Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/05/1995

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THE ZONING REPORT Page Eight water or package water supply if site characteristics preclude acceptable service. Lot area might be required to be increased for lots located in floodlands so that 50% or more of the area of each of these lots is outside the designated boundaries of flood hazard areas and wetlands. Exist- ing floodlands and wetlands may be required to be made part of the plat; flood-free access should be provided on each lot to its building site or the floodland reserved for recreational and open space use by the residents of the subdivision. B. Regulation of access to waters. Design standards in subdivision codes might: require an in- crease in area and width of tots f~'onting on shorelines beyond the minimum otherwise required by the underlying zone district; specify the location of lot lines extended into open waters beyond shorelines and along the centerline and other flow lines of streams and rivers; prohibit platting of lot lines beyond the shoreline, approved bulkhead line or the pierhead line; provide for subdivision covenants placing restrictions on use.of the waters upon which the tract and its lots in the sub- division front; and provide for the layout of streets to avoid or provide street and ROW ends at shorelines to create or deny public access. Multiple-access to waters for tracts to be platted into individual lots in single-family subdivisions, PUDs and condominiums may require covenants with lot deeds for the number, size and use of boats and water vehicles in the adjoining waters with and without motors; may require a homeowners association or condominium association to own, operate~ enforce and maintain these covenants; may regulate in-season wet storage and off- season dry storage of watercraft; and may regulate the construction and maintenance of piers, boathouses and other marine facilities. C. Control of storm drainage and runoff~ erosion and sedimentation in relation to shorelines may be specially regulated by local subdivision codes or a separate code for land development by ref- erence citation from the subdivision code that plat construction shall conform to the land devel- opment code. Storm water retention facilities may be specially sized and located in relation to shorelines and shore yards to retard runoff into adjoining waters. Subdivision construction stan- dards and public engineer's specifications or state guidelines or specifications may regulate infra- structure proposed by the subdivider to modify, restore, protect or stabilize shorelines and stream and lake banks. D. Final plat requirements. Plats may be required to show flood]and boundaries; lake an'd reser- voir riparian rights boundaries; defined and designated shorelines; regulatory elevations above shore and flood levels for reservoirs and controlled waters; approved, observed or calculated ele- vations for high water marks and high tides{ elevations for floodlands and hurricane development regulations for the first floor of habitable stractures and dwellings. · · , · , , · · , · · , · IN THE NEXT FEW ISSUES . . . In two.weeks, on August 18th, you get our biennial cumula- tive index to all past issues. For September 22nd, our topic is: Regulation of freestanding signs. For October 20th, we discuss: Zoning for ali types of auto repair uses. For November 17th: Zoning for big-bo× ~ree~tanding retail uses. December: Zoning for travel trailers, campers, RVs and stored boats. We make every effort to present accurate in- formation and .sound opinion in this report. However~ we do not guarantee results, accu- racy~ or assume liability for errors, omissions, or for information you may act .upon. This pub- lication does not purport to be engaged in the practice of law or give legal advice~ but is the opinion of the editor and publisher solely as a professional urban planner. August 4, 1995 issue