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AGENDA ITEM #8A
JULY 24, 2006
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM: Direction from City Commission regarding revision to Commercial
General regulations
SUBMITTED BY: Sonya Doerr, AICP ,~~
Community Development Director
DATE: July 11, 2006
BACKGROUND: The City Commission has expressed concerns related to "Big Box" retailers
and the appropriateness of such high-impact commercial uses within the City of Atlantic Beach
where commercial development tends to be of a smaller scale and typically neighborhood-serving.
The current Land Development Regulations address "Big Box" retail within the Commercial
Limited (CL) District (see below), taut this language is not presently within the Commercial
General (CG) Zoning District regulations. Given the close proximity of most all of the City's
Commercial General Zoning Districts to residential areas, staff is of the opinion that this same
language is also appropriate for the CG Zoning District.
Sec. 24-110. Commercial Limited District. (CL)
(a) Intent. The CL Zoning Districts are 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 surrounding neighborhood. Subject to
review as aUse-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 lar a-scale
discount super-centers or "Bid-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 and video game arcades and any type of token or coin-operated video or
arcade games, movie theaters, billiard and pool halls.
~* The 2015 Comprehensive Plan currently establishes a maximum Impervious Surface Area of 70%
and a maximum Floor Area Ratio of .70 for new commercial development. (Comprehensive Plans
are required to contain non-residential intensity standards.) A .70 Floor Area Ratio would yield a
'~' maximum of approximately 30,500 square feet of floor area per acre of land.
BUDGET: No budget issues.
RECOMMENDATION: Direction to Staff .related an amendment to the Commercial General
Land Development Regulations as suggested herein.
ATTACHMENTS: None.
REVIEWED BY CITY MANAGE
'~ July 24, 2006 regular meeting