C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District Tequesta, Florida
C-1 provides limited retail sales and business service activities primarily designed to serve residential neighborhoods; it is not intended for major or large-scale commercial concerns. It permits retail, business, professional/medical office, personal services, non-fast-food restaurants and small places of assembly by right.
The businesses the C1 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 C1 here means specifically Tequesta's C1 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, specialtyLibraries, art galleries and museumsWireless telecommunication towers and antennas (only on village-owned property, per Art. IX, Div. 5)Places of assembly (750 square feet or less) (all presentations and events entirely within a building; listed accessory uses allowed: preschool/school facilities, assembly halls, sanctuaries, community centers/fellowship halls, related offices, gift shops, playgrounds and athletic fields)
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; governmental usesShopping centersConvenience store without fuel sales and dispensing facilities (with detailed conditions: 1,500 ft separation from other convenience stores, landscaping, visibility, lighting, security cameras)Restaurants, carryoutWireless telecommunication towers and antennas on property that is not village owned (Art. IX, Div. 5)Places of assembly (765 square feet or more) (same in-building and accessory-use conditions)
Build envelope
Development standards
Headline dimensional limits for this district. Confirm exact figures against the current code for your specific parcel.
StandardMaximum height 2 stories / 35 ft
StandardMinimum lot size 7,500 sq ft; minimum lot width 75 ft; maximum lot coverage 40 percent
StandardFront yard 15 ft; side none (10 ft at intersecting street or next to non-commercial district); rear 10 ft from property line or 10 ft from center of rear alley
StandardMinimum landscaped open space 25 percent
Accessory usesAny accessory use customarily incidental to a permitted use
StandardRead from Sec. 78-176; 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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