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B-2 Highway Business Deerfield Beach, Florida

Highway business district in areas designated for commercial development by the comprehensive plan; normally applied along principal arterial streets. Except for gas-station fuel dispensing, restaurant outdoor seating, craft/artisan production, brewpubs, and automobile dealership display, all business must be conducted within a fully enclosed building.

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in B-2, Deerfield Beach

The businesses the B-2 district in Deerfield 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 B-2 here means specifically Deerfield Beach's B-2 district.)

Allowed by right

Package store (Sec. 98-104)Church or other house of worship (not in a shopping center)Clinic, medicalFinancial institutionFire and police stationsGas stationsHotel and motel (density <=38 du/gross acre)Office, business and professionalPublic park and recreation areaRestaurant (incl. outdoor seating <=48 patrons)Store, convenienceStore, retail (excl. firearms/ammunition sales)Store, personal serviceStore, business serviceShopping center of permitted/approved conditional usesEssential servicesTheatreHealth and fitness clubAnimal hospitalFuneral homeBoat salesMarinaAmusement establishment / game center (Code Sec. 18-143)Laundromat (>=1,000 ft from another laundromat)Laboratory, medical/dentalParking facility, commercialParking facility, publicBrewpub (food >50% of gross sales; brewery function <=50% of floor area; accessory indoor entertainment; outdoor seating <=48)Craft/artisan production (<=10,000 sf; 10-30% non-production area; enclosed; loading not facing streets; outdoor seating <=48)Sports performance training facilityTutoring centerDry cleaning establishmentDry cleaning plant (>=1,000 ft from another)Tattoo/body piercing studio (>=1,000 ft from another)Automobile accessories retail store (>=1,000 ft from another)Thrift shopPharmacy (>=250 ft from another pharmacy)

With special approval

Dwellings, multiple-family (<50% residential; RM-15 requirements; not on ground floor)Automobile dealership, new car sales (lot >=20,000 sf; service fully enclosed; display setbacks 25 ft front/corner, 20 ft interior side)Child and adult day care centersSchoolsSchool, artsSchool, vocationalNightclub (Sec. 98-104)Bar, lounge or saloon (Sec. 98-104)Indoor recreational facility (incl. pool halls)Club, private/publicOutdoor seating >48 seats for a restaurant, brewpub or craft/artisan facilityAssisted living facility (Sec. 98-83; height <=45 ft; else RM-15)Store, retail selling firearmsAuto rental agencyHalfway house (>=1,000 ft from RS-5/RS-7/RM-10/RM-15 and from another halfway house)Pawnshop (Sec. 98-99)Secondhand store (Sec. 98-99; height <=35 ft, FAR .80, coverage 65%; no hazardous-materials storage; bay doors screened from residential/roads; must not appear as an industrial warehouse)

Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardExcept for gas-station fuel dispensing, restaurant outdoor seating, craft/artisan production, brewpubs and dealership display, all business within a fully enclosed building

Separationslaundromat/dry-clean plant/tattoo/auto-accessories >=1,000 ft from another of the same; pharmacy >=250 ft; hotel/motel <=38 du/ac; restaurant outdoor seating <=48

StandardConditional uses require a favorable determination by the zoning appeals special master and consistency with the comprehensive plan

StandardNo outside storage except motor vehicles at automobile sales lots

StandardDimensional standards in the Sec. 98-54 property development requirements table

Accessory usesAccessory uses customarily incidental to a principal permitted or approved conditional use; Used car sales only as accessory to new car sales

StandardRead from Sec. 98-54 (Ch. 98 LDC, Art. III Zoning District Regulations); permitted = by right, conditional = needs conditional-use/special approval

StandardBroward County district — confirm the parcel is inside City of Deerfield Beach limits

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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Sourced from the Deerfield Beach Code of Ordinances. View the official code ↗