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ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Meeting Date: JUNE 18, 2026
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VARIANCE - TEACHERS INSURANCE & ANNUITY ASSN OF AMERICA
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Request: Variance
P&Z# 26-11000013
Owner: Teachers Insurance & Annuity Assn of America
Project Location: 2700 NW 25 ST
Folio Number: 484221120020
Land Use Designation: I (Industrial)
Zoning District: I-1/PCI (General Industrial / Planned Industrial Overlay)
Commission District: 4 (Beverly Perkins)
Agent: Michael Swink
Project Planner: Scott Reale
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Summary:
The Applicant Landowner requests a Variance from Section ?155.5603(F)(2) [Industrial Design Standards] of the City's Zoning Code in order to allow a new overhead door to be located on a ground-level building fa?ade facing a collector street (Blount Road), where such doors are otherwise prohibited by Code.
The subject property is located at the northeast corner of West Copans Road and Blount Road (NW 30th Avenue) in NW Pompano.
ZONING REGULATIONS
155.5603. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STANDARDS
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F. Entrance
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2. Facades of the ground level floor facing an arterial street or collector street shall not include overhead doors, sliding glass doors, removable panels, or similar type of doors.
PROPERTY INFORMATION AND STAFF ANALYSIS
1. Existing Development
The subject property is zoned I-1/PCI (General Industrial / Planned Industrial Overlay) with an underlying Industrial land use designation and is developed as a warehouse and logistics facility currently occupied by FedEx. The building and associated site improvements are designed to accommodate industrial distribution and freight operations. The proposed overhead door is located on a portion of the building approved as part of a 2011 site plan (PZ #11-12000014) that expanded the distribution center by 61,500 square feet. The building addition was approved in 2011 prior to adoption of the current Industrial Design Standards. The site contains established truck circulation areas, loading facilit...
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