HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-1990-017REVISED 4/25/90
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Temp. Ord. #1487
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. 0-90- / 7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC RELATING
TO ZONING; AMENDING THE CITY OF TAMARAC
ZONING CODE TO CREATE THE SPECIAL UTILITY
(SU) DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF
THE DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR USES PERMITTED;
PROVIDING FOR USES PROHIBITED; PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tamarac has
determined that the City Code should be amended to provide
for a Special Utility District; and
WHEREAS, the Tamarac Land Use Plan Map and Text provide
for a "Utility" designation;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1 : That the Zoning Code for the City of Tamarac
is hereby amended to create a new Zoning District to be
entitled:
Sec. 24-529 Special Utility District
The regulations contained in this division shall apply
in all Special Utility Districts.
Sec. 24-530 Purpose of District
The purpose of the Special Utility District is to
regulate the location and building envelope of public and
private utility sites in the City.
Sec. 25-531. Definitions
These terms are applicable as used in this Division and in
Sections 24-523 and Section 24--524:
1. "Power Generation Plant" - The source of electric energy
produced by hydroelectric, thermal, nuclear or other types of
generating plants.
2. "Electric Utility Substation" - A facility where bulk
power is reduced in voltage and current for transmission or
distribution to a specific service area.
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Sec. 24-532 Uses permitted
The following uses shall be permitted in the Special
Utility District and must be accompanied by a site plan:
(1) Electric Utility substations and other public
utility uses.
(2) Water, wastewater and drainage facilities.
(3) Communication facilities.
(4) Accessory uses and structures.
Sec. 24-533 Uses prohibited
The following uses are prohibited in the Special Utility
District:
(1) Parking or storage of trucks or other commercial
vehicles, other than for day to day activity
required to service the site and unrelated to
construction or repair activities occurring in
Tamarac.
(2) Landfills, hazardous wastes processing plants,
resource recovery plants, transfer stations, and
power generation plants.
Sec. 24--534 Performance Standards
These performance standards apply in the Special Utility
District and shall prevail over any provisions in the Code
which are contrary thereto, except where specifically noted
herein.
(1) Minimum site size is one acre. When applicant can
demonstrate that a site of less than one acre is in
the public interest and that a workable site of one
acre or more is not available, the City Council may
permit a site of less than one acre, provided all
performance standards are met.
(2) A landscaped buffer consisting of hedges, trees,
berms or wall, shall be installed to provide a
visual screen. Any combination of hedges, berms
and walls shall be at least six (6) feet in height
at the time of installation in order to screen all
the special utility plot from view from any
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residentially zoned or recreationally zoned plots
in the City of Tamarac contiguous to a special
utility plot. Any combination of hedges, berms,
and walls shall be at least four f4} (6) feet in
height at the time of installation in order to
screen all the special utility plot area from view
from any contiguous non -residentially zoned and
non -recreationally zoned plots in the City of
Tamarac contiguous to the special utility plot.
When fences or walls are used as the visual screen,
hedges of 36 inches in height at the time of
installation must be planted outside such fence or
wall. All landscape provisions of Chapters 11, 20,
and 21 apply.
(3) Impervious areas including paved areas and
compacted limerock areas may not exceed 70 percent
of the site. All other areas shall be improved and
maintained as landscaped areas (including grass)
water areas.
(4) Any overhead lighting within the special utility
area shall be oriented away from any unrelated
contiguous plot; and shall conform with the
lighting requirements at Section 24-579.
(5) Building coverage may not exceed 35 percent.
(6) Setbacks shall not be less than sixty (60) feet
from all abutting residentially zoned property and
twenty-five (25) feet from all other property
lines; provided that, pn any special utility site
three (3) utility poles or towers for electric
utilities may be placed within the setback. No
setback requirements as to utility poles or towers
for electric utilities shall apply to any property
which carries a designation of Utility on the
Broward County Land Use Plan Map as of July 1,
1990.
(7) Building height shall not exceed 30 feet.
(8) Utility and communication towers, shall not exceed
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80 feet in height, where, at the time the parcel
becomes zoned "Special Utility", the parcel is
contiguous to lands in the City of Tamarac
designated residential on the applicable on the
Land Use' Plan. In all other cases, utility and
communication towers shall not exceed 130 feet in
height. Lightning rods shall be permitted over and
above these height limits.
(9) The noise level of all permitted uses shall not
exceed "the maximum permissible sound levels by
receiving land use standards" of the Broward County
Environmental Quality Control Board.
(10) Emissions of particulate matter from all types of
processes and equipment when measured at adjacent
residential property lines, and at property lines
of any non -utility district within 200 feet, are
prohibited.
(11) vibration from all types of processes and equipment
when measured at adjacent residential property
lines and at property lines of any non -utility
district within 200 feet is prohibited.
Construction activity is excepted from this
requirement.
(12) Odors produced directly by or as a by-product of
utility facilities, as measured at adjacent
residential property lines or at property lines of
any non -utility district within 200 feet are
prohibited.
(13) Electric and magnetic fields emanating from any
permitted 'use shall comply with all Florida
Department of Environmental Regulation standards
and regulations.
SECTION 2 : Specific authority is hereby granted to
codify this Ordinance.
SECTION 3 : If any provision of this Ordinance or the
application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
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invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of this Ordinance that can be given affect
without the invalid provision or application, and to this end
the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be
severable.
SECTION 4 This Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon adoption and passage.
PASSED FIRST READING this v� day of 1990.
PASSED SECOND READING this 7 day of 1990.
ATTEST:
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CAROL A. EVANS
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have
approved th DINANCE as to
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MAYOR ABRAMOWITZ
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DISTRICT 1: C/M ROHR �-�-
DISTRICT 2: C/M SCHUMANN�-
DISTRICT 3: V/M HOFFMAN-
DISTRICT4: CIM BENDER
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