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Intense Business (B4) District Lauderdale Lakes, Florida

B4 (Intense Business) is a business district in Lauderdale Lakes' LDR Ch. 7 (Use Regulations), Sec. 704.5. Purpose: locations for intensive retail, service, wholesale and light industrial/processing uses that play a distributive/supporting role to the business community and do not require immediate access to the consumer public.

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in B-4, Lauderdale Lakes

The businesses the B-4 district in Lauderdale Lakes 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-4 here means specifically Lauderdale Lakes's B-4 district.)

Allowed by right

Air conditioning and refrigeration servicesAmusement equipment sales and serviceBakeriesBarber and beauty supply servicesBottling plantsBuilding contractor shops (carpenters, electricians, masons, plasterers, plumbers, roofers and similar trades; screened loading/parking; noisy operations soundproofed)Carpet cleanersCleaning servicesDairy products processingDrugstore suppliersDry cleaning plantsEngravers and lithographersFurniture and home furnishings, wholesaleFurniture manufacturersLinen supply servicesLumber and construction material sales (no outside storage of lumber/building products)Machine shopsMarine supply storesMonument salesMoving and transfer salesOrnamental ironworksPlate glass sales and installationPrinting plants, publishers and bookbindersProduce distributorsReligious facilitiesRestaurantRestaurant equipment and suppliesSecondhand merchandise salesSign shopsSwimming pool sales and serviceUpholsterersVending machine sales and serviceWarehouse, dry and cold storageWarehouse self-storage, incl. vehicles/boats/RVs within enclosed bays (3435-3699 NW 19th St)Wholesale distributors

With special approval

Adult entertainment establishmentsAmbulance serviceAssembly plants (smaller machinery/appliances/products; no heavy equipment emitting noise beyond property line)Automobile and light truck internet used-sales agency (Sec. 712 conditions)Automobile recovery (Sec. 712 conditions)Automobile repair and service shops, incl. paint and body shopsBoat engine repair (Sec. 712 conditions)Truck and heavy equipment sales and rentalGun salesMassage parlorPassive storage of automobiles, boats, trailers and RVs (enclosed garage bays only; no repair/business from bays)

Build envelope

Development standards

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

Enclosureall permitted uses within a completely enclosed building, except uses screened by an 8-ft concrete/masonry wall, restaurant seating (accessory), and motor-vehicle sales/rental storage within a 6-ft decorative masonry wall (704.5.4)

Distance-limitedcabinet/carpenter shop, HVAC contractor shop, sign shop, tinsmith shop permitted only if the site is not closer than 300 ft from an R district

StandardOverhead doors >8 ft not on the immediate street side; screened if toward residential

StandardMax height 50 ft (portion within 100 ft of residential limited to 1 ft per 2 ft of distance, min 25 ft)

StandardMin lot 2 gross acres and 150 ft width; setbacks 50 ft from a county trafficway, 25 ft other streets/property lines; coverage max 40% roofed

PROHIBITED (704.5.3)sales from trucks/open stands; medical marijuana dispensing; open-air machinery/equipment display; pawnshops; foundry; drop forging; metal stamping/dyeing/shearing/punching >1/8-inch; paint/varnish manufacture; oil compounding/barreling; manufacture of asphalt/brick/tile/cement/lime/plaster/concrete; acid/corrosive manufacture; explosives; packing/canning/slaughter; stockyards

Accessory usesSeating area accessory to a restaurant (Sec. 704.5.4)

StandardRead from LDR Ch. 7 (Use Regulations), Sec. 704.5 - Intense Business (B4); permitted 704.5.1; conditional 704.5.2; prohibited 704.5.3; standards 704.5.4-704.5.8; permitted = by right, conditional = needs conditional-use/special approval

StandardBroward County district — confirm the parcel is inside City of Lauderdale Lakes 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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