(A) Intent. The purpose of the planned commercial development district shall be to locate and establish areas within the city which are deemed to be uniquely suited for the management and development of strategically designed commercial projects. These shared commercial developments shall have frontage upon an arterial roadway, as established in the Palm Bay Comprehensive Plan. The minimum size necessary for a PCD is five (5) acres. The application of the PCD district shall be approved by City Council and shall adhere to the design requirements contained herein.
(B) Principal uses and structures. The following uses and structures are permitted:
(1) Retail stores, sales and display rooms, including places in which goods are produced and sold at retail on premises.
(2) Personal services establishments such as barber and beauty shops, fitness salons, laundry and dry cleaning establishments using noninflammable solvents as determined by the Fire Chief, tailor shops and similar uses.
(3) Professional offices, studios, clinics, general offices, business schools and similar uses, including veterinarian clinics provided all activities are within the principal structure and there is no boarding of animals.
(4) Hotels, motels, tourist courts.
(a) The minimum living area per hotel/motel efficiency unit shall be two hundred and eighty (280) square feet.
(b) There shall be no more than fifty (50) rental units per acre.
(5) Eating and drinking establishments including drive-through facilities.
(6) Indoor commercial recreation such as theaters, driving ranges, bowling alleys and similar uses, excluding dance clubs.
(7) Banks and financial institutions with drive-through facilities.
(8) Retail stores using outside display areas including plant nurseries, and building supplies providing the following provisions are met:
(a) The outside display area may be open along the front of the lot but shall be effectively screened with a six (6) foot opaque wall or fence rendering the sides and rear opaque in order to avoid any deleterious effect on adjacent properties.
(b) The outside display area shall be considered the same as the floor area for the purpose of calculating off-street parking requirements, yard and lot coverage regulations.
(c) All outside display items with the exception of new and/or used vehicles for sale shall meet a twenty (20) foot front and side setback and a thirty (30) foot rear setback. New and used vehicles for sale or rent shall meet the parking setback requirements established in division (E)(7) below.
(d) The sale of sheds or other accessory buildings is prohibited within the Bayfront Community Redevelopment District east of the Florida East Coast Railroad.
(9) Public and private clubs and lodges including golf courses and similar activities.
(10) New and used motor vehicles, major recreational equipment and mobile home sales and rentals with accessory uses; subject to the following restrictions:
(a) All outside areas where merchandise is displayed shall be paved.
(b) All servicing and repair facilities, except for gasoline pumps, shall be located in an enclosed structure.
(c) There shall be no storage of junked or wrecked automobiles other than temporary storage for those awaiting repair. Such temporary storage shall be in an enclosed area and the vehicles shall not be visible from outside the property. All vehicles shall have attached at all times a current vehicle registration license plate.
(11) Public utility equipment and facilities not located within a public utility easement.
(12) Hospitals and nursing homes.
(13) Schools, churches, and libraries.
(14) Day care centers.
(15) Business service establishments.
(16) Public uses.
(C) Accessory uses and structures. Customary accessory uses of one (1) or more of the principal uses clearly subordinate to the principal use, in keeping with the intense commercial character of the district.
(D) Conditional uses.
(1) Retail automotive gas/fuel sales:
(a) Location of facilities. Gasoline/fuel pumps, storage tanks and other service island equipment shall be at least forty (40) feet from all property lines, fifteen (15) feet from any building, and one hundred (100) feet from the nearest residentially zoned land. No gasoline/fuel pump, storage tank or other equipment shall be located closer than one thousand (1,000) feet from any municipal or public supply well.
(b) Tank storage: Underground storage required for all receptacles for combustible materials in excess of two hundred (200) gallons.
(c) The proposed use will not constitute a nuisance or hazard because of vehicular traffic movement, delivery of fuel movement, noise or fume generation.
(d) Signs, if any, and proposed exterior lighting will be so designed and arranged so as to promote traffic safety and to eliminate or minimize any undue glare, incompatibility or disharmony with adjoining properties.
(e) Development and operation of the fuel pumps and attendant storage tanks shall be in compliance with §§ 176.01 et seq.
(2) Commercial radio and television broadcasting.
(3) Marinas.
(4) Car washes.
(5) Self storage facilities subject to the provisions established in § 185.088(F).
(6) Communication towers and facilities.
(7) Eating and drinking establishments that allow patrons to dance to music, subject to the provisions set forth in § 185.088(H).
(8) Indoor dance clubs, outdoor recreation, and outdoor amusement such as amusement parks, driving ranges, batting cages, go-cart tracks, outdoor skating facilities, miniature golf courses and similar uses.
(9) Regional transportation centers.
(E) Setbacks. The setback required from the nearest part of any wall to the perimeter of the project shall be included in the development plan and approved by City Council.
(F) A six (6) foot high completely opaque masonry wall or wood fence shall be provided along the entire length of any side or rear property line abutting property zoned residential. Landscaping shall be provided in accordance with the landscape requirements of this zoning code.
(G) Design requirements.
(1) An Architectural Style for each structure is required. This shall include adherence to all standards contained in § 185.134.
(2) Development of a commercial use or group of commercial uses intended to be developed according to a carefully drawn plan, may be permitted after obtaining the proper site plan and building permit approvals. This coordinated project shall:
(a) Encourage timely and logical development of commercial facilities which would be constructed as a unit; and
(b) Discourage development of commercial parcels of size where uncoordinated development would likely result in less efficient use of the land and of service to the community and its residents; and to assure suitable design and other criteria which would protect both the commercial environment and surrounding properties.
(3) The maximum height of any structure shall not exceed one hundred (100) feet.
(H) In order to approve the project, the following conditions must be met:
(1) Ownership. The site proposed shall be under single ownership or if in several ownerships, a letter of authorization for the project to proceed towards obtaining city approval shall be filed by all owners of the properties included in the plan.
(2) Street frontage. The site proposed shall have a minimum width of two hundred (200) feet along a major street frontage.
(3) Access limitations. The minimum distance between access points shall be at least one hundred and fifty (150) feet, and the minimum distance between any one (1) location and an intersection of two (2) or more streets rights-of-way shall be one hundred (100) feet. The width of driveways and curb cuts, measured at the right-of-way line, shall provide for at least twelve (12) feet per traffic lane and shall conform to the following requirements:
Minimum Maximum
One-way traffic lane 15 feet 24 feet
Two-way traffic lanes 24 feet 30 feet
Three-way traffic lanes 36 feet 45 feet
Four-way traffic lanes 50 feet 56 feet
(4) Driveways having three (3) traffic lanes or more shall provide a raised median between entrance and exit lanes at the right-of-way line.
(5) Tree regulations. Full compliance with the city tree regulations set forth in this chapter, in Chapter 180 and in any other applicable ordinance of the city must be assured.
(I) The development standards of this district may be waived by the City Council, upon the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Board.
(Ord. 2016-17, passed 4-21-16; Am. Ord. 2016-75, passed 11-17-16)