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Light Industrial (LI) District Delray Beach, Florida

The LI District provides for high quality industrial uses outside of an industrial park setting and allows certain industrial uses in environmentally or aesthetically sensitive areas, with development standards stricter than the I and MIC Districts. It is not to be applied to small lots. Permitted uses include R&D, wholesaling/storage/distribution, manufacturing and assembly, and general offices.

7 buildings zoned LI11 permitted business types

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in LI, Delray Beach

The businesses the LI district in Delray 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 LI here means specifically Delray Beach's LI district.)

Allowed by right

Research and development (no manufacture/assembly/fabrication resulting in sale of products from the premises; regulated-substance limit of 25 gallons per gross acre in Wellfield Protection Zones 1-3)Wholesaling, storage, and distribution (no Regulated Substance list products in Wellfield Protection Zones 1-3)Industrial (manufacturing, assembly) (only manufacturing and assembly operations; regulated-substance limit in Wellfield Protection Zones 1-3)Office (general business offices and business services, including NEV sales, lease or rental transactions only; professional offices dealing with medical activities and medicine are not permitted)Self-service Storage Facilities (pursuant to Section 4.3.3(A))Urban Agriculture (pursuant to Section 4.3.3(D))CBD oil establishments (subject to Section 4.3.3(CC))

With special approval

Rental and Sales of Modular StructuresFood preparation and/or processing including bakeries and catering operationsPrincipal Uses which require the storage and/or use of regulated substances in a manner other than allowed under Subsection (B)Pet services with outside use areas, pet hotels, and animal shelters (subject to Section 4.3.3(W))

Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardFor each foot of height above 25 feet, front and street-side setbacks increase by one foot

StandardMinimum floor area of 4,000 sq ft per tenant or bay (except office uses and except in Wallace Drive Overlay District)

StandardAll industrial operations except loading/unloading must be wholly within an enclosed building

StandardOverhead doors shall not face an adjacent minor arterial right-of-way, residential zoning district, or residential use

StandardTruck and equipment storage in designated screened areas, not along collector/arterial roadways or across from residential properties

StandardSetback areas landscaped, no paving except driveways and walkways

StandardWellfield Protection (Section 4.5.5(B)) restrictions apply

Accessory usesParking lots; Refuse storage areas; Monitoring Wells; Retailing of items processed on the premises (no more than 10 percent of the floor area devoted to the item, not to exceed 2,500 sq ft of display and sales area); Repair (only for items which may be manufactured or assembled within this zone district); Outdoor storage of vehicles and boats, as accessory to self-service storage facility (subject to Sections 4.3.3(A)(7) and 4.6.6(C)(2)); Truck rentals as accessory to self-service storage facilities (subject to Sections 4.3.3(A)(8) and 4.6.6(C)(2)); Urban Agriculture (pursuant to Section 4.3.3(D))

StandardRead from LDR Sec. 4.4.26; 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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