Riviera Beach City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE I
- IN GENERAL
Sections
- Sec. 31-1.- Definitions.
- Sec. 31-2. - Purposes, authority for adoption of plan.
- Sec. 31-3. - Interpretation and effect of chapter.
- Sec. 31-4. - Hearings generally; notice; deposits.
- Sec. 31-5. - Modifications; protest; minimum vote; notice.
- Sec. 31-6. - Zoning regulations authorized; special exceptions, variances.
- Sec. 31-7. - Plot plans required.
- Sec. 31-8. - Violations, penalty.
- Sec. 31-9. - Reasonable accommodation procedures.
ARTICLE II
DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE2
Sections
- Sec. 31-36.- Establishment of development special magistrate.
- Sec. 31-37. - Duties and powers.
- Sec. 31-38. - Standing for variance hearings or appeals before the development special magistrate.
- Sec. 31-39. - Procedures for applications for variances or relief from land development code; procedures for appeal of an interpretation; staying of work on property.
- Sec. 31-40. - Notice for hearings on variances.
- Sec. 31-41. - Conduct of hearing on application for variances.
- Sec. 31-42. - Grounds and criteria for approving applications for variances; imposing time limits on such approvals; prohibited variances.
- Sec. 31-43. - Rehearings for variances.
- Sec. 31-44. - Notice for hearings on appeals; format of hearing.
- Sec. 31-45. - Grounds for granting an appeal for interpretation.
- Sec. 31-46. - Appeals from decisions of the development special magistrate.
- Sec. 31-47. - Fees, changes and expenses.
ARTICLE III
SITE PLAN REVIEW3
Sections
- Sec. 31-56.- Purpose of article.
- Sec. 31-57. - Purpose of site plans.
- Sec. 31-58. - General classification.
- Sec. 31-59. - Review package.
- Sec. 31-60. - Automatic termination of site plan approval.
- Sec. 31-61. - Review procedures for special exceptions.
- Sec. 31-62. - Standards for granting special exceptions.
- Sec. 31-63. - Expedited permitting program.
ARTICLE V
- DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
- DIVISION 2. - RS-5 SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
- DIVISION 3. - RS-6 SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
- DIVISION 4. - RS-8 SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
- DIVISION 5. - RD-15 TWO-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
- DIVISION 6. - RML-12 LOW DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
- DIVISION 7. - RM-15 MULTIFAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
- DIVISION 8. - RMH-15 MULTIFAMILY/HOTEL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 9. - RM-20 HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
- DIVISION 10. - RMH-20 HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY/HOTEL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 11. - OP OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 12. - CN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 13. - CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 14. - CM MARINE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 15. - TLI TRANSITIONAL LIMITED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 16. - SLIO SPECIAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OFFICE DISTRICT
- DIVISION 17. - IL LIMITED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 18. - IG GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 19. - RO RECREATION/OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
- DIVISION 20. - CF COMMUNITY FACILITY DISTRICT
- DIVISION 21. - U UTILITIES DISTRICT
- DIVISION 22. - MH MOBILE HOME DISTRICT
- DIVISION 23. - PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
- Sec. 31-481.- Purpose.
- Sec. 31-482. - Classification.
- Sec. 31-483. - Minimum site area.
- Sec. 31-484. - Unified control.
- Sec. 31-485. - Configuration of the site.
- Sec. 31-486. - Conflict with other applicable regulations.
- Sec. 31-487. - Uses permitted in R-PUD residential planned unit development.
- Sec. 31-488. - Uses permitted in C-PUD commercial planned unit development.
- Sec. 31-489. - Uses permitted in I-PUD industrial planned unit development.
- Sec. 31-490. - Uses permitted in IHC-PUD Inlet Harbor Center planned unit development.
- Sec. 31-491. - Uses permitted by special exception.
- Sec. 31-492. - Uses prohibited in the R-PUD residential planned unit development.
- Sec. 31-493. - Uses prohibited in the I-PUD industrial planned unit development.
- Sec. 31-494. - Property development standards for the R-PUD residential planned unit development.
- Sec. 31-495. - Property development standards for the R-PUD(1) residential planned unit developments.
- Sec. 31-496. - Property development standards for the commercial (C-PUD) and industrial (I-PUD) PUDs.
- Sec. 31-497. - Property development standards for the Inlet Harbor Center planned unit development (IHC-PUD).
- Sec. 31-498. - Minimum and maximum area limitations.
- Sec. 31-499. - Open space requirements and computations.
- Sec. 31-500. - Amenity package component.
- Sec. 31-501. - Design criteria.
- Sec. 31-502. - Special requirements.
- Sec. 31-503. - Parking and loading.
- Sec. 31-504. - Landscaping.
- DIVISION 24. - SP SPECIAL PRESERVATION DISTRICT
- DIVISION 25. - RH RESORT HOTEL DISTRICT
- DIVISION 26. - DOWNTOWN ZONING DISTRICTS
- Sec. 31-534.- Downtown districts generally.
- Sec. 31-535. - Building standards for all downtown districts.
- Sec. 31-536. - Regulations for each downtown zoning district.
- Sec. 31-537. - Frontage standards.
- Sec. 31-538. - Civic open spaces.
- Sec. 31-539. - Downtown parking and access.
- Sec. 31-540. - Redevelopment design areas.
ARTICLE VI
SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections
- Sec. 31-541.- General application.
- Sec. 31-542. - Accessory uses, buildings and structures permitted.
- Sec. 31-543. - Churches.
- Sec. 31-544. - Child care, daycare and other preschool facilities.
- Sec. 31-545. - Home occupations.
- Sec. 31-546. - Swimming pools.
- Sec. 31-547. - Walls and fences.
- Sec. 31-548. - Miscellaneous yard, height and use regulations.
- Sec. 31-549. - Temporary labor employment office.
- Sec. 31-550. - Pawn shop.
- Sec. 31-551 - Principal arterial design standards overlay.
- Sec. 31-552. - Bars, saloons, taverns, cocktail lounges, or nightclubs.
- Sec. 31-553. - Fireworks and sparklers.
- Sec. 31-554. - Advertising within the City of Riviera Beach.
- Sec. 31-555. - Recycling center.
- Sec. 31-556. - Recycling facility.
- Sec. 31-557. - Residential docks.
- Sec. 31-558. - Portable storage containers.
- Sec. 31-559. - Medical marijuana.
- Sec. 31-560. - Community residences and recovery communities—purpose.
- Sec. 31-561. - Standards for community residences.
- Sec. 31-562. - Standards for recovery communities.
- Sec. 31-563. - Standards for non-residential medical uses.
ARTICLE VII
OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING4
Sections
- Sec. 31-566.- General requirement; definition.
- Sec. 31-567. - Driveways.
- Sec. 31-568. - Location of off-street parking spaces.
- Sec. 31-569. - Landscaping.
- Sec. 31-570. - Construction.
- Sec. 31-571. - Maintenance.
- Sec. 31-572. - Drainage.
- Sec. 31-573. - Plan approval.
- Sec. 31-574. - Nuisance prevention.
- Sec. 31-575. - Mixed uses in one building.
- Sec. 31-576. - Design standards.
- Sec. 31-577. - Off-street parking ratios.
- Sec. 31-578. - Table depicting off-street loading ratios.
- Sec. 31-579. - Supplemental regulations.
- Sec. 31-580. - Off-site valet parking.
ARTICLE VIII
FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS5
Sections
- Sec. 31-596.- Purpose.
- Sec. 31-597. - Definitions.
- Sec. 31-598. - Applicability.
- Sec. 31-599. - Exemptions.
- Sec. 31-600. - General provisions.
- Sec. 31-601. - Appropriate plant selection, location, and arrangement.
- Sec. 31-602. - Landscape plan and irrigation plan requirements.
- Sec. 31-603. - Installation and maintenance guarantee.
- Sec. 31-604. - Standards for preservation of native vegetation areas.
- Sec. 31-605. - Plant material standards and installation requirements.
- Sec. 31-606. - Landscape maintenance.
- Sec. 31-607. - Maintenance of sidewalk areas as public right-of-way.
- Sec. 31-608. - Buffer setbacks for multifamily development, commercial and other nonresidential.
- Sec. 31-609. - Development landscaping requirements.
- Sec. 31-610. - Parking areas for multifamily and all nonresidential developments.
- Sec. 31-611. - Turf areas.
- Sec. 31-612. - Efficient irrigation.
- Sec. 31-613. - Soils.
- Sec. 31-614. - Yard waste management, composting and use of mulches.
- Sec. 31-615. - Fertilizer and pesticide management.
- Sec. 31-616. - Shoreline considerations.
- Sec. 31-617. - Volunteer plants.
- Sec. 31-618. - Violations, enforcement and penalty.
- Sec. 31-619. - Hardship relief.
- Sec. 31-620. - Informational material.
- Sec. 31-621. - Conflicts and relationships to other laws.
ARTICLE X
- CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC FACILITY CAPACITY
Sections
- Sec. 31-711.- Adequacy of public facilities and services.
- Sec. 31-712. - Level of service standards.
- Sec. 31-713. - Concurrency review procedures.
- Sec. 31-714. - Concurrency monitoring system.
- Sec. 31-715. - Table of daily trip generation rates.
- Sec. 31-716. - Table of potable water design flows.
- Sec. 31-717. - Table of sanitary sewer design flows.
- Sec. 31-718. - Table of solid waste generation rates.
ARTICLE XI
WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES TOWER AND ANTENNA SITING
Sections
- Sec. 31-726.- Title.
- Sec. 31-727. - Purpose.
- Sec. 31-728. - Definitions.
- Sec. 31-729. - Wireless service facility use regulations; applicability.
- Sec. 31-730. - Application: Site plan submission and review requirements.
- Sec. 31-731. - General requirements.
- Sec. 31-732. - Siting alternatives hierarchy.
- Sec. 31-733. - Co-location requirements.
- Sec. 31-734. - New tower requirements.
- Sec. 31-735. - Variance provisions.
- Sec. 31-736. - Protection of the city and its residents.
- Sec. 31-737. - Penalties.