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QBD-10 - Quadrille Business District, 10 (West Palm Beach Downtown Master Plan) West Palm Beach, Florida

Downtown Master Plan subdistrict intended as downtown's main office core, linking CityPlace and Clematis Street. Table IV-1 permits multifamily, live/work, retail, office (class A encouraged), hotel, restaurant and other commercial uses; ground-floor residential is allowed only on 2nd Street and on Evernia/Datura Street between Rosemary and Sapodilla Avenues (P2).

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in QBD-10, West Palm Beach

The businesses the QBD-10 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 QBD-10 here means specifically West Palm Beach's QBD-10 district.)

Allowed by right
Multiple family dwelling (Table IV-1)Live/work (Table IV-1)Ground floor retail (Table IV-1)Office (Table IV-1; class A office encouraged in QBD/OBD)Hotel (Table IV-1)Restaurant (Table IV-1)Other commercial use - e.g. barber/beauty shops, clubs and lodges, exercise studios, financial institutions serving the public, laundry/dry cleaning without on-premises cleaning, music/dance studios, pet grooming, postal services, travel agencies, printing (Table IV-1; definition Sec. 94-109)Brewpub/microbrewery/micro-distillery/micro-winery - max 6,000 sf new / 6,300 sf existing building; must include restaurant, bar or tasting room; no outdoor storage (Sec. 94-106(a)(1.a))Community centers (Sec. 94-106(a)(2))Schools and places of worship (Sec. 94-106(a)(12)a)Day care facilities for children as a primary use, subject to Sec. 94-273(a) and (d)(18) (Sec. 94-106(a)(4)a)Firearms sales, retail (urban core planning area) (Sec. 94-106(a)(6))Community residences (family/transitional), with the special requirements of Sec. 94-273 (Sec. 94-106(a)(7))Skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities (urban core; Sec. 94-273(a)(2) and (d)(152)) (Sec. 94-106(a)(7)d)Veterinary clinics, pet grooming, animal daycare and boarding (no livestock/equines), in an enclosed building, with Sec. 94-106(a)(13) standards (urban core)Hospital (urban core): at least 500 ft from R subdistricts, site of at least two acres with street frontage, other standards (Sec. 94-106(a)(14))Micro-units (permitted within all districts; Sec. 94-106(a)(8.a))Offices for motor vehicle sales, rental and passenger transportation operations (no vehicle storage on surface lots) (Sec. 94-106(a)(10))Parks, recreation areas and urban open spaces (permitted in all districts, Sec. 94-105(b))Aboveground and buried utility lines for local distribution of electricity, telephone and cable television; accessory apparatus such as poles, guy wires, transformers and switching boxes; public and private streets and roads; railroad rights-of-way; water and sanitary sewer lines; gas and liquid fuel distribution lines; public water canals (permitted in all districts without being listed, Sec. 94-272(c) / Sec. 94-105(b))Ground-floor residential - only on 2nd Street and on properties facing Evernia Street and Datura Street between Rosemary Avenue and Sapodilla Avenue (P2)Live/work, with P9: first-floor live/work cannot be converted entirely to residentialStructured parking as a primary use (P13)Surface parking as a primary use - P14 (only on secondary street designations; temporary surface lots as primary use allowed in the QBD on parcels of one acre or more within 500 ft of 250,000 sf of existing commercial, max 36 months + 12) and P20 (temporary lots only while a replacement garage is built, max 24 months)
With special approval
Cultural uses - permitted in the urban core planning area with the DAC's special review approval (Sec. 94-106(a)(3)a)Adult day care facilities for 3 or more clients - Class B special use permit, plus Sec. 94-273(a) and (d)(15) (Sec. 94-106(a)(5)a)Pet sales (live animals) - Class B special use permit (urban core planning area) (Sec. 94-106(a)(11))Motor vehicle fuel sales, no service - Class B special use permit (urban core planning area) (Sec. 94-106(a)(9))
Build envelope

Development standards

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

Table IV-17 (QBD-10)FAR 1.00 (lot frontage over 55 ft) / 1.75 (55 ft or less); height 3 stories or 50 ft, whichever is less (base; up to 10 stories via incentives)
SetbacksAvenue/Primary Pedestrian 16-30 ft, Secondary 12-35 ft; side 0 ft or NFPA; rear 5 ft
Max footprintground podium 87%/84%/80% by lot size; stories 2-3 podium 90%/87%/85%
Active-use linersPrimary Pedestrian 80% (65% if frontage 250 ft or less), Avenue 60%, Secondary 30%
StandardGround-floor residential, if provided, raised 18 in above the sidewalk (Sec. 94-119(f))
StandardClass A office of 60% or more of GBA need not provide active liners above the ground floor (except Rosemary Ave frontage) (Sec. 94-119(f)(1)b)
StandardTable IV-1 symbol '-' (prohibited) means the use is banned in that subdistrict
StandardBars and night clubs are regulated by City Code ch. 6 (Sec. 94-106(a)(1)) but neither Table IV-1 nor Sec. 94-106 states they are permitted in this subdistrict, so they are not listed as permitted
DMP-wide prohibited uses (Sec. 94-105(c))outdoor sales of motor vehicles; motor vehicle service stations; drive-in facilities except banking; pawn shops; chemical manufacturing; storage or distribution as primary use; unscreened outdoor storage; enameling, painting or plating except artists' studios; off-premises signage; carting/moving/hauling terminals; prisons/detention centers; hazardous-waste sites; scrap yards; mobile homes; mineral extraction; exterior kennels; rooming houses; halfway houses; adult entertainment; adult-material retail
Accessory usesHome occupations (Sec. 94-106(a)(8)); Family day care home, 6 children or fewer, as accessory to a residential use (by right in all planning areas) (Sec. 94-106(a)(4)c); Large family child care home, 12 or fewer children, accessory to a residential use (Sec. 94-273(d)(19.1)) (Sec. 94-106(a)(4)d); Adult day care for not more than two adults, accessory to a residential use (Sec. 94-106(a)(5)c); Uses accessory to and customarily incidental to a permitted principal use; Off-site accessory surface parking (P14: only on secondary street designations)
StandardRead from Sec. 94-105 Table IV-1; Sec. 94-106; Sec. 94-119 (QBD) and Table IV-17 (QBD-10); 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 QBD-10 in West Palm Beach

1 space available in this district, largest first. Click any space to view it.

FOR LEASE 6,000 SF
600 Datura St, West Palm Beach — 1st Floor
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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.