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SPECIAL ONE-FAMILY (RS-6) DISTRICT

Coral Springs Land Development Code ch. 25, art. IV, div. 4
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Coral Springs Land Development Code § 250261 Purpose of district.

Sec. 250261. - Purpose of district. The Special One-Family (RS-6) District is intended to be used for one-family dwellings wherein each dwelling site may be held by a separate and different owner and the remaining area is held in common by all the site owners. The district is most appropriate between less intense one-family areas and areas of medium density residential community facilities, office or commercial development. (Code 1972, § 20-142)

Coral Springs Land Development Code § 250262 Uses permitted.

Sec. 250262. - Uses permitted. No building or structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, altered or used, or land or water used, in whole or in part, for other than one (1) or more of the following specified uses: (1) Two (2) or more one-family dwellings, each in a separate structure detached from any other structure. (2) Certain community residences in accordance with the regulations provided for in section 250152 of this chapter, including but not limited to, Table "A". (3) Uses accessory to any of the above uses when located on the same plot. (4) Zero lot line dwellings in accordance with section 250148. (Code 1972, § 20-143; Ord. No. 94-151, § 5, 1-3-95; Ord. No. 2023-114, § 8, 9-13-23)

Coral Springs Land Development Code § 250263 Plot area per unit.

Sec. 250263. - Plot area per unit. Every plot shall have a gross area sufficient to provide not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet per one-family dwelling. (Code 1972, § 20-144)

Coral Springs Land Development Code § 250265 Plot coverage.

Sec. 250265. - Plot coverage. The combined area occupied by all building and roofed structures shall not exceed thirty-five (35) per cent of the area of the project. (Code 1972, § 20-146)

Coral Springs Land Development Code § 250267 Yards, setbacks and separation of buildings.

Sec. 250267. - Yards, setbacks and separation of buildings. (1) On the boundary of an RS-6 project, no structure shall be located less than twenty-five (25) feet from any street external to the project or fifteen (15) feet from any other overall project boundary. Accessory structures may be located no less than ten (10) feet from a property line located adjacent to any canal or lake greater than forty (40) feet in width unless otherwise permitted. (2) Except on the boundary of an RS-6 project, no structure shall be located less than ten (10) feet from any rear lot line, any other structure, any street, alley, driveaisle or parking lot or any canal or lake. (3) There shall be not less than ten (10) feet minimum clearance between the outer walls of any two (2) buildings each of which is one (1) story in height. (4) There shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet minimum clearance between the outer walls of any two (2) buildings where either of these two (2) buildings is two (2) stories in height. (5) Any garage must be provided with a driveway at least twenty (20) feet in length between the garage door and the connecting street, alley or driveaisle. (Code 1972, § 20-148; Ord. No. 93-146, § 1, 9-21-93; Ord. No. 96-100, § 2, 3-5-96; Ord. No. 98-105, § 3, 4-7-98)

Coral Springs Land Development Code § 250269 Definition of plot.

Sec. 250269. - Definition of plot. For the purpose of this division, "plot" shall mean the entire area occupied by a special one-family villa project, including areas occupied by buildings, yards, setbacks, parking, driveways, recreation, service facilities, streets internal to the development and accessory uses. (Code 1972, § 20-151; Ord. No. 93-146, § 1, 9-21-93)

Coral Springs Land Development Code § 250270 Limitations and special requirements.

Sec. 250270. - Limitations and special requirements. (1) All private streets or drives shall be designed and constructed as to meet the city's standards. If water, sewer, drainage facilities, or other public utilities are to be located within private streets, then a private streets agreement with the city, providing for easements, access and protection of any public infrastructure, shall be consummated prior to the construction and installation of infrastructure. (2) Each RS-6 project shall have space designated for permanent recreational, purposes with the title held in common ownership for the use of the occupants of the project, and said recreational spaces shall have at least two hundred (200) square feet of area for each dwelling unit in the project. No space less than six thousand (6,000) square feet in area, or less than fifty (50) feet in any dimension or any area necessary for wet retention or wet detention shall be counted in meeting this recreational requirement. One (1) RS-6 project may supply required recreational space for other separate but related RS-6 projects, all of which are to have a single association or membership corporation for operating and maintenance. All recreation areas are to be contiguous to the project. (3) For the purposes of this division, all land in a plot occupied by an RS-6 project shall be held in common by the site owners except the specific and limited areas which are to be subject to individual ownership. This means that private streets and recreation areas are common property. (4) No building permit shall be issued for the construction of any part of a one-family villa project in an RS-6 District unless and until instruments have been placed upon the public records of Broward County, Florida providing that all areas subject to common ownership and the exterior portions of all structures constructed on sites subject to private individual ownership, and all recreation areas shall be maintained by an association or membership corporation organized for such purposes in which site owners shall be members. A certified copy of such instruments shall be attached to the first application of a building permit in a one-family villa project in an RS-6 District, and thereafter referenced to the official records book and pages where such documents are recorded and shall be affixed to each subsequent application for a building permit in the same one-family villa project. (Code 1972, § 20-152)

Coral Springs Land Development Code § 250271 Limitation on number of dwelling units per gross acre.

Sec. 250271. - Limitation on number of dwelling units per gross acre. For the purposes of complying with the density monitoring system (DMS), each plat or a portion of a plat which is zoned RS-6 shall be assured a density of five and six tenths (5.6) dwelling units per gross acre provided the requirements of the Municipal Code [and the Land Development Code] and comprehensive plan are satisfied, and a density higher than five and six tenths (5.6) dwelling units per gross acre shall not be approved unless the director of development services allocates reserve units. The director of development services shall assign any reserve units at the time the plat is approved and the sole basis for the allocation of reserve units shall be the availability of reserve units in the respective flexibility zone. In no event shall the density on any plat or portion of any plat which is zoned RS-6 exceed six (6) dwelling units per gross acre. (Code 1972, § 20-153; Ord. No. 93-146, § 1, 9-21-93; Ord. No. 2023-101, § 144, 4-19-23)

Coral Springs Land Development Code § 250272 Minimum roofing standards.

Sec. 250272. - Minimum roofing standards. Pitched roofs shall have a minimum pitch of 4:12. Deviation from the minimum may be approved for gambrel and similar type roofs. Roofing materials shall be allowed as specified in the Residential Architectural Guidelines. Cedar shingle and asphalt shingle roofs are not permitted when an approved roofing material has been originally permitted, except asphalt shingle is permitted in legal subdivisions that were originally permitted with an asphalt shingle roofing material for at least two-thirds (⅔) of the total homes in that legal subdivision. Polyurethane foam or metal on sloped roofs over any finished roofing material is not permitted. A dimensional asphalt shingle roofing material is allowed only if the city's building department determines that a roof truss currently supporting a cedar shake roofing material cannot support a tile roofing material. No roof color shall be changed of paint or any other coating without approval of the City of Coral Springs. Flat roofs may be permitted if the flat roof area does not comprise over twenty-five (25) per cent of the total roof area. Such flat roofs may be permitted over porches, Florida rooms, and utility rooms located to the rear of the dwelling unit. Screen enclosures with screen roofs or flat roofs that are not sloped and structures with existing cedar or asphalt shingles shall be exempt from this provision. (Ord. No. 94-147, § 10, 11-1-94; Ord. No. 96-110, § 7, 3-19-96; Ord. No. 99-136, § 3, 12-7-99; Ord. No. 2001-100, § 4, 2-6-01; Ord. No. 2007-115, § 15, 11-20-07)

Coral Springs Land Development Code § 250273 Required buffering adjacent to roadways.

Sec. 250273. - Required buffering adjacent to roadways. Setbacks for developments located adjacent to arterials identified on the Broward County Trafficways Plan shall have an additional landscape buffer area of not less than fifteen (15) feet along the roadway. (Ord. No. 94-147, § 11, 11-1-94)
Source: City of Coral Springs, Florida, Code of Ordinances, Charter and Land Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/coral_springs/codes/land_development_code?nodeId=CH25ZOOR_ARTIVREDI_DIV4SPOMIDIFetched: 11/8/2026

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