Lake Howell Rd, Maitland, FL 32751

Office/Residential District

The zoning district is established to implement Comprehensive Plan policies for areas designated Commercial C on the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map FLUM. The OR zoning district is intended to accommodate business and professional offices as well as single-family and two-family dwellings incidental to the office use.; The allowable maximum residential density shall be 13 units per acre. The maximum intensity of office or mixed-use development shall not exceed a floor area ratio FAR of 0.2 inclusive of all residential and nonresidential floor area. The OR zoning district expressly excludes transient lodging and guest homes as well as all other commercial development, excepting business and professional offices.; Consistent with Comprehensive Plan policies, development within the OR zoning district shall include perimeter landscaping and screening consisting of a vegetative berm system, where feasible, including an upper-story tree canopy and lower-story hedge or shrubbery, and/or an aesthetic decorative fence or wall to ensure privacy and promote compatibility among existing and anticipated future residential uses and office developments. Landscaping, screening and buffering shall be applied to ensure smooth transition between differing residential structure types and densities.