The "F" Farm District is established to identify and stabilize those geographic areas within the City of Pinellas Park that are appropriate for development and maintenance of agricultural land, and in order to preserve the open character of certain environmentally sensitive lands, and to provide for very large single-family residential estates of at least two and one-half (2½) gross acres in a farm setting. This district is appropriate for areas designated on the Official Land Use Plan Map as Residential Suburban (RS) or Residential Low (RL).

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)20., 3-14-2019)

A maximum density of four-tenths (0.4) dwelling units per gross acre shall be permitted in the "F" Farm District.

For lots located within the Residential Suburban (RS), Residential Low (RL), and Residential Urban (RU) Land Use Plan Map categories, ancillary nonresidential or public/semi-public uses (except Public Educational Facilities) shall not exceed a maximum area of five (5) gross acres. Transportation/Utility uses shall not exceed a maximum area 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 land use plan category (as appropriate), which shall include such use and all abutting or functionally abutting like uses.

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)21., 3-14-2019)

No building or land in the "F" 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 below 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 18-1506.3 and other applicable conditions of this district and Article.

Table 18-1506.3: Authorized Uses in F District

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 3928, § 2, 1-22-2015; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)22., 3-14-2019; Ord. No. 4205, § 2, 7-27-2023; Ord. No. 4255, § 2, 6-27-2024)

(A)

MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS.

1.

Lot Area: Two and one-half (2.5) gross acres.

2.

Lot Width: Two hundred (200) feet, except corner lots must be two hundred twenty-five (225) feet.

3.

Lots not meeting the lot area or width requirements of this Section and having been of record prior to February 14, 1980 may be used for a permitted or conditional use provided that all other dimensional regulations will apply.

(B)

MINIMUM YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.

1.

Front Yard Setback: Fifty (50) feet.

2.

Secondary Front Yard Setback: Fifty (50) feet.

3.

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

4.

Rear Yard Setback: Fifty (50) feet.

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

(C)

MINIMUM LIVEABLE FLOOR AREA. Twelve hundred fifty (1,250) square feet.

(D)

MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT. Thirty-five (35) feet for the principal structure. A farm structure may exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height, provided that any structure exceeding fifty (50) feet is setback at least seventy-five (75) feet from the nearest residential zoning district.

See Section 18-1503.13, "Exclusion from Height Limits", for height limit exclusions.

(E)

MINIMUM OPEN SPACE. Thirty (30) percent for residential use.

(F)

MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE. Nonresidential, Uses: fifty-five (55) percent when assigned RS, RL, or RU land use; seventy-five (75) percent in CRD, provided that barns and other farm buildings may exceed the maximum lot coverage when the Zoning Director determines it is necessary for the establishment and operation of a permitted agricultural use.

(G)

FLOOR AREA RATIO.

1.

Nonresidential Uses:

(a)

Thirty-hundredths (0.30) in RS or RL.

(H)

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

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010; Ord. No. 4079, § 1(Att. A)23., 3-14-2019; Ord. No. 4279, § 1, 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 1533, "Landscaping Regulations."

(C)

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

(D)

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

(Ord. No. 3748, § 3, 10-28-2010)