The AC Activity Center District is intended to support a high intensity of commercial development and secondary residential uses. Design features such as inter-parcel access and pedestrian facilities should be utilized to promote the functional integration of redevelopment sites.

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11)

Subject to the provisions or restrictions contained in this section and elsewhere in this Code, permitted uses and structures in the AC Activity Center District are as follows.

(a)

Grocery stores, markets, pharmacies with or without drive through service;

(b)

Automotive rental agencies;

(c)

Automotive service stations;

(d)

Car wash facilities;

(e)

Clinics;

(f)

Clubs, community service;

(g)

Clubs, private;

(h)

Doctor's offices and medical clinics;

(i)

Eating and drinking establishments with or without outdoor dining and/or drinking areas that do not provide for outdoor music, subject to section 6.24 of this Code as may be applicable;

(j)

Financial institutions with or without drive-through service;

(k)

Kennels without outdoor runs;

(l)

Laundries, self-service;

(m)

Office uses;

(n)

Printing and copying services;

(o)

Retail uses;

(p)

Government buildings and other public facilities, including parks and recreation facilities;

(q)

Personal service businesses such as barbershops, beauty shops and salons, day spas, gyms and fitness centers, tailoring, garment alteration and repair, shoe repair, dry cleaning drop-off and pick-up and other personal service uses similar in character and impact;

(r)

Private, specialized instruction, such as computer training, real estate courses, self-improvement classes, career training or fitness instruction;

(s)

Social service agencies;

(t)

Veterinarians and pet grooming facilities;

(u)

Multi-family residential only as a component of retail mixed-use development;

(v)

Artist studios and art galleries;

(w)

Vehicle for hire;

(x)

Marine electronics, sales, and service; and

(y)

Other commercial uses similar in character, nature and impact to permitted uses listed above.

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11; Ord. No. 2020-24, § 2, 12-1-20)

(a)

Uses and structures, as regulated in sections 6.12 and 6.13, which are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted or permissible uses and structures and are not of a nature prohibited under section 38.5.

(b)

Home occupations, subject to the conditions set forth in section 6.5 of this Code.

(c)

Electric vehicle charging stations.

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11)

Subject to the provisions or restrictions contained in this section and elsewhere in this Code, allowable conditional uses in the AC Activity Center District are as follows:

(a)

Assisted living facilities;

(b)

Charter and tour boat operations;

(c)

Commercial developments with a gross square footage of greater than 25,000;

(d)

Communication facilities;

(e)

Docks, commercial—Classes A, B, C, and D;

(f)

Eating and drinking establishments with outdoor dining and/or drinking areas that provide for outdoor music, roof dining and/or drinking areas, subject to section 6.24 of this Code as may be applicable;

(g)

Kennels with outdoor runs;

(h)

Off-premises parking lot and/or structure;

(i)

Commercial parking structure;

(j)

Theatres;

(k)

Vessel for hire businesses; and

(l)

Subject to the provisions or restrictions contained in this section and elsewhere in this Code, temporary lodging units may be allocated from a density pool via a conditional use as follows:

40 temporary lodging uses per acre, not to exceed a total of either 50 units per project or the density pool allocated in the Comprehensive Plan (325 available units for potential use in the Town Center Core Corey Circle, Coquina West, Activity Center, and Bayou Residential Districts), with a maximum 1.0 floor area ratio on a minimum one (1) acre buildable site. To qualify for mixed use densities and intensities, a minimum of 10 temporary lodging units, mixed with a minimum of 0.35 floor area ratio for commercial or office uses, is required. Proposals to draw from the temporary lodging unit density pool shall be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, with evaluation through criteria specified in this Code.

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11; Ord. No. 2015-03, § 8, 5-26-15; Ord. No. 2017-07, § 2, 6-13-17; Ord. No. 2017-30, § 2, 2-27-18; Ord. No. 2020-14, § 2, 9-28-20; Ord. No. 2020-24, § 2, 12-1-20)

All uses and structures not of a nature specifically or provisionally permitted herein are hereby prohibited in the AC Activity Center District.

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11)

Commercial mixed with residential or temporary lodging uses may be mixed horizontally under the following conditions:

(a)

Neither the commercial nor the residential/temporary lodging use may exceed 40 feet in height;

(b)

The development site is a minimum of one acre in size;

(c)

The commercial and residential uses shall have internal pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular circulation.

Other development standards are contained in Division 39, Community Redevelopment District Standards.

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11)

(a)

Exclusively non-residential development shall not exceed a maximum FAR of 0.75.

(b)

Residential density of up to 15 dwelling units per acre combined, except as may be provided for in section 39.18 of this Code, or 40 temporary lodging uses per acre, not to exceed a total of 50 units per project nor the density pool allocated, with a maximum 1.0 floor area ratio on a minimum one (1) acre buildable site. To qualify for mixed use densities and intensities, a minimum of four (4) residential units, or 10 temporary lodging units, mixed with a minimum of 0.35 floor area ratio for commercial or office uses shall be required; or

(c)

Mixed-use projects may have up to 18 units per acre combined with 1.0 FAR if the project site is a minimum of four (4) acres, except as may be provided for in section 39.18 of this Code. Projects must have a residential density of at least four (4) units per acre to be defined as mixed-use for the purposes of this standard.

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11; Ord. No. 2020-14, § 2, 9-28-20)

(a)

Twenty-eight (28) feet for exclusively commercial or office development;

(b)

Forty (40) feet for a structures containing non-residential uses on the first floor with secondary residential or temporary lodging uses above on a minimum one (1) acre parcel;

(c)

Eighty-six (86) feet, for a structure containing non-residential uses on the first floor with secondary residential uses above on a minimum parcel size of four (4) acres or more.

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11)

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11)

Maximum impervious surface ratio (ISR) for exclusively non-residential uses: 0.85

Maximum impervious surface ratio (ISR) for mixed residential/temporary lodging use: 0.70

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11)

Shall be in accordance with the requirements of Division 23 of the Land Development Code, Off Street Parking and Loading. Parking shall not be located in front of the building, but may be placed to the side or rear.

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11)

Shall be in accordance with the requirements of Division 22 of the Land Development Code, Landscaping and Tree Protection.

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11)

Shall be in accordance with the requirements of Division 39.

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11)

Shall be in accordance with Division 26.

(Ord. No. 2010-21, § 1(Exh. A), 11-22-11)