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PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
Meeting Date: AUGUST 25, 2021
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JOHN KNOX VILLAGE MASTER PLAN
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Request: Master Plan
P&Z# 21-13000001
Owner: John Knox Village of Florida, Inc.
Project Location: 51 SW 6 Street
Folio Number: 494202530010
Land Use Designation: LAC (Local Activity Center)
Zoning District: LAC (Local Activity Center)
Commission District:|910|Agent: Andrew J. Schein (954-617-8919)
Project Planner: Jae Eun Kim (954-545-7778 / JaeEun.Kim@copbfl.com)
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Summary:
The following is a summary of information on the subject property. The applicant, John Knox Village of Florida, Inc., is requesting approval of a Master Plan to be adopted in accordance with Section ?155.3507, LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER (LAC) of the City's Zoning Code. The Local Activity Center (LAC) is a special base zoning district and land use category, which is established for the John Knox Village development. The applicant is proposing the Master Plan to transform the senior living community to a redeveloped and modernized community to accommodate the next generation of seniors. The Master Plan includes a new independent living tower and assisted living units as well as an increase of ancillary and office uses to meet internal needs of the residents.
Presently, there are a few projects under construction as part of Phase II Improvement of the Master Plan: a 150-unit Independent Tower, Village Pool, and Village Center (Pavilion).
Brief History of John Knox Village
The subject property has been operating as a retirement community since 1967. Originally called Baptist Village of Pompano Beach, in 2003 "John Knox Village" was founded. The Local Activity Center (LAC) district is established and intended to support a balanced mix of land use characterized by compactness, pedestrian friendly design, neighborhood scale and framed by architecture and landscape design appropriate to local history and ecology. Development patterns within LAC districts shall ...
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