Item B1 Chapter 131Monroe County Comprehensive Plan Update
Chapter 131 BULK REGULATIONS
<Moved from Chapter 130, Article VI.
All text shown here as existing is existing in Chapter 130, Article VI>
Sec. 131 -10 186. Required Setbacks.
Unless otherwise allowed for in this Land Development Code, no structure or land shall be
developed, used or occupied except in accordance with the bulk regulations set out in the
following table.
Land Use District /
Land Use
Primary
Front Yard
ft.
Secondary
Front Yard
ft.
Primary
Side Yard
(ft.)ft.
Secondary
Side Yard
Rear Yard
(ft.)
Airport (AD)
25
25
10
10
25
Commercial Cl
25
15
10
5
10
Commercial C2
15
15
10
5
10
Commercial Fishing
Area (CFA),
Commercial Fishing
Special District (CFSD),
and Commercial Fishing
Village CFV
25
15
10
5
20
Conservation C
25
15
10
5
20
Destination Resort DR
50
25
20
15
30
Improved Subdivision
IS
25
15
10
5
20
Industrial I
25
15
10
5
25
Mainland Native MN
25
25
10
5
20
Maritime Industries MI
25
25
10
5
25
Military Facilities (MF)
25
15
10
5
20
Mixed Use MU
15
15
10
5
10
R „s, al
25
-14
4-0
-5
28
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4-5
4 S
4-0
-5
48
an
Native Area NA
25
15
10
5
20
Offshore Island OS
25
15
10
5
20
Park and Refuge PR
25
15
10
10
10
Recreational Vehicle
( RV )*
25
15
10
5
10
Sparsely Settled SS
25
15
10
5
10
Suburban Commercial
SC
25
15
10
5
10
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Suburban Residential
25
15
10
5
10
SR
Suburban Residential
25
15
10
5
10
Limited SR -L
Urban Commercial (UC)
15
15
10
5
10
Urban Residential (UR):
15
15
10
5
10
Urban Residential
Mobile Home URM
Lots less than 50
10
10
5
5
10
feet wide
Lots 50 feet wide or
10
10
10
5
10
g reater
Urban Residential
10
10
10
10
10
Mobile Home - Limited
URM -L
*For RV parks within the RV Land Use District, the RV setback requirements shall
uply to
the district/RV park boundaries and not to the interior RVs aces.
Sec. 131 -20 187. Maximum hHeight.
Laj structure or building including mechanical equipment and landfills, shall be developed
that exceeds a maximum height as defined in Section 101 -1, of 35 feet. Exceptions will be
allowed for shires and /or steeples on structures used for institutional and /or Dublic uses only
chimneys; ;
radio and /or television antennas; flagpoles; solar apparatus; utility poles and /or transmission
towers; and certain antenna supporting structures with attached antenna and /or collocations
as permitted in c-Chapter 146 of this LDC However, in no event shall any of the exceptions
or exclusions :r phis seetier be construed to permit any habitable or usable space
to exceed the maximum height limitation. In the case of airport districts, there shall be no
exceptions to the 35 -foot height limitation.
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Sec. 131 -30 189. Applicability of r-Required *Setbacks.
(a) Bufferyards. When a bufferyard is required under the provisions of *Chapter 114, -aArticle V,
compliance with the bufferyard provisions along a property line shall relieve the necessity of
complying with the setback provisions along the same property line if the width of the
bufferyard is greater than the applicable setback requirement set forth in *Section 130 -186.
(b) Shoreline setbacks. All development shall be set back from shorelines as required in *Section
118 -12. A five (5) foot side yard setback shall be maintained for docking and mooring
facilities, such as lifts and davits, in the shoreline setback. The side yard setback does not
apply to seawalls, fences, retaining walls, or marginal docks.
(c) Front yard setbacks. A front yard is a required setback on a parcel of land that is located
along the full length of the front property line of the parcel, is generally the property frontage
toi* which development on the parcel is oriented and is generally adjacent a road. On
parcels fronting more than one road, such as corner lots and double frontage parcels, each
yard along a road shall be a front yard.
(1) Single frontage parcels. For a parcel that has only a single road frontage, the primary
front yard requirement set forth in sSection 130 -186 shall be applied.
(2) Double frontage parcels. For a parcel that has road frontage along two or more roads, the
primary front yard requirement set forth in sSection 130 -186 shall generallJ applied to
the front yard toi* which development on the parcel is oriented. The secondary front
yard requirement set forth in sSection 130 -186 shall be applied to the remaining front
yard(s) ' For parcels located within
the median of U.S. Highway 1, the primary front yard requirements shall be applied to
both front yards situated along the highway right -of -ways.
(3) Accessory driveways and walkways. Accessory structures, limited to driveways and
walkways, may be permitted within a required front yard setback provided they do not
exceed six (6) inches in height as measured from grade In no event shall the total
combined area of all accessory structures occupy more than 60 percent of the required
front yard setback area.
(4) Off - street parking on residentially developed parcels. Any required off - street parking
spaces may be located on an accessory driveway within the front yard setback on a parcel
developed exclusively with a residential use. Any vehicle utilizing such an off - street
parking space shall be properly licensed and operable.
(5) Signs, fences and landscaping. Signs as permitted in *Chapter 142, fences as permitted in
*Chapter 114 and landscaping may be permitted in a required front yard setback.
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(d) Side yard setbacks. A side yard is a required setback on a parcel of land that is located along
the full length of the side property line and is generally between the front and rear property
lines.
(1) Side yard requirements (excluding four -sided platted corner lots). With the exception of
four -sided platted corner lots, the primary side yard requirement set forth in sSection 130-
186 shall be applied to one side yard. The secondary side yard requirement set forth in
sSection 130 -186 shall be applied to any remaining side yards.
(2) Side yard requirements for four -sided platted corner lots. On a platted corner lot with
only four sides, there shall be a primary front yard, secondary front yard, rear yard, and a
single side yard. For such lots, there shall be no primary side yard setback requirement,
and the single side yard shall be subject to the secondary side yard setback requirement
set forth in sSection 130 -186.
(3) Accessory driveways, walkways, patios and decking on residentially developed parcels.
Accessory structures, limited to driveways, walkways, patios, and decks, may be
permitted within a required side yard setback on a parcel developed exclusively with a
residential use if the structure meets the provisions of this subsection. Such an accessory
structure shall a) not exceed six (6) inches in height as measured from grade; b) be
situated at least one (1) foot from the side yard property line; and c) be constructed to
avoid any off -site discharge of stormwater from the subject parcel in accordance with
sSection 114 -3. In no event shall the total combined area of all accessory structures
occupy more than 80 percent of the required side yard setback area.
(e) Rear yard setbacks. A rear yard is a required setback on a parcel of land that is located along
the full length of the rear property line and is generally on the side opposite side 0 to the
primary front yard.
(1) Accessory structures on residentially developed parcels. An accessory structure may be
permitted within a required rear yard setback on a parcel developed exclusively with a
residential use if the structure meets the provisions of this subsection. An accessory
structure not exceeding eighteen (18) inches in height as measured from grade may be
permitted if the structure is a) situated at least one (1) foot from the rear yard property
line and b) constructed to avoid any off -site discharge of stormwater from the subject
parcel in accordance with sSection 114 -3. An accessory structure not exceeding twelve
feet (12) feet in height as measured from grade may be permitted if the structure is a)
situated at least ten (10) feet from the rear property line. In no event shall the total
combined area of all accessory structures occupy more than 60 percent of the required
rear yard setback area.
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