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-5A 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)

Abstract tile

(2)

Accountants—bookkeeping

(3)

Actuaries

(3.1)

Adult day care center, in accordance with the conditions set forth in Section 33-223.1 of this Code.

(4)

Advertising (no shops)

(5)

Adjusters (insurance)

(6)

Aerial survey and photography

(7)

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

(8)

Architects

(8.1)

Arts foundations as defined in Section 33-1(9.1), subject to the following conditions:

(a)

That the main offices of the foundation, related lecture and seminar rooms, together with the art exhibition space, shall be the principal uses located on the premises, occupying in excess of 50% of the gross floor area. Related art exhibition space shall be ancillary to the principal uses.

(b)

That the art display areas shall be for the exhibition of artwork created by artists who are sponsored by the foundation, and all artwork displayed shall be of the visual arts only.

(c)

That all art exhibitions shall be conducted within the principal structure.

(d)

That there shall be a maximum of six art shows per year.

(e)

That off-street parking requirements for the art display area shall be calculated at one parking space for every 250 square feet, or fractional part thereof. Office and other use areas shall have off-street parking spaces provided for such areas as otherwise provided in this Code.

(f)

That the sale of art shall be prohibited.

(9)

Attorneys

(10)

Auditors

(10A)

Banks, excluding drive-thru banking facilities

(11)

Banks, including drive-thru banking facilities, upon approval after public hearing on:

(a)

Office complex sites of three (3) acres or more, or

(b)

On sites of one (1) acre or more located adjacent to a section line road.

(12)

Business analysts—counselors or brokers

(13)

Building contractors, office only (no shop or storage)

(14)

Chiropodists

(15)

Chiropractors

(16)

Consulates

(17)

Counseling, child guidance and family service

(18)

Court reporter, public stenographer

(19)

Credit reporting

(19A)

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.

(20)

Dentist

(21)

Detective agencies and investigating service

(22)

Drafting and plan service

(23)

Engineers, professional

(23.1)

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

(24)

Insurance and bonds

(25)

Manufacturers agents

(26)

Market research

(27)

Medical doctors

(27A)

Medical Allied Training Facility that on a site of two net acres or more.

a)

That such uses shall be located on sites having frontage on a major access road, including major roadways (three or more lanes) and frontage roadways serving limited access highways and expressways;

b)

That no ingress/egress driveways be located other than from the major access road as indicated in (a) above;

c)

That the hours of operation be limited to 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays;

d)

That the number of students be limited to no greater than 100 students per session;

e)

That a maximum of 2 sessions be conducted daily.

(28)

Model agencies (no school)

(29)

Mortgage broker

(30)

Notary public

(31)

Optician

(32)

Optometrist

(33)

Public libraries

(34)

Public relations

(35)

Real estate

(36)

Real estate management

(37)

Secretarial service

(38)

Shoppers information service

(39)

Social service bureau

(40)

Stock brokers exchange—investment service

(41)

Tax consultants

(42)

Telephone answering service

(43)

Theater ticket agencies

(44)

Travel agencies

(45)

Zoning consultants

(46)

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. 64-18, § 3, 5-5-64; Ord. No. 89-108, § 1, 11-7-89; Ord. No. 90-145, § 3, 12-18-90; Ord. No. 95-215, § 1, 12-5-95; Ord. No. 99-48, § 1, 5-11-99; Ord. No. 03-213, § 2, 10-7-03; Ord. No. 04-118, § 2, 6-8-04; Ord. No. 11-04, § 4, 2-1-11; Ord. No. 11-26, § 1, 5-3-11; Ord. No. 20-110, § 8, 10-6-20; Ord. No. 23-85, § 4, 10-3-23)

(a)

Minimum lot width shall be seventy-five (75) feet.

(b)

Minimum lot area shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

(Ord. No. 64-18, § 3, 5-5-64)

(a)

Lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage for all structures on the site shall be forty (40) percent.

(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. Accessory building(s) shall be permitted provided that they comply with the following minimum setback requirements.

(1)

Minimum setback from front property line shall be seventy-five (75) feet.

(2)

Minimum setback from side property line abutting a highway right-of-way shall be twenty (20) feet.

(3)

Minimum setback from interior side property line shall be seven and one-half (7½) feet.

(4)

Minimum setback from rear property line shall be five (5) feet.

(d)

Type of buildings permitted. The buildings to be erected shall be without store fronts or display windows.

(Ord. No. 64-18, § 3, 5-5-64; Ord. No. 80-118, § 1, 10-21-80; Ord. No. 84-82, § 1, 10-2-84)

(a)

Minimum square foot content. The gross interior square foot area of the principal structure shall not be less than one thousand (1,000) square feet.

(b)

Heights. The maximum height of any structure shall be two (2) stories but not to exceed twenty-four (24) feet above finished grade.

(c)

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

One (1) story: 0.40 FAR

Two (2) stories: 0.60 FAR

(Ord. No. 64-18, § 3, 5-5-64; Ord. 80-118, § 1, 10-21-80; Ord. No. 84-82, § 1, 10-2-84)

(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 do not count for more than twenty (20) percent of the open space requirement. Open space areas may also include tree preservation zones of "natural forest communities" as defined in Section 26B-1, Miami-Dade County Code. Tree preservation zones shall be delineated on all plans submitted to Miami-Dade County for site plan review under Section 33-233.11 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 condition, and sprinkler systems of sufficient size and spacing shall be installed to serve all required landscaped areas, except within trees preservation zones of "natural forest communities" as defined in Section 26B-1, Miami-Dade County Code. 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 Director shall be adhered to.

(g)

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

(h)

Minimum spacing between principal buildings and accessory buildings. Minimum spacing between principal buildings shall be twenty (20) feet to nearest portion of building(s) and for accessory buildings, ten (10) feet. Cantilevers may project from the building wall into the required open space (court only) not more than four (4) feet and the stairways may project from the building wall into the required open space (court only) not more than seven and one-half (7½) feet.

(i)

Accessory use. A snack bar for the 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 within 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. The hours of operation for any such snack bar shall be limited to 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The snack bar area shall be provided one parking space for each three hundred square feet or fractional part thereof.

(Ord. No. 64-18, § 3, 5-5-64; Ord. No. 66-67, § 2, 12-20-66; Ord. No. 80-118, § 1, 10-21-80; Ord. No. 84-82, § 1, 10-2-84; Ord. No. 85-59, § 1, 7-18-85; Ord. No. 85-85, § 2, 10-1-85; Ord. No. 95-215, § 1, 12-5-95; Ord. No. 95-223, § 1, 12-5-95; Ord. No. 02-57, § 1, 4-23-02)

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

(Ord. No. 19-51, § 22, 6-4-19)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 19-51, § 22, adopted June 4, 2019, repealed the former § 33-223.11, and enacted a new § 33-223.11 as set out herein. The former § 33-223.11 pertained to site plan review and derived from Ord. No. 80-118, § 1, adopted Oct. 21, 1980; Ord. No. 95-19, § 8, 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, § 13, adopted Sept. 4, 1996; Ord. No. 98-125, § 21, adopted Sept. 3, 1998; Ord. No. 99-38, § 9, adopted April 27, 1999; Ord. No. 99-48, § 1, adopted May 11, 1999; and Ord. No. 18-134, § 11, adopted Nov. 8, 2018.