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ORDINANCE NO. 5264.-92
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; AMENDING SECTION
136.004, CODE OF ORDINANCES, RELATING TO HEIGHT
LIMITATIONS, TO ELIMINATE A HEIGHT BONUS PROVISION FOR
PROPERTIES HAVING REQUIRED MINIMUM FLOOR ELEVATIONS, AND
TO ALLOW PARAPET WALLS TO EXTEND ABOVE MAXIMUM HEIGHT
LIMITATIONS; AMENDING SECTION 137.005, CODE OF
ORDINANCES, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "HEIGHT";
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Subsections (a) and (e) of Section 136.004, Code of Ordinances,
are amended to read:
Sec. 136.004. Height.
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(a) Height bonus bonuses.
44? Properties within a Multiple-Family Residential "Sixteen," "Twenty,"
"Twenty-four" or "Twenty-eight" District, General Office District, [leach
Commercial District, Resort Commercial "Twenty-four" or "Twenty-eight" District,
General Commercial District or Highway Commercial District shall be entitled to
a ten--foot height bonus, provided the building is eleyated above -gr-a?e-and at
least fifty (50) per cent of the area beneath the building (as determined by the
projection of all floor areas upon the ground) or on the ground floor is used for
parking.
shall be permitted to extend not higher than 30 inches Our (1) feet- over
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the maximum height specified for the zoning district in which the building is
located.
Section 2. Subsection (a) of Section 131.005, Code of Ordinances, is
amended to read:
(a) Words and terms used in this development code shall be given the
meanings identified hereinafter:
Height: For buildings, the vertical distance from the mean elevation of
the exi__sting building grade to the highest finished roof surface in the case of
a building with a flat roof, or the vertical distance from the existinu
grade to a point representing a-t the midpoint of the peak and eave heights of the
main roof structure median of the roof of a building having a pitched
roof. For other structures, the vertical distance from existing grade to the
highest point of the structure above such existing grade. Where minimum floor
elevations in flood crone areas have been established by law. the h"ildinn heinht
exist7n1_ nraae_ except when the bonus provisions of section 136.004(al are
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED S6ptember 17, 1992
PASSED ON SECOND AND
FINAL READING AND ADOPTED October 1, 1992
Rita Garvey
Mayor-Commissioner
J Attest:
Cynt is E. Goudeau
City Jerk
Approved as to form and correctness:
M. A. Galbr th,
City Attorney
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