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Community Business (B2) Lauderdale Lakes, Florida

Community business district providing general commercial activity for a wide range of goods and services to the entire community and sub-region, oriented to arterial roadways. Uses are enumerated in Sec. 704.3.1 with square-footage caps on many retail/service categories; all activity must be inside an enclosed building except listed exceptions.

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in B-2, Lauderdale Lakes

The businesses the B-2 district in Lauderdale Lakes 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 B-2 here means specifically Lauderdale Lakes's B-2 district.)

Allowed by right

Automobile new parts and equipment, sales onlyBait and tackle shopsBanks, including drive-in teller serviceConvenience stores over 1,200 sq ft (min lot 20,000 sf, 150 ft frontage, 65 ft building setback; masonry wall/landscape buffer if within 200 ft of residential, CF or ROS)Department storesDog and pet hospitals in air-conditioned buildings (enclosed, soundproofed, no exterior cages, min 2,500 sf, no crematory; boarding ancillary)Dry cleaning establishments using noninflammable solvents in self-contained units (max 3,000 sf)Electrical appliance and fixture stores including related repair shopsFurniture stores, retail of new merchandise onlyGrocery stores and pharmacies (max 20,000 sf each)Retail stores of new merchandise sold to ultimate consumer, max 10,000 sf each: arts and crafts, bakery, bicycle sales/rentals/repairs (no motorized), bookstore, camera shops, dairy, florist, gift/card shop, hardware, jewelry, leather goods, luggage, meat market or poultry shop, music store, newsstand, notions, optical, paint and wall paper, picture framing, pottery shops, shoes, small electronics, sporting goods, sundries, tailor shopsLawn mowers, retail, sales and serviceMotorcycles sales and repairsOffice uses (professional, business offices, medical outpatient or dental offices/clinics), max 20,000 sf per use; pain management clinics subject to limitsPet shops and dog beauty parlors in air-conditioned buildingsPackage liquor stores (max one per multi-tenant shopping center)Printing shops (plate size max 30x42 in; photocopy/diazo/offset duplicator equipment; max 5,000 sf)Personal services, max 10,000 sf each: barbershop, beauty shop, consumer electronic and small appliance repair, dry-cleaning (not on premises), interior design, laundromat (7am-11pm only), manicurist, photographic film pickup, postal facilities, shoe repair, tailoring and alterations, travel agency, video rentalRestaurants or cafe without drive-through facilities

With special approval

Aboveground storage tanks (accessory only, for emergency generator fuel, 550 gal or less, screened)Automobile car wash (enclosed bays, site plan)Automobile, truck and trailer rentals (max 15 trucks/utility trailers, rear of building, 2 axles or fewer, no heavy equipment)Outdoor cooking and barbecuing (accessory to restaurant per 704.3.4)Gun salesSelf-storage facility (2,500 ft from another, climate controlled, units max 400 sf, interior access only, office/retail appearance on arterial/collector)

Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardMax height 50 ft; within 100 ft of residential zone 1 ft height per 2 ft distance (not limiting below 25 ft)

StandardNo minimum plot width or area

Setbacks50 ft from right-of-way of any Broward County Trafficways Plan road; otherwise 25 ft; street side yard min 20 ft; rear yard 10 ft where plot abuts a dedicated alley; no storage in front setback

StandardMax plot coverage 40% (2-4 story) or 45% (one story)

StandardMin landscaped open space 35%

StandardAll activities enclosed within a building except listed exceptions (garden shop, outdoor restaurant seating, play areas, drive-through, fueling areas, courts/pools)

Prohibited incl.any use not specifically permitted, adult entertainment, medical marijuana dispensing, sale of goods to other than ultimate consumer, off-premises catering, used merchandise (other than antiques)

Accessory usesOpen-air garden shop (plant materials, home garden supplies) accessory to a retail business, enclosed by 8-ft wall; Outdoor seating area accessory to a restaurant; Outdoor cooking and barbecuing accessory to a primary restaurant (rear, within knee-walled structure; no sale/consumption of food prepared there); Aboveground fuel storage tank for emergency generators (conditional use, accessory only)

StandardRead from LDR Ch. 7, Sec. 704.3 (704.3.1 permitted, 704.3.2 conditional, 704.3.3 prohibited, 704.3.4 limitations); 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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