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M-1 Industrial District Pembroke Park, Florida

Industrial district for uses not involving materials, processes or machinery likely to cause undesirable effects on neighboring residential or business property; residential uses are not allowed. Permitted uses are an enumerated list (manufacturing and distribution of listed products, software/AI, biomedical research, warehousing and self-storage, service and trade establishments, employee-based offices, noise-controlled gyms, repair/shop uses, welding, carpet cleaning, wholesale meat/fish).

8 buildings zoned M-188 permitted business types

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in M-1, Pembroke Park

The businesses the M-1 district in Pembroke 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 M-1 here means specifically Pembroke Park's M-1 district.)

Allowed by right

Manufacture and distribution of: Aerospace compositesManufacture and distribution of: Apparel related productsManufacture and distribution of: Assembled paper productsManufacture and distribution of: Aviation technologyManufacture and distribution of: CeramicsManufacture and distribution of: Computer componentsManufacture and distribution of: CosmeticsManufacture and distribution of: Electronic and electrical equipment, systems, components, instruments, and peripheralsManufacture and distribution of: Finished wood productsManufacture and distribution of: Food packaging and distributionManufacture and distribution of: FootwearManufacture and distribution of: Furniture and fixturesManufacture and distribution of: Image recognition devicesManufacture and distribution of: JewelryManufacture and distribution of: Leather productsManufacture and distribution of: MachineryManufacture and distribution of: Manufacturing technologyManufacture and distribution of: Medical equipment and suppliesManufacture and distribution of: Musical instrumentsManufacture and distribution of: OpticsManufacture and distribution of: Pharmaceuticals and medicinesManufacture and distribution of: RoboticsManufacture and distribution of: Transportation parts and equipmentDevelopment or distribution of artificial intelligence or computer and telecommunications softwareMedical and biomedical educational or scientific research, testing, or development facilities (not schools) or laboratoriesWarehouse and storage buildings associated with manufacturing, assembly and distribution of goods and equipment, including self-storage facilities (adequate truck storage areas required)Storage in bulk within warehouse and storage buildings of: brick, building materials, cement, clay products, concrete products, contractors' equipment, cotton, grain, gravel, hay, lead, plaster, pipe, lumber, machinery, roofing materials, rope, sand, stone, terra cotta, timber, wood or woolService/trade establishment: BakeryService/trade establishment: Boat repairService/trade establishment: BookbindingService/trade establishment: Cheese makingService/trade establishment: Cleaning and dyeing establishmentsService/trade establishment: Communication - information/data processingService/trade establishment: Cutting or blending of liquorService/trade establishment: Diaper serviceService/trade establishment: Drapery and blind fabrication and serviceService/trade establishment: Egg storage, handling or processingService/trade establishment: ElectroplatingService/trade establishment: ExterminatingService/trade establishment: Food cateringService/trade establishment: Glass and mirror shopService/trade establishment: JanitorialService/trade establishment: LaundryService/trade establishment: Linen supplyService/trade establishment: Machinery repairService/trade establishment: Magazine wholesale agencyService/trade establishment: Manufacture of powder blends, potting compounds and plastisolsService/trade establishment: TV / Motion picture studio / recording studioService/trade establishment: Pattern makingService/trade establishment: Plumbing or electrical shopService/trade establishment: Printing, publishing, lithography and engravingService/trade establishment: Buildings for telecommunications and utility operations (except communications towers)Employee-based office not serving the general public: Medical billing and processingEmployee-based office not serving the general public: Data processingEmployee-based office not serving the general public: Computer software development and technical supportEmployee-based office not serving the general public: Mail order (no walk-up retail sales)Employee-based office not serving the general public: Burglar alarm monitoring servicesEmployee-based office not serving the general public: Pest control servicesEmployee-based office not serving the general public: Land surveying operationsEmployee-based office not serving the general public: Property management or landscape maintenance servicesExercise and gym and sport training facilities that are noise controlledRepair/shop use: Awning and canvasRepair/shop use: Carpenter and cabinetRepair/shop use: Contractor shopRepair/shop use: Electronic equipment repairRepair/shop use: Furniture repairRepair/shop use: Home appliance repairRepair/shop use: Lawn mower and motorcycle repairRepair/shop use: LocksmithRepair/shop use: Sharpening and grindingRepair/shop use: Upholstering shopRepair/shop use: Automotive, truck, motorcycle or boat engine repair, maintenance or testing (no body work, frame repairs, or painting unless approved under Sec. 28-212; not within 100 ft of residentially zoned district)Blacksmith and weldingCarpet and rug cleaningWholesale meat, poultry, and fish distribution

With special approval

Manufacture and/or storage of cement, lime, plaster, asphalt, brick, tile, concrete or products thereofPacking plants or canning plantsPetroleum storage or transferFabrication of Metal Products, excluding foundry and drop forging, but including stamping, dieing, shearing or punchingPaint or varnish manufactureOpen air storage in bulk of brick, building materials, butane, cement, clay products, concrete products, contractors' equipment, cotton, fuel, gasoline, grain, gravel, hay, lead, lime, plaster, pipe, lumber, machinery, propane, roofing materials, rope, sand, stone, terra cotta, timber, wood or woolUse of automatic screw machinesMotor freight terminalsManufacturing of chemicals not prohibited under Sec. 28-219Automobile, boat, motorcycle or truck body work, frame repairs or painting (not within 150 ft of residentially zoned district)TaxidermyAny manufacturing or chemical process that regularly involves use or storage of any one chemical in quantities greater than 50 gallons per dayRecovered Materials Processing Facilities meeting F.S. 403.7045(1)(e) conditions that do not accept household or putrescible waste (not within 500 ft of residentially zoned district)

Build envelope

Development standards

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

Special Permit (Sec. 28-212(b))Town Commission may approve a Sec. 28-212 use in a fully enclosed building of no more than 5,000 sq ft with no material adverse secondary effects; otherwise Special Exception required

StandardMax height 80 ft; Town Commission special exception up to 100 ft (Sec. 28-220)

Separationengine repair/maintenance/testing not within 100 ft of residentially zoned district; body work/frame repair/painting not within 150 ft; Recovered Materials Processing Facility not within 500 ft (Sec. 28-217)

StandardUses within 250 ft of residential zoning limited to Mon-Sat 7am-7pm, Sun 9am-4pm; clerical work exempt (Sec. 28-218)

StandardNo body work/repair/painting outside a building; no outdoor storage of auto parts, tires, petroleum or hazardous materials; outdoor storage of goods elsewhere only if approved and screened by Town Commission (Sec. 28-215)

Prohibited (Sec. 28-219) includemanufacture of cleaning/solvent/exterminating/disinfecting chemicals or hazardous substances; explosives; petroleum refining; stock/slaughter yards; rendering; pulp/saw/paper mills; oil compounding; junk/scrap yards; retail stores, sales or service unless specifically listed as permitted; amusement enterprises; sale or leasing of automobiles, trucks, boats or RVs; bars, cocktail lounges, night clubs; grocery stores and meat markets; foundries; rock and sand crushing; tannery/slaughterhouse; airport; adult day care; bus storage or repair; hospitals and institutions; hotels/motels (except commercial flex approved by Town Commission); residential uses; pharmacies, drug treatment centers, pain clinics; cultivation/processing of medical or prescription drugs; assembly uses incl. convention and meeting centers; correctional/transitional housing/shelters; solid waste management facilities and landfills/incinerators/transfer stations

Accessory usesUses and activities clearly accessory to a use allowed by Special Exception (Sec. 28-212(a)(14)); One accessory manager's/security quarters per complex not exceeding 400 sq ft (Sec. 28-219(bb), exception to residential prohibition)

StandardRead from Pembroke Park Code Ch. 28, Art. III, Div. 6, Sec. 28-211 to 28-220 (Sec. 28-211.5 permitted uses; Sec. 28-212 special exception/special permit uses; Sec. 28-219 prohibited uses); 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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