§ 62.401. Mills Avenue Special Plan.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this Special Plan is to establish standards for redevelopment along Mills Ave. from Virginia Dr. to Lakes Formosa and Rowena. These standards are intended to provide neighborhood protection and to create a gateway corridor into the City in accordance with the policies of the Orlando GMP.

BUFFERYARDS

West Side of Mills Avenue.

a.

Bufferyards shall be required as per Chapter 60, with the following exceptions or additions:

1.

If bufferyard B is required, a 6 ft. masonry wall shall also be required, regardless of bufferyard width.

2.

If bufferyard C is required, the minimum yard width shall be 20 ft. and a 6 ft. masonry wall shall also be required regardless of the bufferyard width.

3.

If bufferyard D is required, the minimum setback of the principal building shall be 30 ft., with a 6 ft. masonry wall also required.

4.

If bufferyard B, C or D is required on property having access only onto Haven Dr., the wall shall not be required.

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b.

If the bufferyard is located along a street, the planting materials shall be between the street and the wall (Figure 30). The bufferyard wall and the building facade may be combined. In the event they are combined, there shall be no openings on the first 6 ft. of the facade.

c.

If the bufferyard separates two classes of uses, the wall shall separate the two uses at the common property line with the vegetation located on the site which is being developed (Figure 31).

d.

If an existing building is located in the required buffer, a 6 ft. masonry wall at the common property line shall be installed at a minimum with vegetative buffer located in the remaining area.

e.

Materials used for a masonry wall shall include but not be limited to bricks, stones, cinder blocks, concrete or cement blocks. The 6 ft. masonry wall may be substituted by a landscaped berm or a combination of a berm and a wall so long as the overall height remains 6 ft. The maximum slope of the berm shall be 25% (1:4). Whenever a berm is used, the area left over from the required bufferyard plant units shall be grassed, sodded or planted. To provide uniformity, only one design: a wall, a berm or a combination of both shall be allowed throughout the bufferyard.

BUFFERYARDS B, C, D

East Side of Mills Avenue.

a.

Installation of bufferyard "B" with a 15 ft. minimum width and a 6 ft. wall between MU-1/SP and any R zoning districts is required.

b.

If the bufferyard separates two classes of uses, the wall shall separate the two uses at the common property line with the required vegetation located on the site which is being developed (Figure 31).

c.

If the existing building setback is located within the required buffer, a 6 ft. masonry wall shall be installed as a minimum requirement with vegetative buffer located in the remaining area.

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LAND USE

West Side of Mills Avenue.

a.

In addition to the uses shown in Chapter 58, Figure 2, warehouse/showroom shall be a permitted use in the MU-1 and AC-N district.

b.

The non-conforming uses in the MU-1 and AC-N district shall be treated as conforming uses.

FIGURE 30

FIGURE 31

East Side of Mills Avenue.

a.

In addition to the uses shown in Chapter 58, Part 2, Figure 2, warehouse showroom shall be a permitted use in the MU-1 district.

b.

No new discouraged use shall be permitted on vacant lots.

c.

Any building site with existing discouraged uses shall be permitted to redevelop with discouraged uses up to the existing FAR (Floor Area Ratio) on the building site. Building sites with discouraged uses which are below .30 FAR may redevelop with discouraged uses up to .30 FAR.

d.

Any area bordering Lake Rowena designed or constructed for outdoor activity, such as serving food, beverages, or entertainment shall be required to submit an application for Conditional Use review pursuant to Chapter 65, Part 2D.

LIGHTING

Exterior lighting shall be oriented toward the interior of the building site and shall not result in any off-site glare.

TRAFFIC

West Side of Mills Avenue. Lake Formosa Drive shall remain a dead end street.

BUILDING HEIGHT

West Side of Mills Avenue. The maximum height of any building shall be 35 ft., provided, however, that by conditional use, building height may be increased up to 75 ft. This height increase shall begin 50 ft. from the property line across from or abutting R zoned properties and shall comply with the curved height shown in Figure 32.

FIGURE 32

East Side of Mills Avenue. Maximum building height shall be in accordance with Chapter 58, Part 2, Figure 1.

LAKEFRONT DEVELOPMENT

In order to protect the adjacent residential areas, the following are minimum requirements in reviewing conditional uses bordering Lake Rowena. The lake shall be used only for personal recreational purposes by the property owners and their household guests abutting or having deeded access to the lake. Usage of the lake for direct or accessory commercial activities is prohibited.

Commercial development shall provide a continuous vegetative screen. This screening shall be located so as to diffuse light and noise and screen any activity including exterior access but shall not unreasonably impair the view of Lake Rowena from the patrons and users of the commercial development. Any building which cannot be screened from the lake front shall be totally enclosed.

The depth of the screening may be averaged to equal a minimum of 10 ft. with a minimum depth of 5 ft. The planting screen shall be located on elevated ground (Figure 33).

A density of 5 points in canopy trees and 30 points in any combination of shrubs and understory trees shall be required per 100 linear feet. The points shall be as determined in Chapter 60. A plant unit multiplier of 1 shall be used. (Refer to the provided species list). Use of species other than those listed are subject to approval of the Planning Official.

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REQUIRED PLANT SPECIES ALONG LAKE

Botanical Name		Common Name	Spacing*
Canopy:
	Acer rubrum	Red Maple	25′ o.c.
	Cinnamomum camphora	Camphor Tree	25′ o.c.
	Gordonia lasianthus	Loblolly Bay	15′ o.c.
	Ilex cassine	Dahoon Holly	10′ o.c.
	Ilex opaca var.	American Holly varieties	10′ o.c.
	Juniperus siliciola	Southern Red Cedar	8′ o.c.
	Liquidambar styraciflua	Sweet-Gum	30′ o.c.
	Magnolia grandiflora	Southern Magnolia	25′ o.c.
	Magnolia virginiana	Sweet "bay" Magnolia	10′ o.c.
	Platanus occidentalis	American Sycamore	30′ o.c.
	Taxodium distichtum	American Bald Cypress	12′ o.c.
Understory:
	Myrica cerifera	Wax Myrtle	10′ o.c.
	Podocarpus macrophylla	Japanese Yew as screen	4′ o.c.
	Prunus caroliniana	Carolina Cherry Laurel	10′ o.c.
Shrubs:
	Ligustrum japonicum	Japanese Privet as screen	4—6′ o.c.
	Ligustrum lucidum	Glossy Privet as screen	4—6′ o.c.
	Pittosporum tobira	Pittosporum as screen	4—6′ o.c.
	Feijoa sellowiana	Pineapple Guava as screen	4—6′ o.c.
	Ilex spp.	Yaupon, Chinese and Burford Hollies as screen	4—6′ o.c.
	Illicium floridanum	Florida Anise as screen	4—6′ o.c.
	Myrica cerifera	Wax Myrtle as screen	4—6′ o.c.
	Photinia fraseri	Red Leaf Photinia as screen	4—6′ o.c.
	Pyracantha coccinea	Firethorn as screen	4—6′ o.c.
	Raphiolepsis indica	Indian Hawthorn as screen	4—6′ o.c.

 

Canopy trees: 8′ Ht., 2″ caliper.

Small trees: 6′ Ht., 1″ caliper.

Shrubs: 30″ Ht., min. 3 gal. container.

*Spacing recommended as minimum distance between individual plants of the same species o.c. (on center).

REDEVELOPMENT AREA 1

Before any redevelopment shall occur within the Redevelopment Area 1, a master site plan in accordance with Chapter 65, Part 2H of this Code shall be submitted to the Planning and Development Department and approved by City Council. This Master Plan shall include the following:

a.

The relocation of the existing ingress/egress onto Haven Dr. to the southern end of the Mills/Nebraska lumberyard property. When the new access point is created, the existing accesses shall be closed.

b.

A design for the new ingress/egress which shall prevent northbound traffic onto Haven Dr. from Mills Ave.

c.

An internal circulation plan which shall discourage through traffic onto Haven Dr. from Mills Ave.

d.

A site plan which shall result in the reduction of heavy weight truck traffic onto Haven Drive.

e.

The use and maintenance of the landscaped strip along Haven Dr. shall be incorporated as part of the bufferyard requirements. If the landscaped strip is used as the bufferyard, it shall be included in determining where the increase in height can begin.

f.

The master site plan shall include at which stage of the redevelopment of the site the following will occur:

1.

The new access point will be created and the existing ingress/egress onto Haven Drive will be closed;

2.

The bufferyard, streetscape and any other requirements of this Special Plan will be installed;

3.

A change from the existing uses on the site to those which will result in less heavy weight truck traffic.

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REDEVELOPMENT AREA 2

a.

Principal buildings to be constructed on the Orlando Motor Lodge parcel shall comply with the existing fifty foot (50′) sideyard setback from Lake Rowena and the thirty-five (35) foot height limitation in accordance with Chapter 58, Figure 1.

b.

The existing boat ramp in the northeast corner of the Lake Parcel will be removed. No boating, swimming or rafting will be permitted in Lake Rowena from the Lake Parcel. In the event any adjacent lakefront property is acquired, such property shall also be prohibited from conducting commercial boating or swimming activities in Lake Rowena (but shall not be prohibited from customary residential usage of the Lake).

c.

Outdoor food and beverage service will be permitted on the west side of Bucket's Restaurant in and around the outdoor pool area, the sun and shade deck area (i.e. the canopied area) and the lower lake level patio area, subject, however, to the following restrictions:

1.

Outdoor food service will terminate no later than 10 o'clock p.m. on weekdays (Monday through Thursday) and 11 o'clock p.m. on weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday).

2.

No live outdoor entertainment nor outdoor sound system of any type will be permitted other than (a) musician(s) using a nonamplified string instrument, e.g. guitar, harp or violin, performing not later than the hours allowed for outdoor food service, and (b) no more than eight (8), 30 watt directional speakers placed in the top portion of the deckside canopied enclosures and directed downward and away from the lake. Such speakers shall be calibrated to project audible sound at a distance no greater than twenty feet (20′). The intent of this limited outdoor speaker system is to provide background music to patrons of the restaurant seated underneath the canopied enclosures on the sun and shade deck.

d.

There shall be no gambling or other wagering activities on the Property.

e.

There shall be no signs facing Lake Rowena between the north side of lakefront buildings and the shoreline of Lake Rowena. There shall be no parapet signs on the Property.

f.

To protect the privacy of the adjoining residential property east of the existing Bucket's Restaurant, the owner of the Orlando Motor Lodge property shall construct a wooden screen enclosure between the southeast corner of Bucket's Restaurant and the northeast corner of the existing motel and paint said enclosure, together with the north twenty feet (20′) of the rear exterior portion of the motel, the same color that the east wall of Bucket's is currently painted.

g.

Noise from the Orlando Motor Lodge site shall conform to Chapter 63, Part 2F.

h.

Other than as specifically set forth herein, the development of the Orlando Motor Lodge Parcel shall be in accordance with the rules, regulations and policies of the City, and conditions of the Conditional Use approval.

i.

Lighting shall be directed away from adjacent residential units or residential units located on the north side of Lake Rowena.

IMPLEMENTATION

The requirements and standards of this Special Plan shall be used in addition to any other requirements of this Code. If there is a conflict between other requirements of the Code and this Special Plan, this Plan shall apply.

This Special Plan shall apply to the redevelopment of any development site, unless implementation has been established through an approved master site plan. Redevelopment or expansion of use shall mean new construction or the substantial enlargement of a building, structure or building site or the substantial improvement of a structure as defined in Chapter 66. (Figure 35 reserved.)

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25099; Ord. of 2-22-1993, Doc. #26392)