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Industrial District (M) - Light Industrial (M-1) Lauderdale Lakes, Florida

Light industrial district for non-polluting light industry and complementary vocational training, manufacture, processing and assembly not producing undesirable effects on adjacent business or residential property. Sec. 707 permits a long enumerated list of manufacturing, warehousing and contractor uses, with stores, vehicle sales and health clubs only by conditional use.

1 building zoned I-137 permitted business types

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in I-1, Lauderdale Lakes

The businesses the I-1 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 I-1 here means specifically Lauderdale Lakes's I-1 district.)

Allowed by right

Business-related schoolsDry cleaning, carpet cleaning and laundry plantsNewspaper and job printing plantsContractor shopsMotor vehicle-related businesses conducted solely within a building: paint and body shops, upholstery shops, tire recapping and vulcanizing shops, radiator/transmission/brake/muffler/engine overhaul shops, lawnmower and motorcycle repairWarehousing, including crating, packing and shippingSecondhand merchandise sales of household furnishings, office equipment and electronic devices (max 1,200 sf; 500 ft from another such use)Manufacturing research and development business (buildings 25,000 sf or less per lot)Manufacture of: brooms and brushes, candles, candy, electrically fired ceramic products, cigars/cigarettes/snuff, clothing and hats, cosmetics and toiletries except soap, dairy products, ice cream, jewelry, leather goods and luggage, optical equipment, orthopedic and medical appliances, paper and cardboard products, perfume, pharmaceutical products, plastic products except pyroxylin, electrically fired pottery, shoes, silverware, spices and spice packing, stationery, television/radio/phonograph, artificial flowers/feathers/plumes, bags, buttons or novelties, canvas productsManufacture of products from aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, steel, other metal, bone, cloth, hair, leather, paper, rubber, shell, plastic, wood or other materials, provided power not in excess of 20 hp on any one machineManufacture of electrical fixtures, electronic devices, food products/chewing gum/syrups/fruit juices/extracts/drugs or medicines, hardware and cutlery, musical instruments, small parts and devicesBakeryCutting or blending of liquorCheese makingCarpenter and cabinet shopElectroplatingEgg storage, candling or processingHydroponic gardenHatchery, fish or fowlMotion picture studioPattern makingPrinting, publishing, lithography and engravingStamping, dying, shearing or punching of metal not over eight inches in thicknessTool, die and gauge shopTransformer and electrical switching stationPlumbing or electrical shop entirely within an enclosed buildingSlat houseManufacture of powder blends, potting compounds and plastisolsManufacture of water-based and/or epoxy-based coatings, adhesives, sealants and paintsBottled gas storage, filling and distributionOffice uses which serve or represent any primary industrial use

With special approval

Stores for the sale or rent of new or used merchandise, conducted solely within a building, whether or not to the ultimate consumerSale, service and storage of motor vehicles, trailers, motor homes and boatsHealth club or spa and physical fitness facilitiesAll uses permitted in the U (Utilities) districtAll uses permitted in the ROS (Recreation/Open Space) districtDaycare centers

Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardMinimum area for the district is one acre; no minimum plot size

StandardMax height 100 ft

Setbacksno building or roofed structure within 50 ft of street line or 25 ft of other plot line; 50 ft adjacent to Broward County Trafficways Plan roads; no structure within 100 ft of residentially zoned land

StandardAll permitted uses within a completely enclosed building (overhead doors over 8 ft wide not on street-side elevations)

StandardOpen outside storage must be screened with opaque screen up to 8 ft; no storage between street and building line unless behind 6-ft decorative masonry wall

Expressly prohibited incl.foundry, drop forging, salvage yards/auto crushing, recycling or C&D processing, paint/varnish manufacture, bus storage/repair, open-air bulk storage of building materials/contractor equipment/lumber etc., hotels and motels, bars/cocktail lounges, mortuaries, adult entertainment, hospitals, medical marijuana dispensing, any use not specifically permitted

Accessory usesAccessory uses and structures, including living quarters intended as on-site security accessory to a permitted use; Aboveground fuel storage tanks for emergency generators if fully screened by masonry/concrete wall and landscaped (all other fuel tanks underground; no bulk fuel storage)

StandardRead from LDR Ch. 7, Sec. 707 (707.1.1 permitted, 707.1.2 conditional, 707.1.3 prohibited, 707.1.8 performance standards); 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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