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COMM — Commercial Districts (Limited / General / Workplace Commercial) Golf, Florida

The Village of Golf's commercial zoning (LDR Sec. 3.04) has three sub-districts. Limited and General Commercial allow neighborhood retail, personal service, office, banks and restaurants; Workplace Commercial is the more intensive one, adding office/warehouse and self-storage by right and light industrial uses by special exception, while prohibiting Type II restaurants, banks and most retail.

2 buildings zoned COMM32 permitted business types

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in COMM, Golf

The businesses the COMM district in Golf 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 COMM here means specifically Golf's COMM district.)

Allowed by right

Personal and limited service establishments (barber, beauty and nail salons; medical, dental and veterinary clinics incl. urgent care; shoe repair; tailoring; watch/jewelry/clock repair; locksmith; carpet and upholstery cleaning; indoor fitness centers, gymnasiums, cross training; spas with accessory massage and tanning; TV and appliance repair; bicycle repair; veterinary, grooming and boarding; mail facilities)Theaters (except drive-in)Gasoline pumping service station (no major repairs)Retail businesses (drug stores, appliance stores, pet shops, beauty and barber supply, flower shops, furniture stores, bicycle sales, office supplies)Grocery store under 15,000 sq ft with accessory liquor storeProfessional officeBanks, brokerage offices and other financial institutionsType II restaurantPharmacy

With special approval

Dry cleaning shop, walk-in public, fully enclosed non-flammable solvent system (permitted in Limited Commercial)Extermination and pest control; janitorial and general cleaning services (permitted in General Commercial)Pet daycare including grooming (permitted in General Commercial)Hotels and motels (special exception; min. 20,000 sq ft lot, 100 ft frontage, 1,000 sq ft of lot per unit)Child day care center (special exception; floor-area, outdoor play and loading standards)Place of assembly, 75 seats or less (special exception)Grocery store over 15,000 sq ft with accessory liquor store and pharmacy (special exception)Type I restaurant — high-turnover / fast food (special exception)Adult day care center, state licensed (special exception; Limited Commercial)Liquor store, 1,000 ft from the nearest liquor store (special exception; Limited Commercial)Stand-alone parking garage or parking lot (special exception; Limited Commercial)Assisted living facility (special exception; General Commercial)Gasoline station with or without convenience store, no repairs (special exception; General Commercial)Shopping center (special exception; General Commercial)Pre-schools, tutorial and testing centers (special exception; General Commercial)Any listed use with a drive-thru component (special exception; General Commercial)Wholesale trade and distribution (special exception; General and Workplace Commercial)Office/warehouse under 35,000 sq ft incl. research and development (only in Workplace Commercial — permitted there)Indoor self-storage, limited access, max 2 stories, no on-site resident manager (only in Workplace Commercial — permitted there)Service industry facilities: equipment rental and repair with accessory outdoor storage, contractor facilities, vehicle rentals, commercial printing, call center (special exception; Workplace Commercial)Manufacturing, fabrication and processing of finished goods with ancillary retail (special exception; Workplace Commercial)Landscape, garden and nursery supply (special exception; Workplace Commercial)Warehouse up to 50,000 sq ft (special exception; Workplace Commercial)

Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardAll uses except gas pumping must be conducted entirely inside an enclosed building (Limited/General Commercial)

Height max 50 ft; FAR max 1.0 (General CommercialFAR and 0.40 building coverage computed across the whole PCD)

Setbacksfront 30 ft; Limited Commercial side 0 ft, rear 5 ft with alley / 15 ft without; General Commercial side street 20 ft, side interior 15 ft, rear 15 ft

StandardWorkplace Commercial PROHIBITS Type II restaurants, banks/financial institutions and retail stores not specifically listed

StandardSpecial exceptions are approved by the Village Council, which may attach conditions (and may waive special-exception review in General Commercial)

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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