O95-04ORDINANCE NO. 095-~//~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COM~4ISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, REGARDING A
COMMUNITY DESIGN PLAN; PROVIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF THE CURRENT COMMUNITY DESIGN PLAN
SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 7.5, ARTICLE V OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR THECREATION
OF A NEW COMMUNITY DESIGN PLAN; PROVIDING FOR
PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS, APPLICABILITY, REVIEW
AND APPROVAL, EXEMPTIONS, ADMINISTRATION AND
INTERPRETATION, APPEALS, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS,
SITE CRITERIA AND EXTERIOR BUILDING DESIGN;
PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION IN THE CITY'S LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission has heretofore directed the City
Administration to conduct a review and study of the existing
community design plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Administration has conducted its review and
heretofore made recommendations to the City Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has determined that a revised
Community Design Plan will promote harmonious, pleasant and
cohesive development within the City of Boynton Beach and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has determined that it is in the
best interest of the community, residents, business owners, and
visitors to establish basic aesthetic criteria for the design
construction and maintenance of development within the City.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH AS FOLLOWS:
~ Chapter 9 of Part III of the City of Boynton
Beach, Florida, Land Development Regulations is hereby created,
which shall replace Chapter 7.5, Article V. Community Design Plan,
of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, Code of Ordinances and shall
read as follows:
CHAPTER 9
COMMUNITY DESION PLAN
Section 1. Title
This chagter shall be known and may be cited as the "Boynton
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the building.
3. When an existing building and/or site is substantially
improved.
4. When the occupancy classification of the building changes
as defined by the Standard Building Code.
Section 5. Community design review and apDroval.
Community design review and approval shall be regulated by Chapter
4, Site Plan Review, Part III, Land Development Regulations.
However, in addition to the submittal requirements set forth in
Chapter 4, all projects subject to compliance with the community
design plan shall submit elevation drawings of all sides of each
building proposed to be developed on the site. Colored elevations
will only be required for the front elevation of a structure when
all sides of a building are consistent in color and materials.
Each colored elevation drawing shall identify the type of each
exterior finish material and state the color by name, manufacturer
and model or style number. A color sample shall be submitted as an
example along with the color or product identified on the plans.
The sample will be used for the final site inspection to ensure
that the product and color represented at time of site plan
approval. For projects which require site plan approval, all
colored elevation drawings and/or samples shall be submitted to the
Planning and Zoning Department by the site plan approval deadline
date.
Section 6. Exemptions.
Single-family and duplex dwelling units on individually
platted lots shall be exempt from this chapter.
Section 7. Administration and interpretation of regulations and
provisions.
A. The interpretation and application of this chapter by the
Planning and Zoning Department shall be reasonable and uniformly
applied to all property, except those exempt in Section 6 above,
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within the City of Boynton Beach.
B. The regulations and provisions of this chapter shall be
held to the minimum requirements adopted for the protection and
promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience,
order, appearance, prosperity or general welfare.
C. Whenever the regulations and requirements of this chapter
are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully enacted
and adopted rules, regulations, ordinances or laws, the most
restrictive shall apply.
Section 8. Appeals.
Appeals may be taken by any person aggrieved by a decision of
the Planning and Zoning Department within thirty (30) days of such
decision. There shall be an application fee as adopted by
resolution of the city commission for appeals of administrative
decision. The process for appeals shall follow the same procedure
set forth in Chapter 4, Site Plan Review, Part III, Land
Development Regulations.
Section 9. ~eneral Intent.
A. Buildings, structures and site elements are not required
to match surrounding existing developments, but shall be in visual
harmony with sUrrounding developments.
B. Buildings or structures located on separate parcels and
buildings or structures part of a present or future multi-building
complex, shall achieve visual unity of character and design
concepts through the relationship of building style, texture,
color, materials, form, scale, proportion and location.
Section 10. Site Criteria.
A. Building Location.
1. Outbuildings, either located on the same parcel or
an adjacent parcel as the principal building, shall
not be located so as to totally block from the
street, the visibility of any tenant space within
the principal building on the site. Blocking shall
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be considered to occur if at the street frontage,
the head-on view of a tenant space within the
principal building is not partially visible.
2. Buildings shall be designed and sited to fully
utilize the site and avoid unusable or inaccessible
open space or parking spaces.
3. Siting and orientation of buildings must respond to
the pedestrian and/or vehicular nature of the
street on which it is located.
Vehicular and Pedestrian Circulation.
1. Separate vehicular and pedestrian circulation
systems on a site are encouraged.
2. Vehicular and pedestrian circulation systems on
adjacent properties shall be linked to encourage
cross-access.
3. Parking lots and other vehicular use areas shall be
integrated with surrounding structures and with the
building, or group of buildings, that they serve.
4. Design emphasis shall be given to the entrances and
exits to parking areas, through use of landscaping.
Service Areas.
1. Unloading and loading areas shall be screened from
streets and public view by a buffer wall or
continuous vegetative buffer. Vegetative buffers
shall be comprised of shrub and tree species having
dense foliage and of a size and spacing to form a
continuous screen of plant material as required by
the Landscape Code.
2. All dumpsters and recycling receptacles shall be
located on site so that they are easily accessible
for pickup. No trash receptacles shall be located
in a parking space.
3. All dumpsters and recycling receptacles shall be
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screened from public view with a six foot high,
concrete block stuccoed wall. Such enclosure
openings shall have gates.
4. Exterior utility boxes, meters, transformers, etc.
shall be screened from public view by a buffer wall
or continuous vegetative buffer as required by the
Landscape Code.
E. Walls, fences, enclosures, and similar incidental site
structures shall resemble, with respect to color and materials, the
design of the principal buildings and shall be integrated with
other site elements.
F. Exterior Lighting.
1. Lighting fixture height, style, design and
illumination level shall be compatible with the
building design and height and shall consider
safety, function and aesthetic value.
2. Lighting shall not be of an intensity that produces
glare on adjacent properties.
3. Feature lighting emphasizing plants, trees,
barriers, entrances, and exits is encouraged.
4. Lighting may be used to illuminate a building and
its grounds for safety purposes and to enhance its
beauty. However, the visual effect shall be
subtle.
5. Lighting shall not be used as a form of advertising
in a manner that draws more attention to the
building or grounds at night than in the day.
6. Lighting attached to the form of the exterior of
the building or part of the building exterior or
visible from the exterior of the building shall not
be permitted if it is contrary to the architectural
style of the building.
H. Sculptures, fountains, gardens, pools, trellises and
benches shall be encouraged within the site design.
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Signs.
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Signs shall be designed and treated as part of the
architecture of a building and shall be reviewed at
time of site plan review.
A single sign style (such as cabinet, channel,
reverse channel) shall be used for wall signage on
all buildings on a site.
Sign colors shall be complementary to the colors of
the structure on which it is located. The number
of colors used for tenant signage for multiple
tenant buildings and their outbuildings and
outparcels shall be limited to two, in addition to
white and black. Colors of nationally registered
copy of tenants within the building shall be
included in this limitation.
Non-word depictions on signs shall be limited to
20% of the area of the sign erected. Color
limitations shall not apply to non-word depictions
on signs.
Freestanding directory signs, internally located
within the site are encouraged rather than multiple
tenant listings on freestanding identification
signs.
Sign lettering shall be easy to read and in scale
with the building or tenant space on which it is
located.
Small lettering on freestanding identification
signs located close to entrances shall not be
allowed. Lettering size shall take into
consideration the traveling speed of the adjacent
street.
The number of different lettering styles on tenant
signage on multiple tenant buildings and their
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outbuildings and outparcels shall be limited to one
in addition to the lettering styles of the
nationally registered copy of all tenants located
within the building and its outbuildings and
outparcels.
Section 11. Exterior Building Design.
A. Building design approval shall be based on the use of the
structure, its relationship to the site, and its compatibility with
the surrounding natural and built environment.
B. When a distinct development or architectural pattern
exists within a surrounding two block area, consistency with that
pattern shall be required, unless the pattern of development is in
a dilapidated condition. This provision shall not require
buildings to be exact copies of each other.
C. Buildings or structures which are perceived as part of a
present or future group of buildings shall exhibit similar,
unifying design elements.
D. When the area involved forms an integral part of, or is
immediately adjacent to, or otherwise clearly affects the future of
any established section of the city, the design, scale and location
on the site shall enhance rather than detract from the character,
value, and attractiveness of that section of the city.
E. Rooftops will be treated as part of the building
elevation. All rooftop equipment must be completely screened from
view at a minimum distance of 600 feet.
F. All building designs shall achieve a sense of human scale
through use of insets, balconies, window projections and other
building elements in the design of a structure.
G. Buildings, which are of symbolic design for reasons of
advertising, unless otherwise consistent with the criteria herein,
shall not be allowed. Symbols attached to buildings shall not be
allowed, unless they are secondary in appearance to the building
and landscape and are an aesthetic asset to the building.
H. Drive-up or walk-up windows for commercial uses shall not
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be located on a building faCade that faces a public or private
street.
I. All building facades of a building that face or are
visible from public or private streets shall be designed to be as
attractive in appearance as the front of the building.
J. Due to the high degree of visibility of buildings located
on Hypoluxo Road, Miner Road, Congress Avenue, Lawrence Road,
Gateway Boulevard, Quantum Lakes Drive, Old Boynton Road, Knuth
Road, Woolbright Road, Boynton Beach Boulevard, Winchester
Boulevard, High Ridge Road, Seacrest Boulevard, Golf Road, Ocean
Avenue, Federal Highway, Old Dixie Highway, N.E. 10th Avenue and
S.E. 36th Avenue; most of which are considered entrances to the
City, the following additional exterior design requirements apply:
1. Overhead doors shall not be located on a building
facade(s) that faces a public or private street.
2. Industrial buildings shall be designed in such a
manner so as to disguise their typical warehouse
appearance.
L. See also "Signs", Section 10.I. above.
~ Each and every other provision of Part III, Land
Development Regulations of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida,
shall remain in full force and effect as previously enacted.
~ All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith shall be and the same are hereby repealed.
$_~ Should any section or provision of this ordinance
or portion hereof, any paragraph, sentence or word be declared by
a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision
shall not affect the remainder of this ordinance.
~_~. Authority is hereby granted to codify said
ordinance.
F~on6.~ This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon passage.
FIRST READING this ~/ day of ~~F , 1995.
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SECOND, FINAL READING
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and
PASSAGE this ~/ day of
CITY OF BOY.ON BEACH., FLORIDA
Mayor ~
ATTEST:
Cit~ Clerk
(Corporate Seal)
~formni s
Co~munity Design Plan
Rev.3/1~/95
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