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PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
Meeting Date: DECEMBER 17, 2025
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VERA MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT
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Request: Major Administrative Adjustment
P&Z# 25-16500003
Owner: 1600 Federal LLC
Project Location: 1600 S Federal Hwy
Folio Number: 494212000070
Land Use Designation: C (Commercial)
Zoning District: B-3 (General Business)
Commission District: 1 (Audrey Fesik)
Agent: Paola West
Project Planner: Jonathan Cady (954-786-5578 / jonathan.cady@copbfl.com)
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Summary:
The applicant is requesting Major Administrative Adjustment approval for a 24.5% reduction of the required parking spaces. The request is based on the provisions of ?155.5102.D.1: Minimum Number of Off-Street Parking Spaces and ?155.4202.A.2.h.v.(A), which require a total of 343 off-street and structured parking spaces, rather than the 259 parking spaces the applicant proposes, resulting in a reduction of 84 parking spaces. The maximum allowance for reducing the required parking spaces via a Major Administrative Adjustment is 40%. The applicant's justification narrative for the request is included within the submittal. This application is being submitted in conjunction with a Major Site Plan submittal, PZ# 24-12000027.
The property includes a 78,734 sq ft office building and a surface parking lot. The site plan application proposes to add a 132-unit multifamily building with 3,650 sq ft of ground-floor retail space, while the existing office building would remain.
The property is located south of E. McNab Road, north of NE 65th Street/Port Royale Boulevard, and east of Federal Highway.
ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT REVIEW STANDARDS
A Major Administrative Adjustment shall be approved only on a finding that there is competent substantial evidence in the record that both the limitations in Table 155.2421.B.1, Allowable Administrative Adjustments, are met and that the Administrative Adjustment:
a. Achieves the intent of the subject standard to the same or a higher deg...
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