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PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
Meeting Date: JANUARY 26,2022
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TEXT AMENDMENT COMMERCIAL MIXED-USE CORRIDORS
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Request: Text Amendment
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Project Planner: Max Wemyss (954-786-4671 / max.wemyss@copbfl.com)
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Summary:
At the February 24, 2021 Planning and Zoning Board meeting Chair Fred Stacer began a discussion related to the City's interest in beautifying the Dixie Hwy Corridor. Following the city's investment in the roadway itself through the GO Bond program, Mr. Stacer provided that the expectation of quality design from new development should increase. These discussions kicked off an initiative that evolved into an Economic Development Council (EDC) led Dixie Highway Task Force. This task force adopted the goal of encouraging mixed-income and mixed-use development along the corridor. Opportunities such as the Broward County affordable housing incentive policies (Policies 2.16.3 and 2.16.4, described below) and the City's Mixed-Income Housing Policy (Resolution 2022-46, described below) became critical to the approach of the Task Force. The result of this initiative is a recommended text amendment to the City's Code of Ordinances to incentivize quality designed mixed-use, mixed-income developments along applicable corridors.
Broward County Affordable Housing Incentive Policies
Additional residential entitlements are made possible by the Broward County's recent policy changes related to affordable housing.
Broward County Policy 2.16.3 (Exhibit "A") allows additional density in residential land use categories when affordable housing is included. A summary of policy is provided below:
? Allows additional density in residential land use categories for projects that include affordable housing up to 50% of land use density or 100% of land use density if very low and low income units are p...
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