(a)

Purpose and intent. The purpose of a parks and recreation district is to insure that areas of the city are preserved for park, open space, and recreational purposes for the benefit of the residents or maintained as open space due to their environmental sensitivity and benefit to the overall environment whether publicly or privately owned.

(b)

Permitted uses.

(1)

Public parks and recreational facilities;

(2)

Publicly- or privately-owned cemeteries and tree nurseries;

(3)

Privately-owned parks and recreational facilities which are restricted to use by residents in a particular subdivision or neighborhood area;

(4)

Conservation lands, wetlands and floodplain areas.

(c)

Conditional uses. The following uses may be permitted as conditional uses following review by the planning and zoning commission and approval by the city commission in accordance with the provisions of this article. See section 58-90, conditional uses.

(1)

Publicly- or privately-owned recreational facilities such as swimming pools, tennis facilities or clubs, golf courses, country clubs, etc.;

(2)

Privately-owned parks and recreational facilities which are restricted to use by residents in a particular subdivision only;

(3)

Buildings over 10,000 square feet or any addition over 500 square feet to an existing building over 10,000 square feet or additions over 500 square feet to existing buildings that result in a building over 10,000 square feet in size.

(d)

Accessory uses that may be permitted. The city commission, following a public hearing, may approve the development of, operation of, and the location of, the following accessory and ancillary commercial uses within publicly- or privately-owned recreational facilities and clubs. The commission shall base its decision on impacts to the surrounding area in terms of noise, night lighting, overflow parking, and traffic. These uses, when privately owned, must be primarily for the use of the members of the private facility or club. These accessory uses, when privately owned and operated, are not intended for use by the general public as revenue generators to offset costs of operating and sustaining their primary function as private recreation facilities. Publicly-owned recreational facilities may be open to the general public, if approved by the city as a rental facility. The city commission may recommend conditions of approval to ensure these accessory commercial uses are in harmony with the surrounding neighborhood. Only the following uses are allowed:

(1)

Restaurants for the use of the members or users of the recreational facility;

(2)

Retail shop related to the on-site recreational activity, such as golf pro shop at a golf course, tennis pro shop at a tennis club for the use of the members or users of the recreational facility;

(3)

Fitness center or health club for the use of the members or users of the recreational facility;

(e)

Development standards.

(1)

Any buildings or structures erected within this district shall be approved by the city commission following a public hearing after receiving recommendations from the planning director and/or the parks and recreation director. The city commission may elect to refer such decisions to the planning and zoning commission or parks and recreation board for recommendations prior to their final deliberations. It shall be the goal of the city commission to encourage the use of the publicly- and privately-owned recreational facilities while minimizing to the maximum extent possible any adverse impacts on adjacent residential areas from overflow parking, traffic, noise and night lighting.

(2)

Any building constructed within this district shall adhere to the following minimum or required setbacks for front, rear and side yards. The front setback from all streets shall be a minimum of ten feet from the property line. Side yard setbacks shall be a minimum of ten feet from each property line to any nonresidentially-zoned parcels and 20 feet to any residentially-zoned parcels. Rear yard setbacks shall be a minimum of 20 feet from each property line to any nonresidentially-zoned parcels and 35 feet to any residentially-zoned parcel. Based upon the size and scale of the building or structure, the city commission may impose greater setbacks as would be compatible with the characteristics of the adjacent properties.

(3)

The maximum floor area ratio and building lot coverage shall be 20 percent for active recreational facilities and ten percent for passive recreational facilities. The maximum floor area ratios outlined above are not an entitlement and are not achievable in all situations. Many factors may limit the achievable floor area ratio, including limitations imposed by the maximum height map, concurrency management/level of service standards, physical limitations imposed by property dimensions and natural features as well as compliance with applicable Code requirements such as, but not limited to, parking and internal circulation, setbacks, landscaping requirements, impervious lot coverage, design standards and on-site and off-site improvements and design amenities required to achieve land use compatibility. Land located across a street and/or separated from the building site shall not be included in the floor area ratio calculations.

(4)

Building heights shall not exceed two story height limits and the maximum building height shall be 45 feet for buildings. Parapet walls or mansard roofs functioning as parapet walls on flat roofed buildings may be added to the permitted building height but in no case shall extend more than five feet above the height limits in this subsection. Mechanical penthouses, mechanical and air conditioning equipment, elevator/stair towers shall not extend more than ten feet above the height limits in this subsection. Architectural appendages, embellishments and other architectural features may be permitted to exceed the roof heights specified in this section, on a limited basis, encompassing no more than 30 percent of the building roof length and area, up to eight feet of additional height, upon approval of the city commission, based on a finding that said features are compatible with adjacent properties.

(5)

Whenever the rear or side property lines within this district share a common property line with parcels zoned residential, either a solid wall or fence (other than wood) shall be provided along the entire common line. The wall or fence shall be six feet in height; except that such wall or fence shall be only three feet in height from the front setback line of the adjoining parcel to the front property line of the adjoining parcel.

(Ord. No. 2796-10, § 1(Exh. A), 2-22-10; Ord. No. 2849-11, § 11, 9-12-11; Ord. No. 3098-17, § 1, 12-11-17)