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B-1 Business, Community Deerfield Beach, Florida

B-1 identifies commercial areas on the land use plan where selected commercial activities can be established consistent with surrounding uses; all activity (sale, display, preparation, storage) must be inside a fully enclosed building except restaurant/brewpub outdoor seating. It permits retail, services, offices, medical, restaurants, theatres, fitness, funeral homes, marinas, parking facilities and houses of worship; hotels, schools, day care, assisted living, new-car dealerships, bars/nightclubs and upper-floor multifamily are conditional.

15 buildings zoned B-142 permitted business types

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in B-1, Deerfield Beach

The businesses the B-1 district in Deerfield 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 B-1 here means specifically Deerfield Beach's B-1 district.)

Allowed by right

Package store, per Sec. 98-104 [98-53(b)(1)]Brewpub (food sales over 50% of gross sales; live music accessory and indoor only; max 50% of floor area for brewing; outdoor seating up to 48) [(b)(2)]Clinic, medical [(b)(3)]Financial institution [(b)(4)]Office, business, government and professional [(b)(5)]Public park and recreation area [(b)(6)]Restaurant (outdoor seating up to 48 patrons) [(b)(7)]Store, convenience goods [(b)(8)]Store, retail (excluding stores selling firearms or ammunition) [(b)(9)]Store, personal service [(b)(10)]Store, business service [(b)(11)]Shopping center (of permitted or approved conditional uses) [(b)(12)]Theatre [(b)(13)]Health and fitness club [(b)(14)]Funeral home [(b)(15)]Animal hospital [(b)(16)]Amusement establishment/game center (subject to Code Sec. 18-143) [(b)(17)]Laundromat (1,000 ft from any other laundromat) [(b)(18)]Marina [(b)(19)]Laboratory, medical/dental [(b)(20)]Parking facility, commercial [(b)(21)]Parking facility, public [(b)(22)]Church or other house of worship [(b)(23)]Tutoring center [(b)(24)]Dry cleaning establishment [(b)(25)]Dry cleaning plant (1,000 ft from any other dry cleaning plant) [(b)(26)]Thrift shop [(b)(27)]Fire and police stations [(b)(28)]Pharmacy (250 ft from any other pharmacy) [(b)(29)]

With special approval

Dwellings, multiple-family (under 50% of building residential; RM-15 standards; not on ground floor) [98-53(c)(1)]Hotels and motels (density limited to 38 du per gross acre) [(c)(2)]Child and adult day-care centers [(c)(3)]School [(c)(4)]School, arts [(c)(5)]School, vocational [(c)(6)]Assisted living facilities per Sec. 98-93 (height max 45 ft; RM-15 dimensional/density) [(c)(7)]Automobile dealership, new car sales only (all vehicles inside enclosed building; no outside storage/display; no repair, service, painting or detailing) [(c)(8)]Nightclub per Sec. 98-104 [(c)(9)]Bar, lounge or saloon per Sec. 98-104 [(c)(10)]Indoor recreational facilities (excluding pool halls) in a shopping center of 10+ acres or freestanding building on 3+ acres; one per shopping center [(c)(11)]Club, private/public [(c)(12)]Outdoor seating in excess of 48 seats for a restaurant or brewpub [(c)(13)]

Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardMin lot area 5,000 sq ft; min lot width 50 ft [Sec. 98-61]

Yardsfront 10 ft, corner 10 ft, side 0 ft, rear 5 ft, waterfront 20 ft

StandardMin floor area 1,000 sq ft; max FAR 1.00; max lot coverage 50%; min landscaped area 15%

Max height 45 ft (schedule note I45 ft when any part of a structure is within 100 ft of residentially zoned property)

StandardAll activities within a fully enclosed building except restaurant/brewpub outdoor seating [Sec. 98-53(a)]

Accessory usesAccessory uses customarily incidental to a principal permitted or approved conditional use [Sec. 98-53(d)(1)]; Live music or entertainment at a brewpub only as an accessory use, fully indoors [Sec. 98-53(b)(2)b]

StandardRead from Code Ch. 98 Art. III, Sec. 98-53 (B-1) (b) permitted, (c) conditional, (d) accessory; Sec. 98-61 schedule of dimensional regulations; 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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