HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-11 Land Development Regulations for I-1 Light Industrial Zoning District•
•
ORDINANCE NO. 2015-11
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING APPENDIX A,
"APPEARANCE PLAN," AND APPENDIX C (CHAPTER 45), "ZONING," OF
THE VILLAGE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADOPT LAND DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS FOR THE I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT;
AMENDING SECTION III OF THE APPEARANCE PLAN TO INCLUDE THE
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT; AMENDING SECTION 45-21,
"TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA AND ANTENNA TOWERS," TO
ALLOW SUCH FACILITIES WITHIN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT;
CREATING A NEW SECTION 45-38, "I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT," TO
PROVIDE FOR DEFINITIONS, PERMITTED AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES
AND FOR ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS APPLICABLE
THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, through the adoption of Ordinance No. 2009-12, the Village Council
amended the Village's Comprehensive Plan to incorporate a Light Industrial/Business land use
classification; and
WHEREAS, through the adoption of Ordinance No. 2010-19, the Village assigned seven
recently annexed parcels of property totaling approximately 4.64 acres, located north of
Richard Road and west of the Florida East Coast Railway right-of-way, a future land use designation
of Light Industrial; and
WHEREAS, as required by Section 163.3202, Florida Statutes, the Village wishes to adopt
land development regulations to implement the Light Industrial/Business land use classification; and
WHEREAS, on December 2, 2014, the Village Planning Commission, sitting as the
Local Planning Agency, determined that the proposed land development regulations were
consistent with the Village Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council, having conducted duly advertised public hearings and
given this matter due consideration, determines that the adoption of this Ordinance is in the best
interests of the residents and citizens of the Village of North Palm Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE
OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing "whereas" clauses are hereby ratified and incorporated herein.
Page 1 of 25
Section 2. The Village Council hereby amends Appendix C, "Appearance Plan," of the
Village Code of Ordinances by amending Section III to read as follows (additional language underlined):
SECTION III AREAS OF JURISDICTION
AREAS AND ELEMENTS UNDER JURISDICTION
The jurisdictional areas of the Appearance Board are all areas within the Village
of North Palm Beach that are zoned:
R1 SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT — Applies to all
usages except single family and their normal accessory buildings
R2 MULTIPLE -FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
R3 APARTMENT DWELLING DISTRICT
CA COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
CIA LIMITED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
CB COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
Cl NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
C2 AUTOMOTIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
C3 REGIONAL PUBLIC DISTRICT
P PUBLIC DISTRICT
C-OS CONSERVATION AND OPEN SPACE
CC TRANSITIONAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
NBOZ NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
Section 3. The Village Council hereby amends Article II, "Generally," of Appendix C
(Chapter 45), "Zoning," of the Village Code of Ordinances by amending Section 45-21,
"Telecommunications Antenna and Antenna Towers," to read as follows (additional language underlined):
Sec. 43-21. Telecommunications antenna and antenna towers.
Antenna and/or antenna towers owned and operated subject to the
provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 may be located and
constructed in accordance with the following provisions:
***
(2) New free standing towers/antennas locations and new
tower/antenna locations which do not conform to section 45-1 of
this article may only be allowed by special exception granted by
the village council subject to the following criteria:
***
Page 2 of 25
•
•
b. New freestanding tower/antenna locations and new
tower/antenna locations will be considered only after the
applicant for an antenna or antenna tower has to the fullest
extent practicable, demonstrated to the village council that
all existing structures either will not accommodate an
antenna installation or are not available for an antenna or
antenna tower installation. If an antenna or antenna tower
cannot be located on any existing structure without
unreasonably compromising the antenna tower's signal
reception or transmission capability or unreasonably
compromising the communication system's capability, the
village council will next consider in the following order of
preference, alternate properties and zoning districts:
1. I-1, light industrial district
2. C-2, general commercial district
3. COS, conservation and open space district
4. P, public district
5. C-1, neighborhood commercial or C-3 regional
business district
6. CA, CB or CIA, restricted or limited commercial district
7. R3, apartment dwelling district
* * *
Section 4. The Village Council hereby amends Article III, "District Regulations," of
Appendix C (Chapter 45), "Zoning," of the Village Code of Ordinances by creating a new
Section 45-38, "I-1 Light industrial district," to read as follows (additional language underlined):
Section 45.38. I-1 Light industrial district
A. Intent. The purpose and intent of the I-1 light industrial district is
to implement the Light Industrial/Business future land use category, as established
in the Village of North Palm Beach Comprehensive Plan. The I-1 district provides
areas in appropriate locations for certain types of businesses, light manufacturing,
processing or fabrication of non -objectionable products not involving the use of
material, processes or machinery likely to cause undesirable effects upon the
environment or on nearby or adjacent residential or commercial properties.
Page 3 of 25
•
•
B. Definitions. The following definitions shall be used for the purposes
of the I-1 light industrial district:
Azriculture, Research and Development: The use of land or building s for
agriculture research and the cultivation of new agricultural products.
Art Studio: An establishment used in the practice of artistic pursuits, including,
but not limited to, instruction, for fine arts, music, photography, painting, sculpture.
drama, speech, and dance.
Assisted Living Facility: A facility licensed by the agency for health care
administration which provides housing, meals and personal care and services to
adults for a period exceeding twenty-four (24) hours, as defined in s. 429.02, F.S.,
as amended.
Auto Paint and Body Shop: An establishment engaged in thepaintingof
motor vehicles or performance of major external repairs of a non -mechanical nature.
Auto Service Station: An establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale
of gasoline or motor fuels. An auto service station may include accessory activities
such as the sale of vehicle accessories or supplies, the lubrication of motor vehicles,
the minor adjustment or minor repair of motor vehicles, the sale of convenience
food items, or an accessory restaurant.
Broadcast Studio: An establishment primarily engaged in broadcasting
visual or aural programs by radio or television to the public including. but not
limited to, providing cable and other television services, producing recorded television
or radio program materials, and broadcasting commercial. religious, educational
and education -based television and radio programming.
Building Supplies: An establishment engaged in the fabrication and/or sale
of products to contractors for the construction, maintenance, repair and improvement
of real property.
Butcher Shop: An establishment dealing in the dressing and/or retail or
wholesale of meat, poultry or fish.
Car Wash: A permanent establishment engaged in washing or detailing
motor vehicles, which may involve production line methods with a conveyor,
blower, or other mechanical devices, and which may employ some hand labor.
Detailing includes hand washing and waxing, striping, and interior cleaning.
Catering Service: An establishment where food and beverages are
prepared and delivered for consumption off the premises. A catering service may
also provide personnel, serving equipment, and decorations.
Chipping and Mulching: An establishment using equipment designed to
cut tree limbs, brush or wood construction debris into small pieces for use as mulch.
Page 4 of 25
•
•
Commercial Greenhouse: An establishment having roofs and walls made
of rolled plastic or similar materials used for the indoor cultivation of plants,
which may include hydroponic farming.
Communications Panel Antennas, Commercial: A tower with the principal
use of facilitating transmissions for AM/FM radio, television, microwave and
cellular telephone and includes transmission towers, antennas and accessory
equipment and structures.
Community Vegetable Garden: A plot of land used primarily as a
vegetable garden, which is cultivated and harvested by a group of residents from
the surrounding area.
Data and Information Processink: An establishment used for business
offices of an industrial nature, including, but not limited to, corporate centers,
mail processing and telemarketing centers. Such uses are generally not frequented
by the general public.
Day care center: An establishment that provides care, protection and
supervision for children when licensed by the Palm Beach County Health Department,
or adults when licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration, not related
by blood or marriage or foster care responsibility, for a period of less than 24 hours
per day. Day care does not include nighttime or overnight care.
Dispatching Office: An establishment providing services off -site to households
and businesses using land -based communications. Typical uses include janitorial
services, pest control services, and taxi, limousine, and ambulance services.
Doe Daycare: An establishment providing daytime care and training for
domestic dogs.
Farmers Market: An establishment providing the wholesale sale of
farm produce.
Film Production Studio: The use of a lot or building for the production of
films, videos or other recordings for exhibition or sale.
Fitness Center: An enclosed building or structure containing multi -use facilities
for conducting recreational activities such as aerobic exercises, weight lifting,
running, swimming, racquetball, handball, and squash. This use shall also include
instructional studios, such as dance studios and karate schools. A fitness center may
also include the following customary accessory activities as long as they are intended
for the use of the members of the center and not for the general public: babysitting,
food service. and the service of alcoholic beverages for on premises consumption.
Food Service establishment: Any building, vehicle, place or structure, or
any room or division in a building, vehicle, place or structure where food is prepared,
served, or sold for immediate consumption on or in the vicinity of the premises;
called for or taken out by customers: or prepared prior to being delivered to another
location for consumption.
Page 5 of 25
Food truck: A mobile food dispensing vehicle that is self-propelled and
capable of being moved from place to place and where food and beverages are
consumed off -premises.
Governmental Services: Buildings or facilities owned or operated by a
government entity and providing services for the public. Typical uses include
administrative offices for government agencies, public libraries, police stations,
public utilities and public works facilities.
Instructional studio: A commercial establishment providing training or instruction
for competition in martial arts, exercise, gymnastics, or related/similar activities.
Kennel (Commercial): A commercial establishment, including any building
or land, used for the training, boarding or grooming of domesticated animals
(e.g. dogs and cats) for profit and not necessarily owned by the occupants of
the premises.
Landscape Service: An establishment engaged in the provision of
landscape maintenance or installation services, such as lawn mowing, tree, shrub
or hedge trimming. leaf blowing. landscape design, and landscape installation.
Laundry Services: An establishment that provides washing, drying,
dry-cleaning, or ironing machines for hire to be used by customers on the
premises. or that is engaged in providing laundry and dry cleaning services with
customer drop-off and pick-up.
Machine or Welding Shop: A workshop where machines, machine parts,
or other metal products are fabricated. Typical uses include machine shops.
welding shops and sheet metal shops.
Manufacturing and Processing (Light): An establishment engaged in the
manufacture, predominately from previously prepared materials, of finished products
or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment and packaging of
such products, and incidental storage, sales and distribution of such products, but
excluding heavy industrial processing. Typical uses include factories, large-scale
production, wholesale distribution, publishing and food processing.
Medical and Dental Laboratory: A facility for the construction or repair of
prosthetic devices or medical testing exclusively on the written order of a licensed
member of the dental or medical profession and not for the general public.
Medical or Dental Office: An establishment where patients, who are not
lodged overnight, are admitted for examination or treatment by persons practicing any
form of healing or health -building services whether such persons be medical doctors,
chiropractors, osteopaths, podiatrists, naturopaths, optometrists, dentists, or any such
profession. the practice of which is lawful in the State of Florida. A pain management
clinic shall not be considered a medical or dental office.
Monument Sales, Retail: An establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale
of monuments, such as headstones, footstones, markers, statues, obelisks, cornerstones,
gargoyles and ledges, for placement on graves. including indoor or outdoor storage.
Page 6 of 25
•
•
Nursery, Retail or Wholesale : An establishment offering the wholesale or
retail sale of horticultural specialties such as flowers, shrubs, sod, trees, mulch and
accessory hardscape materials, such as decorative stones, intended for ornamental
or landscaping purposes.
Office, Business or Professional: An establishment providing executive,
management, administrative, or professional services, but not involving medical
or dental services or the sale of merchandise, except as an incidental uses.
Typical uses include property and financial management firms, employment
agencies (other than day labor), travel agencies, advertising agencies, secretarial
and telephone services, contract post office: professional or consulting services in
the fields of law, architecture, design, engineering, accounting and similar professions:
and business offices of private companies, utility companies, public agencies, and
trade associations.
Park, Passive: A public or private outdoor recreation area relying on a
natural or man-made resource base and developed with a low intensity of impact on
the land. Typical uses include trail systems, wildlife management and demonstration
areas for historical, cultural, scientific, educational or other purposes that relate to
the natural qualities of the area, and support facilities for such activities.
Parking Lot or Parking Garage, Commercial: A lot used for temporary_
parking or storage for motor vehicles as a principal use for a fee.
Place of Worship: A sanctuary which may include a retreat, convent.
seminary or other similar use, owned or operated by a tax-exempt religious group
that is used periodically, primarily or exclusively for religious worship, activities
and related services.
Printing and Copying Services: An establishment engaged in retail photocopy ,
reproduction, or blueprinting services.
Repair and Maintenance, General: An establishment engaged in the repair
and maintenance of motor vehicles or other heavy equipment or machinery,
including automobiles, boats, motorcycles, personal watercraft and trucks, excluding
Paint and body work. Typical uses include vehicle repair garages, tune-up stations,
glass shops, quick-lube, and muffler shops.
Repair Services, Limited: An establishment engaged in the repair of
personal apparel or household appliances, furniture, and similar items, excluding
repair of motor vehicles. Typical uses include apparel repair and alterations,
small appliance repair, small motor repair (including golf carts, mopeds and lawn
mowers), bicycle repair, clock and watch repair, and shoe repair shops.
Page 7 of 25
•
•
Residential substance abuse treatment. An establishment that includes the
following licensed providers or facilities as specifically listed in Section 397.311(18),
Florida Statutes, providing overnight services: (a) day or night treatment with
community housing; (b) detoxification services; (c) medication -assisted treatment
for opiate addition; (d) outpatient treatment and intensive outpatient treatment
(e) additions receiving facility; (f) intensive inpatient treatment facility; and
(a) residential treatment facility. Residential substance abuse treatment providers
may also provide outpatient substance abuse treatment services.
Restaurant, fast food: An establishment equipped to sell food and
beverages by one of the following methods: drive -through sales to patrons in
automobiles for take-out who place orders through a window or remote
transmission device; or sales to patrons for take-out or dining in, that includes
three or more of the following: food or beverage choices are advertised on a menu
board; countertop sales where payment is made prior to consumption; disposable
containers and utensil; limited service dining facilities with no hostess or waiters;
and self-service or prepackaged condiments.
Restaurant. take out: An establishment where food and beverages are served
to be consumed off -premises.
Security or Caretaker Quarters: An accessory residence used by a caretaker
or security guard actively engaged in providing security, custodial or managerial
services upon the premises.
Self -Service Storage, Limited Access: A facility consisting of individual,
self-contained units that are leased for the storage of business or personal goods.
Transportation Facility: A facility for loading, unloading, and interchange
of passengers, baggage, and freight or package express between modes of
transportation. Typical uses include bus terminals, railroad stations and yards,
and major mail -processing centers.
Transportation Transfer Facility (Distribution): An establishment
providing for the transfer of transportation or other motorized vehicles, but not
involving vehicle sales or rental (retail or wholesale). Typical uses include the
transfer of automobiles, trucks, heavy equipment, or other motorized vehicles
prior to distribution to retail dealers.
Shade House: A temporary screen enclosure used to protect plants from
insects, heat and exposure to the sun.
Towing Service, No Storage: An establishment engaged in tow truck and
towing services, including dispatching, with no outdoor storage of vehicles, sales
or repairing or salvage activity.
Veterinary Clinic: An establishment engaged in providing medical care,
treatment and temporary boarding for animals.
Page 8 of 25
•
•
Vocational School: An establishment offering regularly scheduled instruction
in technical, commercial, or trade skills such as business, real estate, building and
construction trades, electronics, computer programming and technology, automotive
or aircraft mechanics and technology, or other type of vocational instruction.
Warehouse: A building used for the storage of raw materials, equipment,
or products. Typical uses include moving companies, cold storage, and dead storage
facilities, but exclude self-service storage facilities.
Wholesaling. General: An establishment engaged in the display,
maintaining inventories of goods, storage, distribution and sale of goods to other
firms for resale or supplying goods to various trades, such as landscapers,
construction contractors, institutions, industries, or professional businesses. In addition
to selling, wholesale establishments sort and grade goods in large lots, break bulk
and redistribute in smaller lots, delivery and refrigeration storage, but excluding
vehicle sales, wholesale greenhouses or nurseries, wholesale of gas and fuel, and
wholesale building supplies.
C. Uses permitted. Within any I-1 light industrial district, a building,
structure, land or water shall not be used except for one or more of the following uses:
[Remainder of page intentionally blank]
Page 9 of 25
•
Licht Industrial Use Matrix
Use Tvpe
Security or caretakers quarters
Art studio
Assisted living facility
Auto paint and body shoe_
Auto service station
Broadcast studio
Building supplies
Butcher shop
Car Wash
Catering service
Communications Panel Antennas
Daycare Center
Dispatching office
Dog daycare
Food service establishment
Food trucks
Instructional studio
Kennel, commercial
Landscape service
Laundry service
Medical or dental office
Monument sales, retail
Office, business or professional
Parking lot or parking garage commercial
Printing and copying services
Repair and maintenance, general
Repair services, limited
Residential substance abuse treatment
Restaurant, fast food
Restaurant, take out
Self-service storage
Towing service, no storage
Veterinary clinic
Vocational school
Agriculture, research and development
Commercial greenhouse
Community vegetable garden
Farmer's market, wholesale
Nursery, wholesale or retail
Shade house
SE
P
P
P
SE
P
SE
P
SE
P
SE
P
P
P
P
P
P
SE
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
SE
P
P
P
P
P
P
P_
P
P
Page 10 of 25
•
•
Light Industrial (I-1) District Use Matrix (continued)
Chipping and mulching
Data and information processing
Film production studio
Machine or welding shop
Manufacturing and processing, light
Medical and dental laboratory
Transportation facility
Transportation transfer facility, distribution
Warehouse
Wholesaling, general
Governmental services
Place of worship
Fitness center
Park, passive
SE
P
P
P
P
P_
SE
SE
P
P - Permitted by right
SE - Permitted subiect to special exception approval per Section 45-16.2
D. Supplemental use rezulations for select permitted or special
exception uses. Permitted or special exception uses in the I-1 district shall be
subiect to the following conditions.
1. Assisted living facility: The following shall apply:
a. Assisted living facilities shall be approved as a planned unit
development.
b. Each residential living area containing one (1) bed shall
have a minimum floor area of one hundred fifty (150)
square feet. An additional one hundred (100) square feet of
floor area shall be required for each additional bed provided
within the same residential living area.
c. The maximum number of beds allowed in an assisted living
facility shall be determined by multiplying the gross acreage
of the site by 47.28 beds per acre.
2. Auto paint and body shop: All activity, except detailing and car
washing shall be conducted within an enclosed structure. Use of
outdoor lifts, lacks, paint booths and similar equipment is prohibited.
Page 11 of 25
3. Building supplies: Limited retail sales of lumber and similar products
to consumers may be conducted only as an accessory use to the
primary wholesale use.
4. Butcher shop: The following shall apply:
a. Storaze and disposal: Outdoor storage or disposal of waste
or byproducts is not permitted.
b. Slau. hterink: Slaughtering, rendering and dressing shall be
prohibited.
5. Catering Service: The use shall be subiect to the following:
a. Catering shall be allowed as an accessory use to a restaurant.
b. The use of more than three delivery vehicles shall reauire
special exception approval.
6. Car wash: A car wash shall be allowed to utilize one canopy which
may be located in the rear yard with a minimum five-foot setback,
provided that it is not adiacent to a residential use.
7. Chipping and mulching:
a Lot size: A minimum of five acres.
b. Setback: A minimum of 500 feet from any property line
abutting a residential district.
c. Accessory uses: Potting soil manufacturing may be allowed
as an accessory use to chipping and mulching.
d. Access: Access shall be restricted to specific entrances
with gates that can be locked and that carry official notice
that only authorized persons are allowed on the site.
8. Communications panel antennas: Communications panel antennas
may be allowed subiect to Section 45-21 of this code.
Community vegetable garden:
a. Accessory structures: Accessory structures shall be limited
to 400 square feet.
b. Svravinz: Aerial application of fertilizer or pesticides is
prohibited.
c. Parkinz: Overnight narking shall be prohibited.
Page 12 of 25
d. Loading: All loading and unloading activities shall be
restricted to the site and shall not encroach into any setbacks.
e. Storage: Outdoor storage is prohibited. The storage of all
accessory equipment or products shall be contained within
an accessory structure.
10. Daycare center: The use shall be subiect to the following:
a. Day care does not include nighttime care (after 8:00 p.m.)
or overnight care.
b. Limited day care (6-20 children or adults) may be permitted
as an accessory use to a place of worship, vocational school
or government services use.
11. Dispatching office: A dispatching office shall be limited to no more
than three service or delivery vehicles unless specifically approved
by the Village Council as part of a Planned Unit Development.
12. Dog daycare:
a. Waste disposal: A dog daycare shall comply with each of
the following standards:
al Palm Beach County Environmental Control Rule
(ECR) 1 and ECR 2:
121
All applicable rules and regulations of the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP);
All applicable rules and regulations of the Palm Beach
County Health Department:
al All applicable rules and regulations of the Palm Beach
County Solid Waste Authority.
b. Number of dogs: The number of dogs permitted shall be
based upon the square footage of the facility pursuant to
Palm Beach County Animal Control Center limitations and
requirements.
c. Vehicle drop-off spaces: Vehicle drop-off spaces shall be
Provided and are subiect to the following standards: (1) at
least 3 drop-off spaces shall be provided for each 50 dogs
of approved capacity; and (2) drop-off spaces shall measure
not less than 12 feet by 20 feet.
Page 13 of 25
•
•
d. Outdoor runs: If used, outdoor runs or animal exercise areas
shall be located a minimum of 300 feet from a residential use
or zoning district, be hard surfaced or Grassed with drains
provided every ten feet and be connected to a central or
individual sanitary facility approved by Seacoast Utility
Authority or the Palm Beach County Health Department.
A minimum six-foot high chain -link fence shall be required
around outdoor runs. In addition. a continuous solid opaque
hedge a minimum of four feet at installation shall be provided
around the outdoor run area.
13. Film production studio:
a. Outdoor activities: Outdoor activities, including filming or
staging of a film, are prohibited unless specifically authorized
by the Village Council.
b. Film permit: Prior to commencement of any regulated
activity related to the production of a film within the Village,
a film permit shall be issued by the Director of the Palm Beach
County Film and Television Commission. The duration of
the permit shall not exceed twenty-four months without
approval of the Community Development Director.
14. Food trucks:
a. Food trucks shall only be permitted as an accessory use to a
primary, approved use.
b. Food trucks selling items other than packaged or pre -packaged
food items shall be licensed as mobile food dispensing vehicles
by the Florida Department of Business and Professional
Regulation. Division of Hotels and Restaurants and shall
comply with all rules and regulations promulgated by the
Division, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to
potable water and waste disposal. Food trucks selling
packaged and pre -packaged food items only shall be
licensed by the Florida Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services.
15. Kennel, commercial:
a. Limitations of use: A commercial kennel shall be limited to
the training. boarding and grooming of dogs and cats.
b. Outdoor runs: Outdoor runs shall comply with the
requirements of Section 45-38(D)(11)d above.
Page 14 of 25
•
•
16. Manufacturing, assembly or processing: All activities involving
the manufacturing, assembly or processing of goods shall be within
completely enclosed buildings with permanent outside walls.
17. Parking lot or parking garage, commercial:
a. Principal use: Parking spaces may be rented for daily
Parking onlv. Any other businesses of any kind shall not be
conducted on the lot, including repair service. display, or
storage of other goods. except mobile emergency services
and detailing.
b. Location: A commercial parking lot shall not be located on
a parcel adiacent to residential land uses.
c. Storage: Storage of vehicles and trailers shall be permitted
if screened from public view by a permanent opaque wall
or fence.
18. Residential substance abuse treatment.
a. No residential substance abuse treatment establishment
may be located within one thousand (1,0001 feet of any
other residential substance abuse treatment establishment.
The separation distance shall be measured from the closest
property line of each residential substance abuse treatment
center establishment.
b. The maximum number of beds allowed in a residential �_----
substance abuse treatement facility shall be determined. by
multiplying the gross acreage of the site by 47.28 beds
per acre.
19. Restaurant, fast food:
a. Fast-food restaurants shall be located at the intersection of
two public access roads.
b. Drive through facilities. including queuing and by-pass
lanes that run parallel and are visible from adiacent streets.
shall provide additional landscaping to mitigate views of
the vehicular use areas.
c. Required parking spaces shall not be separated from the
restaurant main entrance by a distance of more than 150 feet.
d. Cross -access shall be provided to all abutting parcels that have
a non-residential zoning classification. A cross -access easement
shall be recorded prior to issuance of a building permit.
Page 15 of 25
20. Security or caretaker dwelling:
a. Number: One security or caretaker dwelling shall be permitted
as an accessory use on the same lot as a principal use
Permitted per Section 45-38(C).
b. Occupancy: A security or caretaker quarters shall be for
the exclusive use of the site on which it is located and shall
be occupied only by the custodian, caretaker, or owner of
the principal use and his or her immediate family.
c. Maximum size: The maximum size of a security or caretaker
dwelling shall be not more than 800 square feet.
21. Self-service storage, limited access:
a. Exterior service doors: All exterior service doors must not
be visible from any public street or adiacent property.
b. Maximum height: Buildings shall be a maximum of two stories
in height.
c. Blank walls: No blank walls shall be permitted facing the
front yard.
d. Minimum separation: A minimum of 1,000 feet separation
shall be required between limited access storage facilities.
The separation distance shall be measured from the closest
property line of each self-service storage facility.
22. Veterinary clinic: Outdoor runs shall comply with the requirements
of Section 45-38(D)(11)d above.
23.
E.
that receives
subject to the
Warehouse:
a. Accessory office: The maximum amount of office space in
each warehouse bay shall not exceed thirty percent of the
gross floor area of the associated bay.
b. Sales: General retail sales are prohibited.
c. Manufacturinz: Manufacturing, assembly or processing
activities are prohibited in a warehouse.
Deliveries adiacent to residential land uses. Any establishment
deliveries and is located adjacent to residential land uses shall be
following restrictions:
Deliveries shall be limited to the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
only, Monday through Saturday, and are prohibited on Sunday.
2. Delivery truck engines, including refrigeration units, shall not be
operated between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Page 16 of 25
F. Wellfield protection. All permitted and accessory uses within the
I-1 light industrial district shall be subiect to the provisions of Article 14.B
Wellfield Protection of the Palm Beach County Unified Land Development Code,
as amended.
G. Building site area regulations. In the I-1 district. each lot or parcel
of land shall comply with the following standards:
1. Minimum site area: One acre.
2. Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
3. Minimum Lot Depth: 200 feet.
4. Minimum front setback: 40 feet.
5. Minimum Rear Setback: 20 feet.
6. Side Interior Setback: 15 feet.
7. Side Corner Setback: 25 feet.
8. Building height: 35 feet.
9. Maximum lot coverage: 45%.
10. Maximum floor -area -ratio: 0.45.
H. Property perimeter requirements. The following general requirements
for the treatment of property perimeters shall apply to the I-1 light industrial district:
A
When the
following
B
adjoins the
following
1. I-1 light Residential
industrial district or use
district
2. I-1 light
industrial
district
3. I-1 light
industrial
district
4. I-1 light
industrial
district
Industrial
district or use
Commercial
district or use
Public or
Conservation and
Open Space
district or use
C
a minimum landscape
buffer of this width
is reauired
15 feet, adjacent to all common
boundaries excluding street
frontage where a 10-foot buffer
is required
5 feet. adiacent to all common
boundaries excluding street
frontage where a 10-foot buffer
is required
5 feet, adiacent to all common
boundaries excluding street
frontage where a 10-foot buffer
is required
15 feet, adjacent to all common
boundaries, excluding street
frontage where a 10-foot buffer
is required
D
which will contain this
material to achieve
capacity required
1 tree, 12 to 14 feet in height,
every 25 linear feet, plus a
continuous 4-foot hedge, a
6-foot visually opaque
wall, fence or earth berm
(same as above) except
2-foot to 3-foot hedge e with
no wall
(same as above) except
2-foot to 3-foot hedge with
no wall
1 tree, 12 to 14 feet in
height, every 25 lineal feet,
plus a continuous 2-foot to
3-foot hedge
Page 17 of 25
1. Abutting I-1 properties. When two parcels within an I-1 light industrial
zoning district abut side and/or rear setbacks, the required landscape
material in the abutting side or rear setback of the perimeter buffer
may be relocated to the interior landscape area or other perimeter
buffers of the subiect property. The relocation of the required
landscape material must be approved by the Planning Commission.
2. Waiver of perimeter requirements. Property perimeter requirements
for properties in the I-1 District may be reduced or waived by the
Village Council, on a case by case basis during the Planned Unit
Development (PUD) approval process. The reduction or deletion
of the landscape design standards shall be permitted only when
such action shall further the purpose and intent of the I-1 District
and where one or more of the following circumstances exists:
a. Proximity to railroad tracks:
b. Non -conforming lot status:
c. Proximity to public land containing a significant buffer:
d. Proximity to a public right-of-way containing an extensive
landscape buffer or screening wall.
I. Landscape buffer standards for Congress Avenue. Each I-1 District
parcel of land adiacent to the ultimate right-of-way of Congress Avenue shall
provide a landscape buffer running parallel with the right-of-way. . The landscape
buffer shall comply with the following standards:
1. Minimum width. The landscape buffer shall have a minimum width
of 25 feet, as measured from the ultimate right-of-wav line, as
determined by Palm Beach County.
2. Restrictions. Building s or structures shall not be erected or
reconstructed within this buffer, except for permitted signs,
lighting or required public utilities.
3. Required planting palette for installed vegetation. As a minimum,
80 percent of the total installed and/or preserved landscape
material shall be selected from native plant species consistent with
the requirements of Section 27-62(a) of this Code.
4. Tree and shrub planting requirements.
a. Required tree heights. At the time of installation all tree
material shall be of heights varying from 6 feet to 15
overall feet or higher. The minimum following height
requirements shall apply:
Page 18 of 25
Congress Avenue Buffer: Tree Height Requirements •
Minimum tree planting height Minimum percentage of total quantity
to be installed
6-8 feet 5%
18-12 feet 50%
112-14 feet 15%
15 feet or greater 10%
b. Minimum number of trees. The minimum number of trees and
shrubs required in the buffer is as follows:
Congress Avenue Buffer: Number of Trees and Shrubs Required
Use of abutting Trees per linear feet Shrubs per linear feet
right-of-way of roadway frontage* of roadway frontage*
Nonresidential 1 per 20 lineal feet. 1 per 4 lineal feet.
* Pedestrian and vehicular access points may be excluded from the above linear
buffer requirements when the access points are approved by the Village.
c. Shrub planting requirements. Shrub planting requirements.
At time of installation all shrub material shall be 36 inches
in height with a minimum container size of three gallons for
all nursery materials. Tree spade and transplanted material
from on -site shall be a minimum 36 inches in height at time
of planting.
5. Preserved plant materials. Existing on -site native vegetation shall
be preserved where possible within the required buffer widths.
Existing native trees and shrubs that are preserved or relocated
within the buffer areas will be credited towards satisfying the
minimum required installation of landscaping.
6. Lakes. Lakes may be provided within the required buffer areas
provided the minimum buffer width specified is provided. Buffer
area plant materials displaced by a lake shall be included within
other required buffer areas.
J. Off-street parking and loading regulations.
1. Prohibitions:
a. The storage or display of merchandise, motor vehicles for
sale, or the repair of vehicles in designated parking areas or
on sidewalks is prohibited.
b. Parking shall not be permitted in the first ten feet of the
required front yard depth, measured from the street right-
of-way line.
Page 19 of 25
•
•
2. Parking spaces required. For each of the uses permitted in Section
45-38(C), the Community Development Director or his or her designee
shall determine. prior to the submittal of a site plan application,
which of the following general categories of parking spaces
requirements shall apply to a specific development concept:
Parking Spaces Required
One space for each 100
square feet of floor area
One space for each 200
square feet of floor area
One space for each 250
square feet of floor area
One space for each 500
square feet of floor area
One space for each 1,000
square feet of floor area
One space per dwelling unit
One space for each 200
square feet of office, retail or
indoor seating floor area
One space for each 200
square feet of floor area,
excluding animal exercise area
One space for each 200
square feet of floor area,
including outdoor display area
One space for each 200
square feet of floor area —
Office space only
One space for each 200
square feet of floor area -
Office space only + one space
per employee
One space for each 200
square feet of grooming or
office floor area + one space
Per employee on shift of
greatest employment
General Use Category
Data and Information Processing
Auto Paint and Body Shop. Building Supplies,
Catering Service, Laundry Service, Medical or
Dental Office, Office. Business or Professional.
Parking Lot or Parking Garage Commercial.
Machine or Welding Shop. Medical or Dental
Laboratory, Fitness Center
Auto Service Station. Dispatching Office, Printing
and Copying Services. Repair and Maintenance
General. Repair Services Limited,
Towing Service No Storage
Broadcast Studio, Butcher Shop Wholesale,
Agriculture Research and Development.
Wholesaling General
Security or Caretakers Ouarters
Car Wash Including Hand Washing and Waxing ,
Striping, and Interior Cleaning
Veterinary Clinic
Farmer's Market Wholesale
Transportation Facility
Transportation Transfer Facility - Distribution
Kennel Commercial
Page 20 of 25
•
•
Parkinz Spaces Required General Use Category
One space for each 500
square feet of floor area + Landscape Service, Monument Sales Retail
One space per 2,500 square -
feet of outdoor storage area
One space for each 500
square feet of floor area or Government Services, Place of Worship
one space per each three
seats, whichever is greater
One space for each 500
square feet of indoor covered
retail and/or office floor area Nursery Wholesale or Retail
+ one space per each four
acres of nursery
One space for each 1,000
square feet of floor area + one Warehouse
space per each 200 square
feet of office space
Two spaces for each 1,000
square feet for the first
10,000 square feet of floor Film Production Studio, Manufacturing and
area + one space per each Processing - Light
1,000 square feet in excess of
10,000 sq. ft. of floor area
Three spaces per each fifty
dogs + one space per each Dog Day Care
500 square feet of cag e and
retail floor area
One space per each 200 bays
+ minimum of five customer Self-service Storage
spaces
One per classroom + one per
each four students + one
space per each 200 square Vocational School
feet of administrative and
assembly floor area
One space per acre of
greenhouse area Commercial Greenhouse
Four spaces per garden Community Vegetable Garden
Two spaces per acre;. Chipping and Mulching
minimum of five spaces - - -
Two spaces for the first acre
of park area + I/2 space per park Passive
each additional two acres of
park area
Page 21 of 25
•
•
Parking Spaces Required
One parking space per four
patient beds plus one space
per employee on shift of
greatest employment.
One parking space for each
residential living area or two
beds whichever is greater,
plus one parking space for
each 300 square feet of
administrative and service
area within the building
(kitchen, service halls, chapel,
dining room, lounge, visiting
areas and treatment rooms).
General Use Category
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
Assisted Living Facilities
3. Off-street loading The following provisions shall regulate off-street
loading facilities in the I-1 District for those permitted uses requiring
such facilities. A determination of the need for off-street loading
spaces shall be made by the Planning Commission based upon an
applicant's statement of use describing the nature of the proposed
establishment to be submitted with a site plan approval application.
a. Required number and size of off-street loading facilities.
Each use determined to require off-street loading spaces
shall comply with the requirements indicated below:
Gross Floor Area
0 to 1,000 square feet
1.001 to 19,999 square feet
20,000 to 49.999 square feet
50,000 to 99,999 square feet
100,000 square feet or greater
Loading Spaces Required
None
One space at 12 feet x 30 feet
One space at 12 feet x 55 feet
Two spaces at 12 feet x 55 feet
Three spaces at 12 feet x 55 feet
b. Location. Loading spaces shall be located such that vehicles
engaged in loading and unloading activities will not encroach
upon, or interfere with, the public use of streets or alleys.
c. Marking and use of loading spaces. Required loading spaces
shall be clearly marked. and shall not be utilized as storage
for garbage or trash containers or any other items.
d. Minimum clear height. All loading spaces shall have a
minimum clear height of 13.5 feet.
Page 22 of 25
•
•
4. Vehicle use area requirements.
A
When the
following
1. I-1 Light
Industrial
district
2. Any
vehicular
use area in
an I-1 Light
Industrial
district
a. In keening with the purpose and intent of this chanter, the
following general requirements for vehicle use areas shall
apply to the I-1 District:
B
adjoins the following
any vehicular use
areas on any adjacent
property
Any public or private
street
C
a minimum landscape buffer
of this width is required
5 feet, adjacent to all non-
residential common
boundaries with 10 feet
adiacent to street frontage.
10 feet, adjacent to all
residential common
boundaries with 10 feet
adjacent to street frontage.
10 feet, adjacent to road
frontage (comer lots shall
only provide 10 feet
adjacent to primary
roadway, secondary
roadway may utilize 5 feet
D
which will contain this
material to achieve
capacity is required
1 tree per 25 feet (12-
foot to 14-foot height)
of linear boundary or
fraction thereof plus a
2-foot to 3-foot hedge
(same as above)
b. Vehicle use area requirements may be reduced or waived by
the Village Council through the Planned Unit Development
(PUD) process, on a case by case basis. The reduction or
deletion of the landscape design standards shall be
permitted only when such action shall further the purpose
and intent of the I-1 District and where one or more of the
following circumstances exists:
Proximity to railroad tracks;
Non -conforming lot status;
Proximity to public land containing a significant buffer;
Proximity to a public right-of-way containing an
extensive landscape buffer or screening wall.
K. Artificial lighting. Artificial lighting used to illuminate the premises
in the I-1 District shall be directed away from adjacent residential properties.
L. Access. Prior to issuance of a building permit, the I-1 District
parcel shall have access to either a dedicated public road or street, or to a private
road or street developed to Village standards.
Page 23 of 25
M. Fences, walls and hedges. Fences and walls enclosing anv
permitted use shall comply with the following regarding site visibility:
1. Within the area formed by the rights -of -way lines of intersecting
streets, a straight line connecting points on such rights -of -way lines
at a distance of 25 feet in length along such rights -of -way lines,
such connecting lines extending beyond the points to the edge of
the pavement, there shall be a clear space with no obstruction to
vision. Fences, walls, hedges and vision obstructing plantings
shall be restricted to a height of 2 %2 feet or less above the average
grade of each street as measured at the centerlines thereof.
2. No fence, wall or hedge in the I-1 light industrial district shall
exceed a height of eight feet.
N. Outdoor storage. Outdoor storage and display may be permitted in
the I-1 District where such use is customarily incidental to the principal use. Such
outdoor display and sale of merchandise shall be limited to the operation of the
principal business located at the premises in question and conducted by
employees of said principal business. There shall be no outdoor display and sale
of merchandise by any person operating or conducting a business which is
different or distinct from the principal business conducted at such location.
a. Outdoor storage may be permitted adjacent to a structure provided
it is located in an area other than a parking area or yard setback
area and screened from a street or abutting residentially zoned
property by a masonry wall, ornamental fence or dense hedge
planting no less than six inches higher than the materials stored.
Screening density must be such that items within the screened area
will not be visible through such screening. When the outside
storage is abutting a residential district. the height of the stored
materials shall not exceed 7 1/2 feet from the grade level.
b. Side and rear yard screening will not be required when the abutting
property is also within the I-1 District.
c. Loose materials such as sand. lumber. cardboard boxes and the like,
which are subject to being scattered or blown about the premises by
normal weather conditions shall not be allowed. Mulch. soil, and
aggregate products which are ancillary to a nursery may be stored
outside provided that a materials management program is approved
by the Village.
O. Screening. All mechanical, electrical, water meters, exhaust vents, etc.,
located at ground or roof -mounted shall be entirely screened from public view
utilizing opaque materials (i.e., wood fencing, brick, block, etc.) as screening.
Landscaping material shall be incorporated in addition to opaque screening on
equipment located at ground level. Screening material shall accommodate maintenance
or inspection thereof with the use of appropriate panels, and/or hinged gates.
Page 24 of 25
P. Signs. All signs. permanent and temporary, shall be located a
minimum of ten feet from the ultimate rights -of -way line of the adjacent street or road.
as defined by the Village or Palm Beach County, as appropriate.
1. Permit required. All signs shall require the issuance of a building
permit prior to erection and in accordance with the procedures
established by the Village for the issuance of building permits.
2. All building permit applications for sisnage in the I-1 District shall
comply with Article V. Signs and Outdoor Displays of the Village Code.
3. Where distinctions among uses are made in Article V. uses in the
I-1 District shall be considered to be commercial uses.
(� Northlake Boulevard Overlay Zone. Any property located within
the Northlake Boulevard Overlay Zone and assigned an I-1 light industrial zoning_
designation shall comply with Section 45-35.3 of this code.
Section 5. The provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of
the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida.
Section 6. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is for
any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, inoperative or void,
such holding shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance.
Section 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances and resolutions or parts of resolutions in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 8. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 11TH DAY OF JUNE, 2015.
PLAQF ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND/PASS S 25
/j,.e.s un am).-7,'
+'yY ,GPillage Seal), , ', V iTTEST: ;-0::' ,
VILLAGE CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
VILLAGE ATTORNEY
F JUNE, 2015.
Page 25 of 25