4203 Indian Bayou Trl #1617, Destin, FL 32541

Commercial General District

The Commercial General zoning district shall apply to areas generally located along Harbor Boulevard, Emerald Coast Parkway and is intended to accommodate the general commercial needs of the permanent and seasonal residents. The general commercial needs of the permanent and seasonal residents are provided generally by the following uses: general retail sales and services; highway-oriented sales and services; offices; commercial hotels, motels, bed and breakfast establishments, other commercial transient living accommodations; and seasonal multi- family attached residential dwelling units. It is the intent of the CG zoning district to specifically not allow the following uses to be located in the district: permanent single-family detached uses; permanent multi-family attached residential dwelling units without a commercial component; manufacturing of goods; other activities that may generate nuisance impacts, including glare, smoke or other air pollutants, noise, vibration, major fire hazards or other impacts generally associated with more intensive industrial uses. Long-term,permanent residential uses shall be prohibited within the Commercial General CG zoning district, unless such residential developments incorporate a minimum of 45 percent of the development area as publicly leasable commercial space e.g., retail, office, restaurant, etc.The term publicly leasable commercial space shall mean: space that is open to the public to lease and use; not a space or use that is exclusively for the owners or guest of the residential development in question. Additionally, it is the intent of the zoning district to encourage a variety of uses to address general commercial needs, and not to allow the over-proliferation of any particular use.