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C-S - Shopping Commercial District (renamed from C-1 in 2020) North Palm Beach, Florida

North Palm Beach's community and neighborhood shopping district, also covering tourism-related uses. Broad by-right retail, personal service, office and hospitality list. Formerly named C-1; renamed C-S by Ord. No. 2020-06 on September 24, 2020.

36 buildings zoned C131 permitted business types

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Permitted uses

What you can operate in C1, North Palm Beach

The businesses the C1 district in North 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 C1 here means specifically North Palm Beach's C1 district.)

Allowed by right

Retail business or commercial use meeting daily living needs (no manufacturing or processing)Neighborhood commercial useHotel or motelConference and retreat facilityFilling stationConvenience goods salesRestaurantRestaurant and cocktail loungeBank or financial institutionBarbershopBeauty salonBowling alleyMedical or dental clinicProfessional or other officeFuneral homeShoe repair shopLaundry pickup stationSelf-service laundryFurniture display storeDrugstoreMobile home parkAdult entertainment establishmentReligious worship or related religious activitiesLimited access self-storage facility (fully enclosed, interior hallway access only)Dog daycare (as defined and regulated in the I-1 district)Nursery schoolPrivate schoolMarina, with accessory wet and indoor dry boat storageBoat gasoline supply and minor repair incidental to boat storage

With special approval

Automobile repair shop (ACCESSORY ONLY to a service station or retail tire store)Multiple-family dwellings as a component of a commercial planned unit development

Build envelope

Development standards

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

StandardIndividual retail business or commercial use capped at 50,000 SF of first-floor area (does not apply to grocery/food stores or religious facilities)

StandardStructures may not occupy more than 35% of the site area

Buildings over 2 stories or 30 ftadd 5 ft to the front-yard setback per additional story or per 30 ft

StandardFront yard minimum 50 ft; along BOTH SIDES OF U.S. 1 the setback is 100 ft from the front building line

StandardWithin one block of U.S. 1 on intersecting streets, side yards of at least 25 ft

Corner lots on U.S. 1 where the side yard faces U.S. 1minimum 100 ft side setback

Lots on the bulkhead line / Intracoastalmaximum required rear and side setback is 20 ft

StandardAUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOPS ARE NOT A PERMITTED USE except as accessory to an automotive service station or retail automobile tire store

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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