Redington Beach City Zoning Code

For purposes of this ordinance, the following terms shall have the meaning given in this section:

Accessory structure. A structure that is clearly subordinate or incidental to, but customarily related to, a principal structure located on the same parcel.

Ancillary nonresidential. Off-street parking and trash receptacle areas for adjacent, contiguous, nonresidential use.

Community commercial. Commercial establishments that generally serve the day-to-day needs of the community, including restaurants, convenience goods and services, and personal and professional services. Specific examples may include, but are not limited to, tobacco shops, retail clothing store, newsstands, bakeries, delicatessens, meat and seafood markets, produce markets, barber and beauty shops, seamstress shops, shoe repair and shining shops, dry cleaning and laundry pickup facilities. A community commercial use shall not include a medical marijuana dispensing facility or other medical marijuana facility as defined within this section.

Density. The measure of permitted residential development expressed as a maximum number of dwelling units per acre of net land area.

Dock. Any structure, otherwise known as a pier, wharf or loading platform, which is constructed on pilings over open water, or which is supported by flotation on the water.

Duplex. A building containing two (2) dwelling units, which are either attached side-by-side or stacked vertically and are located on a single lot. Each unit is intended for occupancy as a separate household with its own kitchen and bathroom facilities.

Dwelling Unit. One or more rooms, designed, occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, with cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities provided within the dwelling unit for the exclusive use of a single family maintaining a household. This use shall include any type of use of such dwelling units the Town is required by law to permit.

Floor area, gross. The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the centerline of a wall separating two buildings but not including interior parking spaces or loading space for motor vehicles.

Floor area ratio (FAR). A measurement of the intensity of building development on a site. A floor area ratio is the relationship between the gross floor area on a site and the gross land area. The FAR is calculated by adding together the gross floor areas of all buildings on the site and dividing by the gross land area.

Impervious surface. A surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to or prevents infiltration by stormwater. It includes surfaces such as lime rock, or clay, as well as most conventionally surfaced streets, roofs, sidewalks, parking lots, and other similar surfaces.

Impervious surface ratio (ISR). A measure of the intensity of hard surfaced development on a site. An impervious surface ratio is the relationship between the total impervious surface area on a site and the net land area. The ISR is calculated by dividing the square footage of the area of all impervious surfaces on the site by the square footage of the net land area.

Intensity. The measure of permitted development expressed as a maximum impervious surface ratio and/or floor area ratio per acre of net land area.

Lot and/or parcel of record. A lot and/or parcel which on April 1, 1990, was part of a subdivision, the plat of which had been recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pinellas County, or any lot or parcel of land, whether or not part of a subdivision that had been officially recorded by a deed in the office of the clerk, provided such lot and/or parcel was of a size which met the minimum standards for lots or parcels in the district in which it was located at the time of recording or was recorded prior to the effective date of zoning.

Lot line. Shall have the same meaning as property line as defined within this section.

Marijuana. Marijuana shall have the meaning given cannabis in F.S. § 893.02(3).

Medical marijuana dispensing facility. A facility that is operated by an approved dispensing organization holding all necessary licenses and permits from which medical cannabis, cannabis-based products, or cannabis plants as permitted through F.S. § 381.986 are delivered, purchased, possessed, or dispensed for medical purposes and operated in accordance with all local, federal, and state laws. Per Florida Administrative Code Rule 64-4.001 (11)(c) "any area designated in the application where derivative product is dispensed at retail." Medical cannabis dispensing facilities do not include cultivation facilities or processing facilities as defined in Florida Administrative Code Rule 64-4.001 (11)(c). "Medical marijuana treatment center" means any entity that acquires, cultivates, possesses, processes (including development of related products such as food, tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments), transfers, transports, sells, distributes, or administers marijuana, products containing marijuana, related supplies, or educational materials to qualifying patients or their personal caregivers and is registered by the department of health.

Medical marijuana facility. Any authorized medical marijuana treatment center, medical marijuana dispensing facilities, or any other facility that dispenses, processes, cultivates, distributes, sells, or engages in any other activity that involves or is related to medical marijuana pursuant to the Florida Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative, Amendment 2 or any other provision of state law.

Multifamily dwelling. A building or portion thereof containing three (3) or more dwelling units, which may be located in a single structure or multiple buildings on the same lot, and designed to be occupied by separate households, with each unit having its own kitchen and bathroom facilities.

Net land area. Net land area for the purposes of computing density/intensity shall be the total land area within the property boundaries of the subject parcel, and specifically exclusive of any submerged land or public right-of-way.

Off-street parking space. A designated area located outside of public rights-of-way, intended for the parking of motor vehicles. This space is typically situated on private property, such as driveways or garages, and is designed to ensure that vehicles are parked without encroaching upon public streets or sidewalks.

Office use. An occupation or service providing primarily an administrative, professional or clerical service and not involving the sale of merchandise; examples of which include legal, real estate, design, and financial services, and like uses.

Open space. That portion of a lot(s) that is not occupied by a structure(s) or vehicular use area. Open space includes lands used for active and passive recreation.

Personal service. An occupation or service attending primarily to one's personal care or apparel; examples of which include hair and beauty care, clothing repair or alteration, or dry cleaning/laundry service.

Principal structure. A structure, or combination of structures of primary importance on the premises, and that contains the primary use associated with the premises. The primary use is characterized by identifying the main activity taking place on the premises.

Property line. The lines delineating the property boundaries of a lot, including:

• Front property line. The boundary line extending between the side lot lines across the street frontage of the lot.

• Rear property line. The boundary line which is generally most distant from and most closely parallel to the front property line.

• Side property line. Any boundary line which is neither the front nor the rear property line.

Public storage garages. Facility intended for the use, service and incidental repair of publicly-owned motor vehicles, which may include the incidental sale of articles or items of merchandise related to such use.

Public/semi-public institutional use. Those facilities and services of a public, private, or quasi-public nature, including educational, governmental, civic, and religious uses, such as schools, courthouses, community centers, and churches. A public/semi-public institutional use shall not include a medical marijuana dispensing facility or other medical marijuana facility as defined within this section.

Residential use. A dwelling unit including, single-family, multifamily, and mobile home dwelling unit.

Screening wall. A wall or enclosure located parallel to the side lot line or side wall of a dwelling.

Setback. The minimum distance which a building or other structure must be set back from a front, side, or rear property line.

Single-family dwelling. A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by one person or one family.

Submerged land. The land area situated below the mean high-water line of a standing body of water, including gulf, bay, estuary, lake, pond, river or stream. For the purpose of this definition, retention areas that are a function of development and wetlands shall not be considered submerged land.

Vertical conveyance. An elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, moving sidewalk, platform lift, or stairway chairlift, consistent with F.S. § 399.01.

Wing wall. A wall or enclosure built at a right angle with the dwelling wall or side property line of the lot.

Yard. An area on a lot between the lot line and the nearest principal structure, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this Appendix A, including:

• Front yard. A yard extending between side property lines across the front of a lot adjoining a street. On corner lots, the front yard shall be provided parallel to all streets upon which the lot fronts.

• Rear yard. A yard extending across the rear of a lot between the side property lines. On all lots except corner lots, the rear yard shall be opposite the front yard.

• Side yard. The area on each side of a principal structure between the structure and the side property line, and between front setback line and rear setback line.

(Ord. No. 2026-02, § 1, 3-16-26)