A.

Purpose. The Recreation and Open Space District is intended to provide for the open space, recreation and cultural needs of the City. The uses within this district shall be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan Recreation and Open Space Element and Future Land Use Map category.

B.

Uses permitted. 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)

Open space and recreational areas.

(2)

Boat ramps and docks.

(3)

Outdoor cultural, educational and civic facilities.

(4)

Parks, public and private.

(5)

Waterways.

(6)

Uses that is customarily incidental and accessory to the above principal uses when located on the same plot.

C.

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: The maximum floor area ratio shall be 2.0.

(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.