Boca Raton planning board approves CIMD retail-use clarification, sets 45-hour weekly threshold

Jan 22, 2026

The Planning & Zoning Board unanimously approved an ordinance clarifying what counts as on-site retail sales or services in Commercial Industrial Multifamily Developments (CIMDs), explicitly excluding gyms and tutoring and requiring qualifying businesses to meet public-access and hours standards.

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The Boca Raton Planning & Zoning Board on Jan. 22 unanimously approved an amendment to the city’s CIMD (commercial industrial multifamily development) rules that tightens the definition of qualifying on-site retail and sets a weekly-hours threshold for businesses that count toward the program’s nonresidential requirement.

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