IU-C - Industrial, Conditional Zoning District

Lot coverage is the percentage of the overall area of the site that the building occupies (building area under roof at ground level/total lot area = lot coverage percentage).

Maximum Lot Coverage

There is no restriction on lot coverage in this zoning district except as it might be controlled by other specific requirements such as parking, setbacks and landscaping requirements.

Frontage; Depth and Area

No application for zoning of a tract of land for IU-C or for the platting thereof shall be permitted unless such tract consists of at least 10 acres of land, credit being given for right-of-way dedications.

Such tract shall have not less than 330 feet of frontage and 330 feet in depth, credit being given for right-of-way dedication in computing such frontage and depth. Each individual lot within an IU-C subdivision must contain a minimum frontage of 125 feet and a minimum depth of 150 feet..

Building Height

No building in this district shall be of height greater than the width of the widest street upon which such building abuts.

Lansdcape Open Space, Greenbelts, Maintenance

A minimum of 20% of the net lot area shall be developed as landscaped open space.

Greenbelts are required: 8 feet wide for lots up to 3 acres; 10 feet wide for lots of more than 3 acres. All landscaped areas must be provided with sprinkler systems.

Landscaping and trees shall be provided as per Chapter 18A of the Miami-Dade County Code.

Allowed Lot Uses

Retail uses are permitted with certain limitations. A percentage of the floor area may be devoted to retail sales if the item being retailed is either assembled, manufactured or stored on the balance of the premises.

Certain restrictions apply. For more information, read Section 33-259(62) (a) and (b) of the Miami-Dade County Code.

A setback is the required minimum horizontal distance between the front, sides and rear of the lot to the building.

Principal Building Setbacks

• Front:
  • 25 feet on parcels of up to 2 net acres in size
  • 15% of the lesser dimension of the property proposed for use, for parcels larger than 2 net acres, but the maximum front setback need not be greater than 50 feet and the minimum such setback shall be not less than 25 feet
• Rear:
  • Minimum setback from rear property line on a through lot shall be the same as required for the front setback of the particular lot concerned
  • 20 feet from residential district boundary, except that credit shall be given for full width of dedicated alleys
  • 5 feet from BU or IU district boundary, where any openings are provided in wall of structure adjacent to rear lot line
  • 0 feet from BU or IU district boundary where no openings are proposed in wall of structure adjacent to rear lot line
  • The rear setbacks established above shall also apply to accessory buildings
• Interior side: 10 feet
• Side street: 25 feet where the building abuts a highway right-of-way

• Chain link fence: height 8 feet
• Walls and hedges: Maximum 4 feet within the required front or side street setbacks; height 8 feet at all other points

In certain instances, the height of said wall or hedge may be limited to 2.5 feet for visibility at intersections or within 10 feet of either side of driveways.

A barbed wire fence is permitted so long as it has no more than 3 strands of barbed wire and is placed on top of a fence at least 6 feet in height. Electrically-charged fences are not permitted.

Read Section 33-124 of the Miami-Dade County Code for specific parking requirements.