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Neighborhood Residential District (CRA form-based) Dania Beach, Florida

NBHD-RES is a Community Redevelopment Area form-based residential district meant to maintain single-family neighborhood character by restricting new two-family dwellings and requiring compatible designs. Use permissions appear in the Sec. 105-20 residential chart (NBHD-RES column) and Sec. 303-90; multifamily is allowed only on lots formerly zoned RM/RM-1/RM-2/RM-3 (mapped NBHD-RES*).

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in NBHD-RES, Dania Beach

The businesses the NBHD-RES district in Dania Beach 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 NBHD-RES here means specifically Dania Beach's NBHD-RES district.)

Allowed by right
Single-family detached dwellingsTwo-family dwellings (duplex) - subject to Sec. 302-20(1): only on vacant lots of at least 8,000 sf and 80 ft width (or combinable adjoining vacant lots); a lot occupied by a single-family dwelling cannot be converted or redeveloped for two-family useMultifamily dwellings - only on lots zoned RM, RM-1, RM-2 or RM-3 immediately before the Sept 2010 code, shown as NBHD-RES* (Sec. 302-20(2)(b)); building types limited to mansion apartment house, apartment building, rowhouse; max 3 stories (rowhouse, apartment house) or 5 stories (apartment building)Community residential home type 1 (subject to Sec. 105-170)Community garden/urban farm (subject to Sec. 105-230)Farmer's market (subject to Sec. 105-240)Municipally owned or operated parks and recreation areas
With special approval
Academic schools (special exception)Essential services (special exception)Municipally owned or operated parking (special exception)
Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardMax height 2 stories and 25 ft (3 stories for multifamily rowhouses/apartment houses and 5 for apartment buildings on NBHD-RES* lots)
StandardStreet setback 15 ft build-to-line (where applicable) or 25 ft min; interior side 7 ft principal / 5 ft accessory; rear 15 ft principal / 5 ft accessory
StandardMin pervious open space 37%
Lot dimensions by building typesingle-family 60x90 ft; duplex and mansion 80x100 ft; rowhouse 100x100 ft; apartment 160x100 ft
Front-building frontagebuilding at built-to-line for 50% of lot width
Allowed frontage typesporch, balcony over porch, dooryard, stoop (stoop/dooryard only for rowhouse/apartment)
Accessory usesAccessory dwelling units on single-family lots (Sec. 105-260 ADU chart: NBHD-RES and NBHD-RES* = P); Docking and mooring of boats; incidental repair (Sec. 240-20); Emergency generators for single-family detached and two-family dwellings (Sec. 285-10); Home and common area based assembly (Sec. 105-100); Home occupation (Sec. 105-80)
StandardRead from Dania Beach Code Sec. 105-20 (use chart, NBHD-RES column); Sec. 303-90 (NBHD-RES district); Sec. 302-20 conditions of use (1),(2); Sec. 105-230/105-240/105-260; Sec. 215-50, 230-50; 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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Based on the Dania Beach zoning code.
Educational content — not legal or zoning advice. Verify permitted uses with the municipality for your specific parcel.