Division 19. TU Transportation/Utility District.

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Section 19.1. Purpose and intent.

The TU Transportation/Utility District is intended for those areas designated within the T/U Transportation/Utility land use category on the Future Land Use Maps.

Section 19.2. Allowable conditional uses.

Subject to the provisions or restrictions contained in this section and elsewhere in this code, allowable conditional uses in the TU Transportation/Utility District are as follows.

(a) Public infrastructure facilities.

(b) Utility substations and rights-of-way.

Section 19.3. Prohibited uses and structures.

All uses and structures not of a nature specifically or provisionally permitted herein are hereby prohibited in the TU Transportation/Utility 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 TU Transportation/Utility District.

Section 19.4. Minimum zoning lot requirements.

The minimum lot area and width requirements in the TU Transportation/Utility District shall be determined under the conditional use and site plan approval process pursuant to Division 4 of this code.

Section 19.5. Minimum yard requirements.

The minimum yard requirements in the TU Transportation/Utility District are as determined under the conditional use approval process pursuant of Division 4 of this code.

Section 19.6. Maximum height of structures.

The maximum height for all structures shall be 50 feet.

Section 19.7. Minimum off-street parking requirements.

[Superseded: See Division 23]

Section 19.8. Maximum floor area ratio.

Maximum floor area ratio (FAR) for non-residential uses: 0.70

Section 19.9. 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 non-residential uses: 0.90