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Town Center District (TC) - Traditional Neighborhood Development Lauderdale Lakes, Florida

Both Lauderdale Lakes TC parcels exceed the 10-acre threshold in Sec. 705.1.1.2 (20.0 acres at 3201-3333 N State Road 7; 29.3 acres at 2900-3784 N State Road 7 per Broward Property Appraiser), so they stay in TC and do NOT revert to B-3. TC has no use table of its own: Sec. 705.8 allocates land to civic (any CF use), shopfront and rowhouse (any B-1 or RM-10/16/20 use plus guesthouses and production support) and house (RS-1..4) categories, so the uses below are those cross-referenced districts' lists.

3 buildings zoned TC33 permitted business types

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in TC, Lauderdale Lakes

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

Allowed by right

[Shopfront/Rowhouse = any B-1 use] Grocery stores and pharmacies (each store up to 20,000 sf)[B-1] Retail stores for new merchandise sold directly to consumers (each up to 10,000 sf): arts and crafts; arts studios and galleries; bakery; bicycle sales/rentals/repairs (no motorized goods); bookstore new or used; camera shops; convenience store; 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 shop; pottery shops; shoes; small electronics; sporting goods; sundries; tailor shops; tobacco products[B-1] Personal services (each up to 2,500 sf): barbershop; beauty shop; consumer electronic and small appliance repair; drugstore; dry-cleaning (not on premises); interior design; laundromat (7am-11pm); manicurist; photographic film pickup; postal facilities; restaurants or cafe without drive-through; shoe repair; tailoring and alterations; travel agency; video rental[B-1] Print shop (up to 2,500 sf; plate size 30x42 in, photocopy/diazo/offset-duplicator equipment only)[B-1] Offices up to 20,000 sf per use: professional, business, medical outpatient or dental offices/clinics (pain-management clinics subject to Sec. 704.2.1(f) limits)[B-1] Banks and financial institutions without drive-through (up to 20,000 sf per establishment)[B-1] Antique shops[RM-10/16/20 via Shopfront/Rowhouse] Two-family dwellings[RM] Townhouses (not more than six units per group)[RM] Apartments[RM] Community residential homes (F.S. ch. 419)Guesthouses (not more than six rooms; no transient lodging over 30 consecutive days)Production support activities (artist studios, pottery shops, etc., as determined by the community development director)[House use = RS-1 to RS-4] One-family detached dwelling[RS] Family day care home (with 705/703.2.2 standards)[Civic use = any CF use] Parks[CF] Schools[CF] Educational or vocational institutes[CF] Churches, synagogues and other houses of worship[CF] Libraries[CF] Cultural, civic and community centers[CF] Municipal government, administration, services and maintenance facilities[CF] Police and fire protection facilities

With special approval

[B-1] Outdoor cafes[B-1] Drive-through facility[RM] Single-family detached dwellings (conditional use under Sec. 503)[CF] Governmentally sponsored/subsidized residential care facilities for the aged/handicapped, nursing homes, convalescent homes, congregate care facilities[CF] Hospitals and clinics[CF] Non-municipal governmental facilities and buildings[CF] Private fraternal, civic, charitable or professional associations; private clubs with periodic assemblies[CF] Federal post office[CF] Funeral homes (max one per multi-tenant shopping center, 1,500 ft spacing)[CF] Assisted living facility (ALF)

Build envelope

Development standards

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

Sec. 705.1.1.2parcels under 10 acres are NOT subject to TC (they follow B-3, Sec. 705.1.2) - both parcels here are 20.0 and 29.3 acres per BCPA

Sec. 705.1.1.3-.6renovations under 50% of area/value, tenant changes, permit applications and casualty repairs do not by themselves trigger the TC regulations

Sec. 705.8Civic use = any CF use; Shopfront and Rowhouse use = any B-1 or RM-10/16/20 use + guesthouses + production support; House use = RS-1..RS-4 uses

Sec. 705.6(b)TND land categories (civic min 2%, public min 5%, shopfront min 25%, rowhouse+house min 25%); TNDs require rezoning and site-plan approval (705.5)

StandardShopfront buildings 24-80 ft; rowhouse max 60 ft; house max 35 ft; Mediterranean architectural theme required (705.6(c))

B-1 prohibitsadult entertainment, medical marijuana dispensing, sale of used goods other than antiques, etc. (Sec. 704.2.3)

Accessory uses[B-1] Aboveground storage tanks (accessory only, for emergency generator fuel, 550 gal or less, screened); Outbuildings on shopfront/rowhouse/house property limited to 50% of principal structure floor area (Sec. 705.8(f)); Uses accessory to permitted principal uses on the same plot (RM/RS/CF provisions)

StandardRead from Lauderdale Lakes LDR Sec. 705 (esp. 705.1.1, 705.8); Sec. 704.2 (B-1), 703.3 (RM), 703.2 (RS), 709 (CF); 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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