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Planned Office Center (POC) District Delray Beach, Florida

The POC District provides for a concentration of office and support uses in a well-planned, managed environment developed on land under unified control. It is not intended for commercial activities in which goods are stored, displayed or sold except to serve POC users. Minimum site area is three acres.

9 buildings zoned POC16 permitted business types

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in POC, Delray Beach

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

Allowed by right

Banks and financial institutions including drive-in and drive-through facilitiesBrokerage establishments, including watercraft, aviation, and motor vehicles (without on-premises storage of items, except securities brokers may store securities they broker)Business officesComputer and data management services, including the servicing of hardwareMedical officesMedical ClinicsMedical and dental laboratoriesProfessional officesPhotographic studiosReal estate, insurance, accounting, travel arrangements and similar servicesNeighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV) sales, lease or rental transactions only (no inventory on site)Within the Medical Arts Overlay District only: institutional uses such as non-residential Licensed Service Provider Facilities; Hospitals with or without helipads and associated laboratories; Treatment Centers; Rehabilitation Centers; Testing Facilities; Mental Health Treatment Facilities including residential care

With special approval

Restaurants (excluding drive-in and drive-through facilities)Child care and adult day careResidential all suite lodging (residential inns)Health spas, fitness centers, and exercise facilities open to the general public

Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardMinimum site area for the total POC is three acres; individual parcels may be one acre (waiver possible for good cause)

Standard25-foot setback when abutting residentially zoned property

StandardAny free-standing structure must have minimum floor area of 4,000 sq ft, be architecturally integrated, and have direct access to other portions of the POC

StandardFirst ten feet of front yard setback adjacent to right-of-way must be landscaped

StandardDocumentation of unified control and a common-area maintenance program required with site plan

StandardTwenty-four-hour or late night businesses subject to Section 4.3.3(VV)

Accessory usesParking lots; Refuse and service areas; Ancillary retail sales of convenience items, newspapers, candies; lunch counters, cafeteria, snack shop; exercise facility (when located within an office structure and designed for use of employees and their guests); Ancillary uses such as galleries, displays, meeting and conference facilities (when related to the purpose and use of the specific POC complex)

StandardRead from LDR Sec. 4.4.15; 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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