HomeMy WebLinkAboutSupplement No. 19 - 4-23-2021SUPPLEMENT NO, 19
March 2021
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
County of
ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA
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Current Officials ............................................ iii
Officials of the County at the Time of this Codification ........ v
Preface..................................................... vii
Adopting Ordinance ......................................... ix
Checklist of Up -to -Date Pages ............................... [1]
Supplement History Table ................................... SH:1
Chapter
1.
General Provisions ......................................
1:1
1.00.00.
Title .......................................
1:3
1.01.00.
Authority ..................................
1:3
1.02.00.
Purpose and Intent .........................
1:3
1.03.00.
Applicability ...............................
1:4
1.04.00,
Findings ...................................
1:4
1.05.00.
Incorporation by Reference ..................
1:5
1.06.00.
Rules of Interpretation ......................
1:5
1.07.00.
Repeal of Prior Provisions ...................
1:7
1.08.00.
Effective Date; Enactment ..................
1:7
1.09.00.
Severability................................
1:8
1.10.00.
Minimum Requirements ....................
1:8
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Definitions .............................................
2A
2.00.00.
Definitions .................................
2:3
III.
Zoning Districts .......................................
3:1
3.00.00.
Zoning Districts ............................
3:3
3.01.00.
Zoning District Use Regulations .............
3:3
IV.
Special Districts ........................................
4:1
4.00.00.
Airport Overlay Zones ......................
4:3
4,01.00.
Hutchinson Island —Building Height Overlay
Zone.......................................
4:5
4.02.00.
River Park —Community Overlay Zone.......
4:13
4,03.00.
Research and Education Park —Overlay Zone
4:18.2
4.04.00.
TVC—Overlay Zone (Towns, Villages,
Countryside) ...............................
4:22
4.05.00.
St. Lucie County Rural Land Stewardship
Area Overlay Zone ..........................
4:49
4.06.00-4.10.00.
Reserved ..........................
4:106
4.11.00.
Historic Preservation .......................
4:106
4.12.00.
Jenkins Road Area Plan Special District .....
4:109
V.
Adequate Public Facilities ...............................
5:1
5.00.00.
Adequate Public Facilities ...................
5:3
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5.01.00.
Definitions .................................
5:5
5.02.00.
Procedure ..................................
5:10
5.03.00.
Development Not Subject to the Requirements
of Chapter V, Adequate Public Facilities .....
5:11
5.04,00.
Change of Use ..............................
5:16
5.05.00.
Demolition or Termination of Existing Land
Use........................................
5:17
5.06,00,
Level of Service Standards ..................
5:17
5.07.00.
Proportionate Fair Share Transportation Impact
Mitigation .................................
5:25
5,08.00.
Review of Development Orders ..............
5:36
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Variances ..................................
5:42
5.10.00.
Capacity Information Letters ................
5:43
5.11.00.
Fees .......................................
5:44
5.12.00.
Conflict with Other Regulations .............
5,45
VI. Resource Protection Standards .......................... 6A
6,00.00. Vegetation Protection and Preservation ...... 6:3
6.01.00. Mangrove Protection ........................ 6:14
6.02,00. Environmentally Sensitive Lands............ 6:15
6.03.00. Wellfield Protection ......................... 6:30
6.04.00. Habitat of Endangered or Threatened Species 6:36
6.05.00. Floodplain Management .................... 6:51
6.06.00. Mining ..................................... 6:60.13
VII. Development Design and Improvement Standards.......
7:1
7.00.00.
General Provisions .........................
7:5
7,01,00.
Planned Unit Development ..................
7:5
7.02.00.
Planned Non -Residential Development.......
7:12
7,03,00.
Planned Mixed Use Development............
7:21
7.04.00.
Area, Yard, Height, and Open Space Require-
ments......................................
7:33
7.05.00.
Transportation Systems .....................
7:45
7.06.00.
Off -Street Parking and Loading .............
7:65
7.07.00.
Stormwater Management ...................
7:82
7.08.00.
Utilities ....................................
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Landscaping and Screening .................
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7.10.00.
Supplemental Standards ....................
7:121
VIII. Accessory
and Temporary Structures and Uses .........
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Accessory Uses and Structures ..............
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8.01.00,
Home Occupations ..........................
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Temporary Uses and Structures .............
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IX. Signs ..................................................
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Purpose ....................................
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Permitted Permanent and Authorized
Temporary Signs ...........................
9:3
9.02.00.
General Provisions .........................
9:19
9.03.00.
Prohibited Signs ............................
9:23
9.04.00.
Permitting and Exemptions .................
9:26.1
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9.05.00. Nonconforming Signs ....................... 9:28
X. Hardship Relief ......................................... 10:1
10.00.00. Nonconformities ........................... 10:3
10.01.00. Variances ................................. 10:5
10.02.00. Transferable Development Rights —(Reserved) 10:20.1
10.03.00. Eminent Domain Waiver ................... 10:20.1
XI. Administration and Enforcement ........................
11:1
11-00.00,
General Provisions; Public Notice Require-
ments ....................................
11:5
11,01.00.
Authorization by a Development Permit
Required Prior to Undertaking Any Develop-
ment Activity .............................
11:10
11.02,00.
Procedure for Review of Site Plans .........
11:12
11.03.00.
Procedure for Platting .....................
11:47
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Guarantees and Sureties ...................
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Procedure for Obtaining Development Permits
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Amendments to the Code and Official Zoning
Atlas .....................................
11:88
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Conditional Uses ..........................
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Development Agreements ..................
11:99
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Vested Rights .............................
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Right-of-way Abandonment and Plat Vaca-
tion Procedures ...........................
11:112
11,11.00.
Appeals ...................................
11:118
11.12.00.
Fees ......................................
11:120
11.13.00.
Enforcement of Code Provisions ............
11:120
11.14.00.
Land Use and Environmental Dispute Resolu-
tion - Special Master Review Process .......
11:126
XII. Decision Making and Administrative Bodies ............
12:1
12.00.00.
Board of County Commissioners............
12:3
12.01.00.
Environmental Control Board; Environmental
Officer; Environmental Control Hearing Board
12:3
12,02,00.
Planning and Zoning Commission ..........
12:4
12.03.00.
Local Planning Agency ....................
12:7
12.04.00.
Board of Adjustment ......................
12:8
12.05.00.
Office of the County Administrator .........
12:11
12.06,00.
Office of the Planning and Development
Services Director ..........................
12:11
12.07.00.
Office of the Public Works Director .........
12:13
12.08,00,
Office of the County Engineer ..............
12.13
12.09.00.
Development Review Committee ...........
12:13
XIII. Building Regulations and Public Works Construction
Manual.............................................. 13:1
13.00.00. Building Code ............................. 13:3
13.01.00--13.07.00. (Reserved) ...................... 13:25
13.08.00. Standard Housing Code .................... 13:25
13.09.00. Exterior Property Maintenance Code........ 13:26
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13.10.00-13.18.00. (Reserved) ...................... 13:28
13,20.00. (Reserved) ................................ 13:28
Table of Amendments ....................................... TOAJ
Cade Comparative Table —Ordinances ........................ CCT:1
CodeIndex ................................................. CDi:1
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SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE
The table below allows users of this Land Development Code to quickly and accurately
determine what ordinances have been considered for codification in each supplement.
Ordinances that are of a general and permanent nature are codified in the Land
Development Code Book and are considered "Includes." Ordinances that are not of a general
and permanent nature are not codified in the Land Development Code Book and are
considered "Omits."
In addition, by adding to this table with each supplement, users of this Land Development
Code will be able to gain a more complete picture of the Land Development Code's historical
evolution.
fed_�.3.
Inc
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9- 7-2010
Include
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11- 9-2010
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12-21-2010
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2- 1-2011
Include
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4-19-2011
Include
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8- 2-2011
Include
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12-20-2011
Include
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12- 6-2011
Include
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8- 2-2011
Include
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6-21-2011
Include
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3-20-2012
Include
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5-15-2012
Include
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2- 7-2012
Include
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3-20-2012
Include
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4-17-2012
Include
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2-14-2012
Include
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10- 2-2012
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3- 5-2013
Include
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4- 2-2013
Include
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12- 4-2012
Include
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8- 6-2013
Include
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9- 3-2013
Include
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2013-19
5-21-2013
Include
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12-17-2013
Include
10
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12-17-2013
Include
10
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12-17-2013
Include
10
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9-16-2014
Include
11
14-021
9-16-2014
Include
11
14-026
1- 6-2015
Include
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
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Adopted
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No.
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4- 7-2015
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9- 1-2015
Include
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1- 5-2016
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3- 1-2016
Include
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6- 7-2016
Include
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7-26-2016
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6- 7-2016
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12-20-2016
Include
15
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12-20-2016
Omit
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2016-23
11- 1-2016
Include
15
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3- 7-2017
Omit
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4-18-2017
Include
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17-005
5-16-2017
Include
15
2017-018
8-15-2017
Omit
15
17-015
7- 5-2017
Include
16
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12-19-2017
Include
16
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1-23-2018
Include
16
2018-006
5-15-2018
Include
16
2018-09
6- 5-2018
Include
16
18-013
12- 4-2018
Include
17
2020-005
2- 4-2020
Include
18
20-007
8-18-2020
Include
18
2020-8
3- 3-2020
Include
18
2020-14
6- 2-2020
Include
18
2020-22
8- 4-2020
Include
18
2020-23
8- 4-2020
Include
18
2020-026
10- 6-2020
Include
18
2020-28
10-20-2020
Include
19
2020-29
12- 1-2020
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DEFINITIONS 2,00.00
Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM): An official map of a community, issued by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, where the boundaries of the areas of special flood
hazard have been defined,
Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM): The official map of the community on which the
Federal Emergency Management Agency has delineated both special flood hazard areas and
the risk premium zones applicable to the community. [Also defined in FBC, B, Section 202.1
Flood Insurance Study (FIS): The official report provided by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency that contains the Flood Insurance Rate Map, the Flood Boundary and
Floodway Map (if applicable), the water surface elevations of the base flood, and supporting
technical data. [Also defined in FBC, B, Section 202.1
Floodplain Administrator: The office or position designated and charged with the
administration and enforcement of this ordinance (may be referred to as the Floodplain
Manager).
Floodplain Development Permit or Approval: An official document or certificate issued by
the community, or other evidence of approval or concurrence, which authorizes performance
of specific development activities that are located in flood hazard areas and that are
determined to be compliant with this ordinance.
Floodproofing: Any combination of structural and non-structural additions, changes, or
adjustments to structures, which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved
real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.
Floodway: The channel of a river or other riverine watercourse and the adjacent land
areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively
increasing the water surface elevation more than one (1) foot. [Also defined in FBC, B,
Section 202.1
Floodway Encroachment Analysis: An engineering analysis of the impact that a proposed
encroachment into a floodway is expected to have on the floodway boundaries and base flood
elevations; the evaluation shall be prepared by a qualified Florida licensed engineer using
standard engineering methods and models.
Florida Building Code: The family of codes adopted by the Florida Building Commission,
including: Florida Building Code, Building; Florida Building Code, Residential; Florida
Building Code, Existing Building; Florida Building Code, Mechanical; Florida Building Code,
Plumbing; Florida Building Code, Fuel Gas.
Footcandle (fc): The unit of illumination when the foot is taken as the unit of length. It is
the illumination on a surface one square foot in area on which there is a uniformly
distributed flux of one lumen, or the illumination produced on a surface, all points of which
are at a distance of one foot from directionally uniform point source of one candela.
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Foster Home: A facility licensed by the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative
Services, whether operated for profit or not, providing housing and collective care and
sustenance for no more than three (3) adults or children on a twenty-four (24) hour basis who
are unrelated by blood, adoption, or marriage.
Freestanding Sign: See "Ground Sign"
Frontage: The length of a lot that fronts on a public street or that fronts on a private street
having been constructed in conformance with the St. Lucie County Standard Specifications
for Public Works Construction.
Frontal Dune: Is the first natural or manmade mound or bluff of sand which is located
landward of the beach and which has sufficient vegetation, height, continuity, and
configuration to offer protective value.
Functionally Dependent Use: A use which cannot perform its intended purpose unless it is
located or carried out in close proximity to water, including only docking facilities, port
facilities that are necessary for the loading and unloading of cargo or passengers, and ship
building and ship repair facilities; the term does not include long-term storage or related
manufacturing facilities.
Future Wellfield: Public water supply wall(s) that are designated as future wellfields upon
the issuance of a South Florida Water Management District Individual Water Use Permit
and upon notification to the Department of specific locations.
Garage Sale: The offering for sale of ten (10) or more items of used personal property from
any residential real property.
Governmental Agency:
(1) The United States or any department, commission, agency, or other instrumentality
thereof;
(2) The State of Florida or any department, commission, agency, or instrumentality
thereof;
(3) Any county or municipality; or
(4) Any school board or other special district.
Grade, Natural: The elevation of the ground surface, in its natural conditions, prior to any
man made alteration resulting in an increase or decrease in elevation relative to Mean Sea
Level (MSL).
Grade, Finished: The elevation of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the
exterior wall(s) of a building or structure.
Ground Cover: Low growing plants planted in such a manner as to form a continuous
cover over the ground.
Ground -Level Barrier: Any natural or artificial structure rising above the ground which
prevents beachfront lighting from shining directly onto the beach -dune system.
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Supp. No. 19 2:26 Adopted May 19, 2009
DEFINITIONS 2.00.00
Ground Sign: Any sign that is permanently affixed to the ground, either flush or on poles,
and not attached to an adjoining building. Ground signs include "pole signs," "monument
signs," "freestanding signs," and "detached signs."
Groundwater: Water beneath the surface of the ground, whether or not it is flowing
through known and definite channels.
Group Care Home: A facility or dwelling unit licensed by the Florida Department of
Children and Families housing persons unrelated by blood, adoption, or marriage, and
operating as a single housekeeping unit under a common housekeeping management plan
based on an internally structured relationship providing organization.
Growth Management Director: The head of the Department of Community Development,
who shall be appointed to serve at the pleasure of the County Administrator.
Grubbing: The removal of vegetation from land by means of digging, raking, dragging or
otherwise disturbing the roots of vegetation and the soil in which such roots are located.
Guyed Tower: A telecommunications tower that is supported in whole or in part by guy
wires and ground anchors.
Height: The vertical distance between the minimum finished grade and the highest
finished main roof surface in the case of flat roofs or shed roofs, the deck line of a mansard
roof and the average distance between the eaves and the ridge of sloped roof with a pitch
greater than a 4:12 ratio. For the purpose of this Code, minimum finished grade shall be that
elevation, for both residential and nonresidential uses, required to meet minimum flood
protection regulations. For the purposes of this Code, roof mounted solar energy panels are
exempt from the building height limitations.
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Sapp. No. 19 2:27 Adopted May 19, 2009
2.00.00 ST. LUCIE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
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BUILDING HEIGHT EXAMPLES
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Highest Adjacent Grade: The highest natural elevation of the ground surface prior to
construction next to the proposed walls or foundation of a structure.
Historic Building, Resource, Structure, Site, Object, or District: When used in Section in
7.10,23, means any building, resource, structure, site, object, or district that has been
officially designated as a historic building, historic resource, historic structure, historic site,
historic object, or historic district through a federal, state or local designation program.
Historic Structure: As used in Section 6.05.00, Floodplain Management, any structure
that is determined eligible for the exception to the flood hazard area requirements of the
Florida Building Code, Existing Building, Chapter 12 Historic Buildings.
Historic Tree: A tree which has been determined to be of notable historic interest and
value to St. Lucie County because of its location or historic association with the community
and which has been so designated by the Board of County Commissioners in the official
record books of the county following the procedures set out in Section 4.11.00.
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Historic Structure or Site: Any structure or site or archaeological site that is:
(1) Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained
by the U.S. Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of
the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National
Register;
(2) Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing
to the historical significance of a registered historic district or preliminarily
determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district;
(3) Individually listed on a state register of historic places in states with historic
preservation programs which have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior; or
(4) Individually listed on a local inventory of historic resources per the procedures in
Section 4,11,00.
Home Occupation: A business, profession, occupation, or trade conducted within a
residential building for gain or support by a resident of the dwelling that is incidental and
secondary to the residential use of the building and does not change the essential residential
character of the use.
Hospital: Any building housing a medical institution designed, equipped, and staffed to
receive two (2) or more persons for diagnosis, treatment, and other health services under the
supervision of a medical doctor for periods continuing twenty-four (24) hours of a day.
HotellMotel: A building in which lodging is provided or offered to the public for
compensation, generally with occupancies of less than four (4) weeks, provided however, that
the foregoing limitation on occupancy shall not apply to condominium hotel units.
HRS: The Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.
Illuminated Sign: Any sign designed to emit artificial light or designed to reflect light
from one (1) or more sources of artificial light.
Impermeable Surface: Any material applied to the surface of land that inhibits the natural
infiltration or passage of water into the ground.
In Kind: The creation or enhancement of a wetland with vegetation and functions as those
of an identified wetland.
Indian River Lagoon: The estuarine body of water including creeks, embayments, coves
and other water designations abutting the western shoreline of Hutchinson Island.
Industrial Equipment: Farm tractors, backhoes, bulldozers, draglines, cranes, derricks,
heavy earthmoving equipment normally used in farming, excavation and/or heavy construc-
tion activities.
Industrial Wastewater: Wastewater not otherwise defined as domestic wastewater (F.A.C.
Chapter 17-6.030), including the runoff and leachate from areas that receive pollutants
associated with industrial or commercial storage, handling, or processing.
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Inspect or Inspection: Field surveys that are conducted by qualified personnel.
Institutional Residential Home: A dwelling unit licensed to serve clients of the Depart-
ment of Children and Families, which provides a living environment for more than fourteen
(14) unrelated residents who operate as the functional equivalent of a family, including such
supervision and care by supportive staff as may be necessary to meet the physical, emotional
and social needs of the residents. The term "institutional residential home" shall include
congregate care facilities, foster homes, group care homes and child care facilities with more
than fourteen (14) residents and that otherwise meet the definitional requirements of
institutional residential home.
Interference or Interfere: The impairment of transmission or reception of any desired
communications or radio frequencies.
Internally Illuminated Sign: A sign where the source of illumination is located inside the
sign face and light emanates through the message of the sign. Also a "backlit sign." A sign
utilizing exposed neon lighting shall be considered an internally illuminated sign.
Intertidal Areas: Those areas between mean low water and mean high water.
Jurisdictional Wetland: Any wetland within County ,jurisdiction as set forth in Section
6.02.03(B).
Kennel: An establishment for the breeding, boarding, or shelter of dogs and/or cats.
Lake Okeechobee Watershed: Lake Okeechobee, its tributaries, and the area within which
surface water flow is directed or drains, naturally or by constructed works, to the lake or its
tributaries.
Land: The earth, water, and air above or on the surface, including any improvement or
structure customarily regarded as land.
Land Clearing Debris: Uprooted or cleared vegetation resulting from a land clearing
operation.
Land Clearing Operation: The uprooting or clearing of vegetation in connection with
construction for buildings and rights -of -way, residential or industrial development, mineral
operations, or the clearing of vegetation to enhance property value and aesthetics. The
removal and destruction of shade trees due to storm or insect damage is included as a land
clearing operation.
Land Clearing and Yard Trash Recycling Operation: Those businesses that are engaged in
the recycling and processing of land clearing and yard trash debris only and as may be
authorized as a specific Conditional Use under Section 7.10.12(C) of this Code, Land
Clearing and Yard Trash Recycling Operations shall not include, or apply to, the on -site
disposal of land clearing and yard trash debris generated from land clearing activities on
that property, provided that any such on -site disposal is not in conflict with any applicable
federal, state or local regulations.
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Land Development Regulations: Any ordinance enacted by the County for the regulation of
any aspect of development, including zoning, subdivisions, landscaping, tree protection, or
signs, the County's comprehensive plan, or any other ordinance concerning any aspect of the
development of land. The term does not include any building construction standard adopted
under and in compliance with Chapter 553.
Land Use: The development, activity, or use that has occurred on the land, or the
development that is proposed by a developer on the land.
Lateral Limbs or Other Lateral Branches: Limbs or other branches situated on or coming
from the side of the main trunk(s) of a tree.
Lattice Tower: A telecommunications tower that is constructed to be self-supporting by
lattice type supports and without the use of guy wires or other supports.
Leachate: Any liquid that has come into contact with, passed through, or emerged from
biosolids, yard trash, solid waste, any other organic material used in composting operations,
partially treated compost (e.g., material that is curing), or fully treated compost, as more
fully described in Section 7.10.34(D)(4). "Leachate" includes all soluble, suspended, and
miscible materials in the liquid.
Letter of Map Change (LOMC): An official determination issued by FEMA that amends or
revises an effective Flood Insurance Rate Map or Flood Insurance Study. Letters of Map
Change include:
Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA): An amendment based on technical data showing
that a property was incorrectly included in a designated special flood hazard area. A
LOMA amends the current effective Flood Insurance Rate Map and establishes that a
specific property, portion of a property, or structure is not located in a special flood hazard
area.
Letter of Map Revision (LOMR): A revision based on technical data that may show
changes to flood zones, flood elevations, special flood hazard area boundaries and floodway
delineations, and other planimetric features.
Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (LOMR-F): A determination that a structure or
parcel of land has been elevated by fill above the base flood elevation and is, therefore, no
longer located within the special flood hazard area. In order to qualify for this
determination, the fill must have been permitted and placed in accordance with the
community's floodplain management regulations.
Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR): A formal review and comment as to
whether a proposed flood protection project or other project complies with the minimum
NFIP requirements for such projects with respect to delineation of special flood hazard
areas. A CLOMR does not revise the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map or Flood
Insurance Study; upon submission and approval of certified as -built documentation, a
Letter of Map Revision may be issued by FEMA to revise the effective FIRM.
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Level of Service: An indicator of the extent or degree of service provided by a public facility
and related to the operational characteristics of the public facility.
Licensed Engineer: A person who satisfies the requirements of F.S. § 471.003.
Light -Duty Truck: As used in Section 6.05.00, Floodplain Management, as defined in 40
C.F.R. 56.082-2, any motor vehicle rated at eight thousand five hundred (8,500) pounds
Gross Vehicular Weight Rating or less which has a vehicular curb weight of six thousand
(6,000) pounds or less and which has a basic vehicle frontal area of forty-five (45) square feet
or less, which is:
(1) Designed primarily for purposes of transportation of property or is a derivation of
such a vehicle; or
(2) Designed primarily for transportation of persons and has a capacity of more than
twelve (12) persons; or
(3) Available with special features enabling off-street or off -highway operation and use.
Light -Emitting Diode (LED): An electronic device that emits light when an electrical
current is passed through it.
Light Meter: A handheld device that used measure or meter light. A light meter can read
the ambient light in a scene, or direct light from a light source and calculate the correct
shutter speed and aperture values required to capture an accurate exposure.
Local Road or Street: A route providing service which is of relatively low average traffic
volume, short average trip length or minimal through -traffic involvements and high land
access for abutting property.
Lot: A parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by a use that includes or will
include at least one (1) structure together with any accessory structure, yard, open space,
buffer area, or parking spaces required by this Code.
Lot, Corner: A lot situated at the junction of two (2) or more public rights -of -way.
Lot Coverage: The total horizontal ground area of a lot covered by all buildings or
structures on the lot not open to the sky.
Lot, Depth of. The average horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot
line.
Lot Line: The boundary of a lot.
Lot of Record: As used in this Code, a lot of record shall mean:
(1) Any contiguous quantity of land that is part of an approved subdivision recorded in
the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court; or
(2) Any contiguous quantity of land which is capable of being described with such
definitiveness that its location and boundaries are established, and which has been
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so recorded in the public records in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court prior
to January 9, 1990, unless otherwise considered to be a nonconforming lot of record
as described in Section 10.00.04 of this Code; or
(3) Any contiguous quantity of land which is the subject of an agreement for deed or
other instrument of conveyance properly executed prior to January 9, 1990, and
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Monopole Tower: A telecommunications tower consisting of a single pole or spire
self -supported on a permanent foundation, constructed without guy wires, ground anchors,
or other supports.
Monument Sign: A ground sign that is connected to the ground, or supported by a
freestanding wall, pedestal, or other structure, so that there is no clear space between the
bottom of the sign and the ground, no less than eighty percent (80%) width of the sign. A
monument sign does not have any exposed pole or pylon.
Motor Vehicle: An automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semi -trailer, truck -tractor, and
semi -trailer combination, or any other vehicle operated on the roads of this county, used to
transport persons or property, and propelled by power other than muscular power.
Mulch: Non -living small aggregate materials such as gravel, rock, pebbles, bark, or pine
needles, used as ground cover.
Multi Use Path: A bikeway (ten (10) to twelve (12) feet wide) physically separated from the
motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier and either within highway
right-of-way or within an independent alignment. Multi -use paths may be used by
pedestrians, skaters, and joggers as well as bicyclists.
Nameplate: Generally, a sign indicating the name of and other information pertaining to
the occupant or resident of the dwelling unit or other building to which it is attached;
provided, however, that a nameplate may contain any other information chosen by the
property owner or occupant if all other requirements of this chapter are met.
National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD): As corrected in 1929, is a vertical control used
as a reference for establishing varying elevations within the floodplain.
Native I Drought -Tolerant Trees: Indigenous trees which tolerate periods of low rainfall.
See Section 7.09.06 (Standards for Native and Drought -Tolerant Vegetation).
Native Vegetation: Any indigenous tree, plant or shrub adapted to soil and climatic
conditions occurring onsite.
New Construction: As used in Section 6.05.00, Floodplain Management, for the purposes
of administration of this ordinance and the flood resistant construction requirements of the
Florida Building Code, structures for which the "start of construction" commenced on or
after August 13, 1981 and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures.
New Manufactured Home Park or Subdivision: As used in Section 6.05.00, Floodplain
Management, a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of
facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including
at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site
grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed on or after August 13, 1981.
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Newspaper of General Circulation: A newspaper published at least on a weekly basis; it
does not include a newspaper intended primarily for members of a particular professional or
occupational group, a newspaper whose primary function is to carry legal notices, or a
newspaper that is given away primarily to distribute advertising.
Newsrack: Any self-service or coin operated box, container, storage unit, dispenser or
other unmanned device installed, used, or maintained for the display, sale or distribution of
newspapers or other periodicals or advertising circulars or any other printed matter.
Nonconcurrency Affidavit: A document signed by an applicant which defers the applica-
tion for a Certificate of Capacity and the Concurrency Test until receipt of a Final
Development Order for the proposed development.
Nonconforming Lot of Record: A lot of record that does not meet minimum area, width or
frontage requirements of this Code and as further described in Section 10.00.04 of the Code.
Nonconforming Structure: Any lawfully existing structure or building on the effective date
of this Code that does not comply with all of the provisions of this Code.
Nonconforming Use: Any use lawfully being made of any land, building, or structure on
the effective date of this Code that does not comply with the provisions of this Code.
Nonhabitable Major Structure: As used in Section 13.00.02, Coastal Construction Code,
includes, but is not limited to, swimming pools; parking garages; pipelines; piers; canals,
lakes, ditches, drainage structures, and other water -retention structures; water and sewage
treatment plants; electrical power plants, transmission and distribution lines, transformer
pads, vaults, and substations; roads, bridges, streets, and highways; underground storage
tanks.
Non -Native Vegetation: Any tree, plant or shrub established from outside sources where
local climatic and geologic conditions are similar to the source of origin and therefore
favorable to growth.
Nonresidential Activity: As used in Section 6.03,00, Wellfield Protection, means any
activity occurring on any described parcel of land, whether or not within a structure, with
the exception of residential activity as defined herein. Those nonresidential activities which
do not meet the definition criteria of existing nonresidential activity as defined herein, shall
he defined as new nonresidential activities.
Non -Rigid or Flexible Structures: As used in Section 6.02.01, Coastal Area Protection,
include, but are not limited to, beach and dune restoration, sand fencing, and stabilization
with beach and dune vegetation to reduce or control vegetation.
Normal Farming Operations: This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.10.34(B) of the Code.
North American Vertical Datum: (NAVD) of 1988 means a vertical control used as a
reference for establishing varying elevations within the floodplain.
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Nursing Home: An institution, public or private, that provides twenty-four (24) hours of
nursing care for three (3) or more unrelated individuals and is presently licensed pursuant
to F.S. § 400.062.
Nutrients: For the purposes of Section 7.10.34 only, this term shall mean nitrate, total
kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrite and total phosphorus.
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Retail Trade: The sale of consumer goods, commodities, and services to ultimate
consumers.
Retrofitting: As used in Section 7.07.00, refers to improving the quality of urban
stormwater runoff to whatever degree is achievable. The improvement can include the
modification of existing, or the addition of new, structures or stormwater management
practices, or changes in activities or land uses.
Rights -of -Way: Land dedicated or deeded to public use or otherwise owned by a public
agency on which facilities such as roads, roadways, swales, bikepaths, sidewalks, railroads,
canals, utilities and for public street purposes and includes all dedicated rights -of -way for
any such facility.
Rigid Structure: As used in Section 6.02.01, Coastal Area Protection, means a man-made
or man -placed inflexible installation within the Dune Preservation Zone or Indian River
Lagoon Shoreline including, but not limited to, wooden, metal, or plastic structures such as
jetties, seawalls, bulkheads, mound structures, rip -rap, revetments, groins, breakwaters,
and sandbags.
Ripeness Decision: For the purposes of Section 11.14.00, the term "ripeness decision" shall
mean an available use decision which describes as specifically as possible the use or uses
available to the subject real property.
Road: The term "road" includes streets, sidewalks, alleys, highways and other ways open
to travel by the public including the roadbed, right-of-way and all culverts, drains, sluices,
ditches, water storage areas, waterways, embankments, slopes, retaining walls, bridges,
tunnels and viaducts necessary for the maintenance of travel and all ferries used in
connection therewith.
Roof Sign: Any sign erected over or on the roof of a building.
Rooming House: Any dwelling in which more than two (2) persons are lodged on a
continuing basis, without meals, for compensation.
Rural Arterial Road: Routes which generally interconnect with and augment urban minor
arterial roads and provide service to trips of longer length and a higher level of traffic
mobility.
Salt Marsh Impoundments: Those wetlands upon which mosquito control activities are or
have been undertaken as part of a St. Lucie County Mosquito Control District program.
Sand Dunes: As used in Section 6.05.00, Flood Damage Prevention, the term shall mean
naturally occurring accumulations of sand in ridges or mounds landward of the beach.
Scroll: A mode of message transition where the message is changed by the apparent
vertical or horizontal movement of the letters or graphic elements of the message.
Scrub Habitat: A well -drained, fire adapted, plant community occurring primarily on
ridges (elevated areas), characterized by white or light colored, acidic sand. Generally, the
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habitat has a sparse sand pine canopy, with dense clumps or vast thickets of scrub oaks and
other shrubs dominating the understory. The ground cover is generally very sparse, being
dominated by lichens and herbs, with open patches of barren, exposed sand.
Seagrasses: Those submerged beds of the genera Halophila, Syringodium, Halodule,
Thalassia, and/or the green algae Caulerpa spp.
Sea Turtle(s): Any specimen belonging to the species Caretta (loggerhead turtle), Chelonia
mydas (green turtle), Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback turtle) or any other marine turtle
using St. Lucie County beaches as a nesting habitat.
Sea Turtle Hatchling: Any specimen of sea turtle, within or outside of a nest, which has
recently hatched from an egg.
Sea Turtle Nest: Any place in which sea turtle eggs are naturally deposited or relocated
beneath the sediments of the beach -dune system.
Search Area: The geographic area, in which a telecommunications facility must be located
to provide FCC required coverage of the applicant's designed service areas, as certified by a
radio frequency (RF) engineer, or other such appropriate technical expert.
Seasonal High Water Line: The line formed by the intersection of the rising shore and the
elevation of one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the local tidal range above mean high water.
Semitrailer: A semi -trailer which is used or designed primarily for carrying commercial
loads. It shall be presumed that any semitrailer having a tax class of 56 is a "semitrailer" as
defined herein.
Service Station: Any building, structure or land used primarily for the sale of motor fuels
or oil at retail direct to the customer, including the supplying of accessories, parts, and
services essential to the normal operation of automobiles.
SFWMD: The South Florida Water Management District.
Shipping Container: Refer to Cargo Containers.
Shoreline: A boundary line between land and water. In St. Lucie County the term refers
specifically to the interfaces along the Atlantic Ocean, Indian River Lagoon, North Fork of
the St. Lucie River, Ten Mile Creek, and their tributaries.
Shoreline Access Point or Access: See Beach or Shoreline Access Point or Access.
Shoreline or Beach Restoration: Any work to enhance the value and function of the
estuarine or beach -dune shoreline areas or to reconstruct or replace beaches or dunes.
Restoration includes, but is not limited to, the replanting of vegetation to stabilize the
estuarine or beach -dune shoreline areas.
Shrub: Any living, self-supporting woody evergreen plant, other than a tree, normally
grown in St. Lucie County.
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Sidewalk: That portion of a roadway designed for preferential or exclusive use by
pedestrians and non -motorized vehicles.
Side Lot Lines: Straight lines connecting the end points of the front and rear lot lines.
Sidewalk or Sandwich Sign: See "Portable Sign".
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State Roads: All streets, roads, highways, and other public ways open to travel by the
public generally, and dedicated to the public use according to law or by prescription, and
designated by the Florida Department of Transportation as provided by law, as parts of the
State Highway System.
Static Message: Messages that do not have movement, or the appearance or optical
illusion of movement during the static display period, of any part of the sign structure,
design, or pictorial segment of the sign, including the movement or appearance of movement.
Stealth Tower or Camouflage Tower, Equipment Building or Antenna Structure: A
designed structure that encloses, obscures or conceals the presence of an antenna,
equipment building and/or telecommunications tower such that the tower, equipment
building and/or antenna blends into the environment. For example, the following may be
determined to be a stealth, or camouflage tower, equipment building or antenna: Towers and
antennas integrated into man-made trees that are similar in height, branches and leaf
coverage to natural trees occurring on the proposed site, clock towers, bell steeples, light
poles, architecturally screened roof mounted antennas, equipment buildings installed below
grade or not visible beyond the property as a result of landscaping or other buffering, and
similar alternative designs. Stealth or camouflage tower may also be referenced as an
"Alternative Tower Structure."
Stormwater Management Plan: The detailed analysis which describes the proposed
stormwater management system for the development.
Street: Public or private ways that have been set aside through dedication, deed, or
condemnation for public or private use or that have become a public way by prescriptive use,
without regard to maintenance responsibility, but not including easements. This definition
does not include any private street or way, that is not constructed in conformance with the
provisions of Chapter XIII of this Code.
Structure: Anything constructed or installed, the use of which requires location on a parcel
of land. It does not include a movable structure, even when it is located on land that can be
used for housing, business, commercial, agricultural, or office purposes. "Structure" also
includes fences, billboards, swimming pools, and signs. Structures should meet Florida
Building Code requirements and be permanently affixed. As used in Section 6.05.00, Flood
Damage Prevention, the term shall mean a walled and roofed building, including a gas or
liquid storage tank that is principally above ground, as well as a manufactured home.
Subdivision: The platting of real property into three (3) or more lots, parcels, tracts, tiers,
blocks, sites, units, or any other division of land.
Subdivision Collector Roads: Routes collecting and distributing traffic between local roads
within a subdivision.
Substantial Change: A modification that changes the physical dimensions of an Eligible
Support Structure if it meets any of the following criteria-
(1) For towers other than towers in the public rights -of -way, it increases the height of the
tower by more than ten percent (10%) or by the height of one (1) additional antenna
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array with separation from the nearest existing antenna not to exceed twenty (20)
feet, whichever is greater; for other eligible support structures, it increases the
height of the structure by more than ten percent (10%) or more than ten (10) feet,
whichever is greater;
(2) For towers other than towers in the public rights -of -way, it involves adding an
appurtenance to the body of the tower that would protrude from the edge of the tower
more than twenty (20) feet, or more than the width of the tower structure at the level
of the appurtenance, whichever is greater; for other eligible support structures, it
involves adding an appurtenance to the body of the structure that would protrude
from the edge of the structure by more than six (6) feet;
(3) For any eligible support structure, it involves installation of more than the standard
number of new equipment cabinets for the technology involved, but not to exceed four
(4) cabinets; or, for towers in the public rights -of -way and base stations, it involves
installation of any new equipment cabinets on the ground if there are no pre-existing
ground cabinets associated with the structure, or else involves installation of ground
cabinets that are more than ten percent (10%) larger in height or overall volume than
any other ground cabinets associated with the structure;
(4) It entails any excavation or deployment outside the current site;
(5) It would defeat the concealment elements of the eligible support structure; or
(6) It does not comply with conditions associated with the siting approval of the
construction or modification of the eligible support structure or base station
equipment, provided however that this limitation does not apply to any modification
that is non -compliant only in a manner that would not exceed the thresholds
identified in sub -paragraphs (i)-(iv) of this section.
Substantial Damage: Damage of any origin sustained by a building or structure whereby
the cost of restoring the building or structure to its before -damaged condition would equal or
exceed fifty percent (50%) of the market value of the building or structure before the damage
occurred. [Also defined in FBC, B, Section 202.1
Substantial Improvement: As used in Section 6.05.00, Flood Damage Prevention, the term
shall mean, any repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration, addition, or other improve-
ment of a building or structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the
market value of the building or structure before the improvement or repair is started. If the
structure has incurred "substantial damage," any repairs are considered substantial
improvement regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however,
include either: [Also defined in FBC, B, Section 202.1
(1) Any project for improvement of a building required to correct existing health,
sanitary, or safety code violations identified by the building official and that are the
minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions.
(2) Any alteration of a historic structure provided the alteration will not preclude the
structure's continued designation as a historic structure.
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Wireless Communications Facility or Telecommunications Facility: Any equipment or
facility used to provide wireless telecommunications service and may include, but is not
limited to, antennas, towers, equipment enclosures, cabling, antenna brackets, and other
such equipment. Placing a wireless communications facility on an existing structure does
not cause the existing structure to become a wireless communications facility. Such
definition shall not include facilities of a governmental entity where such facilities are
utilized to provide intra-governmental communications, not generally available to the
public, to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public, including but not limited to the
South Florida Water Management District.
Wireless Telecommunications Service: Personal wireless service or "commercial mobile
radio service" as provided under ss. 3(27) and 332(d) of the Federal Telecommunications Act
of 1996, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq., and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Pub.
L. No. 103-66, August 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 312. The term includes service provided by any
wireless real-time two-way communication device, including radio -telephone communica-
tions used in cellular telephone service; personal communications service; or the functional
or competitive equivalent of a radio -telephone communications line used in cellular
telephone service, a personal communications service, or a network radio access line. The
term does not include wireless providers that offer mainly dispatch service in a more
localized, noncellular configuration; providers offering only data, one-way, or stored -voice
services on an interconnected basis; providers of air -to -ground services; or public coast
stations.
Wireless Tower or Telecommunications Tower or Tower: Any structure, and support
thereto, designed and constructed for the sole or primary purpose of supporting one (1) or
more antennas and their associated equipment intended for transmitting or receiving
wireless telecommunications services, telephone, radio and similar communication purposes,
licensed or authorized by the FCC to the extent required, including lattice, monopole and
guyed telecommunications towers. Unless otherwise expressly excluded, the term includes
transmission telecommunications towers, microwave telecommunications towers, common -
carrier telecommunications towers, cellular telephone telecommunications towers, alterna-
tive telecommunications tower structures, among others. To the extent not inconsistent with
applicable law, the term Wireless Tower or Telecommunications Tower does not include a
utility pole for the collocation of a small wireless facility in the County's public rights -of -way
pursuant to the St. Lucie County Communications Rights -of -Way Ordinance, Chapter 44,
Article 1, of the County Code. A Wireless Tower, Telecommunications Tower or Tower shall
not include the following:
(1) A cell -on -wheels authorized pursuant to Section 7,10.23;
(2) A structure supporting a utility transmission line(s) only;
(3) A structure up to one hundred fifty (150) feet in height supporting a 69KV or higher
voltage utility transmission line(s), and antenna(e), when located in non-residential
zoning districts;
(4) An amateur radio antenna or its support apparatus; and
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(5) A structure supporting a radio, television or satellite receiving antenna for residential
uses only.
Yard: An open space at grade between a building and the property lines of the lot on which
the building is located, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as
otherwise provided herein. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the depth of
a side yard, the depth of a front yard, or the depth of a rear yard, the minimum horizontal
distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used.
Yard, Front: A yard extending across the front of a lot, bounded by the side lot lines, front
property line and the front of the main building or any projections thereof. In all cases, the
main building and any projections thereof must be behind the line of minimum lot width.
Yard, Rear: A yard extending across the rear of a lot between the side lot lines and the rear
property line, and being the required minimum horizontal distance between the rear
property line and the rear of the main building or any projections thereof. On all lots the rear
yard shall be at the opposite end of the lot from the front yard.
Yard, Side: A yard between the main building and the side line of the lot, extending from
the required front yard to the required rear yard, and being the minimum horizontal
distance between a side property line and the side of the main building or any projections
thereof.
Yard Trash: Means vegetative matter resulting from landscaping maintenance and land
clearing operations and includes materials such as tree and shrub trimmings, grass
clippings, palm fronds, trees and tree stumps, and associated rocks and soils. For purposes
of Section 7.10.34 only. Yard trash also includes clean wood.
Zone of Protection: Those areas around public water supply wellfields meeting the criteria
in Section 6.03.02.
(Ord. No. 10-003, Pt. A, 2-15-2010; Ord. No. 10-034, Pt. A, 11-9-2010; Ord. No. 11-005, Pts.
A, B, 2-1-2011; Ord. No. 11-031, Pt. A, 12-20-2011; Ord. No. 11-017, Pt. A, 6-21-2011; Ord.
No. 11-012, § A, 8-2-2011; Ord. No. 12-003, Pt. A, 5-15-2012; Ord. No. 12-009, Pt. A,
4-17-2012; Ord. No. 12-010, Pt, A, 2-14-2012; Ord. No. 13-038, Pt. A, 9-3-2013; Ord. No.
15-002, Pt. A, 4-7-2015; Ord. No. 16-009, Pt. A, 6-7-2016; Ord. No. 17-004, Pt. A, 4-18-2017;
Ord. No. 17-005, Pt, A, 5-16-2017; Ord. No. 17-015, § 2, 7-5-2017; Ord. No. 18-001, Pt. A,
1-23-2018; Ord. No. 2018-006, Pt, A, 5-15-2018; Ord. No. 2020-22, Pt. A, 8-4-2020; Ord. No.
2020-29, Pt. A, 12-1-2020)
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
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g. Development Standards for Lots.
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(1) Table 3-1 provides dimensional requirements that apply to all lots of each
designated type. These requirements replace those found in Section
7.04,01.
(2) If additional lot types are proposed by an applicant, comparable dimensional
requirements must also be proposed. An applicant may also propose
changes to the dimensional requirements in Table 3-1 for a particular
neighborhood. All changes must comply with the intent of the TVC
Element. The Board of County Commissioners shall decide whether to
accept, modify, or reject such additional or modified dimensional require-
ments during the approval process based on consistency with the goals,
objectives and policies of the TVC Element and the applicable site plan
approval standards in Chapter XI of this Code.
(3) Each Live/Work, Rowhouse, Cottage, Sideyard, House, and Estate Lot is
permitted one (1) main structure and one (1) accessory dwelling. Accessory
dwellings are not counted for density purposes, for instance for meeting
the minimum density requirements of Section 3.01.03.EE.2.b. Accessory
dwellings, where permitted:
i. May not exceed the size limitations in Table 3-1;
ii. Must maintain at least a three-foot side yard except on Rowhouse
Lots; and
iii. Must be separated at least ten (10) feet from the main structure.
(4) Building frontage is the percentage of the total width of a lot which is
required to be building wall, measured where the front yard ends and the
front of the building begins. For this purpose only, the width of a porte
cochere may be counted as building wall even though it has no front or rear
wall.
(5) Front porches and balconies may extend up to ten (10) feet into front yards
provided that walls, screened areas, or railings in the front yard extend no
higher than forty-two (42) inches above the floor of the porch or balcony.
Front porches and balconies may not extend into the right-of-way. Stoops
may extend into front yards provided that walls, screened areas, or
railings in the front yard extend no higher than forty-two (42) inches above
the floor of the stoop. Stoops may extend into the right-of-way to the extent
specifically provided by the Board of County Commissioners during the
approval process.
(6) Each building must have separate walls to support all loads independently
of any walls located on an adjacent lot. Buildings with side -facing windows
must provide necessary light and air shafts within their own lot without
relying on the side yard of an adjacent lot.
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(7) Each building must have an entrance facing a street or public open space.
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3) Best Management Practices must be used to ensure water
quality.
4) Before final approval is granted to excavate, a Phase I
environmental assessment, and if warranted a Phase II
environmental assessment, shall be submitted to St. Lucie
County. If levels of contaminants in the soil such as pesticides,
herbicides, and metals are found to exceed state standards, the
area shall be remediated or the site redesigned to accommodate
storm water management in another location.
5) Once St. Lucie County creates an institutional structure to
facilitate the implementation of the Flow Way System, further
approvals must be in accordance with that structure.
ii. Maintenance. The long-term operation, management, and maintenance
of the overall system should be conducted by a single entity responsible
to meet the performance criteria set forth for the regional system.
These responsibilities shall include the following:
1) Provide connectivity between Towns, Villages, and other develop-
ments;
2) Manage the health of the aquatic system;
3) Manage the fish and wildlife values;
4) Provide navigability between Towns and Village; and
5) Provide and implement mitigation as needed.
q. Workforce Housing. To encourage a broad range of family sizes and incomes,
each Town and Village must provide a minimum of eight percent (8%) of the
proposed number of dwellings as workforce housing, as defined generally in
Section 4,04.06 and as further defined by St. Lucie County through ordinances
or during the process of approving an individual Planned Town or Village.
(1) When workforce housing will be provided above the required eight percent
(8%), the total area of its lots may be counted towards the fulfillment of the
required amount of Countryside, but may not be located in either the
Rural or Fringe transect zones.
i. Accessory dwellings in neighborhoods may provide additional workforce
housing, but such dwellings may not be counted towards the fulfill-
ment of either the eight percent (8%) workforce housing requirement
or the required amount of Countryside.
ii. Accessory dwellings and any workforce housing above the required
eight percent (8%) that is not counted toward the fulfillment of the
required amount of Countryside will not be required to comply with
the remaining provisions of Section 3.01.03.EE.2.q.
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(2) Workforce housing must be made available on approximately the same
schedule as the balance of housing in each Town or Village; workforce
housing may not be deferred until the final phases.
i. A specific schedule for the types, location, and phasing of construction
of workforce housing must be proposed with each PTV application.
ii. The Board of County Commissioners shall decide whether to accept
or modify this schedule during the approval process based on
consistency with the goals, objectives and policies of the TVC
Element and the applicable site plan approval standards in Chapter
XI of this Code.
(3) Workforce housing units must be roughly proportional to the tenure types
(fee simple, condominium, rental) of the market rate homes in each Town
or Village.
(4) The bedroom mix of workforce housing units must be roughly proportional
to the bedroom mix of the market rate homes in each Town or Village.
(5) Workforce housing units are expected to vary from the market rate
offerings in each Town or Village due to smaller sizes and fewer interior
amenities. However, these variations must not adversely affect the energy
efficiency of the workforce units. Workforce units must be complementary
in exterior design and materials and must be dispersed throughout each
Town or Village.
(6) Workforce housing must be sold or rented only to qualified households as
defined by St. Lucie County.
L Half of the required workforce housing must be affordable to families
earning eighty percent (80%) to one hundred percent (100%) of the
Area Median Income. The other half must be affordable to families
earning one hundred percent (100%) to one hundred twenty percent
(120%) of the Area Median Income.
ii. Workforce housing may be offered for sale or rent through agencies
operating affordable housing programs that are specifically approved
by the St. Lucie County for this purpose.
(7) Affordability must be maintained for a minimum of eight (8) years, or the
period of affordability specified by the funding secured by the developer,
whichever is longer. St. Lucie County will establish standards for
maintenance of affordability during this period.
i. These standards may include documents being recorded in the public
records of St. Lucie County describing the affordability requirements
for each workforce housing unit.
ii. These standards may include a program that would restrict the
resale of individual workforce housing units or the subsequent rental
of a purchased unit only to other qualified households as defined by
St. Lucie County.
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(4) Preliminary Regulating Plan: In lieu of these deleted items, the applicant
must submit a proposed preliminary regulating plan that complies with
the following standards. This preliminary regulating plan may contain
some or all of the other information required by this Code for a proposed
development activity if that other information does not obscure the
following required information for regulating plans:
i. The entire area within the proposed PTV and all adjoining roads,
canals, and other rights -of -way or easements must be shown on the
regulating plan.
ii. A conceptual assignment of a transect zone to all land including
proposed streets within the PTV (see Section 3.01.03.EE.2.c). All
land shall be assigned one (1) of the six (6) transect zones and no land
may be assigned two (2) or more transect zones. Conceptual assign-
ments may be altered during final site plan as long as the intent
remains consistent with transect percentage allocation requirements
as outlined in Section 3.01.03.EE.3.
iii. The approximate location of proposed streets throughout the PTV,
indicating the specific type of each street. Streets types must comply
with the transect zone through which they pass (see Section
3.01.03.EE.2.i) and must provide right-of-way in accordance with the
standards in Section 3.01.03.EE.2.1. Street locations may be amended
at final site plan in a manner that is consistent with the require-
ments of Section 3.01.03.EE. and the intent of the Preliminary
Regulating Plan.
iv. Proposed lot lines do not need to be shown on the regulating plan, but
all land to be subdivided into lots must indicate the proposed lot
types, which must comply with the transect zones where the lots are
to be located (see 3.01.03.EE.2.e) and be able to meet the development
standards for each lot type (see 3.01.03.EE.2.g)
V. The approximate location of the surface water management system,
including its outfall and all connections with existing drainage
features and the new regional Flow Way System.
vi. The location of civic spaces including those required by Section
3.01.03.EE.2.n, and if qualifying as Open Space components, the
location of civic uses, targeted industry, higher education, estate lots
in the Fringe transect zone, and workforce housing above the
required eight percent (8%).
vii. The graphic format of the regulating plan should be similar to the
regulating plan in Section 3.01.03.EE.3.c and be produced at the
same scale and sheet size as similar documents required for all
Planned Developments.
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viii. The proposed regulating plan must be accompanied by tabular data
demonstrating compliance with all requirements of the PTV zoning
district.
ix. The proposed regulating plan must be also be provided electronically
in a standard CAD format.
(5) Other Supporting Documents: The application should also contain other
supporting documents that are required or that demonstrate compliance
with the standards set forth in this Code and in the TVC Element.
Examples include:
i. A conceptual restoration and management plan (Section
3.01.03.EE.2.o.5).
ii. A conceptual reclaimed water management plan (Section
3.01.03.EE.2.o.6) if such services are available on the subject property.
iii. A conceptual countryside management plan (Section 3.01.03.EE.2.o.7).
iv. A proposed schedule for the types, location, and phasing of construc-
tion of workforce housing for each phase (Section 3.01.03.EE2.q).
C. Submittal requirements for final approval of a planned Town or Village shall be
as provided in Chapter XI for final site plan approval of all other Planned
Developments except as follows:
(1) A final version of the preliminary regulating plan that was approved with
the PTV zoning must be submitted which includes all of the information on
the preliminary regulating plan plus the final location and dimension of all
lots and streets in accordance with the PTV standards.
(2) Final data tabulations that demonstrate compliance with all requirements
of the PTV zoning district.
(3) Other supporting documents and diagrams as needed to demonstrate
compliance with the standards set forth in this Code and in the TVC
Element, including final versions of Other Supporting Documents submit-
ted with the Preliminary Regulating Plan.
(4) Minor modifications to an approved preliminary regulating plan may be
approved at the time of final approval, or later as an amendment to the
final approval, provided they comply with all requirements of this Code,
any conditions imposed at the preliminary approval stage, and with the
goals, objectives, and policies of the TVC Element. No modifications may
reduce the diversity of lot types or street types that had been shown on an
approved preliminary regulating plan.
d. A model regulating plan is shown in Figure 3-16 to demonstrate the graphic
format and level of detail required when seeking preliminary approval for a
Town or Village. This model regulating plan is reduced in size for inclusion in
this Code but a full-scale copy of this plan may be obtained from the Growth
Management Director.
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4. Phasing of Towns and Villages. Preliminary approval of PTV zoning must be
obtained for the entire Town or Village, including its Countryside component, even if
subsequent development may occur in phases. If final approval is sought in phases,
the first phase must include the entire Countryside component including recorded
easements indicating that residential density has been transferred into Neighbor-
hoods. Each phase must indicate how the remaining phases are planned to be
integrated with the earlier phases. Tabular data must be provided at preliminary
approval for the overall Preliminary Regulating Plan and for each future phase upon
submittal for each Final PTV approval to ensure that all requirements of the PTV
district will be met.
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C. Use of Native and Drought Resistant Plants: Wherever feasible and
environmentally beneficial, landscape designs should feature native and/or
drought -tolerant plant species, especially in areas adjacent to existing native
vegetation, to take advantage of the unique natural character and diversity of
the region, and the adaptability of native plants to local environmental
conditions. Where feasible, the re-establishment of native habitats should be
incorporated into the landscape design. In the same manner, landscape designs
are encouraged to utilize drought tolerant plant materials to the maximum
extent feasible. The use of drought tolerant plants should enrich the existing
landscape character, conserve water and energy, and provide as pleasant and
varied a visual appearance as plants that require more water.
The Board of County Commissioners may condition the approval of any resort with
more stringent or restrictive landscape requirements in order to ensure compat-
ibility with surrounding land uses.
6. Sign Requirements: Site signage shall be consistent with the provisions of Section
9.01.01(E). A preliminary site signage plan shall be required as part of the site plan
review process of all resorts developed under of the CR zoning district.
Site signage for a resort shall be in keeping with the resort's character, architecture
and signature amenity or anchor attribute, both in scale and design. The scale and
design of the sign shall also be appropriate to the surrounding area in which the
resort is located. The Board of County Commissioners may condition the approval of
any resort with more stringent or restrictive signage requirements in order to ensure
compatibility with surrounding land uses and the speed limit of the road or roads
which the sign(s) faces.
7. Conditional Uses:
a. Telecommunication towers — subject to the standards of Section 7.10.23.
8. Accessory Uses: Accessory uses are subject to the requirements of Section 8.00.00,
and include the following:
a. Solar energy systems, subject to the requirements of Section 7.1028.
(Ord. No. 10-026, Pt. A, 9-7-2010; Ord. No. 10-034, Pt. A, 11-9-2010; Ord. No. 11-015, Pt. A,
4-19-2011; Ord. No. 11-021, Pt. A, 8-2-2011; Ord. No. 11-017, Pt. A, 6-21-2011; Ord. No.
11-002, § 4, 12-6-2011; Ord. No. 12-004, § A, 2-7-2012; Ord. No. 12-013, Pt. A, 12-4-2012;
Ord, No. 13-007, § A, 3-5-2013; Ord. No. 15-002, Pt. A, 4-7-2015; Ord. No. 17-005, Pt. A,
5-16-2017; Ord. No. 17-015, § 3, 7-5-2017; Ord. No. 17-023, Pt. A, 12-19-2017; Ord. No
2020-8, Pt. A, 3-3-2020; Ord. No. 2020-22, Pt. A, 8-4-2020; Ord. No. 2020-28, Pt. A,
10-20-2020)
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b. Upon approval of this option, urban services may be extended at the property
owners' expense to lots that use the remaining transferable development value
despite being located outside the USB.
C. The new residential lots must be placed on one (1) contiguous portion of the
land and to the extent possible must provide an interconnected street network
as described in Section 3.01.03.EE.2.k and water management in the form of an
interconnected system consistent with and connected to the Flow Way System
as described in Section 3.01.03.EE.2.p.
E. Residential Subdivisions Inside the Urban Service Boundary.
1. Residential subdivisions may be created inside the Urban Service Boundary (USB)
on land designated TVC only by following one (1) of these two approaches:
a. As part of a new Town or Village, using the PTV zoning district (see Section
3.01.03.EE). Planned Towns or Villages inside the USB require less acreage
and a lower percentage of land to be designated as Countryside than for a Town
or Village outside the USB (see Section 3.01.03.EE.2.b).
b. Outside a Town or Village but still inside the USB, using the transferable
development value assigned to a parcel of land, plus any TDR credits acquired
and/or any density bonuses that St. Lucie County may provide for affordable
housing, workforce housing, or mixed uses.
(1) If the land is not currently zoned to allow the desired density, the land
must be rezoned to a suitable planned zoning district (for instance, see
Sections 3.01.03.BB and 7.01.00, the standard planned unit development
category and associated PUD regulations). The rezoning application and
subsequent site plan approval applications must be accompanied by a
regulating plan that includes the information required by Section
3.01.03.EE.3.b(4) and that identifies appropriate transect zones, lot types,
and street types to achieve development forms consistent with the TVC
Element. The required Center, General, and Edge transect zone percent-
ages set forth in Section 3.01.03.EE.2.c(3) for Villages would apply to such
land, unless the parcel is less than thirty-two (32) acres. The five -acre
minimum parcel size for the standard PUD category would not apply to
such an application.
(2) Such residential subdivisions must provide an interconnected street
network as described in Section 3.01.03.EE.2.k and water management in
the form of an interconnected system consistent with and connected, if
possible, to the Flow Way System as described in Section 3.01.03.EE.2.p.
2. Residential development on land designated TVC that is inside the Urban Service
Boundary (USB) is afforded the following special allowances:
a. Density may be increased in all proposed development inside the USB through
acquisition of TDR credits from eligible sending sites (see Section 4.04.05).
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b. Transferable development rights are awarded higher multipliers when the
receiving site is located inside the USB.
F. Standards for New Residential Buildings. The following standards apply to new
dwellings on pre-existing lots in the TVC Overlay Zone; to all dwellings built in new
subdivisions zoned PTV, PCS, and PRW; and to all dwellings in new subdivisions approved
pursuant to 4.04.04.D and 4.04.04.E:
1. Detached garages must preferably be located in the rear of the lot. Detached garages
must be accessed from the alley or lane except where no alley or lane is present.
Front -loaded units shall not compromise the walkability and intended pedestrian
character of a neighborhood. Garages not accessed from an alley shall be recessed
from the main fagade. A maximum of twenty-five percent (25%) of residential units
in each phase may include front -loaded detached garages.
2. If no alleys or lanes are present, garage doors on attached garages should face the
side or the rear rather than the front and be accessed from a driveway that does not
exceed ten (10) feet wide except at the garage entrance. Where space does not permit
a side- or rear -facing garage door, any front -facing garage doors must be placed at
least twenty (20) feet behind the principal plane of the building frontage and each
door is limited to one (1) car width.
G. Other Non -Residential Uses.
1. Retail and workplace land uses may be placed in a Town or Village through approval
of PTV zoning (see Section 3.01.03.EE).
2. Retail and workplace land uses may also be placed outside a Town or Village when
consistent with the retail standards under Objective 3.1.8 of the TVC Element or the
workplace standards under Objective 3.1.10 of the TVC Element, or as necessary to
achieve underlying nonresidential use intensity pursuant to Land Use Element
Policies 3.1.2.5 and 3.1.3.1(4). PRW zoning (see Section 3.01.06.GG) is required
except on land indicated on the Transferable Development Value Map (Figure 3-3) as
suitable for industrial uses; land so indicated may also qualify for light or heavy
industrial zoning districts as if the land were designated Industrial on the Future
Land Use Map of the St. Lucie County Comprehensive Plan. PRW zoning is also not
required for property with existing commercial zoning (CO, CN, or CG) as of August
28, 2009, but commercial development on such property must follow the development
standards contained in Section 3.01.03.GG.2 and be consistent with the TVC
Element. If the owner of any such existing commercially -zoned property elects to
seek approval for commercial development without PRW rezoning, then the develop-
ment application shall follow the submittal requirements, review procedures, and
approval standards as provided for Major Site Plans under Chapter XI of this Code.
(Ord. No. 11-002, § 4, 12-6-2011; Ord, No. 2020-28, Pt. A, 10-20-2020)
4.04.05. Transferable Development Rights -[adopted by Ordinance 06-181.
A. Applicability. Section 4.04.05 establishes procedures for the Transfer of Development
Rights Program for the North St. Lucie County Special Area Plan (SAP). This section
establishes procedures by which transferable development rights are calculated, applied,
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conveyed, and recorded, for the purpose of the preservation of the County's valuable
agricultural land, open space, and environmental quality, and in promoting well -designed
communities, social diversity, and economic growth. Paragraph C describes how transferable
development rights are assigned to land within the North St. Lucie County SAP. Paragraph
D explains that landowners are under no obligation to exercise their transferable develop-
ment rights and how Transferable Development Rights Credits (TDR credits) are created.
The description of the qualifying sending and receiving areas are set out in paragraphs E
and F herein. The use of transferable development rights, including calculation of the
number of TDR credits that may be transferred is established in paragraph F. Procedures for
approval of use of TDR credits are set out in paragraph G.
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2. When used in this Section 7.10.34, the words "include" and "including" shall not be
construed to be terms of limitation. References to included matters or items will be
regarded as illustrative and will not be interpreted as a limitation on, or an exclusive
listing of, the matters or items referred to.
(Ord. No. 17-015, § 4, 7-5-2017)
7.10.35. Cargo Containers.
A. In the AG-1, AG-2.5, AG-5, IL, IH, and AR-1 Zoning Districts, the Planning and
Development Services Director, or designee, may authorize the installation of a cargo
container(s) as accessory structure, subject to receipt of a building permit for this use.
B. In the AR-1 district, cargo containers are subject to the following development
standards as follows:
1. Cargo container shall not be stacked above the height of a single container.
2. Cargo containers may be placed in a manner that renders the site nonconforming
with off-street parking, loading landscaping areas, or lot coverage requirements.
3. Cargo containers shall be placed in the rear yard in accordance with Table 7-10 in
Section 7.04.00.
4. Cargo containers shall be maintained free from rust and graffiti.
5. Cargo containers shall not be permitted to have signage of any type.
6. Cargo containers can be modified or retrofitted for habitation in accordance to the
Florida Building Code.
7. Cargo container shall be painted to be consistent with the primary structure.
8. Permitted cargo containers shall be limited to one (1) per acre, or fraction thereof, not
to exceed two (2) cargo containers for any parcel.
(Ord. No. 2020-22, Pt. A, 8-4-2020)
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SIGNS 9.01.01
9.00.00. PURPOSE
The purpose of these sign regulations is to establish requirements for the size, character,
appearance, location, installation and maintenance of signs in order to promote public safety,
preserve and protect the visual beauty of the landscape and promote the general health,
welfare and safety of the citizens of St. Lucie County. The Board of County Commissioners,
after public hearing, finds that these regulations are necessary to maintain and enhance the
visual beauty of the County, to maintain and enhance the safety for those using the public
rights -of -way and other areas open to vehicular and pedestrian traffic, to protect private
property rights and property values, and to provide citizens and businesses with ample and
effective opportunities for identification, advertising, and the expression of ideas. The Board
of County Commissioners intends that the provisions of this chapter are severable, and
further intends that, should any provision be declared invalid or unconstitutional, such
declaration shall not affect the part of this chapter that remains.
(Ord. No. 16-009, Pt. A, 6-7-2016)
9.01.00. PERMITTED PERMANENT AND AUTHORIZED TEMPORARY SIGNS
9.01.01. Permitted Permanent Signs.
The following signs or advertising structures of a permanent nature shall be permitted
within the following zoning districts:
A. Agricultural - 1 (AG-1); Agricultural - 2.5 (AG-2.5); Agricultural - 5 (AG-5).
Maximum
Maximum,
Type of Sign
Number
Maximum Size
Height
Other Standards
Nameplates
1 per dwelling
3 s1
n/a
non -illuminated
unit
Ground or Wall
1 double-faced
32 s.f.
10 feet
*Non -illuminated, externally
Signs
ground or 2
illuminated, or backlit
single -faced wall
or ground signs
*Reduce maximum sign area by
per entrance to
50% if entrances are located less
residential
than 300 ft. of one another.
development,
farm, or ranch.
Directional Signs
One per lawful
6 s.f.
n/a
Non -illuminated, externally
driveway,
iIluminated, or backlit
otherwise as
necessary for
safety
Billboards
n/a
378 s.f.
•50 feet above
*Only permitted along I-95 and
crown of road or
the Florida 'Turnpike.
finished grade.
• 1,500 feet apart on same side of
road.
0200 foot minimum separation
from residential zones.
*See Section 9.02.02 for general
billboard provisions.
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
Supp. No. 19 9:3 Adopted May 19, 2009
9.01.01 ST. LUCIE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
Maximum
Maximum
Type of Sign
Number
Maximum Size
Height
Other Standards
Public Utility
nla
n/a
n/a
n/a
Signs
1. One (1) non -illuminated nameplate per dwelling unit or structure which shall
not exceed three (3) square feet in sign area.
2. One (1) double-faced, ground sign or two (2) single -faced, wall or ground signs,
located at each principal entrance into a residential development, farm, or
ranch, as generally depicted in Figure 9-1. Wall signs shall be located on
opposite sides of such entrances.
FIGURE 9-
DRNEWAY OR INTERSECTING STREET
SIGN FACE
ONE DOUBLE-FACED, ON PREMISES GROUND SIGN
- JJJ RNEWAY OR INTERSECTING STREET
SIGN FAC
TWO SINGLE FACED. ON -PREMISES WALL OR GROUND SIGNS
Such signs shall only be non -illuminated, externally illuminated, or backlit,
meaning illuminated by a light source which is placed behind, and shines
through, the sign face. The backlighting shall be designed to minimize glare
and dispersion of light other than through the sign face.
No such ground or wall sign face shall exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in size
and shall not exceed ten (10) feet in height.
Where the distance between the nearest edges of separate entrances to the
same residential development, farm, or ranch is less than three hundred (300)
feet, as measured along the right-of-way of the abutting street, the maximum
permitted sign area (indicated above) at such entrances shall be reduced by fifty
percent (50%) (Figure 9.2).
3. Changeable -message monument signs shall confirm to the specific require-
ments of Section 9.03.00.H.
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
Supp. No. 19 g;q Adopted May 19, 2009
SIGNS 9.01.01
4. Directional signs which shall not exceed six (6) square feet each in sign area,
may be installed as necessary for safety.
5. Billboards shall only be permitted on properties which are physically contigu-
ous to I-95 and the Florida Turnpike, located so as to be visible from such
highway, and as further restricted in Section 9.02.02(A). Such signs shall not be
spaced less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet from another billboard
which is on the same side of, and is directed at, the same highway.
6. Public utility signs, identifying the location of structures or facilities that may
present a safety hazard, such as underground lines, high voltage areas, or the
like, as needed for public safety purposes may be permitted if located so as not
to create public safety hazards or interfere with rights -of -way maintenance, in
the judgment of the Director of Planning and Development Services or his/her
designee.
FIGURE 9-2
IF THIS DISTANCE IS LESS THAN 300 FEET,
THE SIGN AREA MUST 13E REDUCED BY 50%
pPoVE�AY
OFIVLYAY
STF?EE
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE
IF THIS DISTANCE IS LESS THAN 300 FEET, VWWAY
THE SIGN AREA MUST BE REDUCED BY 50%J
STRE G I
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE
B. Residential l Conservation (R /C); Agricultural Residential (AR-1); Residential, Estate-1
(RE-1); Residential, Estate-2 (RE-2); Residential, Single-Family-2 (RS-2); Residential,
Single-Family-3 (RS-3); Residential, Single-Family-4 (RS-4); Planned Mixed Use
Development (PMUD) - Residential (Low Intensity).
Maximum
Maximum
Type of Sign
Number
Maximum Size
Height
Other Standards
Nameplates
1 per dwelling
3 s.f
n/a
Non -illuminated
unit.
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
Supp. No. 19 9:5 Adopted May 19, 2009
9.01.01 ST. LUCIE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
Maximum
Maximum
Type of Sign
Number
Maximum Size
Height
Other Standards
Ground or Wall
1 double-faced
32 s.f.
10 feet
*Non -illuminated, externally
Signs
ground or 2
illuminated, or backlit.
single -faced wall
•Reduce maximum sign area by
or ground signs
50% if entrances are located less
per entrance to
than 300 ft. of one another,
residential
development,
farm, or ranch,
Directional Signs
One per lawful
6 s.f.
n/a
Non -illuminated, externally
driveway,
illuminated, or backlit.
otherwise as
necessary for
safety.
Public Utility
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Signs
1. One (1) non -illuminated nameplate per dwelling unit which shall not exceed
three (3) square feet in sign area.
2. Directional signs which shall not exceed six (6) square feet each in sign area
may be installed as necessary for safety.
3. One (1) double-faced, ground sign or two (2) single -faced, wall or ground signs,
located at each principle entrance into a residential development, farm, or
ranch, as generally depicted in Figure 9-3. Wall signs shall be located on
opposite sides of such entrances.
FIGURE 9-3
DRIVEWAY OR INTERSECTING STREET
W
SIGN FACE I"1
.... ..... _ _
ONE DOUBLE-FACED, ON PREMISES GROUND SIGN
DRIVEWAY OR INTERSECTING STREET
V
SiGF3 FACE
. ..............
TWO SINGLE FACED, ON -PREMISES WALL OR GROUND SIGNS
Such signs shall only be non -illuminated, externally illuminated, backlit,
meaning illuminated by a light source which is placed behind, and shines
through, the sign face. The backlighting shall be designed to minimize glare
and dispersion of light other than through the sign face.
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
Supp. No, 19 9:6 Adopted May 19, 2009
SIGNS 9.01.01
No such ground or wall sign face shall exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in size,
and shall not exceed ten (10) feet in height.
Where the distance between the nearest edges of separate entrances to the
same residential development, farm, or ranch is less than three hundred (300)
feet, as measured along the right-of-way of the abutting street, the maximum
permitted sign area (indicated above) at such entrances shall be reduced by fifty
percent (50%) (Figure 9-4).
FIGURE 9-4
IF THIS DISTANCE 03 LESS THAN 30D FEET,
THE SIGN AREA MUST BE REDUCED BY 50%
'ormcvar
IOFd'eEVAY
S I FILL I
RIGHT -OF WAY LINE
i
IF THIS DISTANCE $S LESS THAN 300 FEET,
THE SIGN AREA MUST HE REDUCED BY 50%1 --
I '
ORVEM1AY
STREU
., .. ... _ RIGHT-OF-WAY UNH ... .... ... .. .... ....
4. Public utility signs, identifying the location of structures or facilities that may
present a safety hazard, such as underground lines, high voltage areas, or the
like, as needed for public safety purposes may be permitted if located so as not
to create public safety hazards or interfere with rights -of -way maintenance, in
the judgment of the Director of Planning and Development Services or his/her
designee.
C. Residential, Mobile Home-5 (RMH-5); Residential, Multiple-Family-5 (RM-5);
Residential, Multiple-Family-7 (RM-7); Residential, Multiple-Family-9 (RM-9);
Residential, Multiple-Family-11 (RM-11); Residential, Multiple-Family-15 (RM-15);
Planned Unit Development (PUD); Recreational Vehicle Park (RVP); Hutchinson
Island Residential District (HIRD); Planned Mixed Use Development (PMUD) -
Residential (Medium and High Intensities).
Type of Sign
Maximum
Number
Maximum
Size
Maximum
Height
Other Standards
Nameplates
1 per dwelling
Multi -family: 1
n/a
Non -illuminated
unit.
s.f.
Single-family: 3
S1
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
Supp. No. 19 9:7 Adopted May 19, 2009
9.01.01 ST. LUCIE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE r
Maximum
Maximum
Maximum
Type of Sign
Number
Size
Height
Other Standards
Ground or Wall
1 double-faced
32 s.f.
10 feet
•Non -illuminated, externally
Signs
ground or 2
illuminated, or backlit.
single -faced wall
*Reduce maximum sign area by
or ground signs
50% if entrances are located less
per entrance to
than 300 ft. of one another.
residential
development,
farm, or ranch.
Directional Signs
One per lawful
G B.f.
n/a
Non -illuminated, externally
driveway,
illuminated, or backlit.
otherwise as
necessary for
safety.
Public Utility
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Signs
1. One (1) non -illuminated nameplate per dwelling unit consistent with the
following maximum sign area standards:
a.) Single Family: Three (3) square feet
b.) Multi -Family: One (1) square foot
2. One (1) double-faced, ground sign or two (2) single -faced, wall or ground signs,
located at each principle entrance into a residential development, farm, or
ranch, as generally depicted in Figure 9-5. Wall signs shall be located on
opposite sides of such entrances.
FIGURE 9-5
ORMEWAY OR INTERSECTING STREET
SIGN FACE i f!
ONE DOUSLE•FACED, ON PREMISES GROUND SIGN
DRWEWAY OR #4TERSEC71NG STREET
E
5IGNFA6Et I
TWO SINGLE FACED, ON -PREMISES WALL OR GROUND SIGNS
Such signs shall only be non -illuminated, externally illuminated, backlit,
meaning illuminated by a light source which is placed behind, and shines
through, the sign face. The backlighting shall be designed to minimize glare
and dispersion of light other than through the sign face.
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
Supp. No. 19 9:8 Adopted May 19, 2009
SIGNS 9.01.01
No such ground or wall sign face shall exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in size,
and shall not exceed ten (10) feet in height.
Where the distance between the nearest edges of separate entrances to the
same residential development, farm, or ranch is less than three hundred (300)
feet, as measured along the right-of-way of the abutting street, the maximum
permitted sign area (indicated above) at such entrances shall be reduced by fifty
percent (50%) (Figure 9-6).
FIGURE 9-6
IF THIS DISTANCE IS LESS THAN $00 FEET.
THE SIGN AREA MUST BE REDUCED BY 50%
nRlvEwar
CRP&WAY
STREET
- - RIGHT-CF-WAY UNE - - -
_- -..-._...J
IF THIS DISTANCE IS LESS THAN 300 FEET. DMEWAY
TI-IE SIGN AREA MUST BE REDUCED BY 50 % J
OWIMY
STREET
RIGHT-OF-WAY LIRE
3. Directional signs, which shall not exceed six (6) square feet in sign area, may be
installed as necessary for safety.
4. Public utility signs, identifying the location of structures or facilities that may
present a safety hazard, such as underground lines, high voltage areas, or the
like, as needed for public safety purposes may be permitted if located so as not
to create public safety hazards or interfere with rights -of -way maintenance, in
the judgment of the Director of Planning and Development Services or his/her
designee.
D. Commercial, Office (CO); Planned Mixed Use Development (PMUD) - Professional
Service lOffice (Low, Medium, and High Intensities).
Type of Sign
Maximum
Number
Maximum Size
Maximum
Height
Other Standards
Nameplates
1 per occupant.
3 s.f.
n/a
None
Supp. No. 19
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
9:9 Adopted May 19, 2009
9.01.01 ST. LUCIE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
Maximum
Maximum
Type of Sign
Number
Maximum Size
Height
Other Standards
Ground or Wall
1 per establish-
1 s.f. for every 2
10 feet for RES,
Non -illuminated, externally
Signs
ment or group of
linear feet of
MXD, or AG
illuminated, or backlit for RES,
establishments
frontage - 100 s.f.
Future Land
MXD, or AG Future Land Uses.
having at least
maximum.
Uses.
50 linear feet of
20 feet for all
None - all other Future Land Uses.
frontage.
other Future
If in MXD or
Land Uses.
COM Land Use,
permitted ground
signs may
include change-
able -message
monument signs,
subject to the
requirements of
Section
9.03.00.H.
Wall, Projecting,
n/a
Total Sign Area:
n/a
Non -illuminated, externally
and/or Canopy
10% of wall face
illuminated, or backlit for RES,
Signs (Attached
area fronting on
MXD, or AG Future Land Uses.
Canopies Only)
main street for
RES, MXD, or
AG Future Land
Uses.
Total Sign Area:
None - all other Future Land Uses.
20% of wall face
area fronting on
main street for
all other Future
Land Uses.
Directional Signs
One per lawful
6 s.f.
n/a
Non -illuminated, externally
driveway,
illuminated, or backlit.
otherwise as
necessary for
safety.
Public Utility
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Signs
1. One (1) nameplate per occupant which shall not exceed two (2) square feet in
sign area.
2. Any establishment or group of establishments that has a street lot frontage of
fifty (50) feet or more, shall be permitted one (1) ground sign which shall not
exceed a sign area equal to one (1) square foot for every two (2) linear feet of
street frontage, up to a maximum of one hundred (100) square feet. Such
ground signs shall also be consistent with the following standards:
a.) For property that is located within any non-residential, non-agricultural
Future Land Use District, as established in the St. Lucie County
Comprehensive Plan, ground signs shall not exceed a height of twenty (20)
feet.
b.) For property that is located within the MXD or any residential or
agricultural Future Land Use District, as established in the St. Lucie
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
Supp. No. 19 J:10 Adopted May 19, 2009
SIGNS 9,01.01
County Comprehensive Plan, ground signs shall not exceed a height of ten
(10) feet. Such signs shall only be non -illuminated, externally illuminated,
or backlit, meaning illuminated by a light source which is placed behind,
and shines through, the sign face. The backlighting shall be designed to
minimize glare and dispersion of light other than through the sign face.
0 Changeable -message monument signs shall conform to the specific require-
ments of Section 9.03.00.H.
3. Wall, projecting, and/or canopy signs (attached canopy only) consistent with the
following standards:
a.) For property that is located within any non-residential, non-agricultural
Future Land Use District, as established in the St. Lucie County
Comprehensive Plan, total wall, projecting, and/or canopy sign area may
equal up to twenty percent (20%) of the total wall face area fronting the
main street.
b.) For property that is located within the MXD or any residential or
agricultural Future Land Use District, as established in the St. Lucie
County Comprehensive Plan, total wall, projecting, and/or canopy sign
area may equal up to ten percent (10%) of the total wall face area fronting
the main street. Such signs shall only be non -illuminated, externally
illuminated, or backlit, meaning illuminated by a light source which is
placed between a background and the sign face.
Up to fifty percent (50%) of the permitted wall, projecting, or canopy sign area
may be located on any other wall face of the same building or on any other
canopy which is attached to such building.
4. Directional signs which shall not exceed six (6) square feet in sign area may be
installed as necessary for safety.
5. Public utility signs, identifying the location of structures or facilities that may
present a safety hazard, such as underground lines, high voltage areas, or the
like, as needed for public safety purposes may be permitted if located so as not
to create public safety hazards or interfere with rights -of -way maintenance, in
the judgment of the Director of Planning and Development Services or his/her
designee.
E. Commercial, Neighborhood (CN); Commercial Resort (CR); Institutional (I); Religious
Facilities (RF); Planned Mixed Use Development (PMUD) - Institutional (Low,
Medium, and High Intensities), General Commercial (Low Intensity), and Public
Service / Utilities (Low Intensity).
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
Supp. No, 19 9.11 Adopted May 19, 2009
9.01.01 ST. LUCIE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
Maximum
Maximum
Other
Type of Sign
Number
Maximum Size
Height
Standards
Wall, Projecting,
n/a
Total Sign Area:
n/a
None
and/or Canopy
10% of wall face area fronting on
Signs (Attached
the main street for RES, MXD, or
Canopies Only)
AG Future Land Uses.
Total Sign Area:
20% of wall face area fronting on
the main street - all other Future
Land Uses.
Canopy Signs
4 per face of free-
Total Sign Area:
n/a
None
standing canopy
10% of total canopy face area - 23
structures.
s.f. maximum per canopy face -
RES, MXD, or AG Future Land
Uses.
Total Sign Area:
20% of total canopy face area - 45
s.f. maximum per canopy face - all
other Future Land Uses.
Ground Signs
1 per establish-
1 s.f. for every 2 linear feet of
10 feet for RES,
None
ment or group of
frontage - 100 sX maximum.
MXD, or AG
establishments
Future Land
having at least
Uses.
20 feet for all
50 linear feet of
frontage.
other Future
Permitted ground
Land Uses.
signs may
include change-
able -message
monument signs,
subject to the
requirements of
Section
9.03.00.H.
Pedestrian Signs
1 per establish-
6 s.£
n/a
None
ment.
Rear Entrance
1 per establish-
6 s.£
n/a
None
Wall Sign
ment.
Directional Sign
One per lawful
6 s.f
n/a
Non -illuminated,
driveway,
externally
otherwise as
illuminated, or
necessary for
backlit
safety.
Public Utility
Ta
n/a
n/a
n/a
Sign
1. Wall, projecting, and/or canopy signs (attached canopy only) consistent with the
following standards:
a. For property that is located within any non-residential, non-agricultural
Future Land Use District, as established in the St. Lucie County
Comprehensive Plan, total wall, projecting, and/or canopy sign area may
equal up to twenty percent (20%) of the total wall face area fronting the
main street.
b. For property that is located within the MXD or any residential or
agricultural Future Land Use District, as established in the St. Lucie
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
Supp. No. 19 9,12 Adopted May 19, 2009
SIGNS 9.01.01
County Comprehensive Plan, total wall, projecting, and/or canopy sign
area may equal up to ten percent (10%) of the total wall face area fronting
the main street.
Up to fifty percent (50%) of the permitted wall, projecting, or canopy sign area
may be located on any other wall face of the same building or on any other
canopy attached to such building.
2. A maximum of four (4) canopy signs per face of free-standing canopy structure(s),
consistent with the following standards:
a. For property that is located within any non-residential, non-agricultural
Future Land Use District, as established in the St. Lucie County
Comprehensive Plan, total canopy sign area may equal up to twenty
percent (20%) of the total canopy face area, except that no single canopy
face shall have more than forty-five (45) square feet of sign area.
b. For property that is located within the MXD or any residential or
agricultural Future Land Use District, as established in the St. Lucie
County Comprehensive Plan, total canopy sign area may equal up to ten
percent (10%) of the total canopy face area, except that no single canopy
face shall have more than twenty-three (23) square feet of sign area.
3. Any establishment or group of establishments that has a street lot frontage of
fifty (50) linear feet or more, shall be permitted one (1) ground sign. Such sign
shall not exceed a sign area equal to one (1) square foot for every two (2) linear
feet or major fraction thereof of street lot frontage up to a maximum of one
hundred (100) square feet. Such ground signs shall also be consistent with the
following standards:
a. For property that is located within any non-residential, non-agricultural
Future Land Use District, as established in the St. Lucie County
Comprehensive Plan, ground signs shall not exceed a height of twenty (20)
feet.
b. For property that is located within the MXD or any residential or
agricultural Future Land Use District, as established in the St. Lucie
County Comprehensive Plan, ground signs shall not exceed a height of ten
(10) feet.
C. Changeable -message monument signs shall conform to the specific require-
ments of Section 9.03.00.H.
4. One (1) pedestrian sign per establishment which shall not exceed six (6) square
feet in sign area.
5. One (1) rear entrance wall sign per establishment which shall not exceed six (6)
square feet in sign area.
6. Directional signs, which shall not exceed six (6) square feet each in sign area,
may be installed as necessary for safety.
Supp. No. 19
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
9:13 Adopted May 19, 2009
9.01.01 ST. LUCIE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
7. Public utility signs, identifying the location of structures or facilities that may
present a safety hazard, such as underground lines, high voltage areas, or the
like, as needed for public safety purposes may be permitted if located so as not
to create public safety hazards or interfere with rights -of -way maintenance, in
the judgment of the Director of Planning and Development Services or his/her
designee.
F. Commercial General (CG); Industrial Light (IL); Industrial Heavy (IH); Industrial
Extraction (IX); Utilities (U); Planned Mixed Use Development (PMUD) - General
Commercial (Medium and High Intensities), Public Servicel Utilities (Medium and
High Intensities), Industrial (Medium and High Intensities).
Maximum
Maximum
Type of Sign
Number
Maximum Size
Height
Other Standards
Wall,
4 per establishment.
Total Sign Area:
n/a
None
Projecting,
20% of wall face area
and/or
fronting on main street.
Canopy
Signs
(Attached
Canopies
Only)
Canopy
4 per face of free-standing
Total Sign Area:
n/a
None
Signs (Free-
canopy.
20% of total canopy face
standing
area - 45 s.f. maximum
canopies)
per canopy face.
Ground
1 per establishment
For establishments having
30 feet.
Sign area of individual
Signs
having at least 50 linear
from 50 to 150 linear ft. of
signs may be aggregated,
ft. of frontage.
frontage: 1 s.f for every 1
except that no single sign
Permitted ground signs
linear ft. of frontage - 150
shall exceed 200 s.f.
may include changeable-
s.f. maximum.
For establishments having
message monument signs,
subject to the require-
over 150 ft, of frontage: 1
ments of Section
s.f for every 13/2 ft. of
9.03.00.H.
frontage, or 150 s.f,
whichever is greater - 200
sX maximum.
1 additional sign for
1 s.f for every IV2 linear
establishments having
ft. of frontage in excess of
over 300 ft. of frontage.
first 300 ft.- 200 s.f.
maximum.
1 additional sign for
100 SS
establishments having at
least 300 ft. of frontage
and outdoor displays (LDC
Section 7.10.02).
Pedestrian
1 per establishment.
6 s.f
n/a
None
Signs
Rear
1 per establishment.
6 s.f.
n/a
None
Entrance
Wail Sign
Directional
One per lawful driveway,
6 s.f,
n/a
None
Sign
otherwise as necessary for
safety.
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
Supp. No. 19 9:14 Adopted May 19, 2009
SIGNS 9.01,01
Type of Sign
Maximum
Number
Maximum Size
Maximum
Height
Other Standards
Billboards
n/a
378 s.£
•35 ft. above
•Only permitted along
crown of
I-95, the Florida Turnpike
road.
and those roadways
identified in Section
050 ft. above
9.02.02(A).
crown of
road along
• 1,500 foot apart on same
I-95 and Fla.
side of road.
Tnpk.
•200 foot min, separation
from residential zones or
use areas.
*See Section 9.02.02(A)
for additional standards.
Public Util-
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
ity Signs
Billboards shall only be permitted on properties which are physically contigu-
ous to I-95, the Florida Turnpike, U.S. 1, Orange Avenue, and Kings Highway/
Turnpike Feeder Road, located so as to be visible from such highway, and as
further restricted in Section 9.02.02(A). Such signs shall not be spaced less than
one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet from another billboard which is on the
same side of, and is directed at, the same highway.
A maximum of four (4) wall, projecting, and/or canopy signs (on attached
canopies only) per establishment. Such sign(s) shall not exceed a total sign area
equal to twenty percent (20%) of the total wall face area of each establishment
fronting on the main street. Fifty percent (50%) of such permitted sign area
may be located on any other wall surface of the same building or on any other
canopy attached to such building.
A maximum of four (4) canopy signs per face of free-standing canopy structure(s).
Such signs shall not exceed a total sign area of twenty percent (20%) of the total
canopy face area, except that no single canopy face shall have more than
forty-five (45) square feet of sign area.
4. Any establishment or group of establishments having from fifty (50) to one
hundred fifty (150) linear feet of frontage shall be permitted one (1) ground
sign. Such sign shall not exceed a sign area equal to one (1) square foot for every
one (1) linear foot or major fraction thereof of street lot frontage.
Establishments or groups of establishments having more than one hundred
fifty (150) linear feet of frontage, shall be permitted one (1) ground sign. Such
sign shall not exceed a sign area equal to either one (1) square foot for every one
and one-half (V/2) linear feet of street lot frontage, or one hundred fifty (150)
square feet, whichever is greater, up to a maximum of two hundred (200) square
feet. One (1) additional ground sign shall be permitted when the street lot
frontage exceeds three hundred (300) linear feet. The second ground sign shall
not exceed a sign area equal to one (1) square foot for every one and one-half
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(11/2) linear feet of street lot frontage in excess of the first three hundred (300)
feet of frontage. The sign area of individual signs may be aggregated, except
that no single sign shall exceed a sign area of two hundred (200) square feet.
5. Changeable -message monument signs shall conform to the specific require-
ments of Section 9.03.00.H.
Ground signs, including changeable message monument signs, shall not exceed
a height of thirty (30) feet.
6. For any establishment or group of establishments that has a street frontage of
three hundred (300) linear feet or more and which has outdoor displays as
provided for in Section 7.10.02 of this Code, the Planning and Development
Services Director or his/her designee may allow for the placement of two (2)
additional ground signs, using and subject to the procedures set forth in Section
9.04.01. The Director or his/her designee shall allow for such additional signage
when it is shown that operation as provided under Section 7.10.02 creates a
specific need. Such additional signs may not exceed one hundred (100) square
feet in area nor shall they exceed a height of thirty (30) feet.
7. One (1) pedestrian sign per establishment which shall not exceed six (6) square
feet in sign area.
8. One (1) rear entrance wall sign per establishment which shall not exceed six (6)
square feet in sign area.
9. Directional signs which shall not exceed six (6) square feet in sign area may be
installed as necessary for safety.
10. Public utility signs, identifying the location of structures of facilities that may
present a safety hazard, such as underground lines, high voltage areas, or the
like, as needed for public safety purposes may be permitted if located so as not
to create public safety hazards or interfere with rights -of -way maintenance, in
the judgment of the Planning and Development Services Director or his/her
designee.
(Ord. No. 2013-39, § A, 12-17-13; Ord. No. 15-002, Pt. A, 4-7-2015; Ord. No. 16-009, Pt. A,
6-7-2016; Ord. No. 2020-29, Pt. A, 12-1-2020)
9.01.02. Authorized Temporary Signs.
A temporary sign is any sign that does not meet the construction standards of the Florida
Building Code and that, for a limited period of time, conveys any message relating to a
special event or other occurrence of limited duration, such as an election, a building under
construction, real estate for sale, rent or lease, or a business grand opening. Temporary signs
include, without limitation, portable signs and sidewalk signs. Temporary signs of the types
described below in this section are allowable, subject to the following general requirements:
1. No temporary sign may have any characteristic that renders it a prohibited sign
under Section 9.03.00.
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2. No temporary sign may be located at the intersection of two (2) streets or roadways,
or within the segment created by the curb or road edges and an imaginary line
between the points thirty (30) feet back from where the curb lines of the intersection
quadrant intersect.
3. No temporary sign shall be illuminated.
4. Temporary signs may be erected only if located wholly on private property, by or with
the permission of the property owner.
5. Temporary signs must be capable of being moved and removed immediately and
must be removed and stored indoors if a hurricane or other high -wind weather event
is forecast to occur within twenty-four (24) hours.
6. Temporary signs must be removed within ten (10) days after conclusion of the event
or termination of the circumstance to which they relate.
7. Except as stated below with respect to a specific type of temporary sign, allowable
temporary signs may be erected without a permit.
Subject to the foregoing general regulations, specific temporary signs are allowable
subject to the following additional provisions:
A. Commercial Temporary Signs. Temporary signs relating to a commercial establish-
ment, product, or service, or related to the sale or rental of nonresidential real estate,
are classified as commercial temporary signs and shall be subject to the following
regulations:
1. Commercial temporary signs shall be limited to one (1) sign per parcel,
establishment, dwelling unit, or per every five (5) acres or fraction thereof
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3.) US #1 Indian River county line to Martin county line
except as may be further restricted in Section 9.01.01, of this Code.
B. Shall not exceed a sign area of three hundred seventy-eight (378) square feet including
all trim, molding, or skirting, except as may be further restricted in this Code.
C. Shall not exceed a sign face dimension of thirty-six (36) feet horizontally or twelve (12)
feet vertically including all trim, molding, or skirting.
D. Shall not exceed a total height above the crown of the road of thirty-five (35) feet,
except as may be further restricted in this Code, and fifty (50) feet total height above grade
along the Florida Turnpike and I-95.
The height of billboards that are ground signs may either be measured from the crown of the
road or at finished grade. If an applicant for a ground sign permit elects to measure the
height from the crown of the road, the applicant shall submit, at the time of application for
such permit, a survey of the property and of the abutting street.
E. Shall be located a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from any street right-of-way or
property line.
F. Shall not be located closer to a right-of-way line than any building on contiguous
property if such building is situated within one hundred (100) feet of the sign.
G. Shall not be located within a radius of two hundred (200) feet of any residential zone
or residential use area within an approved Planned Unit Development or Planned Mixed Use
Development Project.
H. Shall not be located so as to face a lot on the same street occupied by a religious facility,
public school, public park, playground, beach, civic area, or cemetery, nor nearer to such uses
than a radius of two hundred (200) feet.
I. Shall comply with Section 9.02.01(D) where the billboard is also a ground sign.
J. Shall not be located on Hutchinson Island.
(Ord. No. 16-009, Pt. A, 6-7-2016)
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No sign, whether otherwise allowable or exempt from permitting, may have any
characteristic that renders it a prohibited sign. The following signs or types of signs shall be
prohibited:
A. Roof signs.
B. Portable signs, other than allowable sidewalk signs, and trailer signs.
C. Reserved.
D. Snipe signs.
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E. Signs attached to any tree, shrub, plant, or rock.
F. Signs located over or on any public right-of-way, except:
1. Public directional and regulatory signs, erected by any duly authorized state or
local government in accordance with applicable Florida Department of Transporta-
tion Design standards;
2. Bus bench signs; and
3. One sign per parcel in Commercial Neighborhood (CN), Commercial Office
(CO), Institutional (I), Religious Facilities (RF), Commercial General (CG),
Industrial Light (IL), Industrial Heavy (IH), Industrial Extraction (IX), and
Utilities (U) zoning districts, provided that:
a. It is located on the property of the applicant or the adjacent property;
b. It does not exceed four (4) square feet in total sign area;
C. It is erected in accordance with applicable Florida Department of Transporta-
tion design safety standards;
d. It is not located within any State or Federal right-of-way;
e. It is not located within twenty (20) feet of any intersecting street or
driveway connection;
f. It is not located within any utility easement or surface drainage swale;
provided;
g. The sign does not contravene any other applicable regulation or restriction
of St. Lucie County.
G. Any privately -owned signs attached to or placed within any public right-of-way upon
any utility pole, street light, sidewalk curb, fire hydrant, bridge, or any other similar
public or utility structure.
H. Flashing, animated, fire or smoke -emitting, changeable -message, or noise -making
signs, except for one (1) changeable -message monument, sign per parcel or group of
parcels under a uniform site development plan, as allowable within a specific zoning
district as provided in Section 9.01.01 and further provided that the changeable -
message sign meets the following requirements:
1. The sign content does not exceed an overall area of thirty (30) square feet. This
dimensional limitation and the requirement for a "monument" sign structure,
shall be waived by application to the Planning and Development Services
Director for property located in an Institutional Zoning District situated along
an arterial roadway or area where billboards are allowable under this Code,
provided the site (development plan) on which such sign is proposed is greater
than twenty (20) acres and the sign otherwise complies with the requirements
of this Chapter for billboards.
2. The message display shall not scroll, flash, move, or blink.
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3. The message display content shall not change more frequently than once every
six (6) seconds, and must occur simultaneously for the entire sign face.
4. The time to change completely from one display to another shall be a maximum
of two (2) seconds, or, if messages are displayed digitally, as by LED's, the
content must change immediately.
5. The sign must be designed so that upon any failure or malfunction, there is no
flashing, intermittent content, or any other apparent movement.
6. The changeable -message sign may not direct the movement of vehicular or
pedestrian traffic; may not obscure, obstruct, interfere with, or imitate any
official traffic sign or signal; and shall comply with State standards and rules as
administrated by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDQT) to the
extent applicable to such signs.
7. Each display shall have an ambience light sensing device and dimming ability
that will adjust the brightness of the changeable -message sign as ambient
lighting conditions change. Light intensity will be adjusted so as not to exceed
0.03 footcandles above ambient lighting, as measured using a footcandle
impacts vary with the present distance. The pre-set distance to measure the
footcandle impacts vary with expected viewing distances and the face size of
each sign,
8. No such changeable -message sign may be placed closer than one hundred (100)
feet from the nearest boundary of any residentially zoned property, and if placed
closed than three hundred (300) feet from such property boundary must be
situated one hundred eighty (180) degrees, so that the sign face is facing away
from the residentially zoned property and is operated only between the hours of
6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
An application that lacks the three hundred (300) feet separation from
residentially zoned property boundary may apply for an administrative vari-
ance subject to Section 9.03.00.C.11.
9. Except in area where billboards are allowable, any changeable -message sign
shall be counted as part of the overall signage for the property or project site;
must be a part of one (1) of the ground signs associated with the property or
project site.
10. All permitted changeable -message monument sign shall be equipped with a
sensor or other devices that automatically determines the ambience lighting.
11, Procedure for Review of Changeable -Message Monument Sign Application for
an Administrative Variance from the three hundred (300) feet separation to
adjacent residential zoned property required by this Code, shall be in accordance
with the standards and procedures set forth in this section.
a. Within twenty (20) days after an application has been submitted, the
Planning and Development Services Director shall determine whether the
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application is complete. If the Director determines the application is not
complete, a written statement shall be sent to the applicant by mail
specifying the application's deficiencies. The Director shall take no further
action on the application unless the deficiencies are remedied.
b. Following the determination of completeness, the Planning and Develop-
ment Services Director shall notify all adjacent property owners of the
request. If there are no written objections provided by the property owners
within the notification area within twenty-one (21) calendar days of
receiving such notice, the Director shall administratively approve the
request.
C. If any written objection is obtained from a property owner within the
notification area, the application shall be scheduled on the next available
Board of Adjustment meeting, in accordance with the procedures in
Section 10.01.00.
I. Signs in motion, including swinging, rotating, or revolving signs or similar moving
devices designed to attract attention by motion or illusionary motion.
J. Signs that copy or imitate official governmental signs or that incorrectly purport to
have official governmental status.
K. Signs that display any written or graphic message that is lewd, lascivious, or obscene
based on contemporary community standards.
L. Signs that obstruct or interfere with any door, fire exit, stairway, ladder, or opening
intended to provide light, air, ingress, or egress for any building.
M. Any sign, whether otherwise allowable or exempt under this chapter, that, in the
judgment of the Planning and Development Services Director, determined without
reference to the content of the sign except as stated below in this paragraph
constitutes a traffic safety hazard by reason of size, location, movement, or method of
illumination; obstructs the vision of motorists or pedestrians; obstructs or interferes
with any official traffic control device; or utilizes flashing or revolving red, green,
blue, or amber lights, creates glare, or utilizes the words "stop," "look," "danger" or
any other word, phrase, symbol, or character in such a manner as to interfere with,
mislead or confuse traffic.
N. Signs that utilize fluorescent colors in the yellow or red spectrums.
O. Flags which are not exempt from permitting under Section 9.04.00, and except for
temporary flags, banners, and pennants as permitted in Section 9.01.02(C).
P. Signs that contain any mirror or mirrored device.
Q. Vehicular signs.
R. Any unpermitted sign not exempt from permitting under this chapter.
(Ord. No. 2013-39, § A, 12-17-13; Ord. No. 16-009, Pt. A, 6-7-2016; Ord. No. 2020-29, Pt. A,
12-1-2020)
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SIGNS 9.04.01
9.04.00. PERMITTING AND EXEMPTIONS
9.04.01. Permitting.
A. Except as specifically exempted in Section 9.01.02 or Section 9.04.02, the erection,
physical alteration, reconstruction, or physical conversion of any sign shall not be com-
menced without obtaining a Sign Permit from the Planning and Development Services
Director. No Sign Permit shall be issued for development without the concurrent issuance of
a Certificate of Zoning Compliance as provided by Section 11.05.00 of this Code. No permit
shall be required for the sole purpose of changing content, including wording and graphics,
on a lawfully existing sign that otherwise complies with the requirements of this Code both
before and after such change.
B. The process for obtaining a Sign Permit shall be the same as the process for obtaining
a Building Permit pursuant to Chapter XI of this Code, except as specifically modified in this
Section. The application shall be made on such form as the Planning and Development
Services Director or his/her designee shall prescribe, which shall include a depiction of the
proposed sign, its specifications including height, sign area, dimensions, location on the site
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r "
Ordinance
Number
20-007
2020-8
2020-14
2020-22
2020-23
2020-026
2020-28
2020-29
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE
Adoption
Date
Section
8-18-2020
Pt. A Added
3- 3-2020
Pt, A
6- 2-2020
Pt. A
8- 4-2020
Pt. A
8- 4-2020 Pt, A
10- 6-2020 Pt. D
10-20-2020 Pt. A
12- 1-2020 Pt. A
Added
Section
this Code
8.02.02.1,
3.01.03.Q
7.10.22
2.00.00
3.01.03
7.10.35,
8.00.03.M
7.04.01
7.10.03
3.01.03.EE,
4.04.04. F
2.00.00, 9.01.01,
9.03.00.H
St. Lucie County Land Development Code
Supp. No. 19 CCT:5 Adopted May 19, 2009
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE INDEX
Section
SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS (Cont'd.)
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
AG-2.5 Agricultural - 2.5 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
AG-5 Agricultural - 5 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
AR-1 Agricultural, Residential - 1 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
Authorized Temporary Signs ..............................
9.01.02
Construction Project Signs ..............................
9.01.02.13
PMUD Planned Mixed Use Development District
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Project Marketing Signs ..............................
9.01.02.1)
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
PNRD Planned Nonresidential Development District
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Project Marketing Signs ..............................
9.01.02.1)
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
Political Signs ............................................
9.01.02.E
Project Marketing Signs ................................
9.01.02.1)
PUD Planned Unit Development District
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Project Marketing Signs ..............................
9.01.02.1)
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
Real Estate Signs ........................................
9,01.02.A
Residential Temporary Signs ...........................
9.01.02.E
Sidewalk Signs ...........................................
9.01.02.G
Temporary Special Event Promotional Flags, Ban-
ners, and Pennants Requiring a Permit..........
9.01.02.0
CG Commercial, General District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
CN Commercial, Neighborhood District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
CO Commercial, Office District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
CR Commercial Resort District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
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May 19, 2009
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Section
SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS (Cont'd.)
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
HIRD Hutchinson Island Residential District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
I Institutional District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
IH Industrial, Heavy District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
IL Industrial, Light District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
IX Industrial, Extraction District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
Permitted Permanent Signs ...............................
9.01.01
Agricultural - 1 (AG-1); Agricultural - 2.5 (AG-2.5);
Agricultural - 5 (AG-5) .............................
9.01.01.A
Commercial, Office (CO); Planned Mixed Use Develop-
ment (PMUD) - Professional Service/Office (Low,
Medium, and High Intensities) ....................
9.01.01.1)
.Commercial General (CG); Industrial Light (IL);
Industrial Heavy (IH); Industrial Extraction
(IX); Utilities (U); Planned Mixed Use Develop-
ment (PMUD) - General Commercial (Medium
and High Intensities), Public Service/Utilities
(Medium and High Intensities), Industrial
(Medium and High Intensities) .................
9.01.01D.F
Commercial, Neighborhood (CN); Commercial
Resort (CR); Institutional (1); Religious Facili-
ties (RF); Planned Mixed Use Development
(PMUD) - Institutional (Low, Medium, and
High Intensities), General Commercial (Low
Intensity), and Public Service/Utilities (Low
Intensity) ..........................................
9.01.01D.E
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Section
SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS (Cont'd.)
Residential, Mobile Home-5 (RMH-5); Residential,
Multiple-Family-5 (RM-5); Residential, Multiple-
Family-7 (RM-7); Residential, Multiple-Fam-
ily-9 (RM-9); Residential, Multiple-Family-11
(RM-11); Residential, Multiple-Family-15 (RM-
15); Planned Unit Development (PUD);
Recreational Vehicle Park (RVP); Hutchinson
Island Residential District (HIRD); Planned
Mixed Use Development (PMUD) - Residential
(Medium and High Intensities) ...................
9.01.01.0
Residential/Conservation (R/C); Agricultural
Residential (AR-1); Residential, Estate-1 (RE-1);
Residential, Estate-2 (RE-2); Residential, Single-
Family-2 (RS-2); Residential, Single-Farnily-3
(RS-3); Residential, Single-Family-4 (RS-4);
Planned Mixed Use Development (PMUD) -
Residential (Low Intensity) ........................
9.01.01.13
R/C Residential/Conservation District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
RE-1 Residential, Estate - 1 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
RE-2 Residential, Estate - 2 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
RF Religious Facilities District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
RM-5 Residential, Multiple -Family - 5 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
RM-7 Residential, Multiple -Family - 7 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
RM-9 Residential, Multiple -Family - 9 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
RM-11 Residential, Multiple -Family - 11 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
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Section
SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS (Cont'd.)
RM-15 Residential, Multiple -Family - 15 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
RMH-5 Residential, Mobile Home - 5 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
RS-2 Residential, Single -Family - 2 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
RS-3 Residential, Single -Family - 3 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs .................................. ...
9.01.02.A
RS-4 Residential, Single -Family - 4 District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
RVP Recreational Vehicle Park District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.B
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
U Utilities District
Authorized Temporary Signs
Construction Project Signs ...........................
9.01.02.13
Real Estate Signs ......................................
9.01.02.A
Permitting and Exemptions .................................
9.04.00
Exceptions ...................................................
9.04.02
Permitting ...................................................
9.04.01
PMUD Planned Mixed Use Development District
Permitted Permanent and Authorized Temporary Signs.
See herein that subject
Standards and Requirements .............................
7.03.03.M
PNRD Planned Nonresidential Development District
Permitted Permanent and Authorized Temporary Signs.
See herein that subject
Standards and Requirements .............................
7.02.03.J
Prohibited Signs ................................... ........
9.03.00
PRW (Planned Retail/Workplace) District
Standards and Requirements .............................
3.01.03.GG.2.n
PTV (Planned Town or Village) District
Standards and Requirements .............................
3.01.03.EE.2.t
Public Notice Requirements
Notice
Posting of Notice .........................................
1.1.00.03.E
Public Works Director
Permitted Permanent and Authorized Temporary Signs
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LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE INDEX
Section
SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS (Cont'd.)
Authorized Temporary Signs
Project Marketing Signs .............................. 9.01.02.1)
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