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1ORDINANCE NO. 2022-XX
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3AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
4CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR
5AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 20 ZONING
6REGULATING SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES;
7PROVIDING FOR A DEFINITION OF SELF-SERVICE
8STORAGE FACILITIES; ESTABLISHING SELF-SERVICE
9STORAGE FACILITIES AS A CONDITIONAL USE ON
10 CERTAIN PROPERTY DESIGNATED C-1
11 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ON THE CITY’S
12 ZONING MAP WITH FRONTAGE ON STATE ROAD 419;
13 ESTABLISHING SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES
14 AS A CONDITIONAL USE ON PROPERTY DESIGNATED I-
15 1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; ADOPTING NEW
16 SUPPLEMENTAL ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS
17 REGARDING THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SELF-
18 SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES; PROVIDING AN
19 AMENDMENT TO THE C-3 HIGHWAY 17-92 ZONING
20 DISTRICT TO INCORPORATE THE NEW DEFINITION OF
21 SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES AND
22 CLARIFYING THAT THE C-3 HIGHWAY 17-92
23 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS INTENDED FOR LANDS
24 ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 17-92 ONLY; PROVIDING FOR
25 THE REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES
26 AND RESOLUTIONS, INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE
27 SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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29 WHEREAS, the City is granted the authority, under Section 2(b), Article VIII, of the State
30 Constitution, to exercise any power for municipal purposes, except when expressly prohibited by
31 law, and the City has inherent police power to establish zoning regulations within the jurisdictional
32 limits of the City of Winter Springs; and
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34 WHEREAS, due to modern trends and tenant demand for high-quality climate controlled
35 self-service storage units for storage of goods and property within the City, the City Commission
36 finds it to be in the City’s best interest to provide for additional limited locations for self-service
37 storage facilities pursuant to the siting, design and operational requirements set forth in this
38 Ordinance; and
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40 WHEREAS, the City’s Land Planning Agency conducted a public hearing to consider this
41 Ordinance on ____________, 2022, and after receiving testimony and evidence and deliberating
42 about the merits of the Ordinance, recommend that the City Commission adopt the Ordinance; and
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44 WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, hereby finds
45 this Ordinance to be in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of
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1Winter Springs.
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3NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER
4SPRINGS HEREBY ORDAINS, AS FOLLOWS:
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6Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated herein by this
7reference.
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9Section 2. Amendment to Chapter 20, Zoning. The City of Winter Springs Code,
10 Chapter 20, Zoning is hereby amended as follows: (underlined type indicates additions to the City
11 Code and strikeout type indicates deletions, while asterisks (* * *) indicate a deletion from the
12 Ordinance of text existing in Chapter 20. It is intended that the text in Chapter 20 denoted by the
13 asterisks and set forth in this Ordinance shall remain unchanged from the language existing prior
14 to adoption of this ordinance):
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16 Chapter 20 Zoning
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19 ARTICLE I. – IN GENERAL
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21 Sec. 20-1. – Definitions.
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23 The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings
24 ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
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28 Self-Service Storage Facilities. A fully-enclosed establishment containing separate storage
29 spaces, stalls or lockers with privately-controlled access points that are leased or rented to
30 customers as individual units for storage space of the customer’s goods, wares or personal
31 property. The term is synonymous with mini-warehouses, mini-storage, self-storage facilities,
32 and self-storage warehouses.
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36 ARTICLE III. – ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS
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40 DIVISION 7. – C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
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44 Sec. 20-234. Conditional uses.
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3(9) Self-Service Storage Facilities, provided the property has frontage on State
4Road 419 and shall be subject to the supplemental design and operational
5requirements set forth in section 20-423 (b) and (c) of the City Code. Additionally,
6for any property with double frontage on State Road 419 and State Road 434, the
7self-service storage facility shall require a 27-foot landscape buffer along State
8Road 434 in accordance with Article VII of this Chapter and shall not be accessed
9from State Road 434.
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13 DIVISION 8.5. – I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
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16 Sec. 20-261. – Conditional uses.
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19 (9) Self-Service Storage Facilities subject to the supplemental design and operational
20 requirements set forth in section 20-423 (b) and (c) of the City Code.
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24 DIVISION 15. – C-3 HIGHWAY 17-92 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
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26 Sec. 20-346. - In general.
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28 The lands of the "C-3 Highway 17-92 Commercial" District are particularly oriented to a
29 wide variety of commercial and professional office uses which may generate excessive traffic from
30 clientele or capture large volumes of traffic from adjacent thoroughfares. The purpose of this
31 district is to encourage and develop the normal operation of general commercial land uses listed
32 here, under such conditions of operation as will protect abutting residential and other
33 noncommercial uses, and promote aesthetic and architectural harmony, attractiveness, and
34 compatibility within the community, and abide by the performance and development standards of
35 the city, county, state and U.S. government. This district is intended for and limited to lands that
36 are adjacent and have ingress/egress to or easily serviced by collector and major arterial roads
37 Highway 17-92 and adaptable to higher traffic generating general commercial uses. Areas of the
38 city for which this zoning category may be appropriate are designated on the future land use map
39 as "commercial."
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Sec. 20-346.1. - Uses permitted.
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43 Within "C-3 Highway 17-92 Commercial" District, no building, structure, land or water
44 shall be used except for one (1) or more of the following uses:
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3(18) Indoor public storage Self-Service Storage Facilities subject to the
4supplemental design and operational requirements set forth in section 20-423 (b)
5and (c) of the City Code.
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10 ARTICLE V. – SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS
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12 Division 1. – Generally
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16 Sec. 20-423. – Self-Service Storage Facilities.
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19 (a) Intent and Purpose. It is the intent and purpose of this Section to provide
20 minimum design and operational requirements for self-service storage facilities
21 located within the City. Additional requirements may be imposed by the city
22 commission on a project-specific basis by development agreement and/or by
23 conditional use permit to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
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25 (b) Supplemental Design Standards. In addition to other applicable design
26 standards set forth in the City Code, the following minimum design standards shall
27 apply to the construction of new self-service storage facilities:
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29 (1) Storage facilities shall be designed to ensure that access to the individual
30 storage units shall only be gained from the interior of a building(s) or from
31 individual storage unit doors that face the interior of the property and are not visible
32 from any right-of-way or neighboring property.
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34 (2) The main office entrance of the storage facility for design purposes shall be
35 located at ground level and oriented towards the street side. The main office
36 entrance foyer shall contain a minimum interior space dimension of at least 12 feet
37 in height and 500 square feet in size. This space shall be used as the main entrance
38 foyer for customers even if the majority of customers using the facility enter
39 through loading docks, bays, doors or other entrances. However, up to 25% of this
40 space may also be used for storage supply sales and office use to support the rental
41 of the storage units.
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43 (3) If the storage facility abuts a residentially zoned property or existing
44 residential development, the facility loading bays, entrances, docks or doors shall
45 not be located on any side abutting the residentially zoned property or residential
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1development and shall not be visible from said residential property.
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3(4) Loading bays, docks, entrances to individual storage units or bays may not
4be located on a street facing side of a building.
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6(5) Storage facility access shall be secured such that access to the individual
7storage units shall only be gained after passing through a gate or entering a building
8through a secured access point.
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10 (6) Fences and walls including entry gates shall be constructed of high quality
11 materials and shall be compatible and in harmony with the design and materials of
12 the facilities and site. Decorative metal or wrought iron fences are preferred.
13 Chain-link or similar fences, barbed wire or razor wire fences and walls made of
14 precast concrete are prohibited. Fences or walls are not allowed between the main
15 or front building on the site and the street.
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17 (7) Storage facility buildings shall be surfaced in high quality materials
18 compatible and in harmony with the site. Unfaced concrete block, painted
19 masonry, tilt-up and pre-cast concrete panels and prefabricated metal sheets are
20 prohibited. Prefabricated buildings are not allowed.
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22 (8) Exterior colors, including any internal corridors or doors visible through
23 windows, shall be muted tones.
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25 (9) The façade of the storage facility building shall have exterior vertical
26 surfaces with at least fifty (50) percent of the area covered by a material or
27 combination of materials such as decorative brick veneer, stone, stucco, textured
28 block or similar decorative materials. All materials shall be of high quality.
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30 (10) Storage facility buildings shall be clad with a mix of durable, low
31 maintenance materials that convey the appearance of high quality. Upon final
32 aesthetic review approval by the City, allowed cladding materials shall include high
33 grade metal composite materials with a factory-applied finish, brick, brick veneer,
34 stone, simulated stone, stucco, cement fiberboard, and concrete masonry units with
35 integrated color, provided the outer surface is either split face or ground faced, or a
36 combination of the two. Prohibited cladding materials include unbacked, non-
37 composite sheet metal products (e.g., standing-seam metal or flat panels that can be
38 easily dented), smooth faced concrete masonry units that are painted or unfinished,
39 board or batten siding, plastic or vinyl siding or unfinished wood.
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41 (11) Single-story storage facility buildings shall have a gable or hipped roof.
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43 (12) Streetscape landscaping required by the City Code shall not be fenced.
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45 (13) Electrical service to the storage units shall be for lighting and climate
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1control only. No electrical outlets are permitted inside individual storage units.
2Lighting fixtures and switches shall be of secure design that will not allow the
3tapping of fixtures for other purposes.
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5(14) The minimum setbacks shall be as follows for storage facility buildings and
6these shall take precedence over any other applicable setback requirements in the
7applicable zoning district and the S.R. 434 Corridor Overlay District:
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9i. Front: 50-feet
10 ii. Side and rear: 25-feet
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12 (c) Operational Requirements. In addition to other applicable operational
13 standards set forth in the City Code (e.g., noise and other nuisance standards), the
14 following minimum operational standards shall apply to self-service storage
15 facilities and tenants of individual storage units:
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17 (1) Individual storage units shall not be used for activities such as residences,
18 offices, workshops, studios, or hobby or rehearsal areas. Further, storage units
19 shall not be used for manufacturing, fabrication or processing of goods, services or
20 repair of vehicles, engines, appliances or other equipment, or any other industrial
21 activity whatsoever. In addition, storage units shall not be used for commercial
22 activity or places of business of any kind including, but not limited to, retail sales,
23 garage or estate sales, or auctions.
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25 (2) Storage of flammable, explosive, perishable or hazardous materials within
26 individual storage units and on site is prohibited.
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28 (3) The storage of gasoline powered motor vehicles within an individual
29 storage unit is prohibited.
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31 (4) Keeping of animals is prohibited.
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33 (5) Storage facilities shall not operate or allow tenant access between the hours
34 of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., except for storage facilities that were approved by the
35 City Commission by development agreement, and are operational, prior to the
36 effective date of this subsection.
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38 (6) All goods and property shall be stored in an enclosed building. Outdoor
39 storage of goods and property shall be prohibited.
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41 (7) Storage pods or shipping containers are prohibited on the property.
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43 (8) Storage facilities shall have security access control to buildings and
44 individual storage units and enhanced electronic video surveillance of the property.
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1(9) Rental agreements shall provide tenants with written notice of the minimum
2operational standards set forth in this section and any other conditions imposed by
3the conditional use permit any development agreement approved by the City
4Commission.
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8Section 3. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Ordinances and Resolutions. All prior
9inconsistent ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City Commission, or parts of prior
10 ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict.
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12 Section 4. Incorporation Into Code. This Ordinance shall be incorporated into the
13 Winter Springs City Code and any section or paragraph, number or letter, and any heading may be
14 changed or modified as necessary to effectuate the foregoing. Grammatical, typographical, and
15 like errors may be corrected and additions, alterations, and omissions, not affecting the
16 construction or meaning of this ordinance and the City Code may be freely made.
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18 Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word or
19 provision of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
20 competent jurisdiction, whether for substantive, procedural, or any other reason, such portion shall
21 be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the
22 validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
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24 Section 6.Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately
25 upon adoption by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, and pursuant to
26 City Charter.
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ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, in a regular
meeting assembled on the _____ day of ____________, 2022.
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Kevin McCann, Mayor
ATTEST:
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CHRISTIAN GOWAN, City Clerk
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Approved as to legal form and sufficiency for
the City of Winter Springs only:
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ANTHONY A. GARGANESE, City Attorney
Legal Ad:
First Reading:
Legal Ad:
Second Reading:
Effective Date:
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