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PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
Meeting Date: JUNE 26, 2024
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Text Amendment - Section 155.4501. Separation Requirements for Alcoholic Beverage Establishments
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Request: Text Amendment - Section 155.4501. Separation Requirements for Alcoholic Beverage Establishments
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Project Planner: Max Wemyss (954-786-4671 / max.wemyss@copbfl.com)
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Summary:
Section 155.4501 of the Zoning Code provides the separation requirements for alcoholic beverage establishments, as well as several exemptions. Prior to obtaining an Alcohol Beverage License from the State, applicants must obtain approval from the City to satisfy any separation requirements that may apply.
One exemption reads as follows:
Within the Atlantic Boulevard Overlay District (AOD) and/or East Overlay District (EOD) only, a bar or lounge, brewpub, restaurant, or specialty eating establishment (whether a principal use or an accessory use to a hotel, and including any accessory outdoor seating).
A bar, lounge, brewpub, restaurant, or specialty eating establishment within the Atlantic Boulevard Overlay District or the East Overlay District are exempt from a separation requirement from Child Care Facilities, Schools, Places of Worship, Other Alcoholic Beverage Establishments, and Sexually Oriented Businesses.
The proposed revision is to add the Downtown Pompano Overlay District as an area where separation requirements for a bar, lounge, brewpub, restaurant, or specialty eating establishment would not apply. The rationale for this proposed revision is the same for the exemption in the AOD or the EOD. The City seeks to encourage the redevelopment and commercial activation of the district. The coalescence of uses within the DPOD today, while encouraged in this mixed-use district, are preventing the establishment of new alcoholic beverage establi...
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