1126 SE 2nd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

About this home

One of the ultra rare Original Downtown Fort Lauderdale Homes, built in a remarkable location in the heart of Downtown Fort Lauderdale - now rezoned into: a ROA District - Limited Residential Office District. (1) For Professional Offices - Business and/ or Financial offices - doctor offices, attorney firms, real estate professionals, architects, financial planners, accounting, immigration - see supplemental remarks for zoning in its entirety. Even some public and parochial schools could be approved plus Houses of Worship (churches). (2) Residential, the property can legally be resided in as your primary homestead residence and legally operate your business out of the same dwelling! The home is already divided. The front of the home has ample room for a business office, build to suit. The kitchen plus a half bath are located in this area plus access to the garage and the basement. The garage has ample storage room, then the Basement spans the entire area of the home, giving another 2400 sq feet of storage area! The corridor that separates the kitchen/ office area leads back to 3 bedrooms and 2 baths in the rear. Separate entry and exit for each. There is also a additional separate entry into the corridor. The home is almost 2400 sq feet overall and it sits on a large lot of 11,000 sq feet. This property gives the right owner many opportunities for income generation -Business potential, rental potential, and liveability all wrapped into one. Invest in yourself today, call now. E. Limited Residential Office (ROA) District. 1. Uses permitted. a. Professional, business and financial offices, not including sale, display, storage or handling of merchandise on the premises. b. Single family dwellings. c. Public buildings and land uses and those of public utilities, subject to the provisions of, as provided in Public Purpose Uses, Section 47-18.26. d. House of worship, subject to the requirements of Section 47-18.17. e. Flower and vegetable gardens. f. Public and parochial schools. g. Active and Passive Park, see Section 47-18.44.2. Uses prohibited. The permissible uses enumerated above shall not be construed to include, either as a principal or accessory use, any of the following, which are listed for emphasis: a. Sale, display, storage or handling of merchandise on the premises, except as permitted in subsection D.1.e. b. Trade or vocational schools. c. Trade or personal service shops, including appliance repair or service, pest control, animal hospital, shoe repair, tailor, dressmaker, milliner, jewelry repair. d. Mortuaries. e. Employment agencies.3. Limitations on permitted uses. a. Signs for each building with a nonresidential principal use shall be limited to one wall sign not exceeding two feet in width or five feet in length. b. Signs for each development site occupied by a nonresidential use shall be limited as follows: i. One (1) ground sign not exceeding three feet in width or five feet in length, the top of which shall not be over five feet above the ground. ii. Directional signs each not over two square feet in area, and not extending over three feet above the ground. c. Nonresidential building design shall be by an architect registered under the laws of Florida and such that the building substantially resembles a house in the opinion of the director.4. Building requirements. a. The maximum height of a building shall be two stories and not exceed thirty-five (35) feet. b. The maximum length of a building shall not exceed 80 feet. c. The maximum gross floor area of a nonresidential building shall not exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet. d. Use of existing nonresidential buildings shall be limited to five thousand (5,000) square feet of floor area for a nonresidential use.5. Site requirements. Every building erected or structurally altered shall provide a land area not less than the following: a. Single family dwellings: Six thousand (6,000) square feet and 50 feet in width. b. Office buildings: Six thousand (6,000) square feet and 50 feet in width. c. Other uses: Ten thousand (10,000) square feet in area and 100 feet in width.6. Yards. a. Front yard: Shall be a minimum of 25 feet in depth measured from the property line. Where a corner parcel is involved the twenty-five-foot regulation shall apply only to the front yard and the side street yard shall be15 feet or half the height of the tallest building, whichever is greater. On a plot occupied by a one or two-family dwelling, the street side yard may be reduced to one-quarter (¼) of the parcel width, but shall not be less than ten feet. No accessory buildings shall be located in front or street side yards. Such yards may be used for refuse containers only at locations authorized by the city sanitation department. b. Side yard: Shall be a minimum of ten feet in width or half the height of the tallest building, whichever is greater. c. Rear yard: Shall be a minimum of15 feet or one-half (½) the height of the tallest building, whichever is greater. d. The minimum distance between buildings shall be ten feet or one-half (½) the height of the tallest building, whichever is greater. e. All yards shall be measured at ground level and be unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward.7. Minimum floor area. All residential and office buildings shall have a minimum floor area of one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet.8. Lot coverage. a. Total lot coverage of all principal and accessory buildings shall not exceed the following percentages:Height of Building Percent Coverage1—11 feet 4012—22 feet 3523—35 feet 30 b. No parking areas or driveways shall be permitted within ten feet of a property line abutting RS-4.4, RS-8, or RD-15 property.9. Property line wall. a. A six foot, six inch high masonry wall shall be erected and maintained on any property abutting RS-4.4 or RS-8 zoned property, if the property is used for office buildings. b. Existing fences and walls or landscaping which the department considers adequate may be approved in lieu of the wall.10. Existing buildings. Existing buildings not conforming to required setbacks, height limits or lot coverage may be used for offices but may not be enlarged if this increases the extent of the violation.

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