(A)

Single-family dwellings.

(B)

Duplexes and townhouses.

(C)

Multiple-family dwellings.

(D)

Housing for the elderly.

(E)

Group home (containing six (6) or less residents requiring low intensity of care. Homes for delinquent youth, drug and alcohol abusers not permitted).

(F)

Churches (not to include temporary revival establishments).

(G)

Foster homes.

(A)

See article 28, section 28.15.

(B)

Signs as approved by the senior planner in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance.

(A)

See article 28, section 28.14.

(B)

Monasteries, convents and similar uses.

(C)

Rooming or boardinghouses.

(D)

Group homes (containing more than six (6) residents, including homes for delinquent youths, drug and alcohol abusers).

(A)

Single-family dwellings and duplexes.

(1)

Minimum lot width: Seventy-five (75) feet.

(2)

Minimum lot area: Eight thousand seven hundred (8,700) square feet.

(3)

Townhouses.

(a)

Minimum lot width:

1.

Interior lot: Twenty (20) feet.

2.

Exterior lot: Thirty (30) feet.

(b)

Minimum lot area:

1.

Two thousand (2,000) square feet.

2.

Three thousand (3,000) square feet.

(4)

Multiple-family dwellings and other permitted structures:

(a)

Minimum lot width: One hundred twenty-five (125) feet.

(b)

Minimum lot area: Fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet.

(Ord. No. 2023-034, § 3, 8-28-23)

(A)

Single-family dwellings and duplexes:

(1)

Front yard: Twenty-five (25) feet.

(2)

Side yard: Ten (10) feet.

(3)

Rear yard: Ten (10) feet.

(B)

Townhouses:

(1)

Front yard: Twenty-five (25) feet.

(2)

Side yard:

(a)

Interior units: Zero (0) feet.

(b)

Exterior units: Fifteen (15) feet.

(3)

Rear yard: Twenty (20) feet.

(C)

Multiple-family dwellings and other permitted structures:

(1)

Front yard: Twenty-five (25) feet.

(2)

Side yard: Twenty (20) feet (See (D) below).

(3)

Rear yard: Twenty (20) feet: Provided those structures constructed along the Atlantic Coastline shall utilize the "coastal construction setback line, as adopted, or a measurement of one hundred fifty (150) feet measured from the "mean high water line", whichever is the greater distance.

(D)

Structures exceeding thirty-five (35) feet or three (3) stories in height shall increase the minimum side yard by one (1) foot for every two (2) feet of building height exceeding thirty-five (35) feet. Also, those structures constructed along the Atlantic Coastline shall increase the minimum rear yard by one (1) foot for every two (2) feet of building height exceeding thirty-five (35) feet, utilizing the "coastal construction setback line", as adopted, as the minimum rear yard, or one hundred fifty (150) feet from the "mean high water line", which ever is greater.

(A)

Maximum building height:

(1)

Single-family dwellings, duplexes, and townhouses: Thirty-five (35) feet.

(2)

Multiple-family dwellings and other permitted structures may exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet, subject to meeting all requirements specified herein provided that no structure shall exceed eighty-five (85) feet or seven (7) stories. Within the unincorporated areas of Amelia Island, maximum building height is forty-five (45) feet. For buildings on Amelia Island and in existence on June 14, 2021, the applicable maximum height in the event of reconstruction shall be the building height prior to reconstruction.

(B)

Maximum lot coverage:

(1)

Single-family dwellings, duplexes, and townhouses: Thirty-five (35) percent.

(2)

Multiple-family dwellings exceeding thirty-five (35) feet in height shall comply with the following lot coverage percentages:

(a)

Thirty-five (35) feet—Twenty-six (26) percent.

(b)

Forty-five (45) feet—Twenty-five (25) percent.

(c)

Fifty-five (55) feet—Twenty-three (23) percent.

(d)

Sixty-five (65) feet—Twenty-one (21) percent.

(e)

Seventy-five (75) feet—Nineteen (19) percent.

(f)

Eighty-five (85) feet—Seventeen (17) percent.

(Ord. No. 2021-08, § 2C, 6-14-21; Ord. No. 2021-20, § 2B, 9-27-21; Ord. No. 2023-034, § 3, 8-28-23)