155.3304. GENERAL BUSINESS (B-3)
 
A. Purpose
Typical Building Type
A. Purpose
Typical Building Type
The General Business (B-3) district is established and intended to accommodate a diverse range of moderate-intensity retail, service, office, recreation/ entertainment, visitor accommodation, and institutional uses that serve the residents and businesses in the community at large (e.g., most retail sales and service uses, restaurants, offices, banks, restaurants, gasoline filling stations, marinas, auto and boat sales and service uses, theaters, hotels, child care facilities, vocational or trade schools, health care facilities, places of worship). It also accommodates complementary residential uses (e.g., live-work and upper-story dwellings) and moderate- to high-density multifamily development (either stand-alone or mixed with commercial development), community residences, and recovery communities.
B. Use Standards
See Appendix A : Consolidated Use Table, and use-specific standards in Article 4: Use Standards.
C. Intensity and Dimensional Standards 1
Lot area, minimum (sq ft)
10,000 2
Typical Lot Pattern
Lot width, minimum (ft)
100 2
Density, maximum (du/ac)
46 2,3
Lot coverage, maximum (% of lot area)
60
Pervious area, minimum (% of lot area)
20
Height, maximum (ft)
105 4
Front yard setback, minimum (ft)
0
Street side yard setback, minimum (ft)
0 2,5
Setback from a waterway or canal, minimum (ft)
15
Setback from the historic dune vegetation line, minimum (ft)
25
Interior side yard setback, minimum (ft)
0 2,5
Rear yard setback, minimum (ft)
30 5
Dimensional Standards for Accessory Structures
See Accessory Use -Specific standards in Article 4: Part 3.
NOTES: [sq ft = square feet; ft = feet; du/ac = dwelling units/acre]

1. See measurement rules and allowed exceptions/variations in Article 9: Part 4.

2. For
townhouse  development , applies only to the development   site as a whole, provided individual townhouse  lots have a minimum area of 1,800 sq ft and a minimum width of 18 ft.

3. Residential development on land classified as Commercial by the Land Use Plan is subject to allocation of flex or reserve units in accordance with Chapter 154, Planning or the allocation of residential units in accordance with County Affordable Housing Policy 2.16.3 (if less than 10-acres) or Policy 2.16.4 and Article 3, Use Standards.

4. Structures within the Air Park Overlay (APO)
zoning district must also comply with the height limits in Section 155.3707.

5. Those portions of a structure extending above a
height of 50 feet shall be set back an additional 1 ft for each 4 ft (or major fraction thereof) the height of the portion of the structure exceeds 50 ft.
D. Intensity and Dimensional Standards for Free-Standing Residential Buildings
Free-standing Residential Buildings shall comply with the following dimensional standards. Standards not listed below, including lot coverage, pervious area, and building height , shall be as required in Section 155.3304.C above.
Lot area, maximum (acre)
5
Lot area, maximum (acre) for properties within the NWCRA or AOD
10
Floor area per dwelling unit, minimum (sq ft)
Efficiency
500 – habitable living space
1 Bedroom
650 – habitable living space
Additional Bedroom
100 – habitable living space
Interior side yard setback, minimum (ft)
10
Rear yard setback, minimum (ft)
10
Typical Development Configuration
 
(Ord. 2012-64, passed 9-11-12; Am. Ord. 2013-37 , passed 1-22-13; Am. Ord. 2013-73 , passed 7-23-13; Am. Ord. 2018-60 , passed 6-12-18; Am. Ord. 2020-40, passed 2-11-20; Am. Ord. 2022-36 , passed 3-22-22; Am. Ord. 2023-44 , passed 3-28-23)