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PLANNING & ZONING BOARD/LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
Meeting Date: JANUARY 27, 2021
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CLUB OR LODGE - DISTRICTS PERMITTED
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Request: Text Amendment
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Project Planner: Daniel Keester-O'Mills (954-786-5541) / daniel.keester@copbfl.com
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Summary:
The Development Services Department has prepared an amendment to Chapter 155 which amends the zoning districts where a "Lodge or Club" may be permitted. A lodge or club is considered in the Comprehensive Plan as a Community Facility. Community Facilities are permitted in both Commercial and Industrial land uses, however, "Community Facilities" is broadly defined as uses intended to serve a public purpose to promote health, safety and welfare. Other examples of community facilities include: Schools, day cares, churches, clinics, nursing homes, governmental administration, libraries and civic centers. Given his broad definition and intent to serve the community, the Zoning regulations should be aimed to direct the appropraite uses in compatible zoning districts. The zoning regulations have a number of instituitional uses, including a "Lodge or Club" and finds that such establishments are better located in commercial zoning districts.
Staff is therefore recommending that the use be struck from the Zoning Code section ?155.4211 and Appendix A: Consolidated Use Table, as permitted in I-1 (General Industrial) and a special exception use in O-IP (Office Industrial Park) zoning districts. Staff additionally recommends that this proposed text amendment be declared "Zoning in Progress," and staff will defer relevant applications in accordance with the applicable standards of the Zoning Code (155.2309 Review of Applications for Permits and Development Orders with Regard to Zoning in Progress).
The review standards for approving a Text Amendment have been...
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