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B-2, Planned community business center district Cooper City, Florida

B-2 meets the limited shopping and service needs of several neighborhoods or a substantial territory, within planned integrated centers (no strip development). Permitted uses are 23 listed uses (alcohol sales/service, bank, day care, hotel/motel up to 24 rooming units per gross acre, laundry, medical office, offices, personal services, pharmacy, indoor recreation, restaurants, community and neighborhood retail, veterinary services, community assembly, utilities); tattoo parlors and fast-food drive-thru windows are conditional uses.

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in B-2, Cooper City

The businesses the B-2 district in Cooper City 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 B-2 here means specifically Cooper City's B-2 district.)

Allowed by right
Alcohol sales or serviceAmusement vending machines [subject to Sec. 23-86; max three vending machines]BankDay care center [subject to Sec. 23-96]Hotel or motel [not to exceed a density of 24 rooming units per gross acre]Laundry [dry cleaning subject to Sec. 23-97]Medical office or clinic [subject to Sec. 23-101.1 and 23-104.1]Office, business or professionalPersonal care services [self-service laundry only within a standard enclosed bay not over 1,200 gross sf; dry cleaning subject to Sec. 23-97]Personal improvement servicesPharmacy [subject to Sec. 23-104.1]Recreation, indoorRepair, small applianceRestaurant, generalRetail, communityRetail, neighborhoodRetail, secondhand goods [no secondhand or used merchandise offered, displayed or stored except in an antique store or incidental to the sale of new merchandise]Sewage lift or pumping station [subject to Sec. 23-107]Special residential facility, type 3 [subject to Sec. 23-109]Transformer substation [subject to Sec. 23-112]Veterinary services [subject to Sec. 23-113]Water or wastewater plant, local [subject to Sec. 23-114]Community assembly [subject to Sec. 23-95(b)]
With special approval
Tattoo parlor [conditional use, Sec. 23-48(d)(1); minimum 1,000 ft separation from another tattoo parlor, measured property line to property line; Sec. 23-152]Restaurant, fast food: for drive-thru window [conditional use, Sec. 23-48(d)(2); Sec. 23-152]
Build envelope

Development standards

Headline dimensional limits for this district. Confirm exact figures against the current code for your specific parcel.

Min site 10 net acres (435,600 sf); exception6 to 10 net acres if frontage on two roadways, one collector-or-higher and one arterial-or-higher on the County Trafficways Map (Sec. 23-48(e))
StandardMax height 45 ft; buildings over one story must preclude line of sight into abutting residential zones (Sec. 23-48(f))
Min yardsfront 75 ft; street side 75 ft; interior side 60 ft; rear 60 ft (Sec. 23-48(g))
Standard25 ft deep fully landscaped open space adjacent to all streets; driveway max 20 ft wide; total driveway/walkway width max 20% of lot frontage; driveways not within 50 ft of residentially zoned property (Sec. 23-48(h),(i))
StandardAll activities including sales, display, preparation and storage in a completely enclosed building except parking lots and drive-in banks (Sec. 23-48(j))
StandardHours of operation subject to City Commission approval; owner responsible for loitering ordinance compliance (Sec. 23-48(b)(3))
Accessory usesVending machines: permit from City Clerk; only three machines allowed (one soft drinks, one prepared prewrapped snacks/candy/food); amusement machines subject to Sec. 23-86; no tobacco vending (Sec. 23-48(l)); General accessory activities customarily associated with and subordinate to the principal use on the same lot (Sec. 23-84), e.g., off-street parking, storage of goods sold by the principal use, retail manufacturing limited to baking, tailoring, printing and similar at retail on premises
StandardRead from Sec. 23-48 (B-2 district); Sec. 23-10 (use schedule, column B2); Sec. 23-84 (accessory uses); 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.

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Spaces zoned B-2 in Cooper City

1 space available in this district, largest first. Click any space to view it.

FOR LEASE 1,225 SF
8600-8698 Griffin Rd, Cooper City — 1st Floor, Ste 8684
Cooper City
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Based on the Cooper City zoning code.
Educational content — not legal or zoning advice. Verify permitted uses with the municipality for your specific parcel.