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Zoning Board of Appeals
Meeting Date: December 15, 2022
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VARIANCE - AIRPARK PARCEL "Y"
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Request: Variance
P&Z# 22-11000018
Owner: City of Pompano Beach
Project Location: 1550 NE 5th Avenue
Folio Number: 4842 36 25 0010
Land Use Designation: T- TRANSPORTATION
Zoning District: Transportation (T)
Agent: Wayne Asbury
Project Planner: Scott Reale
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Summary:
Applicant Landowner is requesting a VARIANCE from all Tree requirements as required by Article 5, Part 2: Landscaping and Tree Preservation, of the Pompano Beach Zoning Code.
Specifically, the applicant is proposing the following:
1. To provide zero trees on the portion of the subject property to be developed rather than provide 357 trees as required by code.
2. To provide zero trees on the retention area of the subject property rather than provide 96 trees as required by code.
The subject property is located east of NE 5th Avenue and north of NE 10th Street, within the Pompano Beach Airpark.
ZONING REGULATIONS
The Zoning Code requires all new development to provide plantings in accordance with the standards in Table 155.5203.C. Properties in the Transportation (T) Zoning District are required to provide a minimum of 2 trees and 5 shrubs per 2,000 sq ft of lot area or major fraction thereof.
PROPERTY INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND
1. Pompano Beach Airport was constructed during World War II as a Naval outlying landing field (NOLF) for Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, what is now the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. On August 29, 1947, the City of Pompano Beach obtained the Airport under the Surplus Property Act of 1944 and renamed it Pompano Beach Air Park, due to its intent to limit the airport's usage to general aviation. Pompano Beach Air Park is owned and operated by the City of Pompano Beach and is a public use facility. Many aviation tenants hold long term leases at the Airpark, including Sheltair Aviation, Pompano Aviation, and ...
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