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OC — Office Commercial District West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach's office-commercial district, read from the citywide permitted-use table (Table IX-1).

9 buildings zoned OC93 permitted business types
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Permitted uses

What you can operate in OC, West Palm Beach

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

Allowed by right
Accessory to other uses, land and/or structures to principal uses permitted by rightApparel & accessory retail sales rental storesArt & drafting supply stores, including picture framesArt merchandising studiosBarber & beauty shopsBed and breakfast inns 3 (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Book & stationary storesBusiness and commercial machine salesCandy, nut and confectionary storesClinics-public & private (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Coin & philatelic storesColumbariums as access, use in rel. inst., other than cemeteries, public or private (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Community centersCommunity residential homes (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Convents, monasteries and seminariesCultural facilities, public and privateDay care facilities, children as accessory use in houses of worship, schools, both public and privateDay care homes, accessory, children (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Day care homes, family accessory, children (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)DelicatessensDrive thru facilities, except restaurants, as principal uses (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Exercise studios and health clubsFamily community residence (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Financial institutions, banks, savings & loans & credit unions < 3,000 sq. ft.Financial institutions, banks, savings & loans & credit unions > 3,000 sq. ft.Flower shops and floristsGift, novelty, souvenir and sundry shopsGovernment operated social services facilities (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Home occupations, accessory to res. uses (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Hotels and motels (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Hotels and motels, limited service (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Interior decoratorsLakes, ponds, man-made, accessory (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Mailing servicesMotor vehicle title and tag serviceNewspaper & magazine shopsOffice & related use, including business services except as otherwise listedOffice support retail not occupying more than 20% of the gross square feetOffices or facilities, quasi- public assoc. and organizations, not-for-profitOffices, for the hiring of temporary nonmanual laborOffices, professional (medical)Offices, professional (non- medical)Offices, real estateOffices-government administrativePhotocopy servicesPost officesPrinting and type setting servicesPublic safety facilities operated by public agenciesRadio and television broadcasting studios and facilitiesRecovery community (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Research & development facilities not of an industrial natureResidential, multifamilyResidential, single-family attached and detachedResidential, townhousesRestaurants serving a limited clientele (private clubs & lodges)Restaurants serving the general public, but not drive-in or drive thruSandwich shops and snack barsSchools - public, vocation and trade not involving industrial equipment (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Schools, commercial, vocation and trade not involving industrial equipment (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Solar energy systems, primary use tier 1: 0-10kw 13Solar energy systems, primary use tier 2: 10-100kw 13 (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Special noncommercial events of public interest (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Tax return preparation servicesTemp model dwellings and sales offices (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Temporary borrow pits, borrow piles and similar excavations (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Temporary offices and facilities for construction, storage/security (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Tobacco shopsTransitional community residence (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Travel agencies or transportation ticketsUtility facilities, light, public and private (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Veterinary clinics and hospitals, animal shelters, enclosed (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Veterinary clinics and hospitals, animal shelters, enclosed, not-for-profit (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)Watch and shoe repair establishmentsYard and garage sales, temporary (subject to Sec. 94-273 extra requirements)
With special approval
Bars and lounges and related entertainment (special use Class B)Churches, synagogues & other houses of worship (special use Class B)Day care facilities, adult (special use Class B)Day care facilities, children as principal use (special use Class B)Drive thru facilities, except restaurants, for uses permitted as special uses (special use Class B)Helipads, helistops, w/out permanent mooring and service facilities (special use Class B)Hospitals - public & private (special use Class A)Nonconformities, alterations that reduce the impact of a major nonconforming use (special use Class B)Nonconformities, alterations that reduce the impact of a minor nonconforming use (special use Class B)Nonconformities, change from a major nonconforming use to a minor nonconforming use (special use Class B)Nonconformities, change from one minor nonconforming use to another minor nonconforming use (special use Class B)Parking garages as principal uses (special use Class A)Parking lots as principal, accessory or off-site uses (special use Class B)Private use on public (city owned) land (special use Class A)Public safety facilities operated by private agencies (special use Class B)Recreation, outdoor amusements, temp (special use Class B)Schools - public and private, elementary, intermediate and secondary (special use Class B)Solar energy systems, primary use tier 3: 100-2mw 13 (special use Class B)
Build envelope

Development standards

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

MarksP by right; PXR by right with Sec. 94-273 extra requirements; Sa/Sb special use (Sec. 94-36(e)); unlisted = prohibited
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 OC 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.