Showing ordinances that apply to Seminole Manor, FL
Seminole Manor is an unincorporated community (population 2,562) in Palm Beach County, Florida. Because Seminole Manor is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Palm Beach County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The home occupation permits rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Home occupations in unincorporated Palm Beach County require a Business Tax Receipt (BTR) from the PBC Tax Collector and must comply with ULDC Article 4.B.1.A.21 home occupation standards. Use must be clearly incidental to residential use, conducted entirely within the dwelling, with no exterior evidence and no non-resident employees.
PBC ULDC permits home occupations as accessory uses subject to: occupying no more than 25 percent of dwelling floor area, no employees other than residents, no exterior signage or display, no customer or client visits except by appointment with no more than one client at a time, no outside storage of materials or equipment, no commercial vehicles over 1 ton parked at residence, and no generation of noise, smoke, vibration, dust, or odor detectable beyond the property line. Annual BTR fee through Tax Collector typically 25 to 50 dollars depending on classification.
Operating without BTR: civil penalty up to 250 percent of unpaid tax per FL §205.053. ULDC violations cited by Code Enforcement: $250 first offense, $500 repeat, escalating to special magistrate hearings with daily fines up to $1,000.
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