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 Okaloosa County
 Code of Ordinances
 Appendix E. LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
 Chapter 6. DEVELOPMENT DESIGN STANDARDS

  § 6.04.03. Commercially zoned districts (C-1, C-2, C-3).  

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  • The off-street parking requirements set forth in section 6.04.02 shall apply to all new development and redevelopment. Required parking may be provided by the owner on the same parcel of property proposed for development, or off-site through a shared parking facility or leased parking facility, provided the spaces lie within 400 feet of the main entrance to the principal use. Such parking shall be associated with the permitted use and shall not thereafter be reduced or encroached upon in any manner. Off-site parking may be provided, as specified below:

    1.

    Shared use parking facility shared by uses which have different principal operating hours or characteristics of uses may be allowed subject to documentation of a plan for mitigation. The schedule of operation of all such land uses shall provide that none of the uses sharing the facilities require off-street parking facilities at the same time as any other uses sharing them. The total number of required off-street parking spaces shall be

    2.

    Off-site parking spaces located on a site owned and controlled by the owner/developer of the building site for which the off-street parking is required.

    3.

    When a portion or all of the required off-street parking is provided pursuant to one of the options specified in subsections 1 through 3 above, a written agreement shall be drawn in a form satisfactory to the county attorney, executed by all parties concerned, and recorded with the clerk of the court, assuring the continued availability of the off-site parking facilities for the use they are intended to serve.

    4.

    This subsection shall not be applicable to an existing structure within any commercially zoned district unless: Floor area is added to the structure; or the use of the structure and the land on which it is situated changes in a manner which increases the number of parking spaces required by section 6.04.02; or the appraised value of the structure is increased by 50 percent.

(Ord. No. 11-01, § 2, 1-18-11)