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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSupplement No. 3: 12-2011 (Revision)SUPPLEMENT NO. 3, REVISION. llecember 2011 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE County of ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA Looseleaf Supplement This Supplement No. 3, Revision, is printed to revise pages appearing in Supplement No. 3, and should be inserted as directed below. This Supplement contains all ordinances deemed advisable to be included at this time through: Ordinance No. 11-021, enacted August 2, 2011. See the Code Comparative Table for further information. Remove Old Pages Insert New Pages 7:9, 7:10 7:17, 7:18 7:29, 7:30 7:9, 7:10 7:17, 7:18 7:29, 7:30 Insert and maintain this instruction sheet in front of this publication. File removed pages for reference. ~1- /~ Municipal Code Corporation 1Vj. PO Box 2235 Tallahassee, FL 32316 800-262-2633 • Fax: 850-575-8852 Mu~e.com • info@municode.com DEVELOPMENT DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS 7.01.03 3. On Street Parking. In Planned Unit Developments, on street parking maybe used so long as the road on which the on-street parking is proposed lies entirely within the limits of the defined Planned Unit Development and such parking would not contravene any other provision of this Code or the St. Lucie County Code of Ordinances. Where such on street parking and loading is used, it shall be consistent with the following design standards: a. The minimum size of a parking stall shall be as follows: parallel 8 feet x 23 feet angled 10 feet x 18 feet handicapped (parallel) 12 feet x 23 feet handicapped (angled) 12 feet x 18 feet b. Handicapped parking spaces shall be appropriately marked. c. Access for emergency fire vehicles shall be in accordance with NFPA standards. d. No more than fifteen (15) parking spaces shall be permitted in a continuous row without being interrupted by a minimum landscape area of three hundred sixty (360) square feet. G. Lighting. All lighting facilities shall be arranged in such a manner so as to prevent direct glare or hazardous interference of any kind to adjoining streets or properties. H. Landscaping and Natural Features. 1. Native trees and vegetation and other natural features shall be preserved to the extent practicable. 2. All sensitive environmental vegetation, trees and areas shall be preserved to the extent practicable. 3. Landscaping for off-street parking and loading areas shall meet the minimum requirements of Section 7.09.00. I. Open Space Standards. 1. A Planned Unit Development that is proposed in any Residential, Conservation, Special District or Mixed Use Future Land Use Category shall conform to the following open space standards: a. A minimum of thirty-five percent (35%) of the gross area of land to be committed to a Planned Unit Development must be for use as common open space, which may include, parks, recreation areas, bicycle and pedestrian paths and facilities, marinas, swimming beaches, common open space, common landscaping and planting areas, or other areas of public purpose or use other than street, road or drainage rights-of--way, above ground utilities, excluding stormwatcr treatment facilities, and parking areas. A minimum of fifteen percent (15%) of any existing native upland habitat on the property must be preserved in its natural condition as part of the St. Lucie County Land Development Code Supp. No. 3, Rev. 7;9 Adopted August 1, 1990 7.01.03 ST. LUCIE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE required thirty-five percent (35°h~) common open space. For each acre of preserved native habitat above the required minimum fifteen percent (15°Io) that is preserved in its original state, credit shall be given at a rate of one hundred fifty percent (150°l0) per acre towards the remaining common open space requirement. All areas to be dedicated for common open space shall be identified as part of the Preliminary Development Plan for the Planned Unit Development. Areas that are floodways, lakes, wetlands, and stormwater retention areas maybe applied to satisfy the total common open space requirement, subject to the requirement that fifteen percent (15%) of any existing native habitat on the property must be included as part of the required thirty-five percent (35%) common open space. As part of the Final Planned Unit Development submission process, the developer or petitioner for the Planned Unit Development shall provide for one (1) of the following: 1. The advance dedication of all common open space to a public, or acceptable private, agency that will, upon acceptance, agree to main- tain the common open space and any buildings, structures or improve- ments that have been placed on it. All such dedications or conveyances shall be completed prior to the issuance of any building permits, including land clearing, for any portion of the Planned Unit Develop- ment; or 2. A phased conveyance of the land to a public or acceptable private agency that will, upon acceptance, agree to maintain the common open space and any buildings, structures or improvements that have been placed on it. The schedule for the phased conveyance of any such lands to be used for common open space shall be a specific condition of approval for the Planned Unit Development. b. No parcel of land identified for use as a park or common open space shall be less than one (1) contiguous acre, and all such areas shall be physically part of the Planned Unit Development. c. Areas provided or reserved to meet any other environmental preservation or protection requirement of this code or other lawful regulatory authority may be counted towards the overall common open space requirement, provided that the common open space meets the requirements of this Code. 2. A Planned Unit Development that is proposed in any Agricultural Future Land Use Category shall conform to the following open space standards: a. For any Planned Unit Development, equal to or less than one hundred sixty (160) acres in gross area and involving eight (8) or less lots or parcels, a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the gross land area to be committed to the planned unit development must be for use as open space, of which thirty-five percent (35%~) of the gross land area is to be retained as common open space. For the purpose of this paragraph, open space, in an agricultural PUD, St. Lucie County Land Development Code Supp. No. 3, Rev. 7;10 Adopted August 1, 1990 DEVELOPMENT DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS 7.02.03 7. Street jogs or centerline offsets between any local street or road with another local street or road, shall be no less than one hundred fifty (150) feet. 8. The intersection of any two (2) local roads or streets with a Major Collector or Arterial Roadway shall be separated by a minimum distance of six hundred sixty (660) feet, as measured from centerline to centerline. 9. Permanent dead-end streets shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) feet in length. Cul-de-sacs shall be provided at the end of all dead end roads or streets greater than five hundred one (501) feet in length. The length of a dead-end street shall be measured along the centerline of the street from its point of perpendicular intersection with the centerline of intersecting street to the end of the dead-end street or roadway. All cul-de-sacs shall have a minimum right-of--way diameter of one hundred (100) feet. If the dead end roadway is five hundred (500) feet or less in length, a "Y" or "T" type of turn around may be approved. If a dead end street is temporary in nature then a temporary cul-de-sac shall be required until the roadway is connected to another street or road. In the center of the cul-de-sac an unpaved island, surrounded by a curb, improved with grass and landscaping that will not interfere with sight distance, may be provided. Center islands shall have a diameter of not less than seventeen (17) feet, unless otherwise approved through the review of the Planned Unit Devel- opment. 10. All roadways, exclusive of interior parking and access aisles areas, regardless of ownership, shall be located a minimum of ten (10) feet from any exterior building walls, except for security gate houses or similar security structures located in a private street or road right-of--way. 11. Access points on all collector or arterial streets serving a Planned Non- Residential Development shall be located and spaced so that traffic moving into and out of the arterial streets does not cause traffic congestion. E. Parking and Loading. 1. General Provisions. a. The number, type, and location of parking spaces shall be determined at the time of final Planned Nonresidential Development plan approval. The determination of the number of spaces required shall be based on Section 7.06.02 of this Code. The number of parking spaces required by this section may be reduced based on substantial competent evidence that the reduced number of spaces is adequate for the proposed use or that parking may be shared by proximate uses that operate at different times or on different days. b. Reserved parking spaces may be provided, in lieu of paved spaces, subject to Section 7.06.02(B)(4) of this Code. St. Lucie County Land Development Code Supp. No. 3, Rev. 7;17 Adopted August 1, 1990 7.02.03 ST. LUCIE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE 2. Off Street Parking and Loading. Off-street parking and loading requirements are governed by Sections 7.06.02 and 7.06.03 of this Code, and the following standards: a. Off-street parking and loading areas shall be designed to provide travelways between adjacent uses while discouraging through traffic. b. Off-street parking and loading areas shall be screened from adjacent roads and pedestrian walkways with hedges, dense planting, or changes in grades or walls. 3. On Street Parking. In Planned Non-Residential Developments, on street parking may be used so long as the road on which the on-street parking is proposed lies entirely within the limits of the defined Planned Nonresidential Development and such parking would not contravene any other provision of this Code or the St. Lucie County Code of Ordinances. Where such on street parking and loading is used, it shall be consistent with the following design standards: a. The minimum size of a parking stall shall be as follows: parallel 8 feet x 23 feet angled 10 feet x 18 feet handicapped (parallel) 12 feet x 23 feet handicapped (angled) 12 feet x 18 feet b. Handicapped parking spaces shall be appropriately marked. c. Access for emergency fire vehicles shall be in accordance with NFPA standards. d. No more than fifteen (15) parking spaces shall be permitted in a continuous row without being interrupted by a minimum landscape area of three hundred sixty (360) square feet. F. Lighting. All lighting facilities shall be arranged in such a manner so as to prevent direct glare or hazardous interference of any kind to adjoining streets or properties. G. Landscaping and Natural Features. 1. Native trees and vegetation and other natural features shall be preserved to the extent practicable. 2. All sensitive environmental vegetation, trees and areas shall be preserved to the extent practicable. 3. Landscaping for off-street parking and loading areas shall meet the minimum requirements of Section 7.09.00. H. Open Space Standards. 1. For development projects of less than ten (10) acres, a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the gross area of land to be committed to a Planned Non- Residential Development must be for use as common open space, which may include parks, recreation areas, bicycle and pedestrian paths and facilities, St. Lucie County Land Development Code Supp. No. 3, Rev. 7;18 Adopted August 1, 1990 DEVELOPMENT DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS 7.03.03 be necessary by the Board of County Commissioners, pedestrian under- passes or overpasses in the vicinity of playgrounds and other recreation areas, local shopping areas, and other neighborhood uses which generate a considerable amount of pedestrian traffic. TABLE 7-4 MIXED USE AREA ROADWAY STANDARDS Roadway Classylea 1to~i/ Min. Row Width Max Number of Lanes Min Lane Width Sidewalks Bicycle Lanes An,,r. Duzly 7}-ipti Rural /Urban ARTERIAL ROADS 0-13,400 100' 2 12' 6' both sides 6' both sides 13,401- 29,500 160' 4 12' 6' both sides 6' both sides 29,501 and up 200' 6 12' 6' both sides 6' both sides COLLECTOR ROADS 0-10,300 80' 2 12' 6' both sides 5' both sides 10,301- 22,800 100' 4 12' 6' both sides 5' both sides LOCAL GENERAL STREETS 4--7,500 60' 2 12' 6' both sides Optional LOCAL RESIDENTL4L STREETS 0-4,500 40'* 2 10'/12' 6' both sides Optional 4,504- 7.500 50'* 2 10'/12' 6' both sides Optional * Requires curb and gutter Yor stormwater uesign unless oLnerwise approveu uy wuii~y Engineer. Sources: United States Department of Transportation, ABCD's of Bikeways Florida Department of Transportation, Florida's Level of Service Standards and Guidelines, Manual for Planning, April 1992 St. Lucie County, Community Development Department F. Parking and Loading. 1. General Provisions. a. The number, type, and location of parking spaces shall be determined at the time of final Planned Mixed Use Development plan approval. The determi- nation of the number of spaces required shall be based on Section 7.06.01(F) of this Code. The number of parking spaces required by this section may be reduced based on substantial competent evidence that the reduced number of spaces is adequate for the proposed use or that parking may be shared by proximate uses that operate at different times or on different days. b. Reserved parking spaces maybe provided, in lieu of paved spaces, subject to Section 7.06.02(C) of this Code. 2. Off Street Parking and Loading. Off-street parking and loading requirements are governed by Sections 7.06.02 and 7.06.03 of this Code, and the following standards: a. Off-street parking and loading areas shall be designed to provide travelways between adjacent uses while discouraging through traffic. St. Lucie County Land Development Code Supp. No. 3, Rev. 7:29 Adopted August 1, 1990 7.03.03 ST. LUCIE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE b. Off-street parking and loading areas shall be screened from adjacent roads and pedestrian walkways with hedges, dense planting, or changes in grades or walls. 3. On Street Parking. In Planned Mixed Use Developments, on street parking may be used so long as the road on which the on-street parking is proposed lies entirely within the limits of the defined Planned Mixed Use Development and such parking would not contravene any other provision of this Code or the St. Lucie County Code of Ordinances. Where such on street parking and loading is used, it shall be consistent with the following design standards: a. The minimum size of a parking stall shall be as follows: parallel 8 feet x 23 feet angled 10 feet x 18 feet handicapped (parallel) 12 feet x 23 feet handicapped (angled) 12 feet x 18 feet b. Handicapped parking spaces shall be appropriately marked. c. Access for emergency fire vehicles shall be in accordance with NFPA standards. d. No more than fifteen (15) parking spaces shall be permitted in a continuous row without being interrupted by a minimum landscape area of three hundred sixty (360) square feet. G. Lighting. All lighting facilities shall be arranged in such a manner so as to prevent direct glare or hazardous interference of any kind to adjoining streets or properties. A detailed lighting plan shall be required for arterial and collector streets and any Planned Mixed Use Development located on North or South Hutchinson Island. H. Buffers and Landscaping Between Uses Within The Planned Mixed Use Development. Mixed Use Developments shall provide buffers and landscaping as required by Section 7.09.00, unless otherwise approved. I. Planned Mixed Use Development Perimeter Buffers. Buffers at the perimeter of the PMUD shall be as specified in Table 7-5 below. TABLE 7-5 REQUIRED PERIMETER BUFFERS Planned Mixed Use Development Buffer Required of PMUD Property Buffer Required of Adjacent Property RESIDENTIAL 30 Feet To be determined COMMMERCIAL/ INSTITUTIONAL 30 Feet by the zoning of the adjacent property INDUSTRIAL/UTILILITY 40 Feet St. Lucie County Land Development Code Supp. No. 3, Rev. 7:30 Adopted August 1, 1990