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Mixed Development - Commercial Greenacres, Florida

MXD-C is the commercial variation of Greenacres' Mixed Development (MXD) district, a community activity center for the original section of the city that accommodates single-family residential, retail, service specialty shops, institutional and recreational uses. It is a conventional use-list district (not master-plan based) with 25% commercial building coverage, 35 ft height and required pitched-roof residential architectural character.

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in MXD-C, Greenacres

The businesses the MXD-C district in Greenacres 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 MXD-C here means specifically Greenacres's MXD-C district.)

Allowed by right
Single-family dwellingsPublicly owned and operated parks and recreation areasService establishments including barber shops, beauty shops, shoe repair, dry cleaning pickup stations and laundromats (sewer connection required)Retail outlets, including bookstores, card and gift shops, hardware stores, arts and craft stores, television and radio (repair incidental to sales), jewelry stores (including watch repair but not pawnshop), clothing stores, shoe stores, camera shops and supplies (repair incidental to sales)Retail variety storeRetail food marketsFood services, including restaurants and carry-out restaurants but not drive-in restaurants, delicatessens, ice cream parlors and similar food establishments (sewer connection required)Professional offices and servicesBusiness offices and servicesMedical and dental offices (subject to Sec. 16-764)Travel agenciesBanks and financial institutions without drive-in facilitiesRetail newsstandsRetail video store, excluding a video arcadeAntique and florist shopsBakery store where manufacture is limited to quantity goods sold on the premises only (sewer connection required)Bicycle sales, rental and repairsOffice supply storesPaint and wallpaper stores
With special approval
Houses of worship (minimum site 19,500 sq ft)Government services, including accessory buildings and structures (public need must be demonstrated to city council)Public and private utility services and accessory buildings, excluding sanitary landfill, incinerator, refuse and trash dumps (no outside storage of vehicles or materials)Private clubs (members only, no sleeping facilities, minimum site 19,500 sq ft)Public and private elementary schools (conventional academic curriculum)Child care center/preschool facilities (state license required, minimum site 19,500 sq ft, outdoor play area standards)Off-street parking lots in association with other permitted uses and special exceptions in the district (lighting, hours and 24-hour parking limits apply)
Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardSpecial exceptions are conditional uses under Sec. 16-171 et seq. (city council).
Prohibitedany use not permitted or permissible by special exception; all outdoor storage and display of commercial materials; mobile homes; shopping centers; adult entertainment establishments; medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities and marijuana retail (Sec. 16-546).
StandardMax residential density 5 units per net acre (Sec. 16-547).
Min lotcommercial uses 100 ft width and 13,000 sq ft; single-family 50 ft and 6,500 sq ft (Sec. 16-548).
StandardMax commercial building coverage 25% and FAR 0.25; residential coverage 35%; other accessory 10% and FAR 0.10 (Sec. 16-549).
Min yards MXD-Cfront 10 ft, rear 20 ft, side 5 ft residential and 7.5 ft nonresidential, side corner 10 ft; zero side setback allowed on lots of 150 ft width and 19,500 sq ft (Sec. 16-550).
StandardMax height 35 ft (Sec. 16-551).
Building designpitched roofs required, flat roofs prohibited (Sec. 16-553).
Accessory usesUses, buildings and structures customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted or special exception uses, on the same or a contiguous lot in the same ownership, not rented as a separate dwelling unit; Private gardens and nurseries, garages, swimming pools, tool houses and garden sheds, children's play areas and play equipment; Home occupations (Sec. 16-742 et seq.)
StandardRead from Div. 14, Secs. 16-542 to 16-553; 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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Based on the Greenacres zoning code.
Educational content — not legal or zoning advice. Verify permitted uses with the municipality for your specific parcel.