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DSAC-LDR Agenda 12/16/2025 Please contact Eric Johnson at (239) 252-2931 or Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov if you have any questions or wish to meet with staff. Growth Management Community Development Development Services Advisory Committee Land Development Review Subcommittee Tuesday, December 16, 2025 3:00 pm 2800 N. Horseshoe Dr. Naples, FL 34104 Growth Management Community Development Department Conference Room 609/610 For more information, please contact Eric Johnson at (239) 252-2931 or at Eric.Johnson@colliercountyfl.gov DSAC – Land Development Review Subcommittee 2025 Land Development Code Amendments Agenda Tuesday, December 16, 2025 3:00 pm 2800 N. Horseshoe Dr., Naples, FL 34104 Growth Management Community Development, Conference Rooms 609/610 NOTICE: Persons wishing to speak on any Agenda item will receive up to three (3) minutes unless the Chairman adjusts the time. Speakers are required to fill out a “Speaker Registration Form”, list the topic they wish to address, and hand it to the Staff member bef ore the meeting begins. Please wait to be recognized by the Chairman and speak into a microphone. State your name and affiliation before commenting. During the discussion, Committee Members may direct questions to the speaker. Please silence cell phones and digital devices. There may not be a break in this meeting. Please leave the room to conduct any personal business. All parties participating in the public meeting are to observe Roberts Rules of Order and wait to be recognized by the Chairman. Please speak one at a time and into the microphone so the Hearing Reporter can record all statements being made. 1. Call to Order – Chairman 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Old Business a. PL20240006969 – Rural Fringe Mixed Use District (RFMUD) Overlay – LDCA 4. New Business 5. Public Speakers 6. Discuss meeting dates for 2026 (e.g., Jan 20, April 21, July 21, October 20) 7. Adjourn 1 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT PETITION PL20240006969 SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT This Land Development Code (LDC) amendment proposes to update the Rural Fringe Mixed Use District (RFMUD) in concert with the changes approved to the Growth Management Plan (GMP) with the adoption of Ordinance 2023-25 and Ordinance 2025-16. LDC amendments are reviewed by the Board of County Commissioners (Board), Collier County Planning Commission (CCPC), Development Services Advisory Committee (DSAC), and the Land Development Review Subcommittee of the DSAC (DSAC-LDR). ORIGIN Growth Management Community Department (GMCD) HEARING DATES LDC SECTION TO BE AMENDED Board TBD 02.03.07 02.03.08 02.06.01 Overlay Zoning Districts Rural Fringe Zoning Districts Generally CCPC TBD DSAC TBD DSAC-LDR 12/16/2025 11/19/2025 09/16/2025 ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS DSAC-LDR Continued DSAC TBD CCPC TBD BACKGROUND The RFMUD was first adopted on February 11, 2004. On May 23, 2023, the Board adopted Ordinance 2023-25, which consisted of amending Future Land Use Element (FLUE), Future Land Use Map (FLUM) and Map series as part of the RFMUD restudy. This LDC amendment implements updates to the LDC resulting from the approved RFMUD restudy and subsequent Board adopted GMP clean-up, Ordinance 2025-16, as follows: increasing of the number of base Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) credits generated per acre/per nonconforming lot, increasing of density on receiving lands for affordable housing, allowance of active recreation in the sending lands as conditional uses, addition of Belle Meade Hydrologic Enhancement Overlay (BMHEO) provisions, changes to Environmental Restoration and Maintenance TDR Bonus credit generation, introduction of Business and Industrial Uses in the receiving lands with specific uses, development standards and locational criteria to be identified within the LDC, introduction of Neighborhood commercial uses within Affordable Housing projects with specific uses, design standards, development standards and locational criteria to be identified within the LDC, additional development standards and location criteria for housing that is affordable within the RFMUD receiving lands, addition of clustering provisions for RFMUD sending lands, addition of Conservation TDR Credits, changes to Rural Village design criteria and density bonus for low-income residential units provided, and reduction of open space requirement for housing that is affordable projects. This bonus TDR credit shall only be applicable within two (2) years of the effective date of adoption in the FLUE (adopted May 23, 2023). It should be noted that Ordinance 2025-59 allows for a higher Floor Area Ratio in most areas of the County, except where expressly noted in the GMP. The RFMUD designation in the GMP limits the 2 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx FAR of group homes to 0.45. The Board will have to determine if a greater FAR should be allowed in the RMFUD. FISCAL & OPERATIONAL IMPACTS The fiscal impacts to Collier County resulting from this amendment are for staff time to prepare the amendment and costs for the associated legal advertising/public notice for the public hearings. Funds will be available from the Unincorporated Area General Fund (1011) and the Comprehensive Planning Cost Center. GMP CONSISTENCY The proposed LDC amendment has been reviewed by Comprehensive Planning staff and may be deemed consistent with the GMP. EXHIBITS: A) None 3 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx Amend the LDC as follows: 1 2.03.07 – Overlay Zoning Districts 2 3 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 4 5 D. Special Treatment Overlay (ST) 6 7 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 8 9 4. Transfer of Development Rights (TDR). 10 11 a. Purpose, Intent and Applicability. 12 13 i. Purpose. The primary purpose of the TDR process is to establish 14 an equitable method of protecting and conserving lands determined 15 to have significant environmental value, including large connected 16 wetland systems and significant areas of habitat for listed species; 17 and 18 To provide a viable mechanism for property owners of such 19 environmentally valuable lands to recoup lost value and 20 development potential which may be associated with the 21 application of environmental preservations standards to such lands. 22 23 ii. Intent. These TDR provisions are intended to accomplish the above 24 stated purpose through an economically viable process of 25 transferring development rights from less suitable non-RFMU 26 sending areas to more suitable non-RFMU receiving areas, and 27 from non-RFMU sending areas, and less suitable RFMU receiving, 28 neutral and sending lands to more suitable non-RFMU receiving 29 areas and RFMU receiving lands and non-RFMU receiving areas. 30 31 iii. Applicability. These TDR provisions shall be applicable to those 32 areas specifically identified in (b), (c) and (d) below. These TDR 33 provisions shall not be applicable to the any transfer of development 34 rights within the RLSA District. 35 36 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 37 38 c. TDR credits from RFMU sending lands: General Provisions. 39 40 i. Creation of TDR credits. 41 42 a) TDR credits are generated from RFMU sending lands at a 43 rate of 21 TDR credits per 5 acres of RFMU Ssending Lland 44 or, for those legal non-conforming lots or parcels of less than 45 5 acres that were in existence as of June 22, 1999, at a rate 46 of 21 TDR credits per legal non-conforming lot or parcel. 47 48 4 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx b) For lots and parcels 5 acres or larger, the number of TDR 1 credits generated shall be calculated using the following 2 formula: 3 4 # of acres x 0.42 = # of TDR credits generated. 5 6 Where the number of TDR credits thus calculated is a 7 fractional number, the number of TDR credits created shall 8 be rounded to the nearest 1/100th. 9 10 ii. Creation of TDR Bonus credits. TDR Bonus credits shall only be 11 generated from RFMU sending land property from which TDR 12 credits have been severed. The three types of TDR Bonus credits 13 are as follows: 14 15 a) Environmental Restoration and Maintenance Bonus credits. 16 Environmental Restoration and Maintenance Bonus credits 17 are generated at a rate of up to 0.6 1 credits for each TDR 18 credit severed from that RFMU sending land for which a 19 Restoration and Management Plan (RMP) has been 20 accepted by the County but in no case less than 0.2 TDR 21 credits per acre. In order for the County to be accepted an 22 RMP, a the RMP shall satisfy the following: 23 24 i) 1) The RMP shall include a listed species 25 management plan. 26 27 ii) 2) The RMP shall comply with the criteria set 28 forth in LDC section 3.05.08.A., and B. 29 30 iii) 3) The RMP shall provide financial assurance, 31 in the form of a letter of credit or similar financial 32 security, establishing that the RMP shall remain in 33 place and be performed, until the earlier of the 34 following occurs: 35 36 1) a. Viable and sustainable ecological 37 and hydrological functionality has been 38 achieved on the property as measured by the 39 success criteria set forth in the RMP. 40 41 2) b. The property is conveyed to a 42 County, state, or federal agency as provided 43 in b) below. 44 45 iv) 4) The RMP shall provide for the exotic 46 vegetation removal and maintenance to be 47 performed by an environmental contractor 48 acceptable to the County. 49 50 5 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx v) In the case of legal nonconforming lots or parcels in 1 existence as of June 22, 1999, where such lot or 2 parcel is less than 5 acres, up to three TDR credits 3 may be severed from said lot or parcel depending on 4 the activities contained in this section that are 5 performed. The generation rate of bonus credits 6 shall be based on the type of activity completed and 7 meeting additional criteria as follows: 8 9 1) Exotic vegetation removal, non-native 10 vegetation and nuisance or invasive plant 11 control and maintenance shall generate 0.2 12 TDR credits for each acre of exotic 13 vegetation removal, and control and 14 maintenance. 15 16 2) Listed species restoration areas, other than 17 wading birds, shall generate 0.3 TDR credits 18 for each acre of restored land that has met 19 applicable success criteria as determined by 20 the permitting or commenting agency 21 authorizing said restoration. 22 23 3) Wading bird restoration areas shall generate 24 0.4 TDR credits for each acre of restored 25 land that has met applicable success criteria 26 as determined by the permitting or 27 commenting agency authorizing said 28 restoration. 29 30 4) Connector wetlands and flow way restoration 31 areas shall generate 0.6 TDR credits for 32 each acre of restored land that has met 33 applicable success criteria as determined by 34 the permitting or commenting agency 35 authorizing said restoration. 36 37 5) Large mammal corridor creation, restoration, 38 or enhancement shall generate 0.6 TDR 39 credits for each acre of land created, 40 restored, or enhanced upon demonstration 41 that the respective activities have met 42 applicable success criteria as determined by 43 the permitting or commenting agency 44 authorizing said activities. The awarding of 45 the 0.6 TDR credits may be phased to 46 coincide with a phased implementation 47 process in accordance with the permitting or 48 commenting agency. 49 50 6 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 6) Invasive exotic vegetation removal and 1 dedication of a “Flow-Way Easement” to 2 Collier County shall generate 0.2 TDR 3 credits for each acre of such land. Properties 4 shall be located entirely or partially within the 5 Belle Meade Hydraulic Enhancement 6 Overlay (BMHEO), as depicted on the 7 BMHEO Map of the FLUM series. This bonus 8 TDR credit shall only be applicable within two 9 (2) years of the effective date of adoption in 10 the FLUE (adopted May 23, 2023). The 11 County will assume the responsibility for the 12 recording of the “Flow-Way Easement” and 13 the perpetual exotic maintenance of the 14 parcel as a condition of the property owner 15 granting the easement. 16 17 b) Conveyance Bonus credits. Conveyance Bonus credits are 18 generated at a rate of 1 credit for each TDR credit severed 19 from that RFMU sending land that is conveyed in fee simple 20 to a government agency as a gift, or to a not-for-profit entity 21 or land trust, approved by the Board of County 22 Commissioners, by gift. Conveyance Bonus credits shall 23 only be generated from those RFMU sending land 24 properties on which an RMP has been accepted as provided 25 in a) above. 26 27 c) Belle Meade Flow-Way TDR Bonus. Owners of private 28 property located entirely or partially within the BMHEO 29 (adopted May 23, 2023), as depicted on the BMHEO Map, 30 are eligible to transfer development rights from Sending 31 Lands at a maximum rate of 0.4 TDR credits per acre (two 32 TDR credits per five acres) or legal nonconforming lot of 33 record in exchange for providing a “Flow-Way Easement” to 34 Collier County. Eligibility is limited to within two years of 35 adoption of the establishment of the BMHEO. Eligible 36 parcels area identified on the Belle Meade Hydrologic 37 Enhancement Overlay Area Flow-Way TDR Bonus Credit 38 Eligibility Map, adopted by separate resolution. Early Entry 39 Bonus credits. Early Entry Bonus credits shall be generated 40 at a rate of 1 additional credit for each TDR credit that is 41 severed from RFMU sending land for the period from March 42 5, 2004, until September 27, 2022, unless further extended 43 by resolution by the Board of County Commissioners. Early 44 Entry Bonus credits shall cease to be generated after the 45 termination of this early entry bonus period. However, Early 46 Entry Bonus credits may continue to be used to increase 47 density in RFMU and non- RFMU Receiving Lands after the 48 termination of the Early Entry Bonus period. 49 50 7 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx iii. Calculation of TDR Bonus credits. 1 2 a) Environmental Restoration and Maintenance Bonus credits 3 are calculated as follows: 4 5 # TDR credits generated from property × % property subject 6 to an approved RMP. 7 8 b) Conveyance Bonus credits are calculated as follows: 9 10 # TDR credits generated from property × % property subject 11 to an approved RMP and conveyed as provided in ii.b) 12 above. 13 14 c) Early Entry Bonus credits are calculated as follows: 15 16 # TDR credits generated within Early Entry period × 1. 17 18 c) Belle Meade Flow-Way Bonus credits are calculated as 19 follows: 20 21 # TDR credits generated from property × % property subject 22 to an approved RMP and conveyed as provided in ii.c) 23 above. 24 25 iv. Receipt of TDR credits or TDR Bonus credits from RFMU sending 26 lands. TDR credits or TDR Bonus credits from RFMU sending lands 27 may be redeemed into Urban Areas, the Urban Residential Fringe, 28 and RFMU receiving lands, as provided in subsections 2.03.07 29 D.4.d e. and ef. below. 30 31 v. Prohibition on redemption of fractional TDR credits and TDR Bonus 32 credits. While fractional TDR credits and TDR Bonus credits may 33 be created, as provided in (ii) above, TDR credits and TDR Bonus 34 credits may only be redeemed in increments of whole, not 35 fractional, dwelling units. Consequently, fractional TDR credits and 36 fractional TDR Bonus credits must be aggregated to form whole 37 units, before they can be utilized to increase density in either non -38 RFMU Receiving Areas or RFMU Rreceiving lands. 39 40 vi. Prohibition on severance of development rights. 41 42 a) Neither TDR credits nor TDR Early Entry Bonus credits shall 43 not be generated from RFMU sending lands where a 44 conservation easement or other similar development 45 restriction prohibits the residential development of such 46 property, with the exception of those TDR Early Entry Bonus 47 credits associated with TDR credits severed from March 5, 48 2004, until July 20, 2023, (the effective date of Ordinance 49 No. 2023-25, that amended the Growth Management Plan 50 8 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx to eliminate the TDR Early Entry Bonus credit) [the effective 1 date of this provision]. Environmental Restoration and 2 Maintenance Bonus credits and Conveyance Bonus credits 3 may only be generated from those RFMU sending lands 4 where a conservation easement or other similar 5 development restriction on development was imposed in 6 conjunction with the severance of TDR credits. 7 8 b) Neither TDR credits nor any TDR Bonus credits shall be 9 generated from RFMU sending lands that were cleared for 10 agricultural operations after June 19, 2002, for a period of 11 twenty-five (25) years after such clearing occurs. 12 13 d. TDR credits from RFMU neutral lands or receiving lands, including lands 14 within the NBMO: General Provisions. 15 16 i. Creation of TDR credits from RFMU neutral lands or receiving 17 lands, including lands within the NBMO. A TDR credit shall be 18 issued to the owner of private property for each five (5) acre parcel 19 or legal nonconforming lot of record designated neutral lands, or 20 receiving Lands, including lands within the NBMO, at the transfer 21 rate of one (1) TDR credit for each five acres or legal nonconforming 22 lot of record, utilized for conservation use. A perpetual easement 23 shall be placed on such conservation lands used for conservation 24 uses to protect these lands in perpetuity. A restrictive covenant in 25 favor of Collier County will be placed on lands used for conservation 26 restricting the use in perpetuity to protect against non-conservation 27 development. This TDR credit shall not apply to receiving lands or 28 neutral lands, including lands within the NBMO that are preserved 29 within a development project to comply with Native Vegetation 30 Preservation requirements. 31 32 ii. Receipt of TDR credits from RFMU neutral lands, or receiving 33 lands, including receiving lands within the NBMO. TDR credits from 34 RFMU neutral lands, or receiving lands, including receiving lands 35 within the NBMO may be redeemed into Urban Areas, the Urban 36 Residential Fringe, and RFMU receiving lands, as provided in LDC 37 subsections 2.03.07 D.4.e. and f. below. 38 39 iii. Prohibition on redemption of fractional TDR credits. While fractional 40 TDR credits may be created, TDR credits may only be redeemed in 41 increments of whole, not fractional, dwelling units. 42 43 ed. Redemption of TDRs into non-RFMU receiving areas. Redemptions into 44 the Urban Residential Fringe shall be permitted exclusively through the use 45 of TDR credits and TDR Bonus credits derived from the RFMU to increase 46 density by a maximum of 1.0 dwelling units per acre, allowing for a density 47 increase from the existing allowable base density of 1.5 dwelling units per 48 acre to a maximum of 2.5 dwelling units per gross acre. 49 50 9 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx i. Redemption of TDRs into urban area. 1 2 a) Maximum density increase. In order to encourage 3 residential in-fill in urban areas of existing development 4 outside of the Coastal High Hazard Area, a maximum of 3 5 residential dwelling units per gross acre may be requested 6 through a rezone petition for projects qualifying under this 7 residential infill provisions of the Future Land Use Element 8 density Rating System, subject to the applicable provisions 9 of Chapters 2 and 9 of this Code, and the following 10 conditions: 11 12 i) The project is 20 acres or less in size; 13 14 ii) At time of development, the project will be served by 15 central public water and sewer; 16 17 iii) The property in question has no common site 18 development plan in common with adjacent 19 property; 20 21 iv) There is no common ownership with any adjacent 22 parcels; and 23 24 v) The parcel in question was not created to take 25 advantage of the in-fill residential density bonus and 26 was created prior to the adoption of this provision in 27 the Growth Management Plan on January 10, 1989. 28 29 vi) Of the maximum 3 additional units, one (1) dwelling 30 unit per acre shall be derived from RFMU sending 31 lands and redeemed at Site Plan or prior to Plat 32 recordation. 33 34 b) Developments which meet the residential infill conditions i) 35 through v) above may increase the base density 36 administratively through a Site Development Plan or Plat 37 approval by a maximum of one dwelling unit per acre by 38 redeeming additional density derived from RFMU district 39 Sending Lands. 40 41 ii. Redemptions into the Urban Residential Fringe shall be permitted 42 exclusively through the use of TDR credits and TDR Bonus credits 43 derived from RFMU sending lands located within one mile of the 44 Urban Boundary to increase density by a maximum of 1.0 dwelling 45 units per acre, allowing for a density increase from the existing 46 allowable base density of 1.5 dwelling units per acre to a maximum 47 of 2.5 dwelling units per gross acre. 48 49 fe. Redemption into RFMU receiving lands. 50 10 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 i. Maximum density on RFMU receiving lands when TDR credits are 2 redeemed. 3 4 a) The base residential density allowable shall be as provided 5 in sections 2.03.08 A.2.a.(2)(a) and 2.03.08 A.2.b.(3)(a). 6 7 b) The density achievable through the redemption of TDR 8 credits and TDR Bonus credits into RFMU receiving lands 9 shall be as provided for in section 2.03.08 A.2.a.(2)(b)(i) 10 outside of rural villages and sections 2.03.08 A.2.b.(3)(b) 11 and 2.03.08 A.2.b.(3)(c)(i) inside of rural villages. 12 13 ii. Remainder uses after TDR credits are severed from RFMU sending 14 lands. Where development rights have been severed from RFMU 15 district Sending Lands, such lands may be retained in private 16 ownership and may be used as set forth in LDC section 2.03.08 17 A.4.b. 18 19 gf. Procedures applicable to the severance and redemption of TDR credits and 20 the generation of TDR Bonus credits from RFMU sending lands. 21 22 i. General. Those developments that utilize such TDR credits or TDR 23 Bonus credits are subject to all applicable permitting and approval 24 requirements of this Code, including but not limited to those 25 applicable to site development plans, plat approvals, PUDs, and 26 DRIs. 27 28 a) The severance of TDR credits and the generation of Early 29 Entry Bonus credits from RFMU sending lands does not 30 require further approval of the County if the County 31 determines that information demonstrating compliance with 32 all of the criteria set forth in ii.a) below has been submitted. 33 However, those developments that utilize such TDR credits 34 and Early Entry Bonus credits are subject to all applicable 35 permitting and approval requirements of this Code, 36 including but not limited to those applicable to site 37 development plans, plat approvals, PUDs, and DRIs. 38 39 b) The generation of Environmental Restoration and 40 Maintenance Bonus credits and Conveyance Bonus credits 41 requires acceptance by the County of a RMP. 42 43 ii. In order to facilitate the County's monitoring and regulation of the 44 TDR Program, the County shall serve as the central registry for all 45 TDR severances, transfers (sales) and redemptions, as well as 46 maintain a public listing of TDR credits available for sale along with 47 a listing of purchasers seeking TDR credits. No TDR credit 48 generated from RFMU sending lands, may be utilized to increase 49 11 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx density in any area unless the following procedures are complied 1 with in full. 2 3 a) TDR credits shall not be used to increase density in either 4 non-RFMU Receiving Areas or RFMU receiving lands until 5 severed from RFMU sending lands. TDR credits shall be 6 deemed to be severed from RFMU sending lands at such 7 time as a TDR credit Certificate is obtained from the County. 8 TDR credit Certificates shall be issued only by the County 9 and upon submission of the following: 10 11 i) aA legal description of the property from which the 12 RFMU TDR credits originated, including the total 13 acreage; 14 15 ii) aA title opinion establishing that, prior to the 16 severance of the TDR credits from RFMU sending 17 lands, such sending lands were not subject to a 18 conservation restriction or any other development 19 restriction that prohibited residential development; 20 21 iii) aAn affidavit, signed by the owner, stating that the 22 property was not subject to a conservation restriction 23 or any other development restriction that prohibited 24 residential development during the period between 25 the effective date of the title opinion and 26 conservation easement recordation; 27 28 iv) aAn executed Limitation of Development Rights 29 Agreement, prepared in accord with the form 30 provided by the County, that limits the allowable 31 uses on the property after the severance of TDR 32 credits as set forth in LDC section 2.03.08 A.4.b.; 33 and 34 35 v) aA statement attesting that the TDR credits are not 36 being severed from RFMU sending lands in violation 37 of LDC subsection 2.03.07 D.4.c.vi.b) of the Code. 38 39 vi) dDocumented evidence that, if the property from 40 which TDRs are being severed is subject to a 41 mortgage, lien, or any other security interest; the 42 mortgagee, lien holder, or holder of the security 43 interest has consented to the recordation of the 44 Limitation of Development Rights Agreement 45 required for TDR severance; transfer (sale) of TDR 46 credit; and redemption of TDR credit. 47 48 b) TDR Bonus credits shall not be used to increase density in 49 either non-RFMU receiving areas or RFMU receiving lands 50 12 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx until a TDR credit certificate reflecting the TDR Bonus 1 credits is obtained from the County and recorded. 2 3 1) Early Entry Bonus credits. All TDR credit certificates 4 issued by the County for the period from the effective 5 date of this provision until September 27, 2022, 6 unless further extended by resolution by the Board 7 of County Commissioners, shall include one Early 8 Entry Bonus credit or fractional Early Entry Bonus 9 credit for each TDR credit or fractional TDR credit 10 reflected on the TDR credit certificate. Where TDR 11 credits were severed from March 5, 2004, until the 12 effective date of this provision, the County shall, 13 upon receipt of a copy of the TDR credit certificate 14 reflecting those previously severed TDR credits, 15 issue a TDR credit certificate entitling Early Entry 16 Bonus credits equal in number to the previously 17 severed TDR credits. 18 19 12) Environmental Restoration and Maintenance Bonus 20 credit. A TDR certificate reflecting Environmental 21 Restoration and Maintenance Bonus credits shall 22 not be issued until the County has accepted a RMP 23 for the sending lands from which the Environmental 24 Restoration and Maintenance Bonus credit is being 25 generated. Any sending lands from which TDR 26 credits have been severed may also be used for 27 mitigation programs and associated mitigation 28 activities and uses in conjunction with any county, 29 state or federal permitting. Where the Environmental 30 Restoration and Maintenance Credit is applied for 31 sending lands that are also being used (title or 32 easement) for mitigation for permits or approvals 33 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U. S. Fish 34 and Wildlife Service, Florida Department of 35 Environmental Protection, Florida Fish and Wildlife 36 Conservation Commission, or the South Florida 37 Water Management District, the County shall accept 38 as the RMP for the sending mitigation lands, the 39 restoration and/or maintenance requirements of 40 permits issued by any of the foregoing governmental 41 agencies for said lands. 42 43 23) Conveyance Bonus credit. A TDR certificate 44 reflecting Conveyance Bonus credits shall not be 45 issued until the County has accepted a RMP for the 46 Sending Lands from which the Conveyance Bonus 47 credit is being generated and such sending lands 48 have been conveyed, in fee simple, to a County, 49 state, or federal government agency. 50 13 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 c) A PUD or DRI utilizing TDR credits or TDR Bonus credits 2 may be conditionally approved, but no subsequent 3 application for site development plan or subdivision plat 4 within the PUD or DRI shall be approved, until the developer 5 submits the following: 6 7 i) Documentation that the developer has acquired all 8 TDR credits and TDR Bonus credits needed for that 9 phase of the development that is the subject of the 10 site development plan or subdivision plat. 11 12 d) The developer shall provide documentation of the 13 acquisition of full ownership and control of all TDR credits 14 and TDR Bonus credits needed for the development prior to 15 the approval of any site development plan, subdivision plat, 16 or other final local development order, other than a PUD or 17 DRI. 18 19 e) Each TDR credit shall have an individual and distinct 20 tracking number, which shall be identified on the TDR 21 certificate that reflects the TDR credit. The County TDR 22 Activity Log shall maintain an ongoing database that 23 categorizes all TDR credits relative to severance, transfer 24 (sale) and redemption activity. 25 26 f) Each TDR Bonus credit shall have an individual and distinct 27 tracking number, which shall be identified on the TDR 28 certificate and which shall identify the specific TDR credit 29 associated with the TDR Bonus credit. The County TDR 30 Registry shall maintain a record of all TDR Bonus credits, to 31 include a designation of those that have been expended. 32 33 g) The County bears no responsibility to provide notice to any 34 person or entity holding a lien or other security interest in 35 Sending Lands that TDR credits have been severed from 36 the property or that an application for such severance has 37 been filed. 38 39 hg. Proportional utilization of TDR credits and TDR Bonus credits. Upon the 40 issuance of approval of a site development plan or subdivision plat that is 41 part of a PUD or DRI, TDR credits and TDR Bonus credits shall be 42 redeemed at a rate proportional to percentage of the PUD or DRI's 43 approved gross density that is derived through TDR credits and TDR Bonus 44 credits. All PUDs and DRIs utilizing TDR credits and TDR Bonus credits 45 shall require that the rate of TDR credit and TDR Bonus credits 46 consumption be reported through the monitoring provisions of section 47 10.02.12 and subsection 10.02.07.C.1.b of this Code. 48 49 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 50 14 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx # # # # # # # # # # # # # 1 2 2.03.08 – Rural Fringe Zoning Districts 3 4 A. Rural Fringe Mixed-Use District (RFMU District). 5 6 1. Purpose and scope. The purpose and intent of the RFMU District is to provide a 7 transition between the Urban and Estates Designated lands and between the 8 Urban and Agricultural/Rural and Conservation designated lands farther to the 9 east. The RFMU District employs a balanced approach, including both regulations 10 and incentives, to protect natural resources and private property rights, providing 11 for large areas of open space, and allowing, in designated areas, appropriate 12 types, density and intensity of development. The RFMU District allows for a mixture 13 of urban and rural levels of service, including limited extension of central water and 14 sewer, schools, recreational facilities, commercial uses, and essential services 15 deemed necessary to serve the residents of the RFMU District. The innovative 16 planning and development techniques which are required and/or encouraged 17 within the RFMU District were developed to preserve existing natural resources, 18 including habitat for listed species, to retain a rural, pastoral, or park-like 19 appearance from the major public rights-of-way, and to protect private property 20 rights. 21 22 * * * * * * * * * * * * * 23 24 2. RFMU receiving lands. RFMU receiving lands are those lands within the RFMU 25 district that have been identified as being most appropriate for development and 26 to which residential development units may be transferred from RFMU sending 27 lands. Based on the evaluation of available data, RFMU receiving lands have a 28 lesser degree of environmental or listed species habitat value than RFMU sending 29 lands and generally have been disturbed through development or previous or 30 existing agricultural operations. Various incentives are employed to direct 31 development into RFMU receiving lands and away from RFMU sending lands, 32 thereby maximizing native vegetation and habitat preservation and restoration. 33 Such incentives include, but are not limited to: the TDR process; clustered 34 development; density bonus incentives; and, provisions for central sewer and 35 water. Within RFMU receiving lands, the following standards shall apply, except 36 as noted in LDC subsection 2.03.08 A.1 above, or as more specifically provided in 37 an applicable PUD. 38 39 a. Outside rural villages. 40 41 (1) NBMO Exemption. Except as specifically provided herein NBMO 42 Receiving Lands are only subject to the provisions of LDC section 43 2.03.08 C & LDC section 2.03.07 D.4.d. 44 45 (2) Maximum Density. 46 47 (a) Base density. The base residential density allowable within 48 RFMU receiving lands, exclusive of the applicable density 49 blending provisions set forth in LDC section 2.05.02, is 1 unit 50 15 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx per 5 gross acres (0.2 dwelling units per acre) or, for those 1 legal nonconforming lots or parcels in existence as of June 2 22, 1999, 1 unit per lot or parcel. 3 4 (b) Additional density 5 6 i. Additional Density Allowed Through the TDR 7 Process. Outside of rural villages, the maximum 8 density achievable in RFMU Receiving Lands 9 through TDR credits and TDR Bonus Credits is 1 10 dwelling unit per acre. 11 12 a) Clustering Required. Where the transfer of 13 development rights is employed to increase 14 residential density within RFMU receiving 15 lands, such residential development shall be 16 clustered in accordance with the following 17 provisions: 18 19 i) Central water and sewer shall be 20 extended to the project. Where 21 County sewer or water services may 22 not be available concurrent with 23 development in RFMU receiving 24 lands, interim private water and 25 sewer facilities may be approved. 26 27 ii) The maximum lot size allowable for a 28 single-family detached dwelling unit 29 is 1 acre. 30 31 iii) The clustered development shall be 32 located on the site so as to provide to 33 the greatest degree practicable: 34 protection for listed species habitat; 35 preservation of the highest quality 36 native vegetation; connectivity to 37 adjacent natural reservations or 38 preservation areas on adjacent 39 developments; and, creation, 40 maintenance or enhancement of 41 wildlife corridors. 42 43 b) Minimum Project Size. The minimum project 44 size required in order to receive transferred 45 dwelling units is 40 contiguous acres, except 46 that no minimum project size is required for 47 the Receiving Lands areas along Immokalee 48 Road. 49 50 16 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx c) Emergency Preparedness. In order to 1 reduce the likelihood of threat to life and 2 property from a tropical storm or hurricane 3 event any development approved under the 4 provisions of this section shall demonstrate 5 that adequate emergency preparedness and 6 disaster prevention measures have been 7 taken by, at a minimum: 8 9 i) Designing community facilities, 10 schools, or other public buildings to 11 serve as storm shelters if located 12 outside of areas that may experience 13 inundation during a Category 1 or 14 worse storm event. While the need to 15 utilize such shelters will be 16 determined on a case-by-case basis, 17 areas which are susceptible to 18 inundation during such storm events 19 are identified on the Sea, Lake, and 20 Overland Surge from Hurricane 21 (SLOSH) Map for Collier County. 22 23 ii) Evaluating impacts on evacuation 24 routes, if any, and working with the 25 Collier County Emergency 26 Management staff to develop an 27 Emergency Preparedness Plan to 28 include provisions for storm shelter 29 space, a plan for emergency 30 evacuation, and other provisions that 31 may be deemed appropriate and 32 necessary to mitigate against a 33 potential disaster. 34 35 iii) Working with the Florida Division of 36 Forestry, Collier County Emergency 37 Management staff, and the managers 38 of any adjacent or nearby public 39 lands, to develop a Wildfire 40 Prevention and Mitigation Plan that 41 will reduce the likelihood of threat to 42 life and property from wildfires. This 43 plan shall address, at a minimum: 44 project structural design; the use of 45 materials and location of structures 46 so as to reduce wildfire threat; 47 firebreaks and buffers; water 48 features; and, the rationale for 49 17 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx prescribed burning on adjacent or 1 nearby lands. 2 3 ii. Additional density allowed through the provisions of 4 housing that is affordable. Outside of rural villages, 5 the maximum density achievable in RFMU 6 Receiving Lands through housing that is affordable 7 achievable provisions is 12.2 dwelling units per acre, 8 subject to an affordable housing density bonus 9 agreement consistent with LDC Section 2.06.06. 10 TDR credits are not required or allowed to achieve 11 density. Where the provisions of housing that is 12 affordable are employed to increase residential 13 density within RFMU receiving lands, such 14 residential development shall be clustered in 15 accordance with the following provisions: 16 17 a) The project shall be located along a road 18 classified as an arterial or collector or located 19 along a road that has direct access to an 20 arterial or collector street. The project shall 21 be located no further than one-half mile 22 (2,640 feet) from an arterial or collector 23 street. 24 25 b) Central water and sewer shall be extended 26 to the project. 27 28 c) The maximum lot size allowable for a single-29 family detached dwelling unit is 1 acre. 30 31 d) The clustered development shall group 32 principal buildings and structures together 33 into one or more groups on a portion of the 34 site to the greatest degree practicable to 35 create more expansive and less fragmented 36 open space areas with priority placed on the 37 following: Protection for listed species 38 habitat; preservation of the highest quality 39 native vegetation; connectivity to adjacent 40 natural reservations or preservation areas on 41 adjacent developments; and, creation, 42 maintenance or enhancement of wildlife 43 corridors. The development shall be sited to 44 lessen the land area devoted to roads and 45 infrastructure within the development. 46 47 e) Emergency Preparedness. The cluster 48 development shall demonstrate that 49 adequate emergency preparedness and 50 18 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx disaster prevention measures have been 1 taken as set forth in LDC section 2.03.08 2 A.2.a.(2)(b)(i)c). 3 4 iii. Additional density Allowed Through Other Density 5 Bonuses. Once a density of one (1) unit per acre is 6 achieved through the use of TDR credits and TDR 7 Bonus credits, additional density may be achieved 8 as follows: 9 10 a) A density bonus of 0.1 unit per acre shall be 11 allowed for the preservation of additional 12 native vegetation as set forth in Section 13 3.05.07 E.1. of the Code. 14 15 b) A density bonus of 0.1 units per acre shall be 16 allowed for projects that incorporate those 17 additional wetlands mitigation measures set 18 forth in LDC Ssection 3.05.07 F.4.b3.g.ii. of 19 the Code. 20 21 (3) Allowable Uses. 22 23 (a) The Table of Uses below identifies uses as permitted uses 24 (P) or conditional uses (CU). Conditional uses shall require 25 approval in accordance with the procedures set forth in LDC 26 section 10.08.00. 27 28 (a) Uses Permitted as of Right. The following uses are 29 permitted as of right, or as uses accessory to permitted 30 uses: 31 32 i. Agricultural activities, including, but not limited to: 33 Crop raising; horticulture; fruit and nut production; 34 forestry; groves; nurseries; ranching; beekeeping; 35 poultry and egg production; milk production; 36 livestock raising, and aquaculture for native species 37 subject to the State of Florida Fish and Wildlife 38 Conservation Commission permits. Owning, 39 maintaining or operating any facility or part thereof 40 for the following purposes is prohibited: 41 42 a) Fighting or baiting any animal by the owner 43 of such facility or any other person or entity. 44 45 b) Raising any animal or animals intended to be 46 ultimately used or used for fighting or baiting 47 purposes. 48 49 19 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx c) For purposes of this subsection, the term 1 baiting is defined as set forth in § 2 828.122(2)(a), F.S., as it may be amended 3 from time to time. 4 5 ii. Single-family residential dwelling units, including 6 mobile homes where a mobile home Zoning Overlay 7 exists. 8 9 iii. Multi-family residential structures, if clustering is 10 employed. 11 12 iv. Rural villages, subject to the provisions set forth 13 under section 2.03.08 A.2.b. below. 14 15 v. Dormitories, duplexes and other types of staff 16 housing, as may be incidental to, and in support of, 17 conservation uses. 18 19 vi. Family Care Facilities: 1 unit per 5 acres and subject 20 to section 5.05.04 of this Code. 21 22 vii. Staff housing as may be incidental to, and in support 23 of, safety service facilities and essential services. 24 25 viii. Farm labor housing limited to 10 acres in any single 26 location: 27 28 a) Single family/duplex/mobile home: 11 29 dwelling units per acre; and 30 31 b) Multifamily/dormitory: 22 dwelling units/beds 32 per acre. 33 34 ix. Sporting and Recreational camps not to exceed 1 35 cabin/lodging unit per 5 gross acres. 36 37 x. Those essential services identified as permitted 38 uses in section 2.01.03 (A) and in accordance with 39 the provisions, conditions and limitations set forth 40 therein. 41 42 xi. Golf courses or driving ranges, subject to the 43 following standards: 44 45 a) The minimum density shall be as follows: 46 47 i) For golf course projects: one (1) 48 dwelling unit per five (5) gross acres. 49 50 20 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx ii) For golf course projects not utilizing 1 density blending Provisions set forth 2 in the Density Rating System of the 3 FLUE, including free standing golf 4 courses: one TDR credit or TDR 5 Bonus credit shall be required per 6 five (5) gross acres for the land area 7 utilized as part of the golf course, 8 including the clubhouse area, rough, 9 fairways, greens, and lakes, but 10 excluding any area dedicated as 11 conservation, which is non-irrigated 12 and retained in a natural state. A TDR 13 credit or TDR Bonus credit used to 14 entitle golf course acreage may not 15 also be used to entitle a residential 16 dwelling unit. 17 18 b) Golf courses shall be designed, constructed, 19 and managed in accordance with the Best 20 Management Practices of Audubon 21 International's Gold Signature Program. The 22 project shall demonstrate that the Principles 23 for Resource Management required by the 24 Gold Signature Program (Site Specific 25 Assessment, Habitat Sensitivity, Native and 26 Naturalized Plants and Natural Landscaping, 27 Water Conservation, Waste Management. 28 Energy Conservation & Renewable Energy 29 Sources, Transportation, Greenspace and 30 Corridors, Agriculture, and BUILDING 31 Design) have been incorporated into the golf 32 course's design and operational procedures. 33 34 c) In order to prevent the contamination of soil, 35 surface water and ground water by the 36 materials stored and handled by golf course 37 maintenance operations, golf courses shall 38 comply with the Best Management Practices 39 for Golf Course Maintenance Departments, 40 prepared by the Florida Department of 41 Environmental Protection, May 1995. 42 43 d) To protect ground and surface water quality 44 from fertilizer and pesticide usage, golf 45 courses shall demonstrate the following 46 management practices: 47 48 i) The use of slow release nitrogen 49 sources; 50 21 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 ii) The use of soil and plant tissue 2 analysis to adjust timing and amount 3 of fertilization applications; 4 5 iii) The use of an integrated pest 6 management program using both 7 biological and chemical agents to 8 control various pests; 9 10 iv) The coordination of pesticide 11 applications with the timing and 12 application of irrigation water; and 13 14 v) The use of the procedure contained 15 in IFAS Circular 1011, Managing 16 Pesticides for Golf Course 17 Maintenance and Water Quality 18 Protection, May 1991 (revised 1995) 19 to select pesticides that will have a 20 minimum adverse impact on water 21 quality. 22 23 e) To ensure water conservation, golf courses 24 shall incorporate the following in their design 25 and operation: 26 27 i) Irrigation systems shall be designed 28 to use weather station information 29 and moisture-sensing systems to 30 determine the optimum amount of 31 irrigation water needed considering 32 soil moisture and evapotranspiration 33 rates. 34 35 ii) Golf courses shall utilize treated 36 effluent reuse water consistent with 37 Sanitary Sewer Sub-Element 38 Objective 1.4 and its policies to the 39 extent that a sufficient amount of 40 such water is available and the piping 41 or other conveyance necessary for 42 delivery of such water exists at a 43 location abutting the golf course 44 property boundary or within 50 feet of 45 such boundary and accessible via 46 existing rights of way or easements; 47 48 iii) Native plants shall be used 49 exclusively except for special 50 22 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx purpose areas such as golf greens, 1 fairways, and building sites. Within 2 these excepted areas, landscaping 3 plans shall require that at least 75% 4 of the trees and 50% of the shrubs be 5 freeze-tolerant native Floridian 6 species. At least 75% of the required 7 native trees and shrubs shall also be 8 drought tolerant species. 9 10 f) Stormwater management ponds shall be 11 designed to mimic the functions of natural 12 systems: by establishing shorelines that are 13 sinuous in configuration in order to provide 14 increased length and diversity of the littoral 15 zone. A Littoral shelf shall be established to 16 provide a feeding area for water dependent 17 avian species. The combined length of 18 vertical and rip-rapped walls shall be limited 19 to 25% of the shoreline. Credits to the site 20 preservation area requirements, on an acre- 21 to- acre basis, shall be given for littoral 22 shelves that exceed these littoral shelf area 23 requirements. 24 25 g) Site preservation and native vegetation 26 retention requirements shall be those set 27 forth in section 4.06.00 of this Code. 28 29 xii. Public educational plants and ancillary plants. 30 31 xiii. Oil and gas exploration, subject to applicable state 32 and federal drilling permits and Collier County non -33 environmental site development plan review 34 procedures. Directional-drilling and/or previously 35 cleared or disturbed areas shall be utilized in order 36 to minimize impacts to native habitats, where 37 determined to be practicable. This requirement shall 38 be deemed satisfied upon issuance of a state permit 39 in compliance with the criteria established in Chapter 40 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., as those rules 41 existed on Oct. 3, 2005 [the effective date of this 42 provision], regardless of whether the activity occurs 43 within the Big Cypress Watershed, as defined in 44 Rule 62C-30.001(2), F.A.C. All applicable Collier 45 County environmental permitting requirements shall 46 be considered satisfied by evidence of the issuance 47 of all applicable federal and/or state oil and gas 48 permits for proposed oil and gas activities in Collier 49 County, so long as the state permits comply with the 50 23 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx requirements of Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, 1 F.A.C. For those areas of Collier County outside the 2 boundary of the Big Cypress Watershed, the 3 applicant shall be responsible for convening the Big 4 Cypress Swamp Advisory Committee as set forth in 5 Section 377.42, F.S., to assure compliance with 6 Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., even if 7 outside the defined Big Cypress Watershed. All oil 8 and gas access roads shall be constructed and 9 protected from unauthorized uses according to the 10 standards established in Rule 62C-30.005(2)(a)(1) 11 through (12), F.A.C. 12 13 xiv. Park, open space, and recreational uses. 14 15 xv. Private schools. 16 17 (b) Accessory uses. shall be regulated as follows: 18 19 i. Accessory uses as set forth in LDC section 2.03.01 20 of this Code. 21 22 ii. Accessory uses and structures that are accessory 23 and incidental to uses permitted as of right in the 24 RFMU district. 25 26 iii. Recreational facilities that serve as an integral part 27 of a residential development and have been 28 designated, reviewed, and approved on a site 29 development plan or preliminary subdivision plat for 30 that development. Recreational facilities may 31 include, but are not limited to clubhouse, community 32 center building, tennis facilities, playgrounds and 33 playfields. 34 35 (c) Any use not listed in the Table of Uses below is prohibited 36 unless the County Manager or designee determines that 37 such use is comparable in nature with the foregoing uses 38 and is consistent with the permitted uses and purpose and 39 intent of the RFMU as determined by the Hearing Examiner 40 or Board of Zoning Appeals, pursuant to LDC section 41 10.02.06 K. it falls within the same class as a listed use 42 through the process outlined in LDC section 1.06.00, Rules 43 of Interpretation. Conditional uses. The following uses are 44 permissible as conditional uses subject to the standards and 45 procedures established in LDC section 10.08.00. 46 47 i. Oil and gas field development and production, 48 subject to state field development permits and 49 Collier County non-environmental site development 50 24 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx plan review procedures. Directional-drilling and/or 1 previously cleared or disturbed areas shall be 2 utilized in order to minimize impacts to native 3 habitats, where determined to be practicable. This 4 requirement shall be deemed satisfied upon 5 issuance of a state permit in compliance with the 6 criteria established in Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-7 30, F.A.C., regardless of whether the activity occurs 8 within the Big Cypress Watershed, as defined in 9 Rule 62C-30.001(2), F.A.C. All applicable Collier 10 County environmental permitting requirements shall 11 be considered satisfied by evidence of the issuance 12 of all applicable federal and/or state oil and gas 13 permits for proposed oil and gas activities in Collier 14 County, so long as the state permits comply with the 15 requirements of Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, 16 F.A.C. For those areas of Collier County outside the 17 boundary of the Big Cypress Watershed, the 18 applicant shall be responsible for convening the Big 19 Cypress Swamp Advisory Committee as set forth in 20 Section 377.42, F.S., to assure compliance with 21 Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., even if 22 outside the defined Big Cypress Watershed. All oil 23 and gas access roads shall be constructed and 24 protected from unauthorized uses according to the 25 standards established in Rule 62-30.005(2)(a)(1) 26 through (12), F.A.C. 27 28 ii. Group care facilities and other care housing 29 facilities, other than family care facilities, subject to 30 a maximum floor area ratio of 0.45. 31 32 iii. Zoos, aquariums, and botanical gardens, and similar 33 uses. 34 35 iv. Facilities for the collection, transfer, processing, and 36 reduction of solid waste. 37 38 v. Community facilities, such as, places of worship, 39 childcare facilities, cemeteries, and social and 40 fraternal organizations. 41 42 vi. Travel trailer recreation vehicle parks, subject to the 43 following criteria: 44 45 a) the site is adjacent to an existing travel trailer 46 recreational vehicle site; and 47 48 b) the site is no greater than 100% of the size 49 of the existing adjacent park site. 50 25 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 vii. Those essential services identified in sections 2 2.01.03 (G)(1) and (G)(3). 3 4 viii. In RFMU receiving lands other than those within the 5 NBMO, asphalt and concrete batch-making plants. 6 7 ix. In RFMU receiving lands other than those within the 8 NBMO, earth mining and extraction. 9 10 x. Wireless communication facilities, subject to LDC 11 section 5.05.09. 12 13 (d) Table of Uses. 14 15 AGRICULTURAL i. Agricultural 1.a) Agricultural activities, including, but not limited to: Crop raising; horticulture; fruit and nut production; forestry; groves; nurseries; ranching; beekeeping; poultry and egg production; milk production; livestock raising, and aquaculture for native species subject to the State of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission permits. P1 RESIDENTIAL ii. Residential 2.b) Dormitories, duplexes and other types of staff housing, as may be incidental to, and in support of, conservation uses. P 3.c) Family Care Facilities: 1 unit per 5 acres and subject to LDC section 5.05.04. P 4.d) Farm labor housing limited to 10 acres in any single location: a) Single family/duplex/mobile home: 11 dwelling units per acre; and b) Multifamily/dormitory: 22 dwelling units/beds per acre. P 5.e) Group care facilities and other care housing facilities, other than family care facilities, subject to a maximum floor area ratio of 0.45. CU 6.f) Multi-family residential structures. Subject to residential clustering provisions outlined in LDC section 2.03.08 A.3.b(2). P 7.g) Single-family residential dwelling units, including mobile homes where a mobile home Zoning Overlay exists. P 8.h) Staff housing as may be incidental to, and in support of, safety service facilities and essential services. P MIXED USE PROJECT CONTAINING HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE iii. Mixed Use, when developed as part of a housing that is affordable project 26 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 9.a) Any permitted use in the C-1 and C-2 zoning districts, except gasoline service stations (SIC 5541) and standalone drive-through restaurants (SIC 5812) shall be prohibited. P2 10.b) Amusement and recreation services, indoor (SIC 7999 martial arts, yoga and gymnastics instruction, gymnastic schools, and recreation involving physical fitness exercise only) P2 11.c) Amusement and recreation services, outdoor (SIC 7999 miniature golf course, bicycle, and moped rental only) CU2 12.d) Animal specialty services, except veterinary (SIC 0752, excluding outside kenneling) P2 13.e) Apparel and accessory stores (SIC 5611- 5699) with 5,000 square feet or less of gross floor area in the principal structure P2 14.f) Auto and home supply stores (SIC 5531) with 5,000 square feet or less of gross floor area in the principal structure P2 15.g) Bowling centers (SIC 7933) CU2 16.h) Business associations (SIC 8611) P2 17.i) Business services — miscellaneous (SIC 7389, except auctioneering service, automobile recovery, automobile repossession, batik work, bondspersons, bottle exchanges, bronzing, cloth cutting, contractors' disbursement, cosmetic kits, cotton inspection, cotton sampler, directories- telephone, drive- away automobile, exhibits- building, filling pressure containers, field warehousing, fire extinguisher, floats- decoration, folding and refolding, gas systems, bottle labeling, liquidation services, metal slitting and shearing, packaging and labeling, patrol of electric transmission or gas lines, pipeline or powerline inspection, press clipping service, process serving services, recording studios, repossession service, rug binding, salvaging of damaged merchandise, scrap steel cutting and slitting, shrinking textiles, solvent recovery, sponging textiles, swimming pool cleaning, tape slitting, tax collection agencies, texture designers, textile folding, tobacco sheeting, window trimming and yacht broker) P2 18.j) Drug stores (SIC 5912) P2 19.k) Eating places (SIC 5812 only) with 6,000 square feet or less in gross floor area in the principal structure P2 20.l) Food stores (groups 5411—5499) with 5,000 square feet or less of gross floor area in the principal structure P2 21.m) General merchandise stores (SIC 5331—5399, except poultry dealer) with 5,000 square feet or less of gross floor area in the principal structure. P2 22.n) Health services, office and clinics (SIC 8011-8049, 8071, 8092, 8099, except for blood banks, blood donor stations, plasmapheresis centers and sperm banks P2 27 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 23.o) Home furniture and furnishings stores (SIC 5712—5719) with 5,000 square feet or less of gross floor area in the principal structure. P2 24.p) Household appliance stores (SIC 5722) with 5,000 square feet or less of gross floor area in the principal structure P2 25.q) Laundries, family and commercial (SIC 7211) P2 26.r) Membership organizations, miscellaneous (SIC 8699) P2 27.s) Musical instrument stores (SIC 5736) with 5,000 square feet or less of gross floor area in the principal structure P2 28.t) Paint stores (SIC 5231) with 5,000 square feet or less of gross floor area in the principal structure P2 29.u) Personal credit institutions (SIC 6141) P2 30.v) Personal services, miscellaneous (SIC 7299 - babysitting bureaus, clothing rental, costume rental, dating service, debt counseling, depilatory salons, diet workshops, dress suit rental, electrolysis, genealogical investigation service, and hair removal only) with 5,000 square feet or less of gross floor area in the principal structure P2 31.w) Personnel supply services (SIC 7361 and 7363) P2 32.x) Physical fitness facilities (SIC 7991; 7911, except discotheques) P2 33.y) Political organizations (SIC 8651) P2 34.z) Radio, television and consumer electronics stores (SIC 5731) with 5,000 square feet or less of gross floor area in the principal structure P2 35.aa) Membership sports and recreational clubs indoor only (SIC 7997) CU2 36.bb) Repair services - miscellaneous (SIC 7629—7631, 7699 - bicycle repair, binocular repair, camera repair, key duplicating, lawnmower repair, leather goods repair, locksmith shop, picture framing, and pocketbook repair only) P2 37.cc) Retail nurseries, lawn and garden supply stores (SIC 5261) with 5,000 square feet or less of gross floor area in the principal structure P2 38.dd) Retail services - miscellaneous (SIC 5921—5963 except pawnshops and building materials, SIC 5992-5999 except auction rooms, awning shops, gravestones, hot tubs, monuments, swimming pools, tombstones and whirlpool baths) with 5,000 square feet or less of gross floor area in the principal structure. P2 39.ee) Vocational schools (SIC 8243-8299, except automobile driving instruction, charm schools, charm and modeling finishing schools, flying instruction, hypnosis schools, survival schools and truck driving schools. Music and drama schools shall be limited to 60 decibels audible from outside CU2 RURAL VILLAGES iv. Rural Villages 28 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 40.a) Rural villages, subject to the provisions set forth under LDC section 2.03.08 A.2.b. below. P ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT USES v. Economic Development uses that are business and industrial uses and meet the intent of the Florida Qualified Targeted Industrial uses, as identified in the GMP. 41.a) Apparel and other finished products (2311—2399) P3 42.b) Business services (7311—7313, 7319, 73314—7336, 7342,7389), including auction rooms (5999), subject to parking and landscaping for retail use P3 43.d) Communications (4812—4899 including communications towers up to specified heights, subject to LDC section 5.05.09) P3 44.e) Depository and non-depository institutions (6011—6163) CU3 45.f) Drugs (2833—2835) P3 46.g) Educational services (8221- 8299) CU3 47.h) Electronic and other electrical equipment (3612—3699) P3 48.i) Engineering, accounting, research, management, and related services (8711—8748) P3 49.k) Food and kindred products (2011—2015 except slaughtering plants, 2021—2099) P3 50.l) Furniture and fixtures (2511—2599) P3 51.n) Health services (8011—8049, 8092, 8093) CU3 52.o) Holding and other investment offices (6712—6799) CU3 53.p) Industrial and commercial machinery and computer equipment (3511—3599) P3 54.q) Insurance agents, brokers, and service (6411) CU3 55.r) Insurance carriers (6311—6399) CU3 56.s) Job Training and Vocational Rehabilitation Services (8331) CU3 57.t) Leather and leather products (3131—3198) P3 58.u) Legal services (8111) P3 59.v) Local and suburban transit (4111—4173) CU3 60.w) Lumber and wood products (2426, 2431—2499) P3 61.x) Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments; photographic, medical, and optical goods; watches and clocks manufacturing (3812—3873) P3 62.y) Medical and dental laboratories (8071, 8072) P3 63.z) Medicinal chemicals and botanical products (2833 vitamins only) P3 64.aa) Miscellaneous manufacturing industries (3911—3996, 3999 including "additive manufacturing," as defined in ISO ASTM 52900) P3 65.bb) Miscellaneous services (8999) CU3 66.cc) Motion pictures (7812—7829) P3 67.dd) Motion pictures (7832—7833) CU3 68.ee) Motor freight transportation and warehousing (4212— 42254222, 4226 except oil and gas storage, and petroleum and chemical bulk stations) P3 69.gg) Paper and paperboard mills (2621, 2631) CU3 29 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 70.hh) Printing, publishing, and allied industries (2711—2796) P3 71.jj) Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products (3021—3089) CU3 72.kk) Sawmills and planing mills (2421, 2429) CU3 73.ll) Security brokers, dealers, and flotation companies (6211) CU3 74.mm) Space research and technology (9661) P3 75.nn) Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products (3211, 3221, 3231, 3251—3273, 3275, 3281), indoor only, with no outside storage of materials or equipment. CU3 76.oo) Textile mill products (2211—2298) CU3 77.pp) Title Abstract Offices (6541) CU3 78.qq) Transportation equipment (3714, 3716, 3721—3751, 3792, 3799) P3 79.rr) Transportation services (4724—4783, 4789 except stockyards) CU3 80.ss) United States Postal services (4311) P3 81.tt) Vocational schools (8243—8249) P3 82.uu) Wholesale trade—Durable goods (5012—5014, 5021— 5049, 5063—5092, 5094, 5099), indoor only, with no outside storage of materials and equipment. P3 83.vv) Wholesale trade—Nondurable Goods (5111—5159, 5181, 5182, 5191 except that wholesale distribution of chemicals, fertilizers, insecticides, and pesticides must be a minimum of 500 feet from a residential zoning district, 5192—5199) P3 MISCELLANEOUS vi. Miscellaneous 84.a) Asphalt and concrete batch-making plants in RFMU receiving lands other than those within the NBMO. CU 85.b) Community facilities, such as, places of worship, childcare facilities, cemeteries, and social and fraternal organizations. CU 86.c) Earth mining and extraction in RFMU receiving lands other than those within the NBMO CU 87.d) Essential services identified in LDC sections 2.01.03 G.1. and G.3. CU 88.e) Facilities for the collection, transfer, processing, and reduction of solid waste. CU 89.f) Golf courses or driving ranges. P4 90.g) Oil and gas field development and production, subject to state field development permits and Collier County non- environmental site development plan review procedures. CU5 91.h) Park, open space, and recreational uses. P 92.i) Private schools. P 93.j) Public educational plants and ancillary plants. P 94.k) Travel trailer recreation vehicle parks. CU6 95.l) Sporting and Recreational camps not to exceed 1 cabin/lodging unit per 5 gross acres. P 96.m) Zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, and similar uses. CU 1 Footnotes: 2 3 30 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 Owning, maintaining, or operating any facility or part thereof for 1 the following purposes is prohibited: 2 3 i) Fighting or baiting any animal by the owner of such facility 4 or any other person or entity. 5 6 ii) Raising any animal or animals that is/are intended to be 7 ultimately used for fighting or baiting purposes. 8 9 iii) For purposes of this subsection, the term baiting is 10 defined as set forth in § 828.122(2)(a), F.S., as it may be 11 amended from time to time. 12 13 2 Mixed use development shall be allowed when developed as part 14 of a housing that is affordable project in accordance with the 15 Affordable Housing Density Bonus Rating System of LDC section 16 2.06.03. All permitted neighborhood commercial uses within 17 Affordable Housing projects are subject to the following standards 18 in LDC section 2.03.08 A.2.a.(7). 19 20 3 All permitted economic development uses shall meet the intent of 21 the Florida Qualified Targeted Industrial uses, as identified in the 22 GMP, and be subject to LDC section 2.03.08 A.2.a.(8). 23 24 4 For golf course projects, the following standards shall apply: 25 26 i) The minimum density shall be one dwelling unit per five 27 gross acres. For golf course projects not utilizing density 28 blending Provisions set forth in the Density Rating System 29 of the FLUE, including free standing golf courses: one 30 TDR credit or TDR Bonus credit shall be required per five 31 (5) gross acres for the land area utilized as part of the golf 32 course, including the clubhouse area, rough, fairways, 33 greens, and lakes, but excluding any area dedicated as 34 conservation, which is non-irrigated and retained in a 35 natural state. A TDR credit or TDR Bonus credit used to 36 entitle golf course acreage may not also be used to entitle 37 a residential dwelling unit. 38 39 ii) Golf courses shall be designed, constructed, and 40 managed in accordance with the Best Management 41 Practices of Audubon International's Gold Signature 42 Program. The project shall demonstrate that the 43 Principles for Resource Management required by the 44 Gold Signature Program (Site Specific Assessment, 45 Habitat Sensitivity, Native and Naturalized Plants and 46 Natural Landscaping, Water Conservation, Waste 47 Management. Energy Conservation & Renewable Energy 48 Sources, Transportation, Greenspace and Corridors, 49 Agriculture, and BUILDING Design) have been 50 incorporated into the golf course's design and operational 51 procedures. 52 53 iii) In order to prevent the contamination of soil, surface water 54 and ground water by the materials stored and handled by 55 31 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx golf course maintenance operations, golf courses shall 1 comply with the Best Management Practices for Golf 2 Course Maintenance Departments, prepared by the 3 Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 4 September 2012. 5 6 iv) Stormwater management ponds shall be designed to 7 mimic the functions of natural systems: by establishing 8 shorelines that are sinuous in configuration in order to 9 provide increased length and diversity of the littoral zone. 10 A Littoral shelf shall be established to provide a feeding 11 area for water dependent avian species. The combined 12 length of vertical and rip-rapped walls shall be limited to 13 25% of the shoreline. Credits to the site preservation area 14 requirements, on an acre- to- acre basis, shall be given 15 for littoral shelves that exceed these littoral shelf area 16 requirements. 17 18 v) Site preservation and native vegetation retention 19 requirements shall be those set forth in LDC section 20 3.05.07 21 22 5 Directional-drilling and/or previously cleared or disturbed areas 23 shall be utilized in order to minimize impacts to native habitats, 24 where determined to be practicable. This requirement shall be 25 deemed satisfied upon issuance of a state permit in compliance 26 with the criteria established in Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, 27 F.A.C., regardless of whether the activity occurs within the Big 28 Cypress Watershed, as defined in Rule 62C-30.001(2), F.A.C. All 29 applicable Collier County environmental permitting requirements 30 shall be considered satisfied by evidence of the issuance of all 31 applicable federal and/or state oil and gas permits for proposed oil 32 and gas activities in Collier County, so long as the state permits 33 comply with the requirements of Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, 34 F.A.C. For those areas of Collier County outside the boundary of 35 the Big Cypress Watershed, the applicant shall be responsible for 36 convening the Big Cypress Swamp Advisory Committee as set 37 forth in Section 377.42, F.S., to assure compliance with Chapter 38 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., even if outside the defined Big 39 Cypress Watershed. All oil and gas access roads shall be 40 constructed and protected from unauthorized uses according to 41 the standards established in Rule 62-30.005(2)(a)(1) through (12), 42 F.A.C. 43 44 6 Subject to the following criteria: 45 46 i) The site is adjacent to an existing travel trailer recreational 47 vehicle site; and 48 49 ii) The site is no greater than 100% of the size of the existing 50 adjacent park site. 51 52 (4) Design Standards. 53 54 32 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx (a) Non-clustered development, Development Not Utilizing 1 clustering, except for Mixed Use and Economic 2 Development, are shall be subject to LDC sections 2.03.08 3 A.2.a.(7) and 2.03.08 A.2.a.(8), respectively: 4 5 i. Minimum lot area: 5 Acres. 6 7 ii. Minimum lot width: 165 Feet. 8 9 iii. Minimum yard requirements: 10 11 a) Front yard: 50 feet 12 13 b) Side yard: 30 feet 14 15 c) Rear yard: 50 feet 16 17 d) Nonconforming lots in existence as of June 18 22, 1999: 19 20 i) Front yard: 40 feet. 21 22 ii) Side yard: 10 percent of lot width, not 23 to exceed 20 feet on each side. 24 25 iii) Rear yard: 50 feet. 26 27 (b) Clustered development: 28 29 i. Lot areas and widths: 30 31 a) Ssingle-family: 32 33 i) Minimum lot area: 4,500 square feet. 34 35 ii) Maximum lot area: One Acre. 36 37 iii) Minimum lot width: Interior lots 40 38 feet. 39 40 iv. Maximum lot width: 150 feet. 41 42 b) Mmulti-family: 43 44 i) Minimum lot area: One Acre. 45 46 ii) Maximum lot area: None. 47 48 iii) Minimum lot width: 150 feet. 49 50 33 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx iv) Maximum lot width: None. 1 2 ii. Minimum yard requirements: 3 4 a) Single-Family. Each single-family lot or 5 parcel minimum yard requirement shall be 6 established within an approved PUD, or shall 7 comply with the following standards: 8 9 i) Front: 20 feet (Note front yard 10 setback may be reduced to 10 feet 11 where parking for the unit is 12 accessed via a rear alley). 13 14 ii) Side: 6 feet. 15 16 iii) Rear: 15 feet. 17 18 iv) Accessory: Per LDC section 4.02.03. 19 20 b) Additional setbacks from roadway (s) for 21 projects using housing that is affordable 22 provisions: 23 24 i) No single-family dwelling may be 25 located closer than 50 feet to a 26 roadway classified as a public local or 27 a collector roadway. 28 29 ii) No single-family dwelling may be 30 located closer than 100 feet to a 31 roadway classified as an arterial 32 roadway. 33 34 cb) Multi-Family. For each multi-family lot or 35 parcel minimum yard shall be established 36 within an approved PUD, or shall comply with 37 the following standards: 38 39 i) Setback from Arterial or Collector 40 roadway(s): no multi-family dwelling 41 may be located closer than 200 feet 42 to a roadway classified or defined as 43 an arterial roadway or 100 feet from 44 any roadway classified or defined as 45 a collector roadway. 46 47 ii) Additional setbacks from roadway (s) 48 for projects using housing that is 49 affordable provisions: no multi-family 50 34 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx dwelling may be located closer than 1 75 feet to a roadway classified as a 2 public local roadway. Requirement 3 shall only apply to roadways external 4 to the development. Front: 30 feet. 5 6 iii) Front: 30 feet. 7 8 iviii) Rear: 30 feet. 9 10 iv) Side yard/separation between any 11 multi-family buildings: One-half of the 12 building height or 15 feet, whichever 13 is greater. 14 15 vi) Accessory: Per LDC section 4.02.03. 16 17 iii. Additional setbacks for developments using housing 18 that is affordable provisions: 19 20 a) Perimeter setbacks from all adjacent single-21 family residential or agriculturally zoned 22 property shall be no less than the front 23 setback requirement for the adjacent zoning 24 district or a minimum of one foot (setback) 25 per one-foot maximum zoned height for 26 principal structures, whichever is greater. 27 28 b) Clubhouse(s), amenity centers, maintenance 29 buildings, vehicle service areas, amenity 30 centers that include active recreation areas 31 such as outdoor pools, tennis courts, etc. 32 must be located at least 350 feet from the 33 boundaries of any adjacent conservation 34 area or zoned RFMU sending lands. 35 36 c) Development must incorporate 100-foot-37 wide setbacks along external boundaries 38 where adjacent to any conservation area and 39 comply with the following: 40 41 i) No yard or dwelling unit shall be 42 permitted within this setback. 43 44 ii) No lights, generators, pumps, other 45 fixed motors or accessory structures 46 except as noted below shall be 47 permitted within this setback. 48 49 35 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx iii) Passive recreation such as hiking, 1 jogging, biking and walking will be 2 allowed along designated trail and 3 boardwalk systems and must 4 interconnect with existing trail 5 systems. 6 7 iv) Lakes may extend into this setback 8 but shall not incorporate lights or 9 structures, other than drainage 10 structures. 11 12 v) Any sewer or electrical lines that is 13 placed within this setback must be 14 buried. 15 16 iviii. Height limitations 17 18 a) Principal structures 19 20 i) Single Family: 35 feet. 21 22 ii) Multi-family: Five Stories not to 23 exceed 60 feet. 24 25 iii) Other structures: 35 feet except for 26 golf course/community clubhouses, 27 which may be 50 feet in height. 28 29 b) Accessory structures. 20 feet, except for 30 screen enclosures, which may be the same 31 height as the principal structure. 32 33 iv. Minimum floor space 34 35 a) Single Family: 800 square feet 36 37 b) Multi-family: 38 39 i) Efficiency: 450 Square feet 40 41 ii) One Bedroom: 600 square feet 42 43 iii) Two or More Bedrooms: 800 square 44 feet 45 46 (c) Parking. As required in Chapter 4 of this Code. 47 48 (d) Landscaping. As required in Chapter 4 of this Code, except 49 as provided below for residential projects or residential-only 50 36 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx components of projects with a density greater than one 1 dwelling unit per acre, including projects using housing that 2 is affordable provisions. 3 4 i. A Type B Buffer shall be required for all project 5 boundaries that abut property zoned or developed 6 for single family residential use. 7 8 ii. A minimum 20-foot-wide Type D Buffer shall be 9 required where abutting an arterial or collector 10 roadway. At minimum, the buffer shall consist of the 11 following at the time of planting: 12 13 a) Canopy trees, with a minimum height of 12 14 feet, minimum spread of six feet, and a 15 maximum spacing of 30 feet on center. Palm 16 trees may be installed within this buffer but 17 shall not be used as a substitute for the 18 required canopy trees. 19 20 ba) A continuous double row of three-gallon 21 hedges, 36 inches in height with a maximum 22 spacing of three feet on center. The hedges 23 shall be maintained at a minimum height of 24 36 inches. 25 26 b) A meandering bed of groundcover placed 27 between the hedges and the roadway. The 28 bed of groundcover shall be a minimum width 29 of three feet, a maximum width of five feet, 30 and achieve 100 percent opacity and 31 coverage within one year of planting. 32 33 iii. All other project boundaries shall meet the buffer 34 requirements of LDC section 4.06.02, except that 35 palm trees shall not be substituted for canopy trees. 36 37 (e) Signs. As required in section 5.06.00 of this Code. 38 39 (5) Native vegetation Retention. As required in section 3.05.074.06.00 40 of this Code. 41 42 (6) Usable open space. 43 44 (a) Projects utilizing TDR credits of 40 or more acres in size 45 shall provide a minimum of 70% percent usable open space. 46 Projects developed in accordance with LDC section 2.06.00 47 shall provide a minimum of 50 percent usable open space. 48 49 37 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx (b) Usable open space includes active or passive recreation 1 areas such as parks, playgrounds, golf courses, waterways, 2 lakes, nature trails, and other similar open spaces. Usable 3 open space shall also include areas set aside for 4 conservation or preservation of native vegetation and 5 landscape areas. 6 7 (c) Open water beyond the perimeter of the site, street right-of-8 way, except where dedicated or donated for public uses, 9 driveways, off-street parking and loading areas, shall not be 10 counted towards required usable open space. 11 12 (d) For projects that provide housing that is affordable, the 13 following standards shall apply: 14 15 i. All usable open space areas shall be part of a larger 16 continuous and integrated open space system within 17 the development. The development shall include an 18 internal pedestrian circulation system that provides 19 safe and easy access to usable open space from all 20 portions of the development. For the purpose of this 21 subsection, areas shall be considered part of a 22 continuous open space system if they are within 50 23 feet of each other. 24 25 ii. A minimum of 60 percent of the total required usable 26 open space shall be required as common open 27 space. For the purpose of this subsection common 28 open space shall include all usable open space 29 accessible to all residents of the development. 30 31 iii. Common open space shall not be less than 30 feet 32 in width; except for landscape buffer areas and 33 boulevard medians. 34 35 iv. Access rights to common open space for all 36 residents within the development shall be 37 guaranteed. Pedestrian access to usable open 38 space via street right-of-way crossing shall contain 39 clearly marked crosswalks and signage. 40 41 v. Stormwater drainage and detention areas may be 42 included as part of common open space, provided 43 they are unfenced, and improved with walking trails, 44 nature paths, picnic facilities, benches and similar 45 amenities or for common use by all residents within 46 the development. 47 48 vi. Land utilized for common open space shall be 49 restricted to common open space in perpetuity by 50 38 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx appropriate legal instruments satisfactory to Collier 1 County. Such instrument shall be binding upon the 2 owner, developer, his successors, and assigns, and 3 shall constitute a covenant running with the land, 4 and be in recordable form. 5 6 (7) Mixed use projects providing housing that is affordable. 7 8 (a) Project shall have an affordable housing density bonus 9 agreement consistent with LDC section 2.06.00. 10 11 (b) The total eligible density shall not exceed the maximum 12 density allowed pursuant to the GMP and subject to the 13 affordable housing density bonus per LDC section 2.06.00. 14 15 (c) Residential density shall be calculated based on gross 16 project acreage whether located within the commercial 17 component of the project, whether located above 18 commercial uses in the same building, in an 19 attached building, or in a freestanding building. 20 21 (d) Projects shall comply with the design standards, 22 development standards and locational criteria below: 23 24 i. Minimum project size shall be greater than 15 acres. 25 26 ii. Maximum floor area ratio for neighborhood 27 commercial component: 0.30. 28 29 iii. Minimum total square footage of the residential 30 component of the project shall consist of at least 31 65% of the development. 32 33 iv. No single commercial use in the commercial 34 component shall exceed 15,000 square feet of gross 35 leasable floor area, except that a grocery store or 36 supermarket shall not exceed 45,000 square feet of 37 gross leasable floor area. 38 39 v. Residential uses shall be constructed concurrently 40 with or prior to the construction of commercial uses. 41 The following table indicates the maximum 42 proportion of the total permitted commercial 43 floorspace that may be occupied for a minimum 44 proportion of residential land uses commenced. 45 46 Phasing Limits 47 48 39 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx Minimum Residential Development Maximum Commercial Development 25% 25% 50% 50% 75% 100% 1 vi. Neighborhood commercial uses shall be located 2 within 1/4 mile of at least 50% of the total number of 3 approved residential units. 4 5 vii. Minimum lot width: 75 feet. 6 7 viii. Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet. 8 9 ix. Maximum height. Buildings shall have a maximum 10 zoned height of 50 feet and a maximum actual height 11 of 55 feet. 12 13 x. Minimum yards. 14 15 a) Perimeter setbacks from all adjacent single-16 family residential or agriculturally zoned 17 property shall be no less than the front 18 setback requirement for the adjacent zoning 19 district or a minimum of one foot (setback) 20 per one-foot maximum zoned height for 21 principal structures, whichever is greater. 22 23 b) Front yard: 50% of the building height but not 24 less than 25 feet. 25 26 c) Side yard: 25 feet. 27 28 xi. The development shall provide vehicular network 29 interconnections between internal uses and external 30 connections to adjoining neighborhoods and land 31 uses. The network shall fully accommodate 32 pedestrian, bicycle, and transit. Vehicular and 33 pedestrian interconnection shall be provided to the 34 property line to allow access to all connection points 35 with the abutting development. 36 37 xii. The commercial component shall be interconnected 38 with the residential component of the project 39 by streets, or pedestrian pathways, and bike lanes, 40 unless precluded by the existence of wetlands or 41 other environmentally sensitive habitats. In such 42 instance, no less than one type of interconnection 43 shall be provided. 44 40 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 xiii. The project shall have direct access to a road 2 classified as an arterial or collector and the type 3 of access points shall be limited, as appropriate, so 4 as to minimize disruption of traffic flow on 5 the adjacent arterial or collector roadway. 6 7 xiv. The neighborhood commercial component of the 8 project may be located internal to the project or 9 along the boundary; however, if externally located, 10 internal access roads shall be provided, so as not to 11 promote strip commercial development along 12 external collector and arterial roadways. 13 14 xv. Development must incorporate a setback of 100150 15 feet where adjacent to any conservation area. In 16 addition, the following shall apply: 17 18 a) No structure shall be permitted within this 19 setback. 20 21 b) No lights, generators, pumps, other fixed 22 motors or accessory structures, except as 23 noted below, shall be permitted within this 24 setback. 25 26 i) Passive recreation, such as hiking, 27 jogging, biking and walking will be 28 allowed along designated trail and 29 boardwalk systems and must 30 interconnect with existing trail 31 systems. 32 33 ii) Lakes may extend into this setback 34 but shall not incorporate lights or 35 structures, other than drainage 36 structures. 37 38 iii) Any sewer or electrical lines placed 39 within this setback must be buried. 40 41 xvi. Operations. 42 43 a) There shall be no vehicle associated repair 44 of vehicles within the commercial 45 component. 46 47 b) The hours of operation for any eating 48 establishment shall be limited to the hours 49 between 5:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 50 41 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 c) There shall be no outdoor display of 2 merchandise associated with hardware 3 stores. 4 5 d) There shall be no outdoor amplified sound, 6 televisions or music within the commercial 7 component. 8 9 xvii. Service area. 10 11 a) Loading docks, solid waste facilities, 12 recycling facilities and other services shall be 13 placed to the rear or side yard of 14 the building in visually unobtrusive locations 15 with minimum impacts on view. 16 17 b) Refuse containers and facilities shall be 18 hidden by an opaque wall or fencing of 19 sufficient height to screen the bin and any 20 appurtenances, but not less than six (6) feet 21 in height. Chain link fencing, wood fencing 22 and chain link gates are not allowed. Walls 23 shall be constructed of a material compatible 24 with the principal structure it is serving. 25 Landscaping with vines or other plants is 26 encouraged. Enclosures shall include solid 27 latchable gates to avoid blowing refuse. 28 29 c) Service area recesses in the building and/or 30 depressed access ramps should also be 31 used where applicable. 32 33 d) Businesses are encouraged to consolidate 34 and share refuse areas and equipment. 35 36 xviii. Landscape buffers. 37 38 a) A Type B Buffer shall be required along all 39 project boundaries that abut property zoned 40 or developed for single family residential use. 41 42 b) A minimum 20-foot-wide Type D Buffer shall 43 be required where abutting an arterial or 44 collector roadway. At minimum, the buffer 45 shall consist of the following at the time of 46 planting: 47 48 i) For housing that is affordable 49 projects, canopy Canopy trees, with a 50 42 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx minimum height of 102 feet, minimum 1 spread of six feet, and a maximum 2 spacing of 30 feet on center. Palm 3 trees may be installed within this 4 buffer but shall not be used as a 5 substitute for the required shade 6 trees. 7 8 ii) A continuous double row of three-9 gallon hedges, 36 inches in height 10 with a maximum spacing of three feet 11 on center. The hedges shall be 12 maintained at a minimum height of 36 13 inches. 14 15 iii) A meandering bed of groundcover 16 placed between the hedges and the 17 roadway. The bed of groundcover 18 shall be a minimum width of three 19 feet, a maximum width of five feet, 20 and achieve 100 percent opacity and 21 coverage within one year of planting. 22 23 c) All other project boundaries shall meet 24 the buffer requirements of LDC section 25 4.06.02, except that palm trees shall not 26 be substituted for shade trees. 27 28 xix. Architectural design. The neighborhood commercial 29 component of the project shall meet design 30 guidelines identified in LDC section 5.05.08 of this 31 LDC, except as otherwise excepted or required 32 herein. 33 34 (8) For economic development uses allowed by the Table of uses in 35 accordance with in LDC section 2.03.08 A.2.a.(3)(d)v.: 36 37 (a) Minimum project size. The minimum project size shall be 20 38 contiguous acres. The term contiguous shall include 39 adjacent properties that are separated by either an 40 intervening, planned, or developed public street right-of-41 way, provided that no such portions of separated properties 42 are less than five acres. 43 44 (b) The project shall have direct access to a road classified as 45 an arterial or collector. The project shall have an internal 46 circulation system that prohibits traffic from traveling 47 through predominantly residential areas. The types 48 of access points shall be limited, as appropriate, so as to 49 43 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx minimize disruption of traffic flow on the adjacent 1 arterial or collector roadway. 2 3 (c) The project shall have central water and sewer. 4 5 (d) A maximum floor area ratio shall not exceed 0.50. 6 7 (e) Minimum lot width: 100 feet. 8 9 (f) Minimum lot area: 20,000 square feet 10 11 (g) Maximum height. Buildings shall have a maximum zoned 12 height of 50 feet and a maximum actual height of 55 feet. 13 14 (h) Minimum yards. 15 16 i. Front yard: 50 feet. 17 18 ii. Side yard: 50 feet. 19 20 iii. Rear yard: 50 feet. 21 22 iv. All yards abutting residential uses, residential 23 zoning, or roadways classified as a collector or 24 arterial shall comply with the transition zone height 25 setbacks identified below. 26 27 a) For buildings with an actual height of 35 feet 28 or less: 50 feet. 29 30 b) For buildings with an actual height of 45 feet 31 and greater than 35 feet: 80 feet. 32 33 c) For buildings with an actual height of 55 feet 34 and greater than 45 feet: 110 feet. 35 36 v. For lots adjacent to a water body, the minimum yard 37 requirement is 25 feet. 38 39 (i) Parking. As required in Chapter 4 of this Code. 40 41 (j) Landscape buffers. 42 43 i. A 25-foot-wide Type C Buffer shall be required along 44 all project boundaries that abut property zoned or 45 developed for residential use. At minimum, the 46 buffer shall include an architecturally finished 47 masonry wall, berm, or combination thereof, and all 48 must be opaque and at least six feet in height. 49 50 44 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx ii. A minimum 25-foot-wide Type C Buffer shall be 1 required where abutting an arterial or collector 2 roadway. At minimum, the buffer shall consist of the 3 following at the time of planting: 4 5 a) For housing that is affordable projects, 6 canopy Canopy trees, with a minimum height 7 of 102 feet, and maximum spacing of 30 feet 8 on center. Palm trees may be installed within 9 this buffer but shall not be used as a 10 substitute for the required canopy trees. 11 12 b) A continuous double row of three-gallon 13 hedges, 36 inches in height, with a maximum 14 spacing of three feet on center. The hedges 15 shall be maintained at a minimum height of 16 36 inches. 17 18 c) A meandering bed of groundcover placed 19 between the hedges and the roadway. The 20 bed of groundcover shall be a minimum width 21 of three feet, a maximum width of five feet, 22 and achieve 100 percent opacity and 23 coverage within one year of planting. 24 25 iii. All other project boundaries shall meet the buffer 26 requirements of a Type C Buffer. Palm trees shall 27 not be substituted for canopy trees. 28 29 iv. Development must incorporate 100-foot-wide 30 setbacks along external boundaries where adjacent 31 to any public conservation area and comply with the 32 following: 33 34 a) No yard or dwelling unit shall be permitted 35 within this setback. 36 37 b) No lights, generators, pumps, other fixed 38 motors or accessory structures except as 39 noted below shall be permitted within this 40 setback. 41 42 c) Passive recreation such as hiking, jogging, 43 biking and walking will be allowed along 44 designated trail and boardwalk systems and 45 must interconnect with existing trail systems. 46 47 d) Lakes may extend into this setback but shall 48 not incorporate lights or structures, other 49 than drainage structures. 50 45 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 e) Any sewer or electrical lines that is placed 2 within this setback must be buried. 3 4 (k) Loading areas. All loading areas shall be oriented away 5 from adjacent residential uses, except for where obstructed 6 by an intervening building. 7 8 (l) Outside storage and display. No outside storage and display 9 shall be permitted except when approved as part of a 10 temporary/special event in accordance with LDC section 11 5.04.05. 12 13 (m) Operations. 14 15 i. All activity associated with the uses in this category 16 shall be conducted within a fully enclosed building. 17 Activity includes but is not limited to the following: 18 19 a) The use or storage of any fixed or movable 20 business equipment. 21 22 b) The use, storage, display, sale, delivery, 23 offering for sale, production, or consumption 24 in any business, or by any business invitee 25 on the premises of the business, of any 26 goods, wares, merchandise, products, or 27 foods. 28 29 iii) The performance of any work or services. 30 31 iv) All use operations and equipment, including 32 accessory process equipment, such as 33 compressors and air handlers, shall be 34 contained in an enclosed structure. 35 36 ii. Noise. No use shall produce noise exceeding the 37 sound level limits for Commercial or Tourist uses as 38 set forth in the Collier County Noise Control 39 Ordinance No. 90-17, as amended. 40 41 iii. Odors. No use shall cause or allow the emission of 42 odor. 43 44 iv. Vibrations. No use shall operate to produce ground 45 vibration noticeable by a reasonable person with 46 normal sensitivity, outside the building for single-use 47 buildings or outside the Economic Development use 48 space inside mixed use and multi-tenant buildings. 49 50 46 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx v. Smoke and particulate matter. No use shall 1 discharge outside the building for single-use 2 buildings or outside the Economic Development use 3 space inside mixed use and multi-tenant building 4 any toxic or noxious matter in such a concentration 5 that will endanger the public health, safety, comfort, 6 or general welfare. 7 8 vi. Electrical disturbance. No use shall create any 9 electrical disturbance which interferes unduly with 10 the normal operation of equipment or instruments or 11 which is reasonably likely to cause injury to any 12 person located inside or outside building. 13 14 vii. Secondary containment. Secondary containment 15 such as double walled tanks, leak-proof trays, floor 16 curbing or other containment systems which provide 17 secondary liquid containment shall be installed for 18 facilities that use, store, or handle, regulated 19 substances in a single container of 55 gallons or 20 more. The containment structure shall be capable of 21 containing 110% of the volume of the largest 22 container located within, be composed of materials 23 impervious to the regulated substance, and be able 24 to withstand deterioration from external 25 environmental conditions. For containment areas 26 with more than one storage container, capacity 27 calculations shall be made after deducting the 28 volume of the largest storage containers, other than 29 the largest container. All regulated substances must 30 be removed from the containment structure within 31 24-hours of a spill or accidental release. 32 Containment structures shall be sheltered so that 33 the intrusion of precipitation is effectively prevented. 34 These requirements shall apply to all areas of 35 storage use, handling, and production, loading and 36 off-loading areas, and to aboveground and 37 underground storage areas. 38 39 (n) Architectural and site design standards. 40 41 i. Appearance. Industrial/factory buildings shall be 42 designed in accordance with the provisions of LDC 43 section 5.05.08, excluding the exceptions, 44 modifications, and additions listed in LDC section 45 5.05.08 E.7.b through h. 46 47 ii. Rooftop mechanical equipment shall be fully 48 screened by parapets or other methods of screening 49 47 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx and such parapets or other screening material shall 1 not exceed 10 feet in height. 2 3 iii. Loading areas. All loading areas shall be oriented 4 away from adjacent residential uses, except for 5 where obstructed by an intervening building. 6 Loading areas, solid waste facilities, recycling 7 facilities, and other services elements shall be 8 placed to the sides or rear of the building. 9 10 iv. All exterior lighting fixtures shall be directed away or 11 shielded from neighboring properties. 12 13 v. Illumination levels for exterior lighting shall not 14 exceed 0.5 footcandles at property lines where 15 adjacent to residential development or residentially 16 zoned property, excluding where required pursuant 17 to LDC section 6.06.03. 18 19 b. Rural villages. Rural villages, including rural villages within the NBMO, may 20 be approved within the boundaries of RFMU receiving lands, subject to the 21 following: 22 23 (1) Allowable Uses: 24 25 (a) All permitted uses identified in section 2.03.08A.2.a.(3)(a), 26 when specifically identified in, and approved as part of, a 27 RURAL VILLAGE PUD. 28 29 (b) CONDITIONAL USES 1 through 5, and 7 identified in 30 section 2.03.08A.2.a.(3)(c), when specifically identified in, 31 and approved as part of a RURAL VILLAGE PUD. 32 33 (c) All permitted and accessory uses listed in the C-4 General 34 Commercial District, section 2.03.02 (E), subject to the 35 design guidelines and development standards set forth in 36 this Section. 37 38 (d) Research and Technology Parks, with a minimum size of 19 39 acres and a maximum size of 4% of the total rural village 40 acreage, subject to the design guidelines and development 41 standards set forth herein, the applicable standards 42 contained in LDC section 2.03.06 C.7. Research and 43 technology park planned unit development district 44 guidelines and development standards, and further subject 45 to the following: 46 47 i. Research and Technology Parks shall be permitted 48 to include up to 20% of the total acreage for non-49 target industry uses of the type identified in 50 48 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx paragraph (3) below; and, up to 20% of the total 1 acreage for workforce housing, except as provided 2 in paragraph (7) below. At a minimum, 60% of the 3 total park acreage must be devoted to target industry 4 uses identified in paragraph (2) below. The specific 5 percentage and mix of each category of use shall be 6 determined at the time of rural village PUD rezoning. 7 8 ii. The target industries identified by the Economic 9 development Council of Collier County are 10 aviation/aerospace industry, health technology 11 industry and information technology industry, and 12 include the following uses: software development 13 and programming; internet technologies and 14 electronic commerce; multimedia activities and CD-15 ROM development; data and information 16 processing; call center and customer support 17 activities; professional services that are export 18 based such as laboratory research or testing 19 activities; light manufacturing in the high tech target 20 sectors of aviation/aerospace and health and 21 information technologies; office uses in connection 22 with on-site research; development testing and 23 related manufacturing; general administrative offices 24 of a research and development firm; educational, 25 scientific and research organizations; production 26 facilities and operations. 27 28 iii. Non-target industry uses may include hotels at a 29 density consistent with the provisions in section 30 2.03.02 and those uses in the C-1 through C-3 31 Zoning Districts that provide support services to the 32 target industries such as general office, banks, 33 fitness centers, personal and professional services, 34 medical, financial and convenience sales and 35 services, computer related businesses and services, 36 employee training, technical conferencing, day care 37 centers, restaurants and corporate and government 38 offices. 39 40 iv. The rural village PUD shall include standards for the 41 development of individual building parcels within the 42 park and general standards shall be adopted for 43 pedestrian and vehicular interconnections, buffering, 44 landscaping, open spaces, signage, lighting, 45 screening of outdoor storage, parking and access 46 management, all to be consistent with and 47 compatible to the other uses within the village. 48 49 49 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx v. The Research and Technology Park must be 1 adjacent to, and have direct access via an existing 2 or developer constructed local road to an arterial or 3 collector roadway. The portion of the local roadway 4 intended to provide access to the Research and 5 Technology Park shall not be within a residential 6 neighborhood and does not service a predominately 7 residential area. 8 9 vi. The Research and Technology Park shall be 10 compatible with surrounding land uses. Accordingly, 11 it shall be separated from any residentially zoned or 12 designated land within the rural village by a minimum 13 Type "C" landscape buffer, as set forth in section 14 4.06.00 of this Code. 15 16 vii. Whenever workforce housing is provided, it shall be 17 fully integrated with other compatible uses in the 18 park through mixed-use buildings and/or through 19 pedestrian and vehicular interconnections. 20 21 viii. Building permits for non-target industry uses 22 identified in paragraph (3) above shall not be issued 23 prior to issuance of the first building permit for a 24 target industry use. 25 26 (e) Any other use deemed by the Board of County 27 Commissioner to be appropriate and compatible within a 28 rural village. 29 30 (2) Mix of Neighborhood Types. Rural villages shall be comprised of 31 several neighborhoods designed in a compact nature such that a 32 majority of residential development is within one-quarter mile of a 33 neighborhood center or village center. nNeighborhood centers may 34 include small-scale service retail and office uses, and shall include 35 a public park, square, or green. Village centers shall be designed 36 to serve the retail, office, civic, government uses and service needs 37 of the residents of the rural village. The village center shall be the 38 primary location for commercial uses. rural villages shall be 39 surrounded by a green belt in order to protect the character of the 40 rural landscape and to provide separation between rural villages 41 and the low density rural development, agricultural uses, and 42 conservation lands that may surround the rural village. Rural 43 villages shall be designed to include the following: a mixture of 44 residential housing types; institutional and/or commercial uses; and 45 recreational uses, all of which shall be sufficient to serve the 46 residents of the rural village and the surrounding lands. In addition, 47 except as specifically provided otherwise for rural villages within the 48 NBMO, the following criteria and conditions shall apply to all rural 49 villages. 50 50 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 (a) Allocation of Land Uses. Specific allocations for land uses 2 including residential, commercial and other non-residential 3 uses within rural villages, shall include, but are not limited 4 to: 5 6 i. A mixture of housing types, including attached 7 and/or detached single family, as well as multi-family 8 shall be provided within a rural village. A minimum of 9 0.2 units per acre in a rural village shall be affordable 10 housing, of which at least 0.1 units per acre shall be 11 workforce housing. The rural village shall be 12 designed so as to disperse the Affordable and 13 workforce housing units throughout the Village 14 rather than concentrate them in a single location. 15 16 ii. A mixture of recreational uses, including parks and 17 village greens. 18 19 iii. Civic, community, and other institutional uses. 20 21 iv. A mixture of lot sizes, with a design that includes 22 more compact development and attached dwelling 23 units within neighborhood centers and the village 24 center, and reduced net densities and increasingly 25 larger lot sizes for detached residential dwellings 26 generally occurring as development extends 27 outward from the village center. 28 29 v. A mixture of retail, office, and services uses. 30 31 vi. If requested by the Collier County School Board 32 during the PUD and/or DRI review process, school 33 sites shall be provided and shall be located to serve 34 a maximum number of residential dwelling units 35 within walking distance to the schools, subject to the 36 following criteria: 37 38 a) Schools shall be located within or adjacent to 39 the village center; 40 41 b) A credit toward any applicable school 42 impacts fees shall be provided based upon 43 an independent evaluation/appraisal of the 44 value of the land and/or improvements 45 provided by the developer; and 46 47 c) Schools shall be located in order to minimize 48 busing of students and to co-locate schools 49 with public facilities and civic structures such 50 51 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx as parks, libraries, community centers, public 1 squares, greens and civic areas. 2 3 vii. Within the NBM Overlay, elementary schools shall 4 be accessed by local streets, pedestrian and bicycle 5 facilities, and shall be allowed in and adjacent to the 6 rural village center, provided such local streets 7 provide adequate access as needed by the School 8 Board. 9 10 viii. Greater than 50 percent of residential development 11 shall be located within one quarter mile of a 12 Neighborhood Center or Village Center. 13 14 ix. Rural villages shall include a Village Center and a 15 minimum of two distinct neighborhoods. 16 17 (b) Acreage Limitations. 18 19 i. Rural villages shall be a minimum of 300 acres and 20 a maximum of 1,500 acres, exclusive of the required 21 green belt, with exception that the maximum size of 22 a rural village within those RFMU receiving lands 23 south of the Belle Meade NRPA shall not exceed 24 2,500 acres. 25 26 ii. Neighborhood center - 0.5% of the total rural village 27 acreage, not to exceed 10 acres, within each 28 neighborhood center. 29 30 a) Small-scale service retail and office uses 31 allowed with a maximum FAR of 0.5. 32 33 b) Parks and public green spaces shall be 34 required within the neighborhood center with 35 a minimum size of one percent of the total 36 village acreage. 37 38 iii. Neighborhood center Commercial - Not to exceed 39 40% of the neighborhood center acreage and 8,500 40 square feet of gross leasable floor area per acre. 41 42 iviii. Village center. - Not to exceed 10% of the total rural 43 village acreage. 44 45 v. Village center commercial - Not to exceed 30% of 46 the village center acreage and 10,000 square feet of 47 gross leasable floor area per acre. 48 49 52 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx a) Retail and office uses shall have a maximum 1 FAR of 0.5. 2 3 b) Civic, government, and institutional services 4 shall have a maximum FAR of 0.6. 5 6 c) Group housing uses shall have a maximum 7 FAR of 0.45. 8 9 d) Transient lodging shall have a maximum of 10 26 units net acre. 11 12 e) Goods and services shall be required in the 13 village center and with a minimum of 53 14 square feet of gross building area per 15 dwelling unit. 16 17 f) Civic, government, and institutional services 18 shall be required in the village center and 19 with a minimum of 10 square feet per 20 dwelling unit. 21 22 viiv. Research and Technology Parks are allowed, 23 provided they are limited to a minimum size of 19 24 acres and a maximum size of 4% of the total rural 25 village acreage. 26 27 vii. Civic Uses and Public Parks - Minimum of 10% of 28 the total rural village acreage. 29 30 (3) Density. A rural village shall have a minimum density of 2.0 units 31 per gross acre and a maximum density of 3.0 units per gross acre, 32 except that the minimum density within a NBMO rural village shall 33 be 1.5 units per gross acre. Those densities shall be achieved as 34 follows: 35 36 (a) Base density. A base density of 0.2 dwelling units per acre 37 (1.0 dwelling units per five acres) for lands within the rural 38 village, and the land area designated as a greenbelt 39 surrounding the rural village, is granted by right for allocation 40 within the designated rural village. 41 42 (b) Minimum density. The minimum gross density in a rural 43 village is 2.0 units per acre outside of the NBMO and 1.5 44 units per acre within the NBMO. 45 46 i. For each TDR credit used to achieve the minimum 47 required density in a rural village, one Rural Village 48 Bonus Credit shall be granted. Rural Village Bonus 49 Credits may only be utilized in rural villages and shall 50 53 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx not be available for use once the minimum required 1 density is achieved. 2 3 ii. The minimum density shall be achieved through any 4 combination of TDR Credits, Rural Village Bonus 5 Credits, and TDR Bonus Credits. 6 7 (c) Maximum density. The maximum gross density allowed in a 8 rural village is 3.0 units per acre. The maximum density shall 9 be achieved through any of the following, either in 10 combination or individually: 11 12 i. TDR credits; 13 14 ii. TDR Bonus Credits; 15 16 iii. An additional density bonus 0.3 units per acre for the 17 additional preservation of native vegetation as set 18 forth in Chapter 4; 19 20 iv. An additional density bonus of 0.3 units per acre for 21 additional wetlands mitigation as set forth in Chapter 22 4; and/or 23 24 v. An additional density bonus of 0.5 1 units per acre 25 for each Affordable or workforce housing unit for 26 each (1) unit that is provided for low-income Low-27 Income housing residents, as identified in LDC 28 section 1.08.02 2.06.03. 29 30 (4) Other Design Standards 31 32 (a) Transportation System Design. 33 34 i. The rural village shall be designed with a formal 35 street layout, using primarily a grid design and 36 incorporating village greens, squares and civic uses 37 as focal points. 38 39 ii. Each rural village shall be served by a primary road 40 system that is accessible by the public. 41 Neighborhood Circulator, Local Residential Access 42 and Residential Loop roads may be gated. The 43 primary roads within the rural village shall consist of 44 Rural Major Collectors at a minimum and be 45 designed to meet County standards and shall be 46 dedicated to the public. 47 48 iii. A rural village shall not be split by an arterial 49 roadway. 50 54 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 iv. Interconnection between the rural village and 2 adjacent development s shall be required. 3 4 v. Neighborhoods, neighborhood centers, and the 5 village center shall be connected through local and 6 collector streets and shall incorporate traffic calming 7 techniques as may be appropriate to discourage 8 high-speed traffic. 9 10 vi. Public transit and school bus stops shall be co -11 located, where practicable. 12 13 vii. Pedestrian paths and bikeways shall be designed so 14 as to provide access and interconnectivity. 15 16 (b) Location Restrictions and Standards. 17 18 i. In locating both schools and housing units within the 19 rural village, consideration shall be given to 20 minimizing busing needs within the community. 21 22 ii. Reserved. A rural village shall not be located any 23 closer than 3.0 miles from another rural village. 24 25 iii. Reserved. No more than one rural village may be 26 located in each of the distinct RFMU district 27 Receiving Areas depicted on the FLUM and on the 28 Official Collier County Zoning Atlas maps. 29 30 iv. A rural village shall have direct access to a roadway 31 classified by Collier County as an arterial or collector 32 roadway. Alternatively, access to the rural village 33 may be via a new collector roadway directly 34 accessing an existing arterial, the cost of which shall 35 be borne entirely by the developer. 36 37 v. A rural village shall be located where other public 38 infrastructure, such as potable water and sewer 39 facilities, already exist or are planned. 40 41 (c) Size Limitations. Rrural villages shall be a minimum of 300 42 acres and a maximum of 1,500 acres, except within RFMU 43 receiving lands south of the Belle Meade NRPA where the 44 maximum size may not exceed 2,500 acres. This required 45 rural village size is exclusive of the required greenbelt area 46 set forth in section 2.03.08 (A)(2)(b)(6). 47 48 (d) Additional Village Design Criteria: Rural villages shall be 49 designed in accordance with the following provisions: 50 55 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 i. Rural villages shall be developed in a progressive 2 urban to rural continuum with the greatest density, 3 intensity and diversity occurring within the village 4 center, to the least density, intensity and diversity 5 occurring within the edge of the neighborhoods 6 approaching the greenbelt. 7 8 ii. Rural villages may include "special districts" in 9 addition to the village center, neighborhood center 10 and Neighborhoods, to accommodate uses that may 11 require use specific design standards not otherwise 12 provided for herein. Such Special Districts, their 13 proposed uses, and applicable design standards 14 shall be identified as part of the rural village PUD 15 rezone process. 16 17 iii. The rural village PUD Master Plan shall designate 18 the location of the village center and each 19 neighborhood, neighborhood center and as may be 20 applicable, Special Districts. Rural villages shall 21 include a village center and a minimum of two 22 distinct neighborhoods, with defined neighborhood 23 centers. 24 25 iv. A mixture of allowable uses is encouraged to occur 26 within buildings in the village center and 27 neighborhood centers. 28 29 v. Reserved. Transient lodging is permitted at up to 26 30 guest units per acre calculated on the acreage of the 31 parcel occupied by the transient lodging and its 32 ancillary facilities, if such parcel includes multiple 33 uses. 34 35 vi. Building heights may vary within the village center 36 and neighborhood centers, but shall not exceed 5 37 stories not exceeding 65 feet with the village center, 38 or 4 stories no exceeding 55 feet within the 39 neighborhood center, and 3 stories not to exceed 40 40 feet within 200 feet of the greenbelt. The height 41 exclusions set forth in section 4.02.01 of this Code 42 apply within a rural village. The height exclusion set 43 forth in section 4.02.01 applies in the village center 44 only, except that: 45 46 a) section 4.02.01 requiring 300 square feet of 47 green spaces for each parking space for 48 which the height waiver is granted shall not 49 apply; however, 50 56 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 b) For each parking space for which the height 2 waiver is granted, an equal amount of square 3 footage of open space shall be provided in 4 excess of the minimum set forth in section 5 2.03.08(A)(2)(b)(7). 6 7 vii. The minimum lot area shall be 1,000 SF; however, 8 within neighborhoods, especially approaching the 9 edge of the Village and the surrounding green belt, 10 less compact larger lot residential development may 11 occur. 12 13 viii. Within the village center and neighborhood centers, 14 individual block perimeters shall not exceed 2,500 15 linear feet. 16 17 ix. Within the village center and neighborhood centers 18 required yards shall be as follows: 19 20 a) Front setbacks - 0 to 10 feet from the right-21 of-way line 22 23 b) Side setbacks - 0 feet 24 25 c) Rear setbacks - 0 feet 26 27 x. Within neighborhoods outside of a Neighborhood or 28 village center required yards may vary but shall be 29 designed so as to provide for adequate light, opens 30 space ad movement of air, and shall consider the 31 design objective of the urban to rural continuum with 32 the greatest density, intensity and diversity occurring 33 within the village center, to the least density, 34 intensity and diversity occurring within the edge of 35 the neighborhoods approaching the greenbelt. 36 37 xi. Within the village center and neighborhood centers 38 overhead encroachments such as awnings, 39 balconies, arcades and the like, must maintain a 40 clear distance of 9 feet above the sidewalk and 15 41 feet above the street. 42 43 xii. Seating for outdoor dining shall be permitted to 44 encroach the public sidewalks and shall leave a 45 minimum 6-foot clear pedestrian way between the 46 outdoor dining and the streetscape planting area. 47 48 xiii. Civic or Institutional Buildings shall be subject to the 49 specific standards of this subsection that regulate 50 57 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx building height, building placement, building use, 1 parking, and signage except as deviations are 2 deemed appropriate by the Collier County planning 3 staff with respect to the creation of focal points, 4 vistas, and significant community landmarks. 5 Specific design standards shall be provided in the 6 rural village PUD document. 7 8 xiv. Architectural Standards: Buildings within the village 9 center shall be made compatible through similar 10 massing, volume, frontage, scale and architectural 11 features. The PUD document shall adhere to the 12 provisions of section 5.05.08 of this Code; however, 13 deviations may be requested where such deviations 14 are shown to further these rural village design 15 standards. 16 17 xv. Required vehicular parking and loading amounts 18 and design criteria: 19 20 a) The amount of required parking shall be 21 demonstrated through a shared parking 22 analysis submitted application as part of the 23 rural village PUD. Parking shall be 24 determined utilizing the modal splits and 25 parking demands for various uses 26 recognized by the ITE, ULI or other sources 27 or studies. The analysis shall demonstrate 28 the number of parking spaces available to 29 more than one use or function, recognizing 30 the required parking will vary depending on 31 the multiple functions or uses in close 32 proximity which are unlikely to require the 33 spaces at the same time. 34 35 b) On-site parking areas shall be organized into 36 a series of small bays delineated by 37 landscape islands of varied sized. A 38 maximum spacing between landscape 39 islands shall be 10 spaces. Landscape 40 islands and tree diamonds shall have a 41 minimum of one canopy tree. 42 43 c) Parking lots shall be accessed from alleys, 44 service lanes or secondary streets. 45 46 d) Any or all of the above parking requirements 47 may be further reduced if a shared parking 48 plan is submitted as part of a rural village 49 PUD or subsequent site development plan 50 58 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx application. The shared parking plan shall 1 demonstrate that the reduced parking is 2 warranted as a result of the following: shared 3 building and/or block use(s) where parking 4 demands for certain uses are low when other 5 demands are higher; a concentration of 6 residential dwelling units located within 600 7 feet of non-residential uses; the existence of 8 transit for use by residents and visitors. 9 10 xvi. Landscaping minimums within the village center or 11 within neighborhood centers shall be met by: 12 13 a) Providing landscaping within parking lots as 14 described, and by providing a streetscape 15 area between the sidewalk and curb at a 16 minimum of 5 Ft. in width; 17 18 b) Planting street trees every 40 Ft. O.C. The 19 street tree pattern may be interrupted by 20 architectural elements such as arcades and 21 columns. 22 23 c) Plantings areas, raised planters, or planter 24 boxes in the front of and adjacent to the 25 buildings, where such planting areas do not 26 interfere with pedestrian access and mobility. 27 28 d) Providing for additional pubic use landscape 29 areas at intervals within the streetscape, on 30 identified parcels with blocks, or as part of 31 public greens, squares, parks or civic uses. 32 33 xvii. Signs: The PUD document shall adhere to the 34 provisions of section 5.06.00 of this Code; however, 35 deviations may be requested where such deviations 36 are shown to further these rural village design 37 standards by providing for pedestrian scale signage 38 standards with neighborhood centers or the village 39 center. 40 41 (5) Native vegetation. Native vegetation shall be preserved as set forth 42 in section 4.06.04. 43 44 (6) Greenbelt. Except within the NBMO rural village, a greenbelt 45 averaging a minimum of 200 300 feet in width, but not less than 100 46 200 feet in width at any location, shall be required at the perimeter 47 of the rural village. The greenbelt is required to ensure a 48 permanently undeveloped edge surrounding the rural village, 49 59 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx thereby discouraging sprawl. Greenbelts shall conform to the 1 following: 2 3 (a) Greenbelts may only be designated on RFMU receiving 4 lands. 5 6 (b) The allowable residential density shall be shifted from the 7 designated greenbelt to the rural village. 8 9 (c) The greenbelt may be concentrated to a greater degree in 10 areas where it is necessary to protect listed species habitat, 11 including wetlands and uplands, provide for a buffer from 12 adjacent natural reservations, or provide for wellfield or 13 aquifer protection. However, at no location shall the 14 greenbelt be less than 300 feet in width. 15 16 (d) Golf courses and existing agriculture operations are 17 permitted within the greenbelt, subject to the vegetation 18 retention standards set forth in section 4.06.04. However, 19 golf course turf areas shall only be located within 100 feet of 20 the greenbelt boundaries (interior and exterior boundary); 21 further, these turf areas shall only be located in previously 22 cleared or disturbed areas. 23 24 (7) Open space: Within the rural village, a minimum of 40% of open 25 space shall be provided, inclusive of the greenbelt. 26 27 (8) Process for Approval of a rural village. Applications for approval 28 shall be submitted in the form of a Planned Unit Development 29 (PUD) rezone utilizing the standard form(s) developed by Collier 30 County, and subject to the Fees established for a PUD rezone 31 application. Where applicable, the rural village PUD application will 32 be submitted in conjunction with a development of Regional Impact 33 (DRI) application as provided for in Chapter 380 of Florida Statutes, 34 or in conjunction with any other Florida provisions of law that may 35 supercede the DRI process. The applicant shall notify the owner(s) 36 of subsurface mineral rights to the property within the boundaries of 37 the proposed rural village prior to approval of the PUD. The 38 Application for rural village PUD approval shall demonstrate 39 general compliance with the provisions of section 2.03.06 and shall 40 include the following additional submittal requirements: 41 42 (a) EIS. An environmental impact statement for the rural village 43 and surrounding greenbelt area shall be submitted an 44 accordance with the requirements of Chapter 10 of this 45 Code. 46 47 (b) Demonstration of Fiscal Neutrality. An analysis that 48 demonstrates that the rural village will be fiscally neutral to 49 county taxpayers outside of the rural village. This analysis 50 60 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx shall evaluate the demand and impacts on levels of service 1 for public facilities and the cost of such facilities and services 2 necessary to serve the rural village. In addition, this 3 evaluation shall identify projected revenue sources for 4 services and any capital improvements that may be 5 necessary to support the rural village. In conclusion, this 6 analysis shall indicate what provisions and/or commitments 7 will be to ensure that the provision of necessary facilities and 8 services will be fiscally neutral to County taxpayers outside 9 of the rural village. At a minimum, the analysis shall consider 10 the following: 11 12 i. Stormwater/drainage facilities; 13 14 ii. Potable water provisions and facilities; 15 16 iii. Reuse or "Grey" water provisions for irrigation; 17 18 iv. Central sewer provisions and facilities; 19 20 v. Law enforcement facilities; 21 22 vi. School facilities; 23 24 vii. Roads, transit, bicycle and pedestrian facilities and 25 pathways; 26 27 viii. a) Solid waste facilities. 28 29 ix. b) Development phasing and funding 30 mechanisms to address any impacts to level of 31 service in accordance with the county's adopted 32 concurrency management program to ensure that 33 there will be no degradation to the adopted level of 34 service for public facilities and infrastructure 35 identified in (i.1) through (viii.7) above. 36 37 3. Neutral lands. Neutral lands have been identified for limited semi-rural residential 38 development. Available data indicates that neutral lands have a higher ratio of 39 native vegetation, and thus higher habitat values, than lands designated as RFMU 40 receiving lands, but these values do not approach those of RFMU sending lands. 41 Therefore, these lands are appropriate for limited development, if such 42 development is directed away from existing native vegetation and habitat. Within 43 neutral lands, the following standards shall apply: 44 45 a. Allowable uses. The following uses are permitted as of right: 46 47 (1) Uses Permitted as of Right. 48 49 61 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx (a) Agricultural activities, including, but not limited to: Crop 1 raising, horticulture, fruit and nut production, forestry, 2 groves, nurseries, ranching, beekeeping, poultry and egg 3 production, milk production, livestock raising, and 4 aquaculture for native species subject to the State of Florida 5 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Owning, 6 maintaining or operating any facility or part thereof for the 7 following purposes is prohibited: 8 9 i. Fighting or baiting any animal by the owner of such 10 facility or any other person or entity. 11 12 ii. Raising any animal or animals intended to be 13 ultimately used or used for fighting or baiting 14 purposes. 15 16 iii. For purposes of this subsection, the term baiting is 17 defined as set forth in § 828.122(2)(a), F.S., as it 18 may be amended from time to time. 19 20 (b) Single-family residential dwelling units, including mobile 21 homes where a mobile home Zoning Overlay exists. 22 23 (c) Dormitories, duplexes and other types of staff housing, as 24 may be incidental to, and in support of, conservation uses. 25 26 (d) Group housing uses subject to the following 27 density/intensity limitations: 28 29 (e) Family Care Facilities: 1 unit per 5 acres; 30 31 (f) Group Care Facilities and other Care Housing Facilities: 32 Maximum floor area ratio (FAR) not to exceed 0.45. 33 34 (g) Staff housing as may be incidental to, and in support of, 35 safety service facilities and essential services. 36 37 (h) Farm labor housing limited to 10 acres in any single location: 38 39 i. Single family/duplex/mobile home: 11 dwelling units 40 per acre; 41 42 ii. Multifamily/dormitory: 22 dwelling units/beds per 43 acre. 44 45 (i) Sporting and Recreational camps, not to exceed 1 46 cabin/lodging unit per 5 gross acres. 47 48 (j) Those essential services identified in LDC section 2.01.03 49 (A). 50 62 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 (k) Golf courses or driving ranges, subject to the following 2 standards: 3 4 i. Golf courses shall be designed, constructed, and 5 managed in accordance with the best management 6 practices of Audubon International's Gold Signature 7 Program. The project shall demonstrate that the 8 Principles for Resource Management required by 9 the Gold Signature Program (Site Specific 10 Assessment, Habitat Sensitivity, Native and 11 Naturalized Plants and Natural Landscaping, Water 12 Conservation, Waste Management, Energy 13 Conservation & Renewable Energy Sources, 14 Transportation, Greenspace and Corridors, 15 Agriculture, and Building Design) have been 16 incorporated into the golf course's design and 17 operational procedures. 18 19 ii. In order to prevent the contamination of soil, surface 20 water and ground water by the materials stored and 21 handled by golf course maintenance operations, golf 22 courses shall comply with the Best Management 23 Practices for Golf Course Maintenance 24 Departments, prepared by the Florida Department of 25 Environmental Protection, September 2012 May 26 1995. 27 28 iii. To protect ground and surface water quality from 29 fertilizer and pesticide usage, golf courses shall 30 demonstrate the following management practices: 31 32 a) The use of slow release nitrogen sources; 33 34 b) The use of soil and plant tissue analysis to 35 adjust timing and amount of fertilization 36 applications; 37 38 c) The use of an integrated pest management 39 program using both biological and chemical 40 agents to control various pests; 41 42 d) The coordination of pesticide applications 43 with the timing and application of irrigation 44 water; 45 46 e) The use of the procedure contained in IFAS 47 Circular 1011, Managing Pesticides for Golf 48 Course Maintenance and Water Quality 49 Protection, May 1991 (revised 1995) to 50 63 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx select pesticides that will have a minimum 1 adverse impact on water quality. 2 3 iv. To ensure water conservation, golf courses shall 4 incorporate the following in their design and 5 operation: 6 7 a) Irrigation systems shall be designed to use 8 weather station information and moisture-9 sensing systems to determine the optimum 10 amount of irrigation water needed 11 considering soil moisture and 12 evapotranspiration rates. 13 14 b) As available, golf courses shall utilize treated 15 effluent reuse water consistent with Sanitary 16 Sewer Sub-Element Objective 1.4 and its 17 policies. 18 19 c) Native plants shall be used exclusively 20 except for special purpose areas such as golf 21 greens, fairways, and building sites. Within 22 these excepted areas, landscaping plans 23 shall require that at least 75% of the trees 24 and 50% of the shrubs be freeze-tolerant 25 native Floridian species. At least 75% of the 26 required native trees and shrubs shall also 27 be drought tolerant species. 28 29 v. Stormwater management ponds shall be designed 30 to mimic the functions of natural systems: by 31 establishing shorelines that are sinuous in 32 configuration in order to provide increased length 33 and diversity of the littoral zone. A Littoral shelf shall 34 be established to provide a feeding area for water 35 dependent avian species. The combined length of 36 vertical and rip-rapped walls shall be limited to 25% 37 of the shoreline. Credits to the site preservation area 38 requirements, on an acre- to- acre basis, shall be 39 given for littoral shelves that exceed these littoral 40 shelf area requirements. 41 42 vi. Site preservation and native vegetation retention 43 requirements shall be the same as those set forth in 44 the RFMU district criteria. Site preservation areas 45 are intended to provide habitat functions and shall 46 meet minimum dimensions as set forth in the LDC. 47 These standards shall be established within one 48 year. 49 50 64 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx (l) Public educational plants and ancillary plants. 1 2 (m) Oil and gas exploration, subject to applicable state and 3 federal drilling permits and Collier County non-4 environmental site development plan review procedures. 5 Directional-drilling and/or previously cleared or disturbed 6 areas shall be utilized in order to minimize impacts to native 7 habitats, where determined to be practicable. This 8 requirement shall be deemed satisfied upon issuance of a 9 state permit in compliance with the criteria established in 10 Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., as those rules 11 existed on Oct. 3, 2005 [effective date of this provision] 12 regardless of whether the activity occurs within the Big 13 Cypress Watershed, as defined in Rule 62C-30.001(2), 14 F.A.C. All applicable Collier County environmental 15 permitting requirements shall be considered satisfied by 16 evidence of the issuance of all applicable federal and/or 17 state oil and gas permits for proposed oil and gas activities 18 in Collier County, so long as the state permits comply with 19 the requirements of Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C. 20 For those areas of Collier County outside the boundary of 21 the Big Cypress Watershed, the applicant shall be 22 responsible for convening the Big Cypress Swamp Advisory 23 Committee as set forth in Section 377.42, F.S., to assure 24 compliance with Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., 25 even if outside the defined Big Cypress Watershed. All oil 26 and gas access roads shall be constructed and protected 27 from unauthorized uses according to the standards 28 established in Rule 62C-30.005(2)(a)(1) through (12), 29 F.A.C. 30 31 n. Park, open space, and recreational uses. 32 33 o. Private schools. 34 35 (2) Accessory uses. The following uses are permitted as accessory to 36 uses permitted as of right or to approved conditional uses: 37 38 (a) Accessory uses and structures that are accessory and 39 incidental to uses permitted as of right in section 40 2.03.08(A)(3)(a)(1) above. 41 42 (b) Recreational facilities that serve as an integral part of a 43 residential development and have been designated, 44 reviewed, and approved on a site development plan or 45 preliminary subdivision plat for that development. 46 Recreational facilities may include, but are not limited to 47 clubhouse, community center building, tennis facilities, 48 playgrounds and playfields. 49 50 65 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx (3) Conditional uses. The following uses are permissible as conditional 1 uses subject to the standards and procedures established in LDC 2 section 10.08.00. 3 4 (a) Zoo, aquarium, botanical garden, or other similar uses. 5 6 (b) Community facilities, such as, places of worship, childcare 7 facilities, cemeteries, social and fraternal organizations. 8 9 (c) Sports instructional schools and camps. 10 11 (d) Multi-family residential structures, subject to the following 12 development standards: 13 14 (i) Building height limitation: 2 stories 15 16 (ii) Buffer: 10 foot wide landscape buffer with trees 17 spaced no more than 30 feet on center; 18 19 (iii) Setbacks: 50% of the height of the building, but not 20 less than 15 feet. 21 22 (e) Those essential services identified in LDC sections 2.01.03 23 G.1. and G.3 (G)(1) and (G)(3). 24 25 (f) Oil and gas field development and production, subject to 26 applicable state and federal field development permits and 27 Collier County non-environmental site development plan 28 review procedures. Directional-drilling and/or previously 29 cleared or disturbed areas shall be utilized in order to 30 minimize impacts to native habitats, where determined to be 31 practicable. This requirement shall be deemed satisfied 32 upon issuance of a state permit in compliance with the 33 criteria established in Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, 34 F.A.C., as those rules existed on January 14, 2005, 35 regardless of whether the activity occurs within the Big 36 Cypress Watershed, as defined in Rule 62C-30.001(2), 37 F.A.C. All applicable Collier County environmental 38 permitting requirements shall be considered satisfied by 39 evidence of the issuance of all applicable federal and/or 40 state oil and gas permits for proposed oil and gas activities 41 in Collier County, so long as the state permits comply with 42 the requirements of Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C. 43 For those areas of Collier County outside the boundary of 44 the Big Cypress Watershed, the applicant shall be 45 responsible for convening the Big Cypress Swamp Advisory 46 Committee as set forth in Section 377.42, F.S., to assure 47 compliance with Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., 48 even if outside the defined Big Cypress Watershed. All oil 49 and gas access roads shall be constructed and protected 50 66 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx from unauthorized uses according to the standards 1 established in Rule 62C-30.005(2)(a)(1) through (12), 2 F.A.C. 3 4 (g) Earth mining and extraction and related processing. 5 6 (h) Facilities for the collection, transfer, processing, and 7 reduction of solid waste. 8 9 (i) Those essential services identified in sections 2.01.03 G.1. 10 and G.3(G)(1) and (G)(3). 11 12 (j) Oil and gas field development and production, subject to 13 state field development permits and Collier County non -14 environmental site development plan review procedures. 15 Directional-drilling and/or previously cleared or disturbed 16 areas shall be utilized in order to minimize impacts to native 17 habitats, where determined to be practicable. This 18 requirement shall be deemed satisfied upon issuance of a 19 state permit in compliance with the criteria established in 20 Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., regardless of 21 whether the activity occurs within the Big Cypress 22 Watershed, as defined in Rule 62C-30.001(2), F.A.C. All 23 applicable Collier County environmental permitting 24 requirements shall be considered satisfied by evidence of 25 the issuance of all applicable federal and/or state oil and gas 26 permits for proposed oil and gas activities in Collier County, 27 so long as the state permits comply with the requirements 28 of Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C. For those areas 29 of Collier County outside the boundary of the Big Cypress 30 Watershed, the applicant shall be responsible for convening 31 the Big Cypress Swamp Advisory Committee as set forth in 32 Section 377.42, F.S., to assure compliance with Chapter 33 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., even if outside the defined 34 Big Cypress Watershed. All oil and gas access roads shall 35 be constructed and protected from unauthorized uses 36 according to the standards established in Rule 62-37 30.005(2)(a)(1) through (12), F.A.C. 38 39 (k) Earth mining and extraction and related processing. 40 41 b. Density. 42 43 (1) Maximum gross density. The maximum gross density in neutral 44 lands shall not exceed one dwelling unit per five gross acres (0.2 45 dwelling units per acre), except that the maximum gross density for 46 those legal nonconforming lots or parcels in existence as of June 47 22, 1999, shall be one dwelling unit per lot or parcel. 48 49 67 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx (2) Residential clustering. Clustering of residential development is 1 allowed and encouraged. Where clustered development is 2 employed, it shall be in accordance with the following provisions: 3 4 (a) If within the boundaries of the Rural Transition Water and 5 Sewer District, as delineated on the Urban-Rural Fringe 6 Transition Zone Overlay Map in the Future Land Use 7 Element of the GMP, and consistent with the provisions of 8 the Potable Water and Sanitary Sewer Sub-elements of this 9 Plan, central water and sewer shall be extended to the 10 project. Where County sewer or water services may not be 11 available concurrent with development in neutral lands, 12 interim private water and sewer facilities may be approved. 13 14 (b) The clustered development shall be located on the site so 15 as to provide to the greatest degree practicable: 16 17 i. protection for listed species habitat; 18 19 ii. preservation of the highest quality native vegetation 20 21 iii. connectivity to adjacent natural reservations or 22 preservation areas on adjacent development; .....b§ 23 and 24 25 iv. creation, maintenance or enhancement of wildlife 26 corridors. 27 28 (c) The minimum project size shall be at least 40 acres. 29 30 c. Dimensional and design standards. Dimensional and Design Standards set 31 forth in section 4.02.01 of this Code shall apply to all development in neutral 32 lands, except for development utilizing the residential clustering provisions 33 in section 2.03.08 (A)(3)(b)(2) above. In the case of such clustered 34 development, the following dimensional standards shall apply to all 35 permitted housing structure types, accessory, and conditional uses: 36 37 (1) Development that is Not Clustered: 38 39 (a) Minimum lot area: 5 Acres. 40 41 (b) Minimum lot width: 165 Feet. 42 43 (c) Minimum yard Requirements: 44 45 i. Front yard: 50 feet. 46 47 ii. Side yard: 30 feet. 48 49 iii. Rear yard: 50 feet. 50 68 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 1 iv. Nonconforming lots in existence as of June 22, 2 1999: 3 4 a) Front yard: 40 feet. 5 6 b) Side yard: 10 percent of lot width, not to 7 exceed 20 feet on each side. 8 9 c) Rear yard: 50 feet. 10 11 (2) Development that is Clustered. 12 13 (a) Minimum lot area: 4,500 square feet. 14 15 (b) Maximum lot area: One Acre. 16 17 (c) Minimum lot width: Interior lots 40 feet. 18 19 (d) Maximum lot width: 150 feet. 20 21 (3) Height Limitations. 22 23 (a) Principal: 35 feet. 24 25 (b) Accessory: 20 feet, except for screen enclosures, which 26 may be the same height as the principal structure. 27 28 (c) Golf course/community clubhouses: 50 feet. 29 30 (4) Floor area. The minimum floor area for each dwelling unit shall be 31 800 square feet. 32 33 (5) Parking. As required in Chapter 4. 34 35 (6) Landscaping. As required in Chapter 4. 36 37 (7) Signs: As required in section 5.06.00. 38 39 d. Native vegetation retention. Native vegetation shall be preserved as set 40 forth in Chapter 4. 41 42 e. Usable open space. 43 44 (1) Projects of 40 acres or more in size shall provide a minimum of 70% 45 usable open space. 46 47 (2) Usable open space includes active or passive recreation areas 48 such as parks, playgrounds, golf courses, waterways, lakes, nature 49 trails, and other similar open spaces. Usable open space shall also 50 69 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx include areas set aside for conservation or preservation of native 1 vegetation and landscape areas. 2 3 (3) Open water beyond the perimeter of the site, street right-of-way, 4 except where dedicated or donated for public uses, driveways, off -5 street parking and loading areas, shall not be counted towards 6 required usable open space. 7 8 4. RFMU sending lands. RFMU sending lands are those lands that have the highest 9 degree of environmental value and sensitivity and generally include significant 10 wetlands, uplands, and habitat for listed species. RFMU sending lands are the 11 principal target for preservation and conservation. Density may be transferred from 12 RFMU sending lands as provided in LDC section 2.03.07 D.4.c. All NRPAs within 13 the RFMU district are also RFMU sending lands. With the exception of specific 14 provisions applicable only to NBMO neutral lands, the following standards shall 15 apply within all RFMU sending lands: 16 17 a. Allowable uses where TDR credits have not been severed. 18 19 (1) Uses Permitted as of Right: 20 21 (a) Agricultural uses consistent with Sections 163.3162 and 22 823.14(6) Florida Statutes (Florida Right to Farm Act). 23 24 (b) Detached single-family dwelling units, including mobile 25 homes where the mobile home Zoning Overlay exists, 26 27 (c) Habitat preservation and conservation uses. 28 29 (d) Passive parks and other passive recreational uses. 30 31 (e) Sporting and Recreational camps, within which the lodging 32 component shall not exceed 1 unit per 5 gross acres. 33 34 (f) Those essential services identified in section 2.01.03(B). 35 36 (g) Oil and gas exploration, subject to applicable state and 37 federal drilling permits and Collier County non-38 environmental site development plan review procedures. 39 Directional-drilling and/or previously cleared or disturbed 40 areas shall be utilized in order to minimize impacts to native 41 habitats, where determined to be practicable. This 42 requirement shall be deemed satisfied upon issuance of a 43 state permit in compliance with the criteria established in 44 Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., as such rules 45 existed on Oct. 3, 2005 [the effective date of this provision], 46 regardless of whether the activity occurs within the Big 47 Cypress Watershed, as defined in Rule 62C-30.001(2), 48 F.A.C. All applicable Collier County environmental 49 permitting requirements shall be considered satisfied by 50 70 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx evidence of the issuance of all applicable federal and/or 1 state oil and gas permits for proposed oil and gas activities 2 in Collier County, so long as the state permits comply with 3 the requirements of Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C. 4 For those areas of Collier County outside the boundary of 5 the Big Cypress Watershed, the applicant shall be 6 responsible for convening the Big Cypress Swamp Advisory 7 Committee as set forth in Section 377.42, F.S., to assure 8 compliance with Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., 9 even if outside the defined Big Cypress Watershed. All oil 10 and gas access roads shall be constructed and protected 11 from unauthorized uses according to the standards 12 established in Rule 62C-30.005(2)(a)(1) through (12), 13 F.A.C. 14 15 (2) Accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures that are accessory 16 and incidental to uses permitted as of right in LDC section 2.03.08 17 A.4.a.(1) above. 18 19 (3) Conditional uses. 20 21 (a) Those essential services identified in LDC sections 2.01.03 22 G.2 and G.4. 23 24 (b) Public facilities, including solid waste and resource recovery 25 facilities, and public vehicle and equipment storage and 26 repair facilities, shall be permitted within Section 25, 27 Township 49S, Range 26E, on lands adjacent to the existing 28 County landfill. This shall not be interpreted to allow for the 29 expansion of the landfill into Section 25 for the purpose of 30 solid waste disposal. 31 32 (c) Oil and gas field development and production, subject to 33 applicable state and federal field development permits and 34 Collier County non-environmental site development plan 35 review procedures. Directional-drilling and/or previously 36 cleared or disturbed areas shall be utilized in order to 37 minimize impacts to native habitats, where determined to be 38 practicable. This requirement shall be deemed satisfied 39 upon issuance of a state permit in compliance with the 40 criteria established in Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, 41 F.A.C., as those rules existed on Oct. 3, 2005 [the effective 42 date of this provision], regardless of whether the activity 43 occurs within the Big Cypress Watershed, as defined in Rule 44 62C-30.001(2), F.A.C. All applicable Collier County 45 environmental permitting requirements shall be considered 46 satisfied by evidence of the issuance of all applicable federal 47 and/or state oil and gas permits for proposed oil and gas 48 activities in Collier County, so long as the state permits 49 comply with the requirements of Chapter 62C-25 through 50 71 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx 62C-30, F.A.C. For those areas of Collier County outside 1 the boundary of the Big Cypress Watershed, the applicant 2 shall be responsible for convening the Big Cypress Swamp 3 Advisory Committee as set forth in Section 377.42, F.S., to 4 assure compliance with Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, 5 F.A.C., even if outside the defined Big Cypress Watershed. 6 All oil and gas access roads shall be constructed and 7 protected from unauthorized uses according to the 8 standards established in Rule 62C-30.005(2)(a)(1) through 9 (12), F.A.C. 10 11 (d) Commercial uses accessory to permitted uses 1.a, 1.c. and 12 1.d above, such as retail sales of produce accessory to 13 farming, or a restaurant accessory to a park or preserve, so 14 long as restrictions or limitations are imposed to insure the 15 commercial use functions as an accessory, subordinate 16 use. 17 18 (e) Active recreational uses, such as airboats, swamp buggies, 19 horses, and similar modes of transportation used for 20 transporting participants, viewers or patrons in connection 21 with ecotourism operations or environmental education 22 activities only on lands owned by governmental entities 23 other than the State of Florida and designated North Belle 24 Meade Overlay. Said uses are subject to compliance with 25 criteria (i-ix) outlined in LDC Section 2.03.01 A.1.c.(22). 26 27 b. Allowable uses where TDR credits have been severed. 28 29 (1) Uses Permitted as of Right: 30 31 (a) Agricultural uses consistent with Sections 163.3162 and 32 823.14(6) Florida Statutes (Florida Right to Farm Act), 33 including water management facilities, to the extent and 34 intensity that such operations exist at the date of any 35 transfer of development rights. 36 37 (b) Cattle grazing on unimproved pasture where no clearing is 38 required; 39 40 (c) Detached single-family dwelling units, including mobile 41 homes where the mobile home Zoning Overlay exists, at a 42 maximum density of one dwelling unit per 40 acres. In order 43 to retain these development rights after any transfer, up to 44 one dwelling must be retained (not transferred) per 40 45 acres. 46 47 (d) One detached dwelling unit, including mobile homes where 48 the mobile home zoning overlay exists, per lot or parcel in 49 existence as of June 22, 1999, that is less than 40 acres. In 50 72 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx order to retain these development rights after any transfer, 1 up to one dwelling must be retained (not transferred) per 2 each lot or parcel. For the purposes of this provision, a lot 3 or parcel shall be deemed to have been in existence as of 4 June 22, 1999, upon a showing of any of the following: 5 6 i. the lot or parcel is part of a subdivision that was 7 recorded in the public records of the County on or 8 before June 22, 1999; 9 10 ii. a description of the lot or parcel, by metes and 11 bounds or other specific legal description, was 12 recorded in the public records of the County on or 13 before June 22, 1999; or 14 15 iii. an agreement for deed for the lot or parcel, which 16 includes description of the lot or parcel by limited 17 fixed boundary, was executed on or before June 22, 18 1999. 19 20 (e) Habitat preservation and conservation uses. 21 22 (f) Passive parks and passive recreational uses. 23 24 (g) Those essential services identified in section 2.01.03 B. 25 26 (h) Oil and gas exploration, subject to applicable state and 27 federal drilling permits and Collier County non-28 environmental site development plan review procedures. 29 Directional-drilling and/or previously cleared or disturbed 30 areas shall be utilized in order to minimize impacts to native 31 habitats, where determined to be practicable. This 32 requirement shall be deemed satisfied upon issuance of a 33 state permit in compliance with the criteria established in 34 Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., as those rules 35 existed on Oct. 3, 2005 [the effective date of this provision], 36 regardless of whether the activity occurs within the Big 37 Cypress Watershed, as defined in Rule 62C-30.001(2), 38 F.A.C. All applicable Collier County environmental 39 permitting requirements shall be considered satisfied by 40 evidence of the issuance of all applicable federal and/or 41 state oil and gas permits for proposed oil and gas activities 42 in Collier County, so long as the state permits comply with 43 the requirements of Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C. 44 For those areas of Collier County outside the boundary of 45 the Big Cypress Watershed, the applicant shall be 46 responsible for convening the Big Cypress Swamp Advisory 47 Committee as set forth in Section 377.42, F.S., to assure 48 compliance with Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, F.A.C., 49 even if outside the defined Big Cypress Watershed. All oil 50 73 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx and gas access roads shall be constructed and protected 1 from unauthorized uses according to the standards 2 established in Rule 62C-30.005(2)(a)(1) through (12), 3 F.A.C. 4 5 (i) Mitigation in conjunction with any County, state, or federal 6 permitting. 7 8 (2) Conditional uses: 9 10 (a) Those essential services identified in LDC section 2.01.03 11 G.2 and 4. 12 13 (b) Oil and gas field development and production, subject to 14 applicable state and federal field development permits and 15 Collier County non-environmental site development plan 16 review procedures. Directional-drilling and/or previously 17 cleared or disturbed areas shall be utilized in order to 18 minimize impacts to native habitats, where determined to be 19 practicable. This requirement shall be deemed satisfied 20 upon issuance of a state permit in compliance with the 21 criteria established in Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, 22 F.A.C., as those rules existed on Oct. 3, 2005 [the effective 23 date of this provision], regardless of whether the activity 24 occurs within the Big Cypress Watershed, as defined in Rule 25 62C-30.001(2), F.A.C. All applicable Collier County 26 environmental permitting requirements shall be considered 27 satisfied by evidence of the issuance of all applicable federal 28 and/or state oil and gas permits for proposed oil and gas 29 activities in Collier County, so long as the state permits 30 comply with the requirements of Chapter 62C-25 through 31 62C-30, F.A.C. For those areas of Collier County outside 32 the boundary of the Big Cypress Watershed, the applicant 33 shall be responsible for convening the Big Cypress Swamp 34 Advisory Committee as set forth in Section 377.42, F.S., to 35 assure compliance with Chapter 62C-25 through 62C-30, 36 F.A.C., even if outside the defined Big Cypress Watershed. 37 All oil and gas access roads shall be constructed and 38 protected from unauthorized uses according to the 39 standards established in Rule 62C-30.005(2)(a)(1) through 40 (12), F.A.C. 41 42 (c) Conditional use approval criteria: In addition to the criteria 43 set forth in section 10.08.00 of this Code, the following 44 additional criteria shall apply to the approval of conditional 45 uses within RFMU sending lands: 46 47 i. The applicant shall submit a plan for development 48 that demonstrates that wetlands, listed species and 49 74 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx their habitat are adequately protected as specified in 1 Chapters 3, 4 and 10. 2 3 ii. Conditions may be imposed, as deemed 4 appropriate, to limit the size, location, and access to 5 the conditional use. 6 7 c. Density. 8 9 (1) 1.0 dwelling units per 40 gross acres; or 10 11 (2) 1.0 dwelling unit per nonconforming lot or parcel in existence as of 12 June 22, 1999. For the purpose of this provision, a lot or parcel 13 which is deemed to have been in existence on or before June 22, 14 1999 is: 15 16 (a) A lot or parcel which is part of a subdivision recorded in the 17 public records of Collier County, Florida; 18 19 (b) A lot or parcel which has limited fixed boundaries, described 20 by metes and bounds or other specific legal description, the 21 description of which has been recorded in the public records 22 of Collier County Florida on or before June 22, 1999; or 23 24 (c) A lot or parcel which has limited fixed boundaries and for 25 which an agreement for deed was executed prior to June 26 22, 1999. 27 28 d. Native vegetation retention. As required in Chapter 4. 29 30 e. Other dimensional design standards. Dimensional standards set forth in 31 section 4.02.01 of this Code shall apply to all development in Sending 32 designated lands of the RFMU district, except as follows: 33 34 (1) Lot Area and Width. 35 36 (a) Minimum lot Area: 40 acres. 37 38 (b) Minimum lot Width: 300 Feet. 39 40 (2) Parking. As required in Chapter 4. 41 42 (3) Landscaping. As required in Chapter 4. 43 44 (4) Signs. As required in section 5.06.00. 45 46 5. Specific vegetation standards for the RFMU district. For these specific standards, 47 please refer to LDC sections 3.05.07 C. through 3.05.07 E. of this Code. 48 49 75 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx f. Clustering. Parcels must be a minimum of 80 acres, or an aggregation of 1 parcels where each is a minimum of 40 acres, clustering is allowed, 2 provided that the following standard is met: 3 4 (1) Each clustered dwelling unit shall be located no greater than 300 5 feet from the common property line of another parcel containing a 6 clustered dwelling unit. In the event of an intervening road right-of-7 way, the 300 feet measurement shall be from the midpoint of said 8 right-of-way. 9 10 (2) The clustered development shall be located on the site so as to 11 provide to the greatest extent practicable, protection for listed 12 species habitat, preservation of the highest quality native 13 vegetation, connectivity to adjacent natural reservations or 14 preservation areas on adjacent developments, and creation, 15 maintenance, or enhancement of wildlife corridors. 16 17 # # # # # # # # # # # # # 18 19 2.06.00 - AFFORDABLE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS 20 21 2.06.01 – Generally 22 23 Within most of the coastal urban designated areas identified on the future land use map 24 of the Collier County GMP, a base density of four residential dwelling units per gross acre 25 is permitted. However, the base density may be adjusted depending on the characteristics 26 of the development. One characteristic of a housing development which would allow the 27 addition of density bonuses in order to increase the density over the base density is the 28 provision of affordable housing in the development. The provision of affordable housing 29 units may add up to 12 dwelling units per gross acre to the base density of four residential 30 dwelling units per gross acre, plus any other density bonuses available and minus any 31 density reduction that is required, pursuant to the GMP. For a project providing housing 32 that is affordable in the Receiving Lands within the Rural Fringe Mixed Use District 33 (RFMUD), the maximum density of 12.2 units per acre is allowed, subject to rezoning 34 approval and to the approval of an “Affordable Housing Agreement,” pursuant to LDC 35 section 2.06.03. The total eligible density must not exceed the maximum density allowed 36 pursuant to the GMP. The program to accomplish this increase to provide affordable 37 housing is called the affordable housing density bonus (AHDB) program. 38 39 B. Within most of the Immokalee Urban area, as identified on the Immokalee area master 40 plan future land use map of the growth management plan, base densities are four or six 41 or eight residential dwelling units per gross acre. However, the base density may be 42 adjusted depending on the characteristics of the development. One characteristic of a 43 housing development that would allow the addition of density bonuses is the provision of 44 affordable housing in the development. The provision of affordable housing units may add 45 up to 12 dwelling units per gross acre to the base density plus any other density bonuses 46 available. The total eligible density must not exceed the maximum allowed pursuant to the 47 GMP. 48 49 76 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx C. Within the Rural Lands Stewardship Area Overlay of the Agricultural/Rural area, as 1 identified on the future land use map of the growth management plan, towns, villages, 2 hamlets and compact rural developments are allowed at a density range of one -half to 3 four dwelling units per gross acre. The allowed density may be adjusted depending on the 4 characteristics of the development. One characteristic of a housing development that 5 would allow the addition of density bonuses is the provision of affordable housing in the 6 development. The provision of affordable housing units may add up to eight dwelling units 7 per gross acre to the allowed density of one-half to four dwelling units per gross acre, for 8 a total of eight and one-half to twelve and one-half residential dwelling units per gross 9 acre, plus any other density bonuses available. 10 11 D. In order to qualify for the AHDB for a development, the developer must apply for and obtain 12 the AHDB from the County for a development in accordance with this section, especially 13 in accordance with the provisions of the AHDB program, including the AHDB rating 14 system, the AHDB monitoring program, and the limitations on the AHDB. 15 16 1. Preapplication conference. Prior to submitting an application for AHDB, a 17 preapplication conference may be scheduled with the County Manager or 18 designee. The preapplication conference provides an opportunity to familiarize the 19 applicant with the AHDB program and provides an opportunity for the county staff 20 to obtain a clear understanding of the proposed development. The AHDB rating 21 system, the AHDB monitoring program, the limitations, criteria, procedures, 22 standard conditions, standard forms, and other information will be discussed and 23 made available to the applicant. Depending on the type of development proposed, 24 the application may be combined with an application for a planned unit 25 development (PUD), a rezone, or a Stewardship Receiving Area. 26 27 2. Application. An application for AHDB for a development must be submitted to the 28 County Manager or designee in the form established by the County Manager or 29 designee. The application must, at a minimum, include: 30 31 a. Zoning districts proposed by the applicant on the property and acreage of 32 each; 33 34 b. The total number of residential dwelling units in the proposed development, 35 categorized by number of bedrooms and whether the unit is to be rented or 36 owner-occupied; 37 38 c. The total number of AHDB units requested, categorized by number of 39 bedrooms and whether the unit is to be rented or owner-occupied; 40 41 d. Total number of affordable housing units proposed in the development, 42 categorized by level of income, number of bedrooms (one bedroom, two 43 bedrooms, three bedrooms, or more), and rental units and owner-occupied 44 units: 45 46 i. Gap-income households. 47 48 ii. Moderate-income households. 49 50 77 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx iii. Low-income households. 1 2 iv. Very-low-income housing units. 3 4 e. Gross density of the proposed development; 5 6 f. Whether the AHDB is requested in conjunction with an application for a 7 PUD, rezoning, SRA, or a conditional use for a Commercial Mixed -Use 8 project as provided for within LDC section 4.02.38; and 9 10 g. Any other information which would reasonably be needed to address the 11 request for AHDB for the development pursuant to the requirements set 12 forth in this section. 13 14 3. Determination of completeness. After receipt of an application for AHDB, the 15 County Manager or designee shall determine whether the application submitted is 16 complete. If it is determined that the application is not complete, the County 17 Manager or designee shall notify the applicant in writing of the deficiencies. The 18 County Manager or designee shall take no further steps to process the application 19 until the deficiencies have been remedied. 20 21 4. Review and recommendation by the County Manager or designee. After receipt of 22 a completed application for AHDB, the County Manager or designee must review 23 and evaluate the application in light of the AHDB rating system, the AHDB 24 monitoring program and the requirements of this section. The County Manager or 25 designee must coordinate with the Zoning Division director or designee to 26 schedule the AHDB application with the companion application for a PUD, 27 rezoning, SRA, or conditional use, and must recommend to the planning 28 commission and the BCC to deny, grant, or grant with conditions, the AHDB 29 application. The recommendation of the County Manager or designee must include 30 a report in support of recommendation. 31 32 5. Review and recommendation by the planning commission . Upon receipt by the 33 planning commission of the application for AHDB and the written recommendation 34 and report of the County Manager or designee, the planning commission must 35 schedule and hold a properly advertised and duly noticed public hearing on the 36 application. If the application has been submitted in conjunction with an application 37 for a PUD, rezoning, SRA, or conditional use, then the hearing must be 38 consolidated and made a part of the public hearing on the respective application 39 before the planning commission. The planning commission must consider the 40 application for AHDB in conjunction with the application for the PUD, rezoning, 41 SRA, or conditional use. After the close of the public hearing, the planning 42 commission must review and evaluate the application in light of the requirements 43 of this section and the requirements for a PUD, rezoning, SRA, or conditional use, 44 as applicable, and must recommend to the BCC that the application be denied, 45 granted or granted with conditions. 46 47 6. Review and determination by Board of County Commissioners. Upon receipt by 48 the BCC of the application for AHDB and the written recommendation and report 49 of the County Manager or designee and recommendation of the planning 50 78 G:\LDC Amendments\Advisory Boards and Public Hearings\DSAC-LDR\2025\Dec 16\Materials\PL20240006969 RFMUD Restudy - LDCA (12-08-2025).docx commission, the BCC must schedule and hold a properly advertised and duly 1 noticed public hearing on the application. If the application has been submitted in 2 conjunction with an application for a PUD, rezoning, SRA, or conditional use, then 3 the hearing must be consolidated and made a part of the public hearing on the 4 respective application before the BCC, and the BCC must consider the application 5 for AHDB in conjunction with the application for the PUD, rezoning, SRA, or 6 conditional use. After the close of the public hearing, the BCC must review and 7 evaluate the application in light of the requirements of this section and the 8 requirements for a PUD, rezoning, SRA, or conditional use, and must deny, grant, 9 or grant with conditions, the application in accordance with the AHDB rating system 10 and the AHDB monitoring program. 11 12 E. The procedures to request approval of a density bonus are described in Chapter 10 of this 13 LDC, along with requirements for the developer's agreement to ensure compliance. 14 # # # # # # # # # # # # # 15