Accessory uses.
Tampa City Code § 27-282.15
in effectSec. 27-282.15. - Accessory uses.
Accessory uses shall not require a public hearing or administrative review beyond the review required to secure a commercial site plan permit, or as required by other regulations of the City of Tampa. However, all accessory uses (except for all types of alcoholic beverage sales, which require a separate approval process as set forth in Article II, Division 5 and article IX) shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Any such use shall be located wholly within a structure of a permitted use, except day care and nursery facility as indicated in (4) below.
(2) Not more than one (1) exterior entrance shall be permitted.
(3) An identification sign not exceeding three (3) feet square shall be permitted on or adjacent to the entrance of the accessory use. Signs shall have the following limitations:
(a) Sign text shall be limited to the name of the business.
(b) Flashing, oscillating and moving signs shall not be permitted.
(c) Formed plastic or injected molded signs shall not be permitted.
(d) Exposed raceways, transformers, and similar items are not permitted.
(e) A "logo" shall be limited to twenty-five (25) percent of the total permitted sign area.
(4) Such uses shall not individually occupy more than twenty (20) percent of the floor space of the total primary use and all accessory uses shall not collectively account for more than thirty (30) percent of the total floor space with the exception of a child care center which may occupy a freestanding building if said building is located on property occupied by a principal use and is designed to serve said principal uses.
(5) The following standards, in addition to those listed above, shall be used specifically for crematoriums:
(a) No such use shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of a national or local historic district or any residential use.
(b) A crematorium is allowed only as an accessory use to a funeral parlor or cemetery when located in the CI and IG zoning districts.
(c) As an accessory use, crematoriums shall contain no more than one (1) combustion unit/incinerator.
(d) All loading/unloading areas shall be screened from view of the public right-of-way and abutting properties with an architecturally finished, six-foot high masonry wall along subject to section 27-283.5 visibility requirements.
(e) The facility must comply with federal, state and local regulations for such a facility.
(f) The equipment must be certified by the manufacturer that it operates free of smoke and odor and has automatic pollution monitoring equipment to constantly supervise the operation and safeguard against pollution and environmental impact.
Source: City of Tampa, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/tampa/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH27ZOLADE_ARTVISURE_DIV2RESPUS_S27-282.15ACUSFetched: 10/28/2026