778-01 Amend LDC re. Large Retail Projects

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2 of g area equals or exceeds 25,000 square feet, specifically mercantile uses, and/or shopping center uses. Recreation, Active: Recreational uses, areas, or activities which are oriented toward competitive activities, and typically require special facilities. Baseball, soccer, and fitness courses are examples of Active Recreation. Recreation, Passive: Recreational uses, areas, or activities which are oriented toward noncompetitive activities, typically do not require special facilities, and often emphasize natural areas. Hiking,wildlife viewing, and leisurely bicycle riding are examples of Passive Recreation. Section 2: That Chapter Four,Design Standards and Development Criteria Section 4390-Additional Design Standards for Large Retail Projects of the Zephyrhills Land Development Code is hereby incorporated shall henceforth read as follows: CHAPTER FOUR Design Standards and Development Criteria SECTION 4390 Additional Design Standards for Large Retail Projects: A. Purpose. These standards are intended to provide developers of large retail building development with guidelines for creating safer, efficient, pedestrian-friendly projects with human-scale orientation, while discouraging large, nondescript buildings and "unfriendly" pedestrian design, limited landscaping, and vast non-shaded parking lots. As a basis for developing such guidelines, the citizens of the City of Zephyrhills and visitors alike will benefit from enhanced large retail project design, which accomplishes the following activities: 1. To encourage large, single building construction with definition that has the appearance of multiple buildings rather than enormous warehouses with unbroken, blank walls. Good design encourages clearly defined entryways, articulated roof lines to prevent monotony, pedestrian amenity areas, and concealment of unsightly mechanical structures from public view. 2. To encourage efficient, pedestrian-oriented design which effectively resolves the incompatibility between pedestrians and motorists, while providing interconnectivity between buildings, parking areas and other internal/external components. 3. To encourage parking lot design which meets vehicular needs, while providing a safer, efficient comfortable pedestrian flow. 4. To encourage adequate landscaping that allows large buildings and their components to blend with their surroundings, while providing screening and shade- for hadefor the public benefit. 5. To encourage enhanced lighting and signage design, to avoid forms of nuisance and intrusiveness into adjacent areas, while enhancing public safety. B. Definition: Any new commercial retail building, whose total gross leasable area equals or exceeds 25,000 square feet, specifically, mercantile uses, and/or shopping center uses.