Ordinance 1978-001 Creating New Zoning Classification "CB"ORDINANCE N0. 1-78
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH,
FLORIllA, AMENDING CHAPTER 45 OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEAC}I
COllE, THE ZONING CODE, BY CREATING A NEW ZONING CLASSIFICATION
TO BE KNOWN AS CB COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND DIRECTING THE VILLAGE
CLERK TO BRING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP UP TO DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM
BEAC}[, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That Chapter 45 of the Village of North
Palm Beach Code, it being the Comprehensive Zoning Code of the
Village, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to
be numbered Section ~}5-31.1, which said section shall read as
follows;
"Sec. 45-31.1 CB COMMERCIAL DISTRICT - A. General
Description. This tourist-commercial district is
established to provide areas within which the
principal use of land is devoted to commercial
establishments and tourist oriented trade. The
intent is to reserve land which, because of
particular location and natural features, are
adapted to local and tourist uses, and to encourage
the development of these locations for such uses
and in such manner as to minimize traffic hazards
and interference with other land uses.
B. Uses Permitted. The following uses are
permitted in t e CB Commercial District:
1. }{otels and motels.
2. Restaurants and cocktail lounges where
food and drink may be consumed on the premises only
and where eating and serving areas are entirely
contained within the building, not including drive-
in hamburger, ice cream, soft drink, or other
drive-in and/or carry out eating establishments.
3. Financial institutions.
4. Professional offices.
5. Churches
' 6. Personal service establishments, such as
barber shops, beauty shops, and health salons.
7. Florist shops.
8. Clothing stores.
9. Stationery stores, book stores and/or
art supply shops.
10. Pharmacies or apothercaries.
11. Photographic studios and camera shops.
12. Sporting goods stores.
13. Personal gift shops.
14. Jewelry stores.
C. Conditions for Permitted Uses.
1. All activities, sales and storage of
goods must be conducted entirely within completely
enclosed buildings with permanent non-moving
outside walls.
2. No outside sidewalk or parking lot
storage display of merchandise will be permitted.
3. No manufacturing or production of
products for retail or wholesale will be permitted.
D. Building Height Regulations. No building or
structure shall exceed two (2) stories or twenty-five
(25) feet. Elevator towers and mechanical apparatus
are not restricted to the twenty-five (25) foot limit.
E. Building Site Area Regulations. Minimum
Building Lot Size.
1. The minimum lot of building site area
for each commercial building shall be 50,000
square feet and have a width of not less than
250 feet measured at the front and rear lot lines
and at the front building line.
Maximum Lot Coverage
2. Main and accessory buildings shall
cover no more than thirty-five percent (35%) of
the total lot area.
Minimum Lot Coverage
3. No main and accessory buildings shall
be constructed that would occupy less than ten
percent (10•x) of the total lot area or 5,000 square
feet, whichever is greater.
F. Yards.
Front Yards. All Buildings facing U. S. 1
shall set back from the right-of-way to provide
a front yard of not less than twenty-five (25)
feet. All buildings shall set back from the
right-of-way of streets which intersect with
U. S. 1 providing a yard of not less than twenty-
five (25) feet.
Side Yards.
All buildings one or two stories in height
or less than twenty-five (25) feet in height shall
have a combined side yard minimum width of forty
(40) feet.
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Zero side yard setbacks are permitted provided
all other requirements of this section are
complied with.
Rear Yard
All buildings less than twenty-five (25) feet
in height or two stories in height shall be set
back from the rear lot line so as to provide a
rear yard of not less than thirty (30) feet.
' G. Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations.
1. Any area once designated as required
off-street parking shall not be changed to any
other use unless and until equal facilities are
provided elsewhere.
2, Off-street parking existing at the
effective date of these regulations in connection
with the operation of an existing building or use
shall not be reduced to an amount less than
hereinafter required for a similar new building
or use.
3. Two or more buildings or uses may
collectively provide the required off-street
parking, in which case the required number of
parking spaces shall not be less than the sum of
the requirements for the several individual uses
computed separately.
4. .The required off-street parking shall
be for occupants, employees, visitors, patrons,
' and shall be limited in use to motor vehicles.
The storage of merchandise, motor vehicles for
sale, or the repair of vehicles is prohibited.
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TABLE OF PARKING SPACES RF. UIRED
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USES
Banks, business or professional
offices excluding doctors and
dentists
Barber shop or beauty shop
Churches
Restaurants and cocktail lounges
where food and drink may be
consumed on the premises only
and where eating and serving
areas are entirely contained
within the building, not
including drive-in hamburger,
i.ce cream, soft drink, or other
drive-in and/or carry-out eating
establishments.
}{otels, motels and tourist
courts.
Medical and dental clinics;
doctors and dentists offices.
Retail stores, and personal
service establishments, except
as otherwise specified herein.
Building lots containing five
or more stores, or 15,000
square feet of building.
Veterinary establishments
PARKING SPACES REQUIRED
One (1) per three hundred (300) square
feet of usable floor area, plus one (1)
per each three employees.
Two (2) per barber or three (3) per
beautician based on the design capacity
of the structure.
One (1) per four (4) seats; or one
(1) per thirty (30) square feet of
usable floor area of auditoriiun,
whichever is greater.
One space for each 75 square feet of
area devoted to patron use, or one
space per three fixed seats, whichever
is the greater, plus one space for each
one and one-half projected employees
who would be actually working during
peak employment hours.
Three spaces plus an additional space
for each guest bedroom plus an
additional space for each 15 rooms or
portions thereof. For example, a
fifteen room motel would need 19
parking spaces.
One (1) space for each one hundred and
fifty (150) square feet of floor area
up to three thousand (3,000); one
additional space for each additional
two hundred (200) square feet up to
five thousand (5,000); one additional
space for each additional two hundred
and fifty (250) square feet over five
thousand (5,000).
One (1) per hundred (100) square feet
of retail floor space.
There shall be a ratio of four (~I)
square feet of parking (including
driveways required for ingress and
egress and circulation) to each one
(1) square foot of retail floor space.
Five (5) spaces per veterinarian based
on the maximum design capacity of the
vacility or five (5) spaces for every
four hundred (400) square feet of usable
floor space, whichever is greater.
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H. Off-Street Parking Lot Layout, Construction
And Maintenance. Whenever the required off-street
parking requires the building of a parking lot, and
wherever a parking lot is built, such parking lot
shall be laid out, constructed and maintained in
accordance with the following regulations:
1. Each parking space shall be not less than
two hundred (20 D) square feet in area and shall be
' a definitely designated and marked stall adequate
for one motor vehicle.
2. All areas devoted to permanent off-street
parking as required under this section shall be built
in accordance with specifications for streets and
parking of the Village of North Palm Beach and
maintained in such manner that no dust will result
from continuous use.
3. The parking lot shall be drained to
eliminate surface water.
4. Where parking lot abuts a residential
district which has common frontage in the same block
with the parking lot, there shall be established
a setback line of twenty-five (25) feet from the
street lot line for the first twenty-five (25) feet
from the residential zone.
5. Plans for the layout of a parking lot
must be approved by the Village engineer based on
design standards approved by the Institute of
Traffic Engineers.
6. The parking lot shall not have access
from a more restrictive zonin
district
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7. No parking shall be permitted in the
front yard or the side yard.
J. Architecture. To provide the Village with
harmonious development, but without undue restrictions,
the following features are required;
1. All building fronts and sides must be
completely enclosed except for necessary doorways
for ingress and egress.
2. No canopies are permitted unless constructed
of metal, or other permanent materials and are installed
parallel to the store front sidewalks not less than nine
(9) feet above the sidewalk."
Section 2. The Village Clerk is hereby directed to
reflect upon the official Zoning Map the changes set forth in
this Ordinance.
' Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon passage.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 12TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1978.
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PLACED ON PllBLIC HEARING THIS 9TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1978.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 9T}{ DAY OF
FEBRUARY, 1978.
/s/ V. A. Marks
Vice Mayor
(Village Seal)
ATTEST:
/s/ Dolores R. Walker
Village Clerk
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