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General Commercial Pahokee, Florida

Pahokee's General Commercial (GC) district is regulated through the city-wide permitted use table (Table V-1, Sec. 14-75), which assigns each use a tag in the GC column. Uses tagged P are by right, AR need administrative review by the community development director, SPR need planning board site plan review, and CU are conditional uses approved by the board of adjustment.

6 buildings zoned GC127 permitted business types
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Permitted uses

What you can operate in GC, Pahokee

The businesses the GC district in Pahokee 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 GC here means specifically Pahokee's GC district.)

Allowed by right
Apparel & Accessory Retail - Sales & Rental Stores (P)Art Merchandising Studios (P)Art & Drafting Supply Stores including Picture Frames (P)Bait & Tackle Shops (P)Barber & Beauty Shops (P)Bars, Lounges & Related Entertainment (P)Bathroom & Kitchen Contractor Showrooms (P)Book & Stationery Stores (P)Botanical Gardens & Accessory Offices (AR)Business & Commercial Machine Sales (P)Candy, Nut & Confectionary Stores (P)Catering Establishments (P)Churches, Synagogues & Other Houses of Worship (SPR)Clinics - Public or Private (AR)Clubs & Lodges without Restaurant (P)Coin & Philatetic Stores (P)Commercial, Comparison Shopping, except as otherwise listed (P)Commercial, Single Destination Uses except where otherwise listed (P)Commercial, Convenience Sales & Personal Service, except as otherwise listed (P)Convenience Stores (P)Daycare Facilities - Adult (P)Daycare Facilities - Children as Accessory in House of Worship & Schools, Public or Private (AR)Daycare Facilities - Children as Principal Use (AR)Delicatessen (P)Department Stores - Major (P)Drive Through Facilities except Restaurants, as principal uses (AR)Exercise Studios & Health Clubs (P)Facial & Scalp Treatment Services (P)Financial Institutions, including Banks, Savings & Loans and Credit Unions (AR)Flower Shops and Florists (P)Food & Beverage Related Uses, except as otherwise listed (P)Food Stores or Supermarkets greater than 10,000 sq. ft. (P)Food Stores - Speciality (P)Funeral Homes, Mortuaries & Crematories (P)Funeral Homes (P)Gift, Novelty, Souvenir & Sundry Shops (P)Government Facilities, not otherwise listed (P)Group Homes - Type III (6 or more) (AR)Hardware, Paint, Glass and Wallpaper Stores (P)Hospitals - Public or Private (SPR)Hotels & Motels (AR)Interior Decorators (P)Laundry & Dry Cleaning establishments, cleaning on premises (AR)Laundry & Dry Cleaning establishments serving primarily the public (AR)Laundry and Dry Cleaning establishments, serving the public - coin operated, no cleaning on premises (P)Liquor & Party Stores (P)Locksmith & Key Establishments (P)Mailing Services (P)Marine - Retail Sales & Service (P)Martial Arts Studios (P)Monument Sales Establishments (P)Motion Picture Studios (P)Motor Vehicles Fuel Sales & Service (Gas & Service Stations) (AR)Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessory Store (P)Motor Vehicle Repair - Light (including body repairs & painting) (AR)Motor Vehicle - Sales & Rental (no service) (P)Motor Vehicle Sales & Service Agencies (AR)Motor Vehicle Title & Tag Service (P)Motorcycle Sales and Service Establishments (P)Music & Dance Studios (P)Newspaper Distributing Agencies (P)Newspaper & Magazine Shops (P)Nurseries - Retail, for sale of plant materials grown off premises (P)Office & Related Uses - including business services, except as otherwise listed (P)Office & Support Retail - not occupying more than 20% of gross square footage (P)Offices - Governmental Administration (P)Offices - Professional (P)Offices or Facilities, quasi-public associations & organization, not for profit (P)Parking Garages as Principal Use (AR)Parking Lot as Principal - accessory or offsite uses (AR)Pawn Shops (P)Pet Grooming Establishments, but not kennels (P)Photocopying Services (P)Photographic Studios (P)Post Office (P)Printing & Type Setting Serivces (P)Produce Markets (P)Public Safety Facilities - operated by public agencies (P)Radio & Television Broadcasting Studios & Facilities (P)Recreation - Indoors (P)Recreation - Outdoors, General (SPR)Repair Shops for Household Appliances, Small Motors & Machines (P)Research & Development Facilities - not of an industrial nature (P)Residential, Fraternities & Sororities (P)Residential, Multifamily (P)Residential, Rooming & Boarding Houses (P)Residential - Single Family Detatched (P)Residential - Single Family Attached & Detatched (P)Residential - Townhouse (P)Restaurants serving a limited clientele (Private clubs & lodges) (P)Restaurants serving general public, but not drive in or drive through facilities (P)Restaurants serving general public, drive in or drive through facilities (AR)Retail Bakeries (P)Retail Building Material Sales (P)Retail Business (P)Sandwich or Snack Shops (P)Satellite Reception Dishes - principal or accessory in non-residential districts (AR)Schools - Public & Private, Elementary, Intermediate, & Secondary (P)Schools - Public Vocational & Trade not involving industrial equipment (P)Shelters (AR)Special Non-commercial Events of Public Interest (AR)Swimming Pool Sales (P)Tax Return Preparation Services (P)Taxidermists (P)Temporary Borrow Pits, Borrow Piles & Similar Excavation (AR)Temporary Manual Labor Hiring Offices (P)Temporary Non-Manual Labor Hiring Offices (P)Temporary Model Dwelling or Sales Office (AR)Temporary Offices & Facilities for Construction, Storage, & Security (AR)Theaters, Indoor, Motion Pictures Live Performances (P)Tobacco Shops (P)Travel Agencies or Transportation Tickets (P)Utility Facilities, Light Public & Private (AR)Veterinary Clinics & Hospitals, Animal Shelters Enclosed (AR)Warehousing - Self Storage for Families & Small Business (P)Warehousing having moderate external impact (P)Watch & Shoe Repair Establishments (P)Wholesale having moderate external impacts (P)
With special approval
Bed and Breakfast small homestay (CU) - footnote ** not defined in fileBed and Breakfast large homestay (CU) - footnote ** not defined in fileGame Arcades (CU)Group Homes - Type V (CU)Public Safety Facilities - operated by private agencies (CU)Recreation - Outdoors, High Intensity (CU)Recreation - Outdoors, Amusement Temporary (CU)Temporary Produce Stands (CU)Transit, Passenger & Freight Terminal (CU)
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Development standards

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

TagsP = permitted by right; AR = administrative review (director of community development); SPR = site plan review (planning board); CU = conditional use (board of adjustment), per Sec. 14-75(a).
StandardUses not expressly permitted are prohibited (Sec. 14-75(b)).
Permitted in all districts without listinglocal distribution utility lines and appurtenances, public and private streets, railroad right-of-way, water and sewer lines, gas and liquid fuel distribution lines (Sec. 14-75(c)).
StandardResidential uses (single-family detached and attached, townhouse, multifamily, rooming/boarding houses, fraternities) are tagged P in the GC column.
Accessory usesAccessory Dwelling Units (AR, administrative review)
StandardRead from Sec. 14-75 (Table V-1, GC 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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Based on the Pahokee zoning code.
Educational content — not legal or zoning advice. Verify permitted uses with the municipality for your specific parcel.