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Industrial Planned Unit Development Riviera Beach, Florida

I-PUD is the industrial class of Riviera Beach's Planned Unit Development district (Division 23). Its permitted uses are defined by reference: any use permitted in the OP office professional district, any non-residential use permitted in CN neighborhood commercial, and any use permitted in IL limited industrial.

6 buildings zoned I-PUD76 permitted business types
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Permitted uses

What you can operate in I-PUD, Riviera Beach

The businesses the I-PUD district in Riviera Beach 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 I-PUD here means specifically Riviera Beach's I-PUD district.)

Allowed by right
OP uses: Professional, business and financial offices, not including sale, display, storage or handling of merchandise on the premisesOP uses: Office and headquarters of trade, business, labor, political, social, religious, economic or similar organizations (no merchandise sale/display/storage)OP uses: Retail and service facilities within an office building (barbershops, beauty shops, newsstands, retail for books, gifts, flowers, tobacco, drugs and sundries), max 25% of building floor spaceOP uses: Medical or dental clinic offices, including a laboratoryOP uses: Temporary uses fronting West Blue Heron Boulevard between Avenue E and Avenue H West (per Sec. 31-522(b))CN retail: BakeryCN retail: BookstoreCN retail: BoutiqueCN retail: Dairy productsCN retail: Druggist or pharmacyCN retail: FloristCN retail: Gift shopCN retail: Home accessories, excluding furniture and major appliancesCN retail: Food store or delicatessenCN retail: Hobby shopCN retail: Music storeCN retail: NewsstandCN retail: Pet supply shopCN retail: Restaurant or eating establishment without drive-through facilityCN retail: Stationery storeCN retail: Tobacco shopCN service: Barber or beauty shopCN service: Coin laundry or dry cleaning substationCN service: LocksmithCN service: PhotographerCN service: Shoe repairCN service: Travel agencyIL light industrial/manufacturing: Appliance manufacturingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Auto paint and body shopIL light industrial/manufacturing: Auto repairs and auto body shopIL light industrial/manufacturing: Bakeries, wholesale, large scale preparationIL light industrial/manufacturing: Boats, manufacturingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Business offices accessory to primary industrial useIL light industrial/manufacturing: Cold storageIL light industrial/manufacturing: Confectionery, wholesale, large scale preparationIL light industrial/manufacturing: Cosmetics manufacturingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Dairy processingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Dry cleaning plantIL light industrial/manufacturing: Electronic equipment manufacturingIL light industrial/manufacturing: EngravingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Food processingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Furniture manufacturingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Glass manufacturingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Laundry plantIL light industrial/manufacturing: Leather goods manufacturingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Lumber yardIL light industrial/manufacturing: Metal fabricationIL light industrial/manufacturing: MillworkIL light industrial/manufacturing: Monument worksIL light industrial/manufacturing: Motion picture studioIL light industrial/manufacturing: Precision instruments and optics manufacturingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Port related ship supply establishments and facilitiesIL light industrial/manufacturing: Printing and publishingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Textile and clothing manufacturingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Tobacco products manufacturingIL light industrial/manufacturing: Upholstery shopIL light industrial/manufacturing: Welding shopIL light industrial/manufacturing: WholesalingIL light industrial/manufacturing: New vehicle dealerships
With special approval
OP special exception: Major manufacturing or corporate headquarters on sites of five acres or moreOP special exception: Churches and their educational buildingsIL special exception: PUDIL special exception: Used car lotsIL special exception: Beverage manufacturing and bottling worksIL special exception: Laboratory industrial researchIL special exception: Auto services, including transmission and oil change establishmentsIL special exception: Truck rental and leasingIL special exception: Specialty medical facilityIL special exception: Specialty hospitalIL special exception: Veterinarian office or animal medical clinicIL special exception: Contractor storage yardIL special exception: Auto brokerIL special exception: Truck parking with associated warehouse buildingIL special exception: Indoor or outdoor amusement/recreational uses (batting cages, trampoline or tumbling centers, bounce house centers, skating rinks, arcades, go-cart uses)IL special exception: Grocery storeIL special exception: Truck and bus parking as a primary use
Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardResidential uses are specifically prohibited in the I-PUD (Sec. 31-493).
StandardMinimum site area 10 acres, smaller area may be approved by planning and zoning board and city council with justification (Sec. 31-483).
No required setbacks or yards exceptall setbacks approved through site plan review; at least 5 ft abutting public road rights-of-way; 50 ft peripheral setback from PUD boundary with no parking or vehicular use except accessways (Sec. 31-496).
StandardMax height not to exceed the height of the district in which the development is located.
StandardMax lot coverage 45%.
StandardOP uses that are residential (multiple family dwellings and group homes, and existing residential buildings) are excluded because residential is prohibited.
StandardOP prohibited-use list (merchandise sale/display, trade schools, trade/personal service shops, mortuaries, employment agencies) applies to OP itself and is not stated to carry into I-PUD.
StandardRead from Secs. 31-482, 31-489, 31-491, 31-493, 31-496; 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 Riviera Beach zoning code.
Educational content — not legal or zoning advice. Verify permitted uses with the municipality for your specific parcel.