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Can I run a home business here?

Yes, subject to specific use regulations. The citywide permitted use table (LDC Table 155.501) marks "Home Based Businesses" P/S (permitted with specific use regulations) in every residential district, including R-1A and R-1B, so a home-based business is allowed in principle. The table cross-references section 120.02 for the specific operating standards (for example hours, traffic, signage, and employee limits), but 120.02 sits outside Chapter 155 (the LDC) and outside the 302-page LDC PDF this pack is built from, in a different chapter of the City's Code of Ordinances; this pack cannot state those standards because that chapter was not part of the fetched source. Separately, Florida's home-based business law (F.S. 559.955) limits how far a local zoning code can restrict a home-based business, and can apply even where the local ordinance is more restrictive. Confirm the current text of City Code 120.02 with Planning and Economic Development at 954-450-1060 before starting a home business.

Sources

Full text: Pembroke Pines ordinance on City-hosted PDF (Calvin, Giordano & Associates drafting platform; American Legal Publishing code library not yet current). Applies to districts: R-1A, R-1B.

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