(a)

With the exception of apartments, hotels or business buildings to be constructed in appropriate areas zoned therefor, no building shall be erected in the Town of Redington Beach other than a single-family dwelling house and no such single-family house shall be constructed in the Town of Redington Beach in which the area including the outside walls of the building exclusive of open or screened breezeways, porches or garage space is less than one thousand (1,000) square feet, except residences on Bay Front and Gulf Boulevard front lots whose area as above described shall not be less than thirteen hundred (1,300) square feet. All single-family houses within the Town of Redington Beach shall have a rear yard for inside lots of fifteen (15) feet minimum.

No building shall be erected in the Town of Redington Beach for use as or converted to a condominium or apartment building in which the area of each living unit, exclusive of open or screened breezeways, porches or balconies, is less than eight hundred (800) square feet for one bedroom units, nine hundred fifty (950) square feet for two (2) bedroom units and twelve hundred (1,200) square feet for three (3) bedroom units.

(b)

No building, nor any portion thereof, including porches, balconies, cornices or other permanently fixed decorations, shall approach nearer than twenty (20) feet to the line of roadway or street abutting the building lot, excepting on Gulf Boulevard, where such building line is hereby fixed at fifty-three (53) feet from the center of State Road No. 699 as now actually constructed; and for those lots lying between Gulf Boulevard and the Gulf of Mexico the building line on the Gulf side is hereby fixed at one hundred seventy-three (173) feet from the center of State Road No. 699 (or Gulf Boulevard), as now actually constructed; excepting however, on Lots 1 to 6, inclusive, Block 1, Redington Beach Homes, where such Gulf-side building line is hereby fixed at one hundred eighty-three (183) feet from center of State Road No. 699 (or Gulf Boulevard), as now actually constructed; provided this Gulf-front building line shall not apply to Block 24 of Third Addition to Redington Beach Homes; and further for these lots bordering on Boca Ciega Bay the building line on the Bay side is hereby fixed at twenty-five (25) feet from the bay-front property line, the mean high tide mark or center of seawall cap; if the seawall extends into Boca Ciega Bay beyond the property line and is contiguous with the land and bounded by the side property lines. No building, nor any part thereof, as above set forth (excepting eaves which may approach two and one-half (2½) feet nearer shall approach nearer than seven and one-half ((7½) feet to the side line of, or nearer than fifteen (15) feet to the rear line of, the lot upon which the same is constructed; provided, however, that in case of corner lots in effect facing upon two (2) streets, the shorter dimension of such lot may be treated as the front, and the longer may be treated as the side line and, in such event, the side line restriction is hereby fixes at ten (10) feet instead of seven and one-half (7½) feet, as above set forth; and provided further, that in case of corner lots abutting a lot on the rear of any such corner lot, which abutting lot faces or fronts on a street other than the street upon which such corner lot fronts, as the front is above defined, then the side line restriction on such corner lot is herby fixed at fifteen (15) feet; and provided further, that the above requirement as to distance from side or rear line of lots shall not apply to business buildings constructed within the areas designated therefore, and provided further, that in the case of apartments and/or hotels constructed in areas other than that designated for business, the following lot line regulation shall apply, to wit: That in the event of a one-story or more apartment or hotel, the construction of any part thereof shall not approach nearer than ten (10) feet to the side line of the lot or lots upon which the same is constructed, excepting eaves which may approach two and one-half (2½) feet nearer to side lines.

Editor's note— Upon the instruction of the town, in subsection 5(b), the term "five (5) feet," as pertaining to required distance from the rear lot line, has been changed to "fifteen (15) feet" even though Ord. No. 85-14, adopted Oct. 15, 1985, and passed at referendum Nov. 5, 1985, did not specifically amend § 5(b).

(c)

No structure in a single-family dwelling zone, having a flat or "built-up" roof, shall at its highest point exceed thirty (30) feet above the base flood elevation as established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Flood Insurance Rate Maps ("FIRM"); and no such structure having a hip, gable or gambrel roof or other type roof with a ridge line shall exceed thirty (30) feet to the median height of such roof above the base flood elevation as established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Flood Insurance Rate Maps ("FIRM"). Furthermore, a preconstruction elevation plan drawn by registered or licensed architects or engineers must be executed prior to issuance of a permit to build.

(d)

No structure in apartment, hotel, multiple-family dwelling or commercial area zones shall, at its highest point, exceed fifty (50) feet above the base flood elevation as established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Flood Insurance Rate Maps ("FIRM"). Furthermore, a preconstruction elevation plan drawn by registered or licensed architects or engineers must be executed prior to issuance of a permit to build.

(Ord. No. 69, 6-4-57; Ord. No. 84-4, 7-17-84; Ord. No. 85-14, § 1, 10-15-85; Ord. No. 85-17, §§ 1, 2, 10-15-85; Ord. No. 88-5, § 1, 8-16-88; Ord. No. 98-04, §§ 1, 2, 5-19-98; Ord. No. 08-08, § 1, 8-5-08)