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Board asks City Commission to limit administrative variances to existing structures, flagging appeal workload concerns
Summary
Following a first reading of an ordinance (OFR‑3) that would create an administrative variance process and route appeals to the City Commission, the Board of Adjustment voted to send a communication urging that administrative variances not cover new construction and to flag potential volume of appeals and retroactivity concerns.
During discussion after several cases, the Fort Lauderdale Board of Adjustment reviewed an ordinance advanced at first reading (referred to in the meeting as OFR‑3) that would add an administrative variance process and change appeal routes for board decisions. Board members voted to communicate concerns to the City Commission.
City staff described the ordinance elements: (1) an administrative-variance pathway for narrow dimensional variances affecting existing single‑family dwellings and accessory structures, limited to…
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