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Powerline Road Zoning District (PRZD) Oakland Park, Florida

Mixed-use district along Powerline Road intended as a compatibility enhancement to the present B-1, B-2 and B-3 zoning, allowing vertical mixed use (retail/commercial office with residential above the first floor). Permitted uses are those marked in the PRZD column of the city-wide Master Business List (Sec.

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in PRZD, Oakland Park

The businesses the PRZD district in Oakland Park 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 PRZD here means specifically Oakland Park's PRZD district.)

Allowed by right
Animal daycare - no overnight boarding [supp. reg. 1]Animal clinics, pet hospitals [supp. reg. 1]Animal grooming [supp. reg. 1]Apartments [supp. reg. 2]Artists' studios, photography studiosAthletic club, health clubs, gymnasiums, personal training, fitness studio - 10,000 square feet or lessBowling alleysBrewpub, (restaurant area cannot exceed 20% of the gross floor area of the establishment)Business servicesCommunity residences (up to ten residents) [supp. reg. 19]Conservatories (art and music), soundproofed for musicDay nurseries, child care centers, adult day careDry cleaning or laundry drop-off establishments [supp. reg. 3]Employment agencies (except day labor) (Also see "Day Labor")Federal, state and municipal buildings, parks, playgrounds. recreation, and their associated parking lotsFood caterersFuneral homes in stand-alone building, accessory embalming permitted (no crematory)Garden supplies [supp. reg. 5]Guns - retail (as accessory use)Import/export (office only)Kitchen incubatorKnife & scissor sharpening (as accessory to permitted)Laboratories, medical, dental, diagnostic, educationalLaundries, coin-operatedLibraryLighting fixtures distributors, wholesaleMail order and internet sales establishment (office only)Medical clinicMuseumOfficeParking lots and garages, commercialPersonal servicesPest control (office only)Places of worshipPlant nursery and sales, retail, (with fencing and screening around outdoor sales areas) [supp. reg. 5]Post officeRadio, television studiosRecovery communities [supp. reg. 20]Residences [supp. reg. 2]Restaurant with dining room or accessory outdoor seating [supp. reg. 18]Retail sales - stores 40,000 square feet or less of sales areaSchools, drivingShipping and packaging stores, 10,000 square feet or lessShopping centers, neighborhood under ten (10) acresSwimming pools & water treatment: supplies, chemicals, and accessories (no manufacturing)Theater and motion picture housesUrban farm - Indoor operation (retail component required onsite)Yacht and boat brokers (office only)
With special approval
Air mobility station including vertiports or drone ports - electric transport vehicles onlyAmusement enterprises: coin or credit-operated games (as accessory use) [supp. reg. 1]Assembly hall, halls for hire, civic clubs, fraternal, noncommercial, lodge halls, union halls, associations (civic, professional)Athletic club - over 10,000 square feetAuto tag agencyAuto wash and detailing [supp. reg. 11]Bar [supp. reg. 9]Beverage manufacturing, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, with tasting room (tasting room not to exceed 20% of the gross floor area and use approval required)Billiard rooms - pool roomsBuilding supplies, retail (from bldgs. only)Building supplies, retail (accessory outside storage, and/or over 40,000 square feet gross floor, conditional use only)Convenience store with or without a vehicle fueling stationElectric vehicle charging, accessory use when total number of units, not within a parking structure, exceed 10% of required parking [supp. reg. 6]Electric vehicle charging station, principal use, [supp. reg. 6]Funeral homes in multi- tenant building, no on-site embalming or crematoryGolf courses (miniature)Golf driving rangeHotels (except hotels in PCC-1 and PCC-2 districts from the conditional use requirement)Membership discount stores/clubs, 40,000 square feet or lessMembership discount stores/clubs greater than 40,000 square feetPet shopsPharmacy [supp. reg. 14]Psychic consulting (see Chapter 7 of this Code for additional requirements)Restaurant, drive-in (minimum distance of 100 feet airline distance from residentially zoned property)Restaurant, drive-thru (accessory outside seating)Retail sales - stores over 40,000 square feet of sales areaShopping centers, community or regional over ten (10) acresTattoo & body piercing studioTeen center
Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardCommercial activities limited to the first floor of mixed-use buildings; office may be above the first floor; multi-family, live-work, villas and townhouses permitted above the first floor of a commercial establishment
StandardMax FAR 2.5 for commercial uses; base residential density 10 du/ac, max 20 du/ac
Heightwest side of Powerline Road max 60 ft / 5 stories; east side max 35 ft / 3 stories
SetbacksPowerline Road min 10 ft; NW 38 Street 15 ft; 15 ft landscape buffer adjacent to existing residential neighborhoods
Standard20% of site in open space; no on-street parking; traffic study required for new projects
Accessory usesCheck cashing; Electric vehicle charging unit, accessory to a principal use and not exceeding 10% of required parking unless located within a parking structure [supp. reg. 6]; Electric vehicle charging, accessory use when total number of units, not within a parking structure, exceed 10% of required parking [supp. reg. 6]; Propane or liquefied petroleum gas tank exchange
StandardRead from Oakland Park LDC Ch. 24 Sec. 24-58 (PRZD) and Sec. 24-41 Master Business List (PRZD column); 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 PRZD in Oakland Park

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Based on the Oakland Park zoning code.
Educational content — not legal or zoning advice. Verify permitted uses with the municipality for your specific parcel.