§ 16-77. CF Community Facilities District.  


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  • (a)

    Purpose. The community facilities district is intended for schools, public and private institutions, and other facilities which generally benefit the community and which have unusual or unique location requirements.

    (b)

    Uses permitted.

    (1)

    Parks.

    (2)

    Vocational schools or schools (K through 12th grade) shall also be subject to additional standards in section 16-77(c). If a public school is a charter school, it shall declare at the time of site plan application whether or not it will comply with the state requirements for educational facilities of the Florida Building Code pursuant to F.S. §§ 1002.33(18)(a) and 1013.37. In the event the public school is a charter school and does not intend to comply with the state requirements for educational facilities of the Florida Building Code, it shall comply with section 16-110.

    (3)

    Places of public assembly.

    (4)

    Hospitals or clinics.

    (5)

    Libraries.

    (6)

    Governmental administration, services and maintenance facilities.

    (7)

    Police and fire facilities.

    (8)

    Public and private utilities.

    (9)

    Day care centers.

    (10)

    Community residential homes as defined in Article XVI.

    (11)

    One (1) dwelling unit per public school site as an accessory use.

    (12)

    Cemeteries and mausoleums.

    (c)

    Supplemental regulations to schools (K through 12 th grade).

    (1)

    Schools shall not be located on roadways classified by Broward County Metropolitan Organization's Broward Highway Functional Classifications Map as arterial roadways. Access to schools shall not be from roadways classified by Broward County Metropolitan Organization's Broward Highway Functional Classifications Map as arterial roadways.

    (2)

    A public school that is a charter school is required to submit a copy of the School Board of Broward County's approved charter application at time of site plan application.

    (3)

    All schools must make application for a site plan a minimum of nine (9) months prior to the first day of school for the expected school year opening.

    (4)

    All site plan applications shall illustrate the ingress and egress of pedestrians and all vehicles from the school site to public right-of-way, and safety features necessary to protect the students on and within one thousand (1,000) lineal feet of the school site boundaries and a narrative explaining how student safety and off-premises private property rights will be assured at least 30-minutes prior to the start of the first class for all grade levels and at least 45-minutes after all school dismissals.

    (d)

    Uses prohibited. The permitted uses listed above shall not be construed to include any use first permitted in a less restrictive district.

    (e)

    Building height. Not to exceed ten (10) stories or one hundred (100) feet, whichever is less.

    (f)

    Size of plot. Not less than one hundred fifty (150) feet in width and one (1) acre in area.

    (g)

    Yard setbacks.

    (1)

    Adjacent to any trafficway, a yard of seventy-five (75) feet in width shall be provided.

    (2)

    Adjacent to any street, excluding trafficways, a yard of twenty-five (25) feet in width shall be provided.

    (3)

    A rear yard of twenty (20) feet in width shall be provided when not abutting a trafficway.

    (4)

    A side yard of ten (10) feet in width shall be provided when not abutting a trafficway any building in excess of twelve (12) feet in height, as measured from the first floor finished grade of the building to the highest portion of the building, shall provide an additional two (2) feet of side yard for every ten (10) feet, or fraction thereof, in additional height.

    (5)

    When a yard setback is required in this section, such yard may be used only for walkways, parking of passenger cars, driveways and landscaping.

(Ord. No. 402-97-E, § 1, 8-26-97; Ord. No. 402-98-B, § 4, 6-9-98; Ord. No. 402-07-D, § 6, 12-11-07; Ord. No. 402-16-A, § 7, 1-12-16)