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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. O —
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF NONCONFORMING
USE IN SECTION 28-1 OF THE TAMARAC CITY CODE BY RE-
MOVING FROM THE DEFINITION STRUCTURES IN EXISTENCE
WHEN SETBACK REQUIREMENTS ARE CHANGED: PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION; PROVIDING REPEALER; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: Section 28-1 of the Tamarac City Code is amended by
adding the words, numbers and punctuation underscored and by removing the words,
numbers and punctuation struck through as follows:
Sec. 28-1. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Accessory building: A subordinate building which is located on the same lot as the
main building, the use of which building is clearly incidental to the use of the main
building.
Accessory uses: Uses customarily incident to the permitted principal uses.
Apartment: "Apartment" or "apartment house" is a building occupied or intended
to be occupied by more than two (2) families, living separately and with separate
kitchens or facilities for doing their own cooking on the premises, or by more than two
(2) families, individuals or groups of individuals.
Building: Any enclosure having a permanent location on the land, excepting walls,
fences and hedges not exceeding five (5) feet in height.
Duplex: A building divided horizontally or vertically and designed for or occupied
by two (2) single-family housekeeping units, having one roof and one dividing
partition common to each unit; furthermore, at least one habitable room or garage in
each unit shall adjoin for a distance not less than ten (10) feet in length. Private
outdoor areas shall be provided for each unit visually screened from the adjoining
dwelling unit.
Dwelling, multiple -family: An apartment as defined herein.
Dwelling, one -family: A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by
one family.
Family: One or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit,
supplied with a kitchen or facilities for cooking on the premises.
Height, building: The vertical dimension measured from the average elevation of
the finished lot grade at the front of the building to the top of a parapet, or to the top
of a flat roof, or to the mid -height of an angular roof, whichever is the tallest. Elevator
housing and stairwells may extend up to ten (10) feet above the height of a building.
Lot: A parcel or tract of land, fronting on a street which is -or may be occupied by a
building, and including open spaces required under this chapter, which parcel or tract
of land is described by a plat recorded among the public records of the county.
Lot, corner: A lot abutting on two (2) or more intersecting streets.
Lot depth: The distance measured from the midpoint of the street lot line to the
midpoint of the opposite rear lot line. In the case of a corner lot, the depth shall be the
longer of the two (2) possibilities.
Lot line: The lines bounding a lot.
Lot width: The average distance between side lot lines, measured at right angles to
the line used to determine the depth of the lot.
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Mixed occupancy: Occupancy of a building for more than one use.
Non conforming use: Use or occupancy of a building or land not conforming
to the requirements of this chapter.
When setbacks have been modified for zoning districts, structures
erected prior to the effective date of the revised regulations which met
the setback requlations when erected, shall not be considered nonconformin
uses. However, when there are additions to these structures, the additions
sa 'f ck rggqJatjpZ1s in effqct a tions are added.
Parking space: A parcel of land having an area of not less than two hundred (200)
square feet and suitable for the parking of one automobile, together with necessary and
adequate land for the approach, turning and exit of an automobile.
Porch: A roofed space attached to the exterior wall of a building, open on one or
more sides.
Setback: The minimum horizontal distance between a building and the boundary
lines of the lot on which the building is located, measured at right angles to the
boundary line.
Street: A public way affording principal means of access to abutting property.
Structure: Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent
location on the land, except hedges, shrubs and trees.
Yard: An open space or area on the same lot as a building, unoccupied and
unobstructed from the ground upward by any building.
Yard, front: The yard between the front property line and the front line of any
building, measured at its least dimension and extending from one side lot line to the
other, exclusive of steps, platforms, open terraces and walls not exceeding five (5) feet
in height.
Yard, rear: The yard extending across the full width of the lot between the rear line
of any building and the rear lot line, measured at its least dimension, exclusive of
steps, platforms, open terraces and walls not exceeding five (5) feet in height.
Yard, side: The yard extending between a building and the side lot line, extending
from the front yard to the rear yard, measured at its least dimension, exclusive of
steps, platforms, open terraces and walls not exceeding five (5) feet in height. (Ord. No.
Ordinance.
SECTION 2: Specific authority is hereby granted to codify this
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 4: Should any section or provision of this ordinance or
any portion hereof or any paragraph, sentence or word be declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remainder hereof as a whole or any part hereof other than the part
declared to be invalid.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance shall become effective upon its final
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passage.
PASSED FIRST READING thi s_ ay of ,1980.
PASSED SECOND READING this, ;:ay of ,1980.
ATTEST:
.CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I have approved
the form and correctness of this
Ordinance
A ATTORNEY
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