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C-2 Community Commercial District Tequesta, Florida

C-2 provides commercial activities convenient to U.S. Highway 1 automotive traffic and serves the community at large with a greater variety of uses than the neighborhood level. It permits retail, business, medical/professional office, personal services, restaurants (non-fast-food), bakeries, dry cleaners and small places of assembly by right; hotels, shopping centers, fuel stations, dealers and fast food need special exception.

16 buildings zoned C-230 permitted business types

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in C-2, Tequesta

The businesses the C-2 district in Tequesta 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 C-2 here means specifically Tequesta's C-2 district.)

Allowed by right

Retail sales and services, excluding retail package liquorsBusiness servicesHealth care facility or medical or dental office; professional office; professional servicesPersonal servicesRestaurants, excluding fast food restaurants, drive-in restaurants, and carryout restaurantsRestaurant, specialtyBakeryDry cleaning and laundry establishments, including laundromatsPlaces of assembly (1,500 square feet or less) (all events entirely within a building; listed accessory uses allowed)Retail package liquors (no other package liquor use within 2,000 ft; no more than one per shopping center; hours per Code Sec. 6-1)Wireless telecommunication towers and antennas (only on village-owned property, per Art. IX, Div. 5)

With special approval

Public utility buildings such as water pumping plants, water treatment plants, sewage plant lift stations and electric substations; police and fire stations and uses normally appurtenant thereto; libraries and governmental usesWireless telecommunication towers and antennas on property that is not village ownedPlanned commercial development (PCD) (Art. VIII; 3 contiguous acres minimum per Sec. 78-143)Adult congregate living facility (ACLF) (must include extended care facility; 2-acre minimum site; up to 18 units per net acre)Theaters (all events within a building; none started after 11:00 p.m.)Indoor amusements (bowling, pool, billiards, video game arcade and similar amusements)Restaurant, carryoutConvenience store without fuel sales and dispensing facilities (with conditions)Libraries, art galleries and museumsFull-service fuel station or gasoline service station (fronting U.S. Highway 1; 500 ft from other stations; other conditions)Hotels (subject to conditions in Sec. 78-177(d)(12))Motor vehicle dealers (subject to conditions in Sec. 78-177(d)(13))Shopping centersPlaces of assembly (1,515 square feet or more) (with conditions)Publicly owned and operated community buildingsRestaurants, fast food (subject to conditions)Adult arcade amusement centers ('adult arcades') upon a determination by the villageMicrobreweryVeterinary office (subject to condition in Sec. 78-177(d)(20))

Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardMaximum height 4 stories or 50 ft above average finished grade

StandardMinimum site area 7,500 sq ft; minimum lot width 75 ft; maximum lot coverage 40 percent

StandardFront yard 25 ft (4- and 5-story buildings add 5 ft per story above 50 ft); side 10 ft (20 ft at intersecting street or next to non-commercial district); rear 10 ft (none where abutting railroad)

StandardMinimum landscaped open space 25 percent

Accessory usesAny accessory use customarily incidental to a permitted use

StandardRead from Sec. 78-177; Sec. 78-143 (schedule of site requirements); 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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