Ordinance 82-002OP,1)INANCE NO. 82-2
AN ORDINANCE ENACTINO AND ESTABLISHINO ZONING
REGULATIONS FOR TIlE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA; DIVIDINO TIFE UNIN-
CORPORATED AREA OF TIlE COUNTY INTO DISTRICTS
AND ESTABLISHING TKE BOUNDARIES T]IER~OF AND
VITHIN SUCII DISTRICTS REGULATINO AND RESTRIC-
TING TIlE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUC-
TION, ALTERATION, REPAIR OR USg OF BUILDING. S,
STRUCTURES, OR LAND OR WATER; REGULATING AND
RESTRICTING Tim. HE?C, HT, NUMBER OF STORIES
SIZ£ OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES lj~
REGtrLATING AND RESTRICTING Tim. PERCENTAGE-OF.
LOTS Ti{AT HY BE OCCUPIED; REGULATING
RESTRICTING Tim. SIZE OF YARDS AND OTHER OPEN'
SPACES; REGULATINO AND RESTRICTING Tim. DEN-..
SITY OF RESIDENTIAL D~ELI, INO UNITS; REGU~
LATING AN]) RESTRICTING Tim. LOCATION AND'
OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND LAND AND WA~R
FOR TRADE, CO[tNERCE, INDUSTRY, RESIDENdE,
RECREATION AND ST{{ER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR
Tim. AD[{INISTRATION, ENFORCE{lENT, AND AHEND-
HENT OF TI{IS ZONING ORDINANCE~ ESTABLISHING
AND SETTING OUT TIlE PO~VERS, RESPONSIBILITIES,
AND DUTIES OF TIlE PLANNING CO~tHISSION UNDER
THIS ORDINANCE; ESTABLISHING AND SETTING OUT
TH]g PO~EBS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF
THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS UNDER TI{IS ORDI-
NANCE; SETTING A SCIiEDULE OF FEES, CHARGES
AND EXPENSES UhrDER TI{IS ORDINANCE; DECLARING
THAT THE PROVISIONS OF Ti[IS ORDINANCE ARE
HINIHUN OR NAXIHUN HEQUIRE~fENTS AS TEE CASE
NAY BE; SETTING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF
THIS ZONING ORDINANCE AND AUTHORIZING RESORT
TO OTHER REMEDIES TO PREVENT OR ABATE VIOLA-
TION; PROVIDING T{tAT PROSECUTIONS BEGUN UNDER
PREVIOUSLY EFFECTIVE ZONING REGULATIONS
BE CONTINUED; DEFINING CERTAIN TER~{S IS.REIN
USED; PROVIDING TI{AT TI{ESE ZONING REGULATIONS
SHALL SUPERSEDE ANY AND ALL PREVIOUS ZONING
REGULATIONS, RESOLUTIONS, OR ORDINANCES,
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE-
WITH; PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY; AND PROVID-
ING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I,~EREAS, Article VIII, Section l(f) of the Constitution of Florida
confers on counties broad ordinance-mnking power ~hen not inconsistent
vith {eneral or special lsw; sad
~REAS, Chapter 125.01, Florida Ststutes, confer~ on si1 countiea
in Florida {enersl powers of govermuent, including the ordinsnce-mnkin{
Dower and the power to plea nad regulmte the use o[ 1sad and wsterl sad
M~I~REAS, the Le{lslsture of the Stste of Florids hss reco{nized the
geographic, demographic sad economic dii£erences between the populous,
urbsn cossts! area of Collier County, sad the relntively spsrsely popu-
lsted, ~urnl agriculture oriented eastern area of Collier County by
enacting Chapter 67-12&6, ~pecial Acts, L~s of Florida, 1967, ~s
a~nded by Chapter 69-964, Special Acts, La~s of Florida, 1969, which
recognizes these differences by ~uthorizlns tb~ ro~tion or ~ltiple
planning commissions and d£strlc~s, and the adopt(on of a Comprehensive
Plan zoning regulations for each district or for the County aa a whole;
and
I~I~REAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, and its recommendatory agents did take action in the manner
prescribed by law, and did on Hay 8, 1979, adopt a Comprehensive Plan
for Collier County; and
WHI:REA$, the Collier County Planning Agency has reviewed this
zoning ordinance and found it to be in compliance with the Comprehensive
Plan; and
M[EREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, find it necessary to adopt and enforce comprehensive zoning
regulations for those unincorporated lands and waters subject to the
Jurisdiction of the County, to the end that the public health, safcty,
comfort, order, appearance, convenience, morals, and the general welfare
will be served; and
I~HEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, and its recommendatory aEenta have conformed to all applicable
procedural requirements of Florida law, and particularly those require-
ments relatin8 to public notice and hearing; and
~In~REAS, all applicable substantive requirements of the law have
been met;
NOW, THI~REFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners
of Collier County, Florida;
SECTION I. SHORT TITLE:
This ordinance shall be known and cited aa the *'Collier County Zoning
Ordinaace'.
SECTION 2. INTENT AJ~D PURPOSE:
2.1 It is the intent and purpose of this ordinance to establish and
adopt comprehensive zoning regulations governing the use of land
and water in the unincorporated areas of Collier County, Florida.
The regulations set out are based on a comprehensive plan for
future development, and are enacted to protect, promote, and im-
prove the public health, safety, comfort, order, appearance, con-
venience, morals and ~eneral welfare of the residents of the
County.
2.2 It ia intended by this ordinance to accomplish and to provide for
effic/encq/ end econoBy ~n the process of future development end
~edevelopment~ appropriate use of ~nd; preservation, protection,
coniervatlon, and development of the nat;Jral resourcoa of land,
voter and air; conven£ence in circulation of traffic for the trans-
port of peoplet goods, and commodLties, protection of persons and
property in floodwaya and Flood plains; healthful and ~onvenient
distribution of population; adequate and continuously maintained
public facilities and utilities; promotion of amenities, both
public and private, to maintain and improve the quality of life for
all reaidenta~ and development ~n accord with the Comprehensive
Plan.
SECTXON 3. ESTABLISHNENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS; PROVISION FOR OFFICIAL
ZONING ATLAS:
3.1 Establishment of Districts. The unincorporated land and water area
of Collier County is hereby divided into districts aa set out in
Section 7 of this Zoning Ordinance and as shown on the Official
Zoning Atlas which, together with nil explanatory material shown
thereon, is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part
of this Zoning Ordinance.
3.2 Official Zoninz At!as.
a. Each page of the Official Zoning Atlas shall be ident~fied by
the signature of the Chairman of the Board of County Co~vnis-
aionern and attested by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and
shall bear the seal of the Cot:sty of Collier under the follow=
lng words: "This in to certify that this ia Page of the
Official Zoning Atlas referred to and adopte~ by reference hy
Ordinance No. ~ of the Co:znty of Collier, ~lorida, adopted
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b. The boundaries of each district shall be shown on the Official
Zoning Atlas, and the district symbol or symbols as set out in
this Zoning Ordinance shall be used to designate each dis-
trict.
3.3 Chan~ea in District Boundaries. If, in accordance with the prowS=
aloha of this Zonin~ Ordinance and applicable provisions of Florida
Law, changes are made in district boundaries or other matters
portrayed on the Official Zoning Atlaa~ such changes shall be
entered promptly on the Official Zonin~ Atlas after the amendment
has Been approved by the Board of County Commissioners, with an
entry on the appropriate pa~e of the Official Zontn[ Atlas an
0t4
~olloval "On by Ordinance No. ,, of the County of
Collier~ the follo~ln~ chan~es ~ere made in the Official Zonin8
Atlll= (Brief description of nature of chanRe)'p which entry
shal! be attested by the Clerk of the Circuit Court. No amendment
to this ~oning ordinance ~hich involves matter portrayed in the
Official Zoning Atlas shall become effective until such change and
entry has been made on the Official Zoning Atlas in the manner
herein set out; such change shall be made within twenty (20) work-
tag days after the date oE adoption of the amendment.
Unauthorized Changes Prohtbttc, d. No changes oE any nature shall be
made tn the Official lenin8 Atlas or any matter shown thereon
except in conformity with the precedences act out in this Zoning
Ordinance. Any tmauthortzed ~hnnge of whatever kind by any person
or persona shall be considered n violation of this zoning ordinance
and punishable as provided by Section 18 of this Zoning Ordinance.
3.5 ~inal Authority aa to Zon~n8. Regardless of the existence of
purported copies of a~] or part of Lhe Official Zoning Atlas which
may from time to time be made or puhliahed, the Official Zoning
Atlas, ~hich shall be located in the office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court, shall be the fins! authority as to the current
zoning status o£ al! lands and ~atera in the unincorporated area of
the County.
3.6 Retention of Rarlter Zontn8 ~lal~a or Atlases. At] zoning maps or
atlasest or remaining portions thereof, which have had the force
and effect of eretria! zoning maps or atlases for Collier County
prior to the effective dale of adoption of thin Zoning Ordinance
shall be retained as a public record as a guide to the zoning
status of lands and waters prior to such date. Upon the date
adoption of this Zoning Ordinance, the Official Zoning AtLas
that date shall be microfilmed and such filmed record retained
permanently in a place separate from the original Atlas.
3.7 Replacement of Official Zonin& Atlas. If the Official Zoning
Atl·s~ or any page or portion therco~, becomes dsm·gedp lost~
deatroyed~ or difficult to interpret by reason of the nature or
amaber of ch·ngea~ the Board of County Commissioners may by resolu-
ties adopt · ae~ Of~iclal Zoning Atlas~ er any pale or pages there-
ef~ which shall supersede the prior Official Zoning Atlas er page
Or pages thereof. The new Official Zoninl Atlas! or page or pages
thereof~ may correct drafting or other errors or omtsatons ~n the
prior Official Zoning Atlas, or page or pages thereof, but no s,ch
correction shall have the effect of amending tho original Official
Zoning Atlast or page or pages thereof.
Irt in the process of adopting a replacement Official Zoning
ALlas~ or any page or pages thereof, district boundaries are
changed or altered, then acLiott in regard to such change of dis-
trLct boundaries shall be taken only on the form of an amendment to
this Zoning Ordinance.
The Official. Zoning Atlas) or portion thereof, shall be
thentlcated as for the original, with wording to the
effect: )'This is to certify that this Official Zoning Atlas (or
page or pages thereof) by Resolution No. ~ dated
replaced the Official Zoning Atlas (or page or pages thereof)
adopted an part of Ordinance No. of the
County of Collier, Florida."
Unless the prior Official Zoning Atlas has been lost) or has
been totally destroyed, the prior Atlas or any signifLcnnt parts
thereof rem=inteX shall be preserved as a public record, together
with ~ll available records pertaining to its adoptiot, or amendment.
SECTION 4. RULES FOR INTERPRETATION OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES:
&.l District Reaulation~ Extend to al! Portions of Districts Surrounded
bY Boundaries. Except as otherwise specifically provided) a dis-
trLct ay~bol or name shown within district boundaries on the
cial Zoning At]as indicates that district regulations pertaining to
the district extend throughout the whole area surrounded by the
boundary line.
4.2 Vhere uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts as shown
on the.Official .Zontn~ Atlas; the following rules shall apply:
a. Boundaries indicated aa approximately followin~ the center-
lines of dedicated streets~ highways! alleys~ or rights-of-way
shall be construed as following such centerline as they exgst
on the ground, except where variation of actual location from
mapped location would change the xonLng status of a lot or
parcel~ in which case the boundary shall be gnterpreted In
such a manner as to avoid changing the geeing status of any
lot er parcel. In case ~ · ·freer vacation, the boundary
shall be construed as remaining in its location except where
ownership of tile vacated street is divided other than at the
center, in which case the boundary shall be conatrt~cd ns
moving with the ownership.
b. Boundaries indicated as ~ppreximately followinS lot. lines~
public property lines~ and thy.like shall be construed as
following such lines; provided however, that where such boun-
daries are adjacent to a dedicated street, alley, highway, or
right-of-way and the zoning status of the street, highway,
alley, or right-of-way is n~t indicated, thc boundaries shall
be construed as running to the middle of the s~reet, highway,
alley, or right-of-way. In the event of street vacation,
interpretation shall be as provided in Section 4.2.a. above.
c. Boundaries indicated as.approximately fo~lowin8 City or County
limits shall be construed as following such City or County
limits.
d. Boundaries indicated as following railroad tracks shall be
construed as being midway between the main hracks.
e. Boundaries indicated as......followin8 mean high water lines or
center lines or streams~ canalst lakes~ or o~her bodies of .
water shall be construed as following such mean high water
lines or centeclines. In case of a change in mean high water
line, or of the course or extent of bodies of water, the
boundaries shall be cons:rued as moving with the change,
except where such moving would change the zoning status of a
lot or parcel; and in such case the boundary shall be inLer-
preted in such a manner as to avoid changin8 the zoning status
of any lot or parcel.
f. Boundaries indicated as enterin~ any body. of water but not
continutn8 to intersect with other zoning boundaries or with
the limits of ~urlsdiction of Collier County shall be con-
atrued as extending in the direction in which they enter the
body of water to intersection with other zoning boundaries or
with the limits o~ County Jurisdiction.
g. Boundaries indicated as following physical features other than
those listed above shall be construed aa ~ollowinx such physi-
cal ~eatures~ except where Yartatton o£ actual location ~rom
mapped location would change the xontnl status o~ · lot or
parcel, and in such manner as Co avoid changing Lite zoninR
status of any lot or parcel.
Boundaries indicated aa parallel to or extensions o£ features
indicated in Subparagraphs a. through g. above shall be con-
strued as being parallel to or extensions of such feature.
i. Distances not specifically indicated on the Official Zoning
Atlas shall be determined by the scale of the map on the page
of the Atlas showing the property in question.
4.3 Cases not covered by Section 4.2 above. In cases not covered by
Section 4.2 above, or where the property or street layout existing
on the ground is at variance with that shown on the Official Zoning
Atlas, the Zoning Director shall interpret the Official Zoning
Atlas in accord with the intcnt and purpose of this Zoning Ordi-
nance. Appeal from the interpretation of the Zoning Director shall
be only to the Board of Zoning Appeals in conformity with Section
11 of this Zoning Ordinance.
6.6 Division of a Lot of Record by a District Boundary. Where a dis-
trict boundary divides a lot of record at the time the boundary was
established, and where the division makes impractical the reason-
able use of the lot, the extension of the regulations for the front
lot may be permitted as a special exception for not to exceed fifty
(50) feet beyond the district line into the remaining portion of
the lot.
4.5 Continuity of Zonin8. In the event any unincorporated territory
within Collier County shall hereafter become incorporated, to
insure that there shall be no lapse of zoning, then, any and all
zoning regulations which may be in effect in such territory and
administered by the County shall remain in full force and effect
and shall continue to be administered and enforced by the County
under this Zonin8 Ordinance until such time as municipal zoning
within such territory shall be adopted and take effect.
SECTION 5. APPLICATION OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS:
The regulations herein set out within each district shall be minimum or
maximum limitations, aa the case may be, and shall apply uniformly to;
each class or kind of structure, uae, or land or water, except aa here-
inafter provided~ i
5.1 Zoning Affects Use or Occu~ancy~ No bullding~ structure, land, or
water mhell hereafter be umed or occupied, and no bulldin~ mtruc~
ture, or psrt thereof ahall hereafter be erected, constructed,
reconstructed, located, moved, or structurally alterorl except in
conformity with the regulations herein specified for the district
in which it ia located.
5.2 ZontnZ Affects Heizht of Structures~ ..Population Density,. Lot
~Overazet yards and Open Spaces. No building or structure shall
hereafter be erected or altered in, say manner contrary to the pro-
visions of this zoning ordinance, and especially:
a. To exceed height, bulk, or floor area;
b. To provide a greater number of dwelling units;
c. To provide less lot area per dwelling unit or to occupy a
smaller lot;
d. To occupy a greater percentage of lot area;
e. To provide narrower or smaller yards, courts, or other open
spaces;
f. To provide lesser separation between buildings or structures
or portion~ of buildings or structures.
5.3 Multiple Use of Required. Open Space Prohibited. No part of a
required yard or other required open space, or required off-street
parking or off-street loading space, provided in connection with
one building, structure, or use shall be included as meeting the
requirements for any other building, structure, or use, except
where specific provision is made in this Zoning Ordinance.
5.4 Reduction of Lot Area Prohibited. No lot, even though it may
consist of one or more adjacent lots of record, or yard existing at
the effective date of this Zoniug Ordinance shall thereafter be
reduced in size, dimension, or area below the minimum requirements
set out herein, except by reason of a portion being acquired for
public use in any manner including dedication, condemnation, pur-
chase and the like. Lots or yards created after the effective date
of this Zonin8 Ordinance shall meet at least the minimum require-
ments established herein.
SECTION 6. NON-CONFORHINO LOTS, NON-CONFORHING USES OF LAND OR
WATER~ NON-CONFORHING STRUCTL~ES, NON-CONFORMING USES OF
STRUCTURES AND PREMISESt AND NON-CONFORHING CHARACTERIS-
TICS OF USES:
lo Oeneral. ly~
a, Intent: Within the dLstrtcts established by this Zoning
Ordinance or amendments that may later he adopted there may
exist Iota, structures, uses of land or water and atructures
and, chsractertstics of uae which were lawful before this
Ordinance was adopted or smended, but which would be prohibi-
ted, regulated, or restricted under the terms of this Zoning
Ordinance or future amendments. It is the intent of this
Zoning Ordinance to permit these non-conformities to continue
until they are voluntarily removed or removed as required by
this Zoning Ordinance, but not to encourage their survival.
It is further the intent of this Zoning Ordinance that the
non-conformities shall not be enlarged upon, expanded, inten-
sified, or extended~ nor be used as grounds for adding other
structures or nses prohibited elsewhere in the same district.
b. Declaration: Non-conforming uses are declared by this Ordin-
ance to be incompatible with permitted uses in the districts
involved. A non-conforming uae of a structure, a non-conform-
ing use of land or water, or a non-conforming use of structure
and land or water in cumbination shall not be extended or
enlarged after the effective dale of this Zoning Ordinance or
relevant amendment thereto by a~tachment on a structure or
premises of additional signs intended Lo be seen from off the
premises, or by the addition of other uses of a nature which
would be prohibited generally in the district involved.
c. Vested ProJ.ctm: To avoid undue hardship, nothing in this
Zoning Ordinance shall be deemed to require a change in the
plans, construction, or designated use of any building or
property on which a building permit ]lad been applied for prior
to the effective date of adoption or relevant amendment of
this Zoning Ordinance.
In addition, nothing in this Zoning Ordinance shall be
deemed to require a change in the plans, construction, or
designated use of any property for which a Developmen~ Plan
was lawfully required and approved prior to the effective date
of adoption or relevant amendment of this Zoning Ordinance,
provided that such plan shall expire two years from the date
of said ~pproval, or one year from the date of adoption of
this Zoning Ordinance, whichever shall firat oeo,r, ii no
~lctual construction has been cnmmenced and therenfter all
development ehall be in accordance with the zoning regulations
then in effect. Any such approved pint or plan may be amended
by app,'oval of the Board of County Commissioners~ provided the
degree of' non-c6nformity with this Zoning Ordinance shall not
be increased.
6.2 Non-Conforming Lots Of Record: In any district any permitted or
permissible structure may be erected, expanded, or altered'on any
lot of record at the effective date of adoption or relevant amend-
ment to this Zoning Ordinance. The minimum width and minimum yard
requirements shall be as for the most similar district to which
such lot of record most closely conforms in the area, except when
specifically provided for in the district regulations, such aa RT
and
6.3 Non-Conformin8 Uses of Lands or Waters Or Structures Only: Where,
at the effective dale of adoption or relevant amendment of this
Zoning Ordinance, lawful u~e of lands or waters extmts which would
not be permitted under this Zoning Ordinance, tile use may be con-
tinued, so long as it remains otherwise lawful, provided:
a. Enlargement: IncreaseI Intensification~ Alteration: No such
non-conforming use shall be enlarged, intensified, increased,
or extended to occupy a greater area of land , structure, or
water than was occupied mt the effective date of adoption or
relevant amendment of this zoning ordinance.
b. Hovement: No such non-conforming use shall be moved in whole
or in part to any portion of the lot or parcel other than that
occupied by such use at the effective date of adoption or
relevant amendment of this zoning ordinance.
c. Discontinuance: If any such non-conforming use ceases for any
reason (except where governmental action impedes access to the
premises) for & period of more than ninety (90) con~eeutive
days, any $ubaequent use of l~nd sh~ll conform to the regula-
tions specified by this zoning ordinance for the district in
which such land ia located.
d. Subdivision or Structural Additions: No l~nd in non-conform-
ing use ~hall be subdivided, nor ah&ll &ny ltructurea be &dded
on such land except fo~ the purposes and in a manner conform-
tnB to the regulations for the district in which such land is
located; provided, however, that subdivision may be made which
does not increase the degree of non-conformity of the use.
e, Non-Conformities Not Involving the Use of a Principal Struc-
ture: Non-conformities not involving the use of a principal
structure, including, but not limited to, open storage, build-
ing supplies, vehicles, mobile homes, trailers, equipment anti
machinery storage, Junk yard, commercial animal yards and the
like, shall be discontinued within one (1) year of the effec-
tive date of this ordinance or relevant amendment of this
Zoning Ordinance.
6.& Extension of Use in B%,ilding HanifestlM Designed for Such Use
Any non-conforming use may be extended throughout any parts of a
building which were manifestly arrnnged or designed for such use at
the effective date of adoption or relevant amendment of this Zoning
Ordinance. Any non-conforming use which occt,pied a portion of a
building not originally designed or intended for such use shall not
be extended to any other part of the building. Non-conforming use
shall be extended to occupy any land outside the building, nor any
additional building on the same lot or parcel, not used for such
non-conforming use at the effective date of adoption or relevant
amendment of this Zoning Ordinance.
6.5 Cbar, ge in Tenancy or Ownership: There may be a change in tenancy,
ownership, or management of a non-conforming use provided there is
no change in the nature or character of such non-conforming use.
6.6 Change in Use: If no structural alterations are made, any non-
conforming use of a structure, or of a structure and premises in
combination may be changed to another non-conforming use of the
same character, or to a more restricted non-conforming use, pro-
vided the Board of Zoning Appeals, upon application to the Commu-
nity Development Administrator, shall find aftcr public notice and
hearini that the proposed use is equally or more appropriate to the
district than the existing non-conforming use a~d that the relation
of the structure to surroundin~ properties is such that adverse
effects on occupants and neiihborinE properties will not be sreater
than if the exiatin~ non-confor~inE use is continued, In per. it-
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ting such change, the Board of Zoning Appeals may requlr~ appropri-
ate conditions and safeguards in accordance with the intent and
purpose of this Zoning Ordinance.
6.7 Change to Conforming Use Requires Future Conformity With District
Regulations: Any structure, or structure and premises in combina-
tion, in or on which a non-conforming {~se is replaced by a per-
mitted uae shall thereafter conform to the regulations for the
district in which such structure is located, and the non-conforming
use shall not thereafter be resumed nor shall any other non-con-
forming use be permitted.
6.8 Casua~ Temporary~ or Illegal Use: The casual, temporary, or
illegal use of land or structures, or land and ~t~octures in com-
b~nntion, shall not be sufficient to establish the existence of a
non-conforming use or to create rights t~ the continuance of ouch
6.9 Uses Under Special Exccptton Provisions Not Non-Conforming Uses:
Any use which is permitted aa a Special Exception in a dimtrict
under thc terms of this Zoning Ordinance shall not be deemed a
non-conforming use in such district, but shall without further
action be deemed a conforming use in such distrJct.
6.10 Non-Conforming Structures: Where a structure exists lawfully under
this ZoninR Ordinance aL the effective date of its adoption or
relevant, amendment that could hal be built under this Zoning Ordin-
ance by reason of restr{ctiona on lot area, lot coverage, height,
yards, location on the lot, or requirements other than use concern-
Jn8 the strucLure, such structure may be conttnued so long as it
remains otherwise lawful, aub~ect to the following provisions:
a. Nm such non-conforming structure may be enlarged or altered in
a way which increases its non-conformity, b~L any structure or
portion thereof may be altered to decrease its non-conformity;
b. Should much non-conforming structure or non-conforming portion
of structure be destroyed by any means to an extent of more
than fifty (50) percent of ira actual replacement coat a: time
of destruction, as determ{ned by & coat-estimate submitted to
the Zoning Director, it shall not be reconstructed except in
conformity with provisions of this Zonin~ Ordinance.
Notw{thstandin{ the foregoin~ restrictions aa to recon-
struction, any residential mtructure or a:ructurem in any
residential zone district may be rebuilt after destrtiction to
the prior extent, height and density of units per acre ~egard-
leas of the percentage of destruction. In tile event of such
rebuilding, all setbacks and other applicable district
quirements shall be met unless a variance therefore is ob-
tained from tbs Board of Zoning Appeals. For the purpose of
this Section, a hotel, motel, or boatel shall be considered to
be a residential structure.
c. Should such structure be moved for any reason for any distance
whatever, other than aa a result of governmental action, it
shall thereafter conform to tile regulationa for the district
in which it is located after it is moved.
6.11 Improvements or Additions to Non-Conforming Mobile Homes:
Improvements or additions to non-conformi~g mobile homes containing
conforming uses, in the A-Agricultural Districts only, shall be
permitted if the addition or improvement complies fully with the
setback and other applicable regulations.
6.12 Destruction of Halor Structure or Structures: When non-conforming
use status applies to a major structure or structures, or to a
raajor structure or structures and premises in combination, removal
or destruction of the structure or structures shall eliminate the
non-conforming status of the land, "Destruction" of the structure
for purposes of this subsection is hereby defined as damage to an
extent of more than ¢tfty (SO) percent of tile replscement cost at
the time of the destruction. Upon removal or destruction as set
out In this paragraph, th~ .~e of land and structures shall there-
fore conform to the regulatlons for tile district in which such land
is located.
6.13 Repairs and Haintenance: On any non-conforming structure or por-
tion of a structure and on any structure cont$ining a non-conform-
ing use, work may be done in any period of twelve (12) consecutive
months on ordinary repairs, or on repair or replacement of non-
bearing walls, fixtures, wiring, or plumbing to an extent not
exceeding twenty (20) percent of the current assessed vajustion of
the structure (or of the non-conforming portion of the structure if
a non-conforming portion of a structure is involved), provided that
the cubic content of the structure existin~ at the date it becomes
non-conforminl shall not be incre&sed.
6.14 Non-Conformin& Structures Unsafe Because of Lack of Hatotenance:
If a {:on-conforming structure or portion of n structure, or any
structure containing a non-conforming {{se, becomes physically
unsafe or unlawfu] due to lack of repairs or maintenance, and is
declared by the duly authorized official of Collier County to be
unsafe or unlawful by reason of physical condition, it shall not
thereafter be restored, repaired, or rebuilt except in conformity
with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
6.15 Non-Conformin$ Structures Unsafe for Reasons Other than Lack of
Haintenance: If a non-conforming structure or portion of a struc-
ture, or any structure containing a non-conforming use, becomes
physically unsafe or unlawful for reasons other than ]ack of re-
pairs or maintenance, nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
prevent the strengthening or restoring to a safe condition of such
building or part thereof declared to be unsafe by the authorized
official of Collier County charged with protecting the public
safety; provided, however, that where such unsafeness or unlawful-
ness is the result of damage from destruction, the percentage of
damage limitations set out in Section 6.10.b. or 6.12, as the case
may be, shall apply.
SECTION 7. SCHEDULE OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS
7.1 General. District Regnlations shall be as set out in the Schedule
of District Regulations, hereby declared to be a part of this
Zoning Ordinance, or as provided in Section 8 of this Zoning Ordi-
nance entitled "Supplementary District Regulations:, or aa other-
wise provided in this Zoning Ordinance. The Official Schedule of
District Regulations is subject to amendment in the same manner as
any other portion of this Zoning Ordinance.
7.2 Districts. Districts aa shown on the Official Schedule of District
Regulations and as delineated on the Official Zoning Atlas, are aa
follows with titles and abbreviations for symbol purposes as indi-
cated:
GC
RO
A-I
A-2
Golf Course Diatrict
Recreation and Open Space District
Agriculture District
Rural Agriculture District
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E
RSF-1
RSF-2
RSF-3
RSF-4
RSF-5
RMF-6
RMF- 12
RMF- 16
RT
VR
MHSD
HHRP
TTRVC
C-I
C-2
C-3
C-4
C-5
IL
PUD
Estate District
Residential Single-Family District
Residential Single-Family District
Residential Single-Family District
Residential Single-Fsmily District
Residential Single-Family District
Residential Multiple-Family D/strict
Residential Multiple-Family District
Res/dent/al Multiple-Family District
Residential Tourist District
Village Residential District
Hobile Home Subdtvtsio,, District
Mobile Home Rental Park District
Trmvel Trailer-Recreational Vehicle Campground
District
Commercial Professional District
Commercial Convenience District
Commercial Intermediate District
Commercia! General District
Commercial Industrial District
Industrial, Light District
Industrial District
Planned Unit Development District
7.3 Dcfinitions of Groupings of Various Districts:
a. Where the phrases "agricultural districts", "zoned agricultur-
al'', "agriculturally zoned", "~grlcultural zoning", "rural
zoning" or phraseology of similar intent, are used in this
zoning ordinance, the phrases shall be construed to include:
A-l, A-2, and E.
b. Where the phrases "all residential districts", "residential
districts", zoned residentially", or "residentially zoned", or
phraseology of similar intent, are used in this Zoning Ordin-
ance, the phrases shall be construed to include the following
districts: RSF-I, RSF-2, RSF-3, RSF-4, RSF-5, RMF-6, RHF-12,
R~F-16, RT, ~P and
c. Where the phrases "¢on~ercial districts", "zoned commercial-
ly", "commercially zoned", "commercial zoning", or phraseology
of similar intent, are used in this ~oning Ordinance, the
phrases shall be construed to include: C-l, C-2, C-3, C-4
C-5, and TTRVC.
d. Where the phrases "industrial districts", "zone<! industrial-
ly'', industrially zoned", "industrial zoning", or phraseology
of similar intent, are used in this Zoning Ordinance, the
phrases shall be construed to include: C-5, IL and I.
;.4 Unauthorized Changes Prohibited. No changes of any nature shall be
made in the Official Schedule of District Regulations or any matter
shown thereon except in conformity with this Zoning Ordinance. Any
unauthorized change of whatever kind by any person or persons shall
be considered a violation of this Zoning Ordinance and punishable
as provided by Section 18 of .his Zoning Ordinance.
7.5 Final Authority of Official Schedule. Regardless of the existence
uf purported copies of all or part nf the Official Schedule of
District Regulations which may from time to time be published or
reproduced, the Official Schedule of District Regulations which
shall be located in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
shall be tbs final authority as to the various zoning districts
herein established.
7.6 GC - GOLF COURSE DISTRICT
a. District Purpose. The provisions of this district are inten-
ded to apply to arena developed into golf courses and normal
accessory uses of golf courses, including some uses of a
co~nercia 1 nature.
b. Permitted Uses and Structures. No building or structure, or
part. thereof, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or
water used~ in whole or in part, for other than the following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures. Golf Courses.
2) Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures:
(a) Clubhouses, pro-shop, practice driving rang~ and
other customary accessory uses of golf courses, or
other recreational facilities.
(b) Small commercial establishments, including gift
shops, golf .equipment sales, reataurant~, cocktail
lounges, and similar uses, Intended to exclusively
serve patrons of the golf course or other permitted
recre&tionsl facilities, subject to the provisions
of Section 8.11 of this Ordinance,
(c) Shuffleboard courts, tennis conrts0 swimming pools,
and other types of facilities intended for outdoor
recreation.
(d) Signs as permitted in Section g.31 of this Ordln-
snce,
(e) A maximum of two (2) residential units in conjunc-
tion with the operation of the golf coarse as deter-
mined to be compatible with the adjacent zoning ss
determined by the Zoning Director.
c. Plan Approval Requirements. Plans for tile golf course and all
accessory uses shall t)e submitted to tile Director who will
review these plans and approve ~heir construction. All con-
struction shall be in accordance with thc approved plans and
specifications. The perimeter boundaries of Such plans shall
be recorded in tile same manner as a subdivision plat.
1) General Requirements:
(al Overall site design shall be harmonious in terms of
landscaping, enclosure of structures, location of
access streets and parking areas and location and
treatment of huller ~reas.
(b) Buildings shall be set back a minimum of fifty (50)
feet from abutting residential districts and the
setback area shall be appropriately landscaped and
maintained to act as a huller zone.
(c) Lighting facilities shall be orranged in a manner
which will prntect rosdways and neighboring proper-
ties from direct glare or other interference.
(d) A site plan shall be provided ~howing pertinent
structure locations.
d. Maximum t{ei~ht. Thirty-five (35) feet above thc finished
grade of the lot within 150 feet of any district restricted to
thirty (30) feet or less in height, and forty-five (45) feet
elsewhere within the district.
In order to comply with the minimum flood elevation
requirements, the maximum height of a structure shall be
measured from the minimum base flood elevation required by the
Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance.
e. Minimum Off-Street Parkin~ - See Section
f. S~ns: See Section 8,31,
7.7 RO - Recreation and Open Space District:
a. District Purpose: This district is designed to apply to are.s
which provide natural or man-made recreation and other open
space lands and facilities which provide public or special
group recreation, education, entertainment and relaxation.
Such lands and facilities may be provided through public,
private, commercial or special group sponsorship. It is thc
intent of this district to implement the Comprehensive Plan
wiLhtn any category shown on the Land Use Pla6 which meets the
overall purpose of this district.
b. Uses and Structures: No building or structure or part there-
of, shaI] be erected, altered, or used, or land or water
used, in whole or in part for other than thc following:
l) Permitted Princ~l)al Uses and Structures:
(a) ['arks and playgrounds.
(b) BikinR, hiking, canoeing, and nature trails.
(c) Equestrian paths.
(d) Nature preserves and wildlife sanctuaries.
(e) Any other open space activity which is comparable in
nature with the foregoing uses and which the Zoning
Director determines to be compatible in the dis-
trict.
2) Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures: Accessory uses
and structures customarily associated with tile uses
permitted in this district.
(a) Customary accessory uses of recreational facilities.
3) Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures:
(a) Public swimming pools.
(b) Marinas and boat ramps.
(c) Community centers.
(d) Amphitheatre.
(e) Shooting range.
(f) Race track,
(g) Driving range.
(h) Miniature golf course.
(ilArchery ranRcs,
Water ski jumps.
(k)Tennis facilities.
(1) Zoo, sea aquarium, aviary, botanical garden, or
other similar uses.
Restaurant in conjunction with recreational activi-
ty.
(n> ?rivate clubs and yacht clubs and related facilities
of a non-commercial nature, such as boat ramps,
dockn, restaurant, cocktail lounge and limited
ovQrnight lodging rooms for persons arriving by
yacht and docking aC the club, provided such facili-
ties are used exclusively by the members of the club
and their invitecs.
(o) Sports facilities.
(p) Any other recreational use which is comparable in
nature with the foregoing uses and which the Zoning
D£rector determines to be compatible in the dis-
trict.
4) Prohibited Use~ and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, or by reasonable implication, permissible
herein or permissible by special exception, except new
~nd unusual uses directly related to and subordinate to
the recreational open space uses, The applicant shall
have the affirmative burden of establishing said intent.
Development Standards:
1) Hinimum Lot Area: 2~ acres unless otherwise approved
during Development Plan review.
2) HinJmum Lot Width: 150 feet unless otherwise approved
during Development Plan review.
3) Yard Re~uirements for Structures: Unless otherwise
approved during Development Plan review:
(al Front Yard:
(b) Side Yard:
(c) Rear Yard:
Fifty (50) feet.
Thirty (30) feet.
Fifty (50) feet.
~,gxtmum Height of Structures: 35 Eeet unless
approved during Development Plan review.
d. Silins: As permitted in Section 8.31.
e. Hinimum Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loading Require
meats: Aa Required in Section g.
f. Hi nisus .Landscaping Requirements: As required in l;cction
8.30.
g. Development Plan Approval: Development Plan review required
for all uses - See Section 10.5.
7.8 A-1 - A~ricultural District:
a. District Purpose: The A-I District is intended to apply to
those areas, the present or prospective use of which is pri-
marily agricultural, pastoral or rural in nature. This dis-
trict is designed to accommodate traditional agricultural
uses, and conservation measnres where appropriate, while
protecting tile rural areas of the County. The regulations iu
this district are intended to permit a reasonable use of the
property, while at the same time prevent tile creation of
conditions which would seriously endanger, damage, or destroy
thc agricultural base of tile County, or environmental re-
sources of Collier County, the potable water supply, or the
wildlife resources of the County. It is the intent of this
district to implement tile Comprehensive Plan within, but not
necessarily limited to those areas of Collier County shown as
agriculture on the Laud Use Plan.
b. Uses and Structures: No building or structure, or part there-
of, shall be erected~ altered or used, or land or water used,
in whole or in part, for o[her than Lhe following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(a) Agricultural activities, such as field crops, horti-
culture, fruit and nut production, forestry, ranch-
ing, bee-keeping, poultry and egg production, milk
production, animal breeding, raising, training,
stabling or kenneling.
(b) 0tl and gas exploration and drilling (sub~ect to
State drilling permit).
2) Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures:
(a) Single-family dwellings.
(b) Accessory uses and structures which are incidental
to and customarily associited with uses permitted in
the district.
(c) Mobile home.
(,1) Private heat houses and docks, with or without heat
hoists, on lake, canal or waterway lots.
(e) Farm labor housing subject to Section 9.3.
(f) On site retail sales of farm products primarily
grown on the farm.
Permitted Provisional Uses anti Structures:
(a) AquaculLure and mariculturc.
(b) Hunting cabins, subject to all building codes and
permits.
(c) Extraction and related processing and production.
(d) Private landing strips for general aviation.
Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, provisionally or by reasonable implication
permitted herein.
c. Development Standards:
1) Minimum Lot Areas: All permitted uses or special excep-
tions unless otherwise specified: 5 acres.
2) Minimum Lot Width: Three hundrcd (300) feet.
3) Minimum Yard Requirements:
(a) Front Yard:
(b) Side Yard:
(c) Rear Yard:
Seventy-five (75) feet.
Ten (10%) percent of the width of the
lot, not to exceed a maximum require-
ment of fifty (50) feet.
Seventy-five (75] feeL.
4) Haximum }leiBh~ of Structures: Thirty (30) feet.
5) Maximum Density: One dwelling unit per five (5) acres.
d. Minimum Off-SLreet Parking: None, unless otherwise specified
within this Ordinance.
e. Signs: As permitted in Section 8.
7.9 A-2 - Rural A~riculture District:
a. District Purpose: The A-2 Rural Agriculture District is
intended to apply to those areas, the present or prospective
use of which is directly related to agriculture, pastorsl or
rural in nature. The district is designed to sccommodate
traditional agriculture, agricultural related activities and
facilities, support facilities related to rural needs and
conservation measures. The regulations in this district ere
in&ended t.o permit a reasonable use of the properly, while nL
the same time prevent &tie creation of conditions which would
seriously deplete, endanger, damage, or destroy the agri-
cultural or environmental resources of Collier CouIICy~
potable water supply or wildlife resources of the County.
is the intent of this district to retain and encourage agri-
culture and agriculCural related activities and facilities in
accordance ~ith the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan, and
to implement ~he Comprehensive Plan ~ithin, but not neces-
sarily limited :o those areas of Collier County shown as
agriculture on Cbc Land Use Plan.
Uses and Structures:
1) Permitted Princ~nl Uaeo:
(a) Single-family dwellings and mobile homes.
(b) Agricultural activities, such as field crops, horti-
culcure~ ~rui~ and nut production, fores:fy, ranch-
lng, bee-keeping~ poultry and egg production, milk
production, animal breeding, raising, training,
stabling or kenneling.
(c) ~tldlife management areas, plant and ~ildlife con-
serva~lcies~ refuges and sanctuaries.
(d) ~olesale plank nurseries and recall sales
include the sale of garden supplies).
(e) Any use clearly in:ended as a measure of conserva-
tion.
(f) Oil and gas exploraCion and drilling (subject
S~a:e drilling permit).
2) Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures:
(a) Accessory uses and structures which are incidental
to and customarily associated ~tth the us~s permiL-
ted in the district.
(b) Fa~ labor housing aubjecc ~o Sec:ion 9.3.
(c) On-sire retail sales of farm products primarily
grown on the farm.
(d) Gues~ house (subject to Section 8.38).
3) Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures:
(a) ExCraction and related proceslin[ and production.
4)
(b) Earth mining and related processing,
(c) Churches and places of worship,
Cd) Private landing strips for general aviation,
(e) Sawmills, provided that no sawmill shall be located
clo~er than 1,000 feet from any County, State or
Federal property or highway right-of-way.
(f) Cemeteries.
(g) Sport race tracks and arenas,
(h) Zoo, aquarium, aviary, botanical garden, or other
similar use.
(i) Communication towers, provided that no commuuication
tower shall be located closer than one-half (~) the
height of the tower plus ten (I0) feet from any
County, State or Federal property or highway right-
of-way.
(j) Public, private and parochial school or college
having a conventional academic curriculum. (See
Section 8.11)
(k) ltunting cabin, subject to all building codes and
permits.
(1) Child care centers.
Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, orovisionally, or by reasonable implication
permitted herein.
Devel.0pment Standards:
1) Minimum Lot Area:
2)
~)
All permitted uses and special excep-
tions, unless otherwise specified: 5 acres.
~linimum Lot Width: One hundred sixty-five (165) feet.
Minimum Yard Requirement:
(a) Front Yard:
(b) Side Yard:
(c) Rear Yard:
Fffty (50) feet.
Thirty (30) feet.
Fifty (50) feet.
4) Maximum Height of Structures: Thirty (30) feet, except
for accessory structures such as silos.
5) Haximum Density: One dwelling unit per five (5) acres.
6) Minimum Floor Area: 550 square feet,
Minimum Off=Street Parkinl: As required in Section 8,
e. S~igns: As permitted in Section 8.31.
7.10 E - £stnLes District:
a,
District Purpose: The provisions of this district are inten-
ded to apply to an area of low density residences in a semi-
rural to rural environment, permitting nil necessary residen-
tial activities and limited agricultural activities. The
district is designed to accommodate certain structures and
uses subject to restrictions and requirements necessary to
preserve and protect the low density residential, semi-rural
and rural environment character of the district. It is the
intent of this district to implement the Comprehensive Plan
within, but not necessarily limited to those areas of Collier
County shown as Low Density on the Land Use Plan.
Uses and Structures: No building or structure, or part there-
of, shall he erected, altered or nsed, or land or water used,
in whole or part, for other than the following:
2)
Permitted Principal Uses and Structures: Single-family
dwellings.
Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures:
ia) Accessory uses and structures which are incidental
to and customarily associated with the uses permit-
ted in the district.
(b) Field crops raised for cousumption of the people
residing on the land.
(c) Keeping of fowl or poultry not to exceed twenty-five
(25) in total number provided such fowl or poultry
are kept in an enclosure located thrity (30) feet or
more from any lot line and at least one hundred
(100) feet from any existing residence located in
adjacent porperty.
id) Keeping of horses and/or livestock (excluding pigs
and hogs) not to exceed two (2) per acre. Any
roofed structure for the shelter and feeding of such
animals shall be no less than twenty (20) feet from
any lot line or no closer than one hundred (100)
feet to any existing residence located on'adJacent
property. No open feed lot for animals shall be
permitted.
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(c) One guest house (Subject to Section ~.:~8).
3) Permitted l'rovisionnl Uses and Str~ct~res:
(a) Churches and other places of worship.
(b) Public, private and parochial schools and colleges
having a conventional academic curriculum.
(c) Recreational facilities not accessory to principal
USe.
(d) Social and fraternal organizations. (Subject to
Section 8,11)
(e) Owner occupied child care centers (Subject to Sec-
Lion 8.48), convalescent homes, hospices, rest
homes, homes for the aged, adult foster homes,
children's homes and rehabilitation centers.
4) Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, provisionally, or by reasonable implication
permitted herein, or permissible by special exception.
Development Standards:
1) Minimum Loc Area: Two and one-quarter (2~) ~cres.
2) Minimum Lot Width: One hundred filly (150) feet.
3) Hinimum Yard Requirements:
(a) Front Yard: Sev.~,ty-five (75) feet.
(b) Side Yard: Ten (10%) percent of tho width of the
lot noL ~o exceed a maximum require-
men/ of thirty (30) feet.
(c) Rear Yard: Seventy-five (75) feet.
4) Haximum ]{eight of Strt,cLures: Thirty (30) feeL.
5) ~laximum Density_~_ One (l) dwelling unit per two and
one-quarter (2%) acres.
6) Minimum Floor Area: 750 square feet.
Signs: As permitted In Section 8.31.
Minimum Off-Street Parking: As required in Section 8.
Non-conformin~ Lots of Record on the Corner of Two {2) County
Streets: Any non-conforming corner lot of record which abuts
two (2) County streets shall have the front yard with the
longest street frontage setback S minimum of twenty-five (25')
feet from the easement or right-of-way line. The front yard
with the shortest street frontaRe shall require the 75 feet
frontage yard setback.
7.11RSF -,,Re$~dential~ Single-Family District:
a. District Purpose: These districts are ?ntomded to apply to
areas of single-family residences which conform to the Collier
County Building Code and low dwelling unit intensity. Varia-
tion among the RSF-1, RSF-2, RSF-3, RSF-4 and RSF-5 districts
is in requirements of lot area, lot width and minimum yards.
Certain structures and uses designed to serve governmental,
educational, religious, non-commercial recreational, and other
immediate needs of such areas are permitted or are permissible
as special exceptions within such districts, subject to re-
strictions and requirements necessary to preserve and protect
their single-family residential character. It is the intent
of these districts to implement the Comprehensive Plan within,
but not necessarily limited to those areas of Collier County
shown as low, low to medium and medium residential densities
on the Land Use Plan.
b. Uses and Structures: No build{ag or structure, or part there-
of, shall be erected, altered, or used, or land or water used,
in whole or in part, for other than the following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(a) Single-family dwellings.
(b) Public parks, public playgrounds, public playf~elds,
and commonly owned open space. (Subject to Section
2) Permitted Accessor~ Uses and Structures:
(a) Private best houses and docks. (Subject to Section
g.46)
(b) Customary accessory uses and structures, including
private garages.
(c) One (l) guest houae (Subject to Scction 8.)8).
3) Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures:
(a) Non-commercial boat launching facilities, and multi-
ple docking areas,
(b) Recreational facilities not accesso~ to principal
(c) Churches.
(d) Public, private, parochl&l schools.
(e} Owner occupied child care centers. (S.bject to
Section 8,48)
(f) Rest homes, homes for the aged, adulL foster homes,
hospices, children's homes, rehabLlitaLion centers.
(8) Group housing, patio housing and cjuster housing.
4) Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, provisionally or by reasonable implication
permitted herein.
Development Standards:
2)
1) Minimum Lot Area: RSF-1
RSF-2
RSF-3
RSF-4
RSF-5
Minimum Lot Width: RSF-1
RSF-2
RSF-3
3)
RSF-4
RSF-5
43,560 square feet.
20,000 square feet.
10,000 square feet.
7,500 square feet.
6,000 square feet.
150 feet.
120 feet.
Corner Lots - 95 feet.
Interior Lots 80 feet.
Corner Lots - 75 feet.
Interior Lots 70 feet.
Corner Lots - 75 feet.
Interior Lots 60 feet.
Minimum Yard Requirements:
RSF-I RSF-2 RSF-3
(a) Front Yard: 50 ft. 40 ft. 30 ft.
(b) Side Yard: 30 ft. 20 ft. 7% ft.
(c) Rear Yard: 50 ft. 30 ft. 25 ft.
RSF-4 RSF-5
25 ft. 25 ft.
7% ft. 7% ft.
25 ft. 20 ft.
6) Minimum Floor Area: One Story
RSF-1 & 2 1,500 square ft.
(d) Accessory Structure Yard: See Section 8.2.
4) Maximum Hei&ht: For all RSF - Residential, Single-Family
Districts.
(a) Principal Structures: 30'.
(b) Accessory Structures: 20'.
5) Maximum Density: For all RSF - Residential Single-family
Districts.
(a) One (I) dwelling unit per lot.
Two Story
1,800 square
RSF-3 1,000 aquare ft,
RSF-4 800 square ft.
RSF-S 600 square f:.
S[gns: As permitted in Section 8.31.
1,200 ~;quare ft.
1,200 square ft.
RO0 square it.
e. Hinimum Off-Street Parking: As required in Section 8.
7.12 RMF-6 - Residential Multi-Family District:
a. District Purpose: The provisions of this district are inten-
ded to apply to an area of single family, two family and
multi-family residences having a low profile silhouette and
surrounded by open space and being so situated that it is
well-served by public and commercial services and has direct
or convenient access to thoroughfares and collector streets.
It is the intent of this district to implement the Comprehen-
sive Plan within, but not necessarily limited to those areas
of Collier County shown ns medium density residential areas on
the Land Use Plan.
b. Uses and Structnres: No building or structure, or part there-
of, shall he erected, altered or used, or land or water used~
in whole or in part, for other than the following:
l) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(a) Single-family dwellings.
(b) Two-f,mi]y dwellings.
(c) Hulti-family dwellings.
(d) Clnster housing, troop housing or patio housing.
(Development Plan approval - Subject to Section
~o.5)
2) Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures:
(a) Customary accessory uses and structures.
(b) Private boat houses and docks. (Subject to Section
8.46)
3) Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures:
(a) Churches.
(b) Schools
(c) Owner occupied child care centers. (Subject to
Section
(d) Civic and cultural facilities.
(e) Recreational facilities not sccessory to princlp&l
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(f) Rear homes, homes for the aged, adult foster homes,
hospices, children's homes, rehabilitation ccnLers.
(g) Non-commerciat boat launching facilities.
4) Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any ~se or structure not
specifically, provisionally or by reasonable implication
permitted herein.
c. Development Standards:
1) Minimum Lot Area: 7,260 square feet for each dwelling
unit.
2) Minimum Lot Width: 100 feet.
3) Minimum Yard Requirements:
(a) Front Yard: Thirty-five (35) feet.
(b) Side Yard: Fifteen (15) feet.
(c) Rear Yard: Thirty (30) feet.
4) Haximum Ifeight of Structures: Three (3) habitable
stories.
5) Haxim.m Density: Six (6) dwelling units per acre; also,
see Section 9 for transfer of development rights.
6) Distance Between Structures: Thirty (30) feet or one-
half (~) the sum of the heights of the adjacent struc-
tures, whichever ia greater.
7) Development Standards for Non-Conforming I.ots of Record:
(a) Single-family dwellings, in conformance with the
developme~t standards of the RSF-5 district.
(b) Multi-family dwellings, in ~onformance with the
development standards of the RHF-6 district; except
non-conforming lots of record need 6,500 square feet
for each dwelling unit as the minimum lot area; and
further providing that when calculating the density
on these nonconforming lots, a fractional unit of
.50 or greater of a unit shall entitle the applicant
to an additional unit.
8) Minimum Floor Area: 750 square feet.
d. Si&nat As permitted in Section 8.31.
e. Minimum Off-Street Parking: As required in Section 8.
7.13 ~IF-12 - Residential Multi-Family District:
a. District Purpose: The provisions of this district are inten-
ded to apply to an are~ oi eultl-~amlly residence~ having ·
midrise profile silhouette and generally surroonded by low
profile struct.res and open apace and so situated that i& ia
well-served by public and commercial services and has direct
or convenient access to thoroughfares and collector streets.
The intent of this district is to implement the Comprehensive
Plan within, but not necessarily l£mLted to those areas of
Collier County shown as medium to high density residential on
the Land Use Plan.
Uses and Structnres: No building or structure~ or part there-
of, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water
in whole or in part, for other titan the following:
Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(a) Hulti-family dwellings.
(b) Group I[oustng, cjuster housing or patio housing
(Development Plan approvn! required - See Section
(c) To.hbo.scs (Development Plan Approval req,.~red - See
Section 10.5)
2) Pcr~tttcd Accessor~ Uses and Structures:
(a) Customary accessory uses and structures.
(b) Private boat houses and docks. (Subject to Section
3) Permitted Provisional Uses nnd Structures:
ia) Single-family dwellings.
(b) Two-family dwellings.
(c) Churches, public, privatet parochial schools and
child care centers.
id) Civic and cultural facilities.
(e) Recreational facilities not accessory to principal
if) Rest homes, homes for the aged, adult foster homes,
children~s homes, rehabilitation centers, hospices.
(g) Non-coneercial boa~ launching facilities.
ih) Hulti-family dwellings up to ~ 5, and 6 stories.
Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically! provisionally or by reasonable implication
permitted herein.
Development Standards:
i) Minimum Lot Area: One (1) acre.
2) Minimum Lot Width: 150 feet.
3) Minimum Yard Requirements:
ia) Front Yard: Thirty (30) feet phis one (1) foot for
each two (2) feet of building height over thirty
(30) feet.
(b) Side Yard: Fifteen (15) feet plus one (1) foot for
each two (2) feet of building height over thirty
(30) feet.
(c) Rear Yard: Thirty (30) feet plus one (1) foot for
each two (2) feet of building height over thirty
(30) feet,
4) Haximum Height of Structures: Three (3) sLories
S) Maxtmum Density: Twelve (12) units per acre; also see
SecLion 9.1.h. for transfer of development rights.
6) Distance Between Structures: The distance between any
two (2) principal structures on the same parcel shall be
fifteen (15) feet or a distance equal to one-half (~) the
sum of their heights, whichever is greater.
7) Minimum Floor Area: 750 square feet.
d. Signs: As permitted in Section 8.31.
e. Minimum Off-Street ParkinRi As required in Section 8,
7.14 RHF-16 - Residential Multi-Family District:
a. DistricL Purpose: The provisions of thie district are inten-
ded to apply to an area of medium to high density residences
surrounded by open space and being so situated that it is
well-served by public and commercial services and has direct
or convenient access to thoroughfares and collector streets.
The intent of this district is to implement the Comprehensive
Plan within, but not necessarily limited to those areas of
Collier County shown as medium to high density residential on
the Land Use Plan.
b. Uses and Structures: No building or structure, or part there-
of, shall be erected, altered, or used, or land or water used,
in whole or in part, for other than the following:
1) PermJtted Principal Uses arid Struct~res:
(a) ~lulti- family dwellings.
(b) Group housing, patio housing and cjuster housing.
(Development Plan approval required - See Section
10.5)
(c) Townhouses (Development Plan Approval required -See
Section 10.5)
2) Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures:
(a) Customary accessory uses and s~ructures.
(b) Private boa~ houses and docks. (Subject to Section
~) Permitted Provisional Uses and S~ructures:
(a) Churches, may incl~lde child care centers.
(b) Child care cen~ers.
(c) Civic and cultural facili~ies.
(d) Recreational facilities no~ accessory ~o principal
I1~(' .
(c)Non-commercial boa~ launching facilities.
~f}Schools.
Prohibi~ed Uses nnd Structures: Any i~se or structure no~
speciflcnlly, provisionally or by reasonable in,plication
permitted herein.
Developmcn~ S~ndards:
1) Hinimum Lot Area: One (1) acre.
2) Hinimum Lot ~idth: 150 fee~.
3) Hinimum Yard Requir~ments: All building line se~back~
shall be computed by ~he following formula:
55~ of ~he building hetgh~ ~ith a minimum of 20'.
~) Haxtmum Ilei~ht of Structures: Ten (10) stories or 100
feet. ~hichever is grea~er.
Haximum Density: ~ixteen (16) d~elling units per acre;
also see Section 9.lb for ~ransfer of developmen~ righ~.
Distance Between Structures: Between any ~wo (2) princi-
pal structures on th~ same p~rcel there shall be provided
a distance equ~l to one-half (~) the ~ of their
heights.
7) Hlnimum Floor Are~: 750 squ~re
s)
6)
Si_Jjin~s.' As permitted in Section 8.31.
Hinimum Off-Street Parking.' As required in Section
Hinimum LandscapinR Requirements: See Section 8.30.
7.15 RT - Residential Tourist District:
District Purpose: The RT Residential Tourist District is
intended to provide for tourist accommodations and supporting
facilities and multiple-family dwellings. This district is
not designed to serve all the potential needs of tourists, but
rather to provide those goods and services tourists normally
require, aside from automotive oriented services which are not
permitted in this district. Depending upon location, it is
generally intended to utilize this district within, but not
necessarily limited to those areas of Collier County which
comply with the policies and objectives of the Comprehensive
Plan.
Uses and Structures: No building or ~tructure or part there-
of, shall he erected, altered or used, or land or water used,
in whole or in part, for other than the following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(a) Hulti-family dwellings.
(b) Hotels, motels, apartment hotels - not exceeding
100'.
(c)Time sharing facilities.
2) Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures:
(a) Customary accessory uses and structure~.
(b) Shops, personal service establishments, eating or
drinking establishments, dancing and staged enter-
tainment facilities, meeting rooms and auditoriums,
where such uses are an integral part of an apartment
hotel, hotel or motel.
(c) Private bo~t houses and docks. (See Section 8.46)
3) Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures:
(s) Churches and other places of worship.
(b) Harinas.
(c) Fraternal and social clubs. (See Section 8.11)
(d) Recreational facilities and clubs not accessory to
principal use.
(e) Restsurants (see Definitions, Section 20), but not
drive-in or fast- food reataurant,~. (,See Section
8.1~)
(f) Non-commercial boat. Isunch~Lng facilities.
(g) Hotel and motel up to 125 ~eet in height.
4) Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, l)rovlslonally or by reasonable implication
permitted herein.
Development Standards:
1) Minimum Lot Area: One (1) acre.
2) Hinimum Lot Width: 150 feet, provided that non-conform-
ing lots of record sh~ll be required to meet the yard
requirements listed below,
3) Hinimum Yard Reqt~irements:
All building line setbacks shall be computed by the
following formula:
55'I of the building height with a minimum of 20
feet.
4) Maximum Height: Ten (10) stories or 100 feet whichever
is greater.
5) Haximum Density Permitted:
The maximum density for transient hotel and motel units
shall be twenty-six (26) dwelling units per acre; time
share facilities and multi-family dwelling units shall be
sixteen (16) dwelling units per acre. Also sec Section
9.1.h. for transfer of development rights.
6) Distance Between Structures: Between any two (2) princi-
pal buildings on the same parcel, there shall be provided
a distance equal to one-half (~) of the sum of their
heights.
7) Floor Area Requirements:
(a) 500 square feet minim~ for multi-family and time
share facilities.
(b) 300 square feet minima with · 500 square foot
maxim~ for hotels and motels except that 20~ of the
total units may be utilized for suites or pent-
houses,
d, Signs= As permitted in Section 8.31.
e. Hinimum Off-Street Parking nnd Off-Street I, ondln~ Require
manta: As required in Section 8.
f. Hinimum Landscaptn8 RequiremeuL~: ~ee SeCLi~Ii ~.30.
7.16 VR - Village Residential District:
a. District Purposes: The provisions of this district are Inten-
ded to apply to areas where a mixture of residential uses may
be permitted to exist in combination ~tth fishing and farming
equipment and structures~ their maintenance , repair and
storage, and facilities for processing fishing catches and
agricultural products. Because of the unusual nature of these
developments and the importance of the fishing and agricul-
tural industry, certain commercial uses may be permitted in
close proximity to the residential uses, Standards for devel-
opment will recognize the unusual land ownership configura-
Lions which normally exist in such areas.
b. Uses and Structures: No butldtnR or structure, or part there-
of, shall be ercctcd~ alLcred or used, land or water used, in
whole or in parL for ocher than Lhe following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(a) Single-family residences.
(b) Two-family residences.
Hobile homes.
~ulCi-family residences.
2) Permit:ed Accessor~ Uses and StrucLures:
(a) Accessory uses and structures, including private
garages.
(b) Private boat launching facilities and multiple
docking areas, including those uses for charter
business or party boats, when operated by Lhe rest-
dents of the principal use.
(c) Storage, repair and maintenance areas and structures
for fishing and farming equipment, when used by the
residents of the principal use.
(d) Boa: yard and way when used by the residents of the
principal uae,
Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures:
(a) Antique shops; appliance stores; art at.dins; art
~upply shops; automobile parts stores; automobile
service stations without repairs; and awning shops.
(b) Bakery shops; bait and tackle shops; banks and
financial institutions; barber and beauty shops;
bath supply stores; bicycle sales and services;
blueprint shops; bookbinders; book stores; and
business machine services.
(c) Carpet and floor covering sales - which may include
sto~age and installation; churches and other places
of worship (See Section 8.11); civic and cultural
facilities; clothing stores; cocktail lounges;
commercial recreation uses - indoor; commercial
schools; and confectionery and candy stores.
(d) Delicatessens; department stores; drug stores; dry
cleaning shops; dry goods stores; and drapery shops.
(e) Electri. cal supply stores.
(f) Fish market; farm market; fish and agricultural
product loading and unloading; storage and process-
ing activities, tltilizing development standards of
the Industrial District; florist shops; fraternal
and social clubs; ftmeral homes - may include acces-
sory residence; furniture ~tores; and furrier shops.
(g) Garden supply stores outside display in rear;
general offices; gift shops; glass and mirror sales -
which may include storage and installation; and
gourmet shops.
(h) Hardware stores; hat cleaning and blocking; health
food stores; and hobby a.pply stores,
(i) Ice cream stores.
(J) Jewelry stores.
(k) Laboratories - film, research and testing; laund-
ries - self-service only; leather goods; legitimate
theatres; liquor stores; and locksmith.
(1) Narinas; markets - food; markets meat; medical
clinics; milliner~ shops; motion picture theatres;
mUle~Mlll and ~uSlC ItOrel,
Co
(m) New car dealerships - outside displsy permitted; and
(n) Office supply stores.
(o) Paint and wallpsper stores; pet shops; pet supply
shops; photographic equipment stores; pottery
stores; printing; publishing and mimeograph service;
private clubs (See Section 8.11); and professional
offices.
(p) Radio and television sales and services; research
and design labs; rest homes; restaurants - not
inclndtng drive-ins. (See Section 8.11)
(q) Shoe repair; shoe stores; shopping centers - less
than 2S,000 square feet gross floor area on ground
floor; souvenir stores; stationary stores; and
supertos rkets.
(r) Tailor shops; taxidermists; tile sales ceramic
tile; tobacco shops; toy shops; and tropical fish
(s) Upholstery shops.
(t) Variety stores; vehicle rental - automobiles only;
and veterinarian offices and clinics - no outside
kennels.
(ts) Watch and precision instrument repair shops.
Any other commercial use or professional service which Is
comparable in nature with the foregoing uses and which
the Zoning Director determines to be compatible in the
district.
4) Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, provisionally or by reasonable implication
permitted herein.
Development Standards:
1) Hinimum Lot Area:
(a) Single-family residences - 6,000 square feet.
(b) Hoblle homes - 6,000 square feet.
(c) T~o-fsmily residences - 6,000 square feet.
(d) Multifamily dwellings, hotels, motels, time share
facilities and transient lodgin8 facilities - 3,000
square feet per dwelling unit,
(e) All. other - none.
2)Minimum Lot Width: Sixty (60) £eet.
3)Hin/mt,m Yard Requirements:
(a) Front Yard Setbacks - Twenty (20) feet.
(b) Side Yard Setbacks = Five (5) feet.
(c) Rear Yard Setbacks - Twenty (20) feet.
4) Maximum Height of Structures: Five (5) stories
whichever is grea~er.
5) Minimum Floor Area:
(a) Hulti-fnmily - 450 square /eel.
(b) Single-~amily - 550 square feet.
(c) Hobile llome - 550 square feet.
d. Signs: As permitted in Sec:ion 8.31.
e. Hinimum Off-S:ree: Parking: As required in Section 8.
f. Hinimum Lnndscapin8 Requirements: See SecLion 8.30.
7.17 HIISD - Mobile Home Subdivision District:
a.
or 50~
District Purpose: The provisions of this districL are inten-
ded to apply to an area which has been designed specifically
for the placement of mobile homes for residential occupancy
upon lots which are owned by tile residents thereon.
Uses and Struc.~.u.r~s__..' No building or structure, or part there-
of, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used,
in whole o~ in part, for other than the following:
l) Principal Uses and Structures:
(a) Mobile Homes.
(b) Group Ilousing (Subject to Development Plan approval
- See Section 10.5).
2) Accessory Uses and Structures:
(a) Accessory uses and structures customarily associated
with mobile home development, such as recreational
facilities, administration buildings, service build-
ings, utilities, and additions which compliment the
mobile homes.
(b)Private boat houses and docks. (See Section 8.~6)
3) Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures:
(a) Schools - public, private and parochial. (See
Section 8.11) ~
(b) Civic and cultural facilities.
(c) Churches and other places of worship. (See Secttort
S.ll)
id) Recreations1 facilities not accessory Lo pr£nctpa!
4) Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, provisionally or by reasonable implication
permitted herein, or permissible by special exception.
c. Development Standards:
l) Minimum Lot Area: Mobile homes G,O00 square feet.
2) Hinimum Width: Hobile homes - Sixty (60) feet.
3) HJnimum Yards:
(a) Front Yard - Twenty-five (25) feet.
(h) Side Yard: - Seven and one/half (7~) feet.
(c) Rear Yard: - Ten (10) £eet.
A) Maximum Height: Thirty (30) feeL.
Accessory buildings limited to twenty (20) feet above the
finished grade of lot.
5) Plan Approval Required: Plans for mobile home subdivi-
sion disLrict shall be processed in the same manner as
regular subdivision plats. Hobile home subdivision plats
shall be recorded in the Collier County Plat Book.
d. Si&ns: A= permitted in Section 8.31.
e. Minimum Off-Street Parking: As required in Section 8.
f. ExcepLions: Non-conforming ~ISD lots within platted subdivi-
sions approved by the Board of County Commissioners and recor-
ded with the Clerk of the Circuit Court prior to October 1~,
1974 shall be subject to the following standards:
1) Hinimum lot Area: In accordance with the recorded plat.
2) Hinimum Lot Width: In accordance with the recorded plat.
3) Hinimum Yard Requirements:
(a) Depth of front yard - Twenty (20) feet.
(b) Depth of side yard - Five (5) feet.
(c) Depth of rear yard - Ten (10) feet.
&) All other standards as required for conformin8 lots.
7.18 ~P - Mobile Home Rental Park:
a. District Pllrp0se: The provisions of this district are tnten=
ded to spply to sansled soblle hose rental parks, in vhich
lots shall not be sold tn individuals and on-site ma~agement
is provided.
Uses and Structures: No building or strL~ct~re, or part there-
of, shall be erected, altered, or used, or land or water ~zsed,
in whole or in part, for other than the following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses and Struct~res:
(a) Hobile homes.
2) Permitted Accessor~ Uses nnd Structures:
(a) Accessory uses and structures customarily associated
with mobile home parks, inlcuding patios, recreation
facilities, administration buildings, service build-
ings and utilities.
(b) Private boar hot,sss and docks. (Section 8.46)
(c) One (1) single-family dwelling in conjunction with
the operation of the NIIRP.
3) Permitted Provisional Uses and Structiircs:
(a) Civic or cultural facilities.
(b) Churches.
(c) Upon completion and occupancy of fifty (50%) percent
or more of the designed lot capacity of the mobile
home rental park, convenience establishments of a
commercial nature, including stores, laundry and dry
cleaning agencies, beauty shops and barber shops,
may be permitted in mobile home rental parks subject
to the following restrictions: Such establishments
and the parking area primarily related to their
operation shall not occupy more than five (5%)
percent of the area of the park; shall be located,
designed, and intended to serve the exclusive trade
of the service needs of persons residing in the
park; and shall present no visible evidence of their
commercial character from any portion of any public
street or way outside the park.
(d) Nobile home sales, providing the following restr£c-
finns be met:
(1) Such uses shall not occupy nors than ten (I0%)
percent of the area of the park or two (2)
acres, whichever is smaller.
(2) The outside display area shall he treated with
n hard surface of either concrete or pi;mt
mixed bituminous material except desirable
landscaped areas which shall be separated from
all paved areas.
(3) A visual buffer shall be provided around the
area of outside display adjacent to residential
or mobile home park development or vacant land.
(e) Owner occupied child care centers (See Section
~.48).
4) Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, provisionally or by reasonable i~plication
permitted herein, or permissible by special exception.
Development Standards:
1) Minimum Park Size: Ten (10) acres.
2) Hintmum l.ot Area: Minimum size of lot or spare - 4,000
3)
4)
5)
square feet.
~linimum Lot Width:
Forty-five (45) feet.
Hinimum Yard Requiremcuts:
(a) Front Yard - Ten (10) feet.
(b) Side Yard Five (5) or zero (0) feet - see (g)
below.
(c) Rear Yard - £ight (8) feet.
(d) From exterior boundary of park or from any required
buffer area - ten (10) feet.
(e) From public street - twenty-five (25) feet.
(f) From building or structures - ten (10) feet.
(g) The zero (0) setback may be used on adjoining lots
where carports are connected at a common lot line.
In the rase of the zero setback, a minimum of ten
(10) feet shall be required on the opposite side
yard.
Maximum Heizht of Structures: 30 feet.
R__~2uired Recreation Area: The following amount of land
or water shall be set aside and developed for recreation-
al purposes within the mobile home rental park site:
(a) Three hundred (300) square feet for each lot for the
first one hundred (100) Iota.
(b) Two hundred (200) square feet for each Iht in excess
of one hundred (100) lots.
(c) One-half (~) of the water stsrf,~ce within the park
may be credited toward the required recreation area,
except that st least fifty (50~) percent of the
required recreation area shall be land area.
7) Development Plan Approval Requirements: Layout plans for
a mobile home rental park shall be submitted in accor-
dance with Section 10.5.
8) R~uired Internal Pork Street System: All lots within a
mobile home rental park shall have direct access from an
internal street. All internal streets within the mobile
home park shall provide safe and convenient access to a
public street and shall be paved or be of a hard, didst-
less maLeria[. The right-of-way widths, pavinR widths,
and o~her consLrt~cLion standards, including gradient and
alignment of nil internal strecLs and drainnge shall be
reviewed and approved by the Cot~nty Engineer.
d. ~igns: As permitted in Sect ion 8.31.
e. )linimum Off-Street Parking: As required in Section 8.
f. Required Bt~ffers: Visual screens are required in the parking
area adJncen~ to the entrance and exitway areas, as may be
required under Section 8.30 of this Ordins~,cc.
g. Complianc~: All ~UIRP which con~enced construction after the
effective date o~ this Ordinance shall comply with all
quircments of this Ordinance, except as ~urther provided
herein. No HI[RP that exists on the effective date of this
Ordinanre shall be altered so as to plovide a lesser degree
conformity with the provisions ot this Section than existed on
the e~fective dale of this Ordinance. Land already zoned ~P
which does not meet the acreage requirement may be developed;
however, the development shall conform ~ith ~11 other regula-
tions of this Ordinance.
7.19 ~RVC = Tr~vel mrailer - Recreational Vehicle Park Camp{round
District:
· . District Purpose: The provisions of this district ~re inten-
ded to ~pply to tr~ller lots for tr~vel tr~iler~ and recrea=
tton~l vehicles not exceedinl ei{ht (8) feet in vidth ~nd not
bo
exceeding thirty-eight (38) feet in length. Such trailer lots
are intended to accommodate travel trailers, pick-up coaches,
motor homes, and other vehicular accommodations which are
suitable for temporary habitation, used for travel, vacation,
and recreational purposes. Campsites are intended to accommo-
date temporary residency while camping, vacationin8 or recrea-
ting.
Uses and Structures: No building or structure, or part there-
of, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used,
in whole or in part, for other than the following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(a) Travel trailers, pick-up coaches, motor homes and
other recreational vehicles: One (l) per lot.
(b) Campsites: Oue (1) per site.
2) Accessory Uses and Structures:
(a) One (1) single-family dwelling in conjunction with
the operation of the TTRVC.
(b) Accessory uses and structures customarily associated
with travel trailer recreational vehicle parks,
including patio~, recreation facilities, administra-
tion buildings, service buildings, and utilities.
(c) Upon completion of all required improvements of the
TTRVC park, convenience establishments of a commer-
cial nature including stores, laundry and dry clean-
ing agencies, beauty shops and barber shops may be
permitted in TTRVC parks subject to the following
restrictions: Such establishments and the parking
area primarily related to their operations shall not
occupy more than five (5%) percent of the park;
shall be subordinate to the use and character of the
park; shall be located, designed, and intended to
serve the exclusive trade of the service needs of
the persons residing in the parkl and shall present
no visible evidence of their commercial character
from any portion of any public street or way outside
the park.
3) Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures:
(a) Civic and cultural facilities.
(b) Churches and other places of worship.
4) Prohibited Uses nnd Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, provisionally or by reasonable implication
or permissible by special exception.
permitted herein,
Development Standards:
1) Minimum Park Size: Ten (10) acres.
2) Minimum Lot Area:
(a) 1,200 square feet for TTRV lots.
(b) 3,600 square feet for campsites.
3) Minimum Lot Width: Twenty (20) feet
feet for campsites.
4) Minimum Yards:
(a) Front Yard - Ten (10) feet.
6)
7)
for TTRV lots; 40
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Maximum lletght of Structures: 30 feet.
Required Recreation Area: The following amount of
Side Yard - Five (5) feet.
Rear Yard - Eight (8) feet.
From exterior boundary of park or from any required
buffer area - ten (10) feet.
From public street - twenty-five (25) feet.
From buildings or structures - ten (10) feet.
land
or water shall be set aside and developed for recreation-
al purposes within the TTRVC park site:
(a) Two hundred (200) square feet for each lot or camp-
site for the first one hundred (100) lots or camp-
sites.
(b) One hundred fifty (150) square feet for each lot or
campsite in excess of one hundred (100) lots or
campsites.
(c) One-half (~) of the water surface within the park
may be credited toward the required recreation area,
except that at least fifty (50%) percent of the
required recreation area aha11 be land area.
Plan Approval Requirements: Layout plans for a TTRVC
park shall be submitted to the Zoninl Director and con-
struction shall be in accordance with approved plans and
8) Required Internal Park Street System: All lots within a
TTRVC park shall have direct access from an internal
street. All internal streets within the district shall
provide safe and cortventent access to a public street.
Thc right-of-way widths, paving widths, and other con-
struction standards, including gradient and alignment of
all internal streets and drainage shall be reviewed and
approved by the County Engineer.
9) Re¢luired Facilities for Campsites nnd TTRV Lots:
(a) Sanitary facilities, Including flush toiletm, and
showers within four hundred (400) feet walking
distance from every campsite and TTRV lot as ap-
proved by the Collier County Health Department.
Lighting shall be provided in sanitary facilittc= at
~11 times.
(b) Potable water supply as approved by the Collier
County Health Department.
(c) At least one (1) garbage or trash receptacle for
every two (2) campsites or TTRV lots.
(d) Admiaistration building and safety building open at
all times wherein a portable fire extinguisher in
operable condition and first aid equipment is avail-
able, and a telephone is available for public use.
(e)One parking space per campsite or TTRV lot.
(f)One picnic table per campsite or TTRV lot.
(g) One fireplace or cooking area per campsite or TTRV
lot.
10) Design Standards for Campsites:
(a) Campsites shall be set back a minimum of 660 feet
from any county, state, or federal highway right-of-
way.
(b) Each campsite shall have a minimum setback of ten
(10) feet from the exterior boundary lines of the
campground area or from any required buffer area.
(c) Each campsite shall be directly accessible by an
interior road.
(d) Each separate campsite shall contain a minimum of
3,600 square feet.
(e) Each campsite shall contain a leve! area conLaininR
at least 600 square feet for erecL~ng cnn,ping equip-
ment.
e. Hinimum Off-Street Parking: As required in Section 8.
f. Required Buffers: Visual screens are required in the follow-
tng areas:
I) Parking area adjacent to the entrance and exitway areas,
may be required under $ection 8 of this Ordinance.
2) TTRVC parks fronting on a highway shall provide and
maintain a clear area not less than twenty (20) feet in
width alongside and parallel to the highway to facilitate
safe and rapid entrance and exit from the highway by
arriving and departing vehicles. There shall be an
additional landscaped area of five (5) feet inside the
entire length of the clear area.
3) TTRVC parks abutting highways or lands zoned other than
for such parks shall be effectively screened from such
highways or land by a b~lffer strip at least five (5) feet
wide, in which ornamental screening composed of struc-
tural or plant maLerial shall be placed. Such screen
shall be attractively maintained at all times.
g. Compliance: All TTRVC parka which commenced construction
after the effecLlve date of this Ordinance shall comply with
all requirements of this Ordinance exceptas further provided
herein. No TTRVC park that exists on the effective date of
Lhia Ordinance shall be altered so aa to provide a lesser
degree of conformity with the provisions of this Section Lhan
existed on the effective date of this Ordinance. Land already
zoned TTRVC which does not meet the acreage requirements may
be developed; however, the developmenL shall conform with all
other regulations of this Ordinance.
7.20 C-1 - Commercial Professional District:
a. District Purpose: The provisions of this district are inten-
ded to apply to areas located adjacent to highways and arteri-
al roads. The C-I - Commercial Professional Oistrict is inten-
ded to permit those uees which minimize pedestrian and vehicu-
lar traffic. Large lot sl~es~ landaeaping~ controlled ingress
and e~eas~ and other re~trictione are intended to minimize
bo
frequent inRress and egress to the highway from abutting uses.
The CP district is designed Lo he compaLihle wlLh residential
uses located along artertals.
Uses and Structures: No building or structure, or part there-
of shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used,
in whole or in part, for other than the following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(a) Business and professional offices; banks; financial
institutions.
(b) Churches and other places of worship; civic and
cultural facilities; colleges, universities and
schools (See Section 8.11).
(c) Funcral homes.
(d) Homes for the aged; hospitals; hospices and sani=
toriums.
(e) Hedical
offices
2)
laboratories; medical clinics; medical
for humans; mortgage brokers; museums.
(f) Parking garages and lots; private clubs. (See
Section 8.11)
(g) Real estate offices; research design and development
activities; rest homes; convalescent centers; and
nursing homes.
(h) Laboratories, provided that:
(1) No odor, noise, etc., detectable to normal
senses from off the premises are generated;
(2) All work is done within enclosed structures;
and
(3) No product is manufactured or sold, except
incidental to development activities.
(i) Transportation, communication and utility offices
-not including storage of equipment.
(J) Any other professional or commercial use which is
comparable in nature with the £oregoing uses and
which the zoning Director determines to be compati-
ble in the district.
Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures:
(a) Accessory uses and structures customarily associated
with uses permitted in this district.
(b) Caretaker's residence (see Section 8.&O),
3) Permitted Pr~visional Uses and Structures: None.
4) Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, or by reasonable implication permitted
herein:
ia) Mobile homes or mobile offices, except as provided
for in Section 10.6.
c. Development Stnndards:
1) Hinimum Lot Area: One (1) acre.
2) Hintmum Lot Width: Two hundred (200) feet.
3) Minimum Yard Requirements:
ia) Front Yard - Fifty (50) feet.
(b) Side Yard - Fifty (50) feet.
(c) Rear Yard - Fifty (50) feet.
4) Maximum Height of SLruct~rcs: FilLy (50) feet plL~s ten
(10) feet for under building parking.
5) Hintmum Floor Area of Principal Structure: One thousand
(1,000) square feet per building on ground floor.
6) Minimum Distance Between Structures: Thirty (30) feet or
1/2 tile sum of the height, whichever is greater.
d. Signs: As permitted in Section 8.3~.
e. Minimum Off-Street Parkin& and Off-Street Loading Require
me___~nts___i.' As required in Section 8.
f. Minimum Landscaping Requirements: As required in Section
8.~0.
g. Required Landscape Buffer Area: When abutting residentially
zoned diatricts as required in Section 8.37.
h. Development ~lan Approval: All uses are subject to Develop-
ment Plan approval as per Section 10.5.
7.21 C-2 - Commercial Convenience District:
a. District Purpose: The C-2 Commercial Convenience District is
intended to apply to areas where selected establishments may
be appropriately located to provide the small scale shopping
and personal needs of the surrounding residential areas and
withiu convenient traveling distance. It is generally inten-
ded to utilize this district to implement the Comprehensive
~lsn within, but not necessarily limited to, those areas of
Collie~ County shown as "Commercial" em the ~and Use
Uses anti Structures: No buildtn8 or sLructure, or part there-
o[. shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used,
in whole or in part, for other than the following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(a) Automobile service stations without repairs (Subject
to Section
(b) Bakery shops - including baking only when incidental
to retail sales from the premises; barber and beauty
shops; bicycle sales and service.
(c) Child care centers.
(d) Delicatessens; drug stores; dry cleaning - collect-
ing and delivering only.
(e) Food markets.
(f) Hardware stores.
(g) Ice cream shops, ice sales (not including ice
plants).
(h) Laundries - self service only.
(i) Meat markets, medical offices.
(j) Post offices.
(k) Repair shops - radio, TV, small appliances, shoes;
and restaurants - not including drive-ins.
(1) Shopping center - not to exceed 25,000 square feet
(See Section 10.5).
(m) Veterinary clinics - no outside kenneling.
(n) Any other convenience commercial use which is com-
parable in nature with the foregoing uses and which
the Zoning Director determines to be compatible in
the district.
2) Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures:
(a) Accessory uses and structures customarily associated
with the uses permitted in this district.
(b) Caretaker's residence. (See Section
3) Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures: None.
4) Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, provisionally or by reasonable implica~ion
permitted herein, or permissible by special exception:
(a) Mobile homes ot mobile offices, excep~ as provided
for in Section ~0.6,
c. Development Standards:
I) Minim,m Lot Area: 7,500 square feet.
2) Hinimum Lot Width: Seventy-five (75) feeL.
3) Minimum Yard Requirements:
(a) Front yard - Fifteen feet (15) feet within which no
parking shall be allowed nor any merchandise stored
or displayed.
(b) Side yard - None, or a minimum of five (5) feet with
unobstructed passage from front yard to rear yard.
(c) Rear Yard - Twenty-five (25) feet.
(d) Any yard abutting a residentially' zoned parcel
fifty (50) feet. (See Paragraph i. below)
4) Maximum [[eight: Thirty (30) feet above the finished
grade of the lot.
5) Minimum Zoned Area: Two (2) acres.
6) Hlnimum Floor Area of Structures: 1,O00 square feet per
building on the ground floor.
7) Distance Between Structures: Same as for sidcyard set-
back.
d. Signs: As permitted in Section 8.31.
e. Htnimum Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loading Require
meats: As required in Section 8.
f. Minimum Landscaping Requirements: As required in Section
8.30.
g. Lighting: Lighting facilities shall be arranged in a manner
which will protect roadways and neighboring properties from
direct glare or o~her interference.
h. Merchandise Storage and Display: There ·hall be no outside
storage or display of merchandise.
i. Required Landscaped Buffer Area: When abutting residentially
zoned districts, as required in Section 8.37.
7.22 C-3 - Commerieal Intermediate
a. District Purpose
The C-3 Intermediate Commercial District i· intended to apply
in areas which have a high degree of automobile traffic, a
great deal of which originated from outside of the adjacent
neighborhoods. This district ia designed to provide · greater
v. Jriety of goods ·nd services th·n are permitted in the C-2
Commercial Convenience District. This district is not inten-
ded to p~rmit wholesaling activities or activities which
require outside storage of merchandise and equipment.
Horeover, it is the intent of this district to encourage
a business environment which includes businesses and services
which promote a compact business to another without neces-
sarily having to use the automobile in the process.
It is generally intended to utilize this district to
implement the Comprehensive Plan within, but not necessarily
limited to those areas of Collier County shown as "Commercial"
on the Land Use Plan.
Uses and Structures: No building or structure, or part there-
of, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used,
in whole or in part, for other than the following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(n) Antique shops; appliance stores; art studios; art
supplies; automobile parts stores; automobile ser-
vice stations (Subject to Section 9.8).
(b) Bakery shops (including baking incidental to retail
or wholessle s~les); banks (branch or main office)
and financial institutions; barber and beauty shops;
bath supply stores; blue print shops; bicycle sales
and services; book stores.
(c) Carpet and floor covering sales (including storage
and installation) child care centers; churches and
other places of worship; clothing stores; confec-
tionary and candy stores.
(d) Delicatessen; drug stores; dry cleaning shops; dry
goods stores and department stores.
(e) Electrical supply stores.
(f) Fish stores; florist shops; food markets; furniture
stores; furrier shops and fast food restaurants.
(g) Gift shops; gourmet shops.
(h) Hardware stores; health food stores; hobby supply
stores; homes for the aged; hospitals and hospices.
(i) Ice cream stores; ice s⩽ interior decorating
showrooms,
2)
3)
(J) Jewelry stores.
(k) Laundries - self-service; lenther goods anti lUKgage
scores; locksmiths nnd l£quor stores.
fleat market; medics! off~ce or clinic for human
care; mtllinary shops; music stores.
(m) Off£ce (retail or professional}; office supply
stores.
Paint and wallpaper stores; pet shops; pet supply
stores; photosrsphic equipment stores; post office.
{o) Radio and television sales and service; small appli-
ance stores; shoe sales and repairs; restaurants
{not includin8 drive-ins or fast food stores}.
Souvenir stores; stattdnery stores; shoppin8 centers
(See Section 10.5}; supermarkets and sanitoriums.
(q) Tailor shops; tobacco shops; toy shops; tropical
fisl~ stores,
(r) Variety stores; veterinary offices and clinics (no
outside kennelling).
(s) Watch and precision instrument sales and repair.
Any other commercial use or professional service
which is comparable in nature with the foregoing
~ses and which t~e Zoning Director determines to be
compatible in the district.
(u) Any use which was permissible under the prior GRC
zoning and which was existing or for which a build-
ing permit had been issued prior to the effective
date of this ordinance.
?ermitted Accessory Uses and Structures:
(s) Accessory uses and structures customarily associated
with the uses permitted in this district.
(b) Caretaker's residence (See Section 8.40).
Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures
(a) Indoor recreational uses,
(b) Commercial schools.
(c) ~otion picture theatres.
(d} Uses over 50 feet in heiRht with a maximum heisht of
100 feet,
4) Prohibited Uses and Structtzres: Any use or structure not
specifically, provisionally or by reasonable implication
permitted herein, or permissible by special exception:
(a) Hobile homes or mobile offices, except as provided
for in Section 10.6.
c. Development Standards:
1) Hinimum Lot Area: 7,500 square feet.
2) Hinimum Lot Width: 75 feet
3) ~ltnimum Yard Requirements:
(a) Front yard Fifteen (15) feet within which no
parking shall be allowed nor any merchandise stored
or displayed.
(b) Side yard - None~ or a minimum of five (5) feet with
unobstructed passage from front yard to rear yard.
(c) Rear yard - Twenty-five (25) feet.
(d) Any yard abutting a residentially zoned parcel
F££ty (50) feet.
(e) Waterfront - Twenty-five (25) feet.
G) ~laximum llcight: Fifty (50) feet.
5) ~linimum Floor Area of Principal Structure: I~000 square
feet per btiilding on the ground floor.
(G) Distance between structures - Same ss for sideyard set=
back.
d) Signs: As permitted in Section 8.31.
e) Hiz~imum Off-Street Parking and O£f-Stree: Loading
quirements: As required in Section 8.
f) Hinimum Landscaping Requirements: As required in Section
8.30.
g) Required Landscaped Buffer Area: As required in Section 8.37.
h) Loadin~ and Unloading Provisions: As required in Section 8.
i) Lighting: Haximum height of lights shall be fifteen (15) feet
and constructed and located in a manner so that no light is
aimed directly toward a residentially zoned property
200 feet o[ the ao'~rce of light.
7.23 C-G - Comracrcial General:
s, District Purpose: The C-& = Commercial General District is
intended to provide for a lreater variety of commercial setvi-
ces and ss~es than is permitted in the C2 - Co~:ercial Conven-
ience District and C-3 Commercial Intermediate District. The
C-~ - Commercial General District is also intended to serve a
larger trade area of the community than the C-2 nnd C-3 Dis-
tricts and is designed to accommodate the motoring public as
well aa the local pedestrian consumers. This district will be
utilized in the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan by
limiting its amount and location in accordance with the poli-
cies and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan.
Uses and Structures: No building or structure, or part there-
of, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used,
in whole or in part, for other than the following:
]) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(al Antique shops; appliance stores; art studios; art
supply shops; automobile parts stores; automobile
service stations without repairs (see Section 9.8);
awning shops.
(b) Dakery shops; bait and tackle shops; banks and
financial institutions; barber and beauty shops;
bath supply stores; bicycle sa]es and services;
blueprint shops; bookbinders; book stores; business
machine services.
(c) Carpet and floor covering sales - which may include
storage and installation; churches and other places
of worship (See Section 8.11); clothing stores;
cocktail lounges (See Section 8.11); commercial
recreation uses - indoor; commercial schools; con-
fectionery and candy stores.
(d) Delicatessens; department stores; drug stores; dry
cleaning shops; dry goods stores; and drapery shops.
(el Electrical supply stores; equipment rentals inclu-
ding lawn mowers and power saws.
(fl Fish market - retail only; florist shops; fraternal
and social clubs (See Section 8.11); funeral homes;
furniture stores; farrier shops.
(gl Garden supply stores - outside display in aide and
rear yards; {iff shops; 8lass and mirror sales
-including storaEe and installation; Eourmet shops.
(h) Ilardware stores; hat cleaning and blocking; health
food stores; homes for the aged; hospitals and
hospices.
(i) lee cream stores.
(j} Jewelry stores.
(k) Laundries = self service only; leather goods; legit-
imate theatres; liquor stores; locksmiths.
(l) Harinas; markets food; markets - meat, medical
offices and clinics; millinery shops; mo~ion picture
theatres; museums; music stores.
(m) New car dealerships outside display permitted;
news stores.
(n) Office - general; office supply stores.
(o) Paint and wallpaper stores; pet shops; pet supply
shops; photographic equipment stores; pottery
stores; printing; publishing and mimeograph service
shops; private clubs (See Section 8.11); profession-
a] offices.
(p) Radio and television sales and services; research
and design labs; rest homes; restaurants - including
driv(~-in or fast food restaurants (See Section
8.1]).
(q) Shoe repair; shoe stores; shopping centers (See
Section 10.5); souvenir stores; stationery stores;
supermarkets and sanitoriums.
(r) Tailor shops; taxidermists; tile sales ceramic
tile; tobacco shops; toy shops; tropical fish
(s) Upholstery shops.
(t) Variety stores; vehicle rental - automobiles only;
veterinarian offices and clinics - no outside ken-
nels.
(u) Watch and precision instrument repair shops.
(v) Any other commercial use or professional service
which ia comparable in nature with the foregoing
uses and which the Zoning Director determines to be
compatible in the district.
2) Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures:
and structures customarily sssociat~d
permitted in this district.
(a) Caretaker's residence (see Section ~.40).
3) Permitted Provisions1 Uses and Structnres:
4)
Accessory t~ses
with tile uses
fa) Car wash.
(b) Child care center
(c) Con~ercial recreation - outdoor.
(d) Detached residence in conjunction with a business
=One (1) per business.
(e) Drive-in theatres.
(f) Permitted use with less than 1,O00 square feet gross
floor area in the principal structure.
(g) Used car lots and outdoor boat sales.
(h) Vehicle rentals.
fl) hotels and motels.
(j) Time share facilities.
Prohibited Uses and Structures:
Any use or structure not
specifically, provisionally or by reasonable implication
permitted herein, or permissible by special exception:
fa) Hobile homes or mobile offices, except as provided
for in Section 10.6.
c. Development Standards:
l)
Hinimum Lot Ares: Ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
2) Hinimum Lot Width: One hundred (100) feet.
~linimum Yard Requirements:
fa) Front yard - Twenty-five (25) feet plus one (1) foot
for each two (2~ feet of building height over fifty
(50) feet.
(b) Side yard - None, or a minimum of five (5) feet with
unobstructed passage from front to rear yard.
(c) Rear yard - Twenty-five (25) feet.
(d) No setback is required from a railroad siding ease=
ment or railroad right-of-way.
(e) Waterfront - Twenty-five (25) feet, except none for
marinas. (See Section 9.6)
&) Haximum Height: One hundred (100) feet.
?) Distance Between Structures:
Minimum Floor Area of Structures: One thousand (l,O00)
square feet per bu£1ding on tho ground floor.
Maximum Density: Sixteen (16) units per acre for tran-
sient lodging facilities, hotel, motels nnd time si,are
facilities with a maximum floor area of 500 square feet.
Same as for aide yard
setback.
Signs: As required in Section 8.31.
Minimum Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loading Require-
ments: As required in Section 8.
f. Hinimum Landscaping Requirements: Aa required in Section
8.30.
g. Required Landscaped Buffer Area: When abutting residentially
zoned district, aa required in Section 8.37.
h. Herchandise Storage and Display: Unless specifically permit-
ted for a given use, outside storage or display of merchandise
is prohibited.
7.24 C-5 - Commercial Industrial District:
a. District Purpose: The provisions of this district are inten-
bo
ded to permit a range of commercial uses and services not
genarally permitted in more restrictive commercial districts.
The C-5 District is intended to permit inside storage and
warehousing along with limited manufacturing wholly within a
building and which are not obnoxious by reason of emission of
odor, fumes, dust, smoke, noise, or v£bration. The C-5 Dis-
trict is intended to provide uses and activities which are
compatible with the policies a::d objectives of the Comprehen-
sive Plan.
Uses and Structures: No buildin8 or atrncture, or part there-
of shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used,
in whole or in part, for other than the following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(a) Aluminum fabricators and screening shops; antique
shops; appliance stores; art studios; art supply
shops; assembly in enclosed building; auction
houses; automobile parts stores; automobile repair
shops; automobile service stations with repairs (see
Section 9.8)1 a~ninl shops.
(b) Bakery shops; )!att and tackle shops; banks and
financial institutions; barber nnd beauLy shops;
bath supply stores; bicycle sales and services;
bicycle shops -repair only; blueprint shops; boat
sales - with outside storage; boat yards and ways;
body shop; bookbinders; book stores; buildin8 main-
tennnce service; building supplies; bulk storage
yards not including bulk storage of flammable liq-
uids; business machine services.
(c) Cabinet shops; canteen services; carpet storage and
installation; carpet and floor covering sales which
may include storage and installation; car washes;
churche~ and other places of worship (See Section
8.11); cloLhing stores; cocktail lounges (See Sec-
Lion 8.11); commercial boat houses, and commercial
boat storage - non-waterfront; commercial recrea-
tion - outdoor; commercia! recreation uses - indoor;
commercial schools; communications services and
equipment repair; confectionery and candy stores;
contractors storage - outside; crematoriums.
(d) Drive-in theatres (see Section 8,35); delicatessens;
department stores; drug stores; dry cleaning shops;
dry goods stores; drapery shops.
(el Electrical supply stores; equipment rentals - inclu-
ding lawn mowers, power saws, etc.; employment
agencies.
(fl Feed and grain sales; fish markets; florist shops;
fraternal and social clubs; funeral homes; freight
movers; furniture refinishing; furniture stores;
furrier shops.
(8) Garden supply stores - outside display in side and
rear yards; gift shops; glass and mirror sales which
may include storage and installation; gourmet shops;
gunsmiths.
(h) Hardware stores; hat cleaning and blocking; health
food stores; hobby supply stores; hospitals and
hospices.
(l) Ice cream stores.
(J) ,;owelty steres.
(k) Laboratories - film, research and testing; laun-
dries; lawn maintenance shops; leather goods; legit-
imate theatres; light manufacturing or processing
(including food processing, buC not slaughter
house); packaging or fabricating in completely
enclosed building; linen supply shops; liquor
stores; and locksmiths.
(1) Narinas; markets - food; markets meat; medical
of£tce and clinics; millinery shops; miscellaneous
uses such as express office, telephone exchange; mo-
tot bus or truck or other transportation terminal
and related uses; motion picture theatres; motor-
cycle sales and service; motorcycle shops - repair
only; museums; music stores.
(m) New car dealerships outside display permitted;
news stores.
(n) Office - general; office supply stores; outdoor
storage yards and lots. provided s~lch outdoor stor-
age yard shall not be located closer than twenty-
five (25) feet to any public street and that such
yard shall be completely enclosed, except for neces-
sary ingress and egress, by a solid fence or wall
not less than six (6) feet high, and provided fur-
ther that t~is provision shall not permit wrecking
yards (including automobile wrecking yard), Junk
yards, or yards used in whole or in part for scrap
or salvage operations or for processing, storage,
display, or sales o£ any scrap, salvage, or second-
hand building materials, Junk automotive vehicles,
or second-hand automotive vehicle parts.
(o) Paint and wallpaper stores; parking garages and
Iota - commercial; peat control service; pet shops;
pet supply shops; photographic equipment stores;
plumbing shop; plumbing supplies; pottery stores;
poultry markets; printing; lithotrsphic; publishtnl
or similar establishments; private clubs (See Sec-
tion 8.11)1 and profsslionsl olflces.
2)
'3)
(p) Radio and television stations and transmitters, but
not tower; radio and television sales and services;
research and design labs; rest homes; restaurants
including drive-ins or fast food restaurants; retail
and repair establishments for sale and repair of new
and used automobiles, motorcycles, trucks and trac-
tors, mobile homes, boats, automotive vehicle parts
and accessorie~ (but not junk yards or automobile
vehicle wrecking yards), heavy machinery and equip-
ment, farm equipment; retail establishments for sale
of farm supplies, lumber and building supplies,
monuments, and similar uses.
(q) 5ecandhar~d stores, service establishments catering
to commerce and industry; sign company; sign paint-
ing shops; shoe repair; shoe stores; shopping cen-
ters (See Section 10.5); souveuir stores; stationery
stores; supermarkets; swimming pool maintenance
shop- and sanatoriums.
(r) Tailor shops; taxidermists; tile sales - ceramic
tile; tobacco shops; toy simps; tropical fish
stores; truck stops.
(s) Union halls; upholstery shops; used car lots.
(t) Variety stores; vehicle rentals; veterinarian of-
fices and clinics - no outside kennels; vocational,
technical, trade or industrial schools.
(u) Warehousing; watch and precision instrument repair
shops; wholesaling, storage, or distributing estab-
lishments and similar uses.
Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures: Accessory uses
and structures customarily associated with the uses
permitted in this district.
(a) Caretaker's residence (see Section 8.~0).
Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures:
(a) Commercial fisheries.
(b) Detached residence in conjunction with business -one
(1) per business,
(c) Outside kennelinl and stablinl.
(d) Permitted use with less than 1,000 square feet gross
floor area in the principal structure.
(e) l[otels and motets.
(f) Time share facilities.
4) Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any use or structure not
specifically, provisionally or by reasonable implication
permitted herein~ or permissible by special exception:
(a) Mobile homes or mobile offices, except as provided
for in Section 10.6.
c. Development Standards:
1) Hinimum Lot Area: Ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
2) Minimum Lot Width: One hundred (100) feet.
3) Hinimum Yard Requirements:
(a) Front Yard: Twent;-five (25) feet.
(b) Side Yard: None, or a minimum of five (5) feet with
unobstructed passage from front to rear yard.
Twenty-five (25) feet for all side yards abutting
residentially zuned property.
(c) Rear yard - Twenty-five (25) feet.
(d) ~aterfront - Twenty-five (25) feet, except marinas
req,ltre none. (See Section 9.6)
(e) No setback to required from s railroad siding ease-
ment or railroad right-of-way.
4) Haximum ]tei~ht of Structures: Thirty-five (35) feet.
5) Minimum Floor Area of Principal Structure: 1,000 square
feet.
6) Diatance Between Structures - Same as for side yard
setback.
7) Maximum Density: Sixteen (16) units per acre for tran-
sient lodging facilities, hotels, motels and time share
facilities with a maximum floor area of 500 square feet.
d. ~i~ns: Aa required in Section 8.31.
e. Minimum Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loadin8 Require-
ments: Aa required in Section 8.
f. Minimum Landscaping Requirements: As required in Section
8.30.
Required Landscape Buffer Areat When abutting residentially
zoned districts ss required in Section 8.37.
7.25 IL - Industrial,....~.tght District:
a. District Purpose: This district is intended lot light manu-
facturing, processing, storage and warehonsing, wholesaling,
and distribution. Residential uses are prohibited as not in
character with the activities conducted in this district.
Service and commercial activities relating to the character of
the district and in support of activities conducted in the
district are permitted. Certain commercial uses relating to
automotive and heavy equipment sales and repair are permitted,
hut this district is not to be deemed commercial in character.
Standards are intentied to provent or reduce friction between
uses in this district and also to protect nearby residential
and commercinl districts.
b. Uses and Structures: No building or structure, or part there-
of, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used,
in whole or in part, for other than the following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:
(a) Bulk storage yards, not including bulk storage of
flammable liquids.
(b) Laundries; light manufacturing, processing (inclu -
ding food processing, but not slaughter house),
packaging, or fabricating in completely enclosed
building.
(c) Medical offices and clinic in connection only with
industrial activity. Hiscellaneous uses such as
express office, telephone exchange, commercial
parking ]ots and parking garages, motor bus, truck,
railroad or other transportation terminal and re-
lated uses.
(d) Outdoor storage yards and lots, provided such out-
door storage yard shall not be closer than twenty-
five (25) feet to any public street and that such
yard shall be completely enclosed, except for neces-
sary ingress and egress~ by an opaque fence or wall
not less than six (6) feet high.
(e) Printing, lithographing, publishing or similar
establishments.
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2)
3)
4)
(£) Retail and repair establishments for sale and repair
of new and used automobiles, motorcycles, trucks an,I
tractors, mobile homes, boats, automotive vehicle
parts and accessories, heavy machinery and equip-
meat, farm equipment; retail establishments for sale
of farm supplies, lumber and building supplies,
monuments, and similar uses.
(g) Schools - vocational, technical, trade, or indus-
trial, and similar uses; service establishments
catering to commerce and industry including linen
supply, freight movers, building trades contractors,
communication services, business machine service,
canteen services, restaurant (including drive-in
restaurants), hiring and union halls, employment
agencies, sign company, and similar uses.
(h) Wholesaling, warehousing, storage, or distribution
establishments, and similar uses.
Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures: Accessory uses
and structures customarily associated with uses permitted
in Chis district.
(a) Caretaker's residence. (See Section 8.60)
Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures:
(a) Any light industrial use not specifically permitted
or prohibited which ia otherwise lawful and is in
keeping with the overall character of this district.
Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any uses or structures
not specifically, provisionally, or by reasonable impli-
cation permitted herein, including the following which
are listed for emphasis:
(s) Chemical and fertilizer manufacture.
(b) Dwelling units (including motel and hotel) except aa
provided under accessory uses.
(c) Explosives manufacturing and storage.
(d) Paper and pulp manufacture.
(e) Petroleum refinin8,
(f) Slaughter of animals, stockyards or feeding pens.
(g) Tannery or the curing or storage of raw hides.
(h) Yards or lots for scrap or salvage operations or for
processlnR, atoraRe, display, or sale of any scrap,
salvage, or second-hand b~sildlng material· and auto-
motive vehicle parts, lncludinR wrecking yardi and
Junk yards.
Development Standards:
1) Minimum Lot Ares:
3)
6)
Ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
Minimum Lot Width: One hundred (100) feet.
Hinimum Yard Requirements:
(a) Front Yard - Twenty-five (25) feet.
(b) Side Yard - Ten (10) feet, except that no side yard
shall be less than fifty (50) feet from an abutting
residentially zoned lot.
(c) Rear Yard - Fifteen (15) feet, except that no rear
yard shall be less than fifty (50) feet from an
abutting residentially zoned lot.
(d) Waterfront - Twenty-five (25) feet.
(e) No setback is required from a railroad easement or
right-of-way.
(f) Setback requirement· are measured from the right-of-
way line in cases involving public streets. In
cases where the property ia provided access through
a private easement, the setback requirements shall
be measured from the inside edge of the private
easement of the subject property. In the event that
the owner of the property ia unable to provide
adequate off-street parking, loading, and vehicular
circulation as a result of messurin8 the setback
from the inside edge of · private easement, the
Zoning Director is authorized to reduce the setback
requirements from the inside edge of the private
r. ad, provided such reduction is not greater than
25% of the required setback.
Naximum Heizht of Structures: Fifty (50) feet.
Hinimum Floor Area of Structures: 800 square feet.
Distsnce Between Structures! None, or if separated
Fifteen (15) feet or ~ the sum of the heights, whichever
il greater.
d. Signs: As permitted in Section 8.31.
e. Hinimum Off-Street Parking and Off-Street LoadtnLRcquire-
men:s: As required in Section 8.
f. Minimum Landscaping Requirements: When abutting residentially
zoned district as required in See:ion 8.30.
g. Required Landscaped Buffer Area: As required in Section 8.37.
h. Fence Requirements: Where required, · fence shall be of
masonry or wood, or other material approved by the Zonin8
Director, at leas: seven (7) feet in height above ground
level. See Section 8.33, Fences, Walls and lledges.
7.26 I - Industrial District:
a. District Purpose: The purpose of this district is to permit
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industrial uses under such conditions of operation as will
protect residential and commercial uses and adjacent indus-
:rial uses. The I District is designed to allow outside
storage of equipment and merchandise. The I District is
intended to provide land for basic industrial uses which are
not permitted in other zoning districts, but which are essen-
tial to the needs and well-being of the community. The I
District is not to be deemed commercial in character.
Uses and Structures: No building or structure, or part there-
of, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used,
in whole or in part, for ocher than the following:
1) Permitted Principal Uses:
(a) Airports and landing fields - Development Plan
required (See Section 10.5.); alumtnium fabricating
and screening; awning shops; auction houses; assem-
bling, pack·gin8 and fabricating operations; automo-
tive parts store; and automobile service station
(with or without repair (See Section 9.8).
(b) Body shops, mechanical repairs; building supply;
banks and financial institutions; blueprint shops;
and boat sale· with outside storage.
(c) Clothing fabrication; commercial and private parking
lots and parking garages; contractors' equipment
storage yards; coal and rood yards or similar uses~
Commercial recreation - indoor and outdoorl commer-
cial service end equipment repair~ cabinet ahopal
car washes; con~mmtcatton offices - including stor-
age equipment; and carpet and floor covering storage
and installation (including sales).
(d) £1ectrical supply stores; equipment rentals (includ-
ing lawnmowers and power saws); furniture refinish-
ing; feed and grain sales; glass and mirror storage
and installation (including sales); gunsmiths; and
ice plants.
(e) Kenneling; atabling; animal clinics; veterinary hos-
pitals.
(f) Laundries; lumber and building supplies, monuments
and similar uses; laboratories; locksmiths; and lawn
maintenance shops.
(8) Manufacturing, warehousing, storing, processing,
canning, packing, mining, extracting or similar
uses; marinas, commercial boat storage, boat build-
ing, bout ways, boat yards and commercial fisheries;
medical office or clinics in connection only with
industrial activity; miscellaneous uses, such as
express office, telephone exchange, motor bus,
truck, railroad or other transportation terminal and
related uses; motorcycle shops (repair only); and
new car dealerships outside display permitted,
(h) Printing and publishing; offices; office supply
stores; outdoor storage yards and lots, provided
such outdoor storage yard shall not be located
closer than 25 feet to any public street or easement
and that such yard shall be completely enclosed,
except for necessary ingress and egress, by a solid
fence or wall (opaque) not less than 6 feet high,
and provided further that this provision shall not
permit wrecking yards (including automobile wrecking
yard), recycling yard, or yards used in whole or tn
part for scrap or salvage operations or for process-
ing, storage, display or sales of any scrap or
second-hand bulldint materials, junk s~tomotive
vehicles, or second-hand automotive parts; pest
control aervicesl pltmbinl ahopi plumbinl and bath
2)
supplies; packaging or fabricating in completely
enclosed building.
(i) Radio and television stations and transmitters;
railroad rights-of-way and sidings; repair shops;
research, design and development activities; restau-
rants -including drive-in., or fast food; Radio-TV
stations and transmitters (includin8 towers); repair
establishments for sale and repair of new and used
a,tomobiles, motorcycles, trucks, tractors~ mobile
homes, boats, heavy equipment and machinery, farm
equipment.
(J) Sales and service of trucks and heavy equipment;
service establishments catering to conunerce and
industry lncludin8 linen supply, freight movers,
building trades contractors, communication services,
business math/ne warehousing end services, canteen
services, hiring and union halls, sign company, and
similar uses; storage yards; swimming pool and
maintenance shops.
(k) Vocational, technical, trade, or industrial schools
and similar uses excluding dormitories; tax/der-
mists; tile storage and installation (including
sales); truck stops; upholstery shops; used car
lots; vehicle rents1.
(1) i~holesale establishments.
(m) Any other intensive commercial, industrial or manu-
facturing use which is comparable in nature with the
foregoing uses and which the Zoning Director deter-
mines to be compatible ill this district.
Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures: Accessory uscs
and structures customarily associated with the uses
permitted in this district, including offices, retail
sales, and structures which are customarily accessory end
clearly incidental end subordinate to permitted principal
uses and structures; provided, however, that no residen-
tial facilities shall be permitted in the district except
for housing of security [uards, watchmen or caretakers
whose work requires residence on the premises, (See
Bection a.&o).
3) Permitted Provisional Uses and Structures: The following
uses :hall include, hut not be limited to any other uses
which in the opinion of the Zoning Director is of a
similar character as those specified below:
(a) Hanufacturtng: Involving primary production of the
following products from raw materials: asphalt,
cement, charcoal and fuel briquettes, aniline dyes~
ammonia~ carbide~ caustic soda, cellulose, chlorine,
carbon black and bone black, creosote, hydrogen and
oxygen, industrial alcohol, nitrates of explosive
nature, potash~ plastic materials and synthetic
resins, pyroxylin, rayon yarn and hydrochloric,
nitric, phosphoric, picric, and sulphuric acid,
coal, coke and tar products, explosives, fertilizer,
gelatin, animal glue and size, gas manufacturing;
unless incidental to a principal use, turpentine,
matches, rubber, soaps, fat rendering,
(b) Processing: Involving the followiug: Nitration of
cotton or other materials, magnesium foundry, reduc-
tion, refining, smelting of metal or metal ores~
refining of petroleum products and by products;
curing or tanning of raw green or salted hides or
skins; melting and allowing of metals; stockyards;
recycling centers; slaughter houses; slag piles;
ammonia; and storage of fireworks or explosives and
automobile wrecking.
(c) Wholesale storage of gasoline, liquified petroleum,
gas, oil, or other flammable liquids or gases, but
not located within five hundred (500) feet of the
nearest residential district.
(d) Detached residence in conjunction with business -one
(1) per business.
4) Prohibited Uses and Structures: Any uses or structures
not specifically, provisionally~ or by reasonable impli-
cation permitted herein.
Development Standards:
1) Hinimum Lot Area: T~enty thousand (20~000) square feet.
2)
3)
Minimum Lot Width: One hundred, (100) feet.
Mlnin,.m Yard Requirements:
(a) Front Yard - Fifty (50) feet.
(b) Depth of Total Side Yard Setback - 20% of the width
of the lot, not to exceed a maximum of fifty (50)
feet. It shall not be mandatory that the required
side setback be located equally alon8 each side of
the lot. The total side yard setback requirements
of the two side yards may be combined and appor-
tioned among the Lwo side yards in any manner de-
sired except as required in (1) and (2) of this
Paragraph, aa long as the sum of the aide yard
apportioruncnts are equal to the total aide yard
requirements.
(1) The minimum depth of any aide yard abutting a
lot which ia not zoned I-Industrial, shall be
twenty-five (25) feet.
(2) In no case may the depth of a side yard be
reduced to less than ten (10) feet from any
structure on an abutting lot except where no
side yard ia provided and the buildings are
separated by a common wall.
(c) Depth of Rear Yard Setback Fifteen (15) feet
except that no rear yard shall be less than fifty
(50) feet of an abutting residentially zoned lot.
(d) Other Setbacks: T~enty-five (25) feet from water-
front. No setback is required from a railroad ease-
ment or right-of-way.
(e) Setback requirements are measured from the right-of-
way line in cases involving public streets. In
cases where the property is provided access through
a private easement, the setback requirements shall
be measured from the inside edge of the private
easement of the subject property. In the event that
the owner of the property is unable to provide
adequate off-street parking, loading, and Vehicular
circulation as a result of measuring the setback
from the inside edge of · private easementt the
]1.
7.27.
Zoning Director is authorized to reduce the setback
requirements from the inside edge of the private
road, provided such reduction is not greater than
25% of the required setback.
4) Haximum ][eilht of Structures: Thirty-five (35) feet.
5) Minimum Floor Area of Structures: One thousand (1,000)
square feet.
6) Distance Between Structures: None, or if separated
Fi£teen (15) feet or onehalf (~) the sum of the heights
of the adjacent structures on the same lot, whichever is
greater.
Signs: As permitted in Section 8.31.
Minimum Off-Street Parking and Off-Street Loadin8 Require
masts: As required in Section 8.
Minimum Landscaping Requirements: As required in Section
8.30.
Required Landscaped Buffer Area: When abutting residentially
zoned land as required in Section 8.37.
Fence Requirements: When required a fence shall be of masonry
or wood, or other material approved by the Zoning Director, at
least seven (7) feet in height above ground level for all uses
not contained in an enclosed building. In all cases of junk
yards, said fence or wall should be of such construction so as
to completely conceal al~d block the fenced materials from the
view of neighboring land owners and passersby, and shall meet
all rules and regulations concerning zoning and construction
in Collier County. See Section 8.33.
(PUD} PLANED UNIT D£VELOPM~NT DISTRICT:
Intent and Purpose: The intent and purpose of establishing
the Planned Unit Oevelopment - PUD - District is to provide an
optional alternative zoning procedure so that planned develop-
ments may be instituted at appropriate locations in the County
in accordance with the planning and development objectives of
the County. IL ia the intent and purpose of these PUD re.ula-
tions to encourage, as well as permit, land planners, archi-
tects, engineers, builders, and developers to exercise insenu-
ity and imagination in the plannins and development or
development of relatively laras tracts of land under unified
owner·hip nr control. Although planned unit developments
produced in compliance with the terms and provisions of thLa
Ordinance may depart from the strict application of use,
setback, height~ and minimum lot requirements of conventional
zoning regulations, the intent is to provide standards by
which flexibility may be accomplished, while maintaining and
protecting the public Lnterest~ so that:
I) A more creative approach may be taken to the development
of contiguous tracts of land five (5) acre or more in
size,
2) A more desirable environment may be accomplished than
would be possible through strict application of the
minimum requirements of this Zoning Ordinance.
3) Land may be used more efficiently, resulting in smaller
networks of utilities and streets with consequent lower
construction and future maintenance costs.
4) Thc impact of a p~rtic,lar planned unit development on
the present and projected population, economy, land use
pattern, tax base, street system, and public facility
network(s) of the County may be carefully evaluated
relative to Lhe various costs and benefits that may be
associated with such development.
5) Application of Planned Unit Development techniques to a
8ivan tract will permit large scale development, which
features amenities and excellence in the form of varia-
tions in siting, mixed land uses and/or varied dwelling
types, as well as adaptation to and conservation of the
topography and other natural characteristics of the land
involved.
b. Planned Unit Development: Defined: A planned unit develop-
meat is hereby defined aa a contiguous tract of land not less
than five (5) ·cra· in size~ except ·s other~iae provided,
under unified control which ia planned and improved:
1) To function as · relatively self-contained and readily
identifiable district, ·ection~ or neighborhood of the
County;
2) To ·ccomod&ce · v·riety of dwellins types toBether with
appropriate commercial, institutional~ industrial, and
public uses and activities as deemed necessary to pro-
perly serve prescribed density and population levels for
the development as a whole, or for any destinated com-
ponent thereof; and
3) In a single development operation or programmed series of
development operations over an extended period of time
according to an officially adopted Hasler Plan and re-
lated programs for the provision, operation, and main-
tenants of such areas, improvements, facilities, and
services as will be for the common use of all residents
and/or users of the planned community.
c. Relation of Planned Unit Development Regulations t° General
Zoning, Subdivision or Other Applicable Regulations: The pro-
visions which follow shall apply generally to the creation and
regulation of all PUD Districts. ~v~ere there are conflicts
between these special PUD provisions and general zoning,
subdivision or other applicable regulations, these special
regulations shall apply. The standards as contained herein,
and the PUD guides and standards adopted as part of these
regulations shall apply to the creation of PUD Bi·tracts and
to the issuance of builJing permits and certificates of occu-
pancy in such districts.
d. Planned Unit Development Districts: }Iow Established: ~here
Permitted: PUD Districts may hereafter be established from
designated pre-existing zoning districts by amendment of the
Official Zoning Atlas where tracts of land suitable in loca-
tion, extent and character for the structures and uses pro-
posed are to be planned and developed according to the pro-
cedures and requirements herein set out.
Planned Unit Development Districts: General Requirements and
Limitations: The gollowin8 general requirements and limita-
tions shall apply in PUD Districts approved under the terms
and provisions of these regulations:
1) Unified Control: All land included for purpose of devel-
opment within · PUD District shall be owned or under the
control of the ·pplicant for such zoning design&tiont
whether that applicant be an lndividualt partnership or
corporation, or · Stoup of individuals) partnerships or
corporations. The applicant shall present firm evidence
of the unified contrn! of the entire area within the
proposed PUD District and shat1 state agreement that, if
he proceeds with the proposed developmenL, he will:
(a) Do so in accord with:
~he flaster Plan of development officially
adopted for the district;
(2) Regulations existing when the amendment felon-
tag the land to PUD is adopted; and
(3) Such other conditions or modifications as may
be attached to the rezoning of land to the PLID
classification.
(b) Provide agreements, contracts, deed restrictions, or
sureties acceptable to the County for completion of
the undertaking in accord with the adopted Haster
Plan as well as for the continuing operation and
maintenance of such areas, functions and facilities
that are not to be provided, operated or maintained
at general public expense, and
(c) Bind his successors in title to any commitments made
under (a) and Cb) preceding.
2) Haster Plan: Any application for re-zoning to PUD shall
be accompanied by a professionally prepared Master Plan
of the development comprised, as a minimum, of the fol-
lowing elements:
(a) A development plan, drawn to acceptable scale, which
shall indicate:
(l) The title of the project and name of the devel-
oper;
(2) Scale, date, north arrow, and general location
map showing relationship of the site to such
external facilities ss highways, shopping
areas, cultural complexes and the like;
(3) Boundaries of the subject property, all exist-
ing streets, land uses, watercourses, ease-
ments, section lines, and other important
physical features within and adJoininl the
proposed proJectt
(4) The proposed use of all land withict the project
boundaries, including tile location and function
of all areas proposed to be dedicated or re-
served for community and/or public use;
(5) The location and size (aa appropriate) of all
existing and proposed drainage, water~ sewer,
and other utility prowls'ions;
(6) The location and nature of all other existing
public facilities, snch as schools, parka, fire
stations and the like;
(7) Information about existing vegetative cover and
soil conditions in s~lfficient detail to indi-
cate suitability for proposed structures and
uses;
(8) A plan for pedestrian and vehicular circulation
showing the general locations, widths, and
recommended surface treatment of all major
internal thoroughfares and pedestrian access-
ways. A diagrammatic flow chart demonstrating
the pattern of vehicular trafiic movement to~
within, and through the planned development;
(9) A plan for the provision of all needed utili-
ties to and within the planned community;
including (as appropriate) water supp]y~ treat-
meat and disposal; electric power; gas and
communications (telephone~ cable TV).
(b) A written legal description of the subject property
together with names and addresses of all owners of
record.
(c) Supportive report(s) which aha11 include:
(1) A statement indicating how and why the proposed
project complies with planning and development
objectives of the County;
(2) A general description of the proposed develop-
ment, including information aa to:
(I) Total acreage involved in the 'project.
(II) The number of acres devoted to the various
categorlel of land uae aho~n on the devel-
opment plan, together with the respective
peccentage o/ total project acreage repre-
sented by each category o/ uae.
(III) ?he number and type of dwelling units
involved and the corresponding overall
project density in dwelling units per
grabs acre.
(IV) The minimum design standards reflected by
the site plan for such £eatures as lot
shape and nile, internal streets and
pedestrian ways, open space provisions,
e/f-street parking, signs, and lnndscnp-
ing, as required.
(V) Dwelling unit densities for each residen-
tial component.
(3) A proposed schedule of development which iden-
tifies the anticipated project and component
start and completion dates, stages o/ develop-
ment, and the area and location of common open
space to be provided at, or by, each stage; and
A statement and/or map indicating which streets
or roads (and pedestrian ways as appropriate)
are proposed for public ownership and mainte-
nance, and whether approval is sought as part
of the Haster Plan for private roads if any are
within the district.
(d) As determined by the Community Development Adminis-
trator, schematic architectural drawings (floor
plans, elevations, perspectives) of all proposed
structures and improvements, except single-family
residences and their related accessory buildings, aa
appropriate.
(e) Agreements, provisions, or covenants which xovern
the use, maintenance, and continued protection of
the planned unit development and any of its co,on
areas or facilities.
(f) Professional Services Required: Any Master Plan of
Development submitted in support of an application
for PUD zoning shall certify that the services of
two (2) oc more of the following professionals were
utilized in the design or planning process:
(1) An urban planner who possesses the education
and experience to qualify for full membership
in the American Institute of Certified Plan-
ners; and/or a landscape architect who possess-
es the education and experience to qualify for
full membership in the American Society of
Landscape Architects;
(2) Together with either a practic'ing civil engin-
eer licensed by the State of Florida, or a
practicing architect licensed by the State of
Florida.
Common Open Space or Common Facilities: Any common
open space or common facilities established by an
adopted Haster Plan of Developmcnt for a PUD Dis-
trict shall be subject to the following:
(1) The Planning Commission may recommend that the
Board of County Commissioners require that the
petitioner provide for and establish an organ-
ization for the ownership and maintenance of
any common open space and/or common facilities,
and such organization shall not be dissolved
nor shall it dispose of any common open space
or common facilities, by male or otherwise,
except to an organization conceived and estab-
lished to own and maintain the common open
space or common facili'tiea. However, the
conditions of transfer shall conform to the
adopted Haater Plan.
(2) In the event that the organization established
to own and maintain common open space or common
facilities, or any successor organization,
shall at any time after the establishment of
the planned unit development fail to meet
conditionl in accordance with tho adopted
Master Plan of D~ve~opment, the Community
Development Administrator may serve written
notice upon such organization and/or the owners
or residents of the planned unit development
and hold a public hearing. If deficiencies of
maintenance are not corrected within thirty
(30) days after such notice and hearing, the
Community Development Administrator shall call
upon any public or private agency to maintain
the common open space for a period of one (1)
year. t~hen the Community Development Adminis-
trator determines that the subject organization
ia not prepared or able to maintain the common
open space or common facilities, such public or
private agency shall continue maintenance for
yearly periods.
(3) The cost of such maintenance by such agency
shall be assessed proportionally against the
properties within the planned unit development
that have a right of enJo~nent of the common
open apace or common facilities and shall
become a lien on said properties.
(h) Dedication of the Public Facilities: The Planning
Commission and the Roard may, as a condition of
approval and adoption of PUD zonin8 and in accord
with the Master Plan of Development, require that
suitable areas for streets, public right-of-way,
school, parks, and other public facilities to be set
aside, improved, and/or dedicated for public use.
(i) Deviations from the required Master Plan elements: The
Community Development Administrator may exempt a petition
from certain required elements of the Master Plan when
the petition contains conditions which show the elements
can be waived without a detrimental effect on the health,
safety and welfare of the community. These exemptions
shall be listed in the Staff Report to the Planning
Commission.
Planned Unit Development: Specific Requirements! Limitations!
and Standardsl In addition to ill lenerll, provllionl end
procedures set out in this Subsection, the following specific
requirements, limitations and standards shall apply particu-
larly to: location of PUD Districts intended primarily for
residential uses and purposes but containing commercial retail
or service activities, location of PUD Districts intended
primarily for commercial and industrial uses or combination
thereof; the preparation of Hasler Plans for the two (2) items
immediately preceding; the review of applications for rezoning
to PUD; and the development (or re-development) of PUD Dis-
tricts that have been adopted as amendments to this Zoning
Ordinance.
1) Location: PUD Districts shall be so located as to pro-
vide adequate access for the population to be expected
and in accord with the provisions and ,tandards herein
set out.
2) Hinimum Area Required: The minimt~ area required for a
Planned Unit Development District shall be five (5)
3) Character of the Site: Any proposed PUD shall be suit-
able for development in the manner proposed without undue
hazards to persons or property, on or off the tract, from
probability of flooding, wind or water erosion, subsi-
dence or slipping of the soil, or subsidence of buildings
or other structures of facilities. Condition of soil,
ground water level, drainage, and topography shall all be
appropriate to both kind and pattern of use or uses
intended. The site shall also contain sufficient width
and depth to accommodate adequately its proposed use and
design.
&) Uses Permitted: The following uses either individually
or combination thereof, shall be permitted in PUD Dis-
tricts when they are shown on the Hasler Plan of Develop-
ment adopted by the Board of County Commissioners for
such districts:
(a) Dwellings of any variety or combination of types.
(b) Accessory buildings and accessory uses.
(c) Conwon public and private open spaces.
5)
(d) Parks, playgrounds, community centers, or other
recreation ot social facility owned and operated by
a non-profit organization.
(e) Recreations! facilities such as golf, swimming,
tennis and country clubs0
(f) Houses of Worship, libraries, schools, nursing
homes, child care centers, hospitals.
(g) Public parks and playgrounds, public buildings,
public utility and service uses.
(h) Marina.
(i) General service commercial, industrial and profes-
sional office uses or combination thereof.
(j) Support business and retail facilities, provided the
amount of land designated for such uses does not
exceed five (5) percent of the gross area of the
total development unless a larger area has been
designated on the Comprehensive Plan.
{k) Entry level multifamily rental dwellings in accor-
dance with Paragraph f 6) of this section, exluding
Paragraph e 2) [(d)-(g)] and Paragraph f 7), 8) and
~o).
Haximum Residential Densities Permitted:
(a) Haximum density for shy residential component or
group of components shall noL exceed the maximum
density permitted in the district the use most
closely resembles.
(b) The Planning Commission may recommend deviations on
density or extent of development when it has deter-
mined that development to the maximum density per-
mitted in Paragraph (s) above would:
(1) Create inconvenient or unsafe access to the
PUD, or
(2) Create traffic congestion in the streets which
adjoin or lead to the PUD, or
(3) Place a burden on psrka~ recreational areas~
schools, and other public facilities vhich
serve or are proposed to serve the PUD, or
6)
Be in conflict with the Reneral Intent and
provisions of the Comprehensive Plnn, or
(5) Create a threat to properly or incur abnormal
public expense in areas subject to natural
hazards.
(c) The overall density of a PUD shall be calculated by
dividing the number of dwellin8 units by the total
gross development area.
Hulti-Family Entry Level Rental Housin~ Areas
(To become effective April l, 1982.)
(a) Intent: This ares is intended to apply to an area
of entry level multi-family residential rental units
having a mid-rise profile silhouette and generally
surrounded by low profile structures and open space
and so situated that it is well-served by public and
commercial services and has direct or convenience
access to thoroughfares and collector streets.
This area is intended to implement the Comprehensive
Plan and provide mid-ride multi-family dwelling
accommodations in accordance with the goals, objec-
tives and policies of the Comprehensive Plau.
This area is baaed on the following findings of fact
by the fload of County Commissioners:
(1) That Collier County is among the highest rental
and purchase housing markets in the State of
Florida;
(2) There is a real need for additional housiug
facilities both rental and purchase in the low
to moderate income ranges;
(3) Due to the shortage of affordable housing in
the low to moderate income range, local busin-
esses have experienced difficulty in recruiting
and retaining qualified employees within many
necessary employment classifications;
(4) That the creations of this district would
discourage younI families, presently unable to
find affordable housing, from moving elsewherel
(5) That the creation o£ this district would
attract busLness to the community by stabJliz-
tn~ the work force and providing affordable
housing for semi-skilled, skilled, trade and
young professional workers;
(6) That providing incentives to the private sector
to provide lo~ and low-to-moderate income
housing would strengthen the County's tax base
by keeping such projects on the tax rolls;
(b) Permitted Uses and Structures: No buildin8 or
structure, or part thereof, shall be erecte, altered
or used, or land or water used, in whole or in part,
for other than the following:
(1) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures
(i) Multi=family rental dwellings units.
(c) Haximum Density: Sixteen (16) residential units per
gross acre.
(d) Minimum Lot Area Requirement: Five (5) acres.
(e) M£nimum Lot Width: One hundred and fifty (150) feet
as measured at the front yard building line setback.
(f) M£nimum Yard Requirements:
(1) Depth of front yard - Thirty (30) feet plus one
(I) foot for each two (2) feet of building
height over thirty (30) feet.
(2) Depth of side yard - Fifteen (15) feet plus one
(I) foot for each two (2) feet of building
height over thirty (30) feet.
(3) Depth of rear yard - Thirty (30) feet plus one
(1) foot for each two (2) feet of building
height over thirty (30) feet.
(g) Distance Between Structures:
(1) If there is & separation between any two (2)
principal structures on the same parcel, said
separation shall be a minimum of fifteen (15)
feet or · distance equal to one=half (~) the
sum of their heights, whichever is the greater.
(h) Mlnimu~ and M·xir~m Floor Are· of Princip·l Strut-
s)
(1) Efficiency Apartments
(i) Minimum Floor Area - 650 square feet.
(ii) Maximum Floor Area - 525 square feet.
(2) One bedroom apartment
(i) Minimum Floor Area - 650 square feet.
(ii) Maximum Floor Area 650 square feet.
(3) Two bedroom apartment
(i) Ninimum Floor Area - 650 square feet.
(ii) Maximum Floor Area - 900 square feet.
(6) Three bedroom apartment
(i) Hinlmum Floor Area - 900 square feet.
(ii) Haximum Floor Area - 1,050 square Eeet.
(i)Naximum lleight of Structures:
(1) Three (3) living floors.
(j) Minimum Landscaping Requirements:
As reqttired in Section 19 of this Ordinance.
(k) Minimum Off-Street Parking:
(1) Efficiency Apartments 1 space per dwelling
unit.
(2) One Bedroom and above - 1.5 spaces per dwellign
unit.
(3) Two Bedrooms or more - 2 spaces per dwelling
unit. (Rev. ORD 80-60).
Commercial Components: Commercial areas in a 8ivan PUD
District are designed and intended to serve either the
residential component or the community generally, and are
so designated by the adopted master plan for said dis-
tract, shall be and are hereby considered to be planned
unit developments or part of a planned unit development
as defined by this subsection. Required master develop-
ment plans for these commercial PUD components sksll
therefore be prepared, reviewed and carried out in com-
pliance with all applicable requirements, limitations and
standards, as set out in this Subsection.
~inimum Lot Area and Frontase Requirements Within a PUD :
No mtnimms lot size or yards shall be required within a
PUD, except that frontals on dedicated public roads shall
observe front yard requirements in accordance with the
zoning classt~lcatinn the use most closely resembles, and
peripheral yards abutting the exterior limits of the PUD
boundary (pxcept for boundaries limited in or by water)
shall observe yard requirements in accordance with the
zening classifi~ation the use most closely resembles.
£vecy dwelling unit or other use permitted in the PUD
shall have access to a public road or street either
directly or via an approved road, pedestrian way, court,
or other ares dedicated to public use or reserved for
private use, or common element guaranteeing access.
Permitted uses are not required to fronL on a public
dedicated road or street.
9) Off-Street Parkin~ and Off-Street Loadin~ Requirements:
Off-street parking and off-street loading requirements
shall be as for comparable uses set out in Section 8 of
this Zoning Ordinance. No parking spaces on or within
any public or private road or travelway shall be counted
in fulfilling the requir-d ammber of spaces. Landscapin8
for vehicular areas shall be as set out in Section 8.32
of this Zoning Ordinance.
(10) Usable Open Space Requirements: Usable open space shall
include active and passive recreation areas such ss
playgrounds, golf courses, beach £rontage, waterways,
lagoons, flood plains, nature trails, and other similar
open spaces. Open water area beyond the perimeter of the
site, street rights-of-way, driveways, off-street parking
areas, and off-street loading areas shall not be counted
in determining usable open space.
(a) Planned Residential Developments: In residential
developments at least sixt~ (601) percent of the
8ross area shall be devoted to usable open apace.
(b) Commercial, Industrial and Hixed Purpose Develop-
ments: In developments of commercial, industrial
and mixed use, including residential, at least
thirty (30%) percent of the ~rosa area shall be
devoted to usable open space.
(c) Dedication of Ulsble Open Spscel A maximum of eight
(8~) percent of the lroll project lite shall be
required for dedication to public uae for all pro-
Jects after a determination by the Board of County
Commissioners that a public need exists for such
public faclIities.
11) Development Plannin~ - External Rela~ionships: Develop-
ment planning within a PUD District shall provide protec-
tion of the development from potentially adverse sur-
rounding influences and protection of surrounding areas
from potentially adverse influences generated by or
within the district.
(a) Principal vehicular access points shall be designed
to encourage smooth traffic flow and minimize
hazards to vehicular or pedestrian traffic. Herding
and turn lanes and/or traffic dividers shall be
required where existing or anticipated heavy traffic
flows indicate need. In general, minor streets
within the PUD development shall not be connected
with minor streets outside the PUD development so as
noL to adversely impact minor streets in the neigh-
boring residential areas. Where streets within the
district intersect adjoining streets, visability
triangles aha11 be maintained.
(b) Fences, walls, or vegetative screening at edges of
PL~ Districts shall be provided where needed to
prohect residents from undesirable view, lighting,
noise or other adverse off-site influences, or to
protect residents of adjoining districts from simi-
lar possible influences from within the PUD Dis-
trict. In all cases, screening shall, at a minimum,
be designed to protect existing or potential first-
floor residential occupant window levels. In par-
titular, off-street parking areas for five (5) or
more cars, ,ervice areas for loading or unloading
vehicles other than passengers, and areas for stor-
age and collection of trash and ~arbage shall be so
screened,
12) ODvelopment Plaflning - Internal Relationships: The
development plan for a PUD District shall provide for
safe, efficient, convenient, and harmonious groupings
structures, uses and facilities, and for appropriate
relation of space inside and outside buildings to intend-
ed uses and structural features.
(a) Streets, drives and parking sad service areas shall
provide safe and convenient access to dwelling units
and project facilities, and for service sad emer=
gency vehicles, but streets shall not be so laid out
as to encourase outside traffic to traverse the
development on minor streets, nor occupy more land
than is required to provide access as indicated, nor
create unnecessary fraBmentation of the development
into small blocks, nor shall streets be laid out or
constructed as to require excessive cuts or fills or
to interfere with desirable drainage in or adjacent
to the district. In addition, all major arteries as
shown on the master plan of development shall be
controlled access facilities and the only vehicular
access thereto shall be public and private streets.
(b) Private streets or roads, if proposed by the appli-
cant, shall comply with all requirements for such
streets and roads as contained in the County Sub-
division Regulations.
13) Preservation. and Protection of Desirable NaturalI
Historic or Archseolo~ical Features: Every effort shall
be made in the planning and development of a PUD District
to preserve and protect desirable natural, historic, or
archaeological features of the site, including trees and
other vegetation of consequence. The disturbance of
terrain or vegetation in s manner likely to si~nificantly
increase either wind or water erosion within or adjacent
to the PUD District is prohibited.
14) ~lZ~..Limitation: Signs shall be in accordance with
Section 8.31 of this Ordinance.
15) Deviations from Specific Re2uirementa! Limitations! and
Standards: ~hen, in the opinion of the Plannin~
sion, unusual conditions exist, they may recommend to tho
Board of County Co~iaeionere and the Board may approve
the waiving of certain portions of the above standards,
limitations and requirements.
Utilities: It ia intended that within the residential pot-
tions of a PUD District, al~ utilities, including te~ephol~o,
television cable, and electrical systems, shall be installed
underground; provided~ however~ appurtenances to these systems
which require above ground installation must be effectively
screened and thereby may be exempted Erom these requirements;
and primary facilities providing service to the site of the
development or necessary to service areas outside the district
may be exempted from thi~ requirement.
Procedures for Planned Unit Develo~.~ent Zoning: Petitions for
rezoning to PUD shall be submitted and processed as for rezon-
lng amendments generally and in accordance with the following
special procedures:
1) Pre-application Conference: Prior to submitting a formal
application for rezoning to PUD, the applicant shall
confer with the Community Development Administrator sad
other County staff, agencies, sad officials involved in
the review and processing of such applications and
lated materials. The applicant is further encouraged to
submit a tentative land use sketch plan for review at the
conference, and to obtain information on any projected
plans or programs relative to possible applicable Federal
or State requirements or other ~atters that may affect
the proposed planned unit development. This pre-applica-
tion conference should address, but not be limited to,
such matters as:
(a) The proper relation between the anticipated project
and surrounding usea~ and the effect of the proposed
development on the planning and development objec-
tives of the County.
(b) The adequacy of existing and proposed streets,
utilities~ and other public facilities to nerve the
development.
(c) The nature, design, and appropriateness of the
proposed land uae arrangement for the size and
configuration o£ propert~ involved.
(d) The adequacy of open specs areas in existence and as
proposed to serve the development.
(e) The ability of the subject property and of surround-
ing areas to accommodate future expansions, if
needed.
Application Haterials: In addition to information gener-
ally required for rezoning applications, the applicant
shall submit the following materials or data in suffi-
cient copies for necessary referrals and records:
(a) The evidence of unified control of the proposed
planned unit development and the associated agree-
ments required under this Subsection.
Cb) A proposed master plan of development as prescribed
under this Subsection.
(c) Such other material as the applicant may feel
applicable to and in support of his application for
rezontng to PUD.
(d) Any additional information as may be required by the
Planning Commission or the Board of County Commis-
sioners at the time of any public hearing.
PrehearinB Conference: Any application for rezonin8 to
PUD, together with all materials prescribed herein, shall
be submitted to the Community Development Administrator.
Pre-hearing conferences may be held between the applicant
and/or his representatives and officials or representa-
tive of the County. The purpose of such pre-hearing
conferenre~ shall be to assist in bringing the applica-
tion for rezoning to PUD as nearly as possible into
conformity with the intent of these or other applicable
regulations, and/or to define specifically any Justifi°
able variations from the application of such regulations.
If such conferences be held. any recommendations for
change in the application, master plan of development, or
required statements shall be set down in writinl and
shall become a part of the public record in the case.
All such recommendations shall be supported by written,
stated reasons for the proposed chanle. The applicant
6)
shal~, in writing, indicate agreement to such recommends=
tions or disagreement. If disagreeing, the applicant
shall state, in writing~ the reasons therefore. Al! such
responses by the applicant shall be included in the
record of the case.
Review by Advisory Board's: The Board of County Commie-
stoners shall require review of the application for
rezoning to PUD by such County advisory boards as it may,
from time to time, designate, l~here the Board has re-
quired review, comments and critique of such advisory
board shall be made in writing and shall become a part of
the record in the matter; provided, a representative of
such designated board may appear and speak at the public
hearings before the Planning Commission and the Board of
County Commissioners.
}[earing Before the PlanninS Commission: Public notice
~hall be 8ives and a public hearing held before the
Planning Commission on the application for rezoning to
PUD. Both the notice and the hearing shall be on the
application, proposed master plan of development~ and
required statements as they may have been amended as a
result of the pre-hearing conferences condncted pursuant
to this subsection.
Planning Commission Recommendation: The Planning Commis-
sion shall make written findings as herein set out and
shall recommend to the Board of County Commissioners
either approval of the PUD rezoning as proposed; approval
conditional on stated modifications; or disapproval.
support of its recommendation, the Planning Commission
shall make findings as
(a) The suitability of the area for the type and pattern
of development proposed in relation to physical
characteristics of the land~ relation to surroundinl
areas~ traffic and access~ drainage~ sewer~
and other utilities.
(b) Adequacy of evidence of unified control and suit-
ability 'of any proposed agreements~ contracts~ ot
other instruments or for amendments in those pro-
posed, particularly as they may relate to arrange-
manta or provisions to be made for the continuing
operation and maintenance of such areas and facili-
ties that are not to be provided or maintained at
public expense. Findings and recon~nendations of
this type shall be made only after consultation with
the County Attorney.
(c) Conformity of the proposed planned unit development
with the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive
Plan.
(d) Conformity with PUD regulations, or aa to desirable
modification of such regulations in the particular
case, based on determination that such modifications
are justified aa meeting public purposes to a degree
at least equivalent to literal application of such
regulations,
7) Action by Board: Unless the application is withdrawn by
the applicant, the Board of County Commissioners shall,
upon receipt of the Planning Commission's recommendation,
advertise and hold a public hearing on the application.
The notice and hearing shall be on the application and
master plan of development as recommended by the Planning
Commission to the Board of County Commissioners. The
Board of County Commissioners shall either grant the
proposed rezoning to PUD; approve with conditions or
modifications or deny the application for PUD rezoning.
Such modifications shall be stated with reference to the
appropriate provision of these regulations upon which
they are based and the re,eons therefore.
Effect of Planned Unit Development Zoninl: If the Board of
County Commissioners approved the proposed PUD rezoning, the
master plan for development and &ll other information and
materials formally submitted with the petition aha11 be con-
sidered and adopted aa an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance
and shall become the standards of development for th~ subject
planned unit development. Thenceforth~ development in the
area delineated as PUD District on the Official ZoninI Atlas
shall proceed only in accord with the adopted master plan for
said disLrict.
Before developmeot o£ any type may proceed, ~l! agreements or
contracts required, but not approved a: the time o£ amending
action, shall be approved by appropriate officers or agencies
of the County. In those instances where final plats are
required by other County regulations~ building permits may be
issued after a final plat and construction plans have been
approved by the Board of County Commissioners, thereby per-
mitting appropriate construction as necessary improvements are
installed; but no occupancy permit shall be issued until the
final plat of the project, or phase thereof has been recorded.
Changes and Amendments: The Board of County Commissioners ~
upon recommendation by the Planning Commission, may approve
minor changes in the location, siting or height of buildings,
aLrucCures, and improvcmcnts authorized by the adopted ~ter
plan of development rot a designated PUD Oistrict~ provided
that such modifications do not:
1) Increase the number of structures; the number of dwelling
unitsl or densities as specified by the adopted master
plan.
2) Change any perimeter boundary of the planned unit devel-
opment.
3) Rearrange any lot, block, building tract, or common open
space or common facility as shown on the adopted master
plan.
4) Change any use as shown on the adopted master plan.
5) Change location or amounts of land devoted to specified
land uses on the adopted master plan.
Changes 1) through 5) above shall be considered major
changes to the Naster Plan and shall require the lame
procedure as for actual PUD zoning before they can be
approved by the Board. Language changes not involving 1)
through 5) above shall require the same procedure aa for
amending the Zoning Ordinance.
SECTION 8. SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REOULATIONS~
8.I Visibilttg st Intersections in All ~oninl Dfstrtcts~ On · corner
lot in all aoninl districts~ no £encee ~all~ hedge~ planting! or
structure shsl! be erected, plsn~ed, or allowed to grow in such s
manner ss to obstruct vision between a height of three (3) feet and
eiiht (8) feet above the centerllne grades of tile intersecting
streets in the area bounded by the street lines of such corner lots
and a line Joinins points along said street lines forty (40) feet
from the point of intersection. Parking is prohibited in this
area. Trees are permitted! so long as the foliage is cut avsy and
maintained within the three (3) and eiEht (8) foot clearance re-
quirement. Posts for t11uminatin$ fixtures, traffic control, and
street name signs are permitted, so 1ohs as the sign or equipment
is not within the prescribed clear space.
8.2 Location of Accessor~ Structures:
Accessory structures must be
constructed simultaneously with or following the construction of
the principal structure and shall conform with the following set-
backs and building separations:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURES
Non-Waterfront Lots - NonOolf Course Lots
FRONT REAR SIDE
1. Parking Garage or
Carport - Single Family SPS
2. 1-Story Parking
Structures SPS
3. Hultl-Story Parking
Structures SPS
4. Swimming Pool and/or
Screen Enclosure
(Gne and two family) SPS
5. Swinwing Pool
(Hultiple family snd
Commercial) SPS
6. Tennis Courts (Private)
(One and two family) SPS
7. Tennis Courts (Multiple
family and Commercial) SPS
8. Utility Buildinss SPS
9. Chickee,
Barbecue Areas SPS
lO. Attached Screen Porch SPS
11. Unlisted Accessory SPS
N = None
STRUCTURE
TO STRUCTURE
(If detached)
10' SPS 10'
N/A ~ Not Applicable
35' SPS 10'
35' SPS *1/1
10' SPS N
20' 15' N
15' SPS 10'
20' 15' 20'
lO' SPS lO'
10'' SPS N
10' S~S N/A
SPS SPS lO'
SPS ~ Calculated aame as
principal structure.
*l/l · 1/foot of accessory
height · 1/foot of
building separation,
ACCESSORY STRUCTURES
On Waterfront Lots and Golf Course Lots
F~ONT RE~ S~D~.
1. Parking Carage or
Carport - Single Family SPS SPS SPS
2. l-Story Parking
Structures SPS SPS SPS
3. Hulti-Story Parking
Structures SPS SPS SPS
&. Swimming Pool and/or
Screen Enclosure
(One and two family) SPS 10' SPS
5. Swimming Pool
(Hultiple family and
Conunercial) SPS 20' 15'
6. Tennis Courts (Private)
(One and two family) SPS 15' SPS
7. Tennis Courts (Hultiple
family and Commercial) SPS 35' SPS
8. Boat llouaea (F:ivste) SPS N/A 7.5'
9. Utility Buildings SPS BPS SPS
10. Chickee, Barbecun Areas SPS 10' SPS
11. Davits N/A N/A 7.5'
12. Attached Screen Porch SPS I0' iPS
13. Unlisted Accessory SPS SPS SPS
14. Docks N/A N/A 7.5'
15. Boat Slips & Ramps
(Private) ~/A N/A 7.5'
N = ~one
N/A = Not Applicable
STRUCTURE
TO STRUCTURE
(If detached)
I0'
10'
*1/1
10'
20'
10'
10'
N
SPS
SPS
10'
N/A
N/A
SPS = Calculated same as
principal structure.
*l/1 · 1/foot of acceasoFy
heleht · l/foot of
butldin8 ee~aration.
those cases where the Coastal Control Line it involved, the
Coastal Control Line will apply.
8.3 ;xcZuatons ~rom Hei;ht Limits. The height Zimitations contained in
the Schedule of District Regulations do not apply to spirea, bel-
fries, cupolas, flaspoles, antennas, water tanks, fire towers when
operated by a branch of government, ventilators, chimneys, feed
storage strnctures, silos, windmills, or to other appurtenances
usually required to be placed above the roof level and not intended
for human occupancy, or to airport control towers; provided~ how-
ever, the heights of these structures or appurtenances thereto
shall not exceed any height limitations prescribed by the Federal
Aviation Agency or airport zoning regulations within the flight-
approach zone of airports. (See Section
8.4 Exclusions from l[ei~ht Limits - Off-Street Parking Within a
BuildinE. In instances where off-street parking is provided within
the primary building, the Zoning Director may waive the maximum
height requirements to the extent necessary to permit off-street
parking within the primary building, provided the number of off-
street parking spaces required by this ordinance for the use invol-
ved may not be reduced, nor may the waiver in height be greater
than that necessary to provide for the off-street parking within
the primary building, with a maximum of two (2) parktnE levels.
This exclusion shall not apply to those districts where provisions
are made in the Height Limits for under-building parking.
8.5 Exceptions to Required Yards. In all zone districts, yards as
defined in Section 20 shall be as established by the Schedule of
District Regulations except as follows:
a. Front Yards Exceptions. Vhere corner lots of record existed
prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance which do not
meet minimum requirements, only one (1) full depth front yard
shall be required. All other front yards shall be not less
than fifty (50%) percent of the required front yard depth.
The full depth front yard shall be located along the shorter
street lot line.
In the came of through lots, unless the prevailing front
yard pattern on the adjoining lots indicate othervise~ front
yards shall be provided on all frontages. ~here one of the
fro~yards that would normally be required on a through lot
is not in keeping with the prevallinI yard pattern, the Zoning
Co
do
Director may waive the requirement for the.normal front yard
and substitute therefore a special yard requirement which
aha11 not exceed the average of the yards provided on adjacent
lots.
Depth of a required front yard shall be measured so that
the yard established is a strip of the mintmus width required
by the district regulations with its inner edge parallel to
the front lot line. In the case of irregularly shaped lotat
the depth may be measured at right angles to a straight line
Joining the foremost points of the aide lot line.
Where lots in residential districts comprising forty
(40%) percent or more of the frontage on one side of a street
between intersecting streets are developed with structures
having an average front yard with a variation of not more than
six (6) feett no building thereafter erected shall project
beyond the average line so established. This provision ap-
plies in all resideutial districts.
Side Yard Exceptions. Where lots of record existed prior to
the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance~ which lots do not
meet the minimum width requirements act out in this Zoning
Ordinance, then for such lots~ and only for such lot,, the
minimum side yards shall be not less than ten (10%) percent of
the average lot width~ provided no side yard shall be less
than five (5) feet. In the case of through lots, side yards
shall extend from the rear lines of front yards required. In
the case of corner lots, yards remaining after front yards
have been established on both frontages shall be considered
side yards.
Rear Yard Exceptions. In the case of through lots and corner
lots~ there will be no rear yards, but only front and side
yards. Depth of a required rear yard shall be measured so
that the yard established ia a strip of the minimu~ width
required by district regulations with its inner edge parallel
to the rear lot line.
Special Yard Exceptions. In cases where neither the ter~
"aide yard" nor the term "rear yard" clearly applies, the
Zoning Director shall require a yard with minimum dimensions
as generally required for · side yard or · rear yard in the
district, determining which ·hall apply by the relation of the
portion of the lot on which the yard is to be located to the
adjoining lot or lots, with due red·rd to the orientation and
location of structures and build·bls areas thereon.
In the case of irregularly shaped lots or unusual circum-
stances where minor variati6ns in yard· appear necessary, the
Zoning Director may allow smaller yards than are otherwise
required in the district, providing that:
1. The Zoning Director allows only yard· that ·re similar to
yards required elsewhere in the ·ams di~trict, and in no
event allows yard· over twenty-five (25I) percent smaller
than are required elsewhere in the same district.
2. The Zoning Director allows only yards that achieve the
same purpose as required yards elsewhere in the district.
3. The irregular shape ia due to conditions over which the
property owner has no control.
Yard Encroachments. Every parc of every required yard aha11
be open and unobstructed from thirty (30) inches above the
general ground level of the graded lot upward to the sky
except aa hereinafter provided or aa otherwise permitted in
this Zonini Ordinance:
1) Sills and belt courses may project not over twelve (12)
inches into a required yard.
2) Hovable awnings may project not over three (3) feet into
· required yard, provided that where the yard is less
than five (5) feet in width the projection shall not
exceed one-half (~) the width of the yard.
3) Window or wall mounted ·ir conditioning units, chimneys,
fireplaces, bay windows, or pilasters may project not
over two (2) feet into s required yard.
&) Fire escapes, stairways, ·nd balconies which ·re unroofed
and unenclosed may project not over five ($) feet into ·
required side yard of · multiple family dwelling, hotel
or motel and not over three (3) feet into an RSF Dis-
trict.
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.9
5) Noods, canopies, roof overhangs, or marquees may project
not over three (3) feet into a required yard, but shall
not come closer than one (1) foot to the lot line.
6) Fences, walls, hedges, subject to Section 8.33, and pad
mounted air conditioners are permitted in required yards,
subject to the provisions of Section 8.1.
7) Cornices, eaves or gutters may project not over three (3)
feet into a required yard, provided that where the re-
quired yard is less than six (6) feet in width, such
projection shall not exceed one-half (~) the width of the
yard.
8) Except as provided in Section 8.1, nothing in this Zoning
Ordinance shall be so construed as to prohibit any type
of landscaping or private, non-profit gardening on any
lot.
Buildings to Have Access. Every building hereafter erected or
moved shall be on a lot adjacent to a public street or with access
tc an approved private street or with actual and legal access to an
approved private street, and all structures shall be so located on
lots as to provide safe and convenient access for servicing, fire
protection, and required off-street parking.
Use of Residentially Zoned Property for Access. No lot or parcel
which is residentially zoned shall be used for driveway, walkway,
or access purposes to any land which is non-residentially zoned, or
used for any purpose not permitted in a residential district except
for ingress and egress to a use existing at the effective date of
this Zoning Ordinance which does not abut on a street, except aa
may be further provided in this Ordinance.
Parkin& and Storage of Certain Vehicles. Automotive vehicles, or
trailers of any ty~e without current license plates where required
'by law shall not be parked or stored on any residentially zoned
property other than in completely enclosed buildings.
Hovin[ of Buildings or Structures. No building or structure shall
be moved from one lot to another lot, or moved to another location
on the same lot, unless such building or structure shall thereafter
confor~ to ell of the applicable provisions of this Zoning'Ordin=
anco sod to ell other applicable regulations of Collier County.
8.10 Essential Services. Essential' services are hereby defined ss
services designed and operated to provide water, sewer, gas, tele-
phone, electricity, cable television or communications to the
general public by providers which have been approved and suthortzed
according to laws having appropriate Jurisdiction. Essential
services are allowed in any zoning district subject to the follow-
ing condittonsz
a. Permitted Uses. The following uses shsll be deemed permitted
uses in any zoning district~ water lines, sewer lines, gas
lines, telephone lines, csble television, electricsl transmis-
sion and distribution lines, sub-stations~, lift stations,
individual wells and septic tanks, and similar installations
necessary for the performance of these services.
b. Provisional Uses. The following uses shall be deemed provi-
sional uses in any district: electric or gas generating
plants, sewage treatment plants, hospitals, hospices, sanitor-
iums, water pumping or water aeration or treatment plants~
governmental facilities In residential areas, com~unication
towers, and other similar facilities.
c. Under this subsection, where structures are involved other
than structures supporting lines or cables, such structures
aha11 conform insofar as possible to the character of the
district in which they are located as to architecture and
lsndscaping, with utiliz&tion of screening and buffering
compatible with the district.
d. Essential services shall not be deemed to include the erection
of structures for commercial activities such as sales or the
collection of bills in districts from which such activities
would otherwise be barred.
8.11Locational Restrictions for Use Involvin~ Intoxicstinl Beverazes:
a. Sale of Alcoholic Beverases: The sale of alcoholic beverages
for consumption on premises will not be permitted at any
location until such location has been approved by the Zoning
Director. Prior to action by the Zoning Director for recomo
mending a location for sale of alcoholic beverages for con-
sumption on premises et any location~ he shall find .that the
following requirements have been ~et~
1)
No such use shall be located within five hundred (500)
feet of any established school, church, public park, or
playground. This does not include beach access points.
The distance of five hundred (500) feet shall be
measured as the shortest distance between the lot on
which the school, church~ public park or playground is
located and the lot on which the alcoholic beverages are
to be sold.
2) No such use shall be located within five hundred (500)
feet of any existing establishment which sells alcoholic
beverages for consumption on premises.
The distance of five hundred (500) feet shall be
measured as the shortest distance between the lot on
which the existing establishment is located and the lot
on which the alchoholic beverages are to be sold.
3) The erection of any school, church, public park or play-
ground within five hundred (500) feet of an establishment
which offers the sale of alcoholic beverages for consump-
tion on premises shall not cause such establishment to
become nonconforming.
4) The applicant shall submit a plot plan showing the
following:
(a) Dimensions of subject premises.
(b) All vehicular points of ingress and egress.
(c) Compliance with all requirements of this ordinance
including landscaping, off-street parking, buffer
areas, and location and size of all signs.
The following uses shall be exempted from the distance limits-
tions of Paragraph 13.a.(2) of this Subsection, but shall
comply with all other requirements of this Subsection:
1) Any restaurant deriving at least fifty-one (51%) percent
2)
2)
of its gross revenue from the sale of food and non-alco-
holic beversges.
Any motel smd/or hotel with one hundred (100) or ~ore
guest rOOml.
Any private club~ golf club, country club, civl~ or fra-
ternal club may serve alcoholic bever~zes for consmsption
on premises when such service i8 tneiden~&l to the Bain
use and for the exclusive use of the members, tenants,
and/or guests of the
c. Any o~ner or operator of an establishment approved under this
Subsection to sell any alcoholic beverages for consumption on
premises shall upon written demand of the Zoning Dlrector~
make or cause to be made under oath a statement itemizing what
percentage of his gross receipts are from the sale of alcohol-
ic beverages.
8.12 Off-Street Vehicular Facilities - Parkini and Loadin;. ~herever in
any zoning district off-street facilities are provided for the
parking or display of any and all types of vehicles, boers or
construction equipment, whether such vehicles, boats or equipment
are self-propelled or not, and all land upon which vehicles tra-
verse the property sa a function of the primary use (including
"drive-in" facilities) hereinafter referred to ss "other vehicular
uses", such off-street facilities and land shall conform to the
minimum requirements of Chi, Zoning Ordinance.
a. Intent: It is the intent of this Zoning Ordinance that the
public health, safety, comfort, ordert appesrancet conveni-
e~c~, morals, luLe~eaL, a~d /e~era/ ~e/tare require ~hat every
building and use erected or instituted after the effective
date o£ this Zoning Ordinance shall be provided with adequate
off-screet parking facilities for the use of occupants~ em-
ployeest visitors, cusLnmers, or patrons. Zt is &lBo the
intent of this Zoning Ordinance that certain uses must provide
adequate off-street loading facilities. Such of~-street
parking and off-street loading facilities shall be maintained
and continued so long as the use continues. (For definitions
of "parking space, off-street" and "loading spacet off-
street", see Sectiou 20.)
b. General: Off-street parkin~ and off-street loadin[ facilities
shall be provided as set out in this loninl Ordinance. Con-
forming buildings and uses existing ss of the effective date
of this Zoning Ordinance ~ay be eodernized, altered, or
paired ~lthout provldinl ~ddi~ionll off-street p~rkinl or
elf-street losdin~ f~cllities~ providin[ there
in floor ares or c~p~clty or ch~n[e ia use ~tch~uld require
additional off-street
1) Where a conforming building or ,se existed ss of the
effective date of thil Zoning Ordinance and such building
or use is enlarged in floor area, volume, capacity, or
space occupied, off-street parking and off-street loading
as specified in this Zoning Ordinance shall be provided
for the additional floor area, volume, capacity, or space
aa created or used.
2) ~here a use and building existed at the effective date of
this Zoning Ordinance and the use ia changed after the
effective date of this ordinance and where this ordinance
requires such [aCer and changed use 'to have greater
r~quired off-street parking, then additional off-street
parkas8 shall be provided for the later and changed use
to the extent o£ the difference between the later use and
the prior use and aa though both uses had been subject to
this Ordinance.
3) Central Business District: Unless other~ise provided,
areas designated as the Central Business District of a
community shall not be required to meet the requirements
for off-street parking and loading herein. Such Central
Business Districts may be designated on a map or such
other documents and materials as are necessary and adop-
ted by the County Commission upon recommendation of the
Planning Commission for the purpose of exempting such
area from off-street parking and loading regulations.
Off-Street Vehicular Facilities: Identification~ Surfacin~
Drainage, LiRhtingt Access Etc. Off-street parking facili-
ties and other vehicular facilities both required and pro-
vided, shall:
l) Be identified as to purpose and location when not clearly
evident.
2) Be surfaced with asphalt, bituminous, concrete or dust-
less material and maintained in smooth, well graded
condition (driveways, access &isles~ and parking spaces
for houses of worship and public and private schools
offering academic courses e&y be surfaced with 'grass or
ls~n). Upon approval of the loninl Oirectot, a suitable
saterisl (limerock excluded) etch n.luitoble stablllled
3)
6)
subgrade may be substituted for the above materials.
This Paragraph does not apply to single-family dwellings.
Be drained and sloped so aa not to cause any nuisance to
adjacent property or to public property or rights-of-way.
Be so lighted, if lighted~ as to shield streets and all
adjacent properties from direct glare, excessive light,
and hazardous interference with automotive end pedestrian
traffic,
Be arranged for convenient and safe access of pedestrians
and vehicles.
Be arranged so that no vehicle shall be'forced onto any
street to gain access from one aisle to another aisle.
7) Whenever the number of off-street parking spaces required
by this Ordinance is five (5) or more, all spaces shall
be marked with paint or other suitable pavement marking
material. The striping requirement may be excluded in
residential districts subject to approval of the Zoning
Director. ;
8) Be constructed so that interior portions of off-street
vehicular facilities not utilized specifically as a
parking space or maneuvering or other vehicular uae area
shall not be paved but shall be landscaped in accordance
with this Section.
9) Off-street parking areas shall be designed so as not to
create dead-end aisles, unless waived by the Zoning
Director. Al,lea designed for one-way traffic flow shall
have painted arrows not less than four (4) feet in length
at each end of the aisle indicating the direction of
travel.
10) Whenever any part of an off-street parking area ia re=
designed~ those pavement markings which no longer apply
aha11 be completely obliterated.
Off-Street Parkinst Location.
1) The required off-street parking facilities shall be
located on the sams lot or parcel they serve, or may be
located on a contiguous lot in the sane ownerahi~ and not
separated by a streett with the permitted use o£ tho
contiguous 1o~ peruttting the sane use as tho lot on
which the principal structure ia located.
Each off-street parking space must be directly accessible
from a street, alley, or other public right-hr-way.
Except for single and two family dwellings, all off-
street parking facilities must be ao arranged that no
automobile shall have to back onto any street.
The required off-street parking facilities shall normally
be located on the same lot or parcel of land as the
building or uae it ia intended to serve. However, the
Zoning Director, after a review of a Development Plan
submitted in accordance with Section 10.5 may allow the
establish~ent of the required off-street parking facili-
ties within six hundred (600) feet of the building or use
it is intended to serve when practical difficulties
prevent the placing of the required off-street parking
facilities on the same lot as the building or use it is
intended to serve providing:
(a) The Zoning Director may impose such regulations or
conditions upon approval as he may deem appropriate
for the protection of the health, safety, and well-
being of the citizens of Collier County which may
include, but shall not be limited to, pedestrian
ground level and overhead walkways, traffic signals,
traffic control devices, and directional signs,
controlled ingress and egress, fences, walls, and
vegetative screens as determined appropriate.
(b) The owner of the land upon which such required
off-street parking facilities are ~ocated shall
enter into a written agreement with the County, to
be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, with
enforcement running to the County providing that the
land comprising the required off-street parking
facilities shall never be encroached upon, used!
sold, leased or conveyed for any purpose except in
conjunction with the bulldin~ or u~ which the
required off-street parking facilities serves ao
long aa the off-street parking facilities are re-
quired.
(c) The owner of the land upon which such required
off-street parking facilities ar~ located agrees to
bear the expen·e of recording tho ·greement, which
shall bind his heirs~ ·uccc·sore, ·nd assigns.
(d) The written agreement ·hall be voided by Collier
County if other required off=·treet parking facili-
ties are provided in accordance with the require-
meats of thi· Ordinance.
e. Off-Street Perkins: Dimensional Standards. Each parking
space shall be · minimum of nine (9) feet by eighteen
feet in size. Hinimum aisle width shall be at follows:
Ansle of..parkins Aisle Width One Way Aisle Width Two Way
Parallel 12 feet 20 feet
30° 12 feet 22 feet
65° 12 feet 22 feet
60° 18 feet 2& feet
90° 22 feet 24 feet
A plan shall be submitted
with every application for a building permit for any building or
use that is required to provide off-street parking. The plan shall
include, but not be limited to the following information:
a. Vehicular entry and exit drives.
b. On-site vehicular circulation patterns, required parking and
loading spaces.
c. Accessways for emergency and service vehicles if separate from
·.above.
d. Location of buffers and landscaping areas as required by
Section 8.30 and 37 of this Ordinance.
e. Off-site improvements necessitated by the traffic of the
proposed project such as storage lanes, median cuts, signali-
zation, sidewalks, etc.
The Zoning Director may require · traffic impact state-
ment where the proposed project may:
1) Generate a volume of traffic greater than that normally
generated by the other pemitted use· of the ·see zoning
district; or~
2) Require the creation of new ~urb cuts or median cute to
· ·feXy handle the traffic laser·ted by the proposed
8.13 Off-Street Perkins: Plans Required.
3) Require signalization,' storage lanes or other similar
traffic safety devices to safely and adequately handle
the traffic generated by the proposed project.
Fire lanes in accord·nco with the Collier County Code of Laws
sad Ordinances.
8.1& Off-Street Parking: Hixed Uses. Vhere several types of uses are
to be located in · single building, or where several types of uses
are to be located in two (R) or more structures on a site under
single ownership or management, the computation of required off-
street parkin8 spaces shall be the total of the several uses com-
puted separately.
No part of an off-street parking area required for any buldin8
or use shall be included as a part of an off-street parking area
similarly required for another building or use unless the Zoning
Director finds that the type of use indicates that the period of
usale will not overlap or be concurrent with each other.
8.15 Off=Street Parking: Uses Nsc Specifically Hentioned. Requirements
for off-street parking for uses not specifically mentioned in this
ordinance shall be the same as for the use most similar to the one
sought, it being the intent of this Zoning Ordinance to require all
uses to provide off-street parking, unless specific provision is
made to the contrary.
8.16 Off-Street Parking: Fractional ~easurements. i~hen units of mea-
surements determining number of required off-street parking spaces
result in a requirement of · fractional space, then such fraction
equal or greater than one=half (1/2) shall require a full offstreet
parking space.
8.17 Off-Street Parking: Heasurement. l~here this Zoning Ordinance
requires off-street parking based on various types of measurements,
the following rules shall apply:
a. Floor area means, for the purposes of this subsection only,
the gross floor ares inside the exterior walls, unless other-
wise specifically indicated.
b. In hospitals, bassinets do not count as beds.
c. In stadiums, sports arenas, houses of worship, 'and other
places of public assembly where occupants utilize 'benche·~
pews, or other similar seating arranlementso each twenty-four
(2&) lineal inches of such seating facilities count aa one
seat.
d. Requirements baaed on number of employees or persons employed
or workin8 in an establishment must be clearly marked and
reserved for the use of such employees or workers. ~hen the
number of employees increases after the building or structure
ia occupied, then the amount of off-street parking provided
must be increased in ratio to the increase of the number of
employees.
8.18 Off-Street Parking: Hinimum Requirement: Irrespective of any
other requirement of this Zonin80rdinance~ each and every separate
individual store, office~ ot other business shall be provided with
at least one off-street parking apace, unless specific provision is
made to the contrary.
8.19 Off-Street Parking: Encroachment Prohibited. Required off-street
parking shall be located so that no automotive vehicle when parked
shall have any portion of such vehicle overhanglni or encroaching
on public right-of-way or the property of another. If necessary,
wheel stops or barriers may be required in order to enforce this
provision.
8.20 Off-Street Parking: Required. Required off-street parking accord-
in8 to the requirements of this ordinance shall not be reduced in
area or changed to any nther use Lmleas the permitted or permissi-
ble use that it serves ia discontinued or modified, or equivalent
required off-street parking is provided meeting the requirements of
this Ordinance.
8.21 Off-Street Parking: Reservation. l~here in the determination of
the Zoning Director, the required number of spaces is excessive for
a specific use, the owner or agent may substitute landscaping in
lieu of paving provided said areas are reserved for future parkin8
should the County find those spaces are needed, and further pro-
vided:
a. A Development Plan is submitted to and approved in accordance
with 8action 10.5.
b. The o~er of the land upon which such parking ia be~n& reser-
ved shall enter into · written agreement with the Countyt to
be filed with the Clerk of ~he Circuit Cour:t with
running to the County ensuring that the reserved parking area
shall never be encroached upon, used, sold, leased or conveyed
for any purpose except in conjunction with the bulldin~ or use
which the reserved parking area serves so long as the off-
street parking facilities ire required.
c. The owner of the land upon which such reserved parking area is
located agrees to bear the expense of recordin~ the agreement
which shall bind his heirs, successors or assigns.
d. The written agreement shall be voided by the County if the re-
served parkin8 area is converted to usable parking area or if
the reserved parking area is no longer required.
8.22 Off=Street Parkins: Non-Conformins. b/here the required off-street
parking makes a use non-conforming, no major alteration, repair or
extension of that use may take place until such time as additional
parking is supplied which will make the total use in conformance
with these requirements.
8.23 Off-Street Parkins: Required Amounts.
merits are ss follows:
Agricultural Uses
Art Gallery or Nuseu~
Bank or Financial
Institution
Barbershops & Beauty
Parlors.
Bowling Alley
Child Care Center, Day
Nursery, Kindergarten
Coin-Op (Laundry, self=
service)
Off-street parking require-
As for specific uses.
aris space for each 250 square feet of
floor area open to the public.
As for professional or business
office provided any bank or financial
institution providing drive-in facil-
ities must have approval of a Develop-
ment Plan under Section 10.5.
Three (3) spaces per chair.
Five (5) spaces per 1,000 square feet
of gross floor area.
Two (2) spaces for each employee plus
adequate provision for loading and
loading children off the street dur-
ing peak hours.
One space for each two (R) washing
nmchines.
oo,' 01,4
107,
Co~mercisl or Nemberahip
Raquet Clubs
Dance, Art, Nusic Studio
Dry Boat Storage
Elementary or Hiddle
School
Funeral Home
Furniture or Carpet
Stores
Golf Courses
Hospitals
House of Worship
Industrial Activity
Three (3) per court plus additional
spaces aa required for other uses.
One (1) space for each 300 square
feet of gross floor area.
One (l) space for each eight (8) dry
slips or any part thereof. In no
case, shall there be less than three
(3) spaces for each dr~ slip storage
atructure.
Two (2) spaces for each classroom or
office room, plus on~ space for each
150 square feet of seating area (in-
cludin8 aisles) in any auditoriu~,
gymnasium, or cafeteria intended to
be used as a place of assembly, but
where seating is not permanently
fixed. Permanently fixed seating
aha11 be aa for stadium, etc. below.
One space for each two (2) seats in
rooms for services or chapel.
One (1) space for each 500 square
feet of gross floor area.
Four (4) parking spaces for
each golf hole. Where restaurants,
bars, cocktail lounges and transient
accommodations are made an integeral
part of a golf course enterprise,
then 50% of the spaces required for
the go1£ course aha11 be credited to
the parking requirements of such
supplemental facilities.
T~o (2) spaces per patient bed.
One space for each two (2) seats
in chapel or auditorium,
One (1) parking space for .each 1,000
equate feet or the stems fl~or area
in tho bulldin8 up to 10,000 square
Library, Community Center,
or Recreation Facility
(not othe~vise listed)
Harina
Hedical, Dental Office
Hobile Home Residences
Hodel Homes,
Hotel, Hotel
New and Used Car Sales
feet and then one (I) parking space
for each 2,000 square feet of gross
floor area thereafter, or one (1)
parking space for each two (2) an-
ticipated employees, whichever re=
quires the greater number of parking
spaces. If retail sales are conduc-
ted in connection with such indus-
trial use, additional off-street
parking shall be provided as re-
quired by the provisions hereof
relating to
such retail uses. The portion of the
structure allocated for retail sales
shall be used as a basis for deter-
mining additional off-street parking
to be provided. In no event shall
there be fewer than five (5) parking
spaces provided per building.
One (l) space for each 200 square
feet of gross floor area, or one (1)
space for each three (3) seats,
whichever is greater.
Two (2) spaces for each three (3)
boat slips or moorings.
One (1) space for each doctor, nurse,
or employee, plus two (2) spaces for
each consultation, practice and/or
examining room.
Two (2) spaces per dwelling unit.
As determined by the ZoninS Director.
One and one half (lb) spaces per unit
for the first one hundred (100) units
plus one (1) space for each addition-
al unit thereafter.
Ten (10) parking spaces, plus
one (1) space for each 200 square
Nursesv Home, Convent,
Honaate£y
Nursing Rome, Rome for
the Aged, Convalescent
Romes.
Professional or Business
Office
Private Clubs, or
Lodges
Public Buildings (not
otherwise listed)
?ublic Tennis, Racquetball,
or Handball Courts
Restaurants (Drive-In),
Fast Food Service
Restaurants (other than
Drive-In), Bar, Night
Club
feet of office a~d principal showroom
space, plus one (I) space for each
additional 1,000 square feel of re-
pair and maintenance space, none of
which may be used for merchandise
inventory parking. In no event shall
there be less than one (1) space for
each 10,000 square feet of gross land
Ires.
One (1) apace for each four (4)
lodging units.
One apace per two (2) beds.
One (1) space per 250 square feet of
gross floor area on the first floor
level and one (1) space per 300
square feet of gross floor area for
each additions1 floor level.
One (1) space per 100 square feet of
gross floor area.
As determined by the Director.
Three (3) spaces per court.
One (1) space per thirty (30) square
feet of gross floor area.
Restaurants with drive-thru facil-
it/es - subject to Section 10.5)
One space for each two (2) seals Ln
public rooms, whether seating
fixed or moveable or one (1) space
per seventy (70) square feet of the
gross floor area, whichever La great-
er.
Retsil Shops, Stores,
Department Stores,
and other unlisted
Commercial Uses, but
not /ncludinI Super-
markets or Shoppinl
Centers.
Senior High School
Shopping Centers
Single Family Dvellings
Stadium, Sports Arena,
Theatre, or other
place of public assem-
bl? other than those
listed elsewhere.
Supermarket
Temporary Parking for
Sports Events,
Religious Events, or
Community Events
Town or Row House
T~o Family end Hultifsmily
D~ellings.
One (l) space per 250 square feet of
gross floor area.
As for elementary and middle
schools except seven (7) spaces for
each classroom or office room.
One (1) space per 17~ square feet or
any part thereof of the gross floor
&res.
T~O (2) spaces per dwelling unit.
One space for each (3) seats, or one
(1) space per forty (40) square feet
of the gross floor area, whichever
ia greater.
One (1) space per 125 square feet or
any part thereof of the 8ross
floor area.
In the case si a church, community,
or other sporting event which opera-
tes on an intermittent or seasonal
basis, the required off-street park°
ins may be provided on a temporary
basis and need not be permanently
des/snared, paved, drainedt or land-
scaped provided use has been
proved and issued by the Director.
T~o (2) spaces for each dvellins
unit.
Efficiency and one (1) bedroms dwel-
lins uniter Two (2) off-street perk-
ing spaces per unit for the first
fifty ($O),dvelliu8 units and lb
Travel Trailer - Campsite
Wholesale, Warehouse
or Storage Establishment
street parking spaces for each addi-
tional dwelling unit thereafter, Two
(2) or more bedroom dwelling units:
Two (2) off=street parking spaces
per dwelling unit.
One (1) space per lot or campsite.
There shall be provided three (3)
parking spaces for the first 2,500
square feet of floor area, and one
(1) parking apace for each addition-
al 1,000 square fe~t or any part
thereof of floor area. In no event
aha11 there be fewer than three (3)
spaces provided per uae.
8.24 Off-Street Loading: Specifications. Off=street loading facilities
are required by this Zonin~ Ordinance so that vehicles engaged in
unloading will not encroach on or interfere with public uae of
streets and alleys by pedestrians and automotive vehicles and so
that adequate space is available for the unloading and loading off
the street of goods, materials, or things for delivery and ship=
ping. Off-street loading facilities supplied to meet the needs of
one use may not be considered aa meeting the needs of another uae.
Off-street parking facilities may not be used for or counted as
meeting off-street loading requirements.
a. ~hen the uae of a structure or land or any part thereof is
changed to a uae requiring off-street loading facilities, the
full amount of off-street loading space required shall be sup-
plied and maintained. When any structure ia enlarged or any
use extended so that the size of the resulting occupancy
quires off-street loading space, the full amount of such space
shall be supplied and maintained for the structure, or use in
its enlarged or extended size.
b. Each off-street loading space shall be directly accessible
from a street or alley without crossing or entering any other
required off-street loading space or off-street p&rkinE space.
Such loadin, space shall be accessible from the ln~erior of
the bulldinE it serves end shall be arranged for convenient
and safe ingress and egress by motor truck and/or trailer
combination.
8.25 Off-Street Loadins~ Plans Required. A plan shall be submitted with
every application for a building permit for any use or structure
required to provide off-street loading facilities. The plan shall
accurately designate the required off-street loading spaces, access
thereto, dimensions and clearance,
8.26 Off-Street Loadins: Reservation. Areas remerved for required
off-street lodding in accordance with the requirements of this
Ordinance shall not be reduced in area or changed to any other use
unless the permitted or permissible use that it serves is discon-
tinued or modified or equivalent required off-street loading is
~rovided in accordance with the requirements of this Ordinance.
8.27 Off-Street Loadina: Combined Off-Street Loadina. Collective,
Joint, or combined provisions for off-street loading facilities for
two (2) or more buildings or uses may be made, provided that such
off-street loading facilities are equal in size and capacity to the
combined requirements of the severnl buildings or uses and ar.J
designed, located, and arranged to be usable thereby.
8.28 Off-Street LondinS Re~t:irements. Of~-~-&.~r~e$._.loading spaces shall
be provided and maintained as follows:
a. Each retail score, warehouse, wholesale establishment, indus=
bo
trial activity, terminal, market, restaurant, funeral home,
laundry, dry cleaning establishment, or similar use which has
an aggregate floor area of:
Square feet Square feet No. of Spaces
5,000 but not over 10,000 1
10,000 but not over 20,000 2
20,000 but not over 50,000 3
Plus one (1) additional off-street loading space for each ad-
ditional 25,000 square feet over 50,000 square feet or major
fraction thereof.
For each multiple family dwelling facility hsvin~ at least
twenty (20) dwelling units but not over fifty (50) dwellin[
units~ one (1) space. For each smltiple family dwellin[
facility harts8 over fifty (50) dvellin8 unitaz 'one
space, plus one (1) apace for each additional fifty (50)
d~ellin8 units, or major fraction thereof.
For each auditorium, convention hall, exhibition hall, museum,
hotel or motel, office buildins, sports arena, stadium, two
(2) or more buildings or uses may be permitted, provided that
such off-street loadins facilities are equal in size and
capacity to the combined requirements of the several buildings
or uses and are designed, located, and arranged to be usable
thereby; hospitals, sanitariums, welfare institutions, or
similar uses which have an agsresate gross floor area of:
Over 5,000 square feet, but not over 20,000 square feet:
one (1) apace; plul for each additional 25,000 square
feet (over 20,000 square feet) or major fiaction thereof:
one (1) space.
For facilities in Paragraphs a. b. and c. above not of suffi-
cient size to meet the minimums therein set out, each such fa-
cility shall provide off-street loading on the property, in
accord with Section 8.28 of this Ordinance, to insure that no
deliveries or shipment of ~ooda or products will require the
use, however temporary, of say public right-of-way or required
off-street parking space for the parking of s delivery
vehicle.
e. For any use not specifically mentioned, the requirements for
off-street loading facLlities for a use which is so mentioned
and to which the unmentioned use is similar shall apply.
8.29 Off-street ParkinE Spaces Required for Disabled Persons.
One (1) space in the im~ediate vicinity of a building main-
tained and operated with public funds and intended for use By
the public, includins, but not limited to, state office build-
ings, courthouses, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals;
except a minimum of three (3) spaces shall be provided at
physical restoration rehabilitation centers.
b. One (1) space for each 300 metered on-street end publicly
maintained and operated parking lot spaces.
c. Ail spaces shall have accessible thereto a curb-ramp or curb-
cut, when necessary to allow access to the buildin~ served,
and shall be located so that users will not be compelled to
wheel behind parked vehicles.
Diagonal or perpendicular parkin~ ·pace· ·hall be · air~imu~ of
twelve (12) feet wide.
e. Paralle! parking spaces shall be loc·ted either st the ~egtn=
sing or end of s block or adjacent to alley entrances. Curbs
adjacent to such spaces shall be of a height which will not
interfere with the opening and closing of motor vehicle doors.
f. Each such parking space shsl! be posted with a sign of a color
and design approved by the Department of Transportation, with
lettering such as "PARKING BY DISABLED PERHIT OI~LY' and bear-
ing the internationally accepted wheelchair symbol.
8.30 Requirt~d Landscaping for Off-Street Vehicular Facilities = General.
l~herever in any zoning district off=street facilities are provided
for the parking or display of any or all types of ~ehicles, boats,
or heavy construction equipment (whether such vehicles, boats or
equipment are self=propelled or not), for off=street loading and
trash pickup purposes, or for the vehicular traverse of the prop-
erty as a function of the primary use (including drive=in facil-
ities of any type), such off=street vehicular facilities and land
shall conform to at least the minimum landscaping requirements of
this Section provided single=family and two family dwellings on
individually platted lots are e~empt from the requirements of this
Section.
a. Plant Hat·rial:
1) Quality. Plant materials used to meet the requirements
of this section must meet the Standards for Florida No. 1
or better~ as set out in "Grades and Standards for Nur-
sery Plants"~ ~art I~ 2963~ and Part II, Depsrtment of
Agriculture~ State of Florida.
2) Trees. All trees shall be species having sn average
mature spread or crown of ~reater than fifteen (15) feet
in the Collier County area and having trunk(s) which can
be maintained in a clean condition over five ($) feet of
clear wood. Trees having sn average mature spread of
crown less than fifteen (15) feet may be substituted by
grouping the same so as to create the equivalent of
fifteen (15) foot crown spread. (Although palms may be
utilized as part of s landscaping plen~ palms' shall not
be utilized in fulfilling more than thirty (30~ percent
of the requirements of this section.) Trees shell be ·
mtnimtu~ of seven (7) feet in height st time of planting.
Species of trees whose roots are known to cause dam. Re to
public roadwsys, sewer or water systems, or to public
facilities are not perfaitted in landscaped areas required
by these regulations.
Shrubs and HedHes. Shrubs shall be a minimum of two (2)
feet in height when measured at time of planting. Had=
Res, where required, shall be planted and maintained so
as to form a continuous, unbroken, solid visual screen
within a minimum of one (1) year sfter time of planting.
&) Vines. Vines shall be a minimum of thirty (30) inches in
height at time of planting and may be used in conjunction
with fences, screens, or walls to meet the physical
barrier requirements as specified.
5) Ground Covers. ~/here used, ground covers, .over all or
part of the required area, must be planted in · manner
which presents a finishcd appearance and complete cover-
age. They shall be used with a decorative mulch such es
pine or cypress bark or material of similar nature. In
no instance shall stone or gravel or any artificial
ground covers be utilized for more than twenty (20~)
percent of the required landscaped area.
6) Lawn Grass. Grassed areas shall be planted in species
normally grown in permanent lawns in the Collier County
area. Grassed areas may be sodded, plugged, sprigged, or
seeded; provided, solid sod shall be used in swales or
other areas subject to erosion, and provided, further, in
areas where other than solid sod or grass seed is used,
nursegrass seed shall be sown for in~ediete ground cover-
age until permanent coverage is achieved.
7) Prohibited Trees. The following trees are specifically
prohibited from use for meeting any landscapinH require-
ment under this Section:
(a) Broussonetia Papyrifera (Paper mulberry)
(b) Causuarinaceau (Australian Pine)
(c) Enterolobiom cyclocappum (Ear tree)
(d) Xslsleuca leucadendra (Punk)
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(e) Hells azedarach (Chinaberry tree)
(f) $chinus terebinthtnfoltus (Brazilian Pepper tree)
(Florida Holly)
(g) Cocoa nocifera (Jamaican ts11 Palm)
8) Exiatins Plant Hatertsl. In meeting the requirements of
landscaping for off-street vehicular facilities, the
Zoning Director may permit use of healthy plant material
existing on a site prior to site development. In so
doing, the Zoning Director may adjust the application of
the standards of these regulations to allow credit for
such existing plant material, provided, Ee may not permit
the reduction of required percentages of a landscaped
area, reduction in numbers of trees or shrubs required,
or other elements of these regulations. Removal of trees
is subject to the County Tree Protection Ordinance.
Landscape Plan Approval. Prior to the issuance of any build-
ing permit (except for single-family or two family dwellings
on individually platted lots), an applicant whose development
is covered by the requirements of this section shall submit a
landscape plan to the Zoning Director. The plan aha11 be
drawn to suitable scale, indicate the location and size of
buildings, if any, to be served, show the location of planting
protective devices, indicate any existing and proposed off-
street parking areas and other vehicul&r uae areas, access
points, aisles, and drive-ways, and show location of planting
areas and, if required by the Director, designate planting
locations by species. The landscape plan required under this
subsection may be submitted separately or as part of other
plans that may be required for building permit application or
application or petition for other permit under this Zoning
Ordinance, but no use required under this section to provide
landscaping shall receive a certificate of occupancy without
specific approval of such landscaping plan and the installa-
tion of the required landacspinl.
Installation: Prior to the issuance of any certificate of oc-
cupancy for 8 use required to have landscaping in e~cordance
with this section, all required landscapins must be plsflted
and in place as set out in the landscapin[ plan approved under
Subsection b. above. All plant materials must be installed in
accord with accepted landscape practices in the area. In
instances where an act of God or conditions outside the con-
trol of the developer have prevented immediate plantin[, the
lonin~ Director, if furnished with seed and sufficient evi-
dence that required plantin[s will be installed when condi-
tions permit, may issue a temporary certificate of occupancy.
Such temporary certific~te shall be issued to · date certain,
with a notarized statement by the owner, developer,or contrac-
tor that he will bear all costs of vacatin~ occupancy, includ-
in[ any court and legal fees the County may incur, if the
plantin[s have not been inst~lled by the date set in the
temporary certificate of occupancy.
Haintenance. The owner shall be responsible for the continued
maintenance and upkeep of all required landscaping. Required
landscaped areas shall be maintained at all times to present a
healthy, alive, neat and orderly appearance for persons pass-
ins on public ways and shall be kept free of refuse and de-
bris. Any plant materials of whatsoever type or kind required
by these regulations shall be replaced within thirty (30) days
of their demise and/or removal.
Development Standards:
1) R_..equired Landscapina Adjacent to Vehicular Rtshts-of-Way.
On any parcel providin~ an off-street parkin[ area or
other vehicular use area where such area will not be
tirely screened visually by an intervenin[ bulldin[ or
structure from any abuttin[ ri[hr-of-way, excludin[
alleys (except where properties across the alley are
zoned residential), there shall be provided landscapin~
area alon[ such ri[hr-of-way aa follows:
(a) A strip of land at least five ($) feet in depth mea-
sured at ri[hr an~lea to the property lines end
located between the abuttin~ ri[hr-of-way and the
off-street parkin~ area or other vehicul~r use area
which is e~posed to an abuttin$ ri~h~-ef-w~y shell
be landscaped to include en average of one (1) tree
for each fifty ($0) linear feet ~r fractio~ thereef.
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(b) In addition, s hedge at least three (3) feet in
height shall be placed along the entire length of
such landscaped area, provided no hedge ia per~itted
within ten (10) feet of an intersection of I public
right-of-w~y and · point of ingress and e~res· of
the parking area.
Required Vehicular Use Landscspin~ Adjacent to Interior
'Property Lines. On any lot providing an offstreet park-
ing area or other vehicular use area, landscaping shall
be provided between such area and any interior property
lines ss follows:
(a) A strip of land st least five ($) feet in width mea-
sured at right angles to the property lines and
located along and parallel to the property lines
shall be landscaped to include an aver·ge of one
tree for each fifty (50) linear feet of such interi-
or property line or fraction thereof. In addition
to the required trees, such planting ares shall be
landscaped with grass, ground cover or other land-
scape material, excludin~ paving.
Required Vehicular Use Area Interior Landscaping: In
dition to the requirements for landscaping of areas
adjacent to public rights-of-way sad interior property
lines set out above, landscaping shall be provided for
the interior of the lot containing vehicular uses as
follows:
(a) Off-street parking areas vehicular use areas shall
have at least ten (10) square feet of additional
interior landscaping for each parking ap·ce or ten
(10) square feet of landscaped arcs for each three
hundred (300) square feet or fraction thereof of
paved are· whichever is greater.
(b) Interior landscaped ares· shall have · minimms
dimension of at least five (5) feet and shall in-
clude at least one (1) tree for each one hundred
(100) square feet or fraction thereof. The ree~in-
ln~ ~reas shall be l&ndacaped with ahrubs~ ground
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cover, or other landmcaping material not to exceed
two and one-half (2~) feet in height.
(c) The intent of thil Submection Il much that the
interior landscaped areas ihall be located in much s
manner as to divide and break up the expanse of
paving and at strategic points to guide traffic flow
and direction. However, in other vehicular use
areas where the strict application of this subsec-
tion will seriously limit the function of said area
such aa off=street loading or trash pickup areast
the required 19ndacaping may be l'ocated near the
perimeter of the paved area. Such required interior
landscaping which is relocated as herein provided
shall be in addition to the perimeter landscaping
requirements. This subsection shall not apply to
interior levels of parking garages.
Vehicular Overhan~ o~ Landscaped Areas. The front of a
vehicle may overhang any landscaped area a maximum area
of three (3) feet, provided the landscaped area ia pro=
tected by motor vehicle wheel stops or curbing. Two (2)
feet of such landscaped area or walkway may be part of
the required depth of each abutting parking space.
Common Accemaway on Con,non Property Line: Wherever a
common accesmway is located on a common property line and
providing access to off-street parking areas or other
vehicular use areas on abutting properties, the required
landscaping for said common property line shall be deter-
mined by the Zon$ng Director.
Applicability. The provimionm of this Section shall
apply to all new off-street parking or other vehicular
use areas. At such time as existing off=street parkinl
or other vehicular use areas are enlarled or expanded,
such provisions shall apply to the previous eximtin[
areas am well as the new areas. Any appeal from an
administrative determination relatin[ to these re[ula-
tiona shall be to the Board of Zonin[ Appeals. 'Prior to
issuin[ occupancy permits £or new construction, inplenen=
tation and completion of landscaptn[ requirements in
8.31 Signs.
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off-street vehicular facilities shall be required. ~here
a conflict exists between the strict application of this
Section and the requirements for number of off-street
parking spaces or area of off-street loading facll£ties
aa found in the Schedule o£ District Regulations, the
requirements of this Section shall supersede the Sched-
ule.
Intent and Purpose= The provisions of this Zoning Ordinance
shall govern the number, sizes, location, and character of
signs which may be permitted ss s msia or accessory use. No
signs shall be erected or permitted in any location except in
conformity with this Zoning Ordinance.
Increased numbers and size of signs, aa well as certain
types of lighting, distract the attention of motorists and
pedestrians and interfere with traffic safety. Indiscriminate
erection and maintenance of signs seriously detracts from the
enjoyment and pleasure in the natural scenic beauty of the
County, and in turn, injuriously affects the economic well=
being of the citizenry. It ia intended to provide for the
regulation of ty~es, sizes, locations, and character of signs
in relation to the identification of various uses and activi-
ties on premises, and to provide for certain types, sizes,
locations, and character of off-premise signs.
General ProvisionaI Requirements and Specifications.
1) All signs must conform to the Federal, State and County
Statutes, Codes and Regulations, and also to the Southern
Standard Building Code where applicable.
2) Signs erected by the Federal, State or County governments
are not regulated by this Subsection.
3) No sign shall be placed or permitted as a principal use
on any vacant property, in any zoning district, except as
provided for in this Zoning Ordinance.
4) Ail signs shall adhere to the required setbacks, except
entrance and gate signs which may be located at.property
lines. ',
$) lntrance and exit si[ns Bay bo placed at appropriate
places, but not in the rightoof-way unless approved by
the County Engineer
1) The ·rea of · lign shall be measured from Ch. out·ida
edges of tho sign or the sign frame, whichever in great-
er, excluding the area of the supporting structures
provided that the supporting structures are not used for
advertising purposes and are of an area equal to or less
than the permitted sign class area.
2) Double faced signs ·hal! be measured by only one side if
both aides are advertising the same business, con~nodity,
or service.
3) Height - the vertical distance from the 'average cro~n of
the road or the finished elevation at the base of the
supporting structure, whichever is lower, to the top of
the sign, or its frnme or supporting structure, whichever
is higher.
Permits and Fees and Exemptions.
1) A permit for a sign shall be issued by the Zoning Direc=
tar prior to the issuance of · building permit. (See
also the Collier County Building Code.)
2) A sign permit fee shall be collected by the Zoning Dlrec=
tar pursuant to any fees associated with the issuance of
· building permit as required in Section 15 of this
Zoning Ordinance.
3) Exemptions. The following signs may be erected without n
permit~ subject, however, to all remaining requirements
of this Zoning Ordinance:
(a) Professional name plates not exceeding two (2)
square feet in area.
(b) Bulletin boards and identification signs for public,
charitable, educational or religious institutions
located on the premises of said institutions and not
exceeding twelve (12) square feet in total area.
(c) Non-illuminated temporary construction project
ground signs,
(d) Occupational signs denoting only the name, street,
number and business of an occupant in · commercial
buildin[, public institutional building, or dwellin8
which 4o not exceed four (4) square feet in area,
(e) Hemorial stsna or tablets, names of buildings and
date of erection when cut into any masonry surface
or when constructed of bronze or other incombustible
materials.
(f) Traffic or other Nunicipal, County, State or Federal \
signs, legal notices, railroad croasinS .signs,
dan~er signs, and such temporary, emergency or
non-advertising signs as may be approved by the
Board.
One ground or wall "For Sale" or "For Rent" sisn per
parcel or property when such sign has an area per
face of not more than forty (&O) square feet, except
in nSF Districts where the maximum shall be four (4)
square feet. Such sisn shall not be located within
fifteen (l§) feet of any property line except in
commercial or industrial districts.
(h) Identification sisnn at the entrance drive of resi-
dences, estates, and ranches, which do not exceed
four (4) square feet in area.
(i) Non-advertising directional signs or symbols ("en-
trance'', "exit", "caution", "slow", "no trespass-
ins", etc.) located on and pertaininS to a parcel of
private property, none to exceed two (2) square feet
in area.
Classes of Si~nst
1) Class "A" (Billboards)
(a) One hundred (100) square feet minimum.
(b) Five hundred (500) square feet maximum.
2) Class "B"
(a) One hundred (100) square feet maximum.
3) Class "C"
(a) Forty (40) square feet maximum.
&) Class "D"
(a) Twelve (12) square feet maximum.
$) Class "E'
(a) Six (6) square feet maximum.
(a) Feur (&) square
7) Class "G'
(a) Two (2) square feet maximum.
S) Class 'H"
One wall sign with an 4rea not more
than twenty (20%)
percent of the total square footage of the front wall to
which it shall be affixed, with a maximum of 250 square
feet.
District Resulationa=
1) Signs in E-Estates, Sinsle-Familyt Hultiple-Family, IIHSD,
NHRPt and TTRVC Districts.
(a) Naximum height - Twelve (12) feet.
(b) Ninlmum Front Setback - Fifteen (15) feet.
(c) One Class "B" on each major entrance to development
or two (2) Class "C" on each major entrance.
(1) Freestanding
(2) Entrance or gate sign
(d) One Class "C" per non-conforming use or special
exception.
(1) Wall
(2) Freestanding
(e) One Class "C" wall or ground sign advertiding only
the name of a multi-family residential building.
2) Siins in ET-Residential Tourist District.
(a) M#ximum height - Twenly-five (25) feet.
(b) Minimum Front Setback - Fifteen (15) feet.
(c) One Class "B" on-premise sign
(1) Freestanding combination
(2) Freestanding, and
(d) One Class "H" on=premise sign
(1) Wall
(2) Harquee - Naximum projection six (6) inches
3) Silna in C-2 - Commercial Convenience District.
(a) Haxinum height - T~elve (12) feet.
(b) ~inimum Front Setback - Fifteen (15) feet.
(c)
Permitted per use=
(1) Servict Stations
(I) One Class
"C" £reestandin8 olin, and
(II) One Class "C" wall sign
(2)All other permitted uses:
(I) One Class "il" wall sign
&) Sisns in C-1t C-3 end C-& Districts.
(a) Maximum Height - Twenty-five (25) feet.
(b) Minimum Front Setback - Fifteen (15) feet.
(c) One Class "H" on-premise sign per business (no
maximum height.)
(1) Wall
(2) Marquee (maximum projection six (6) inches),
and
(d) One Class 'B' on-premise sign for Iota with one hun-
dred f~fty (l§O) feet or more of frontage. On cor-
ner lots, the two (2) street frontages may be com-
bined to meet the one hundred fifty C150) feet or
more requirement. Maximum height, twenty-five (25)
feet.
(e) Shopping Center with minimum of 25,000 square feet
of floor area.
(1) One Class "H" per rental unit
(I) Wall
(II) Marquee (maximum projection six (6) inch-
es.)
(f) One Directory Sign located at each main entrance
from each different public street. Such Directory
Sign may not exceed 250 square feet in area.
(g) One Class "B' on each major entrance to development
or two (2) Class "C' on each major entrance.
(1) Freestanding
(2) Entrance or gate sign
5) SIsns in C-St ILt and ! - Industrial Districts.
(a) Maximum height - l~enty-five (25) feet.
(b) Minimum setback from street line - Fifteen (15)
feet.
(c) One Class 'A" (Billboard) only on vacant property
with one hundred (100) feet or more of f~oatale and
subject to provisions of ~ectioa 8.33.h.
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(d) One Class "~" on-premise sign.
(1) Ual!
(2) Marquee (maximum projection six (6) inches.)
and
(e) One Class 'B' on-premise sign (for lots with one
hundred fifty (I$0) feet or more of frontage).
(1) Freestanding
(f) One Directory Sign located at each main entrance
from each different public street. Such Directory
Sign may not exceed 250 square feet in area.
(g) One Class 'S' on each major entrance to development
or two (2) Class "C" on each major entrance.
(1) Freestanding
(2) £flLrance or gate sign
St~ns in A-A~riculture Districts.
(a) ?iaximum height - Twenty-five feet,
(b) Ninimum front setback - Fifteen (15) feet.
(c) One or more Class 'A'~ (Billboards on vacant A-prop-
erty and subject to the provisions of Section 8.31 g
(d) One Class "B' per frontage and only for permitted
agricultural uses:
(1) Freestanding
(e) One Class 'C' per frontage and only for permitted
non-agricultural uses:
(1) ~all
(2) Freeatandins
(3) Bulletin Board
(4) Harquee - Naximum projection six (6) inches.
Signs in RO~ Recreational O~en-Space District and GCs
Golf Course District.
(a) Haximum height - Twelve (12) feet.
(b) Ntnimum front setback - Fifteen (15) feet.
(c) One Class 'B' on each major entrance to recreational
activity, or
Two Class 'C" on each major entrance, or
One Class "B" on lots vith 150 feet or more £ront-
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(1) Oround Sign
(d) One Class 'D' wall sign per permitted uae.
Billboards.
1) No billboard shall be located or placed on a plot closer
than two hundred (200) feet to a parcel containing I
church~ public or private school, public park or play-
sround~ beach~ greenbelt area~ cemetery, or residence.
2) Maximum height - T~enty-five (2S) feet.
3) Naximum length - Fifty (50) feet.
6) Location:
(a) Billboards may be located on vacant 1-Industrial
property with one hundred (100) feet or more of
frontage.
(b) Billboards may be located on vacant A-Agriculture
property also and shall be act back six hundred
sixty (660) feet from a right-of-way line, and there
shall be s minimum distance of 2,660 feet between
any two (2) billboards along the same side of a
common right'of-way except at major intersections.
Political Signs.
1) Political signs, advertisements, handbills, or billboards
may be used for such purpose and shall be placed in the
County in accordance with this Zoning Ordinance. Such
political signs shall be removed within s two (2) week
period following the particular election that is invol-
ved.
2) A bulk permit for political signs may be approved by the
Zoning Director.
3) Failure to remove and clean-up the permitted signs within
the two (2) week period will result in violation of this
regulation.
Prohibited Signs in all Districts.
1) Animated sisna except public service signs.
2) Neon type signs in all but Commercial and Industrial.
3) Portable signs except in accordance with the provisions
of Section 10.6 of. this Ordinance.
&) Strip lishtinI.
5) Roof signs.
6) Wind algas, except an official Federal, St·ts, County or
City flag.
7) Any sign that Il contemptible, vile, obscene, degrading
or detracting from the surrounding neighborhood as deter-
mined by com~unity standards.
8) Any sign which constitutes a traffic hazard or a detri-
ment to traffic safety by reason of its size, location,
movement, content, coloring, or method of illumination,
or by obstructing the vision of drivers, or by obstruct=
ing or detracting from the visibility of any official
traffic control device by diverting or tending to divert
the attention of drivers or moving vehicles from traffic
movement on streets, roads, inters~ctions, or ·ccess
facilities; nor shall any sign be erected in such a
manner as to obstruct the vision of pedestrians. The use
of flashing lights, or revolving lights is prohibited in
any sign ss constituting a hazard to traffic. Any sign
which by glare or method of illumination constitutes ·
hazard to traffic is prohibited. ~o sign may use the
words "Stop", "Look", "Drive-in", "Danger", or any other
word, phrase, symbol, or character in such i manner as to
interfere with, mislead, or confuse traffic.
9) Signs (other than those erected by · governmental agency
or required to be erected by a governmental agency) erec-
ted on the right-of-way of any street, road, or public
way, or signs overhanging or infringing upon the right-
of-way of any street, road or public way, except aa spe-
cifically provided by this loning Ordinance.
10) Signs erected on public property other than signs erected
by public authority for public purposes.
Use of Special Purpose Sling. The loning Director may permit
the following signs after an on-site investigation of the sub-
Ject premisea~
1) Directional, safety, and other signs of & non-commercial
nature ·ubJe'.t to the followin[, c~ltoria~
(a) The siln is necessary in the public interest.
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(b) The sign is of four (&) square feet in area or less.
(c) The maximum height is not to exceed five (S) feet.
(d) The sign is a minimum distance of fifteen (15) feet
to any right-of-way.
2) Temporary Sllns. The Zoning Director may, in special
cases, grant permits for temporary signs, including port-
able signs or banner signs to be erected on the premises
o~ an establishment or activity having a grand opening or
special event. Such signs shall:
(a) Be permitted for not more than seven (7) calendar
days in any six (6) month period, a~d
(b) Shall be erected in a manner satisfactory to the
Zoning Director to insure against hazard to the pub-
lac. This provision is not applicable to sales held
by private persons, such sales not being subject to
the collection of sales tax under the Laws of
Florida. The Board of Zoning Appeals may, in other
special cases, grant permits on such conditions as
it may reasonably require for the erection and
maintenance of temporary signs not conforming to the
requirements of this Zoning Ordinance. Such tempo-
rnry permits shall be for a specific period of time,
at the end of which the sign shall be removed. The
permittee shall pay the same fee for a permit for
such temporary sign as is required of standard sign
permittees for the issuance of a permit.
3) Public Service Sign. The permittee shall pay the same
fee for a permit for such public service aa is required
of standard si~n permittees for the issuance of a permit.
Removalt Alteration or Naintenance of Signs.
1) Unlawful signs covered by Section 8.31.J. may be physic-
ally removed by the Zoning Director.
R) Any sign now or hereafter existing which no longer adver-
tises a bonafide business conducted or n product sold is
an abandoned sign and shall be taken down and .removed'by
the owner, agency~ or persona having beneficial uae o£
the building, structure, or land upon which such alga
shall he found, within thirty (30) days after written
notification by the Zoning D~rector.
3) All ·lass shall be maintained so as to present a neat,
clean appear·nco. Painted areas shall be kept in good
condition and illumination~ if provided, shall be main-
tained in safe and good working order.
&) If the Zoning Director shall find that any sign regulated
under this Zoning Ordinance ta unsafe or insecure, or la
abandoned, or ia a menace to the public, or is not main=
rained in accordance with this Section~ he shall give
written notice to the owner thereof. If the owner fails
to remove, alter or repair the sign within thirty (30)
days after such notice so aa to comply with the standards
set forth, the Zontn~ Director may remove or alter said
non-complying sign at the expense of the permittee or
person having the right to use and possession of the
property upon which the sign ia located.
Conflict With State or Federal Regulations. The issuance of a
permit in conjunction with the requirements of this Zoning
Ordinance shall not permit the construction or maintenance of
an outdoor advertising sign or structure in violation of any
existing County, State or Federal law or regulation.
Seasonal Off=Premise U-Pit Farm Signs: Seasonal off=premise
U-Pit Farm sign(a) may be approved by the Zoning D~rector
subject to the following cond~tions:
1) Size of U-Pic Farm Sign: The face of the alan upon which
the message ia written shall not exceed two (2) feet in
height nor four (&) feet fn length for an individual
off-premise U-PIc Farm sign, nor eight (8) feet in height
by twelve (12) feet in length for a combination off-
premise U=Plc Farm sign providing, however, that such
combination off-premise U-Pit Farm sign may not exceed ·
width or length equivalent to four (&) square feet for
each individual off-premise U-Pit Farm advertised on the
2) Ness·Re Cant·nil The message content on a seasonal
off-premise U-~lc Fane sign shall be l~mlted to the name
of the fine, the directions for loc&t~n8 tho ran·, and ·
directional arrow when deemed appropriate by the Zoning
Director.
3) Location of Seasonal Off-Premise U-Pit Farm $iln: A sea-
sonal off-premise U-Plc Farm sign shall be located on
private property and under no circumstances shall such
sign be placed in any public rights-of=way. Prior to the
issuance of a seasonal off-premise U-Plc Farm sign on any
private property, an authorization for the placement of
such sign ia required by the property owner.
&) Construction of Seasonal Off-Premise U-Pit Farm gila:
All seasonal off-premise U-Pic Farm sigma shall be con-
atructed in a manner which complies with all applicable
County ordinances.
In the case of a soaaonal combination off-premise
U-Pit Farm sign, individual messages shat1 either be
painted directly on the combination sign board, or if
constructed of individual panels, such panels shall be
attached to the combination sign board in a manner which
ia secure from winds and which may be removed and re-
placed as required by this Section.
Duration of Valid Seasonal Off-Premise U-Pit Farm Per'it:
All seasons1 off-premise U-Pic Farm sign permits shall be
issued for and valid during the period between October 15
and Nay 15 of the following year. A seasonal off-premise
U-Pic Farm sign permit shall be renewable annually.
6) Removal of Seasonal Signs. All seasonal U-Pic signs
permitted under this Subsection shall be removed within
two (2) weeks after Hay 15. Failure to remove the signs
shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance; and
notwithstanding the other provisions for penalitieat the
Director may refuse to renew the permit for the offending
sign the following year. Said illegal sign nay also be
removed by the Director.
8,32 Fallout She~ters.
e. Definitions.
1) An above ground fallout shelter Is one entirely ~bove the
natural grade of the property, excepting the foundation,
2) An underground fallout shelter is one entirely below the
natural grade of the property, excepting vents not to
exceed thirty-six (36) inches in height when in open po-
sitiofl.
No fallout shelter may be erected on any lot on
which there in not a principa! structure. A building
per. it is required for all permanent fallout shelters.
b, Location. One family fallout shelter per lot Is permitted in
any single-family zoning district,
After public notice and hearing by the Planning Commis-
sion and approval by the Board of County Commissioners, com-
munity shelters may be constructed in other residential dis-
tric~s. Display shelters for sales demonstration p.rposes are
permi~ted in con~nercia! and industrial zoning districts only
and may not be occupied for living purposes.
c, Specifications. All fallout shel~ers shall be constructed to
specifications of types approved by or in accordance with
plans issued by the Office of Civil Dele.se.
d. Setbacks. Above ground fallout shelters are not permitted
front yards and are considered ss accessory uses and must meet
the required setbacks for accessory uses in the district
which such ahel~er is located. A fallout shelter may be
attached to a princ~pa! building~ provided it me~s the same
ysr4 and setback requirements as the principal structure.
Underground fallout shelters may be located anywhere on the
property in question~ except in a required front yardi
ded, the entrance to the shelter and the vent pipes or stacks
are the only portions which are above ~he normal grade
e. Utilization. ~allout shelters are for emergency use only.
They shall not be used for dwelling purposes except in emer-
gency and then only by the occupants of the princip&l
~. LandscapinR. All fallout shelters shall be landscaped so as
not to appear obnoxious or detrimenta~ to the neighborhood.
g. Temporary Fallout Shelters. In the case of single-family
dwellings only~ a temporary fallout shelter may be constructed
outside of~ but attached to~ the dwelling unit during a period
the premises within thirty (30)
period of international tcnsion,
tion of this Ordinance.
8.33 Fences.
of international tension. The design and construction must be
in accordance with plans prescribed by the Office of Civil
Defense and ia subject to inspection. A special per. it must
be obtained from the Zoning Director prior to construction of
a te~orary shelter. Temporary shelters must be removed from
days after the end of the
Failure to do so is a viola-
Fences Residential,
1) In any residential district no closed wail or fence shall
be erected or maintained within twenty (20) feet from the
corner intersection of street right-of-way.
2) Fences or walls mitside of the building line shall be
limited to s maximum height of six ($) feet from finished
grade.
No barbed wire, spire tips, sharp objects, or electric-
ally charged fences shall be erected in an~"~estdential
area or district, except that the Board of Zoning Appeals
may allow the use of barbed wire in conjunction with
chain link fencing where it finds a security need, i.e.,
around hazards, utility substations, sewage treatment
plants, etc.
Fences shall be treated as a stucture for building permit
purposes, and a permit shall be obtained prior to erec-
tion.
b. Fences in Non-Residential Districts.
1) Yences involving agricultural purposes are exempt from
height and type of construction.
2) Fences in comercial and industrial districts are limited
to eight (8) feet in height with the restriction to be
lifted if an extreme emergency exists.
3) Ail fences shall be of sound, sturdy construction and not
detract from the neighborhood.
&) Barbed wire ia authorized in all non-residential dis-
tricts.
5) No fence shall block the view of passing motorists or
pedestrians so as to constitute a hazard,
8.34 Boats or Other Floatins Equipment Used ss D~elltns Units. Boats or
other floating equipment being used as dwelling units or as commer-
cial establishments may not anchor or tie-up in waters under the
jurisdiction of the County for longer than forty-eight (&8) hours,
except at facilities located in zoning districts permitting such
use and at facilities within such districts designated for such use
and meeting County and State health standards for such use.
8.35 Relulations for the Construction and Operation of Drive-In
Theatres.
a. The screen must be so or~ented that the picture is not visible
from any existing or proposed street.
b. Not more than two (2) exits shall be provided to each access
highway but such exit may be suitably channelized to provide
for right and left turns onto the highway, and not more than
one (1) traffic lane shall be permitted for each.traffic lane
on the highway available to vehicles leaving the theatre.
c. No entrance or exit on a State road or primary state-main-
tained system shall be within five hundred (500) feet of its
intersection with another major street.
d. Sufficient area shall be provided between the highway and the
viewing ares to provide storage space for vehicles equal to
not less than twenty-five (25) percent of theatre capacity and
of that storage space so provided not less than ten (10)
percent of the theatre capacity shall be provided between the
highway and ticket booths. In all cases, sufficient storage
space shall be provided so that vehicles will not back up onto
the travelled way of the highway. Storage area shall be cal-
culated on the basis of one (1) space per twenty-five (25)
lineal feet of storage lane.
e. An individual speaker shall be provided for each vehicle. All
speakers shall be equipped with sufficient cord to permit the
speaker to be placed inside the vehicle. Speakers must not be
audible beyond the boundaries of the theatre lines.
8.36 Niscellaneoua Structures. School bun shelters and bicycle racks
may be located in any district. No advettisinl sign shall be per-
mitted off such structures without approval o£ the Board of County
Commissioners. Locations and setbacks of school bus shelters ah&Il
be approved by tbs School Board of Collier County.
Bus atop benches may be located in any district. No adverti=
sing sign shall be permitted on such structures. Telephone booths
may be located in any district. District setbacks are waived.
Nail (and newspaper) delivery boxes may be placed in accord with
U.S. Postal Service Regulations, and are exempt from district
setbacks,
8.37 Landscaped Buffer Area. Where this Zoning Ordinance requires a
landscaped buffer area, the following requirements shsll be met un=
leas otherwise specifically required elsewhere:
a. The landscaped buffer area shall not be less than ten (10)
feet in width measured at right angles to property lines and
shall be established along the entire length of and contiguous
to the designated property line or lines;
b. The area shall be so designed, planted, and maintained as to
be eighty (80%) percent or more opaque between three (3) and
eight (8) feet above average ground level when viewed hori-
zontally. Plsntin~s shall be of a size and type which will
insure the meeting of the eighty (80%) percent opacity re-
quirement within no longer than twelve (12) months of the date
of first planting;
c. Types and numbers of plantings for landscaped buffers shall be
submitted with application for building permit, along with
plans and statements demonstrating how the buffer will be
irrigated and maintained in the future. 14here this Zoning
Ordinance requires a landscaped buffer area or areas, no
building permit shall be issued without such data;
d. Failure to maintain the landac&ped buffer area as set out
above shall be a violation of this Zoning Ordinance.
e. Substitution for Landscaped Buffer Area. Except when other-
wise specifically provided by these regulations, a six (6)
foot high opaque structure set in a five ($) foot wide land-
scaped buffer area may be substituted for the planted buffer
in a. above.
f, Waiver by IoniaS Director, ~hen the Zoning Director finds
that the public safety requires, he may valve or modify the
buffer requirements act out above et street end alley fronts-
sea adjacent to any entrancel the findin8 of the Ionia8 Direc-
tor shall be in vritin~ and shall be filed with the approved
building permit, The finding shall demonstrate Lhst the buffer
is not required for a certain number of feet back from the
street or alley entrance, in order to afford protection to
pedestrian or vehicular traffic entering or leaving the lot on
which the landscaped buffer area is required by this Zoning
Ordinance.
g. Application ~/here Resulsttonn Set O,~t Different Requirement.
In those instnnces where this Zoning Ordinance sets out a dif-
ferent buffering requirement (e.g., a greater width of land-
scaped buffer, or a different ty~e of buffer), then the speci-
fic provisions of those regulations applicable to the particu-
, lar type of use shall govern.
8.38 Guest House. No guest accommodation facility which is accessory to
a single=family dwelling, whether a free standing guest house or
guest accommodations which are structurally integrated with the
main dwelling, may he utilized for commercial purposes. Leasing or
renting a guest accommodation facility shall constitute a violation
o~ this Zoning Ordinance. Similarly, if a main residence is leased
or rented, a guest accommodation facility accessory to it may not
be occupied by the property owner, since that would constitute the
un]awful utilization of single-family zoned property for two family
dwellin~ purposes. Ouest houses which are physically separate from
the main residence to which they are accessory shall not be con-
strutted on lots which are smaller than &3,560 square feet in area
nor shall they be constructed on lots which have a frontage less
than 105' in width, nor shall a guest house be larger than &O% of
the size of the principal dwelling. Detached guest houses shall
not be closer than 20 feeC to the principal dwelling. A guest
house may be constructed prior'to n principle dwelling provided the
guest house meets the minimum requirements of a single family
residence in the district in which it is being constructed.
At such time as a principle residence is constructed, then the
floo~ area percentages listed above shall apply.
8.3g Oarbase Du~pster. Oarbage dumpsterz shall be permitted in all diz=
criers subject to the following conditions~
a. All dump/rets must be mcreened from view of adJoinini'property
o~ers or streets a~ first floor level.
b. The followins structures may be permitted as screening for
dumpaters:
1) Wood fence,
2) CBS wall.
3) Vegetative screening in conjunction with 1) or 2) above,
c. Dumpaters may be penuitted within the bulldins setback area
provided there is no obstruction of vision of adjacent
streets.
d. Screening for dumpsters shall be exempted from height limita-
tions for fences provided there is no obstruction of vision of
adjacent streets.
e. Screening of garbage dumpsters shall be exempted in
'A-I', 'A-2" Districts, and during construction in all other
Districts.
8.&O Intearal Caretaker's Residence in Commercial and Industrial
Districts. The Zoning Director may authorize the construction of a
caretaker's residence in the C-I, C-2, ¢~3~ C-&, C-5, IL and
Dl~tricts. The residence shall be constructed as an intesral part
of the principal structure and aha11 be entered from within the
principal structure. Exits required to comply with fire code aha11
be permitted.
8.41 Private Airports. The following regulations apply to the location
and layout of private airpotts~
a. Definitions - For the purpose of this Section, the followin8
definitions shall apply:
1) Approach Zone - a trapezoidal area increasing at a rate
of 1:10 in width from 50 feet either aide of the runway
centerline, at the ends o.f the usable runway(a), to a
width of 350 feet either side of the runway centerline at
a distance of 3,000 feet outward from the end of the
runway(s).
2) Primary Surface - means an airport surface, free of ob-
structtona, of prescribed width which includes the run-
way.
b. Control of Airspaces The applicant muir control the airspace
within 700 feet from the ends of the primsr~ sur£sce~s). The
control Il to pre~ent any airport h&tsrde fro~ beinl Iro~,
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erected or otherwise pieced within a glide path of 20:1 from
tho ends of the primary surface(s). This control may be
created by ownership, right-of-way, easement, or a combination
thereof.
c. Hinimum Yards~
1) Setback Primary surface - 200 feet.
2) Other structures - Other structures must conform with
setbacks of the base zone; however, they may not be
placed within fifty (50) feet of the primary surface.
d. Location: Private airports shall be located in accordance
with applicable State, County and Federal regulations.
8.42 Condominiums. This Zoning Ordinance shall be construed and applied
with reference to the nature of the use of such property without
regard to the form of ownership. Condominium forms of ownership
shall be subject to this Zoning Ordinance es is any other form of
ownership. Condominiums of any kind, type or use shall comply with
the provisions of Chapter 711, Florida Statutes, known as the
"Condominium Act".
8.43 Deed Restrictions. This Zoning Ordinance aha11 not be affected by
any deed restrictions or restrictive covenants recorded with any
deed, plat or other legs1 documents. No person or asency, in the
capacity of enforcing and administering this Ordinance aha11 be
responsible for enforcing any deed restrictions.
8.44 Relation to State and Federal Statutes.
a. Required SLate and/or Federal Permits: Where proposed use or
development requires State or Federal Permits prior to use or
development, such permits must be secured from State or Feder-
al agencies prior to commencement of any construction and/or
development, tncludins shy changes in land conformation or
land preparation.
b. Development of Regional Impact: Where · proposed use or
development ia a Development of Regional Impact, it shall meet
ell of the requirements of Chapter 380.06 Florida 8t&tutes
prior to the issuance of any required County Permits and
commencement of construction or development.
8.&$ Home Occupationst
a. Iff any residential district~ a home occupation shall be alloy-
ed and it shall be conducted by an occupant thereof. The hone
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occupation Ihsll be clearly incidental Lo and secondary to the
use of the dwelllnw for dwelling purposes and shall not change
the character thereof; provided that all the following condi-
l) T~ere shaX! be no on-site or off-site premise advertising
signs.
2) T~e use does not generate more traffic than would normal-
ly be experienced at · residence.
3) There shall be no receiving of goods or materials other
than normal delivery by U.S. Postal Service or similar
4) Parking or storage of commercial vehicles or equipment ·s
prohibited by Section 9.7.
5) The on-premise use of any equipment or materials, by
their nature, shall not create or produce excessive
noise, obnoxious fumes, dust or smoke.
6) The on-premise use of any equipment or tools shall not
create any amount of vibration or electrical disturbance.
7) No on-premise use or storage of any hazardous material
shall be kept in such an amount as to be potentially
dangerous to persons or property outside the confines of
the home occupation.
8) There shall be no retail sale of materials, goods or
products from the premises.
9) There shall be no outside storage of goods or products
(except plants).
Any home occupation that is found to have violated any provi-
sion of this Section shall be discontinued upon receipt of
notice from the Director. Failure to comply with said notice
shall constitute · violation of this Ordinance and for each
day the use continues shall be considered · separate offense.
Home occupations existing prior to the effective date of this
Ordinance and found not to comply with the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be deemed · viol·tion and shall be either dis-
continued or shall meet the provisions imposed by this Bec-
tion,
A home occupation sh&ll bo subject to all applicable County
occupational l/contel and othor businssa taxes.
8.66 Private Boat Houses and Docks:
a. Individual or mulLlple private boat houses and docks including
mooring pilings to serve the residents o£ s development, with
or without boat hoists, on canal or waterway lots, not pro-
truding more than five (5) feet into tho canal or waterway,
unless such canal or waterway has a width of one hundred (100)
feet or more, in which case the boa: house or dock may pro-
trude twenty (20) feet into such canal or waterway. Extension
of dock ia measured from the property line. Additional length
beyond amid 5' or 20' may be requested and shall require
public hearing by the Planning Gom~iasion.' After public
hearing of due public notice, the Planning Commission may
either approve or deny any additional length. The Planning
Commission's recommendation shall be baaed upon consideration
of the following factors:
1) The number of boat houses or docks to be located on the
subject property in relation to the length of waterfront
property available for the location of the boat houses or
docks.
The water depth where the boat house or dock facility is
to be located and the distance to the location of the
navigable channel.
3) The nature and speed o~ water currcnts in the navigable
channel.
4) The land contour of the property on which the boat house
or dock facility is to be located.
5) ,The effect the boat house or dock facility will have on
the safety of the users of the navigable channels and
adjacent waters.
b. All docks, or mooting pilinls, whichever protrudes the greater
into the water, regardless of length, shall have reflectorl
and house numbers four (4) inches minimum size installed at
the outermost end, on both aides.
8.47 Model Homes or Apartments: A model home or apartment is & tempo°
rary use governed by the provisions of Section 10.6 of this Ordin-
&flee,
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8.&8 Child Care Center - Owner Occupied:
a. The owner or operator must maintain his residcnce in the same
structure in which the owner occupied child care center is lo-
cated.
b. The maximum number of children permitted shal! be six (6) for
the first 7,000 squire feet of lot ares and one (1) child for
each 500 square feet of lot ares in excess of the first 7,000
square feet of lot ares.
The Board of Zoning Appeals may approve i lot of less
than 7,000 square feet in ires if such lot wis originally
platted less than 7,000 square feet in area.
The maximum number of children which may be approved by
the Board of Zoning Appeals for each owner occupied child care
center shall be twenty-five (15) children.
c. For the purpose of this Ordinance, play area is defined as the
area specifically designed sad itsed for ploy, exercise; or
outside teaching or training areas and does not include off-
street parking, loading and unloading areas, utility areas,
building areas or required open space and landscaped areas.
d. Fences and walls: A fence or wall shall be required ss a
separation between the play area and on abutting lot.
e. The playing of music or the use of any type of broadcasting
outside of the buildings shall be prohibited.
f. Supplementary conditions, as deemed appropriate, may be pre-
scribed by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
8.49 Prohibited Animals In Residential Distr~cts: The following animals
are to be considered farm animals and are not permitted to be kept
in residential districts: turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs,
horses, cows, goats, hose and the like.
S~CTION 9. SPECIAL REGULATIONS:
9.1 "ST" Special Treatment Overlay District-=Special Re~ulations for
Areas of Environmental Sensitivity and Lands and Structures of
Historical and/or Archaeololica1 Sl~nificance~
a. Intent and Purpose: Within Collier County there are certain
areas, which because of their unique assemblages of flora
and/or fauna, their esthetic appeal~ historical or 'archaeo-
logics! sl[nificanc~or their contribution to their own and
adjacent ecoayatens, sake them worthy of special regulations.
Such regulations are directed towsrd the conservation, protec-
tion, and ~reservation of ecological, commercial, and recrea-
tional values for the greatest benefit to the people of
Collier County. Such areas include, but are not necessarily
limited to mangrove and fresh water swamps, barrier islands,
coastal beaches, estuaries, cypress domes, natural drainage
ways, aquifer recharge areas and lands and structures of
historical and archaeological significance.
The purpose of this overlay district regulation ia
assure the maintenance of these environmental and
resources and to encourage the preservation bf the intricate
ecological relationships within the systems and at the same
time permit those types of developments which will hold
changes to levels determined acceptable by the Board of County
Commissioners after public hearing.
"ST" as a Zontns Overlay Dlstrict~ Desisna~on of
Lands:
l) An overlay zoning c~assification to be known as the
Special Treatment Overlay District, and to be designated
on the Official Zonin8 Atlas by the sy~bo! "ST" together
with ~he symbol of the basic zoning district which
overlays, ia hereby established. This overlay district
classifica~ion will be used for those lands of environ-
mental sensitivity and historical and archaeological
significance where the essential ecological or cultural
value of the land is not adequately protected under the
basic zoning district regulations established by ordin-
&nee,
The placement or removal of this overlay zoning
district shall be governed by the procedure for amending
the zoning ordinance and the zoning atlas as prescribed
in Section l& of this Ordinance.
2) For purposes of identifying land from which the residen-
tial developmen~ rights have been ~ranaferred, such ~ands
ahel~ be designated on the Official Zoning At,as by
affixing the letter ,,p. for preservation ~o the
"ST", thusly "P-ST' together with the s~ubo~ or the basic
zonins district which It overlays. Such designation
shall be placed on the land after the Board of County
Commissioners has accepted the deed and/or guarantee to
said property,
c. Uses Permitted on Land Desisflated "S?": Land designated "ST'
shall be used only for the permitted principal use, the per-
mitted accessory use, and/or the permitted provisional use
under the basic rosins classification of such land.
The consideration of an application for a permitted
provisional use shall be subject to a Public ]{earing. This
hearing may run concurrently with any public hearing required
by this Section or may be held at a separate time.
The fact that a use is permitted under the basic zoning
district classification shall confer no right to the property
owner for such use unless such uae is specifically approved as
a condition of approval of a site alteration plan and/or ~ite
development plan by the Board of County Commissioners aa
provided in paragraph 5, subparagraph B of this section.
d. Site Alteration Plan or Site Development Plan Approval
Required: Prior to the clearing~ alteration, or development
of any land designated **ST" the property o~ner or his legally
designated agent aha11 apply for and receive approval of a
site alteration plan or alta development plan, as the case may
be, by the Board of County Commissioners as provided in para-
graph e, subparaBraph (2) of this section.
e, Procedure and Requirements for Site Alteration Plan or Site
Development Plan Approval for Development in "ST" Des:Basted
Land.
1) Procedure:
(a) Pre-application Conference: Prior to filing a
petition for site alteration or site development
approval of "ST" land, the petitioner shall request
and hold · pre-application conference with the
Community Development Administrator and County Staff
he deems appropriate. The pre-application confer-
ence is for the purpose of guidance and information,
and for insuring insofar as ts possible, that the
petition is in conformity vith these regulations,
No petition for the site alteration or site
development approval ~tl! be ~ccepted for forms!
processing until the Administrator has reviewed the
petition to determine Chat al! required data is
eluded; a minimum of thirty (30) days should be
allowed for this phase of the review process.
(b) The $ito Alteration Plan or 5ire Development Plan
shall be submitted to the Director who shall have
reviewed by the appropriate County Staff and Advi-
sory Boards. The Administrator shall then forward
the Site Alteration Plan or Site Development Plan
and the Advisory Board's recommendations to the
Plannin8 Commission for its review and recommenda-
tion to the Board.
The Planning Commission review shall not re-
quire & public hearing nor notice to the abutting
property ow:iers~ but shal~ be he~d in a regular
meeting.
(c) ~ina! action on the Site AZteration Plan or Site
Development Plan lies with the Board of County
Commissioners. The Board sha~l review the proposed
Sito Alteration P~an or Site Development Plan in
regular session and sha~ act formally by resolution
stipulatin~ reasons for approval~ or approval with
.modification! or denis! of the Bite Alteration Plan
or Development P~an.
(d) Upon approval by the Board~ the petitioner may apply
for the appropriate local, state and federal permits
for the a~teration or development of the subject
premises.
(e) Commencement of Site A~teration or S~te Development~
Upon obtaining al! required local, state and federa~
permits in order to a~ter or develop the subJec~
property, the petitioner may commence a~teration or
development in accordance with the conditions and
requirements of said permits.
2)
~equirements~
(a) Submission and approval of a Site Alteration Plan or
Bite Development Plan containing the following as
deter~ined applicable to the petition by the
Administrator.
(1) Title of the project
(2) Names of the project planner and developer
(3) Date
(&) North directional arrow
(5) Exact survey showing the project boundaries,
any existing street, water courses or easements
within or adjacent to the proposed development
(6) Location of all proposed buildings and struc-
tures with dimensions showing setbacks to
property lines, roads, water courses and other
structures adjacent to the building(s)
(7) Access and traffic flow plan
(8) Off-street parking and off-street loading areas
(9) Proposed screening and buffering
(~0) Refuse collection areas and solid waste
(11) Access to utilities and points of utilities
hookups
(12) Locations for beach access aa required by the
Beach Access.
(b) Tabulation of total gross acreage in the pro~ect and
the percentages thereof proposed to be devoted to
the various permitted usesl ground coverage by
structures and impervious surface coverage,
(c) Architectura~ definitions for types of buildings in
the development~ number of dwelling units, sizes,
and ty~ee, together with typical floor plans of each
(d) Computation sheet including the following
(1) Lot area
(2) Totally enclosed area of each floor
(3) Number and floor area of unite by type
(&) Landscaped area· to be provided tncludin[
existing areas of ri·Live ye[et·Lion
(5) Parking ·rea
(6) Number of parkins spaces
(7) Indoor and outdoor recreation areas
(e) Plans for providin[ potable and lrri[ation water
requirements.
(f) Storm drainase and sanitary sew·ge plan·.
(g) Plans for sign·~ if any.
(h) Such additions! data aa the Director may believe is
pertinent to tho review and evaluation of the Site
Alteration or Site Development Plan.
Items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e)~ and (f) above
she1! be prep·red by a Florida registered sut-veyor,
engineer~ or architect or practicing land planner as
may be appropriate to the particular item.
Transfer of development rights data required in
Paragraph h, ss determined appropriate by the Admin-
istrator.
Submission and approval of ·n £nvirorunent·l Impact
Statement as required by County ordinance.
(k) Submission and approval of · tree removal plan as
required by County ordinance, if applicable.
(1) S~bmission and approval of an excavation plan aa re-
.quired by County ordinance~ if applicable.
(m) A Development of Regional Impact review as required
by Chapter 380.06 of the Florida Statutes!
cab].e.
Exceptions:
1) l~here land has
an 'ST' desisnation and the proposed
alteration or development are· contains twenty (20) acres
or less in [ross area, and where no transfer of residen-
tial rights are lnvolved~ the Administrator may approve a
8ite Alteration Plan or a Site Development ~lan. Pr~or
to such approval, the Administrator ehalX make a £1nd~n[
th·t one or more of the followin[ conditions extsts~
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(·) The proposed lice ·Iteration or site development
, will improve ecologic·l d~ficienciel existin~ on the
· tel,
(h) The proposed site ·ltecltion or ·itl development
will not require ·ny signific·nt modification of the
topoeraphy~ drlina~e! or flora! or faun· on the
lite.
(c) No pollut·nts will be d£sch·rged from the ·re· th·t
will degr·de the ·ir, water or soil below the levels
existing ·t the time of ·pplication,
(d) Naturally occurring phenomena, such ·l hurricanes~
floods or fires h·ve ch·nged the previously existing
flora and faun·, or th·t th~ topography snd drain·ge
pattern h·ve been altered by m·n prior to the ·dop-
tion of this ordinance or by nature to such · degree
th·t there il no relson·ble probability of ecologi-
cal regeneration.
(e)The site is surrounded by l·nds not designated
and where the effects of leg·l use of the surround-
ing l·nd exerts · continuing environmental deterior-
stion of the 'ST' ·rea th·C cannot be legally or
Justifiably corrected,
2) t~here land h·l an 'ST' designation ·nd the proposed
alteration or development ·res contains over twenty (20)
· oral and not ~ore th·n forty (&0) ·cres of gross
and where no transfer of development rights ·re involved~
the CAPC shall review and approve the site ·Iteration or
developmen~ pl·n prior to proceeding with ·ny lite
· tion or development. ~uch review ·nd ·pprov·! sh·ll not
require notice or public helring.
3) All lite slter·tion or site plsn Ipprovlll of over forty
(40) ·crel shall be is required in P·r·grsphs d and e of
this ordinlnce.
Hodification of Site Alter·tion Pl·n or Site Development
1)
Development Plin is spproved by the ~ounty~ vhlchvould~
in the opinion of the Adniniltrator~ subltan~lal~y alter
h4
the intent and purpose of these "ST" regulations requires
the procedure sad approval aa if for a new petition.
2) Hlnor modifications consistent with the intent and pur-
pose of these regulations may be made upon approval by
the Director.
Transfer of Residential Development RtShts: An owner of land
desisnated as "ST' may elect to transfer some or all of the
residential development rights of his 'ST" land to non-"ST"
property, ss provided herein, ss an alternative to the devel-
opment of the "ST" lands in conformity with the "ST" resula-
ti.ns.
1) The residential development rights shall be considered aa
interests in real property and may be transferred in
portions or aa a total as provided in this Section. Once
used, the residential development 'rights shall not be
used again and the residential development rights of the
subject "ST" lands providtns them shall be considered
levered forever,
2) The transfer of residential development rights to be used
for non-"ST" land shall be from "ST" designated land to
non-"ST" lend located in RI~-6, R~-12, R~-I6, and RT
ZoninS Districts and shall be sttbJect to all of the
requirements of the basic zoning district unless speci-
flc&lly approved otherwise aa provided by law.:
(a) .The Zoning Director is hereby directed to waive the
lend area requirement for the landacapins, off-
street perkins or open space to the extent necessary
to accommodate the number of residential units
permitted in h (6)(a) of this section
3) The minimu~ area of "ST" land elisible for the transfer
of development rights shall be two (2) acres of land
excludins submersed land.
&) Upon the approval of the transfer of residential develop-
~ent rishts for an "ST" land by the Director, the proper-
ty owner of the "ST" land ia stronsly encoura8ed to.
donate the land to the county; hoverer, if the ~vner
chooses othervise, the approval may be conditioned upon
6)
an asreement by the county which will susrantee that said
'ST' lands will be forever retained in its nature! condi-
tion and will never be developed in shy manner whatsoever
by anyone except aa stipulated in the s~reement.
The maximum number o£ residential units vht~h may be
transferred from "ST" land to non-"ST" land shall be
compiled on the basis of each acre of "ST" land at tho
followtn~ rate:
One half (0.5) of a residential unit for each one
(1) acre of "ST" land.
Maximum number of residential unite which eligible non-
*'ST" lands may receive.
(a) Non-"ST" lands in I~F-6, R~-12, RI~-16 and RT zoned
districts are eliAtble to receive residential devel-
opment units provided that the maximum number of
residential units which may be transferred to the
non-"ST" land does not exceed 20% of the maximum
number of residential units permitted under the
basic zoninS of the ~-6 and I~JF-12 distr£ct or 10%
of the maximum number of residential units per~itted
under the basic zoninA of the R~-16 and RT district
as the case may be. For the purpose of dete~ininA
~he n~ber of residen~ial units which non-"ST" land
is capable of r~ceivin$, the followinA fo~ula shall
.apply:
R~-6 District
6 units x 20% · 1.20 units per acre
RI~-12 District
12 units x 20% s 2.SO units per acre
R~flr-16 District
16 units x 10% s 1.60 units per acre
RT District
16 units x 10% s 1.60 units per acre
26 units x 10% · 2.60 units par acre
For the purpose of calculatins the final fractional
residential unit of the total number of 'residential
units ellslble for transfer to · non-~aT' property,
the followins shall apply: Any fractional residen-
tl·l unit shall be converted upward! if 1/2 or more
of · whole unit, or downward~ if lean than 1/2 of a
whole unit~ to the nesreaL whole unit value.
Procedure For Obtatnins Transfer of Residential Development
1) Any owner of "ST'~ land may apply for · transfer of resi-
dential development ri&his either separately or concur-
rently with a buildtns permit for their use in connection
with the construction of the trans£erred residential
units on non-*~ST*~ land aa provided in this section.
Prior to the approval of any transfer of residential
development rights or the issuance of any buildin& per-
mits in connection with the use of any transfer of resi-
dential development rishts~ the pett~ioner shsll submit
the followin~ information and dst&! as applicable to the
petition, to the Director for his review and action.
(a) ~ame and address of *'ST" property owner.
(b) ~ame and address of noa-"ST'~ property owner.
(c) Lesal description of *'ST" land from which transfer
of residentisl development ri&his la petitioned.
(d) Survey of '~S?" property from which transfer of
residential development rlshts is requested.
(e) Less! description of non-"ST" land which receives
.~he transfer of residential development rishts.
(f) Survey of the non-'*ST'~ land which receives the
transfer of residential development ri&hts.
(&) Three copies of an executed deed of transfer of
ownership of the ~'ST'* property to the County in a
form approved by ~he County Attorney~ or~ if ~he
owner elects not to deed the '*ST'! land to ~he
County! the 'ST~ owner shall provide · &uarantee!
a&re~able to and ·pproved by ordinance of the Bo·rd
of County Commissioners, tha~ ~he ~ST* land wl~! be
forever retained in its natural condition and vii1
never be developed in any manner whatsoevor by
anyone. Yor the purposn of this require~ent~
natural conditions Iha~! include minor nature re-
lated improvements such aS natu£e paths, boardwalkl,
outdoor educational learning areas, and removal of
exotic vegetation.
Such · guarantee shall be recorded with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Collier County,
Florida as a recorded restricLion of the use of such
land and shall be binding to all present and subse-
quent owners, heirs, or assigns of such property.
Such restrictions may not be amended, deleted, or
otherwise altered except by affirmative vote of all
members of the Board of County Commissioners.
J. Time Limitations on Director's Approval of Transfer of Resi
dential Development Rights or Authorization to Proceed with
the Procesain~ of a Buildin8 or Construction Permit. The
Director's approval of a transfer of residential development
rights or authorization to proceed with the processing of a
building or construction permit shall be valid so long aa such
approval is permitted by law.
The failure to act on the part of the petitioner to
exercise the transfer of reai~Jential development rights or
obtain and culminate an authorized building or construction
permit within the time period provided by law shall automatic-
ally 2ordinate such approval and the County shall he held
harmless for any damages arising out of the petitioner's
failure to act.
k. Sequential Uae of Residential Units Approved For Transfer by
the Director. Upon the issuance of any permit for the con-
struction of residential unit(s) upon s non-"ST" receivins
land, the first residential units built thereon shall be
considered to be the residential units approved for transfer
by the Director for transfer, the succeeding residential units
constructed shall be considered the residential units per-
mitted under the basic zoning district regulations.
A~peaL of Community DeveLopment Admiptstrator's Decision or
Interpretations, Any person ·ggrieved by ·ny decision or
ln~erprs~·~lon Bade by ~he Co~munl~y,Deve~opMn~ Aduin*s~r·tor
I$1
in the enforcement of thin Section may appeaZ such grievance
an provided in Section 11 of this Ordinance.
Interim AIricultural Use of Premises:
a. The Board of County Coliisioners, may, upon reconwendation of
the Plsnninl Con~sission, authorize the use of lands within any
district for alricultural activ£tiest such as, and limited
paiturinlt field cropl) horticulture, fruit and nu~ produc-
tion, forestry, beekeepin$~ aquaculture and ~artculture. It
ii the lnten~ of this Sublection to permit certain interim
agricultural uses on a temporary basis which retains the land
in its open~ undeveloped character. The inclusion of bu£1d-
inSs and itructures, other than wells~ itructurea for conner-
vation and drainage protection, and unpaved roads il strictly
prohibited.
b. Petitions for interim agricultural use shall be considered
first by the Planning Cnm~ission in the manner herein set out.
1) Written PeLltion: A wriLten petition for an interim
agricultural use shall be submitted to the
Development AdmintsLra~or indtca~ing ~he basis in ~his
Zonins Ordinance under which ~he in~erim a~ricu~ural use
Is soush~ and I~a~in~ ~he ~rounds upon ~,hich i~ is
quested) wi~h particular reference ~o ~he ~es of find-
ln~s which ~ho Plsnnins Collision mus~ ~ake under Pir~-
~raph G) below. The pc~i~on should include
necessary ~o demonstrate ~ha~ ~he sran~ of ~he
ajricul~ural use will be in barony w~h ~he jeneral
~n~en~ and purpose of ~his Zonins Ordinance, ~ill no~ be
injurious ~o ~he neishborhood or to ~dJoinin~ proper~iel~
or o~he~ile de~rimen~sl ~o ~he public welfare. Such
~a~eri~l ~sy include) bu~ is no~ limited ~o~ ~he follov-
inl~ where applicable:
(I) Developmen~ plans i~ sn appropria~e scale Ihowin~
lite alteration, proposed placemen~ of s~c~urel on
~he proper~y~ provisions for inzreis and eiresl,
off-s~ree~ p~rk~nl and off-stree~ lo~dinl
refuse and le~ice ~real; ~nd required yardi ~nd
other open Ip~Cel~
2)
3)
(b) Plans showin~ proposed locations for utilities;
(c) Plans for screentnE and bu&ferinE with reference to
type, dimensions, and character;
(d) Proposed landscapinE and provisions for trees pro-
tected by County resulations; and
(e) Proposed slSns and li~htins, includins type, dimen-
sions, and character. I~here this Zonin~ Ordinance
places additions1 requirements on specific uses, the
petition should demonstrate that such requirements
are met.
Public HearthS: A public hesrtnE shall be held by the
PlanninE Commission. Any party may appear personally or
by asent or attorney.
~otice of Public Hesrinl: Notice of public hesrina
shall be siren at least fifteen (15) days in advance of
the public hearing. The owner of the property for which
an interim aEricultursl use is souEht or his aEent or
attorney deaiEnated by him shall be notified by mail.
~otice of the Public ]{ear/nE shall be prominently posted
on the property for which the interim aEricultural use is
souEht. Notice of the public hesrin8 shall be advertised
in a newspaper of 8eneral circulation in the County at
least one (1) time at least fifteen (15) days prior to
the public hearinE. Notice shall be Eiven by mail to all
owners of property within three hundred (300) feet of the
boundary lines of the property for which the interim
aEricultural use is requested; provided, however, that
where the petitioner is the owner of land not included in
the petitioner's petition and such land that is not
included in the petition is part of or adjoins the parcel
for which the request is made, the three hundred (300)
foot requirement shall be measured from the boundaries of
the applicant's ownership, includinE the land not covered
by petitioner's petition. For purposes of this provi-
sion, owners of the adjacent or nearby properties within
the distance set out shall be deemd those whose
appear on tho latest available tax rolls of tho County~
except that notice need not be mailed to any property
owner located more than one-half mile (2,6&0 feet) from
the land for which the interim agricultural use is
sought.
Ftndtngs~ Be~ore any interim agricultural usa shall be
recommended for approval to the Board of Zoning Appeals,
the Planning Com~ission shall make a finding that the
granting of the interim agricultural use will not ad-
versely effect the public interest end certifying that
the specific requirements governing the individual inter-
im agricultural use, if any, have been met by the
t~oner and that, further~ satisfactory provision and
arrangement has been made concerning the following mat-
ters, where applicable:
(a) Compliance with all elements of the Comprehensive
Plan;
Ingress and egress to property snd proposed struc-
tures thereon with particular reference to auto-
motive and pedestrian safely and convenience, tra~-
ftc flow and control, and access in case of fire or
catastrophe;
(c) Off-stree~ parklflg and loading sreas, where re-
quired, with particular attention to the items in
(b) above and economic, no,se, glare, or odor ef-
fects of the interim agriculture! use on adjoining
properties generally in the district;
(d) Refuse and service areas, w£th particular refer~uc~
to the items in (b) and (c~ above;
(e) Utilitiest with reference to locations,
bllity, and compatibility;
(f) Screening end buffering with reference to type,
dimensions end character;
(g) Signs, if eny, end proposed exterior lighting with
reference to glare, traffic safety, economic
facto, end compatibility and harmony with properties
in the district;
(h) Required yards and other open space;
(£) General compatibility with adjacent properties and
other properties in the district~
(J) Any special requirements set out in the Schedule of
District Regulations for the particular use in-
volved.
5) Conditions and Safeluards: In recommending approval of any
interim agricultural use, the PLanning Commission may also
recommend appropriate conditions and safeguards in conformity
with this Zoning Ordinance. Violation of such conditions and
safeguards! which are made a part of the terms under which the
interim agricultural uae is granted, shall be deemed a vio-
lation of this Zoning Ordinance.
Any interim agricultural use shall expire one (I) year
from the date of grant, unless extended by action of the Board
of Zoning Appeals, if by Chat date, the use for which the
'interim agricultural use was granted has not been commenced;
and an interim agricultural use shall automatically expire two
(2) years after the date of grant and must be reviewed by the
Board of Zoning Appeals in order to be continued. Each sub-
sequent renewal per~od shall be limited to two (2) years and
must be reviewed by tho Board of Zoning Appeals at the end of
each two (2) year period in order to be continued.
6) Public Access and/or Related Commercial Uses: The interim
agricultural use of the premises which in any way attracts or
invites access and use of the general public or the use of
such premises for any commercial activity other than that
expressly permitted within the zoning district is strictly
prohibited.
7) Denial: If the Planning Commission shall recommend denial of
an interim agricultural use, it shal! state fully in its
record its reasons for doing no. Such reasoning abel! take
into account the factors stated in Paragraph &) above, or such
of them aa may be applicable to the specific interim agricul-
tural use requested, if any.
(a) Btatus of Plannin[ Commiasioq. Repgrt and Reconsnendationet
~he report and reeo~un~ndationn e! the Planning Co,mission
required above ah,Il be advisory only and ah, i! no~ be
binding ,pon the Board o~ Zoning Appeals.
(h) Board o~ Zoning Appeals: Action o~ Plannin~ Commission
Report: Upon receipt of the Planning Commission's
report snd recom~endstions~ the Board of Zoning Appeals
shall approve or deny the petition for sa interim agri-
cultural use. An approval ah*Il be by resolution of the
Board of Zoning Appeals.
(c) Taxes: The granting of an interim agricultural use of
the premises by the Board of Zoning Appeals sa provided
herein shall not constitute grounds for establishing ·
new assessment of Special Classes of Property as provided
in Chapter 193.~61 F.S., which assessment of Special
Classes of Property did not exist for the subject prem-
ises prior to the approval of the interim agriculture!
use of the premises aa provided herein.
(d) Hinor Changes and Amendments: The Zoning Director may
approve any change he determines to be of a minor nature,
such as changes in location, siting or height of per-
mitred buildings and structures~ and improvements auth-
orized by the approved interim agricultural use.
(e) HaJor Chan~es and Amendments: Any change or amendment
which the Zoning Director determines to be of a major
nature shall require a full review as for a new petition.
9.3 Special Provisions for Houain~ of Farm Labor:
a. Intent and Purpose: This Subsection is intended to apply to
those agricultural situations where housing ia required for
permanent or transient farm labor. Housing established under
this Subsection shsl! be used exclusively for that purpose and
no other. Zt is intended that housing under this Subsection
shall be erected only in the "A-l' or'A-2' Agricultural Dis-
tricts and only when such housing meets the requirements and
procedures of this Subsection. It ia the intent of this
Section that housing for farm labor shall be in the nature of
·plsnned developments but with restrictions designed to meet
the peculiar requirements of the lam labor market end the
necessities of health, safety, and 8eneral velfare of the farm
laborers and the senoral public.
b. ^srtculturei Defined. For the purpose of this Subsection,
agriculture is defined as the cultivation of the soil, the
production of crops~ and the raising of livestock for the
purpose of sale. The definition includes the accessory uses
of packtns! treating~ or storin8 the agricultural products
raised on the premtses~ but shall not include facilities for
processing agricultural commodities brought from off the
premises unless such off-premises production is under the same
ownership and control.
c. Development Plan Required: No construction for the housing
of far~ labor shall be erected until a Development Plan has
been approved aa set out in this Subsection and Section 10.5
of this Ordinance. Any application for development to house
farm labor shall include the general data set out in Section
10.5 and, in addition, the data required by this Subsection.
Upon the approval of a Development Plan, no buildinR permit or
certificate of occupancy shall be issued except in conformity
with such approved Development Plan and no use shall be made
of farm labor housing subsequent to construction except in
conformity with that approved Development Plan.
d. Farm Labor Committee: The peculiar problems crested by the
necessity for housinR farm labor and the particular problem of
housing transient farm labor require that special knowledge be
brought to the matter of approving development plans for farm
labor housing. There shall be an advisory com~ittee consis-
ting of five (5) residents of the County knowledgeable in the
problems of farm labor. The advisory com~ittee shall be known
aa the Farm Labor Committee and shall be appointed by the
Board of County Commissioners to serve terms of four (&)
years.
e. Farm Labor Comm~,ttee - Role in Approval of Development Plans:
It shall be the responsibility of the Farm Labor Committee to
rr-view Development Plans submitted under this Subsection and
to determine that such plans meet the standards set out in
this Subsection in the context of farm labor housing.
f. Standards: In addition to the applicable requirements of
this Subsection~ Development Plans for farm labor hounds8
shall meet the followins minimum standards~
H![hway Setback!. Farm labor housing shall be set back a
minimum o£ one thousand (1,000) feet measured from the
nearest point of construction to any State, Federal, or
County highway right-of-way line.
2) Ninimum and Haximum Area: No on=site farm labor housing
shall oxeeed in land area three (3%) percent of the gross
acreage of the agricultural operation. Off-site farm
labor housing for laborers shall have a land area of not
less than one (1) acre nor more than ten (10) acres.
3. Utilities: All utilities must be installed as required
by State and County resulations.
4) Layout: General: Any application for Development Plan
approval shall show:
(a) Land area in acres.
(b) Street patterns, with provision for surfacing with a
hard dustless material.
(c) At least three hundred (300) square feet for each
lot or dwelling unit for open space and recreation
a rea.
(d) The layout of building sites.
(e) Acius] yard dimension (not less than minimum) for
periphery of site and for each lot.
(f) Size of units to be installed and specification of
type.
(g) Utility locations, sizes,and types; and,
(h) Types of services to be provided.
5) Additional Standards for Concrete Block or Frame Dwell
inRs: In addition to the materials of Paragraph
above, an applicant for Development Plan approval shall
show the following data where it is proposed to use
concrete block or frame construction for farm labor
housin[~
(a) For each structure, thirty (30) foot front yard, ten
(10) foot side yard, and twenty (20) foot rear yard,
with yards measured from street, building, or prop-
erty lines and with all dvellinga hay/ns at least
the minimu~ leparet/on betveen themI
IS8
6)
(b) For esch dwelling unit, a mtn£mum of one hundred
twenty (120) square feet of living area for the
first two (2) persons and additional fl£ty (50)
square feet for each person thereafter for sleeping
purposes onlyj provided other utilization of ·
dwellin$ unit shall require square footage of living
· rea to meet minimum housing standards of the State
of Florida.
(c) Arrangements for a resident manager on the premises;
and
(d) Hinimum lot size of six thousand (6,'000) square feet
with an average width of sixty (60) feet.
Additional Standards for Utilization of Hobile II·mss and
Travel Trailers: In addition to the material in Para-
lraph 4) above, an applicant for development approval
shall show the following data where it is proposed to use
mobile homes and/or travel trailers for farm labor hous-
ing:
a) Arrangements for a resident manager, on the prem~
iaea;
b) Nixing or intermingling of mobile homes and conven=
ti·hal dwelling construction; provided, there shall
bo at least sixty (60) foot separation between
mobile home and conventional dwelltn8 complexes
where both types of dwelling unit utilization is
proposed;
(c) Within the mobile home complex, one (1) building for
service purposes only and not occupying more than
two (2~) percent of the gross area of the project
may be erected; and
(d) Each mobile home or travel trailer shall have at
least one hundred twenty (120) square feet of livinl
area for the first two (2) persons and fifty (50)
additional square feet of living area for each
person thereafter for the purpose of sleeping ecco~-
modations provided other utilization of the mobile
hoem shall require square footage of living ·rea to
meet minimum housing standards of the State of
Florida.
7) Special Provisions for Dormitory Housins: In addition
to the requirements of Paragraph 6) above, mobile homes
or travel trailers may be utilized for housing migrant
labor in dormitory style arrangements provided~
(a) The ares of land to be ao utilized ia one (1) acre
or more in area;
(b) At least three (3) basic units are utilized = one
(1) for sleeping facilities, one (1) for dining and
recreation uae, and one (1) for ~tility purposes
consisting of shower and toilet facilities;
(c) Each sleeping unit shall have minimum dimensions of
twelve (12) feet by sixty-five (65) feet with a
maximum sleeping capacity of twelve workers;
(d) Each cooking=dining=recreation unit shall have
minimum dimensions of twelve (12) feet and accom-
modate no more than twenty-four (2&) laborers;
(e) Each utility unit shall have minimum dimensions of
twelve (12) feet by forty-five (&5) feet and accom-
modate not more than twenty-four (26) laborers; and
(f) The peripheral boundaries of the complex must be
surfaced with a hard, dustless material.
Special Provisions for (GH) Group Ilouain&:
a. Intent and Purpose: This Subsection ia intended to apply to
areas zoned or being taloned to residential at the time of
application for "OH" where flexibility in lot size, setback
and height will provide for a better setting of structures,
produce more useable apace, and produce innovation in design
and construction than might otherwise result under the atan=
darda o~ the district to which it ia applied. This shall be
done through an adopted plan of development set out in d.
below. No "OH" designation shall effect an increase in the
number of dwelling units allowed by the baas zoning classifi=
cation.
b. ~stablishment of & "OH" Zonin[.Desi~nation: & "OH" deal,-
nation shall bm established through provisions of 8action 10.$
er 13 o~ thiz Ordinance where required.
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Uiel Per~iLCed; Th· 'GH' de·lgnstion s~lows ~hose permitted
uses and special exception· of the basic zoning classifica-
tion· of the specific parcel, provided that "ESF' district
lands with 'fill' may include cjuster and townhouses in the
development.
Procedure and Approval: Should · parcel of land carry a
designation at the time of the adoption of thin Ordinance,
approval of · Development Plan is required prior to beginning
any construction. An application having land that does not
ha~e a 'GH' designation and desiring to develop a group hous-
ing project must submit his Development Plan as a part of
application for special exception. In any event, upon the
date of approval, the 'GH' desisnation shall lapse after one
(1) year if actual construction has not commenced. Extensions
may be granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals upo~ s showing
of affirmative action to commence the project.
Standards for Development Plan:
1) Group housing consists of two (2) or more structures of
the type permitted in the basic residential zoning clas-
sification~ subject to Paragraph c. above.
2) Land area for · Development Plan under 'GH' designation
shall not be less than one (1) acre,
3) The parcel of land is not subdivided into the customary
· treats and lotst and will smL be so subdivided, or where
the existing or contemplated street and lot layout make
it impractical to apply the requirements of this ordi-
nance to the individual dwellings and structures in such
group development.
&) Ysrdst distances between structures and other dimensional
standards are satisfactory to carry out the intent ·nd
spirit of the Zoning Ordinancet such standards to be
specified by the applicant and may be approved pursuant
to Sections 10.5 and/or 13~ if such standards are less
than are required elsewhere in the ·amc residential
zonin~ district.
5) Dl·~,~t regulations applicable in the basic' zoninB
de·isa·riGa to other matters than those sot ~ut ·bore
shal~ be observed in the Develop·met Plan,
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6)
The standards and requirements of ,qectiona 10.$ and ]~ of
this Zoning Ordinance shall
Plan.
f. Effect of Development plan Approv~,~:
apply to the Development
No building permit or
certificate of occupancy shell be issued except in conformity
with the approved Development Plan.
Chan~es and Amendments~ All chsnges or amendments except
increase in land area shall require Development Plan approval
as outltned in Section 10.5.
Any change or amendment which would increase the land
area covered by "GH" Groups Housing shall' require a full
review aa for a new request.
Patio Houses ~Zero Side Yard):
Patio houses are single family detached dwelling structures on
individually platted lots which are designed to-provide max-
imum usage of outdoor 1tying space while insuring privacy from
adjacent housing by providing o side yard or "patio" of
greater than normal width on one (1) side of the dwelling and
no yard on the other.
In certain districts, the owner or owners of three (3) or more
adjoining lots along a common public or approved private
street may request a grant of special exception in accordance
with the procedures set forth in Section 13 for the purpose of
construction of patio houses.
All requirements of the Subdivision Regulations and the zone
district in which such patio houses are located shall be
complied with, except that no side yard shall be permitted on
one (1) side of each parcel and the combined side yard re-
quirement of the applicable zone district shall be required on
the opposite side of each parcel. No patio house aha11 be
located closer than that distance required as combined side
yards from any other patio house nor aha11 any patio house be
located closer than the minimum setback of the applic&ble zone
district from the property line of any other dwelling unit not
a patio house, there patio houses are located et the property
line, with no side yard as required above, no window,'door, or
other openin8 below seven (7) feet in height above the first
floor level shall pierce the w·ll of such structure adjacent
to the adjoining property.
d. Concurrent with final approval, and as a condition thereof, a
convenant, in a form ·ail·factory to the County Attorney,
sh·ll be recorded as pert of the deed for the subject property
se·tinS forth (he side yard setbacks for each lot within the
subject property and the responsibility for maintenance of the
common wall along the property line.
9.6 Special Re~ulationa for Waterfront Yard·~
a. Intent and Purpose: It is the intent and purpose of this
Subsection to permit the placement of principal building· ·t
the bulkhead line or shoreline where such placement at the
water~· edge can enhance the character of waterfront develop-
mens without detriment to adjoining or nearby properties or
without damage to a particular environmental situation. The
provisions of this Subsection have their greatest potential
· pplicatton in planning for the use of tidewater inland· or
areas of the County of such size and location that the use of
this provision will neet its intent and purpose. If the
provisions of this Subsection are met, such provisions govern
regardless of any requirement for ~aterfront yards in the
district involved.
b. Development Plan Required: Before · building may be con-
strutted under the terms of this Subsection! approval of a
Development Plan ia required as set out in Section 10.$ of
this Zoning Ordinance.
c. Classification of Waterfront Lands and Buildin8 Location:
Buildings may not be erected waterward under this Section
beyond the following limits for the situations outlined:
1) For waterfront lands along which a bulkhead line has been
established, buildings may be erected out to, but not
beyond, the bulkhead line.
2) For waterfront lands along which an off-shore building
limit has been established by the Board of County Com-
missioners, buildings may be erected out to, but not
beyond· the building limit line.
3) For waterfront lands along which neither a bulkhead nor a
building limit line has been established, buildings may
be erected out to, but not beyond, the shoreline, as that
shoreline eximta prior to construction.
d. Uses: Since this Subsection applies only to the placement of
buildings in waterfront yards, there shall be no uae permitted
under this Subsection which ia not permitted or permissible in
the district involved. A building approved under this Sub-
section, however, may be attached to or made an integra! part
of a boat house or dock, if such boat house or dock ia per-
mitred or permissible in the district involved.
e. Development Plan: An applicant under this Subsection shal!
submit a Development Plan aa required in Section 10.$ of this
Ordinance. Zn addition to the contents of such s plan, aa
required by Section 10.$ of this Ordinance, the applicant
shall submit such materials as will demonstrate that the
placement of the proposed buildings tn waterfront yardm from
which they would otherwise be excluded will not (1) adversely
affect adjoining or nearby properties nor cause blocking of
water view in any substantial degree from adjoining or nearby
properties, and (2) that no adverne environmental effects will
ensue aa a result of building placement aa requested.
f. ~ffect of Approved Development Plan: No building permit or
certificate of occupancy shall be issued under this Subsection
except in strict conformity with the terms and conditions of
the approved Development Plan.
8. Chansea and Amendments: Any change or amendment ahal! require
a full review aa for a new request.
9.7. Special Resulations Restrictin8 the Parkin& of Commercial and Major
Recreational Equipment:
a. latent and Purpose: It ia the intent and purpose of this
Subsection to allow residents within a subdivision in Collier
County to prescribe stricLer regulations soverntng the patkinl
of commercial and/or major recreational equipment than is
provided under the minimum requirements set forth tn this
loninl Ordinance.
This district ia intended to apply as an overlay district
for areal or p6rtionl of areas which are zoned for residential
ules,
The purpose of these regulations is to maintain the
appearance and quality of the residential use in the manner in
which it was originally platted, to reduce congestion, prevent
overcrowding and the blocking of views and the free flow of
air currents, and to maintain the lasting values and amenities
of the neiBhborhood.
Establishment of ~?nins Classification: A zoning classifica-
tion, to be known al the Restricted Parking Overlay District,
and to be designated on the Official Zontfl8 Atlas by the
symbol "RP' in conjunction with the basic residential symbol,
is hereby established.
Procedure for Establishing District: Upon petition to the
Board of County Commissioners, signed by s minimum of one
hundred (100) property owners or fifty (50%) percent of the
property owners, whichever is the lesser, in the proposed
district, platted subdivision, or within a voting precinct
comprising a homogeneous zoning area, the Board of County
Commissioners may revise the boundaries of the district and
enact an implementing ordinance to become effective upon
approval by a majority of the qualified electors residing
within the district voting in the next general or special
election held for other purposes within the district(s). The
election permits a choice by the elector if in favor of or
opposed to the following regulations aa may be revised by the
implementing ordinance:
1) House car, camp car, camper, house trailer, motor home,
school and/or other buses: No house car, camp car,
camper, house trailer, motor home or any vehicle, by
whatever name known, school and/or other bus, designated
or adaptable for human habitation, whether such vehicle
moves by its own power or by power supplied by a separate
unit, shall be kept or parked on premises zoned for
residential purposes within the County nor on public
rightl*o£*way or slid zoned districts except when parked
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entirely vithin the confines of a garaRe, carport, or
fully enclosed structure and cannot be seen from any
abuttins property or public way; provided, however, that
such vehicles may be parked anywhere on residential
premises for s period not to exceed tventy-four (24)
hours during loading and unloedtng.
(&) The followinR exceptions may be granted by the
Zoning Director upon application by the property
o~e r:
(1) Resident: Such car, trailer, bus or motor home
may, upon obtaining a permit 'from the Zoning
Director, be parked upon the premises of the
resident for a period not exceeding three (3)
days for the purpose of loading or unloading
and/or cleaning and unloading prior to or after
a trip. The permit for each period shall be
affixed to the vehicle in a conspicuous place
on the street side thereof.
The Zoning Director may, for good cause
shown, authorize the issuance of a second
consecutive permit not to exceed three (3)
days. An additional permit for the parking of
such vehicle will not be issued until after
such application has been reviewed ~nd approved
by the Board of County Commissioners.
The Zonin$ Director may, for good cause
shown, issue a renewable on-site parking permit
for one (1) year to a resident who, for reasons
of disability, must park such vehicle on resi-
dential property.
(2) Non-Resident: Such car, trailer, bus or motor
home~ when used for transportation of viaitoro
to this County to visit friends or members of
the visitors' family residing in this County
may, upon obtaining a permit from the Zoning
Director~ may be parked upon the pre~tses of
the visited fa=fly for a period not exceedin~
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ten (10) days. The permit shall be affixed to
the vehicle in a conspicuous place on the
street aide thereof.
The Zoning Director may, for good cause
shown, authorize the issuance of a second con-
secutive permit not to exceed ten (10) days. An
additional permit for the parking of such
vehicle will not be issued until after the
plication has been reviewed and approved by the
Board of County Commissioners.
Passenger Vehicles ContaininZ Commercial ~dvertisins:
(a) Parking of passenger vehicles with commercial adver-
tising signs which are written directly on the
finished surface of the passenger vehicle or attach-
ed in such a manner so as not to protrude more than
one (1") Inch from the finished st~rface of the
passenger vehicle, setting forth the name of the
business, its address, business telephone number and
type of business, e.g., realtor, painter, etc.,
thereon in residential areas outside the confines of
a garage or carport ia permitted so long sa the home
(resJdenttal) address is not shown thereon.
(b) All passenger vehicles having commercial advertising
signs not conforming to the requirements set forth
in Paragraph (a) above shall be prohibited.
Trucka~ Trallersl School Buses and/or Other Commercial
Vehicleh: It shall be unlawful for any person to park,
keep or store in or upon any property, public or private,
in any area of the County which ia zoned residential,
except as provided in Subsection 3)(a) of this Section,
any truck exceeding a rated capacity in excess of one (1)
ton, trailer, school bus and/or other commercial vehicle,
and any passenger-type vehicle, by whatever name desig-
nated, converted partially or completely from a passenger
carrying vehicle to a vehicle for transporting goods or
artLclea by removal of a seat or neats therefrom or by
addition thereto, thereon, or therein, or · rack, trite
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or other carrier or holder for transporting ~oods or
articles, such asr but not limited to, ladders, wheelbar-
toys, tools, equipment, supplies or mater/sis, tf such
vehicle so converted is used in or incidental to the
operation o£ a business.
(a) ~xceptions~
(1) The fore~oing prohibition shall not apply in
cases of licensed contractors or service
lishments actually doing work on the premises,
or in case of loading or unloading such ve-
hicles, or to any such vehicle while it is
being used for transportation for personal
reasons of the operator of a temporary nature
to and from the house, such ss for noonday
meals or to visit or serve ss. ill person.
(2) The perking or storage of such vehicles is
within the confines of a garage, carport, or
fully enclosed structure and csnnot be seen
from any shutting property or public way.
Boats and Boat Trailers: No boat or bost trailer shall
be parked or stored on premises zoned for residential
uses or on public rights-of-way of said zoned districts,
except when parked or stored entirely within the confines
of a garage, carport or fully enclosed or shielded struc-
ture and cannot be seen from any abutting property or
public way.
~xceptions~
(1) A boat or s boat trailer may be parked on the
owner's premises in the open, on a temporary basis
not to exceed eight (8) hours for the purpose of
loadin~ and/or cleaning end unloading prior to or
after on outing.
(~) An empty boat trailer may he parked at a launching
site during the period of time that the boat io
launched therefrom for & single voyage and while in
the process of loading or unlosdin~ the bo~t end/or
triller.
(3) Boats on davits or cradles adjacent to vater~sys or
berthed at approved docks and/or piers.
5) Hotel and Motel Perkins Provisions~ Hotels and motels
are considered as business-like enterprises; thereforet
recreations! vehicles, trucker trailer, buses and/or
other com~erciel industrial vehicles, listed herein of
bona fide residents thereof~ transients or othe~lse may
be parked on the premises of such facilities. Such
vehicles shall not be parked in streets~ alleys or other
rizhts-of-wsy within the residential district.
6) Oeneral Exceptions: The provisions of' this Psrasraph
aha1! not apply to vehicles parked on the premises of
cht:rches, clinics, schools~ private clubs, ~o~f courses,
utilities, hotels and motels and parks and recreational
areaat while the persons transported thereby are attend-
ins or participstins in activities or bainS treated or
served thereat, nor to buses~ trucks or trailers parked,
at any time, in s space prepared or desi~nated therefore
on said premises, if such vehicles are used or operated
by or for the operation of the places or institutions
desi~nated, except that such vehicles cannot be used for
residentia! occupancy.
9.8 Automobile Service Stations~
a. The followin~ resulations apply to the location~ 1ayout,
drsinsse~ operstiont fencing, lsndscspin~, parkin~ and permit-
ted sales and service activities of automobile service sta-
tions:
1) Lot Size - ~lnimum Eighteen Thousand (18~000~ S~uare
Feet:
(a) Minimum Frontsse: An automobile service station
shal! not be located on a lot with less that one
hundred fifty (150) feet frontase on a dedicated
street or hishway.
(b) Minimum Depth: One hundred twenty (120) feet.
Mlnimm~Yards~
(e) Fron~ Yard Setback - Fifty (50) feet.
(b) Side Yard Setback - Forty (&0) feet.
(c) Rear Yard Setback - Forty (&O) feet.
(d) Canopy - Ten (10) feet beyond pump setback line.
3) Storage Tanks: Storage tanks shall be located below
grade.
4) Lighting~ All lights and lighting for an automobile
service station shall be designed and arranged so that no
source of light shall be visible from any residential
district. No part of any light structure shall protrude
beyond property lines.
S) Location of Structures! Pu~ps, etc.: No main or acces-
sory building, no sign of any type, and no gasoline pump,
tank, went, pump island or pump island canopy shall be
located within twenty-five (2S) feet of any residentially
zoned property.
Gasoline pumps and pump islands may be located no
closer than thirty (30) feet to the street property lines
sad shall he located no closer that forty (&O) feet to
say side or rear property line. Pu~p island canopies may
be located no closer that fifteen (IS) feet to the street
property line. If such setback requirements mentioned
above, are closer than setback requirements for the
district in which the automobile service station is
located, such zervice station appurtenances shall be
remove~ before the property in converted to a use other
than an automobile service station. Removal of fuel
storage tanks ia required.
Free standing vents are not permitted.
6) Entrance and Exit: No automobile service station shall
have an entrance or exit for vehicles within two hundred
(200) feet alon~ the same side of a street of a school,
public playEround; child care center, church, hospital,
public library, or any institution for de?endenta or for
children, except where such property ia in another block.
7) Fence Re2uirements~ If an automobile service station
abuts a residential district~ a wall of ~ol~d gecorative
material five (S) £eet l~ height or & wall o£ landscaping
musC he provided and ~roperly maintained.
is aeparnted from the resident~at zone by ~n a~leyt then
the wall shall be erected along the lot
addition, all outside trash areas for used tirest auto
parts, and other items shall be enclosed on all sides by
· five (5) foot hlsh decorative ~ence or wall which shall
conform to all fence setback regulations. All walls and
buildings shall be protected by a barrier to prevent
vehicles from contacting the wall.
8) Outside Display of Products: Petroleum products in cans
and windshield viper blades may be displayed outside the
service station building in the standard racks provided
for such display, provided such racks shall not he placed
closer to a street line than the pump island. There
shall be no outside display or stacking of tires or other
merchandise.
9) Trash Facilities: Adequate! completely enclosed trash
storage facilities shall be provided on the site. On an
interior lot~ such facilities shall be located at the
rear of the service station*s main structure; on · corner
lot, such facilities shall be located! where possible, on
the side of the main structure with street frontage
carrying the lesser volume of traffic.
10) Vehicle Sales: There shall be no vehicle salos conducted
on the premises.
11) Draina~e: The entire lot, excluding Che area occupied by
a building, shall be properly drained and hard surfaced
with concrete or plant-mixed bituminous material, except
for the required landscaped ·ream.
12) Psrkin~ Areas: Parking areas will conform to the provi-
sions of this Ordinance. At no time shall repairs be
performed in parking ·ream.
13) Landscapin[: A minimum of twenty (20%) percent of the
1o~ are· shall be landscsped~ with · minimum of ~hree
(3~) percent landscaped per ~o~ side.
Goner·l: In addition to tbs retail dispensing of automobile
fuel· and oil, only the followin[ services maybe rendered end
sales made~
1) Sales and servicing of spark plu~s, batteries, distribu-
tors and distributor parts:
Sales, servicing and rep·ir of tires, hut not ret·ping or
regrooving;
3) Replacement of wsterhoses, fan belts, brake fluids light
bulbs· fuses· floor mats· wiper blades· grease retainers·
wheel be·rinlst shock ·bsorberst mirrors, and the likel
&) Provision of raters anti-freeze, end the likei
5) Wsshing and polishin~ and sale of automobile washing and
polishing materials, but this provision does not permit
car laundries;
6) Providing and repairing fuel pumps and lines;
?) Hinor servicing and repair of carburetors;
8) Emergency wiring repairs;
9) Providing repair of brakes;
!0) Hinor motor adjustments not involving removal of the head
or crankcase;
11) Greasing and lubrication;
12) Sales of cold drinks, candies, tobacco. ·nd similar
convenience 8oods for service station customers, but
strictly and only as accessory and incidental to the
principal business operation;
13) Provision of road maps and other information outside of
the enclosed areas;
l&) No mechanical work shall be allowed outside of the en-
closed · re·s;
15) No automobile service station shall be permitted where
say oil drainage pit or visible appliance for say such
purpose other than refueling cars is located within
twenty (20) feet of any street right-of-way or within
forty-five (&$) feet of any residential districts except
where such appliance or pit is located within · wholly
enclosed building;
16) Uses permissible ·t an ·ut·mobile service ·~·tion do not
include major mechanical ·nd body york· str·ilhteninl of
frames or body p·rts~ steam cleanin~ psintin~ weldin~
ators~e of automobiles, coumerci·l ssrsle aa an ·ccessory
2)
Ule, or other work lnvolvin~ undue nolle, glare, fUmel,
smoke or other characteristics to an extent greater'than
normally found in such stationl. An automobile service
station il not a facility for the sale of automobile
vehicles, s repair garage, a body shop, a car laundry, or
a truck stop.
e. Convenience grocery stores selling motor £uel must conform
with 8.s. 3), &) and $) of this Section.
Special Re~ulations for Specified Areas fn and Around the Naplest
Ever~ladest AerooOssist Narco Zsland, and lnv~okalee CEd Scott Air
field) Airports:
a. latent and Purpose: Certain areas in and around Collier
County, Florida, require special regulation to prevent hazards
which endanger the lives and property of users of the airports
and of occupants of land in their vicinity and which, if of
the obstruction type, reduce the size of th~ area available
for the landing, taking off, and maneuvering of aircraft, thus
tending to destroy or impair the utility of the airports and
the public investment therein. Accordingly, ~t ls hereby
declared that:
The creation or establishment of airport hazards and
obstructions are a public nuisance and an in3ury to the
County&
2) Thai it is necessary, in the interest of public health,
public safety, and general welfare, that the creation of
airport obstructions, hazards and structures be pre-
vented~
3) That ia it necessary in the interest of public health and
welfare that the establishment of incompatible land uses
be prevented in the areas defined al the CNN 100 contour
(ASDS 85 DBA) noise area and/or the accident potential
hazard areal~
&) That the prevention of these obstructions, structures and
incompatible land uses should be accomplished, to the
extent legally pOslible, by the exercise of the police
power v/thou~ compensation& and
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In addition to the regulations applicable to land zoned,
aa indicated in the Official Zoning Atlas, the following
regulations are additionally applicable to lands in the
County in the vicinity of the Naples, £vergladea, Aero-
Oasis, Narco Island and Immokalee (Ed Scott Airfield)
Airports as indicated on the Airport Zoning Naps of
Collier County. Lands lying within various zones al
indicated on the Airport Zoning Naps are subject to the
additional regulations set o,t in this Section.
Airport Zones and Airspace Height Limitations: In order to
carry out the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance, there are
hereby created and established certain zones which include all
of the land lying beneath tho approach, transitional, hori-
zontal and conical surfaces as they apply to a particular
airport. Such zones are shown on the Naples, Narco Island,
~v~rglades, Aero-Oasis and Immokalee Airport Zoning Naps which
are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be made a part
of this Zoning Ordinance.
Zoning Nap A: Naples Airport
Zoning Nap B: Narco Island Airport
Zoning Nap C: Everglades Airport
Zonins Nap D: Aero-Oasis Airport
~onina Nap E: Immokalee Airport (Ed Scott Airfield)
Ail of the land lying within the instrument approach
zones, VlrR approach zones, transition zones, horizontal zone
and conical zone may be designated and regulated as herein
authorized. Lands within the various airport zones shall be
designated on the maps noted above and adopted by the Board of
County CO~l~iasionera. The various zones are hereby estab-
lished and defined as follows:
1) Naples Airport:
(a) Instrument Approach Zones: An instru~ent approach
zone is eltabliahed at the Northeast end of the
instrument runway 22-4 for instrument lznding and
take-off. The instrument approach sons shall have a
width of one thousand (1,000) feet et · distance of
two hundred (200) feet Northeast of the end of the
runway, widening thereafter ~Jniformly to a width of
sixteen thousand (16,000) feet at a distance of
fifty thousand two hundred (50,200) feet Northeast
o! the end of the runway, its centerline being the
continuation of the centerline of the runway. An
instrument approach zone is established at the
Southwest end of the instrument rnnway for instru-
ment landings and takeooffs. The Instrument ap-
proach zone shall have a width of four thousand
(4,000) feet at a distance of ten thousand two
hundred (10,200) feet beyond the end of the runway,
its centerline being the continuation of the center-
line of the runway.
A height limitation ia established providing
one (1) foot in height for each fifty (50) feet in
horizontal distance beRinning at a point two hundred
(200) feeC from and at the centerline elevation of
the Northeast end of 22-4, the instrument runway,
and extending Northeasterly a distance of ten thou-
sand two hundred (10,200) freer from the end of the
runway; thence Northeasterly one (1) foot in height,
for each forty (60) feet in horizontal distance to a
point fifty thousand two hundred (50,200) feet from
the Northeast end of the runway. Also, one (1) foot
in height for each thirty-four (36) feet in horizon-
tal distance beginning at a point two hundred (200)
feet from and at the centerline elevation of the
Southwest end of the instrument runway and extending
Southwesterly to a point ten thousand two hundred
(10,200) feet from the end of the runway.
(b) VlrR Approach Zones: Visual Flight Rules approach
zones are hereby established and shall have a width
of five hundred (500) feet at a distance of two
hundred (200) feet beyond each end of runwsy
widening thereafter uniformly to · width of one
thousand five hundred (1,500) feet beyond each end
of this runway.
A height limitation is established providln~
one (11 foot in height for each forty (40) feet in
horizontal distance beginning aL a point two hundred
(200) feet from and at the centerline elevation of
each end of runway 31-13 and extending to points two
thousano two hundred (2,200) feet from the ends of
the ruow.,; thence one (l) foot in height for each
twenty (20) feet in horizoatal distance and extend-
lng to a point five thousand two hundred ($,200)
feet from the ends of the runway.
(c) Transition Zones: Transition zones are hereby
established adjacent to each instrument and VFR
runway and approach zon~ as indicated on the Airport
Zoning Hap. Transition zones symmetrically located
on either side of runways have variable widths as
shown on the Airport Zoning Hap. Safety zones
extend outward to a line one hundred fifty (150)
feet on either side of the centerline of the VFR
runway, for the length of such runway plus two
hundred (200) feet on each end and two hundred fifty
(250) feet on either side of the centerline of the
instr.m~nt runway, and are parallel and level with
such runway centerlines. The transition zones along
such runways slo~e upward and outward forn the edges
of the safety zones one (1) foot vertically for each
seven (7) feet horizontally to the point where they
intersect the surface of the horizontal zone. Fur-
that, transition zones are established adjacent to
both instrument and VFR approach zones and these
transition zones from the base of such zones slope
upward and outward at the rate on one (1) foot
vertically for each seven (7) feet horizontally to
the points where they intersect the surfaces of the
horizontal zone. Additionally, transition zones are
established adjacent to the instrument approach zone
where it projects through and beyond the lisits of
the horizontal zone, extending s distance of five
thousand ($,000) feet measured horizontally from the
end of the instrument approsch zone at right angles
to the continuation fo the centerline o£ the runway.
A height limitation is established providing
one (1) foot in height for each seven (7) feet in
horizontal distance beginning at the edge of each
safety zone and at the elevation of the centerline
of each run~sy~ and extending to a height of one
hundred fifty (150) feet above the, airport elevation
which height is one hundred fifty-eight (158) feet
above mean sea level. In addition to the foregoing~
there ere established height limitations of one (1)
foot vertical height for each seven (7) feet hori-
zontal distance measured from the edges of all
approach zones for the length of the approach zones
ss shown and extending upward sl~d outward to the
points where they intersect the horizontal surface.
Further, to the Northeast~ where the instrument
approach zone projects through and beyond the coni-
cal zone, a height limit of one (1) foot for each
seven (7) feet of horizontal distance shall be
maintained beginning at the edge of the instrmnent
approach zone and extending s distance of five
thousand (5,000) feet from the edge of the instru-
ment approcah zone measured normal to the centerline
of the runway extended.
(d) Horizontal Zone: A horizontal zone is hereby estab-
lished as the area within an oval wtth its center at
the ends of the instrument runway and having s
radius of five thousand (5~O00) feet. The horizon-
tsl zone does not include the instrument sad VFR
approach zones and the transition zones.
A height limitation is established at one
hundred fifty (150) feet shove the airport elevation
or a height of one hundred fifty-eight (158) feet
above mean sea level.
2)
(e) Conical Zone: A conical zone is hereby established
as the area that commences at the periphery of the
horizontal zone and extends ouLward therefrom a
distance of four thousand (4,000) feet. The conical
zone shall slope upward and outward from this peri-
phery at the rate of one (1) foot vertically for
each twenty (20) feet horizontally. The conical
zone does not include the instrument approach zones
and transition zones. A height limitation is estab-
lished providing one (l) foot in the height for each
twenty (20) feet of horizontal distance beginning st
the periphery of the horizontal zone, extending to a
height of three hundred fifty (350) feet above the
airport elevation.
(f) Other Areas: In addition to the height
imposcd in (a) throt:gh (e) above, no structure or
obstruction will be permitted within Collier County
that would cause a minimum obstruction clearance
altitude, a minimum descent altitude, decision
height or s minimum vectoring altitude to be raised.
Narco Islandt Evergladesz Aero-Oasis and Immokalee
Airports:
(a) Primary Zone: An area longitudinally centered on
runway, extending two hundred (200) feet beyond each
end of the runway with the width lo spec£fied
each runway for the most precise approch existing or
planned for either end of the runway. No structure
or obstruction will be permitted within the primary
zone that ii not part of the landing and take-off
area and Is of greater height than the nearest point
on the runway centerline. The width of the primary
zone is as follows:
Everglades Aero-Oasin! and Immokalee Ait~orts:
Two hundred fifty (250) feet for utility
runways havin[ visual approaches.
Narco Island Airport:
Five hundred (500) feet for visual runways
havin~ only visual approaches.
The width of the primary zone of a runway wit!
be that width prescribed in this Subsection for the
moat precise approach existing or planned for either
end of that runway.
No structure,or obstruction will be permitted
within the primary zone that is not part of the
landing and take-off facilities and ia of · greater
height than the nearest point on the runway center-
line.
(b) Horizontal Zone: The area around each civil airport
with an outer boundary, the perimeter of which is
constructed by swinging arcs of specified radii from
the center of each end of the primary zone of each
airport's runway and connecting the adjacent arcs by
lines tangent to those arcs. The radius of each arc
ia:
Everglades Marco Xslandm Aero-Oasism and
Immokslee Ai r~orts:
Five thousand (5,000) feet for all runways
designated as utility or visual.
Ho structure or obstruction will be permitted
in the horizontal zone that has a height 8rearer
than one hundred fifty (150) feet above the airport
height.
(c) Conical Zone: The area extending outward from the
periphery of the horizontal zone for a distance of
four thousand (4,000) feet. lleight limitatton~ for
structures in the conical zone are one hundred fifty
(150) feet above airport height at the inner boun-
dary to a height of three hundred fifty (350) feet
above airport height at the outer boundary.
(d) Approach Zone: An area longitudinally centered on
the extended runway centerline and extending outward
from each end of the primary surface. An approach
zone la designated for each runway based upon the
type of approach available or planned for that
runway end.
(1) The inner edge of the approach zone is the same
width as the primary zone and it expands uni-
formly to a width of:
Everglades Aero=Oasis and Immokalee Air-
ports:
One thousand iwo hundred fifty
(1,250) feet for the end of a utility
runway w/th only visual approaches.
Marco Island Airport:
One thousand five h,ndred (1,500)
feet for that end of a runway other than a
utility runway with only visual ap-
proaches.
(2) The approach surface extends for a horizontal
distance of:
rive thousand (5,000) feet far all utility
and visual runways.
(3) The outer width of an approach zone to an end
of · runway will be that width prescribed in
this subsection for the most precise approach
existing or planned for that runway end.
(&) Permitted height limitation within the approach
zones is the same aa the runway end height at
the inner edge and increases with horizontal
distance outward from the inner edge as fol-
lows:
~ver&lades Marco Islandt Aero-Oasis and
Imokalee Airports:
Permitted heiEht increases one (1)
foot vertically for every twenty (20) feet
horizontal distance for all utility and
visual runways.
(e) Transitional Zones The area extending outward from
the sides of the primary zones and approach zones
connecttns them to the horizontal zone. Height
limits within the transitional zone are the same es
the primary zone or approach sane at the boundary
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line where It adJnins and increases at a rate of one
(1) foot vertically for every seven {7) feet hori-
zontally, with the horizontal distance measured at
risht angles to the runway centerline and extended
centerline until tho height matches the height of
the horizontal zone or for a horizontal distance of
five thousand ($,000) feet from the aide o£ the part
o£ the precision approach zone that extends beyond
the conical zone.
(f) Other Areas: In addition to the height limitations
imposed in (a) through (e) above, 'no structure or
obstruction will be permitted within Collier County
that would cause a minimum obstruction clearance
altitude, a minimum descent altitude, decision
height or a minimum vectoring altitude to be raised.
Additional Provisions:
1) [aplea Airport:
(a) Uae Restriction: Notwithstanding any other pro-
viaionn of the Zoning Ordinance, no uae may be made
of land within the Northeast instrument approach
zone established by this Ordinance in such a manner
aa to create electrical interference with radio
communication between the airport and aircraft; make
it difficult for flyers to distinguish between
airport lights and others; result in zl&re in the
eyes of flyers using the airport; impair visibility
in the vicinity of the airport or otherwise endanger
the landing, taking off, or maneuvering of aircraft.
(b) Nonconformities:
(1) Re~ulationa not Retroactive: The regulations
prescribed By this Ordinance shall not be
construed to require the removal, lowering or
other changes or alteration of any structure
not conforming to the regulationl as to the
effective date of this Ordinance, or othervile
interfere vtth the continuance of any noncon-
£orminj use. Nothini herein contained shell
require any chan~e in the constructiou,
rio;I, or intended uae o[ any str.cture, the
construction or alteration of which was begun
prior to the e£fective date of these regula-
ttonst and is diligently proaecuted.
(2) Harking and Lighting: Notwithstanding the
preceding provision of this ~ubaectiont the
o~ner of any nonconforming structure ia hereby
required to permit the installation, operation
and maintenance thereon of such markers and
lights aa shall be deemed n~cessary by the
Airport Authority of the City of Naples to
indicate to the operator of aircraft in the
vicinity of the airport the presence of such
airport hazards. Such markers and.lights
be in,tailed, operated and maintained at the
expense of the Authority.
Compliance With These Requirements:
(1) Future Uses: Except as specifically provided
herein, no material change shall be made in the
use of land and no structure or tree shall be
erected, altered~ planted or otherwise estab-
lished in any zone hereby created except in
compliance ~ith these requirements.
(2) Existing Uses: No building permit shall be
granted that would allow the establishment or
creation of an airport haz&rd or permit a
non-conforming uae or structure to be made or
become higher~ or to become a greater hazard to
air navigation than it was on the effective
date of this Ordinance or any amendments there-
to.
Everglades, H~rco lsland~ Aero-Oasis sad ~mmokalee
~trpgrtl:
Use Restrictions: Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this Ordinance! no uae mey be made' of land
or water vithin any ~onea eltlbliahed by this Ordin-
· nce ia such ~ manner ~a to interfer~ with the
operation of an airborne aircraft. The following
special requirements shall apply to each permitted
use~
(1) All lights or illumination used in conjunction
with street, parking, sign or uae of land or
structure shall be arranged and operated in
such a manner that it is not misleading or dan=
gerous to aircraft operating from a public air-
port or in the vicinity thereof.
(2) No operations of any type shall produce smoke,
glare or other visual hazards 'within three (3)
statute miles of any usable runway of a public
airport.
(3) No operations from any type shall produce elec-
tronic interference with navigation signals or
radio co~tJn~cat~on between the airport and
aircraft.
(&) Uae of land within the accident potential
hazard area shall prohibit high density resi-
dential uae, schools, hospitals, storage of
explosive material, assemblage of large groups
of people or any other uae that could produce a
major catastrophe aa a result of an aircraft
crash.
(b) Liahtin~: Notwithstanding the preceding provisions
of this Subsection, the owner of any structure over
two hundred (200) feet above ground level shall
install lightin~ on such structure in accordance
with Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circu-
lar 70=7&60-1 and amendments thereto. Additionally,
high intensity white obstruction lights shall be
installed on a high structure which exceeds seven
hundred forty-nine (7&9) feet above Lean sea level.
The high intensity white obstruction lights must be
in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration
Advisory Circular 70-7&60-1 and amendments.'
(c) Variances: Any person desiring to erect or tncresse
the height of say structure or use his property not
in accord·ace with the regulations prescribed in
this Ordinance may apply to the Board of Zoning
Appeals for · variance from such regulations.
(d) Hazard Hark·ns and Lishtins: Any per. it or variance
granted shall require the owner to mark and light
the structure in accordance with FAA Advisory Circu-
lar 70-7160-1 or subsequent revisions. The permit
may be conditioned to permit Collier County, at its
own expense, to install, operate and maintain such
markers and lights as may be necessary to indicate
to pilots the presence of an airspace hazard if
special conditions so warrant.
3) Airport Noise Zones~ No person shall sell, lease or
offer to sell or lease any land within the airport noise
zone (100 CNR 85 DBA contour) unless the prospective
buyer or lessee has been given the followin~ notice in
writing:
"Noise Warning This land lies beneath the aircraft
approach and departure routes for Naples, Narco Island,
Everglades, Aero-Oasis and Immokalee Airports and is
subject to noise that may be objectionable."
SECTION 10. ADMINISTRATION AND EICFORCEHENT: GENERALLY~ BUILDING
PERMITSt CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY~ D£VELOPHENT PLAN
APPROVAL~ TEMPORARY USE PER~ITS:
10.1 General: An official to be known ss the Zonin~ Direckor, designa-
ted by the Board of County Commissioners, shall enforce this Zoning
Ordinance. The Zoning Director is suthoirzed to act through ·ides
and assistants. In the performance of his duties, the Zonin~
Director may request the assistance of any appropriate officer or
agency of the County.
He shell investigate promptly complaints of violations, reportin~
his findings and actions to complaintsnts, ·nd shall use his best
endeavors to prevent violations or to detect and secure the correc-
tion of violetions. If he finds that any of the provisions of this
(c) Variances: Any person desiring to erect or tncresse
the height of say structure or use his property not
in accord·ace with the regulations prescribed in
this Ordinance may apply to the Board of Zoning
Appeals for · variance from such regulations.
(d) Hazard Hark·ns and Lishtins: Any per. it or variance
granted shall require the owner to mark and light
the structure in accordance with FAA Advisory Circu-
lar 70-7160-1 or subsequent revisions. The permit
may be conditioned to permit Collier County, at its
own expense, to install, operate and maintain such
markers and lights as may be necessary to indicate
to pilots the presence of an airspace hazard if
special conditions so warrant.
3) Airport Noise Zones~ No person shall sell, lease or
offer to sell or lease any land within the airport noise
zone (100 CNR 85 DBA contour) unless the prospective
buyer or lessee has been given the followin~ notice in
writing:
"Noise Warning This land lies beneath the aircraft
approach and departure routes for Naples, Narco Island,
Everglades, Aero-Oasis and Immokalee Airports and is
subject to noise that may be objectionable."
SECTION 10. ADMINISTRATION AND EICFORCEHENT: GENERALLY~ BUILDING
PERMITSt CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY~ D£VELOPHENT PLAN
APPROVAL~ TEMPORARY USE PER~ITS:
10.1 General: An official to be known ss the Zonin~ Direckor, designa-
ted by the Board of County Commissioners, shall enforce this Zoning
Ordinance. The Zoning Director is suthoirzed to act through ·ides
and assistants. In the performance of his duties, the Zonin~
Director may request the assistance of any appropriate officer or
agency of the County.
He shell investigate promptly complaints of violations, reportin~
his findings and actions to complaintsnts, ·nd shall use his best
endeavors to prevent violations or to detect and secure the correc-
tion of violetions. If he finds that any of the provisions of this
Ordinance are being violated, he shall notify, in writing, the
person rosponaible for such violation, indicating the nature of the
violation and ordering the action necessary to correct it. Re
shall order the discontinuance of illegal use of land, buildings,
or structures; removaZ of illegal buildings or structures or ille-
lal additions, alterations, or structural changesl discontinuance
of any illegal work being done; or shall take any other lawful
action authorized by this Zoning Ordinance necessary to insure
compliance with or to prevent violation of this Ordinance. Failure
to comply with any such order of the Zoning Director shall be a
violation of this Ordinance.
The Zoning Director shall maintain written records of
zoning violations and offical actions of his office with relation
to the enforcement of this, and of all complaints and actions taken
with regard thereto, and of all violations discovered by whatever
means, with remedial action taken and disposition of all cases; and
the same shall be a public record.
10.2 Zonina Action on Buildina Permits: The Zoning Director shall be
responsible for determining whether applications for building
permits, as required by the Collier County Building Code, are in
accord with the requirements of this Zoning Ordinance, and no
building permit shall be issued without written approval that plans
submitted conform to applicable zoning regulations. No building or
structure shall be erected, moved, added to, or altered without a
permit, as required by the Collier County Building Code and no
building permit application shall be approved by the Zoning Direc-
tor for the erection, moving, addition to, or alteration of any
building or structure except in conformity with the provisions of
this Zoning Ordinance, unless he shall receive a written order from
the Board of Zoning Appeals in the form of an administrative review
of the interpretation or variance as provided by this Zoning Ordin-
ance or unless he shall receive a written order from a court of
competent Jurisdiction.
10.3 Application for BulldinI Permit~ All applications for building
per. its shall, in addition to containing the tnfor~ation required
by the Building Official, be accompanied by plot end construction
plane drawn to scale, ahowin~ the actual shape and dimensions sE
the lot to be built upon; the sizes and locations on tho lot of
bulldin~a already exiatin;, iE any; the size and location on the
lot of the buildin~ or buildinsa to be erected or altered; the
exiatin~ uae of buildin~a on the lot, if any; the intended use of
each huildin~ or buildings or parts thereof; the number of families
the buildtn~ is designed to accommodate; the location and number of
required off-street parkin~ and off-street loadin~ spaces; approxi-
mate location of trees protected by County regulations; and such
other lnfor~ation with regard to the lot and existin~ proposed
structures as may be necessary to determine compliance with and
provide for the enforcement of this Zoning Ordinance. ~here owner-
ship or property lines are in doubt, the Zonin~ Director may re-
quire the submission of a survey, certified by a land surveyor or
engineer licensed in the SLate of Florida. Property stakes shall be
in place at time of comencement of construction.
lO.& Construction and Use to be as Provided in Applications} Status of
Permit Issued in Error: Building permits or certificates of occu-
paltcy issued on the basis of plans and specifications approved by
the Zoning Director authorize only the use, arrangement, and con-
atructton set forth in such approved plans and applications, and no
other use, arrangement, or construction. Use, arrangement, or con-
struction different from that authorized shall be deemed a viola-
tion of this Zoning Ordinance.
a. Statements made by the applicant on the buildin{ permit appli-
cation shall be deemed official statements. Approval of the
application by the Zonin{ Director shall, in no way, exempt
the applicant from strict observance of applicable provisions
of this Zonin{ Ordinance and all other applicable resulations,
ordinances, codes, and laws.
b. A buildin{ permit issued in error shall not confer any ri{bLs
or privlle{ea to the applicant to proceed to or continue ~lth
construction, and the County shall have the power to revoke
such permit u~til said error is corrected.
10.5 Develo~ent Plan Approvall
a. Procedural ~ereby the tame of ~his Zeals{ Ordinanco, appro-
val of · Development Plan Is required or vhereby approval is
requeAted hy the developer prior to the issuance of a build-
ins permit, such Development PlAn shall he submitted to the
Zon~ns Director. He may circulate the Development Plan for
comment and criticism to Any County official, department, or
sdvisor~ board which may have A responsibility for some aspect
of the Development Plan.
Contents: The Development Plan required to be submitted under
Section lO.5(s) above and by the requirements of this Zonins
Ordinance ~hall include the following elements, unless the
Zoning Director determines that one or more of said elements
does not apply to the particular development.
1) Statements of ownership and control of the proposed de-
velopment.
2) Statement deacribing~ in detail, the character and inten-
ded use of the development.
3) General location map, showing relation of the site for
which Development Plan approval ia sought to major
streets, schools, existing utilities, ahoppins areas,
important physical fcaturea in and adJoinins the project,
and the like.
&) A Development Plan containins the title of the project
and the names of the project planner and developer, date,
and north arrow, and, based on an exact survey of the
property drawn to a scale of sufficient size to show
boundaries of the project, any exiatinS streets, build-
ings and structures; access and traffic flow and how
vehicular traffic will be separated from pedestrian and
other t~pes of traffic; off-street parking and offatreet
loAd/nS areas; recreation facilities locations;
screens end buffers; refuse collection Areas; end access
to utilities end points of utilities hookups.
5) Tabulations of total Stoas acreage in the project and the
percentesea thereof proposed to be devoted to the various
permitted uses; around coverase by structures; And imper-
vious surface Coverase.
6) Tabulations showing the derivation of numbers of off-
street parking and .off-street loading spaces shown in
Subparagraph &) above; and total project density in dwel-
ling units per gross acre.
?) If common facilities (such aa recreation areas or strue=
tures, private streets, common open space, etc.) are to
be provided for the development, statements as to how
such common facilitiea are to be provided and permanently
maintained. Such statements may take the form of proposed
deed restrictions, deeda of trust, homeowners associa-
tions, surety arrangements~ or other legal instruments
providing adequate guarantees to the County that such
common facilities will not become a future liibtltty for
the County.
8) Storm drainage and sanitary sewage plans.
9) Architectural definitio,s for types of buildings in the
development; exact number of dwelling units, sizes and
types, together with typical floor plans of each type.
10) Plans for signs, if any.
11) Landscaping plan, including types, sizes and locations of
vegetation and decorative shrubbery, and showing the pro-
visions for irrigation and maintenance. Location on the
site of all existing trees protected by County regula-
tions shall be shown.
12) Plans for recreation facilities, if any, including build=
ings for such use.
13) Such additional data, maps, plans, surveys or statements
as may be required for the particular use or activity in-
volved.
l&) Such additional data as the applicant may believe ia
pertinent to the Development Plan.
Items 3), &)~ 8) and 9) above shall be prepared by ·
registered aurveyor~ engineer~ architect or practicing
urban planner as may be appropriate to the particular
item.
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Zonin~ Director Action: In reaching a decision aa to whether
the Development Plan, as submitted, aha1! be approved or
approved with changes, or in reaching a decision not to ap-
prove the plan~ the Zonin$ Director shall follow the procedure
set out in Section 10.5 a. and b. above and shall be guided in
his decision and the exercise of discretion to approve, ap-
prove with conditions, or to deny by the following standards:
1) Sufficiency of Statements on ownership and control of the
development and sufficiency of conditions of ownership or
control, use and permanent maintenance of common open
space, common facilities, or common lands to insure
preservation of such lands and facilities viii not become
a future liability for the County.
2) Density and/or Purpose of the proposed development with
parLicular attention to its relationship to adjacent and
nearby properties and the effect thereon and relationship
to the County's Comprehensive Plan.
3) Ink-ess and E~ress to the development and the proposed
structures thereon, with particular reference to automo-
tive and pedestrian safety, separation of automotive
traffic and pedestrian and other traffic, traffic flow
and control~ provision of services and servicing of
utilities and refuse collection, and access in case of
fire, catastrophe or emergency.
&) Location and Relationship of Off-Street Parkin~ and
Off-Street Loadtnl Facilities to thoroughfares and inter-
nal traffic patterns within the proposed development,
with particular reference to automotive and pedestrian
safety, traffic flow and control, access in case of fire
or catastrophe, and acreenin~ and landscaping.
5) Sufficiency of Proposed Screens and Buffers to preserve
internal and external harmony and compa[ibility with uae
inside and outside the proposed development.
6) Nanner of Dratnaze on the property, with particular ref-
erence to the effect of provisions for drainage on adja-
cent end nearby properties and the consequences o£ such
draina[e on overall County capacities.
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7) Ut{lit~es~ with reference to hook-in tocations and avai~-
ability and capacity for the uses projected.
g) Recreation Facilities and Open Spacesm with attention to
the size! location, and development of the areas as to
adequacy! effect on privacy of adjacent and nearby prop-
erties and uses within the proposed development, and
relationship to community=wide open spaces and recreation
facilities.
9) Oeneral Development Arranlementt Amenities and
Convenienc~t with particular reference to insuring that
appearance and general layout of the proposed development
will be compatible and harmonious with properties in the
general area and viii not be so at variance with other
development in the area as to cause a substantial depre-
ciation of property values.
10) Such Other Standards as may be imposed by this Zoning Or-
dinance for the particular use or activity involved.
d. Effect of Development Plan Approval: Upon approval of
Development Plan, no building permit or certificate of occu-
pancy shall be issued except in strict conformity with the
approved Development Plan. Violation of the terms of the
approved Development Plan is a violation of this Zoning Ordin-
ance.
e. Chanlea and Amendments: Any change in an approved Development
Plan requires a review as for a new request (see Paragraphs
5.a through 5.d above).
10.6 Temporary Use Permits:
a. General: Certain uses are temporary in character. They vary
in type and degree, as well as in length of time involved.
Such uses may have little impact on surrounding and nearby
properties or they may present serious questions involving
potential incompatibility of the temporary uses with existing
and projected permitted or permissible uses. It is the intent
of chis Zoning Ordinance Co classify temporary uses and to
provide for permitting, administration, and control of such
usss according to the several classifications herein set out.
Unless other~ise specified in this Zoning Ordinance, this
Section governs temporary uses.
Tee~orar~ Construction and Development Permits:
l) Zn the case of real est·ts development projects in any
zoning district, tho developer may request a Temporary
Usa Per. it for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months
to allow promotional, storage and fabrication activities
which are needed during construction and sale of the
project. The following uses may be permitted under the
terms of such a temporary permit.
(a) Temporary on-premioe real estate sales offices.
(b) gquipment and construction materials, storage, pro-
ceasing and fabrication facilities.
(c) Temporary office space for persons engaged in the
development.
(d) Temporary signs in conformity with all current sign
regulations.
(e)Nobile radio and television equipment and antennae.
(f) Temporary mobile home as office or storage but not
for residency other than for a watchman or care-
taker.
(g) Temporary structures and equipment for road build-
lng, public utility construction, ~nd public govern=
meat projects.
(h)Hodel home· or apartments.
(i) Other use· as determined appropriaLe by the Zoning
Director.
2) Applicants for the temporary use permit shall submit
plans to the Zoning Director indicating the area in which
the temporary uae permit is to apply, the nature of the
uae and activities requested ·nd time period requested.
3) The Zoning Director may grant or deny · temporary con-
struction and development use per. it, and in addition,
may also atipulstel
(a) Traffic Safety Measures
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(b) Additional Parking Requirements
(c) Limited Activity llours
(d) Additional landscaping for temporary permit area.
(o) Additional on=premise safeguards, which may include,
but not be limited to:
(]) Watchman
(2) Fencing
(3) Lighting
Sanitary Heasures
(~) A faithful performance bond to guarantee compliance
with the conditions of the permit.
&) Upon the termination of the first one year permit period,
application must be filed for an extension of the permit
stating the reason for extension and the time required.
The Zoning Director may extend the permit, on a year to
year basis or leas, for the development life of the pro-
Jec~. Such extension may be made subject to the stipula-
tions of the previous permit or may be amended aa deter-
mined to be necessary by the Zoning Director. If the
temporary use is not discontinued upon expiration of the
permit, it shall be deemed a violation of the Zoning
Ordinance and shall be subject to the penalties therein.
Temporary Sales~ Sports Events! Reli~ious Events~ and Comau~
pity Events:
1) In the case of temporary sales, such as Christmas tree
sales, grand openings, going out of business sales (ex-
clusive of garage salem, lawn sales and similar private
home sales), special promotional sales, sports events,
religious events and con~unity events, the Zoning Dtrec=
tot may grant a non=renewable two-week permit for such
events ·nd may include the placement of temporary signs,
merchandise, temporary structures and equipment, and
tempornry mobile home as an office, but not for residen-
cy. X£ tho temporary use is not discontinued upon expir-
ation of the permit, it shall be deemed · violation of
tho Zoning Ordinance and shall b· subject to th· pen·Z-
rio· thorein.
2) In makin~ such approval, the Zonin~ Director may stipu-
late the follovin$ requirements aa he deems appropriate
to the case:
(a) Traffic Safety Measures
(b) Additional Parking Requirements
(c) Limited Activity ]laura .
(d) Watch~an, Fencing, Llshting
(e) Sanitary Facilities
(f) A faithful performance bond to guarantee compliance
with the conditions of the permit.
d. Garaze Sales: In the case of garage sales, lawn sales and
similar private home sales, the Zoning Director may issue a
two (2) day permit for such events durins each Iix (6) month
period. Such permit may include the uae of temporary signs
located on the property where the sale is being held. No
siena shall be placed in shy public rights-of-way. If the
temporary use ia not discontinued upon expiration of the
permit, it shall be a violation of the Zoning Ordinance and
Ihall be subject to the penalties herein.
10.7 Improvement of Property Prohibited Prior to Isauanc~ of BuildinZ
Permit: No site work, grading, improvement of property or con-
struction of any type may be commenced prior Lo the issuance of a
building permit where the development proposed requires a building
permit under this Zoning Ordinance or other applicable County
regulations.
10.8 ~iSht of Entry: The Zoning Director shall enforce the provisions
of this Ordinance and he, or his duly authorized representative,
may enter any building, structure, or premises to perform any duty
imposed upon him by this Ordinance. Any act of obstructing the
Director in the performance of his duties shall constitute a vio-
lation of this Ordinance.
SECTION 11. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS: PO~/ERS~ D~IES A~qD PROCEDURES=
11.1 Powers and Duties: The Board of Zoning Appeals shall have the fol-
lowing powers and dutiel subject to the regulations prescribed=
Administrative Review: To hear and decide eppeall where It Il
alleged there is error in shy order, decisioa, or determial-
tton of the Zoning D£rectnr in the a(ImLntstrstion and enforce-
ment of this Zoninx Ordinance.
Variances~ Poversl Conditions Governins Petitions; Proce-
duresi Limitstions~ To authorize upon appeal from the deci-
sion of the Zoninj Director in specific cases such variance
from the terms of this Zoning Ordinance ss vi11 not be con-
trary to the public interest vhere) owtns to special condi-
tions peculiar to the property, & literal enforcement of thin
Zonin8 Ordinance would result in unnecessary and undue bard-
ship. A variance from the terms of this Zoning Ordinance
shall not be granted unless and until:
l) Written Petition: A written petition for a variance Il
submitted by the applicant to the Community Development
Administrator.
2) Notice of Public Hearing: Notice of public hearing is
given st least fifteen (15) days in advance of the public
hesrin8. The owner of thc property for which variance is
sought, or his agent or attorney designated by him on his
petition~ aha11 be notified by mail. Notice of the
public hearin8 shall be prominently posted on the proper-
ty for which the variance is sought. Notice of the
public hearing shall be advertised in a newspaper of
general circulation in the County at least one time
fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing.
3) Public Hearing: The public hearing shall be held by the
Board of Zoning Appeals. Any party may appear in peraon~
by agent or attorney! or may submit written comments to
the Community Development Administrator.
&) Considerations: The Board of Zoning Appeals shall consi-
der and be guided by the followin~ standards in making ·
determination on any petition.
(a) Are there special conditions and circumstances
existin8 which are peculiar to the location! size
and characteristics of the lsnd~ structure~ or
building involved and which are not applicable to
the same delree or extent to the lands! structures~
ot buildinls in the same'~oninI district?
(b) Are thare apecia! conditions Dad circumstances which
do not result from the action et the applicant?
(c) ~ill a literal interpretation o~ the provisions et
this Zoning Ordinance deprive the applicant of
rights commonly enjoyed by other properties in the
same zoning district under the terms of this Zoning
Ordinance and work unncceasary and undue hardship on
the applicant?
(d) Will the variance, ii granted~ be the minimum vari-
ance that will make possible the reasonable uae of
the land, building or structure?
(e) Will granting the variance requested confer on the
petitioner any special privilege that ia denied by
these zoning regulations to other lands, buildings~
or structures in the same zoning district?
(f) Will granting the variance be in harmony with the
general intent and purpose of this Zoning Ordinance~
and not be injurious to the neighborhood~ or other-
wise detrimental to the public welfare?
Conditions and Safeguards: In granting any variance, the
Board of Zoning Appeals may prescribe appropriate condi-
tions sad safeguards in conformity with this Zoning
Ordin&nce~ including, but not limited to~ reasonable time
limits within which the action for which variance ia
required shall be begun or completed, or both. Violation
of such conditions and aafesuards, when made a part of
the terms under which the variance is 8ranted, shall be
deemed a violation of this Zoning Ordinance.
Limitations on Power to Grant Variances: Under no cir-
cumstance shall the Board of Zoning Appeals grant a vari-
ance to permit a use not permitted under the terms of
this Zoning Ordinance in the zoning district involved, or
any uae expressly or by implication prohibited by the
terms of these regulations in the said zoning district.
No non-conforming uae of neighboring lands, struc-
tures or buildings in the same district, and no permitted
use of lands, structures or buildings in any other dis-
trict shall be considered 8rou,ds for the granting of a
variance.
Bpeela! Authority of Board of Zontn~ Appeals in Relation to
Certain Non-Conformins Uses: Any non.¢~'.forming uae of a
structure or of a structure and premises in combination may be
changed to another non-conforming uae of the same character,
or to a more restricted but non-conforming use, provided that
the Board of Zoning Appeals shall find, after public notice
and hearing, that the proposed use is equally or more appro-
priate to the district than the existing non-conforming uae
and that the relation of the atrlJcture to surrounding proper-
ties is such that adverse effects on occupants and neighboring
properties will not be greater than if the existing non-con-
forming uae Is continued. In permittin8 such change, the Board
of Zoning Appeals may require appropriate conditions and
safeguards in accord with the intent and purpose of these
zoning regulations. Petition under this Subsection shall be
to the Community Development Administrator for transmittal to
the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Board of Zoning Appeals Has Powers of Director on Appeals;
Reverain[ Decision of the Zonina Director: Xn exercising any
of the above mentiot, ed powers, the Board of Zoning Appeals
may, so long as such action ia in conformity with the terms of
this Zoning Ordinance, reverse or affirm, in whole or in part,
or may modify the order requirement, decision, or determina-
tion appealed from and may make such order, requirement,
decision, or determination aa ought to be made, and to that
end shall have the powers of the Zoning Director from whom the
appeal ia taken.
In matters of review, the concurring votes of · majority
of all members of the Board of Zoning Appeals shall be neces-
sary to reverse any order, requirement, decision or deterluine-
tion of the Zoning Director, or to decide in favor of the
petitioner on any matter upon which it is required to page
midst this Zoflin8 Ordinance.
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· . Prov(sionsl Uses) To hea~ and decide provisions! uses as
· uthorized under the terms of this Ordinsnce~ to decide such
questions as are involved in the determination of when provt-
sion·l uses should bo granted; and to grant provisional uses
with appropriate conditions and safeguards or to deny provi-
sion·l uses when not in harmony with the purpose and intent of
this Ordinance.
In granting any provisional use the Board shall find that
such grant will not adversely affect the public interest.
In granting any ~.'ovisional use the Board may prescribe
mppropriate conditions and safeguards in conformity with this
Ordinance. Violation of such conditions and safeguards when
made s part of the terms under which the provisional use is
granted shall be deemed a violation of the Ordinance.
The Board may prcscribe a reasonable time limit within
which the action for which thc provisional use is required
shall be begun or completcd or both.
The Planning Commission shall hear all requests for
provisional uses prior to hearing by the Board of Zoning
Appeals. The report and recommendations of the Planning Com-
mission shall be advisory only to the Board of Zoning Appeals.
11.2 Hearinsal Appeals| Notice: Appeals to the Board of Zoning Appeals~
ss established by Section 28-13 of the Collier County Code of
Ordinances, concerning interpretation or administration of this
Zoning Ordinance or for variance under this Zoning Ordinance may be
taken by ·ny person aggrieved or by any officer, agency, or bureau
of Collier County ·fretted by any decision, determination or re-
quirement of the Zoning Director. Such appeals shall be taken
within · reasonable time, not to exceed thirty (30) days or such
lesser period ss may be provided by the rules of the Board, by
filial with the Comunity Development Administrator. The Community
Development Administrator shall forthwith transmit to the Board of
Zoning Appeals · copy of ·aid notice of appeal ·nd ·11 p·pers
constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was
t&ken.
The Board of Zoning Appeals ah·l! fix · re·ann·bls time for
the hearing of the appeal, give publ£c notice as well as due notice
to the parties in interest, and decide the same within · reasonable
time. At the he~ring~ any party may appear in person or by agency
or attorney or may submit written comments to the Community Devel-
opment Administrator.
ll.3 Stay of Proceedinss: An appeal stays all p~oceedingo in further-
ance of the action appealed from, unless the Zoning Director from
whom the appeal is taken notifies the Bo·rd of Zoning Appeals after
the notice of appeal is filed with the Community Development Admin-
istrator that, by reasons of facts stated in the notice, s stay
would, in his opinion, cause imminent peril to life and property.
In such case, proceedings shall not be stayed other than by a
restraining order which may be granted by the Board of Zoning
Appeals or by a courL of record on applicattnn on notice to the
Zoning Director ·nd on due cause shown.
ll.& Appeals from Board of Zoning Appeals Decisions: Review of deci-
sions of the Board of Zoning Appeals shall be as set out in Section
28-18 of the Collier County Code or Ordinances and applicable laws
of Florida.
SECTION 12. DUTIES OF ZONIN~ DIRECTORt BOARD OF ZONING APPEALSt
PLAN~ING COHHISSIONt BOARD OF COUNTY COF~ISSIONERS~ AND
COURTS ON }~TTERS OF APPEAL:
12.11nterl~retation and Enforcement: It is the intent of this Zonins
Ordinance that questions of interpretation and enforcement shall
first be presented to the Zoning Director, that such questions
shall be presented to the Board of Zoning Appeals only on appeal
from the decision of the Zoning Director, ·nd that recourse to the
courts shall be as set out in Section ll.& of this Zoning Ordin-
ance.
It is further the intent of this Zoning Ordinance that the du-
ties of the Board of County Commissioners in connection with tbia
Zonins Ordinance shall not include hearing sad decidinl questions
of enforcement and interpretation that say arise. The procedure
for settling such questions shall be governed by the policy set out
in this Section end the procedures set out in Section 11 o£ this
Zonin~ Ordinance.
12.2 Amendmentat PlanntnB Commission: It is the lnten~ of this Zoning
Ordinance that all proposed amendments ah·Il be heard in the first
instance by the Planning Commission and that the Planning Comets=
sion~s report and recommendations on such matters shall be advisory
only to the Board of County Commissioners.
12.3 Duties of Board of County Commissioners: Under this Zoning Ordin=
ante, the Board of County Commissioners shall have only the dtl:ies
of appointing and confirming members of the Planning Commission and
Board of Zoning Appeals required under this Ordinance; considering
and adopting or rejecting proposed amendments to or the repeal of
this Zoning Ordinance; and, establishing a schedule of fees and
charges as set out in Section 15 of chis Zoning Ordinance.
S£CTION 13. PROVISIONAL USES:
13.1 General: A provisional use is a use that would not be appropriate
generally or without restriccion throughout a particular zoning
district or classification~ but which~ if controlled as to number~
area, locsLion~ or relation to the neighborhood~ would promote the
public health~ safety~ welfare~ morals~ order~ comfort~ conven-
ience~ appearance, prosperity~ or the general welfare. Such uses
may be permissible in a Zoning District or classification sa ·
provisional use, if specific provision for such provisions1 use is
made in this Zoning Ordinance. All petitions for provisional uses
shall be considered first by the Planning Commission in the manner
herein set out.
s. Written Petition: A written petition for provisional use
shall be submitted to the Community Development Administrator
indicating the basis in this Zoning Ordinance under which the
provisional use is sought and stating the grounds upon which
it is requested~ with particular reference to the types of
findings which the Board of Zonin8 Appeals must make under
Subsection d. below. The petition should include material
necessary to demonstrate that the 8rant of special exception
will be in harmony with the Benersl intent and purpose of this
Zonins Ordinance, will not be injurious to the neishborhood or
to adjoining properties, or otherwise detrimental to the
public ~elfare. Such mater/s1 say include, but is not l/aired
to, the followtflS, vhero applicabla~
1) Development plans at an appropriate scale showing pro-
posed placement of structures on the property; provisions
for ingress and egress, off-street parking and off-street
loading areas, refuse ·nd service areas; and required
yards and other open spaces;
2) Plan· showing proposed location· for utzltties;
3) Plans for screening and buffering with re£efellce a· to
type, dimensions, and character;
&) Proposed landscaping and provisions for trees protected
by County regulations; and
5) Proposed sign· and lighting, including type, dimensions,
and character.
6) l~here this Zoning Ordinance places additional require-
ments on specific provisional use, the petitioner should
demonstrate that such requirements are met.
~here the rezoning of land, as well as grant of
provisional use, is requested simultaneously for the same
parcel of land, both said petitions may be processed
concurrently in accordance with the procedures set forth
in Sections 13 and 16 of this Ordinance.
Public Uearing: A public hearing ·hall be held by the Plan-
ning Commission. Any party may appear personally or by agent
or attorney.
Notice of Public Hearing: Notice of public hearing shall be
given at least fifteen (15) days in advance of the public
hearing. The o~ner of the property for which provisional use
is sought or his agent or attorney designated by him on his
petition shall be notified by mail. Notice of the public
hearing shall be prominently posted as required in Section
14.3, Notice of the public hearing shall be advertised in ·
newspaper of leneral circulation in the County ·t least one
time at least fifteen (15) days prior to the public hearing.
Notice shall be given by mail to all owners of property within
three hundred (300) feet of the boundary lines of the property
for which · provisional uae l· requested; provided, however,
that where the land for which · provisional use i· sought is
part oft et adjacent to, land owned hy the same person, the
three hundred (300) foot distance shall be measured from the
boundaries of the entire ownership, except that notice need
not be mailed to any property owner located more than one-half
mile (2,640 feet) from the land for which the provisional use
ia sought. For purposes of this provision, owners of adjacent
or nearby properties within the distances set forth herein
shall be deemed those whose names appear on :he latest avail-
able tax rolls of Collier County.
d. Findings: Before any provisional use shall be recommended for
approval to the Board of Zoning Appeals, the Planning Commie-
eton shall make s findin~ that the granting of the special
exception will not adversely affect the public interest and
that the specific requirements governing the individua! pro-
visional use, if any, have been met by the petitioner and
that, further, satisfactory provision and arrangement has been
made concerntn8 the followin8 matters, where applicable:
l) General compliance with the Comprehensive Plan;
2) Ingress and esress to property and proposed structures
thereon with particular reference to automotive and pe-
destrian safety and convenience, traffic flow and con-
trol, and access in case of fire or catastrophe;
3) The effect the provisional use would have on neighboring
properties in relation to noise, glare, economic or order
effects.
&) General compatibility with adjacent properties and other
property in the d~strict;
Conditions and SafeEuards: In recommending approval, of any
provisions1 use, the Planning Commission may also recommend
appropriate conditions and safeguards in conformity with this
lenin8 Ordinance. Violation of such conditions and safe-
luards, which are made a part of the terms under which the
provisional use is granted, shall be deemed a violation of
this Zestss Ordinance.
Any provisional use shall expire one (1) year from the
date of Irant, unless appealed and extended by action of the
Board of Zoning Appeals, if by that date the use for which the
provisional use wan granted has not been commenced; and a
provisional use shall expire one (1) year following the dis-
continuance of the use for which the provisional use was
granted if the use has not then been commenced.
f. Oenial~ If the Planning Commission shall recommend denial of
a provisional use, it shall state fully in its record its
reason for doing so. Such reasons shall take into account the
factors stated in Subsection d. above, or such of them as may
be applicable to the action of denial and the particular regu-
lations relatin8 to the specific provisional use requested, if
any.
13.2 Status of PlanninS Commission Report and Recommendations: The
report and recommendations of the Planning Commission required
above shall be advisory only and shall not be binding upon the
Board of Zoning Appeals.
13.3 Board of ZoninS Appeals: Action on Planning Commission Report:
Upon receipt of the Planning Commission's report and recommends=
tions, the Board of Zoning Appeals shall approve, by resolution, or
deny a petition for a provisional use.
13.& Provisional Uses for School~ Religious or Eleemosynary Purposes:
A uae which has been approved as part of a subdivision master plan
or a planned unit development for schools, religious or eleemosy-
nary uses shall be exempt from the provisions of this Section.
Such uses may be approved by the Zoning Director after a finding
that the uae complies with Section 10.5 and all other zoning re-
quirements of law.
13.5 Changes and Amendments: The Zoning Director may approve minor
changes in the location, siting, or height of buildings, atruc-
turea~ and improvements authorized by the provisions1 use.
All major changes or amendments except increase in land are·
shall require Development Plan approval. (See Section 10.5)
Any change or amendment which would increase the land area
covered by a provisional uae shall require s full review as for ·
new request.
8KCTION l&. AN£NDNENTS:
This Zoning Ordinance and the Of Eicial Zoning Atlas and the Official
Schedule of District Regulations which are part of this Zoning Ordinance
may) from time to time, be amended, supplemented, changed or repealed,
Procedures shall be ss follows:
l&.l Inttiltion of Proposals for Amendment:
proposed by:
a. Board of County Commissioners
b.
C,
d.
e,
A zoning amendment may be
Planning Commission
Board of Zoning Appeals
Any other ~epartment or agency of the County
Any person other than those listed in (a-d) above; provided,
however~ that no person shall propose an amendment fo~ the
zoning of property (except as agent or attorney for an owner)
which he does not own. The name of the owner shall appear in
each application.
All proposals for zoning amendments shall be considered
first by the Planning Commission in the manner herein set out,
All proposals for zoning amendments shall be submitted in
writing to the office of the Community Development Administra-
tor, accompanied by all pertinent information required by this
Zoning Ordinance and which may be required by the Planning
Commission for proper consideration of the matter, along with
payment of such fees and charges as have been established by
the Board of County Commissioners. No application for zoning
amendment shall be heard by the Planning Commission until such
fees and charges have been paid. Ail proposals for a change
from any zoning classification to a commercial or industrial
zoning classification shall require a development plan pre-
pared in accordance with Section 10.5 of this ordinance and
shall be submitted as part of the zoning amendment. All other
proposals for a change to any other zoning classification may
submit a development plan for approval in accordance with
Section 10.5 and may be "mitred as part of that Zoning
Amendment. This development plan, if submitted, will be bind-
lng unless amended in accordance with Section 10.5.
14.2 Notice Gener.,~ly~ No request for amendment may be considered by
the Plsnnin8 Commission until such Lime as notice of a public
bestial on the proposed amendment has been given to the citizens of
Collier County by publication of a notice of the hearing in a
newspaper of general circulation in the County, at least fifteen
(15) days in advance of the public hearing.
l&.3 Notice t~here Proposed Amendmen~,,Would Change Zoning Classification
of Land: In addition, in the case of an application for the rezon-
ing of land, a sign shall be posted at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the date of the public heating by the Planning Commission.
The sign to be posted shall measure at least one and oneohalf (lb)
square feet in area and shall contain substantially the following
language:
PUBLIC R~^RING TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY:
FROH TO
TO PEP~IT:
DATE:
TI~E:
TO BE HELD IN CO~HISSIONERS ~EETING ROOH,
COLLIER COUNTY GOVERN~fENT CENTER.
The sign shall be erected by the Zoning Director in full view of
the public on each street side of the said land to be rezoned.
1~here the property for which rezontng is sought is landlocked or
for some other reason the signs cannot be posted directly on the
land to be rezoned, then the sign or signs shall be erected alon8
the nearest street right-of-way, with an attached notation indica-
tin~ generally the distance and direction to the property for which
rezonin8 is sou&hi. ~here large parcels of property are involved
vith street frontages extending over considerable distance, the
Zoninl Director shall erect ss eany signs on a street frontage ss
say be deemed adequate to infor~ the public. The posting of siena
aa provided in this Subsection shall only be required ~here the
xoninl amendment proposal is specifically directed to changinl the
zoninl classification of a particular parcel of land.
Notice of the ties and place of the public hearinl by tho
Plsnnin~ Commission shall be sent a least ~lfteen (15) days in
· dy·ncc of the hearin~ by mail to the owner of the subject property
or his designated agent or ·tierney, if any.
Notice of the time and place of the public he·tin& by the
Planning Commission shall be sent at least fifteen (15) d·ys in
· dy·ncc of the hearing by mail to all owners of property within
Chree hundred (300) feet of the property 14nan of the land for
which rezoning is ·ought; provided, however, that where the land
for which rezonin8 is sought ts pert of, or ·dj·cent to, land owned
by the ··me person, the three hundred (300) foot distance shell be
measured fro· the boundaries of the entire ownership, except th·t
notice need not be mailed to any property owner located more than
one-half mile (2,660 feet) from the land for which rezonin$
sought. For the purposes of this requirement, the names and
dresses of property owners shall be deemed those appearing on the
1·test tax rolls of Collier County.
Iu cases in which the proposed rezonin8 involves five percent
(5~) or mor~ of the total land area et Collier County, the Planning
Commission shall provide for public notice and hearings as follows:
· . The Planning Commission aha11 hold two (2) advertised public
hearings on the proposed Ordinance. Both he·rings shall be
held after 5 p.m. on · weekday, and the first shall be held
approximately seven (7) days after the day that the first
advertisement is published. The second hearing shall be held
approximately two (2) ~eeks after the first he·tin8 and shall
be advertised approximately five (5) days prior to the public
hearing. The day, time and place at which second public he·r-
in8 will be held shall be announced at the first public hear-
ins.
b. The required ·dvertisements shell be no less than one-quarter
paze in a standard size or a tabloid size newspaper~ and the
headline in the '4vertisement shall be in a type no smaller
then 18 point. The advertisement shall not be placed in that
portion of the newspaper where legal notices and classified
advertisements appear. The advertisement abel1 be published
in a newspaper of general p·id circul·tion in the County end
ef general interest and readership in the community pursuant
to Chapter 50, F.S., not one of limited subject matter. It is
the legislative inten~ that, whenever possible, the advertise-
ment shall appear in a newspaper that is published st least
five (5) days per week unless the only newspaper in the commu-
nity is published less than five (5) days per week. The
advertisement shall be in the followit~g forms
NOTICE OF ZONING CI{ANGE
The (name of local government unit} proposes to
rezone the land within the area shown in the map
in this advertisement.
A public hearing on the rezoning will be held on
(date and time} at ,(meeting place).
The advertisement shall also contain a geographic
location map which clearly indicates the area covered
by the proposed ordinance or resolution. The map
shall include major street names as a means of iden-
tification of the area.
l&.4 Nature of Requirements of PlanninB Commission Report: l~hen per-
raining to the rezoning of land, the report and recommendations of
the Planning Commission to the Board of County Commissioners re-
quired in Subsection I0 below shall show that the Planning Commis-
sion has studied and considered the proposed change in relation to
the following, where applicable:
s. Whether the proposed change would be contrary to the land uae
plan and would have an adverse effect on the Comprehensive
Plan;
b. The existing land use pattern;
c. The possible creation of an isolated district unrelated to ad-
Jacent sad nearby districts;
d. The population density pattern and possible increase or over-
taxing of the load on public facilities such ss schools, util-
ities, streets, etc.
e. Whether existing district boundsries are illogicslly drs~n in
relation to existing conditions on the property proposed for
change;
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Whether changed or changing conditions make the passage of the
proposed amendment necessary;
Whether the proposed change will adversely influence ltvinl
cond£tiona in the neighborhood;
h. Whether the proposed change will create or excessively
crease traffic congestion or otherwise affect public safety;
i. Whether the proposed change will create a drainage problem;
J. Whether the proposed change will seriously reduce light and
air to adjacent areas;
k. Whether the proposed change wil! adversely affect property
values in the adjacent area;
1. Whether the proposed change will be a deterrent to the im-
provement or development of adjacent property in accordance
with existing regu]ationnl
m. Whether the proposed change wil! constitute a grant of special
privilege to an individual owner as contrasting with the
public welfare;
n. Whether there are substantial reasons why the property cannot
be used in accordance with existing zoning;
o. Whether the change suggested is o~t of scale with the needs of
the neighborhood or the County;
p. Whether it ia impossible to find other adequate sites in the
County for the proposed use tn districts already permitting
such uae.
q. Review and recommendation of development plan as required in
accordance with Section 10.5 and 16.1.
14.5 Rezonin~ Amendments: When pertaining to teton/ag amendments of
this Zoning Ordinance, the Planning Commission shall determine that
adequate community facilities and services are available. To
determine this~ the Official Land Use Guide and the rating system
shall be used.
The Planning Commission shall forward its determination to the
Board for its use ss a guide in reviewing the rezone petition.
l&.6 Residential Rezone Petition: A petition requestinl rezoninl shall
be ~raded by all the portions of the ratinl system. Any petition
recetvin~ 22 points shall be considered as havins adequate conmu=
20, 014
nity facilities and services and shall not be considered as leap-
fro8 ~rowth,
I petition which would result in a lower or equal density than
that presently permitted under the ~xistin8 zone of the land shall
not be required to meet the Rating System for Determining Availa-
hility of Adequate Existing Community Facilities and Services.
l&.7 Commercial or Industrial Rezone Petitions: A petition to rezone
land to commercial or industrial shall be graded to determine
adequate communiLy facilities and services by the followin8 por-
tions of the rating system: w}ter, sewer, streets and highways,
ambulance and fire. Any petition receiving 15 points shall be
considered as havtn$ adequate community facilities and services.
14.8 A Non-Commercial~ Non-lndustrialt Non-Residential Rezone Petition:
A petition to rezone land to a use which ia non-commercial~ non-in-
dustrial, and non-residential, such as a civic or fraternal club,
may be granted a waiver for certain portions of the rating system
by the Community Development Administrator. In granting such a
waivet~ the Community Development Administrator must enumerate the
reasons why certain portions of the rating system are not applic-
able, The enumeration should clearly show that the impact of the
requested zone would not require the same extent or degree of
facilities and services as would be normally required for any other
rezone petition.
2&.q RATING SYSTEH FOR DETER}fINING AVAILABILITY
OF ADEQUATE EXISTING CO~'fUNITY FACILITIES
AND SERVICES
Water
S~ver
(1) Nunicipal or County System
(2) Franchised Systems and Special
Districts under County control
(3) Private Central System
(4) Private Well
(5) None available
6 Points
Points
Points
Point
Points
(1) Municipal or County System or
Private System with Plant and
Collection System Dedicated to County
6 Points
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(2) Franchised Systems and Special
Districts under County Control
(3) Private Systems with Collection
Systems only Dedicsted to ~he
County
(&) Private System
(5) Acceptable Soptic Systems
(6) None available
Streets end Hishwsys
Proximity to Existinl Arterial
(1) Direct Access
(2) Within 1 Nile of Arterial via an
Approved Collector
Points
Points
Points
Point
Points
5 Points
6 Points
3 Points
Ambulance
(3) Within 1 Nile of Arterial
(6) Over I Nile from Arterial
(1) Within a Service Area and Within
I Road Nile of a Station
(2) Within Service Area and Within
3 Road Niles of a Station
(3) Within Service Area and Within
5 Road Niles of s Station
(6) Over 5 Hiles
(1) Within Fire or Fire Contract District
and Within 2 Road Niles of the
District Firehouse
(2) Within Fire or Fire Contract District
and Between 2 and 3 Road Niles of
the District Firehouse
(3) Within Fire or Fire Contract District
and between 3 and 5 Road Niles of the
District Firehouse
(&) Other
I Point
0 Points
5 Points
6 Points
3 Points
1 Point
5 Points
3 Points
Point
Points
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(Res.)
(Non-
Res.)
Neilhborhood Park*
(1) Within I Nile with Bicycle Path
or Sidewalks
(2) Within I Nile without Bicycle
Path or Sidewalks
(3) From I to 2 Niles with Bicycle
Path or Sidewalk
(&) Other
*Neilhborhood Parks:
Size: 2 to 10 Acres
3 Points
2 Points
I Point
0 Points
Standard: 2.5 Acres per 1,000 persons.
Normal Location: Adjacent to a school or within proposed
development.
User Node of Transportation: "Bike-to", "Walk-to".
Hain Activity:
courts~ para
picnic areas,
ties,
Elementary School
Playground, tennis courts, basketball
courses, shuffleboard courts, tot lots,
and other passive recreeational activi-
5 Points
4 Points
3 Points
2 Points
I Point
1 Point
0 Points
Within 1 Nile of Existing School
with Bicycle Path or Sidewalk
(2) Within 1Hile of Existing School
without Bicycle Path or Sidewalk
(3) From I to 2 Niles of Existing
School with Bicycle Path or Sidewalk
(4) From 1 to 2 Niles of Existini
School without Bicycle Path or
Sidewalk
(5) Within 1 Nile of Existing School
Site with Bicycle Path or Sidewalk
(6) From I to 2 Niles of Existing
School Site with Bicycle Path or
Sidewalk
(7) Other
Nosquito Control
(1) Within Exist/nS Hosquito District
Point
Tho petitioner may provide all required existing community ~aclli-
ties and services for the requested rezone needs in any one of the
following manners:
1) Petition for a rezone at such time aa all required ade-
quate existing community facilities and services have
been provided at public expense according to the Capital
Improvement Program,
2) Petition for a rezone at such time as all required exist-
inR community facilities and services have been provided
st the private expense of the petitioner, or,
s 3) Post a surety in lieu of completed improvements to guar-
antee that all of the required (existing) community fa-
cilities and services will be provided.
6) Petitioner may provide facilities for parks and schools
through land dedication or fee In lieu of such dedica=
rios.
5) Other acceptable to Board of County Commissioners.
14.10 Status of PlanninB Commission Report and Recommendations: The re-
port and recommendations of tile Planning Commission required by
Subsections 4 and 5 above shall be advisory only and not be binding
upon the Board of County Commissioners.
lA.Il Board of Connty Commissioners: Action on Plannin~ Commission
Report: Upon receipt of the Plannin$ Commission's report and recom-
mendations~ the Board of County Commissioners shall hold a second
public hearing with notice to be given pursuant to the provisions of
general law.
In the case of all proposed changes or amendments, such changes
or amendments shall, not be adopted except by the affirmative vote of
four (&) members of the Board of County Commissioners.
l&.12 Failure of Board of County Commissioners to Act: If a Planning
Commission recommendation is not legislatively decided within ninety
(90) days of the date of closin8 of the public hearing by the Board
of County Commissioners, the application upon which the report and
recommendation is based shall be deemed to have been denied, provi-
ding the Board of County Commissioners may refer the application to
the Planning Commission for further study.
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l&,13 Lilsltations on the Rezonin8 of Property:
a. Except where the proposal for Lhe rezoning of property involves
an extension of an existing district boundary, no change in the
zoning classification of land shall be considered which in-
volves less than forty thousand (60,000) square feet of area
and two hundred (200) feet of street frontage.
b. Whenever the Board of County Commissioners has denied an appli-
cation for the rezoning of property, the Planning Commission
shall not thereafter:
1) Consider any fur:her application for the same rezoning of
any part or all of the same property for a period of
twelve (12) months from the date of such action;
2) Consider an application for any other kind of rezonin8 or
any part or all of the same property for a period of six
(6) months from the date of such action.
l&.l& Waiver of Time Limits: The time limits of Subsection 14.13 b.
above may be waived by three (3) affirmative votes of the Board of
County Commissioners when such action is deemed necessary to prevent
injustice or to facilitate the proper development of Collier County.
14.15 Development Plan Time Limits: In the case of proposals which
require Development Plan submission in Section 14.1 and said rezone
and Development Plan are approved, the Development Plan shall remain
in force for two (2) years. If no development (actual construction)
has commenced, the Development Plan shall expire.
In the event said Development Plan expires, the Board may:
a. Extend the Development Plan for six (6) months provided the
applicant can show just cause why said development cannot
proceed;
b. Initiate a rezone :o the previous zoning classification or more
appropriate zoning classification if conditions have changed;
c. Or, take no action on rezoning of the land.
SECTION 15. SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CIULRGES:
The Board of County Commissioners shall establish a schedule of fees and
charges for matters pertaining to this Zoning Ordinance and allied mat-
ters. It is the intent of these regulations that the County shall not be
required to bear any part of the cost of applications or petitions made
under this Zoning Ordinance and that the fees and charges represent the
actual cost of required leRsl advertising, postage, clerical, filing, and
other costs involved in the processing of applications and petitions.
The schedule of fees and charges ahal! be posted in the office of
the Community Development Administrator. The charges listed may be
changed by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners and are not
subject to the procedure for amendment of this Zoning Ordinance set out
in Section 14.
Applications or petitions initiated officially hy Collier County by
its duly authorized agencies or officers are exempt from the payment of
the fees or charges herein set out.
Until the applicable fees or charges have been paid in full, no
action of any type or kind shall be taken on an application or petition.
See Appendix A for Schedule of Fees.
SECTION 16. PROVISIONS OF ZONING REGULATIONS DECLARED TO BE MININIIN
OR HAXINU~! REQUIRE~IENTS:
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of these zoning
regulations shall be held to be minimum or maximum requirements, as the
case may be, adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety,
morals, or general wel£are. ~lerever the requirements of these zoning
regulations are at variance with the requirements of any other govern-
mentally adopted statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, or code, the most
restrictive or that imposing the higher standards, shall govern.
SECTION 17. CONPLAINTS REGARDING VIOLATIONS:
l~henever a violation of this Zoning Ordinance occurs, or is alleged to
have occured, any person may file a complaint. Such complaint stating
fully the causes and basis thereof shall be filed in ~r~ttng with the
Zoning Director. He aha11 record properly such complaint, immediately
investigate, and take action thereon as provided by this Ordinance. He
Ihs11 maintain as a public record in his office the disposition made of
the complaint.
SECTION lg. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION: RESORT TO OTHER RENEDIES:
Violation of the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance or failure to comply
with any of the requirementst including violations of conditions and
safeguards established in connection with grants of variances or special
exceptions, shall constitute a misdemeanor. Any person who violates this
Zoning Ordinance or fails Lo comply with ~ny of the requ£rements shall
upon conviction thereof be fined, or imprisoned, or both as provided by
law and in addition shall pay all costa and expenses involved in the
ease. Each day such violation continues shall be considered a separate
offense.
The owner or tenant of any building, structure, premises or psrt
thereof, and say architect, building contractor, agent, or oLher person
who commits, participates in, assists in, or maintains such violation may
each be found guilty of a aeparste offense and suffer the penalties
herein provided.
Nothing herein contsined shall prevent the County from taking such
other lawful sction, including, but not limited to, resort to equitable
action, aa is necesssry to prevent or remedy any violation.
SECTION 19. PROSECUTION UNDER PREVIOUS ZONING REGULATIONS:
Any prosecution arising from a violation of any prior zoning code, ordin-
ance, or regulation of Collier County superseded by thin Zoning Ordin-
ance, which prosecution was pending at the effective date of this Zoning
Ordinance, or any prosecution which may be begun within one (1) year
after the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance, in consequence of any
violation of any prior zoning code, ordinance, or regulation superseded
hereby, which violation was committed prior to the effective date of this
Zoning Ordinance, shall be tried and determined exactly aa if such prior
~onin8 code, ordinance, or regulation had not been superseded.
SECTION 20. DEFINITIONS:
A. The word person includes a firm, association, organization, partner=
ship, trust, company, or corporation as well as an individual.
B. The present tense includes the future tense; the singular number
includes the plural; and the plural number includes the singular.
C. The word shall ia mandatory; the word may is permissive.
D. The words used or ogcupied include the words intended, designed, or
arranEcd to be used or occupied.
~. The word lot includes the words plot, parcel, or tract.
The word structure includes the word bulldinB as well aa other
things constructed or erected on the ground, attached to something
having location on the ground, or requiring construction or erection
on the ground.
G. The word land includes the words water, ~.rsh, or swsm~.
H. Terms not defined shall have the meaning customarily assigned to
them.
Abandoned 81~n: A sign for which a business advertised on that sign is
no longer licensed, or no longer has a certi£icate oE occupancy, or ia no
lonlet doing business st that location.
Abutting Properties: Properties having a boundary line or a purLlon of a
boundary line in common with no intervening public street.
Acceptable Environmental Alteration: An alteration in the natural en-
vironment by the process of development that reasonably safeguards the
environmental quality of the area as determined by the Board of County
Commissioners after p~hlic notice and hearing and consideration of the
impact of a proposed environmental alteration upon environmental quality.
Accessory Use or Structure: A use or structure of a nature customarily
incidental and subordinate tn the ri~incipal use or structure and~ unless
otherwise provided, on the same premises. On the same premises with re-
spect to accessory t~ses and structures shall be construed as meaning on
the same lot or on a contiguous lot in the same ovnership. Where a
building is attached to the principal building, it shall be considered a
part thereof, and not an accessory building. A facility for the service
of malt, vinous, or other alcoholic beverages shall be deemed an access-
ory use for a motel, hotel, boatel~ private club, country club, yacht
club~ or golf club provided all other a~plicable requirements of State
law and County regulations are met.
Acre: An area containing 63,560 square feet of area. Cross acreage is
the total area of a lot or parcel of land measured vithin the perimeter
boundaries of the lot or parcel. ~et acreage is the total area of s lot
or parcel measured within the perimeter boundaries of the lot or parcel
but ~tth the area of public rights-of-~ay excluded.
Administrator: The Administrator of the Division of Community Develop-
ment of Collier County, Florida.
~dvertising Saint A sign directing attention to a business, commodity,
service, or entertainment conducted, sold or o~fered, either on premises
or o~ premisel.
Advertisin& Structure: Any structure erected for sdverttslnj purpoael
with or without any sdvertisemenL display thereon, situated upon or
attached to real property, upon which any poster, bill, printing, paint-
inA, device or other advertisement may be placed, posted, painted, tack-
ed, nailed, or otherwise fastened, affixed, or displayed; provided,
however, that amid term shall not include buildings.
'Agriculture= The cultivation of the soil, the production of crops, and
tho raisins o£ livestock for the purpose of sale. The definition in-
cludes the accessory uses nf ~ackin8, treating, or storing the agricul-
tural products raised on the premises, but shall not include facilities
~or processing agricultural commodities brought from off the premises
unless such off-premises production is under the same ownership and
control.
Alley: A public or approved private way wh£ch affords only a secondary
means of access to abutting property and which is not intended for gener-
al traffic circulation.
Alteration: Any change in size, shape, occupancy, character, or use of a
building or structure.
Animated Sign: A sirs with action or movement, whether by flashing
lights, color changes! wind, rotation, movement of any parts of the sign
or letter or parts of thc sign structure or any other motion.
~uaculture: The cultivation of the natura! product of water.
Area of £nvironmen:al Sensitivity: An area of land and/or water where
change in the area resulting from development may degrade the cnvirorunent
of the area below permissible State, Federal or County standards. An
area of environmental sensitivity may be developed, but only in accord
with the provisions of this ordinance and applicable State and Federal
standards.
Arterial: A street used for continuous traffic primarily as main traffic
artery and carries more traffic for greater distance than a collector
street.
Automobile Service Station: An establishment whose principal business is
the retail dispensing of automotive fuels and at1 and where grease,
batteries, tires, and automobile accessories may be supplied and dispen-
sed.
Automobile Wrecklfl~ or Automobile WreckinS Yard: The dismantling, crush-
iai, shredding~ or disassembling of used motor vehicles or trailers, or
tho storage, sales, or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled,
obsolete, or wrecked vehicles or their repairs,
Bar! Cocktail Lo~JnBet ur is[non: Any establishment or part [hereof
devoted primarily to the retailing for on-premises consumption of malt,
vinous~ or other alcoholic beverages.
Billboards: An off-premise sign of more than one hundred (100) square
feet. Any framework for signs advert/sing merchandise, services, or
entertainment sold, produced) manu[actured, or furnished at a place other
than the location of such structure.
Block: The length of a street between the intersections of that street
with two other streets. A block, according to the context, may also be a
parcel or parcels of land surrounded by public streets (other than al-
leys) or other physical barriers such as a water course.
Board: The Board of County Commicaioners of Collier County, Florida.
Boatdock: A walkway proLruding into a waterway which provides access to
a moored boat. A boatdock may include a boatshelter.
Boathouse~ Commercial: ^ building where, for a fee, boats are housed,
launched) hauled~ repaired, serviced, maintained or stored.
Boathouae~ Private' An accessory use to a residential structure adjacent
to a waterway, providing space for [he housing of a boat and accessories
customary thereto. A private boathouse may nnL be used for the purpose
of human habitation.
Boatshelter: A roofed structure ad~aeent to a waterway, open on all
aides and providing covered protection to a baaL.
Boat Yards and Vaya: A premises or site used as a commercial establish-
ment for the provision of ail such facilities aa are customary and neces-
sary to the construction or reconsLruction or r pair or maintenance or
sale of boats or marine engines or marine equipment and supplies of all
kinds including~ but not limited to, rental of covered or uncovered boat
slips or dock space or enclosed dry storage space or marine railways or
lifting or launchin8 services, and for dredge or barge dockage and stor-
age.
Buildable Area: The portion of a lot or parcel remaining after required
yards have been provided. Buildings may be placed in any part of the
buildeble area, but limitations on the percentage of the lot that may be
covered by buildings may require open space within the butldable area.
~uildinl: Any structure~ either temporary or permanent~ having a roof
impervious to vesther, and used or built for the shelter or enclosure of
persona, shim·la, chattels, or property of any kind. Thi· definition
shall include tents, awnings, cabanas, or vehicle· situated on private
property and serving in any way the function of a building, but does not
include screened enclosure· not having a roof impervious to weather.
Building, Front·ge: That aide of a building that faces toward the prin-
Cipal road~ atreet~ highway, or ptiblic way serving the building. In
cases where this test l· indeterminate or cannot be appiiod~ as for
instance where there is a diagonal corner entrance or where two aides of
a building have entrances of equal importance and carry approximately
equal volume· of pedestrian or automotive traffic, the Zonin8 Director
ih·l! select building frontage on the basis of interior layout of the
building, traffic on adjacent streets, or other indicators available.
(See also Lot Front·se.)
Building. }~eight of: The vertical distance measured from the first
finished floor to the highest point of the roof surface of a flat or
Bermuda roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof and to the mean height
level between ea~es and ridge of gable, hip and gambrel roofs. Sere
minimum floor elevations in flood prone areas bays been established by
law~ the building height shall be meas~red from such required minimum '
floor elevations. (See Sections 8.3 and 8.6, "Exclusions from Height
Limits" and "Off-Street Parking Within a Building".)
Buildin8 Line: The innermost edge of any required yard or setback, as
the case may be.
Building Site: A building site is the lot or portion of a lot or lots
u·ed for a·tructure, the total area of which is ascribed to the building
or structure for compliance with Chis Zoning Ordinance.
Sulk Permit: A permit i··ued for any number of political signs.
Cafeteria: See Restaurant.
Canopy: A permanent roof structure that does not project over public
property~ which may be ireeatandin8, attached to a building, or supported
In whole or in part by · building.
Carport: An acces·ory structure, tonal·ting of a roof and aupporttn~
members such a· colt~mn· or beam·, unenclo·ed from the ground to the roof
on st least two side·~ and deafened or used for the storage of motor-
driven vehicles o~ned and used by the occupant· of the building to which
it il accessory,
Cemetery: An area of [and set apnrL [or the sole purpose of the burial
of bodies of dead persons or animals and for the erection of customary
· lrkerlt mofl~efltl, and mausoleums.
Change of Occupancy: The discontinuance of an existing use and the sub-
atitutton therefore of a use of a different kind or class. Change
occupancy is not intended to include a change of tenants or proprietors
unless accompanied by a chanRe In the type ot
Child Care Center: An establishment where six (6) or more chtldren~
other than members of the family occupying the premises, are cared for
away from their own home by day or night. The teem includes day nurser-
tes, day care service, day care agency, nursery school, or play school.
The term does not include £ostcr homcn.
Child Care Center = Owner Occupied: A child care center located in the
same structnre as the residence in which the owner or operator resides.
Church: A building used as a place of worohip and religious ed~catton~
and for customary accessory uses, by a body or organization of religious
believers.
Clinicr Hedical or Dental: An establishment where human patients who are
not lodged overnight are admitted for examination and treatment by one
person or a group of persons practicing any form of the healing arts,
whether such persons be medical doctors, chiropractors, osteopaths, chi-
ropodists, naturopaths, optometrists, dentists, or any such profession,
the practicu of which is regulated by the S:ate of ~lorida. A public
clinic is one operated by any governmental organization for the benefit
of the general public. All other clinics are private clinics.
Clinics, Veterinary: Any structur~ or premises used primarily and essen-
tially for the medical and surgical care of ill, injured, or disabled
animals other than humans.
Club, Night: A restaurant, dining room, bar, or other similar es:ablish-
meat, providin8 food or refreshments, wherein paid floor shows or other
forms of paid entertainment are provided for customers as a part of the
commercial enterprise.
~luh~ Private: Those associations and organizations of a civic, frater-
nal or social character not operated or maintained for profit~ and to
which there ia no unrestricted public access or use. The term "private
club' shall not include casinos, nightclubs~ bottle clubs~ or other
establishments operated or maintained for profit.
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Cjuster Houstnz: Two (2) or more dwelling struct.rcN, each containing
one (1) or two (2) dwelling units, with no dwelling ultit located above
another dwellinl unit, on a parcel of ground in single ownership at the
tiaa of development, with frontage on a public Ntreet or approved private
street. Peripheral yards for the total parcel or lot shall be as for
single or multiple family dwellings in the district in which the clu~ter
housing ts to be erected.
Coils:tort R street which carries traffic from local streets to arterial
streets and includes the principal entrance streets of a subdivision or
s development.
Combination Size: A sign which is made up of two (2) or more signs,
exclusive of billboards.
Combination Farm SIze: A temporary sign used for the purpose of iden-
tifying the owner or operator of a farm and the product produced on the
farm, which sign may also Incidentally identify the contract buyer of the
product.
Commercial Equipment: Any equipment commonly used ~n a commercial busi-
ness, i.e., contractors equipment, earth moving machittery, utility trail-
erst end devices used for thc transportation of equipment., materials or
merchandise.
Commercial Fishery: A premises, structure, or site used as a commercial
establish~nent for the receivinR, processing, packaging, storage, and
wholesale or retail distribution and sale of food products of the sea.
Such · premise, structure, or site may include facilities for the dock-
ing, loading and unloading, fueling, icing, and provisioning of vessels
and for the drying and maintenance and storage of nets, buoys, traps, and
fishing equipment, including boats used in the activity.
Commercial Vehicle: Any vehicle that has rated load capacity of more
thee one (1) ton and is used in conjunction with a commercial or business
activity.
Communications Towers: Any structure erected and so designed to receive
or transmit electrnnic waves, such as telephone, television, radio or
microwave transmissions.
C_ompletely Enclosed Buildin~: A building separated on all sides from
· dj·cent open space, or from other buildings or other structures by ·
permanent roof and by exterior walls or party walls, pierced only by win-
d0w[ and ~ormal entrance or exit doors,
Condomlntum~ That £urm or owner=hip o£ prnperty ,nder which units or
improvements are subject to ownership by one or more owners, and there ia
appurtenant to each unit as part thereof an undtv£ded share in common
elements.
Constructtonm.~ctualL The placing of construction materials in a perma-
nent position and fastened in a permanent manner; except that where
demolition, excavation or removal of an existing structure has been
substantially begun preparatory to new construction, such excavation~
demolition, or removal shall be deemed to be actual construction, pro-
vided that work shall be continuously carried on until the completion of
the new construction involved. ^ctua[ construction shall include only
that begun and carried on uuder a valid building permit.
Const£uction ~isn: A temporary sign placed in advance of occupancy of a
building or structure indicating the name of the buildin8 or structure,
the architects, the contractors and other information regarding the
building or structure.
ConttR.ous Pr_~o~e?y: See abutting property.
Convalescent l[ome: See Nursing Ilome, Rest Home, or Extended Care Fatal-
ity.
County: The County of Collier, Florida.
Court: An open apace, oLher than a required yard, on the same lot with a
building which is bounded on two (2) or more sides by the walls of such
building. A court can contain ahurbs, statuary, trees, and yard furni-
ture. An interior court is a court enclosed on all sides by the wails of
a building or by walls and lot lines on ~hich walls are permitted. An
exterior court ia a court opening on any front, side or rear yard.
Day Nursery: See Child Care Center.
Densitym Residential: The number of residential dwelling units permitted
per ~ross acre of land and determined by dividing the number of units by
the total area ol land ~ithin the boundaries of a lot or parcel not
includini dedicated rights-of-way and except aa otherwise provided for in
this Zonin8 Ordinance. In the determination of the number of residential
dwelling units to be permitted on a specific parcel of land, a fractional
unit shall not entitle the applicant to an additional unit.
~epth of a Lot: See Lot Heasurement~ Depth.
Detoxificatton Center: A medical facility open twenty-four (24) hours
per day meeting comparable standards to a hospital or nursing home, Such
facility shall be for the temporary emergency shelter of intoxicated per-
sons, or ,those persona sufferin8 from alcoholism, dru8 abuse or other
similar condition for the purpose of detoxification.
Development: The act, process, or result of placing buildings and/or
structure~ on a lot or parcel of land.
Development Plan: A graphic representation along with supportive infor-
mation and data depicting the intended development.
Directional Sign: A sign designed to guide or direc~ pedestrians or
vehicles.
Directory Sitn: An on-premises sign of permanent character, but with
removable letters, words, or numerals indicating one reference name of
each person associated with, or event conducted upon, or product or
service offered upon the premises upon which such sign is maintained.
This may be a freestanding sign, a marquee, or a wall sign.
Double Faced $iin: A sign having two (2) display surfaces, not neces-
sarily displaying the same copy~ which are usually parallel and back and
not more than 24" apart.
Double Decker Sign:. Two (2) or more billboards erected so that one is on
top of the other.
Drive-In Bank or Financial Institution: ^ drive-in bank or financial
institution provides drive-in teller service, where the patron makes
withdrawals or deposits or receives other finallcial services without de-
parting from his vehicle.
Drive-In Business: An establishment other than a drive-in restaurant or
refreshment stand, drive-in bank or financial institution, or drive-in
theatre, where a patron ia provided products or services without depart-
ing from his automotive vehicle.
Drive-In Restaurant or Refreshment 8rand: Any place or premises where
provision ia made on the premises for the selling, dispensing, or serving
of food, refreshments, or beverages in automobiles and/or in other than a
completely enclosed building on the premises, lncludin8 those establish-
ments where customers may se r~e themselves and may eat or drink the foodj
refreshments! or beveralea in automobiles on the premises and/or'in other
than a completely enclosed buildinl on the prealaes. A restaurant which
provides drive-in facilities of any kind in connection with regular res-
taurant activities shall be deemed a drive-in reataurnnt for the purpose
of this Zoning Ordinance. A barbecue stand or pi: having the character-
tstic, nnted in this definition shall be deemed a drive-in restaurant.
Drive-In Theatre: A place of outdoor assembly used for :he showing o£
play,, ~p~ras, motion pictures, and similar forms of entertainment which
ia designed to permit the audiences to view the performance from vehicles
parked within the theatre enclosure. (See also Section 8.37)
Dwellings~ General: Any building, or part thereof, occupied in whole or
in part aa the residence or living quarters of one Or more persons,
permanently or temporarily, continuously or transiently, with cooking and
sanitary facilities.
Dwelling, One-Family or Single-Family: A building containing only one
dwelling unit. For regulatory purposes, the term is not to be construed
aa including mobile homes, travel trailers, housing mounted on motor ve-
hicles, tents, houseboats, or other forms of temporary or portable hous-
ing.
Dwelling, Two-Family or Duplex: One building containing only two dwell-
ing units.
Dwelling, Multiple-Family: A building containing three (3) or more
dwelling units.
Dwelling: Multiple-Dwelling Use: For purposes of determining whether a
lot ia in multiple-dwelling uae, the following considerations shall
apply:
a. Multiple-dwelling uses may involve dwelling units intended to be
rented and maintained under central ownership and management, or co-
operative apartments, condominiums, and the like.
b. ~ere an undivided lot contains more than one building and the
buildings are not so located that lots and yards conforming to
requirements for single or multiple-family dwellings in the district
could be provided, the lot aha11 be considered to be in multiple-
dwelling use if there are three (3) or more dwelling units on the
lot, even though the individual buildings may each contain less than
three (3) dwelling units.
c. Guest houses and servants' quarters aha11 not be considered 'aa dwel-
ling units in the computation of Subsection b. above.
ti. Any multiple dwelling in which dwelling units ~re available for
rental for periods of ]ess than one week shall be considered a
tourist home, a motel, motor hotel, or hotel, as the case may be.
e. For the purpose of this Ordinance, Time Share Estate Facilities
shall be considered as intended primarily for transient occupancy
and shall only be permitted ill districts where specifically desig-
nated.
Dwellin~ Unit: A room or rooms connected together, constituting a ~epsr-
ate, independent .housekeeping establishment for a family, for owner
occupancy, or for rental or lease on a weekly, monthly, or longer basis,
and physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units which may
be in the same structure, and containing sleeping and sanitary facilities
and one kitchen.
Environmental Quality: The character or degree of excellence or degrada-
tion in the total essential natural resources of the area as measured by
the findings and standards of the physical, natural, and social sciences,
the arts and technology, and the quantitative guidelines of Federal,
State and County governments.
Erected: Includes built, constructed, reconstructed, moved upon, or any
physical operation on the premises required for building. Excavation,
fill, drainage, demolition of an existing structure, and the like shall
be considered part of erection. (See Construction, Actual).
Essential Services: Services designed and operated to provide water,
sewer, gas, telephone, electricity, cable television or communications to
the general public by providers which have been approved and authorized
according to laws having appropriate jurisdiction.
Fallout Shelter: A structure or portion of a structure intended to
provide protection to human life during periods of danger to human life
from nuclear fallout, air raids, storms or other emergencies.
Family: One or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit, provided
that, unless all members are related by law, blood, adoption, or mar-
riage, no such family shall contain over four (4) persons, but further
provided that domestic servants employed on the premises may be housed on
the premises without being counted as a separate or additional family or
families. The term family shall not be construed to mean a fraternity,
sorority, club, monastery or convent, or institutional group.
Farm: See Agriculture.
Farm Organization Sign: A sign used for the purpose of indicating mem-
bership in a farm organization, such as Cattlemen's Association, Four !!
Club, Farm Bureau and the like.
Fillini Station: See Automobile Service Station.
Flood Plain: Those areas defined by the Flood Damage Prevention Ordin-
anco.
Floor Area:
Except as may be otherwise indicated in relation to partic-
ular districts and uses, "floor area" shall be construed as the sum of
the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building measured
from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the centerline of
common walls aoparntin8 two buildings, excluding attic areas with a
headroom of leas than seven (7) feet, enclosed or unenclosed stairs or
fire escapes, elevator structures, cooling towers, areas devoted to air
conditioning, ventilating or beating or other building machinery and
equipment, parking structures, and crawl space where the ceiling is not
more than an average of forty-eight (48) inches above the general fin-
ished grade level of the adjacent portion of the lot.
Freestandin~ St.~n: A sign supported by one or more poles, columns, up-
rights, or by other structural supports on the ground separated from a
building. (Alco referred to as Ground Sign - Section 2301.2B, Southern
Standard Building Code.)
Frontage of a Building: See Building Frontage.
Frontage of a Lot: See Lot Frontage.
OaraRe, Parking: A building or portion thereof designed or used for
temporary parking of motor vehicles, and within which gasoline and oils
may be sold only to parking patrons of the garage.
Gara~e~ Private: An accessory structure designed or used for inside
parking of private passenger vehicles, recreation vehicles, or boats,
solely by the occupants of the main building. A private garage attached
to or a part of the main structure is to be considered part of the main
building. There can be no public shop or mechanical service in connec-
tion with a private garage.
Garage, Repair: A building or portion thereof, other than a private,
storage, or parking garage or automobile service station, ~esigned or
used for repairing, equipping, or servicing of motor vehicles. Such
garages m~y alan b~ used for htr£ng, renting, or selling of moLor vehic-
lei.
Garmge, Storage: A building or portion thereof designed and used pri-
marily for the storage of motor vehicles or boats, and within which
temporary parking may also be permitted.
Gate or Entrance Sign: A sign attached to sn entrance gate or entrance
structure which identifies a permitted use.
Grade: See Building, ][eight of a.
Guest House or C~ttage: An accessory dwelling unit which might or might
not include cooking facilities, which ia incorporated, attached to, or
detached from a principal dwelling; and which is used exclusively for the
non-commercial accommodation of friends or relatives of the occupant or
owner of the principal dwelling.
[{et~t of a D~ild~n~: See Building, ][eight of.
Home for the ~ed: A facility for the care of the aged with routine
nursing and/or medical care and supervision provided. A home for the
aged is in the nature of a nursing home, but with clientele restrict&d to
the aged.
Home Occupation: An occupation conducted entirely in a dwelling uni~ in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8.47.
Hospice: An institution designed to provide comfort and relief for the
emotional and physical needs of the terminally ill.
Hospital: A building or group of buildings having facilities for over-
night care of one or more human patients, providing services to in-pat-
ients and medical care to the at}k and injured, and which may include aa
related facilities laboratories, out-patient services, training facili-
ties, central service facilities and staff facilities; provided, however,
that any related facility ahall be incidental and subordinate to princi-
pal hospital uae and operation. A hospital is an institutional use under
these zoning regulations.
Hotel, Motel~ Boatel~ Motor Rotel~ Motor Lod8e~ Tourist Court: The terms
hotel, motel, hostel, motor hotel, motor lodge, tourist court, are to be
considered synonomous, and to mean a building or group of buildings in
which sleeping accommodations are offered to the public and intended
primarily for rental to transients with a daily charge, a~ distinguished
from multiple-family dwellings (apartments) and rooming or boarding
houses, where rentals are for periods of a week or longer and occupancy
Js generally by residents rather than transients. For the purpose of
calculating residential density, each hotel, motel, etc., unit shall be
considered a dwelling unit.
Ilotel or Hotel Unit: A hotel or motel unit is a unit designed for tran-
sient occupancy and utilized for rental purposes only. A hote! or motel
unit may have cookin~ or eating facilities. A hotel or motel unit shall
contain bathing and sanitary facilities.
}~untin8 Cabin: A temporary structure or shelter used primarily during
the hunting seasons, and which shall not be designed or intended to be
used as a permanent residence or structure.
Kenn~l~n~_~ The keeping of any do~ or dogs, regardless of number, for the
primary purpose of sale, breeding, hoarding, or treatment, except in a
general veteri~ary or small animal hospital, or the keeping of more than
[hree (3) dog~, ~x (6) mouths or older, on premises used for residential
purposes, or the keeping of more than two (2) dogs on ~roperty used for
industrial or commercial security purposes.
[ondi.n~ S~ace~ Off-Street: A space logically and conveniently located
for pickups and/or deliveries or for loadin~ and/or unloading, scaled to
delivery vehicles expected to be used and accessible to such vehicles
when required off-street parking spaces are filled. (See Section 8.26)
Lot: A parcel of land of at least sufficient size to meet minimum re-
quiremen[s of the zoning district in which it is located for use, a~d
area, and to provide such yards and other open spaces as are herein
required.
Lot Frontage: The front of an interior lot ia construed to be the
tion nearest th~ street. For the purpose of determining yard require-
ments on corner lots and through lots, all sides of a lot adjacent [o
streets are to be considered £rontage~ and yards shall be as set out in
this Zoning Ordinance. (See also Building Frontage and Section 8.5a).
~ot Heasurement~ De,th: Depth of a lot is considered to be the distance
between the midpoZnts of straight lines connecting the foremost points of
the side lot lines in front and the rearmost points of the side lot lines
in the rear.
lot Measurements.Width: Width of a lot shall be considered t~ be the
average distance between straight lines connectin$ front and rear lot
lines at each side of the lot, me·muted as str·iRht lines between the
foremost points o£ the side lot lines in front (where they intersect with
the street line) and the rearmost points of the side lot lines in the
teat, provided however, that the width between the side lines at their
foremost points in the front shall not be less than eighty (80%) percent
of the required lot width.
Lot of Record: ^ lot of record is (1) a lot which is part of a subdivi-
sion recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Collier
County, or C2) a lot or parcel described by metes and bounds, the de-
scription of which has been so recorded on or before the effective date
of this zoning ordinance, or (3) for which an agreement for deed was
executed prior to October 16, lg76 if within the Coastal Area Planning
District and January 5, lgg2 if presently within or previously within the
Immokalee Area Planning District prior to May l, 1979.
Lot Type~: The following is the terminology used in this Zoning Ordin-
ance with reference to corner lot~, interior lots, reversed frontage
lots, and through lots:
a. A corner lot is defined as lot located at the intersection of
two or more streets. A lot ·butting on a curved street or
streets shall be considered a corner lot if straight lines
drawn from the foremost points of the side lot lines to the
foremost point of the lot meet at an interior angle of leas
than 135 degrees.
b. Interior lot is defined as a lot other than a corner lot with
only one frontage on a street.
c. Through lot ia defined as a lot other than a corner lot with
frontage on more than one street. Through lots abutting two
streets may be referred to aa double front·ge lots.
d. Reversed frontage lot ia defined as a lot on which the frontage
is at right angles or approximately right angles (interior
angle leas than 135 degrees) to the general pattern in the
area. A reversed frontage lot may also be · corner lot, an
interior lc~ or a through lot.
H_~jor Intersection: The intersection of a Federal~ 8tare or County
highway with any other arterial.
Marina: ^ co~nercial establishment with a waterfront location for the
provision of: rental of covered and uncovered boat slips or dock space or
enclosed dry storage space, rental and/or sale of boats and boat motors,
repair and maintenance of boats and boat motors, marine fuel and lubri-
cants, bait and fishing equipment, on-shore restaurants, and small boat
hauling or lsunching facilities. Such premises or site shall not include
boat and/or motor manufacturing as an accessory use. A boat sales lot is
not a m~rina.
Mariculture: The development of the resources of the sea, especially
with reference to food.
Marquee: A roofing structure projecting over an entrance of a building.
Marquee Si ng~ A sign attached to or constructed on a marquee.
Mean High Water Line: The intersection of the tidal plane of mean high
water with the shore as established by the Florida Coastal Mapping Act of
1974, Chapter 74-56, Laws of Florida.
Minimum Vectoring Altitude: The lowest MSL altitude at which an IFR
aircraft will be vectored by a radar controller, except when otherwise
authorized for radar approaches, departures and missed approaches.
Mobile Home: A detached dwelling unit with all of the following char-
acteristics: (a) designed for long-term occupancy and containing sleep-
ing accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower bath, and kitchen
facilities, with plumbing and electrical connections provided for at-
tachment to outside systems; (b) desigued for transportation after fabri-
cation on streets or highways on its own wheels, and (c) arriving at the
site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling complete, including major
appliances and furniture, and ready for occupancy except for minor and
incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location on jacks or other
temporary or permanent foundations, connection to utilities and the like.
A travel trailer is not to be considered as a mobile home.
Mobile Home Park: The premises where mobile homes are parked for non-
transient living or sleeping purposes and where sites or lots are set
aside or offered for lease or rent for use by mobile homes for living or
sleeping purposes, including any land, building, structure, or facility
used by occupants of mobile homes on such premises. (Sea Section 7.21).
Mobile Home Site: A lot or parcel of ground within · mobile home park or
lubdivialon, designated for the accommodation of not more than one mobile
home.
Mobile Home Subdivision: The premises where mobile homes are parked for
non-transient living or sleeping purposes and Qhere lots are set aside or
o£fered for sale for use by mobile homes for living or sleeping purposes
in accordance with Collier County Subdivision Regulations, including any
land, building, structure, or facility used by occupants of mobile homes
on such premises. (See Section 7.20).
Model Home: A residential structure used for demonstration purposes or
sales promotion, not occupied as a dwelling unit, and open to the public
for inspection. (See Section 10.6.)
Modular Home: A dwelling unit, constructed as a total entity, or in
parts of a total entity, which is constructed other than on the building
site and which is then moved to and erected on the building site. A
modular home must be constructed to meet the standards of all Collier
County construction codes and to the standards set by the State o£
Florida for such construction. A mobile home is not to be considered a
modular home unless its maker's name appears on the approved listing of
such construction in the State of Florida. (This listing is available in
the Collier County Building Department.)
Motel: See Hotel, etc.
Motor Home: A vehicular unit built on a self-propelled motor vehicle
chassis, primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for rec-
reational, camping, or travel use.
Multi-Face Sign: A sign which ia made up of three (3) or more faces.
Night Cl,b: See Club, Night.
Non-Conformtn~ Lot of Record: Any lot or parcel which was recorded or
for which an agreement for deed was executed prior to October 14, 1974,
and which lot or parcel does not meet tho minimum width and lot srea re-
quirements as a result of the passage of this Ordinance shall be con-
sidered as a legal non-conforming lot and shall be eligible for the
issuance of s building permit provided all the other requirements of this
Ordinance and the Florida Statutes are met.
Non-Conforming Sign: A sign or advertising structure existing on the
effective date of this Ordinance which by its height, squ, re foot area,
location, use or structural support does not conform with the require-
ments of this Section.
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Nursery School: See Child Care Center,
Nursery~ P[ant~ Any lot, structure or premises used ns an enterprise for
the purpose of growing or keeping of plants for sale or resale.
Nursin8 Home, Rest Home or Extended Care Facility or Adult Congregate
Living Facility: A private home, institution, building, residence, or
other place, whether operated for profit or not, including those places
operated by units of government, which undertakes through its ownership
or management to provide for a period exceeding twenty-four (24) hours~
maintenance, personal care, or nursing for three (3) or more persona not
related by blood or marriage to the operator, who by reason of illness,
physical infirmity, or advanced age, are unable to care for themselves;
provided, that this definition shall include homes offering services for
less than three (3) persons where the homes are held out to the public to
be establishments which regularly provide nursing and custodial services.
(See also Homes for thc Aged).
Office~ Business: An office for such activities as real estate agencies,
advertising agencies (but not sign shop), insurance agencies, travel
agencies and ticket sales! chsmber of commerce, credit bureau (but not
finance company)~ abstract and title agencies or insurance companies,
s~ockbroker~ and the like. It is characteristic of a bnsiness office
that retail or wholesale goods are not shown to or delivered from the
premises to a customer. A barber or beauty shop is not a business of-
£ice.
Office~ Professional: An office for the use of a person or persons
generally classified as professionals, such aa architects, engineers,
attorneys, accountants~ doctors, lawyers~ dentists, psychiatrists, psy-
chologlsts, and the like.
Off-Premise Si&n: ^ sign not located on the same premises as the prin-
cipal business, product, service~ or activity being identified or adver-
tised.
On-Premise Si&n: I sign containing copy relating only to the principal
business, product, service, or activity conducted or sold on the same
premises aa that on which the sign is located.
Open Space~ Usable: That portion of a lot or parcel which can be used by
the inhabitants of the property for outdoor living, strive or passive
activity~ and/or recreation.
Outdoor Advertising Sign: An off-premise sl8n.
Package Store: A place where alcoholic beverages are dispensed or sold
in containers for consumption off the premises.
Parking Area - Off-S[reet: An ares for the temporary storage and parking
of motor vehicles including Cite area required for adequate maneuvering
space, access aisles, or drives thereto.
Parkin8 Spacet Off-Street: A space adequate for parking an automotive
vehicle with room for opening doors on both sides.
Patio: An unroofed projection from the outside wall of a building,
without any form of enclosure other than open mesh screening.
Permanent Si~n: A sign not specifically designated as being temporary.
Political Si~ A sign promoting, advert/sing, or identifying a politi-
cal party, candidate, or issue.
Porch: A roofed-over space, wiLl] the roof impervious to weather, at-
tached to the ouLulde of an exterior wall of a build/nE, which has no
enclosure other than the exterior walls of such building. Open mesh
screening shall not be considered an enclosure.
Portable Sign: A sign not affixed to the ground or to a structure or
only affixed by means of tiedown straps.
Private Club: See Club, Private.
Projecting Sign: A sign mounted on the vertical surface of a building or
structure in such a manner that all of the display surfaces are not
parallel to the supporting structure.
Provisional Use: A use that would not be appropriate generally or with-
out restriction throughout a zoning district, but which if controlled as
to number, ores, location, or relation to the neighborhood would promote
the public health, safety, welfare, morals, order, comfort, convenience~
appearance, prosperity, or the general welfare. Such uses may be permis-
sible in a zoning classification or a district as a provisional uae if
specific provision for such a provisional uae is made in these zoning
regulations. (For procedure in securing provisional uses, see Section
13.)
Public Resource: Land, air, water and wildlife which is part of the
public domain or which is within the realm embracing inherent rights that
belong to the community at large and in which the community shares the
rights and benefits of such resource.
PubLic Service S£&n: A sign designed to rentier a i)ublic service such as,
but not limited to, "time and temperature" signs and "flashing news"
signs. Such signs may not include any advertising whatsoever on them
unless such advertising complies with all of the requirements of this
Ordinance.
Recreational Facilities Not Accessor~ to Principal Uses: Uses similar to
present residential accessory uses such as swimming pools, tennis courts,
accessory clubhouses, or parks which will be under common ownership and
serve more than one (1) residence.
Recycling Center: A place, structure, or lot where junk, waste, dis=
carded, salvaged, or similar materials such as old metals, wood, slush,
lumber, glass, paper, rags, cloth, bagging, cordage, barrels, containers,
etc., are brought, bought, sold, exchanged, baled, packed, disassembled,
stored, or handled~ including used luncher and building material yards,
housewrecking yards, hcavy equipment wrecking yards, and yards or places
for the storage, sale or handling of salvaged housewrecktng or structural
steel mater£als. This definition shall not include sutomobLle wrecking
and automobile wrecking yards, or pawnshops and establishments for the
sale, purchase, or storage of second-hand cars, clothing, salvaged
chinery, furniture, rad£os~ stoves, refrigerators, or similar household
goods and appliances, all of which shall be usable, nor shall it ·pply to
the processing of used, discsrded, or salvaged msterisls incident to
manufacturing acclv£ty on the same site where such processing occurs.
Restaurant: An establishment where food is ordered from s menu, prepared
and ~ervcd for pay primarily for consumption on the premises tn a com-
pletely enclosed room, under roof of the main structure, or in an inter-
ior court. A drtve-Ln restaurant is not a restaurant. A cafeterLs ts ·
restaurant for the purpose of this Zoning OrdLnsnce. (See also definition
of Drive-In Res~aruant.)
Restaurant~ Fast-Food: An establishment where food is prepared and
served to the customer in s ready-to-consume state for consumption either
within the restaurant building, outside the building but on the same
premises, or off the premises and having any combtnstion of two or more
of the following characteristics:
s. A limited menu, usually posted on · sign rsther than printed on
individusl sheets or bookletsl
b. Self-service raCher Lhan Lable serv£ce by resCauranL employees;
c. Disposable containers and utensils; or
d. A kitchen area in excess of 50% of the total floor area.
A cafeteria or delicatessen shall not be deemed a fast-food restaurant
for the purpose of this Zoning Ordinance.
Rest Home: See NursinR l[ome.
Roof Sign: Any sign erected or constructed upon a roof and projecting in
whole or in part above the crown of the roof.
Safety Sign: A sign used only for the purpose of identifyin8 and warning
of dnngers.
Sandwich Si.~n: See Portable Sign.
Schools: An sd,cat{naa] facility that meets academic standards as pro-
vided by the State of Florida.
Servants' Quarters: Dwelling units located in residential districts and
utilized for domestic s,rvants employed on the premises. Such units may
be in either a principal or an accesory building, but no such living
quarters shall b, rented, leased, or otherwise be made available for
compensation of any kind except in the form of housing for servants.
Service Station: See Automobile Service Station.
Setback Line: A line marking the minimum distance between a right-of-way
line, pro;)erty linc, bulkhead line~ shoreline, access easement line or
other defined location and the beginning point of a required yard or the
buildable area, as this ordinance may require in the particular case.
Shoreline: Same as Mean }{igh WaLer Line except that in non-tidal waters
defined by average annual water level.
Shopp~,n8 Center: A retail sales facility consisting of fivt, (5) or more
retail outlets or having a gross floor area of more than 25,000 square
feet, whichever shall apply; exclusive of supermarkets.
Sign: Any writing (including letter, word or numeral); pictorial rep-
resentation (including iljustration or decoration); emblem (including
device, symbol, or trademark); flag (including banner or pennant); or any
other figure of similar character which ia designed to advertise or give
direction to any business, product, service or other related function.
Site Alteration: Any modification, change or transformation of any
portion of a lot or parcel of land including, but not limited to, the
removal, displacement or relocation of trees, plants and vegetatlot,, the
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addition or removal of earth materials, and the creation, retention, or
relocation of drainage courses or water areas.
~tory: That portion of a building included between a £1oot which is
culated as part of the building's habitable floor area and the floor
roof next above it.
Street: A public or approved private thoroughfare which affords the
principal means of access to abutting property. Streets may be called,
but not limited to, lanes, ways, places, drives, (not includin8 private
drives or driveways), boulevards, roads, avenues, or other means of
access, regardless of the descriptive term used. (Se& Collier County
Subdivision Regulations).
Street Frost,se: That portion of the lot which borders on the street;
corner lots have two (2) frontages.
Strip Lighting: A continuous series of linear exterior lights designed
to illuminate a sign or a structure.
Structure: Anything constructed or erected which requires a fixed loca-
tion on the ground, or in the ground, or attached to something having a
fixed location on or in the ground.
Supermarket: A departmentalized self-service retail market which primar-
ily sells food items, but also may sell household items, personal items
and other merchandise. Such facility is generally, but not necessarily~
part of a chain-store system which may exist as an individual structure
or as an integrated structure within a shopping center and which exceeds
20,000 square feet.
Temporary Sign: A sign intended to advertise co~,,unity or civic pro-
jects, construction projects, or other special events on a temporary
basis for a designated period of time.
Time-Share Estate: Any interest in a dwelling unit under which the ex-
clusive right of use, ownership, possession, or occupancy of the unit
circulates among the various owners of time-share estates in such unit in
accordance with a fixed time schedule on a periodically recurring basis
for a period of time established by such schedule.
Time-Share Estate Facility: Any dwelling in which time-share estates
have been created.
Time-Share Unit: A dwelling unit in which time-share estates have been
cresLed.
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Townhouae or Rowhousc: Townhouse or rowhouse aha]! mean three or more
single-family structures separated by party walls or separated by not
more than one (il inch from another townhouse.
Trailer: Boat: A wheeled conveyance drawn by other motive power for the
transportation of a single boat.
Trailer, Camping or Pop-Ou~: A wheeled conveyance drawn by other motive
power designed for travel, recreation, and vacation use and which ts made
up of elements which fold into a compact assembly for travel.
Trailerz Travel: A vehicular~ portable structure built on a chassis,
designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, 'recreational and
vacation purposes, which: (]) is identified by the manufacturer as a
travel trailer; (2) is not more than eight (8) feet in body width; and
(3) is of any weight provided its body length does not exceed thirty-
eight (38) feet,
Travel Trailer - Recreational Vehicle Campground Park: See Section 7.22.
Truck Stop: An establishment where the principal use is primarily the
refueling and servicing of trucks and tractor-trailer rigs. Such estab-
lishments may have restaurants or snack bars and sleeping accommodations
for the drivers of such over-the-road equipment and may provide facili-
ties for the repair and maintenance of such equipment.
U-Pic Farm: A farm where the customer picks or purchases the produce
directly from the premises on which they are grown or produced.
Use: The purpose of which land or water or a structure thereon is des-
ignated, arranged, or intended to be occupied or utilized or for which it
is occupied or maintained. The uae of land or water in the various
zoning districts ia governed by this Zoning Ordinance.
Vacation Time-Sharini Plan: Any arrangement, plan, scheme, or similar
device, whether by membership agreement, tenancy in common, sale, lease,
deed, rental agreement, license~ use agreement, security, or by any other
means, whereby a purchaser in exchange for advanced consideration re-
ceives a right to uae a time-share estate.
Variance: A relaxation of the terms of this Zoning Ordinance where such
variance will not be contrary to the public interest and where, owins to
conditions peculiar to the property and not the result of the actions of
the applicant, a literal enforcement of this Zoning Ordinance would
result in unnecessary and undue hardship on the land. A variance il
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authorized only for height, area, and size of str.cture or size of yards
and open spaces. Establishment or expansion of a uae otherwise prohibi-
ted or not permitted shall not be allowed by variance.
Wall Sign: A sign affixed in any manner to any exterior wall of a build-
in8 or structure and which ia parallel to and projects not more than
eighteen (18) inches from the building or structure wall and which does
not extend more than six (6) inches above the parapet wal[ or roof u£ Lhe
building on which it is located. Signs which are on architectural pro-
jections which do not extend more than six (6) inches above the roof or
parapet wall of the building are wall signs.
Wind Sign: Any sign or display Including, but not limited to flags,
banners, balloons, streamers and rotating devices, fastened in such a
m~nner Lo move t~pon being subjected to presauce by wind or breeze.
Yard~ Generally: A required opeu space, other than a court, unoccupied
and obstructed by any structure or portion of a structure from thirty
(30) inches above the general ground level of the graded lot upward;
provided, however, that fences, walls, hedges, poles, posts, children's
play equipment, and other customary yard accessories, ornaments, statuary
and furniture may be permitted in any yard subject to height limitations
and requirements limitin8 obstructions to visibility.
Yarda Front: A yard extending between aide lot lines acc:uss the front
of a lot adjoining a street. See Section 8.5.
y.ard~ Gulf: Any yard within Collier County abut:in8 the Gulf of Mexico.
Yard~ Rear: A yard extending across the rear of the lot between inner
side yard lines. (In the case of through lots and corner lots, there
will be no rear yards, but only front and aide yards.) (See Section 8.5)
Yard~ Side: A yard extending from the interior (rear) lot line, or in
the absence of any clearly defined rear lot line, to the point on the lot
farthest from the intersection of the lot line involved with the public
street. (See Section 8.5)
~prd, Special: A yard other than a yard adjacent to a public street
required to perform the same functions as · aide or rear yard, but adja-
cent to a lot line and so placed or oriented that neither the term "aide
yard" nor the term "rear yard" clearly applies. (See Section 8.5)
Yard~ Waterfront: A waterfront yard ia · yard required on waterfront
property with depth measured from the property line, provided that an
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structure shall extend waterwnrd of the shoreline exceptinS those
turns customarily extending into the water, i.e. seawall·, docks, bent=
'ho~,sea, etc., and further excepting those structurea'bu£1t under · "~'-
Waterfront Class£fication. Waterfront property is hereby defined as
property abutting on the Gulf of Nexico~ bays, bayous, navigable
and on man=created cnnals! lakes, or imp~unded reservoirs. For the pur-
pose of this ordtnance~ ·ny wnterfron~ y&rd except Yard, Gulf shall be
treated as a rear yard.
Zoning Director: An administrative official to be known as the Zoning
Director, designated by and under the d~rection of the Com~unity Devel-
opment Administrator, and who shall enforce the Zoning Ordinance.
SECTION 21. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE:
Should any section or provision of this Zoning Ordinance be declared by a
court of competent ~urisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of this ~ontng Ordinance ns a
whole, or any part thereof other than the part ·o declared to be uncon-
stitutional or invalid.
SECTION 22. REPEAL OF PREVIOUS ORDINANCES:
The zoning regulations for the unincorporated area of ,Collier County
adopted through J~,ne 30, 1976, as amended and any or all zoning resula-
rio·s, except for PUD's, in effect on the day prior to the effective date
of this Zoning Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Other ordinances apecifically repealed are:
?&=15 - Im~okslee Area Planning District Regulations aa amended.
76-30 Coastal Area Planning District Regulations as ·mended.
SECTION 23. EFFECTIVE DATE:
This Zoning Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of ~ck-
nowledgement that this Ordinance has been filed with the Office of the
Secretary o~ State of the State of Florida,
ADOPTED thia 5t~___ day of January
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1982.
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BOARD OF COUNTY CONNI'SSIONER,q
COI. LIER COUNTY:, FI.O~IDA, w
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6'fATE OF FLORIDA
COUN'rY OF COLLIER
I, WlLLIf~gJ. REAGAN, Clerk of Courts in and for tha 7~centieth
Judicial Circuit, Collier County, Florida, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true original of:
ORDINANCE NO. 82-2
which was adopted by the Board of Count), Cormuissioners during 'Special
Session January 5, 1982. .
ifITNESS my hrmd and the official seal of the Board of County
Conmissioners of Collier Century, Florida, this 8th day..of January, 1982.
hTLLIA~M J. REAGAN
Clerk of Courts and Clerk
'Ex-officio to Board of
County Co,~)i,s s ioners
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APPENDIX A
SCI~DULE OF FEES
Rezone Petition
Special Exception Petition
Interim Agricultural Uae Petition
Comprehensive Plan Amendments
Boat Dock Extension Petition
Appeal from an Administrative Decision
Variance
DRI Review $5.00 per acre plus
Farm Labor Petition
PUD Review $5.00 per acre plus
ElS Review
ST Review $5.00 per acre with a minimum
Coastal Construction Control Line Variance
Modification of any Development One half of
Plan approved by Board of fee for
County Commissioners. approval.
Renewal of any Development Plan One half of
approved by Board of County fee for
Commissioners. approval.
SIGNS:
CLASS
A $25.00
D 15.00
C 10,00
D 5.00
E 5.00
F 5.00
G 5.00
H Equivalent to corresponding Claas
Publications, maps, reports, etc.
Zoning Ordinance
Official Zoning Atlas
Hap o£ Western Portion of Collier County
Xerox Copies
$350.00
350.00
350.00
350,00
150.00
150.00
150.00
350.00 *
100.00
350.00 *
250.00
100.00
150.00
petition
original
petition
original
As determined by the
Administrator based
on cost.
AS determined by the
Administrator based
on coat.
Map Sheet $2.00
5.00
.lO/sheet + $1.00
service charge
* Only one fee is required when PUD and DRI review i~ requested for the
same project review and public hearing.
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