1173 ORDINANCE NO. 1173
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1097, SAID AMENDMENT
ADDING A SECTION PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF A MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LIMITED D~VELLING
DISTRICT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA.:
SECTION 1. That Article V of Ordinance No. 1097 of the City of
Sanford, Florida be and the same is hereby amended to add a zoning district
to be designated as MR-1L (]Vlultiple-Family Residential Limited Dwelling)
District, said Section to read as follows:
ARTICLE V
"14. MR-1L MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LIMITED D~VELLING
DISTRICT. Within an MR-1L Multiple-Family Residential Limited Dwelling
District as shown on the Official Zoning Map of the City of Sanford, the following
regulations shall apply:
A. Uses Permitted. Land and structures shall be used only for
the following purposes:
(1) Any use permitted inthe SR-1 Single Family Residential
Dwelling District except factory built housing.
(2) Two-Family dwellings.
(3) Multiple family residential structures including
condominiums.
B. Conditional Uses Permitted. When, after review of an application
and plans appurtenant thereto, the Planning and Zoning Commission
finds as a fact that the following proposed use or uses are con-
sistent with the general zoning and other appurtenant municipal
ordinances and with the public interest, the Planning and Zoning
Commission is hereby authorized to approve special permits
for the following uses as permitted uses in the MR-1 District.
(1) Conditional uses permitted in the SR-1 District.
(2) Cemeteries.
C. Approval of Site Development Plan.
(1) No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected,
altered or used, or land or water used nor shall any
building permit or certificate of occupancy be issued
therefor, unless and until a Site Development Plan for
such building, structure or use shall have been approved
as provided herein.
D. Density Controls. The following yard, density, and height
of buildings requirements shall be observed except as pro-
vided in Article VIII.
(1) For single family dwellings, the Density Controls in the
SR-1 Single Family Residential Dwelling District shall
be applicable.
(2) For two-family dwellings:
a. Minimum required lot area: 7, 500 square feet
b. Minimum required lot width: 75 feet
c. Minimum required front yard: 25 feet
d. Minimum required rear yard: 20 Feet
e. Minimum required side yard: 7.5 feet or 10% of
the lot width, whichever is greater.
f. Minimum required living area: 700 sq. ft. per family
g. Maximum lot coverage: 35 percent
h. Maximum structure height: 35 feet
(3) For Multiple-family dwellings:
a. Minimum required lot area shall be 7,500 square feet
for the first two dwelling units and 6,000 square feet
for each additional unit that is added.
b. Minimum required lot width: 100 feet
c. Minimum required front yard: 30 feet
d. Minimum required rear yard shall be 20 feet for the
first two stories. For each story in excess of two
the required rear yards shall be increased by five (5)
feet for each story so added.
e. Minimum required side yard on each side of the
structure shall not be less than 10 feet for the first
story and 20 feet for a 2 story structure. For each
story in excess of 2, the required side yards shall
be increased by 5 feet for each story so added.
f. Minimum required living area:
aa. Efficiency apartment 400 sq. ft.
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bb. One Bedroom apartment 700 sq. ft.
cc. Two Bedroom apartment 800 sq. ft.
rid. Three or more bedroom apartment 950 sq.
g. Maximum lot coverage: 40 percent
h. Minimum open space required exclusive of parking area:
30% of site area.
1. Maximum structure height: 35
E. Off-Street. Parking
(1) Required off-street parking spaces shall be provided as
set forth in Article VI hereof."
SECTION 2. Except as amended herein, said Ordinance as amended
shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That this Ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and adoption.
1973. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th ~~ , A. D.
Mayor
of Sanford, Florida.
CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of Sanford, Florida, do hereby
certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Ordinance No. 1173,
PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida,
on the 10th dayco~f_~ptember, 1973, was POSTED at the front door of the
City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the llth day of September,
1973.
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