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AR - Agricultural Residential Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

The AR district is composed of existing agricultural and residential uses on large lots, intended to be rural and located outside the Urban Growth Boundary. Table 21 permits single-family and mobile-home dwellings, community residential homes (6 or fewer), family day care, commercial and private stables, veterinary offices/clinics, small places of assembly and public parks; agriculture is permitted only in AR and AE.

1 building zoned AR22 permitted business types

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in AR, Palm Beach Gardens

The businesses the AR district in Palm Beach Gardens 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 AR here means specifically Palm Beach Gardens's AR district.)

Allowed by right

Dwelling, Single-family (P)Dwelling, Mobile Home (P)Community Residential Home, Type I - 6 or fewer residents (P; note 3)Day Care, Family (P; note 36: max five children, max 18 hours/day)Stable, Private (P; note 75)Stable, Commercial (P; note 75: min 100 ft road frontage, min 5-acre lot, may be operated with a residence)Veterinary Office and Clinic (P; note 48: kennels/overnight boarding only if soundproofed and approved as a minor conditional use)Places of Assembly - 100 seats or less (P; note 49)Park, Public (P; note 55)Utilities, Minor (P; note 63)Agriculture - growing/harvesting of crops, raising and breeding of horses and domestic livestock, animal products, plant material (permitted only in AR and AE per Sec. 78-159(j)(65); not a row in Table 21)

With special approval

Fruit and Vegetable market (C - minor conditional use)Animal Boarding Kennel (C - minor conditional use; note 27)Cemetery and Mausoleum (C* - major conditional use)Day Care, Child and Adult (C* - major conditional use; note 35: min lot 8,000 sf, licensing)Schools, Public and Private (C* - major conditional use; note 54)Bed and Breakfast (C* - major conditional use; note 76: owner-occupied single-family dwelling)Community Residential Home, Type II - 7 to 14 residents (C* - major conditional use; note 4)Equestrian Arena, Commercial (C* - major conditional use; note 77)Recreation Center, Public (C* - major conditional use)Utility Plant and Major Substations (C* - major conditional use; note 62)Wireless Telecommunication Facilities (shown 'C*/ P' - major conditional or permitted depending on the note 64 siting standards)

Build envelope

Development standards

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

Table 10min site area 5 acres (single-family and other permitted uses); min lot width 300 ft; max gross density 1 unit per 5 acres

StandardMax lot coverage 10%; max building height 36 ft

Min setbacksfront 100 ft; side 50 ft; side facing street 80 ft; rear 100 ft

StandardPGA Boulevard overlay corridor use rules (Art. V, Div. 2) pre-empt Table 21 where they apply

Accessory usesAccessory Dwelling Unit (P; note 78: one ADU per residential lot, not exceeding the principal structure or 1,500 sf, whichever is less); Home Occupation / home-based business (P; note 1); Keeping of domestic livestock accessory to the residential use when not part of a bona fide agriculture operation (Sec. 78-159(j)(65)a.1); Agriculture, light manufacturing - accessory to a related bona fide agricultural use, max 25,000 sf, 100 ft setback from residential districts (Sec. 78-159(j)(65)b); Agriculture, storage - equipment or products accessory to a principal agricultural use (Sec. 78-159(j)(65)c)

Read from Code Ch. 78Sec. 78-133 (AR), Sec. 78-159 Table 21 (use chart) and subsection (j) notes (including note 65 Agriculture), Sec. 78-141 Table 10 (property development regulations); 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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