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Downtown Mixed-Use District Coral Springs, Florida

Downtown Mixed-Use District (Downtown Core, Downtown General and Downtown Edge subdistricts) supporting the Local Activity Center and the Community Redevelopment Plan. Sec. 2501052 states that only the listed uses are permitted; Sec. 2501052.1 lists conditional uses; Sec. 2501053 prohibits anything not specifically permitted.

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in DT-MU, Coral Springs

The businesses the DT-MU 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 DT-MU here means specifically Coral Springs's DT-MU district.)

Allowed by right

Multi-family residential units (min dwelling unit 500 sf)Residential, live/work, single family residential unitsStores for sale or rental of new merchandise, including vehicles, conducted solely within a building, directed primarily to the ultimate consumer (may include pop-up temporary stores)Personal services limited to: travel agency, barbershop, beauty shop, shoe repair, postal facilities, consumer electronic repair and small appliance repair, business service agencies, consumer electronic and small appliance repair home service agencies, tailoring and alterations, photographic film pickup, print shop and cyber cafeGrocery storesOffices: professional, business offices, incubators, medical or dental offices or clinicsBanks and financial institutions (drive-through must be fully integrated within the building)Indoor commercial recreation limited to motion picture and performance theaters, martial arts, dance and exercise studios, assembly hall, skating rink, tennis, racquetball, handball facilities, health clubs, and physical fitness facilitiesNursery school or child center (30 ft from R-zoned lands, fenced play lot, screening)Institutions such as places of worship, libraries, museums, art galleries and similar facilitiesNight clubs, bars, taverns, cigar barsStores for sale of antiques and used books, furniture and clothingDry cleaning establishment for direct service to customers (max 2,500 sf gross per establishment)Restaurant, lounge, and catering, without pickup window or drive-through facilitiesHotels and motels (min 300 sf rental sleeping room; outdoor recreation 25 ft from adjacent residentially zoned property)Private club, lodge, fraternity and similar usesVeterinary and animal hospitals (min 2,500 sf; no exterior cages; no crematory; boarding ancillary)Heliport, helistops and off-heliport sites subject to chapter requirementsMixed-use development in accordance with Article XVIIVehicle rental offices (max 15 rental vehicles on site, no fueling/service/car wash)Convenience stores integrated within mixed-use buildingsUniversities/collegesTheater, amphitheater, outdoor commercial usesMovie theater, maximum 80,000 sfMicrobrewery (no more than 50% of gross floor area for brewing; no distribution by commercial vehicles)Certain family community residences, transitional community residences, recovery communities and congregate living facilities per Sec. 250152 and Table A (congregate living facilities within the spacing distance require conditional use)

With special approval

Trade, professional or other schools, conducted solely within a buildingPublic or private elementary, junior or senior high schools or micro schools of less than 50 studentsFast food restaurants with drive-through facilities (drive-through fully integrated in building, not visible from any right-of-way; noise and traffic studies)Stand-alone large-scale retail establishments (or combination in one building) with footprint greater than 40,000 sfBoutique furniture stores

Build envelope

Development standards

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

Three subdistrictsDowntown Core (most intense), Downtown General (moderate), Downtown Edge (lowest scale); General and Edge apply only to parcels in the LAC designation and within the DT-MU boundary designated by the city commission

Building types by subdistrict (Sec. 2501059; Core/General/Edge)Townhome -/P/P; Multi-Plex Small P/P/P; Multi-Plex Medium P/P/-; Multi-Plex Large P/P/-; Commercial/Mixed Use Small P/P/P; Commercial/Mixed Use Medium P/P/P with height limits in Edge; Mid-Rise P/limited/-; High-Rise P/-/-; Single Story Commercial -/P/P; Institutional/Civic P/P/-. Mid-rise may not exceed 5 stories unless 250 ft from a single-family zoned district

StandardNo building may exceed 4 stories when directly adjacent to existing or planned single family residential; one additional story per 100 ft of distance from the parcel line, alleyway or canal, up to the building type maximum

StandardAll activities within completely enclosed buildings except garden shop (accessory to retail), restaurant/bar seating areas, school play areas, drive-through businesses, heliports, and tennis/pool/track facilities (Sec. 2501054)

Prohibitedany use not specifically permitted, obnoxious businesses, adult entertainment, sale of goods to other than the ultimate consumer, used merchandise other than antiques/books/furniture/clothing, sale/dispensing of automobile fuel, laundromats, tobacco as main use (other than cigar bars), pain management clinics, pawn shops

StandardApplies to all new development and to renovations exceeding 25% of existing square footage; re-occupancy after 180 days vacancy triggers compliance

StandardBlock assembly required for developments of 4 acres or more (core) or 6 acres or more (general)

Accessory usesOutdoor commercial recreation limited to tennis, racquetball, squash and handball courts, swimming pools and running tracks, and accessory uses and structures (parcel at least 1 acre; courts/pools/tracks 25 ft from any street line or residential plot); Dormitories; Outdoor seating; Outdoor entertainment; Pharmacies and medical marijuana dispensing facilities that are accessory to retail stores in excess of 10,000 sf; Open-air retail sales of plant materials and home garden supplies (garden shop) as an accessory use to a retail business (Sec. 2501054(1)(a)); Seating area as accessory use to a restaurant, bar, tavern or nightclub (Sec. 2501054(1)(b))

StandardRead from Art. XVII, Sec. 2501046-2501054 (uses), Sec. 2501059 (building types); 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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