File #: 17-207    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/11/2017 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 4/18/2017 Final action: 4/18/2017
Title: ORDINANCE NO. 07-17: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; BY AMENDING SECTION 4.3.3, “SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC USES”, BY REPEALING PARAGRAPH (D), “COMMUNITY GARDENS” IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION (D) ENTITLED, “URBAN AGRICULTURE”; AMENDING ARTICLE 4.4 TO REMOVE COMMUNITY GARDENS AND TO ALLOW URBAN AGRICULTURE IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS; AMENDING APPENDIX A “DEFINITIONS” TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED DEFINITIONS AND PROVIDE SPECIFIC DESIGN AND REVIEW CRITERIA, PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND TO ADD URBAN AGRICULTURE AS AN ALLOWABLE OUTSIDE USE. (FIRST READING AND PUBLIC HEARING).
Sponsors: Planning and Zoning Board
Attachments: 1. Ordinance No. 07-17 Urban Agriculture, 2. Map Showing Zoning Districts which allows Urban Agriculture, 3. Urban Agriculture PZB Staff Report, 4. Community Gardens Policy Final DRAFT 12-2016, 5. Comparison of Existing and Proposed Community Garden Program
TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy Stillings, Planning, Zoning and Building Director
THROUGH: Chief Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: April 18, 2017

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ORDINANCE NO. 07-17: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; BY AMENDING SECTION 4.3.3, “SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC USES”, BY REPEALING PARAGRAPH (D), “COMMUNITY GARDENS” IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION (D) ENTITLED, “URBAN AGRICULTURE”; AMENDING ARTICLE 4.4 TO REMOVE COMMUNITY GARDENS AND TO ALLOW URBAN AGRICULTURE IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS; AMENDING APPENDIX A “DEFINITIONS” TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED DEFINITIONS AND PROVIDE SPECIFIC DESIGN AND REVIEW CRITERIA, PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND TO ADD URBAN AGRICULTURE AS AN ALLOWABLE OUTSIDE USE. (FIRST READING AND PUBLIC HEARING).


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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to Approve Ordinance No. 07-17 on First Reading for the amendments to Land Development Regulations as specified in attached Ordinance No. 07-17, as presented.

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Background:

The item before the City Commission is to consider City-initiated amendments to LDR Section 4.3.3, “Special Requirements for Specific Uses”, by repealing paragraph (D), “Community Gardens” in its entirety and enacting a new section (D) entitled, “Urban Agriculture”; amending Article 4.4 to remove “Community Gardens” and to allow “Urban Agriculture” in certain zoning districts; amending Appendix A “Definitions” to provide for related definitions, to provide specific design and review criteria, parking requirements, and to add Urban Agriculture as an allowable outside use.

On June 7, 2011, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 12-11, which introduced the use of “community gardens” within specified zoning districts as a principal and accessory use subject to certain regulations. The ordinance was intended to provide for the implementat...

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