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Sec. 24-110. - Commercial limited district (CL).
(a) Intent. The CL zoning district is intended for low intensity business and commercial uses, which are
suitable within close proximity to residential uses, and which are intended primarily to serve the
immediately surrounding neighborhood. Subject to review as a use-by-exception, and dependent
upon compatibility with existing surrounding residential uses, certain more intense commercial uses
may also be appropriate. Permitted uses in the CL zoning districts shall not include large-scale
discount super-centers or "big-box" retailers or similar commercial uses intended to serve a regional
market. Uses shall also not include establishments for live entertainment, or adult entertainment
establishments, outdoor entertainment such as putt-putt golf and driving ranges, skateboard
facilities, firing ranges, amusement centers, computer game centers or video game arcades and any
type of token or coin-operated video or arcade games, movie theaters, tattoo or body artists or
studios, pawn shops, billiard and pool halls.
(b) Permitted uses. The uses permitted within the CL zoning districts shall be as follows:
(1) Service establishments such as barber or beauty shops, shoe repair, laundry or dry cleaning
pick-up, tailors or dressmakers; low intensity retail sales of items such as wearing apparel, toys,
sundries and notions, books and stationery, luggage and jewelry and similar uses; but not sale
of lumber, hardware or building materials or similar products.
(2) Art galleries, libraries, museums and cultural centers.
(3) Medical and dental offices, but not clinics or hospitals.
(4) Professional offices such as accountants, architects, attorneys, engineers, optometrists and
similar uses.
(5) Business offices such as real estate broker, insurance agents, manufacturing agents and similar
uses.
(6) Banks and financial institutions without drive-through facilities.
(7) Convenience food stores without fuel sales, but not supermarkets.
(8) Restaurants without drive-through facilities.
(9) Drug stores and pharmacies.
(10) Government uses, buildings and facilities.
(11) Child care centers in accordance with section 24-152.
(12) Residential use not to exceed the medium density category as established by the
comprehensive plan.
(13) Mixed use projects combining the above permitted uses and those approved as a use-by-
exception pursuant to subsection (c) below.
(c) Uses-by-exception. Within the CL zoning district, the following uses may be approved as a use-by-
exception.
(1) Medical or dental clinics.
(2) Churches and community centers.
(3) Banks and financial institutions with drive-through facilities.
(4) Convenience food stores with retail sale of gasoline limited to six (6) fueling positions.
(5) Printing shops.
(6) Spas, gyms, health clubs and schools for the fine or performing arts or martial arts.
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Sec. 24-111. - Commercial general districts (CG).
(a) Intent. Within the City of Atlantic Beach, the CG zoning district is intended for uses, which provide
general retail sales and services for the City of Atlantic Beach and the closely surrounding
neighborhoods. New development and new uses within these districts should have direct access to
arterial or collector streets, and sites should be designed so that increased traffic through adjacent
residential neighborhoods is avoided. The City of Atlantic Beach is a predominantly residential
community, and it is a stated goal within the comprehensive plan that the residential character of the
city should be retained. As such, the appropriate level of intensity for general commercial uses may
be less than other communities with large commercial zones or a more diverse mixture of uses in
close proximity.
(b) Permitted uses. It is not possible to list all potential permitted or prohibited general commercial uses
within this section, but typical uses permitted within the CG zoning district shall include neighborhood
serving uses, which shall mean low intensity commercial uses intended to serve the daily needs of
residents of the surrounding neighborhoods. Such uses shall not include manufacturing,
warehousing, storage or high intensity commercial activities, or commercial uses of a regional
nature, or such uses that have the potential for negative impacts to surrounding neighborhoods and
properties due to excessive traffic, noise, light or extremely late hours of operation or other factors
that may adversely affect existing commercial uses or any nearby residential uses.
Permitted uses shall also not include adult entertainment establishments, indoor or outdoor firing ranges,
indoor or outdoor flea markets, vendors on public rights-of-way, amusement or game centers, tattoo or
body artists, pawn shops, bingo halls, billiard or pool halls, game arcades, gaming, video poker
establishments, computer game centers, or games played on individual machines or computers, including
any type of card, token or coin-operated video or simulated games or similar activities or machines which
are played for any type of compensation or reward.
Where a proposed use is not specifically listed in this section, the permissibility of the use will be
determined based upon its similarity to listed uses and the compatibility and potential for adverse impacts
to existing nearby uses. The uses permitted in the CG zoning district shall include the following subject to
the limitations as set forth within following subsection (d). Unless otherwise and specifically provided for
herein, all business activities, products for sale and services must be located within an enclosed building
properly licensed for such use.
(1) Retail outlets for the sale of food and drugs, wearing apparel, toys, books and stationery,
luggage, jewelry, art, florists, photographic supplies, sporting goods, hobby shops and pet
shops (not animal kennel or veterinarian), bakery (but not wholesale bakery), home furnishings
and appliances, office equipment and furniture, hardware, lumber and building materials, auto,
boat and marine related parts, and similar retail uses.
(2) Service establishments such as barber or beauty shop, shoe repair, restaurants with indoor or
outdoor seating areas but without drive-through facilities, health clubs and gyms, laundry or dry
cleaner, funeral home, printing, radio and television and electronics repair, lawn care service,
pest control companies, surf board repair in association with surf shops, but not the production
of surfboards, and similar service uses.
(3) Banks with or without drive-through facilities, loan companies, mortgage brokers, stockbrokers,
and similar financial service institutions.
(4) Child care centers in accordance with section 24-152.
(5) Business and professional offices.
(6) Retail plant nursery, landscape and garden supplies. Live plants and nursery stock may be
located outside of the adjacent building licensed for such business, provided no obstruction to
walkways, parking and internal driving aisles is created.
(7) Retail sale of beer and wine only for off-premises consumption.
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(8) On-premises consumption of beer and wine only in conjunction with a full service restaurant,
which is a food service use where unpackaged ready-to-consume food is prepared onsite and
served to the customer while seated at tables or counters located in a seating area within or
immediately adjacent to the building.
(9) Automobile service station with minor automotive repair and with accessory car wash.
(Note: Heavy automotive repair not permitted per Ordinance [Number] 90-06-197, adopted 12-
11-06).
(10) Theaters, but not a multi-screen (exceeding two (2) screens) or regional cineplex.
(11) Hotel, motel, motor lodge, resort rental or tourist court and short-term rentals as defined within
section 24-17.
(12) Institutional and government uses, buildings and facilities.
(13) Churches in accordance with section 24-153.
(14) A single dwelling unit, where such dwelling is an accessory use to the principal use and located
within the same building as the principal use. Such dwelling unit is intended to be occupied by
the owner or an employee of the principal use.
(15) Those uses listed as permitted uses and uses-by-exception in the commercial limited and
commercial, professional and office zoning districts.
(16) Residential use, consistent with the comprehensive plan, which permits residential uses not
exceeding the medium density category when in conjunction with, or adjacent to commercial
development and redevelopment, provided that such residential development shall not be
permitted within the coastal high hazard area. Policy A.1.11.1(b).
Single-family residential uses within the CG zoning districts existing as of the initial effective
date of these land development regulations shall be considered as vested development.
(17) Mixed use projects combining the above uses and those approved as a use-by-exception
pursuant to subsection (c) below.
(c) Uses-by-exception. Within the CG zoning district, the following uses may be approved as a use-by-
exception where such proposed uses are found to be consistent with the uses permitted in the CG
zoning districts with respect to intensity of use, traffic impacts and compatibility with existing
commercial uses and any nearby residential uses:
(1) Pet kennel and facilities for the boarding of animals.
(2) Veterinary clinic.
(3) On-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages in accordance with chapter 3 of this Code.
(4) Restaurants with drive-through service where the site contains lanes dedicated solely to drive-
through business (this shall not be construed to prohibit restaurants with carry-out service,
which are a permitted use).
(5) Limited wholesale operations, not involving industrial products or processes or the
manufacturing of products of any kind.
(6) Contractors, not requiring outside storage, provided that no manufacture, construction, heavy
assembly involving hoists or lifts, or equipment that makes excessive noise or fumes shall be
permitted. Not more than one (1) contractor related vehicle shall be parked outdoors on a
continuous basis.
(7) Produce and fresh markets with outdoor sale and display of garden produce only.
(8) Cabinet shops, woodworking shops and surfboard production.
(9) Hospitals.
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(10) Sale of new and used automobiles, motorcycles and boats, and automotive leasing
establishments, but not temporary car, truck, boat or motorcycle shows or displays.
(11) Businesses offering live entertainment, not including adult entertainment establishments as
defined by Section 847.001(2), Florida Statutes.
(d) Limitations on certain uses. Permitted uses within the CG zoning district shall not include large-scale
retail establishments, which for the purposes of this chapter shall be defined by their size and as
follows:
Large-scale retail establishments shall include those businesses, whether in a stand-alone
building or in a multi-tenant building, which occupy a floor area exceeding sixty thousand
(60,000) square feet including any interior courtyards, all areas under roof and also any other
display, sales or storage areas partially or fully enclosed by any means including walls, tarps,
gates or fencing. Large-scale retail establishments are commonly referred to as "big-box"
retailers, discount department stores, super-centers, warehouse clubs or by similar terms. Such
establishments may offer a similar type of products such as electronics or appliances or office
products, but more typically offer a wide variety of general merchandise and departments, which
may include home improvement, house-wares and home furnishings, sporting goods, apparel,
pharmacy, health and beauty products, automotive parts and services and may also include
grocery items. This definition shall not be construed to limit the overall size of shopping centers
as these are defined within section 24-17, but shall apply to any building where businesses with
separate local business tax receipts may share the same interior space of a building which is
not separated into individual units by structural fire rated walls or that do not contain separate
and distinct exterior entrances.