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DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: JANUARY 21, 2026
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DOWNTOWN POMPANO PHASE I PLAT
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Request: PLAT
P&Z# 25-14000016
Owner: Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency
Project Location: Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Folio Number: 484235001030 and adjacent lots
Land Use Designation: DPTOC (Downtown Pompano Transit Oriented Corridor)
Zoning District: TO-DPOD (Transit Oriented Downtown Pompano Beach Overlay District)
Commission District: 4 (Beverly Perkins)
Agent: Joselyn Aldas
Project Planner: Maggie Barszewski (954-786-7921 / maggie.barszewski@copbfl.com)
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Summary:
Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (Property Owner), RP Pompano LLC (Agent) is submitting this application. The property is located on the south side of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. between NW 5th Avenue and North Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach. The 3.8-acre vacant site has fourteen (14) folio numbers.
The site has a land use designation of DPTOC (Downtown Pompano Transit Oriented Corridor) and is zoned TO-DPOD (Transit Oriented-Downtown Pompano Beach Overlay District)). The plat restriction note includes 600 mid-rise units of which 100 units may be townhouse units, 60,000 square feet of commercial use, 150,000 square feet of office space and/or government use and 200 hotel rooms.
RP Pompano, LLC has contracted with the City of Pompano Beach and the Pompano Beach CRA to propose redevelopment of approximately 43 acres within the City’s Northwest CRA boundaries.
Staff Conditions:
Statement to the Applicant:
Please email response stating how these DRC comments will be addressed to Maggie Barszewski (maggie.barszewski@copbfl.com); obtain the County DRR; and then contact Maggie when you are ready to move forward for Plat approval.
Comments:
PLANNING
1) The uses listed in the Plat Note Restriction section should be less specifically delineated, staff suggests that it should state as follows:
THIS PLAT IS RESTRICTED TO A MAXIMUM OF 600 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS (OF WHICH NO MORE THAN 100 MAY BE TOWNHOMES), 60,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL USES, 150,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND/OR CIVIC USES (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, COMMUNITY CENTER, OR CITY HALL), 200 HOTEL ROOMS, AND ASSOCIATED PARKING GARAGES TO SERVE THE PERMITTED USES.
2) Per Policy 01.17.11 of the Comprehensive Plan, the uses listed on this plat must be evaluated through the existing DPOD entitlements which are enumerated on the attached monitoring spreadsheet (Exhibit A of DRC Staff Report). Staff will work with the applicant to confirm the basket of rights (entitlements) of the Downtown Pompano Phase I and II project fit within the available entitlements (specifically as it relates to net change to civic use entitlements) and if some adjustments need to be made to how these entitlements were described back in 2012 when this “basket of rights” approach was adopted, Staff will need to be clear on if/how the entitlements may need to be amended for the entire Master Development Plan so it can be processed through the City and Broward County as a Comprehensive Plan text amendment.
3) Per Policy 01.17.06 of the Comprehensive Plan, one of the Transit Oriented design characteristics that should be followed concerning external connectivity of this boundary Plat is item F., which is as follows:
F. Streets (internal and adjacent to the TOD) shall be designed to discourage isolation and provide connectivity (such as streets in the grid pattern).
4) As noted in the above comment (even with boundary plats), the Transit Oriented Corridor Land Use designation of this Plat must be evaluated with consideration of the external connectivity. This Plat provides insufficient access widths, as well as too few access points to comply with the standards in 155.5101.G.3 for vehicular access management. There is only one points of access identified, and, in fact is shown to be only 40 feet wide. To summarize Code Section 100.01(A)(1), the requirement for Commercial right-of-way is a 60-foot width and for a residential right-of-way it must be at least a 50-foot width. The streets regulating plan in the DPOD may modify those standards in some locations as anticipated in Chapter 100 (as shown below). The openings/circulation needs to be better understood to ensure the requirements of the Transit Oriented Corridor land use category are being met and to ensure changes that need to be made to the underlying zoning streets regulating plan are clear and can be processed by staff.
The Narrative includes the statement that “the Plat meets or exceeds all applicable standards in Part 7 of Article 5; however, that section requires the following:
155.5704. FRONTAGE AND ACCESS
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All local, collector, minor arterial and principal arterial streets, shall have a minimum width per §100.01(A) or (B), as applicable.
Section 100.01 Minimum Right of Way, subsection (A) states the following:
“The City Commission shall not accept any street right-of-way as a public street whether by dedication in a plat or by deed or other instrument unless it complies with the applicable following minimum width unless modified in any overlay district with a corresponding street regulating plan or diagrams for the streets within the overlay district, such as but not necessarily limited to the TO/EOD.”
In this case the overlay district is TO-DPOD, that has Regulating Plan requirements.
It is understandable that since this is a boundary plat, the street network will be evaluated through the Master Plan and site-planning review process; however, as noted previously, the access plan that was submitted with this boundary Plat identifies insufficient access widths, as well as too few access points to comply with the standards in 155.5101.G.3 for vehicular access management and to meet the intent of the Transit Oriented land use district.
5) Once the County DRR has been provided, the applicant must revise the Plat sheets to accommodate both the County DRR comments and this DRC Report to the satisfaction of the Development Services Department; and provide a DRC Comment Response Letter and the revised plat sheets to Maggie Barszewski at Maggie.barszewski@copbfl.com.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Plan Reviewer: david.mcgirr@copbfl.com
Status: Review Complete - Pending Development Order
Comment:
1. If ROWs located within a new plat are being vacated by that plat, they must be shown on the drawing and clearly labeled as to be vacated by this plat.
2. Plats and Access Management plans to comply with minimum street right-of-way widths in accordance with Chapter 100.01 of Code of Ordinances (60-feet for Commercial streets and 50-feet for Residential streets), unless modified in any overlay district with a corresponding street regulating plan or diagrams for the streets within the overlay district that dictate otherwise, and should be reflected accordingly.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Plan Reviewer: jim.galloway@copbfl.com
Status: Review Complete - Pending Development Order
Comment:
This P&Z application is able to meet all of the Fire Department requirements at this time for PLAT APPROVAL ONLY. Site plan approval will be required, maintaining all proper fire department access and water supply requirements as per chapter 18 of NFPA 1 as amended from time to time.
*Additional comments may follow throughout the remainder of the permitting process. The buildings shall follow All NFPA Standards prior to receiving Fire Department approval.
BSO
Plan Reviewer: David_Cappellazo@sheriff.org
Status: No Review Required
Comment:
BSO comments will be provided when a Security Strengthening & CPTED plan is submitted for review.
UTILITIES
Plan Reviewer: nathaniel.watson@copbfl.com
Status: Pending
Comment: Pending
LANDSCAPE REVIEW
Plan Reviewer: wade.collum@copbfl.com
Status: Review Complete - Pending Development Order
Comment:
At time of site plan(s) submittal; Provide landscape plans in accordance with 155.5203, 155.3501 (TO), and 155.3708 (DPOD), as applicable for the site.
ZONING
Plan Reviewer: Max.Wemyss@copbfl.com
Status: Review Complete - Pending Development Order
Comment:
Sub-Area Regulating Plan: The Plat is within the Core Sub-Area.
Height Regulating Plan: Development is permitted a maximum building height of 105 feet.
Density Regulating Plan: Although there is no maximum unit per acre, there is a minimum unit per acre requirement of 36 units per acre for most of Parcel A.
Use-Area Regulating Plan: All of Parcel A (except for a portion of park space along a n/s road bounding the county drainage area) has a use area designation of MM1. There is a portion west of the existing county drainage area that designated for a Recreation/Open Space Uses. See below table for use area requirements. Permitted Uses are further described in the Zoning District Permitted Uses table but are generally described below.
USE AREA (TABLE 155.3708.H.1.a)
MM-1: Mixed Use Main Street 1
- RESIDENTIAL
For properties abutting Dr. Martin Luther King, (MLK) Jr. Blvd., Not Permitted on the portion of the 1st Floor fronting MLK
For all properties, Optional on 2nd Floor
For all properties, Required on 3rd Floor and above
- NONRESIDENTIAL
For properties abutting Dr. Martin Luther King, (MLK) Jr. Blvd., Required on the portion of the 1st Floor fronting MLK
For all properties, Optional on 2nd Floor
For all properties, Not Permitted on 3rd Floor and above
RO: Recreation / Open Space
- RESIDENTIAL
Not Permitted
-NONRESIDENTIAL
Required on all Floors
Streets/Greenways Regulating Plan: The Plat abuts MLK (Existing Primary Street). The zoning includes New Tertiary Streets along the east and south side of the existing drainage area. There is also a proposed New Tertiary Street along the west side of Parcel A in the zoning regulations. All streets are to be consistent with the Street Development Regulating Diagrams provided in the Downtown Pompano Overlay District Zoning Ordinance.
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All of the above is provided for information only. Code revisions may be necessary to accommodate proposed development and/or development configurations. The proposed opening along MLK Blvd does not appear to align with the locations of the proposed new streets of the zoning code. The proposed width of the opening does not appear to meet the minimum standards for any of the streets provided within the Street Development Regulating Diagrams. (note: assumption is that the opening is for a private driveway, rather than a roadway, please clarify)
Additionally, the uses listed in the use restrictions of the plat are permitted uses within the MM1 district and must also be consistent with the use area limitations listed above. For example, townhouses would not be permitted to front on MLK, as residential is not permitted on the ground floor in that location, and nonresidential uses (such as office or hotel) would not be permitted above on the third floor or above within the MM1.
Please provide direction for what is ultimately proposed so staff may address it accordingly. Should you have questions regarding the comments or any of the code sections referenced, please don’t hesitate to contact Max.wemyss@copbfl.com or 954-786-4671.
PLEASE NOTE: Applications that require resubmission to the DRC have 45 days from the time of original DRC meeting in which to resubmit. Applications that fail to be resubmitted before the completion of these 45 days, or fail to receive a time extension from the Development Services Director, shall be considered withdrawn (§155.2304.B).