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Community Business (B-2) District Coral Springs, Florida

B-2 provides for general commercial activity for a wide range of goods and services to the whole community, oriented to arterial roadways, and allows corporate park uses, research facilities/laboratories and mixed use through added procedures. Permitted uses include everything allowed in B-1 plus broad retail, services, offices, indoor recreation, restaurants/bars, hotels and schools; gas stations, convenience stores, fast food, big-box retail and K-12 schools are conditional.

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in B-2, Coral Springs

The businesses the B-2 district in Coral Springs 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 Coral Springs's B-2 district.)

Allowed by right
Any use permitted in a B-1 District (Sec. 250567(1)) - the B-1 uses below are incorporatedGrocery stores, each limited to 20,000 sq ft [B-1 Sec. 250452(1), incorporated by 250567(1)]Stores for new merchandise sold to ultimate consumer, each up to 10,000 sq ft: hardware, bakery, dairy, meat market, dressed poultry shop, bookstore, newsstand, florist, gift/card shop, sundries, notions, tobacco products, antique stores, clothes, jewelry, arts and crafts, picture framing [250452(2)]Personal services up to 2,500 sq ft each: travel agency, barbershop, beauty shop, shoe repair, video rental, postal facilities, consumer electronic repair and small appliance repair, tailoring and alterations, photographic film pickup, laundromat (7am-11pm), dry cleaning for direct customer service, restaurant without drive-through [250452(3)]Print shop up to 2,500 sq ft (plate size 30x42 in; photocopy/diazo/fax/offset duplicator equipment) [250452(4)]Offices up to 20,000 sq ft each: professional, business, medical or dental offices or clinics [250452(5)]Banks and financial institutions, including drive-through, up to 20,000 sq ft each [250452(6)]Indoor commercial recreation limited to martial arts, dance and exercise studios, max 2,500 sq ft, one per commercial center [250452(7)]Nursery school or child center (30 ft from R lands; fenced play lot) [250452(8)]Institutions such as places of worship, libraries, museums and similar facilities [250452(9)]Personal and professional services, including small appliance repair and consumer electronic equipment repair [Sec. 250567(2)]Business and professional offices [250567(3)]Stores for sale of new merchandise, conducted solely within a building, directed primarily to the ultimate consumer [250567(4)]Stores for sale of antiques and used books, furniture and clothing [250567(5)]Dry cleaning establishment for direct service to customers, max 2,500 sq ft gross [250567(6)]Print shop (30x42 in plate; photocopy/diazo/fax/offset duplicator equipment; max 5,000 sq ft) [250567(7)]Indoor commercial recreation incl. assembly hall, night club, bar, tavern, restaurants serving beer/wine/alcohol, theater, bowling alley, miniature golf, skating rink, tennis, racquetball, handball, health clubs and fitness facilities [250567(8)]Amusement center (coin/token machines) only in an enclosed shopping center of 200,000+ sq ft, 500 ft from residential, 1,500 ft from schools, max 2,000 sq ft, one per center [250567(8)(a)-(g)]Theme restaurants [250567(10)]Outdoor commercial recreation limited to tennis, racquetball, squash, handball courts, pools, running tracks (parcel min 4 acres) [250567(11)]Restaurant, night clubs, lounge, and catering [250567(12)]Hotels, motels and time share units (min plot 2 acres; rooms min 300 sq ft) [250567(13)]Nursery schools or child care centers [250567(14)]Trade, professional or other schools conducted solely within a building [250567(15)]Private club, lodge, fraternity and similar uses [250567(16)]Veterinary and animal hospitals (min 2,500 sq ft, no exterior cages, no crematory, boarding ancillary) [250567(17)]Commercial marinas excluding dry-dock facilities [250567(18)]Public transportation dispatch or business office including taxi dispatch (no vehicle parking/storage/repair/depot) [250567(19)]Heliports, helistops and off-heliport landing sites per chapter requirements [250567(20)]Retail sales of swimming pool supplies (enclosed; no bulk Calcium Hypochlorite/Muriatic Acid; no pool maintenance/repair service) [250567(21)]Mixed-use developments per Sec. 250154 (may include certain community residences, recovery communities, congregate living) [250567(22)] - see also conditional 'certain mixed use developments'Corporate park uses, research facilities and laboratories per Sec. 250155 [250567(23)]Vehicle rental offices (max 15 rental vehicles on site, no fueling/service/car wash) [250567(25)]
With special approval
Certain mixed use developments as specified elsewhere in the chapter [Sec. 250568(1)]Buildings or structures exceeding the height limitation, up to 100 ft [250568(2)]Service stations (1 acre min lot, 200 ft frontage, noise and traffic studies; accessory automatic/hand car washes allowed under conditions) [250568(3)]Convenience stores (20,000 sq ft min lot, 150 ft frontage, 65 ft building setback, noise and traffic studies) [250568(4)]Fast food restaurants (noise study and traffic study required) [250568(5)]Large scale retail establishments or combinations in a single building with footprint over 40,000 sq ft [250568(6)]Public or private elementary, junior or senior high schools [250568(7)]Pain management clinics (conditional even where medical clinics/doctors' offices are permitted) [250568(9)]Pharmacies and medical marijuana dispensing facilities not accessory to retail stores exceeding 10,000 sq ft (500 ft separations from schools/parks/worship and each other; surveys required) [250568(10)]
Build envelope

Development standards

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

Max height 100 ft, with step-down limits1 ft per 3 ft of distance within 300 ft of RS/RC-6/RD plots; 1 ft per 2 ft within 200 ft of RC-12/RC-15/RM plots; not below 25 ft [Sec. 250571]
StandardNo minimum plot width or area [Sec. 250572]
StandardFront yard 65 ft (25 ft if front line adjoins ROW under 60 ft wide); street side yard 20 ft; rear 10 ft where abutting an alley; no storage in front yard [Sec. 250573]
StandardAll activities (sale, display, preparation, storage) inside a completely enclosed building except listed exceptions (garden shop, walled areas, restaurant seating, play areas, drive-thru, fueling, courts/pools) [Sec. 250570(1)]
StandardOverhead doors/openings over 8 ft wide not on front or street-side elevations [Sec. 250570(2)]
Prohibitedany use first permitted in a less restricted district; businesses obnoxious from dust, smoke, fumes, odors, noise, vibration [Sec. 250569]
Standard10 ft landscape strip along ROW/vehicular areas; 5 ft strip between parking and abutting property [Sec. 250575]
Accessory usesAccessory uses and structures [Sec. 250567(24)]; Garden shop (open-air plant/garden supply sales) accessory to a retail business, area not exceeding the principal retail floor area, 8 ft enclosure [Sec. 250570(1)(a)]; Seating area accessory to a restaurant [Sec. 250570(1)(c)]; Outside bagged-ice storage freezer accessory to the primary business [Sec. 250570(1)(i)]; Automatic and hand car washes accessory to a conditionally approved service station [Sec. 250568(3)(n),(o)]; Coin/token amusement devices accessory to a primary amusement or recreation use (1 machine per 800 sq ft) [Sec. 250567(9)]; Boarding ancillary to a veterinary/animal hospital [Sec. 250567(17)(h)]
StandardRead from Land Development Code Art. V Div. 3, Secs. 250566-250575 (B-2); Sec. 250567 uses permitted; Sec. 250568 conditional uses; Sec. 250569 prohibited; Sec. 250570 limitations; 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 Coral Springs

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Based on the Coral Springs zoning code.
Educational content — not legal or zoning advice. Verify permitted uses with the municipality for your specific parcel.