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B-1 Neighborhood Business District Lighthouse Point, Florida

Neighborhood business district permitting small-scale retail, personal service, restaurants, medical and professional offices, banks and similar neighborhood-serving uses, with new merchandise only. Full-service dry cleaners and children's dance schools are conditional uses; auto-related, wholesale, nightclub, bar, pet-related, healthcare-facility, check-cashing and storage uses are expressly prohibited.

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in B-1, Lighthouse Point

The businesses the B-1 district in Lighthouse Point 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-1 here means specifically Lighthouse Point's B-1 district.)

Allowed by right
Retail stores for confectionery, dairy products, dressed poultry, drug products, flowers, fruit and vegetables, garden supplies, gifts, groceries, hardware, hobby supplies, ice cream, jewelry, meats, music, notions, pet supplies, seafood, souvenirs, sundries, tobacco, toys and wearing apparel (food stores may also sell beer and wine)Bakeries or delicatessens (food for retail sale only, not consumed on premises; max six employees)Personal service shops (barbershops, beauty parlors, hat cleaning/blocking, pressing and mending, shoe repair and shoeshine)Day nurseries and nursery schoolsDressmaking shops, laundry and dry cleaning pickup stations, tailor shops, watch and jewelry repair, self-service laundriesMedical offices; attorneys, engineers, architects, accountants and other professionalsNonalcoholic beverage sales; restaurants (not drive-in); self-service ice stationsSporting goods sales (no live bait; limited frozen/iced fresh bait)Banks and financial institutions, custom brokers and manufacturers' agencies, employment offices, post office and other governmental offices, messenger offices, public utility offices, stockbroker offices, ticket offices, travel agencies, newspaper news and circulation officesConvenience stores (no similar use within 1,000 ft by airline measurement)Any use of a similar nature
With special approval
Full service dry cleaning establishments (Sec. 42-362: customer drop-off/pick-up only, 7 am-7 pm, max 5 employees per shift, max two 40-lb cleaning units, enclosed solvent-reclaiming units)Children's dance school (ages 2-18 only; Sec. 42-363)
Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardMax first-floor store floor area 5,000 sq ft (including display/sales area)
StandardMax height two stories / 30 ft
StandardRear setback 15 ft
StandardFence or hedge required where B-1 abuts residential property
StandardAll merchandise must be new (no secondhand/used); sales only under roof within the licensed building
Prohibitedauto/truck/boat/machinery sales, storage or service, car washes, mortuaries, drive-in restaurants, wholesale, pawnshops, lumber/building material outlets, theaters, nightclubs and on-premises alcohol consumption, plumbing/electrical/sheet-metal shops, vet clinics/animal hospitals, cabinet/carpenter shops, warehouses (except incidental), sign shops, nicotine dispensing stores, fortune tellers, package stores, arcades, kennels/pet shops, check cashing/payday loans, healthcare uses per Sec. 42-371, shelters and halfway houses
Accessory usesResidential uses accessory to a permitted use
StandardRead from Lighthouse Point Code Ch. 42, Sec. 42-346 (B-1); conditional use criteria Secs. 42-360, 42-362, 42-363; 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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Spaces zoned B-1 in Lighthouse Point

1 space available in this district, largest first. Click any space to view it.

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1821 NE 25th St, Lighthouse Point — Entire Property
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Based on the Lighthouse Point zoning code.
Educational content — not legal or zoning advice. Verify permitted uses with the municipality for your specific parcel.