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DBR, Dixie Business/Residential District Deerfield Beach, Florida

Specialized overlay-style zoning district along the Dixie Highway commercial corridor encouraging neighborhood-serving nonresidential uses, new housing types and design guidelines. Allowed uses depend on the street category of the lot's front property line (City Main Street, Neighborhood Main Street, Local Street) per Table A; anything not listed is prohibited.

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in DBR, Deerfield Beach

The businesses the DBR 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 DBR here means specifically Deerfield Beach's DBR district.)

Allowed by right
Residential development - P on Neighborhood Main and Local streets (subject to Broward County residential flex availability)Convenience store - P on City Main Street only (2,500 ft dispersal from other convenience stores)Essential services - P all street categoriesFast food restaurant - P on City Main Street only (2,500 ft dispersal)Financial services - P on City Main StreetFuneral home - P on City Main StreetHealth and fitness clubs - P on City Main Street onlyLaundromat - P on City Main Street onlyLimited business service - P on City Main StreetLimited personal service - P on City Main StreetLimited retail sales - P on City Main StreetMedical clinic - P on City Main StreetMixed-use developments - P on City Main StreetMuseums and art galleries - P on City Main and Neighborhood Main streetsAssisted living facility (Sec. 98-93) - P on City Main StreetOffice, business, governmental and professional - P all street categoriesPublic park - P all street categoriesRestaurants (outdoor seating up to 48 patrons) - P on City Main Street
With special approval
Residential development on City Main Street (no ground floor residential)Day-care, adult or child - C all street categoriesFinancial services - C on Neighborhood Main and Local streetsFuneral home - C on Neighborhood Main StreetIndoor recreation (excluding pool halls) in a shopping center of 10+ gross acres or freestanding building of 3+ gross acres (one facility per center) - C on City Main StreetLimited business service - C on Neighborhood Main StreetLimited personal service - C on Neighborhood Main StreetLimited retail sales - C on Neighborhood Main StreetMedical clinic - C on Neighborhood Main StreetMixed-use developments - C on Neighborhood Main and Local streetsAssisted living facility - C on Neighborhood Main StreetRestaurants - C on Neighborhood Main Street; outdoor seating over 48 patrons is conditionalSchools (public/private/arts and vocational) - C all street categories
Build envelope

Development standards

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

Street categoriesCity Main = Dixie Highway and SW 10th Street; Neighborhood Main = listed SW streets; Local = all others; highest-category frontage governs for dual-frontage lots
StandardAll activities (sales, display, storage) must be inside a fully enclosed building, except restaurant outdoor seating
StandardMax residential density 10 du per gross acre; min lot area per DU 3,300 sq ft (residential and mixed use), 5,000 sq ft (nonresidential)
Max heightresidential and nonresidential 2 stories/35 ft; mixed use 3 stories/45 ft
Max lot coveragenonresidential 50%, mixed-use 65%; FAR 1.0; min landscape 35% residential, 15% others
StandardTheatres appear in Table A with no P or C in any street category (not permitted)
Accessory usesUses customarily incidental to the principal permitted or approved conditional use (Sec. 98-52A(e))
StandardRead from Deerfield Beach Land Development Code Ch. 98, Sec. 98-52A (DBR), Table A Allowable 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 DBR in Deerfield Beach

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

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