A.

Purpose. The Community Facilities (CF) District is intended for federal, state and local government activities, public health, recreational, cultural, religious or educational activities, transportation facilities, public facilities and utilities and other similar facilities that generally serve and benefit the community. To assure compatibility with adjacent residential areas, for any particular location of a mapped CF district, residential/care uses are permitted to a maximum density equal to that of the lowest permitted residential density of all adjoining districts. CF Districts may be applied to all lands except those designated Conservation (CNS) on the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan.

B.

Permitted uses. No building or structure, or part thereof, within the district shall be erected, altered or used, or land used in whole or in part for other than one or more of the following specific uses, subject to all other applicable standards and requirements contained in this chapter:

(1)

Auditoriums, libraries, cultural centers, museums and galleries related to the fine arts; neighborhood or community centers.

(2)

Schools, primary and secondary public or private educational facilities, colleges and universities, public and private, including business colleges, and trade schools.

(3)

Religious facilities, churches, synagogues, temples or other places of worship and religious assembly.

(4)

Government owned facilities.

(5)

Structures and uses relating to the general operation of municipal facilities and public utilities requiring locations within the City, provided the facility housing the utilities incorporates, at the utility company's expense, a municipal sign or structure.

(6)

Uses that are customarily incidental and accessory to the above principal uses.

C.

Conditional uses.

(1)

Governmentally sponsored or subsidized residential/care facilities for the aged and/or handicapped, nursing homes, convalescent homes, congregate living facilities, foster care homes and orphanages.

D.

Site development standards.

(1)

Minimum lot size: 10,000 square feet.

(2)

Minimum lot width: 75 feet.

(3)

Maximum height: 120 feet.

(4)

Maximum intensity/density:

(a)

For residential/care uses: 25 dwelling units per acre.

(b)

For all other uses the maximum floor area ratio shall be 2.0 for all uses.

(5)

Minimum setbacks.

(a)

Front: 20 feet plus one foot for each three feet of building height over 35 feet up to a maximum of 50. Along Sunny Isles Boulevard, the front setback shall be ten feet.

(b)

Side: Ten feet plus one foot for each two feet of building height over 35 feet up to a maximum of 50 feet.

(c)

Side street: 15 feet plus one foot for each two feet of building height over 35 feet up to a maximum of 50 feet.

(d)

Rear: 15 feet plus one foot for each three feet of building height over 35 feet up to a maximum of 50.

E.

Exemptions. Permitted uses set forth in Subsections B(4), (5) and (6) are exempt from the site development standards set forth in Subsection D hereinabove.

(Amended 11-20-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-186)