§ 3.01.05. SPI-AP: Airport Districts

A.

Purpose

1.

The purpose of designating land and water areas in these districts is to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare by limiting the type, the arrangement, and intensity of uses in an effort to minimize the adverse effects of aircraft operations such as potential aircraft crash hazards, aircraft noise and vibration emissions, and related effects on uses, structures, and occupants of areas likely to be affected by airports and aircraft operations. The regulations of this district are supplemented by the regulations of the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority and are intended to enable the airport to operate effectively and safely and in accordance with the provisions of the Comprehensive Plan.

2.

It is further the intent of this district to identify six subareas, AP-1, AP-2, AP-3, AP-4, AP-5, and AP-V, and to regulate the intensity of development within such zones by limiting the use, bulk, floor area, scale, and size of developments and, where appropriate, by limiting population densities within such zones.

B.

Accessory Use Requirements

1.

All accessory uses shall be located wholly within a structure containing a permitted use.

2.

Not more than one exterior entrance shall be permitted to serve the accessory use.

3.

Identification signage shall be limited to a single three-foot square sign on or adjacent to the entrance of the accessory use. The sign text shall be limited to the name of the business.

4.

Accessory uses shall not individually occupy more than 20 percent of the floor area of the total permitted use and all accessory uses in the structure shall not collectively account for more than 30 percent of the total floor area.