Article VIII, Sec. 34-531 through 34-537
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Withlacoochee River shoreline, Harrison Branch, sinkholes, wetlands, ponds and lakes
- Applies within
- 30 ft
- Geographic extent
- Applies to wetlands protection zones and shoreline protection zones as defined in Sec. 34-534, including areas along the Withlacoochee River shoreline, Harrison Branch, sinkholes, wetlands, ponds and lakes.
Extracted standards
20 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Density calculation exclusion
The acreage within a protected environmentally sensitive zone may not be used to determine the total allowable units or square footage of development.
Floodplain
- 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. compliance
Development within the 100-year flood hazard zone shall comply with the town flood damage prevention regulations (article VII).
Other
- Maximum clearing landward of water's edge25 ft
Landward of the water's edge to provide an open area not to exceed 25 feet in width.
- Maximum clearing waterward of water's edge15 ft
Clearing of shoreline vegetation waterward of the water's edge to provide a corridor not to exceed 15 feet in width.
- Maximum dock area500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Docks shall not be larger than 500 square feet.
- Maximum dock extension into waterway15 ft
Dockage shall not extend into the waterway more than 15 feet from the shoreline point closest to the dock at the mean high waterline, or 25 percent of the width of the waterway, whichever is less.
- Maximum dock shoreline coverage50 pct
Docks shall not exceed 50 percent of the shoreline.
- Maximum width for timber catwalks and docks4 ft
Timber catwalks and docks four feet or less in width are presumed to have insignificant adverse effect.
- Maximum docks for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive.1 count
Multifamily developments or condominiums shall be limited to one dock, unless approved and developed as a marina.
- Minimum buffer vegetation width10 ft
Buffers shall be a minimum of ten feet wide and composed of native plant species.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. spray vehicle water withdrawal
Vehicles used for mixing or spraying chemicals are prohibited from withdrawing water from surface waters and groundwaters directly with truck mounted pumps.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. long-term storage and waste disposal
The long-term storage of equipment or materials and the disposal of wastes shall be prohibited.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. outdoor toxic storage
No toxic or hazardous wastes or substances shall be stored in outdoor containers.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. waste storage on shorelines
Storage or disposal of all types of waste is prohibited on shorelines.
- Riprap distance from mean high water10 ft
Riprap structures shall be located at or within ten feet of mean high water.
- Maximum riprap slope2 ratio
No greater than a 2:1 slope.
- Shoreline protection zone width30 ft
The shoreline protection zone extends from the mean high water line landward to a point 30 feet landward of the water's edge.
- Strictest standard applies
In all cases the strictest of the applicable standards shall apply.
- Suitable site for construction required
Each lot of a proposed subdivision must include a site suitable for constructing a structure in conformity with the standards of these protection of environmentally sensitive lands regulations.
- Wetlands protection zone boundaries
Boundaries are the most landward extent of areas within dredge and fill jurisdiction of state DEP, USACE, SWFWMD, or wetlands identified by certified delineator.
From the ordinance
No development activity shall be undertaken in a protected environmentally sensitive zone except as expressly provided. Shoreline protection zone extends 30 feet landward from mean high water line.