Chapter 26 - City of Punta Gorda

uses in upland zoning classifications abutting an MP District.
(2) Emergency and essential services.
(3) And any such other uses as deemed appropriate in the district by the
Zoning Official
(g) Development Standards.
(1) Maximum residential density: None, except where a lot or parcel
containing a privately owned, artificially created freshwater lake is zoned
in part as MP and the balance as any residential district, no permanent
structure shall be located on that part zoned MP; provided, however, that
in determining the total number of residential units permitted on the
residentially coded portions of the lot or parcel, the area of the entire
tract, including the MP, may be utilized at the density of that permitted
by the residential district.
(2) Minimum lot requirements, N/A.
(3) Maximum lot coverage by all buildings, N/A.
{Ord. No. 1690-11, 2, 9/21/11}
Section 3.4. GS, General Single-Family Residential District
The General Single-Family Residential District is coded to permit the completion
and/or annexation of conventional single-family residential subdivisions existing or
approved by the Punta Gorda City Council prior to the effective date of these
regulations. The General Single-Family Residential District is established solely to
accommodate completion of previously approved development of lands within the
district. The district is not intended to be available for future rezonings, nor as a
means of expanding the boundaries of existing GS Districts.
(a) Permitted Principal Uses and Structures.
(1) Single-family homes, excluding mobile home
(2) Non-commercial docks and boat lifts. No utilities shall be supplied to
said docks and lifts until completion of a single family dwelling upon the
adjacent upland property. Use of a generator to operate a lift shall be
limited to the hours of 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Owners or occupants of
the adjacent upland property may not rent docks to be used by third
parties.
(b) Permitted Accessory Uses and Structures.
(1) Non-commercial hobbies and crafts
(2) Other uses and structures which are customarily incidental and
subordinate to permitted uses
(c) Uses Permitted with Conditions.
(1) Essential services 1 and 2
(2) Limited home occupation
(3) Group home
d) Prohibited Uses and Structures.
Any use or structure not specifically, provisionally or by reasonable
implication permitted herein.
(e) General Requirements.
(1) Buildings are exempt from the architectural requirements of Article 7.
(2) Development in the GS District which is approved but not yet built is
permitted minor modifications through the administrative process. Such
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