The "R-4" Duplex Residential District is established to identify and stabilize those geographic areas within the City of Pinellas Park that are appropriate for the development and maintenance of a low-medium density and medium density residential environment, through the construction of single-family detached dwellings and large lot duplex dwellings. Such development to include accessory uses and public facilities customary for such an environment. This district is appropriate for areas designated on the Official Land Use Plan Map as Residential Low Medium (RLM), Residential Medium (RM), or Community Redevelopment District (CRD).

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)39., 3-14-2019)

A maximum density of ten (10) dwelling units per net acre shall be permitted with a Land Use Plan Map designation of Residential Low Medium (RLM). A maximum density of eleven and six-tenths (11.6) dwelling units per net acre shall be permitted with a Land Use Plan Map designation of Residential Medium (RM) or Community Redevelopment District (CRD).

For lots located within the Residential Low Medium (RLM) and Residential Medium (RM) Land Use Plan Map categories, public/semi-public uses, (except Public Educational Facilities) shall not exceed a maximum area of five (5) gross acres. Ancillary nonresidential or Transportation/Utility uses shall not exceed a maximum of three (3) acres. Any such use, alone or when added to existing abutting or functionally abutting like uses, which exceeds the threshold stated above, shall require a Land Use Plan Map amendment to Institutional (I), Transportation/Utility (T/U) or other future land use plan category(as appropriate), which shall include such use and all abutting or functionally abutting like uses. Office: Personal Service/Office Support: Retail Commercial uses, singularly or combined with abutting or functionally abutting uses shall not exceed one (1) acre. Any exceedance of this threshold shall require a Land Use Plan Map amendment to a category that permits the use.

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)40., 3-14-2019)

No building or land in the "R-4" District shall be used, and no building shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered or enlarged, except for the permitted and conditional uses listed below. The uses listed as conditional uses may be permitted if their site locations and proposed development site plans are first approved, as provided in the procedure for approval of conditional uses under Section 18-1531, "Conditional Use Regulations", of this Article. Uses that are similar to any permitted or conditional use, as determined by the Planning and Development Services Director, shall be permitted in the same manner (i.e. permitted versus conditional) as the listed use to which it is similar, provided that any similar use specifically permitted in another zoning district shall not be permitted. Permitted (P) and conditional (C) uses shall be subject to the conditions established in the following Table 18-1512.3 and other applicable conditions of this district and Article.

Table 18-1512.3 Authorized Uses in R-4 District

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 3928, § 8, 1-22-2015; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)41., 3-14-2019; Ord. No. 4205, § 8, 7-27-2023)

(A)

MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS.

1.

Lot Area: Eight thousand seven hundred twelve (8,712) square feet; if a lot of record prior to September 26, 1963, seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet is required for a two-family dwelling.

2.

Lot Width: Seventy (70) feet; sixty (60) feet on lots of record prior to September 26, 1963. Lots with a width of less than sixty (60) feet shall only be developed with a single-family detached dwelling.

3.

Lot Depth: One hundred (100) feet.

(B)

MINIMUM YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.

1.

For lots platted prior to September 26, 1963 the following shall apply:

(a)

Front Yard Setback: Twenty-five (25) feet.

(b)

Secondary Front Yard Setback: Twelve (12) feet.

(c)

Side Yard Setback: Five (5) feet.

(d)

Rear Yard Setback: Twenty (20) feet.

2.

For lots platted on or after September 26,1963 the following shall apply:

(a)

Front Yard Setback: Twenty-five (25) feet.

(b)

Secondary Front Yard Setback: Twenty-five (25) feet.

(c)

Side Yard Setback: Eight (8) feet.

(d)

Rear Yard Setback: Twenty (20) feet.

3.

For single-family detached development see "R-1" Single-family Residential District for yard regulations.

4.

For corner, double frontage and multiple frontage lots, see Section 18-1503.7, "Yard Determinations."

5.

Refer to Section 18-1503.8 for measurement of yard setbacks on lots adjacent to rights-of-way of insufficient width.

6.

Refer to Section 18-1504.3(G)(2) for special yard setbacks to apply for additions to buildings in existence as of August 14, 1997.

(C)

MINIMUM LIVEABLE FLOOR AREA. (per dwelling unit)

1.

Efficiency: Four hundred fifty (450) square feet.

2.

One-bedroom: Five hundred fifty (550) square feet.

3.

Two-bedroom: Six hundred fifty (650) square feet.

4.

Three-bedroom: Eight hundred (800) square feet.

(D)

MINIMUM BUILDING SEPARATION. Must meet Florida Building Code separation requirements.

(E)

MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT. Thirty-five (35) feet. See Section 18-1503.13, "Exclusion from Height Limits", for height limit exclusions.

(F)

MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE. Residential Uses: Sixty (60) percent. Nonresidential Uses: Sixty-five (65) percent in RLM; seventy-five (75) percent in RM or CRD.

(G)

FLOOR AREA RATIO.

1.

Nonresidential Uses:

(a)

Forty hundredths (0.40) when assigned RLM, RM or CRD land use.

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 4279, § 7, 11-26-2024)

(A)

FENCES. See Section 18-1530.10, "Fences, Walls and Hedges" for fence regulations and setbacks.

(B)

LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERING. See Section 18-1533, "Landscaping Regulations."

(C)

DUMPSTER ENCLOSURES (See Section 18-1530.20, "Dumpsters"), AND ALSO SUPPLEMENTAL USE REGULATIONS (See Section 18-1530, "Accessory Use and Supplementary District Regulations").

(D)

OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING. See Section 18-1532, "Parking and Loading Regulations."

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010)