Zoning explained · Palm Beach County

Broadway Mixed-Use District West Palm Beach, Florida

Form-based mixed-use district along the Broadway corridor north of 25th Street to the city limits (excluding the Northwood mixed-use district). It has its own use list (Table VII-22) allowing residential, retail, office, restaurants and personal services; industrial, warehouse and heavy uses are not listed and therefore not permitted.

25 buildings zoned BMUD119 permitted business types
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Permitted uses

What you can operate in BMUD, West Palm Beach

The businesses the BMUD district in West Palm 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 BMUD here means specifically West Palm Beach's BMUD district.)

Allowed by right
Apparel & accessory retail sales rental stores (#3)Art merchandising studios (#4)Art & drafting supply stores, including picture frames (#5)Bait and tackle shops (#6)Barber & beauty shops (#7)Bathroom and kitchen contractor showrooms (#9)Bed and breakfast inns (#10.1; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Book & stationary stores (#11)Brewpub/microbrewery/micro-distillery/micro-winery (#12.1; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Business and commercial machine sales (#13)Candy, nut and confectionary stores (#14)Catering establishments (#15)Clinics-public & private (#18; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Clubs and lodges without a restaurant (#19)Coin & philatelic stores (#20)Commercial, comparison shopping except as otherwise listed (#22)Commercial, convenience sales & personal services, except as otherwise listed (#23)Commercial, single destination uses, except as otherwise listed (#24)Community centers (#25)Community residential homes (#25.2; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Convents, monasteries and seminaries (#27)Cultural facilities, public and private (#28)Day care facilities, adult (#30; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Day care facilities, children as accessory use in houses of worship, schools, both public and private (#31)Day care facilities, children as principal use (#32; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Delicatessens (#33)Department stores, major (#34)Exercise studios and health clubs (#37)Facial and scalp treatment services (#38)Family community residence (#39; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Financial institutions, banks, savings & loans & credit unions < 3,000 sq. ft. (#40)Financial institutions, banks, savings & loans & credit unions > 3,000 sq. ft. (#40.1)Flower shops and florists (#42)Food and beverage related uses, except as otherwise listed (excluding sales of alcoholic beverages) (#43)Food stores or supermarket over 10,000 sq. ft. (#44)Food stores: specialty (excluding sales of alcoholic beverages) (#45)Funeral homes, mortuaries and crematories (#46; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Furniture refinishing and repair (#47)Game arcades (#48)Gift, novelty, souvenir and sundry shops (#49)Greenhouses, commercial retail for the sales of plant materials grown off the site (#51)Hardware, paint, glass and wall-paper stores (#54)Home occupations, accessory to res. uses (#56; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Hotels and motels (#58, 59; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Interior decorators (#66)Laundry and dry cleaning establishments, primarily serving the public, coin operated (#70; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Liquor & party stores (#72; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Locksmith and key establishments (#73)Mailing services (#74)Marine, retail sales and services (#76)Martial arts studio (#77)Motor vehicle parts & accessory stores (#84)Motor vehicle repair, light (excluding body repairs & painting) (#86; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Motor vehicle title and tag service (#89)Motorcycle sales & service establishments (#90)Music and dance studios (#91)Newspaper & magazine shops (#93)Nurseries, retail for the sales of plant materials grown off the site (#98)Office & related use, including business services except as otherwise listed (#99, 100, 101, 102, 102.1, 102.2, 103, 105)Parks (#109.1; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Pet grooming establishments, but not kennels (#111)Pharmacy & drug store (#111.1; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Photocopy services (#112)Photographic studios servicing primarily the public (#113)Post offices (#114)Printing and type setting services (#116)Produce markets (#117)Public safety facilities operated by public agencies (#119)Radio and television broadcasting studios and facilities (#120)Recovery community (#122; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Recreation, indoor (#123)Recreation, outdoor, general (#124)Repair shops for household appliances/small motors/machines (#128)Research & development facilities not of an industrial nature (#129)Residential, multifamily (#132)Residential, single-family, detached (not within 75 feet from broadway) (#134)Residential, townhouses (#136)Restaurants serving a limited clientele (private clubs & lodges) (#137; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Restaurants serving the general public, but not drive-in or drive thru (#138)Restaurants serving the general public, drive-in or drive thru facilities (#139; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Retail bakeries (#140)Retail businesses (#142)Sandwich shops and snack bars (#143)Schools - public and private, elementary, intermediate and secondary (#144)Schools - public, vocation and trade not involving industrial equipment (#146, 148; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Schools, colleges and universities, public and private (#149)Skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities (#152)Solar energy systems, primary use tier 1: 0-10kw 13 (#153)Special noncommercial events of public interest (#154; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Tax return preparation services (#156)Taxidermist (#157)Temporary borrow pits, borrow piles and similar excavations (#158; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Temp model dwellings and sales offices (#159; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Temporary offices and facilities for construction, storage/security (#160; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Theaters, indoor, motion picture & live performances (#162)Tobacco shops (#163)Travel agencies or transportation tickets (#166)Transitional community residence (#167; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Upholstery, cloth & canvas products fabrication, incl. slipcovers and awnings (#168; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Urban market gardens (#168.1; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Utility facilities, light, public and private (#170; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Veterinary clinics and hospitals, animal shelters, enclosed (#171, 172; permitted by right subject to extra requirements, Sec. 94-273)Watch and shoe repair establishments (#178)
With special approval
Bars and lounges and related entertainment (#8; Class B special use)Churches, synagogues & other houses of worship (#17; Class B special use)Convenience stores, food, specialty food and bev. sales (including sale of alcoholic bev.) (#26; Class B special use)Flea market (#41; Class A special use)Halfway house (#53; Class B special use)Hospitals - public & private (#57; Class A special use)Laundry and dry cleaning establishments, serving primarily the public, no cleaning on premises (#71; Class B special use)Motor vehicle repair, heavy (incl. body repairs and painting) (#85; Class B special use)Nonconformities, change from one minor nonconforming use to another minor nonconforming use (#94, 95, 96, 97; Class B special use)Parking lots as principal, accessory or off-site uses (#108; Class B special use)Private use on public (city owned) land (#115; Class A special use)Public safety facilities operated by private agencies (#118; Class B special use)Recreation, outdoor, high intensity (#125; Class B special use)Recreation, outdoor amusements, temp (#126; Class B special use)Temporary produce stands (#161; Class B special use)Transit, passenger & freight terminals (#165; Class B special use)
Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardUses not listed in Table VII-22 are not permitted (Sec. 94-219.m).
StandardMax building height 3 stories / 45 ft; bonus up to 4 additional stories (7 stories, 76 ft total) only with Article XVII affordable/workforce housing (Sec. 94-219.j).
StandardFirst story minimum 14 ft floor-to-ceiling; upper stories minimum 8 ft.
StandardPlanned developments and variances to increase building height are prohibited (Sec. 94-219.c).
StandardSingle-family detached not permitted within 75 ft of Broadway (#134).
StandardSurface parking lots as a principal use permitted on existing vacant lots only; existing buildings may not be demolished for new surface lots (Sec. 94-219.d.6).
Accessory usesAccessory to other uses, land and/or structures to principal uses permitted by right (Table IX-1 #183: P); Accessory to other uses, land and/or structures to special uses, permitted by right (Table IX-1 #184: Sa or Sb (Determined by principal use))
StandardRead from Sec. 94-219 (94-219.m BMUD Uses, Table VII-22; Table IX-1 use numbers; extra requirements in Sec. 94-273); 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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Spaces zoned BMUD in West Palm Beach

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Based on the West Palm Beach zoning code.
Educational content — not legal or zoning advice. Verify permitted uses with the municipality for your specific parcel.