Public Ownership district for publicly-owned or operated lands: public parks and recreation areas, public buildings and facilities, and significant capital improvements. This is NOT a professional-office district.
The businesses the PO district in Belle Glade allows. The ones on the left are permitted by right; the ones on the right need a special approval first. (Zoning codes are set by each municipality, so PO here means specifically Belle Glade's PO district.)
Allowed by right
Agriculture, Bona FideAgriculture, Research and DevelopmentAgriculture, StorageCampgroundCollege or UniversityCommunity Vegetable GardenDistribution FacilityElectric Distribution SubstationElectric Transmission SubstationEntertainment, IndoorEntertainment, OutdoorFarmers MarketFitness CenterGolf CourseGovernment ServicesHeliportHospitalLandfill or IncineratorMedical or Dental OfficeMinor UtilityMulti-Media ProductionNursery, WholesalePark, Neighborhood InfillPark, PassivePark, PublicParking, CommercialPotting Soil ManufacturingRecycling CenterRecycling PlantRepair Services, LimitedRepair and Maintenance, HeavySchool – Elementary or SecondaryShade HouseSolid Waste Transfer StationVocational InstitutionWater or Wastewater Treatment PlantZoo
With special approval
Agricultural Excavation (Class A conditional)Airport (Class A conditional)Animal Shelter (Class A conditional)Arena or Stadium or Amphitheater (DRO approval)Assembly Institutional Nonprofit (DRO approval)Cemetery (Class A conditional)Chipping and Mulching (DRO approval)Composting Facility (DRO approval)Crematory (Class A conditional)Day Care General (DRO approval)Day Care Limited (DRO approval)Electric Power Plant (Class A conditional)Equestrian Arena, Commercial (DRO approval)Equestrian Waste Management Facility (Class A conditional)Funeral Home (Class A conditional)Gas and Fuel, Wholesale (DRO approval)Homeless Resource Center (Class A conditional)Landing Strip (Class A conditional)Marina (DRO approval)Place of Worship (DRO approval)Prison, Jail, or Correctional Facility (Class A conditional)Produce Stand (DRO approval)Renewable Energy Solar Facility (DRO approval)Renewable Energy Wind Facility (Class A conditional)Seaplane Facility (Class A conditional)Shooting Range, Indoor (DRO approval)Shooting Range, Outdoor (Class A conditional)Stable, Commercial (DRO approval)Theater and Performance Venue (Class A conditional)Transportation Facility (Class A conditional)Type 2 Excavation (Class A conditional)Type 3A Excavation (Class A conditional)Type 3B Excavation (Class A conditional)
Build envelope
Development standards
Headline dimensional limits for this district. Confirm exact figures against the current code for your specific parcel.
StandardTable 3.D.1.A lists no minimum lot dimensions, FAR, coverage or setbacks for PO (all dashes)
StandardRead from PBC ULDC Art. 3.C.2 (PO, Public Ownership District); use matrix Art. 4, PO column; permitted = by right, conditional = needs conditional-use / special-exception approval
The fine print
In plain English
BY RIGHT No hearing needed
If your business is on the by-right list, you can occupy a space in this district and open — no zoning hearing. Building permits and licensing still apply, but the use itself is already allowed.
SPECIAL Approval first
Special-approval uses can work here too, but they go through a public review before opening. Plan for extra time and possible conditions — we'll tell you which path a space needs.
Looking for space zoned PO in Belle Glade?
Tell us what you'll run in it — we'll match you to the right building in Belle Glade and flag anything that needs approval.
