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FLEX — Flexible Use District Wellington, Florida

All 23 buildings stored as FZEC (Wellington Commerce Park / Commerce Park East, Fortune Way / Fortune Cir / Fairlane Farms Rd / Pierson Rd) are zoned FLEX (Flexible Use) on the Village of Wellington's own GIS zoning layer (Ordinance 2010-03, adopted 2010-03-02). This matches PAPA's 'FLEX - FLEXIBLE USE'.

25 buildings zoned FLEX38 permitted business types

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in FLEX, Wellington

The businesses the FLEX district in Wellington 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 FLEX here means specifically Wellington's FLEX district.)

Allowed by right

Adult Entertainment (Sec. 6.2.2.B.1)Catering (Sec. 6.2.2.B.4)Fitness Center (Sec. 6.2.2.B.8)Kennel (Sec. 6.2.2.B.13)Personal ServiceVehicle Brokering (Sec. 6.2.2.B.17)Veterinary Clinic (Sec. 6.2.2.B.18)Automotive Paint/Body Shop (Sec. 6.2.2.E.1)Contractors Storage Yard (Sec. 6.2.2.E.2)Craftsman/Contractor Services (Sec. 6.2.2.E.3)Flex Space (Sec. 6.2.2.E.4)MicrobreweryPacking, Distribution and Processing (Sec. 6.2.2.E.5)Recycling Plant (Sec. 6.2.2.E.6)Repair and Maintenance, Large (Sec. 6.2.2.E.7)Repair and Maintenance, Small (Sec. 6.2.2.E.8)Research and DevelopmentSelf storage, Indoor and/or Outdoor (Sec. 6.2.2.E.9)Towing Service and Storage (Sec. 6.2.2.E.10)Warehouse (Sec. 6.2.2.E.11)Assembly (Sec. 6.2.2.F.2)Government ServicesParkTrade SchoolElectric Transmission FacilitiesUtilitiesAgricultural Retail/Service (Sec. 6.8.9.A)Manufacturing / FabricationMedical / Dental Laboratory

With special approval

Security/Caretakers Quarters (special use permit; Sec. 6.2.2.A.3)Car Wash and Auto Detailing (conditional use; Sec. 6.2.2.B.3)Day Care, Adult/Children (conditional use; Sec. 6.2.2.B.5)Entertainment, Outdoor (Temporary) (special use permit; Sec. 6.2.4.G)Gun Club/Gun Range (conditional use; Sec. 6.2.2.B.10)Mobile Vendor (special use permit; Sec. 6.2.2.D.2)Temporary/Seasonal Sales (special use permit; Sec. 6.2.4.E)Vehicular Sales and Rental (conditional use; Sec. 6.2.2.D.4)Wireless Communication Facilities/Towers (conditional use; Sec. 6.2.2.G.3)

Build envelope

Development standards

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

Table 6.3-1 FLEXminimum lot 1 acre, 100 ft width, 200 ft depth; maximum FAR 0.45; maximum building coverage 45%

Table 6.3-1 FLEX minimum setbacksfront 40 ft, side 15 ft, corner 25 ft, rear 20 ft

Sec. 6.7.1.B'Commerce Park' and 'Commerce Park East' (south of Pierson Rd, west of Fairlane Farms Rd) are governed by their approved master plans for all development and redevelopment

Sec. 6.7.1.Funplatted Flex properties must plat before engineering/building permits for new construction or expansion

Sec. 6.2.2outdoor storage as a principal use is permitted only in the Flex district; outdoor storage/outdoor repair must be screened by 6-ft fencing plus vegetation

Sec. 6.2.2kennel minimum lot 1 acre in Flex (runs 10 ft from property lines); recycling plant minimum lot 5 acres in Flex; child day care in Flex designed principally to serve commerce-park employees; adult entertainment limited to the Flex district with 500-ft separations

Accessory usesAccessory structure (Table 6.2-1: P); Office accessory to another permitted use, or property management office specifically for the industrial park (Sec. 6.2.2.C.4: within the Flex district only these offices are permitted); Car wash or auto detailing accessory to an auto repair or auto body shop, hand washing/waxing only (Sec. 6.2.2.B.3.e.ii)

Read from Wellington LDR Art. 6Sec. 6.1.2.F (purpose), Table 6.2-1 (FLEX column), Sec. 6.2.2 (supplementary standards), Table 6.3-1, Sec. 6.7.1 (Flex district); 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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