ORDINANCE NO. 2006-543-E
Introduced by Council Member Ray and amended on the Floor of Council:
ORDINANCE 2006-543-E
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 656 (ZONING CODE), PART 4 (SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS), SUBPART B (MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS),ORDINANCE CODE, ESTABLISHING SECTION 656.420 (PARKING, STORAGE AND REPAIR OF FLYING CRAFT AND AIRBOATS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS), AND AMENDING PART 16 (DEFINITIONS), SECTION 656.1601 (DEFINITIONS),ORDINANCE CODE TO INCLUDE A DEFINITION FOR FLYING CRAFT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS , parking or storing flying craft and airboats in unenclosed spaces, including a carport, is not an operation in keeping with the character of a residential neighborhood, and
WHEREAS , repairing, testing, operating, constructing, modifying or altering flying aircraft and airboats anywhere on a residential lot is not an operation in keeping with the character of a residential neighborhood, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Jacksonville:
Section 1. Creation of Section 656.420, Chapter 656 Ordinance Code. Chapter 656 (Zoning Code), Part 4 (Supplementary Regulations), Ordinance Code is amended to create a new section 656.420 (Parking, storage, repair and operation of flying craft and airboats in residential districts) to read as follows:
Chapter 656 ZONING CODE
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PART 4. SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
Subpart A. Performance Standards and Development Criteria
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Sec. 656.420. Parking, storage, repair and operation of flying craft and airboats in residential districts.
(a) Flying craft and airboats shall not be parked or stored, other than in completely enclosed buildings, on residentially-zoned property, including residential PUD districts and properties with a residential component in a mixed-use PUD district. Airboats may, however, be parked or stored in the water adjacent to, on docking facilities of, or in a yard fronting a navigable waterbody of, a waterfront residentially-zoned property, including a property in a residential PUD district and a property in the residential portion of a mixed-use PUD district.
(b) Repairing, testing, operating, constructing, modifying or altering flying craft and airboats shall be prohibited in all residential districts, including residential PUD districts and properties with a residential component in a mixed-use PUD district.
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Section 2. Amendment to Section 656.1601, Ordinance Code.
Section 656.1601,Ordinance Code , is hereby amended as follows:
Chapter 656 ZONING CODE
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Part 16. Definitions
Sec. 656.1601. Definitions.
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Floor area means, except as specifically indicated in relation to particular districts and uses, the sum of the gross horizontal areas of several floors of a building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the centerline of walls separating two buildings, excluding attic areas with a headroom of less than seven feet, unenclosed stairs or fire escapes, elevator structures, cooling towers, areas devoted to air conditioning, ventilating, heating or other building machinery and equipment, parkingstructures and basement space where the ceiling is not more than an average of 48 inches above the general finished and graded level of the adjacent portion of the lot.
Flying craft means any vehicle designed for navigation in the air or through outer space, including but not limited to airplanes, helicopters and hot air balloons.
Foster care home means a facility located within a single-family residence located in a residential neighborhood and providing a means of resuming the experience of family living for a child who cannot remain in the home of the natural parents. The family foster home is a service designed to provide substitute family and parenthood relationships to foster care children. No more than six foster children shall be in a foster care home
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Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective upon signature by the Mayor or upon becoming effective without the Mayor's signature.
Form Approved:
/s/ Dylan T. Reingold __________
Office of General Counsel
Legislation Prepared By: Dylan Reingold
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