§ 4.03.05. Subdivision Design Requirements

A.

Blocks . The length, width and shape of blocks shall be determined with due regard to:

1.

Zoning requirements as to lot size and dimensions.

2.

Need for convenient access , circulation, control and safety of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

3.

Limitations and opportunities of topography, including all natural and preserved features identified.

4.

Where special topographical conditions exist, block lengths greater than 660 feet shall be approved by the County Manager or designee pursuant to procedures set forth in Chapter 10. Traffic calming devices, as approved in the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program, shall be provided in block lengths greater than 660 feet.

B.

House Pad Height Requirements. All Residential Single-Family (RSF) homes constructed within recorded or unrecorded subdivisions that are not required to obtain a South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Surface Water Management (SWM) Permit or Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) and that do not also have (a) a central (backbone) stormwater runoff collection and (b) a treatment system (swales and lakes or retention areas) shall only build fill pads to a maximum elevation of 18 inches above the elevation of the crown of the paved street or 24 inches above the elevation of the crown of the unpaved street at the driveway entrance to the home. The side slopes of the fill pad can be no steeper than one vertical unit to 4 horizontal units.

1.

Any first floor being built higher than what can be set on that house pad must sit on a stem wall, or piles, or columns with footings, or any similar such design that does not require a wider fill pad.

2.

Exceptions to this section can be sought based on a site stormwater retention design done by a Professional Engineer, licensed in the State of Florida, showing that the site has sufficient water quality retention and water quantity attenuation on site to prevent the shedding of excess runoff onto neighboring properties and showing that flood plain compensation has been achieved.

(Ord. No. 06-63, § 3.X)