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Community Facilities District (CF) Lauderdale Lakes, Florida

Institutional district for houses of worship, schools, government and cultural buildings, public facilities, hospitals and parks. Retail, residential and industrial uses are expressly prohibited (with narrow accessory gift/secondhand-store exception for religious or fraternal facilities).

3 buildings zoned CF15 permitted business types

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in CF, Lauderdale Lakes

The businesses the CF 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 CF here means specifically Lauderdale Lakes's CF district.)

Allowed by right

ParksSchoolsEducational or vocational institutesChurches or synagogues and other houses of worshipLibrariesCultural, civic and community centersMunicipal government, administration, services and maintenance facilitiesPolice and fire protection facilities

With special approval

Governmentally sponsored or subsidized residential/care facilities for the aged and/or handicapped, nursing homes, convalescent homes, congregate care facilitiesHospitals and clinics (pain management clinic limits apply)Non-municipal governmental facilities and buildingsPrivate fraternal, civic, charitable or professional associations; private clubs and associations with periodic assembliesFederal post officeFuneral homes (site plan; max 5 service vehicles per 5,000 sf; one per multi-tenant shopping center; 1,500 lineal ft from another)ALF

Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardMin lot 20,000 sf and 100 ft width

StandardMax height five stories or 60 ft, whichever is less

StandardFront yard 25 ft (75 ft adjacent to Trafficways Plan road); side yard 25 ft; rear yard 20 ft; no parking within 20 ft of residential or 5 ft of street line

Expressly prohibitedresidential uses, retail (except accessory gift/secondhand stores to religious/fraternal use), adult entertainment, industrial uses, medical marijuana dispensing

Accessory usesUses generally accessory to the principal uses (709.2(9)); Aboveground storage tanks only as accessory use for emergency generator fuel (550 gal or less, screened) (709.4); Gift stores or secondhand stores operated as an accessory use to a religious facility or fraternal organization (exception to retail prohibition in 709.5(2))

StandardRead from LDR Ch. 7, Sec. 709 (709.2 permitted, 709.3 conditional, 709.4 AST, 709.5 prohibited); 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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