1359-18 Accessory Structure Amendment to Land Development Code

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OR BK 9 750 4G 761 year-round with proper permit and fee through the building department. Refer to the City's fee schedule for said fees. (2) Within commercially zoned areas of the City, owners/tenants of properties with a building consisting of floor space in excess of 150,000 SF (BAS (base living area) as indicated on the Pasco County Property Appraiser website) may apply for long-term permits. The permits shall be issued for three (3) years per term and subsequently renewable for three (3) year thereafter at the sole discretion of the planning director. The permits will allow said containers be located on contiguously owned properties (as said building)for 90(ninety)day periods per year.Petitioner shall submit buffering/landscaping and lighting plan to ensure the continued health and safety of the general community, continuity of traffic and pedestrian flow to,through and exiting the property as well visual buffering from said containers. Area utilized for placement of said containers shall not exceed 5% (five percent) of gross floor area (GFA) of primary building on said property. Under no circumstances shall Conhex containers be stacked on top of each other. Petition is subject to planning director's(1)Approval, (2)Approval with Additional Requirements or (3) Denial. Renewal petitions shall demonstrate the continued need for such said containers. Once site plan application is approved by the planning director,petitioner shall advance to building department for fee(s) associated with said containers. (3) Cargo and Cargo-Like Containers (conex Containers) of any size are expressly forbidden within all Transect Zones of the Form-Based Code areas within the City with one exception: a.) Said conex container (a number not exceeding one (1) placed on a property located entirely within the Form-Based Code area of the City at the date of passage of this Ordinance is grandfathered if said container is completely screened from view from closest public right of way with City-approved method(including,but not limited to solid PVC fencing). Property owner shall, within thirty (30) days prior to OR preceding passage of this Ordinance notify City by writing and receive confirmation letter from City indicating grandfather status. (4) Cargo and Cargo-Like (Conex) Containers located on properties within zoning districts expressly prohibited above (H(1) and H(2)) shall be removed from said property within sixty (60) days of passage of this Ordinance as referenced in Section 3 below. Failure to comply will result in code enforcement action against property owner of said property. (5) Where permissible, as detailed in (HI) and (H2) above, under no such circumstances shall Cargo or Cargo-Like (conex) containers be placed in, around or adjacent to designated vehicular parking space(s) in a manner that renders said parking space(s)unusable for its intended purpose. (I) Prohibition of Certain Structures. Trailers, storage containers, mobile homes & recreational vehicles (RVs) (except for zoning districts in which mobile homes and RVs are allowed), and tractor-trailers shall not be used as permanent or portable accessory structures. Portable carports/carport-like and car canopy structures (as defined in this section of the Code as an open-sided automobile shelter by the side of a building)are expressly prohibited.A commercial storage container(Such as PODs or other similar moving container that is left at subject property, packed and subsequently removed to a congregate storage facility)may be used while renovation is occurring on the building(s)located on said property with an active building permit. If building permit is not required or if said container is utilized for moving of contents of said property, a maximum time-period of thirty(30)days shall be allowed. The time period may be adjusted at the discretion of the Building Official. SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall become effective upon passage on the second reading and signing by the Mayor. The foregoing Ordinance No. 1359-18 was read and passed on the first reading in an open and regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, on this 1 day of June, 2018. 3