Division 14. RFM Resort Facilities Medium District.

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Section 14.1. Purpose and intent.

The RFM Resort Facilities Medium District is intended for areas designated within the RFM Resort Facilities Medium land use category on the Future Land Use Maps. Certain other structures and uses required to serve governmental, religious and non-commercial recreational needs of such areas may be permitted, subject to restrictions and requirements intended to preserve the character of such district.

Section 14.2. Permitted principal uses and structures.

Subject to the provisions or restrictions contained in this section and elsewhere in this code, permitted uses and structures in the RFM Resort Facilities Medium District are as follows.

(a) Clinics.

(b) Clubs, community service.

(c) Clubs, private.

(d) Eating and drinking establishments – Bar (cocktail lounge, saloon) or sit-down restaurant.

(e) Financial institutions without drive-through service.

(f) Kennels without outdoor runs.

(g) Laundries, self-service.

(h) Offices.

(i) Printing and copying services.

(j) Residential dwellings – Multifamily only.

(k) Retail sales.

(l) Services, personal/business.

(m) Social service agencies.

(n) Transient accommodations – Bed and breakfast inn, hotel or motel, or resort condominiums.

(o) Veterinarians.

Section 14.3. Permitted accessory uses and structures.

(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 14.5.

(b) Home occupations, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 6.5 of this code.

(c) Docks, including tie poles, in conformance with the provisions of Section 6.23 and other applicable codes and ordinances of the city, county or state.

(d) Temporary structures under the provisions of Section 6.11, Supplemental Regulations, of this code.

Section 14.4. Allowable conditional uses.

Subject to the provisions or restrictions contained in this section and elsewhere in this code, allowable conditional uses in the RFM Resort Facilities Medium District are as follows.

(a) Assisted living facilities.

(b) Automotive rental agencies.

(c) Automotive service stations.

(d) Places of worship.

(e) Commercial water sports.

(f) Communications facilities.

(g) Daycare centers/kindergartens.

(h) Docks, commercial – Classes A, B and C.

(i) Eating and drinking establishment – Fast food, beach bar and outdoor restaurant

(j) Financial institutions with drive-through service.

(k) Kennels with outdoor runs.

(l) Laundry, dry cleaning.

(m) Parking lots, commercial and/or off-premise.

(n) Recreational – Commercial recreation; public parks and/or recreational facilities.

(o) Recycling centers.

(p) Schools – Public, private and/or commercial.

(q) Services, commercial/business.

(r) Utility substations and/or rights-of-way.

(s) Vehicle for hire businesses.

(t) Vessel for hire businesses.

Section 14.5. Prohibited uses and structures.

All uses and structures not of a nature specifically or provisionally permitted herein are hereby prohibited in the RFM Resort Facilities Medium District.

Any use which has been determined under the provisions of Chapter 46 of the Code of Ordinances to be potentially noxious, dangerous or offensive to residents of the district or to those who pass by on public roadways or likely for other reasons to be incompatible with the character of the district, is hereby prohibited in the RFM Resort Facilities Medium District.

Section 14.6. Minimum zoning lot requirements.

The maximum residential density permitted in the RFM Resort Facilities Medium District shall not exceed 15 units per acre. The maximum transient accommodation density permitted shall not exceed 30 transient units. The minimum lot area and width requirements in the RFM Resort Facilities Medium District are as follows:

(a) Multi-family dwellings.

(1) Lot area: 2,904 square feet for each dwelling unit.

(2) Lot width: 50 feet.

(b) Transient accommodations.

Hotels and motels:

(1) Lot area: 1,452 square feet for each transient accommodation unit, plus the required lot area determined under the requirements of Section 14.11 for portions of the development allocated to retail sales, office space, restaurants, meeting or conference rooms, fitness facilities and other support facilities pursuant to Section 6.6 of this code.

(2) Lot width: 50 feet.

Bed and breafast inns:

See Section 6.2 of this code.

Resort condominiums.

(1) Maximum size: Each unit within a resort condominium shall be no larger than 600 square feet in area. Units larger than 600 square feet shall be counted as one unit for each 600 square feet therein or portion thereof.

(2) Lot area: 1,452 square feet for each condominium unit.

(3) Lot width: 50 feet.

(c) All other uses. The lot area and width requirements stated below shall be considered the minimum standards; however, the requirements may be modified by the city under the site plan review process to fit the specific use.

(1) Lot area: 5,000 sq. ft.

(2) Lot width: 50 feet.

Section 14.7. Minimum yard requirements.

The minimum yard requirements for principal structures in the RFM Resort Facilities Medium District are as required in this section. No structures shall be permitted seaward of the city’s Coastal Construction and Excavation Setback Line.

(a) Multi-family dwellings.

(1) Front yard: 50 feet.

(2) Secondary front yard: 25 feet.

(3) Side yard: 10 percent of the lot width; minimum 10 feet.

(4) Rear yard: 20 feet.

(5) A minimum of 30 percent of the total required yard areas shall be maintained as green space.

(b) Transient accommodations facilities.

(1) Front yard: 50 feet.

(2) Secondary front yard: 25 feet.

(3) Side yard: 10 percent of the lot width; minimum 10 feet.

(4) Rear yard: 20 feet.

(5) A minimum of 30 percent of the total required yard areas shall be maintained as green space.

(c) All other uses. The yard requirements stated below shall be considered the minimum standards; however, the requirements may be modified by the city under the site plan review process to fit the specific use.

(1) Front yard: 50 feet.

(2) Secondary front yard: 25 feet.

(3) Side yard: 10 percent of the lot width; minimum 10 feet.

(4) Rear yard: 20 feet.

Section 14.8. Maximum height of structures.

The maximum height for all structures shall be 50 feet.

Section 14.9. Minimum off-street parking requirements.

[Superseded: See Division 23]

Section 14.10. Landscaping required.

All uses shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions of Division 22 of this code.

Section 14.11. Maximum floor area ratio.

Maximum floor area ratio (FAR) for non-residential uses: 0.65

Section 14.12. Maximum impervious surface ratio.

The lot area used in the calculation of the maximum impervious surface ratio shall exclude any portion of the property lying Gulfward of the city’s Coastal Construction and Excavation Setback Line.

Maximum impervious surface ratio (ISR) for residential and transient accommodation uses: 0.70

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