Section 33-310.4.

(Ord. No. 19-51, § 21, 6-4-19)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 19-51, § 21, adopted June 4, 2019, repealed the former § 33-223.5.1, and enacted a new § 33-223.5.1 as set out herein. The former § 33-223.5.1 pertained to site plan review and derived from Ord. No. 83-37, § 1, adopted June 7, 1983; Ord. No. 95-19, § 7, adopted Feb. 7, 1995; Ord. No. 95-215, § 1, adopted Dec. 5, 1995; Ord. No. 95-223, § 1, adopted Dec. 5, 1995; Ord. No. 96-127, § 12, adopted Sept. 4, 1996; Ord. No. 99-38, § 8, adopted April 27, 1999; and Ord. No. 18-134, § 10, adopted Nov. 8, 2018.