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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 879 ORDINANCE NO. 879 First Reading May 20, 1986 Second Reading June 17, 1986 AN ORDINANCE .AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 710 (APPENDIX A OF THE CITY CHARTER) OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR STREE:r SETBACKS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY INCLUD- ING DEFINITIONS AFFECTING SAME; RATIFYING THE ORDINANCE TO THE EXTENT NOT SO .AMENDED; PRO- VIDING FOR . SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN ~TIVE DATE. . BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA: Section 1. Chapter III, Section 7.1 of Ordinance #710 of the City of Ocoee, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows: 7.1 SETBACK STANDARDS. For purposes of further street widening, setback lines are established for certain streets as set out in this section. All setbacks required by this Ordinance shall be measured from street right-of-way lines. No portion of a struc- ture or appurtenances thereto shall intrude streetward beyond the setback line, except as specifically set out in this Ordi- nance. Street setbacks constitute the minimum building line in all zoning classifications, and may be exceeded by the yard regulations of individual districts. In addition to required major street setbacks, additional dedication of public rights- of-way may be required along Arterial and Collector streets as specified in the City of Ocoee Subdivision Ordinance and Compre- hensive Plan. (1) For all Arterial streets listed in Section 7.2, the required setback shall be fifty (50) feet. (2) For all Collector streets listed in Section 7.2, the required setback shall be thirty (30) feet. (3) For all streets not otherwise listed in Section 7.2, the required setback shall be twenty-five (25) feet. Section 2. Chapter VI. Definitions, Section (13), (87), and (113) of Ordinance #710 of the City of Ocoee, Florida, are hereby amended to read as follows: (13) Building Line: A line establishing the minimum allowable distance between the nearest portion of any building, excluding the outermost of any uncovered porches, steps, gutters and similar fixtures, and the street right-of-way line when measured perpendicularly thereto. (87) Setback: The minimum horizontal distance between the street right- of-way line and the building line. . (113) Yard: An open space at grade between a building and the adjoin- ing lot lines unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except where otherwise specifically provided in these regulations that the building or structure may be located in a portion of a yard required for a main building. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the width of the side yard, the depth of a front yard or the depth of a rear yard, the shortest horizontal distance between the lot lines and the main building shall be used. (a) Front Yard: A yard located in front of the front elevation of a building and extending across a lot between the side lot lines and being the minimum horizontal distance between the front propertylihe and the outside wall of the main building. (b) Rear Yard: A yard extending across the rear of a lot measured between the lot lines and being the minimum horizontal distance be- tween the rear lot line and rear of the outside wall of the main building. On both corner lots and interior lots the rear yard shall in all cases be at the opposite end of the lot from the front yard. (c) Side Yard: A yard between the building and the side lot line extending from the front yard line to the rear yard line and being the minimum horizontal distance between a side lot line and the out- side wall of the side of the main building. Section 3. Ordinance #710 of the City of Ocoee is hereby ratified in all other sections and subsections not changed in this Ordinance. . Section 4. That if any section or portion of a section or subsection of the Ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional, it shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of any other section or portion of a section or subsection of this Ordinance. Section 5. This Ordinance shall take Cl::-' ENACTED THIS /7 DAY OF , adoption. ,1986. City of Ocoee, Florida . c:zir0~ [? i!4v0 MAYOR A'I"I'EST: ~~ CITY CLERK .