§ 62-6310. Alternative and flexible design requirements and criteria for developments providing a minimum 30 percent of affordable or workforce housing units.

(a)

The following requirements or standards may be reduced by up to 35 percent for developments 30 acres and under, that require site plan or subdivision review and approval, provided they do not have negative impacts to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the county. These include:

(1)

Front yard setbacks;

(2)

Side yard setbacks (not less than five feet);

(3)

Rear yard setbacks;

(4)

Key lot requirements for yard setbacks;

(5)

Perimeter landscape buffer requirements;

(6)

Guest parking spaces;

(7)

Usable common or active open space;

(8)

Maximum lot coverage requirements;

(9)

Landscaping and tree clearing requirements including plant numbers, bed widths and size, and area percentages.

(b)

The following standards and criteria are permitted for developments 30 acres and under, that require site plan review and approval:

(1)

Dry retention areas when designed properly for multiple uses may count as usable common or active open space;

(2)

Passive open space is not required;

(3)

Front, rear, and side door yards may be counted as usable common or active open space;

(4)

Permitted on street parking spaces in the public right-of-way along site frontages may count as one-half of a space toward on site parking requirements;

(5)

The required parking spaces for a one-bedroom residential unit shall be one and one-half spaces per unit, and one space for each efficiency, studio, or one-bedroom senior citizen, elderly or special needs unit;

(6)

Unenclosed, covered patios and steps less than 60 square feet, at a depth to six feet, shall not be considered as the building line for measuring setback purposes;

(7)

Pervious parking space designs are acceptable for guest parking spaces;

(8)

RPUD developments shall be allowed to have a minimum size of three acres provided no commercial uses will be permitted and this is stipulated in a binding development plan.

(c)

The following standards and criteria are permitted for newly proposed subdivisions in residential zoning classifications with a minimum lot size requirement of 6,600 square feet to one acre:

Newly proposed residential subdivisions with a minimum 30 percent of units designated as affordable or workforce housing, are permitted to reduce minimum lot size, frontage and depth requirements by up to 50 percent, for up to 30 percent of the total lots in the subdivision, provided they do not have negative impacts to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the county and provided that the applicant enters into a land use and deed restriction affordability agreement (LURA) consistent with the written policies and procedures established by the board of county commissioners. The resulting lots with reduced area shall not be less than 5,000 square feet in size, with a width not less than 50 feet, or lot depth not less than 100 feet.

Developments located in unincorporated Brevard County within any future land use category with a density of less than six units per acre, or coastal hazard area defined by the comprehensive plan, or on any of the barrier islands, are not eligible for reduced lot size under this section.

(d)

Roads, driveways and parking lots. For developments providing a minimum 30 percent of affordable, or 15 percent workforce housing units, the following requirements may be reduced for private right-of-way widths, road widths, driveway widths, drive aisle widths, and turn radii provided they are consistent with American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (ASHTTO) guidelines, or other similar guidelines or best practices for context sensitive design solutions, acceptable to the county for low volume traffic conditions and speeds.

(Ord. No. 07-18, § 14, 5-3-07)