Reach lines up offers on total occupancy cost per year. This guide shows how to compare two spaces, with sales tax, ADA and permit review facts.

How to work out your real monthly occupancy cost: base rent, NNN charges, utilities, insurance and the 2025 repeal of the state rent tax.

Renewal options and assignment are lease terms on Reach's checklist. This guide covers Florida statutes 689.01 on written leases and 83.08 on liens.

Review a personal guaranty with your attorney. It is a term on Reach's lease checklist, and Florida statutes 83.05, 83.08 and 83.20 cover unpaid rent.

An exclusive use clause is one of the lease terms Reach asks tenants to request. Here is how to prepare, with Melbourne's definitions of four uses.

CAM and NNN on a commercial lease: what the labels mean, the cost lines to add up and the CAM caps on Reach's lease checklist.

A permit contingency is one of the lease terms Reach asks tenants to request. Here are the Melbourne and Brevard County zoning, permit and certificate steps.

Whether your buildout needs sprinklers: the fire area and occupant load triggers for restaurants, bars, gyms and retail.

How to calculate your occupant load: Table 1004.5 square feet per person by use, the 50-person Group B line and where the number appears in the code.

Salon ventilation requirements: exhaust per square foot, no recirculation and source capture at each nail station in the Florida Building Code, Mechanical.

Kitchen hood requirements for a commercial space: where Florida Building Code section 507.2 calls for a Type I hood, plus the exceptions in the code.

Grease interceptor basics for a food space: which drains need one, who approves the size and the lease questions to ask.

Plumbing for a restaurant, coffee shop or salon space: restroom counts, service sinks, public toilet rules and what to ask the landlord.

Parking for an unlisted use in Melbourne: who sets the number, the appeal window and the variance, shared and off-site options.

Business tax receipts in Melbourne follow the City's checklist: zoning check, building permits, the City receipt, then the Brevard County receipt.

How conditional use approval works in Melbourne: the public hearing, the council vote, the owner signature and the fees on the city schedule.

How a change of use works for a commercial space: when the building classification changes, what the code reviews and who approves it.

How to count the parking your business needs in Melbourne: spaces per seat, station or square foot, with worked examples by use.

How to read a certificate of occupancy for a commercial space: the use, construction type and design occupant load it states.

A zoning confirmation letter may be requested from Melbourne's Zoning Technician for a fee, and the fee page lists a zoning verification letter at $157.00.