The Pembroke Pines Board of Adjustment unanimously approved its 2024–25 annual report and asked the City Commission to consider several procedural and enforcement changes, including requiring appeals to the commission be approved only by a 5–0 vote rather than by a simple majority.

Board members and staff reviewed annual data and recommendations contained in the report, which summarizes the board’s work and suggests changes to city practice and ordinance. The report notes the board heard 94 requests during the reporting period and that the Board of Adjustment passed 84 motions and failed 10; two of the failed motions were appealed to the City Commission. The report says 69 petitions, or about 73.4% of the requests, addressed work done without building permits. Staff data in the report show a decline in variance requests from 117 in 2023–24 to 46 in 2024–25, a reduction described in the report as about 39%.

The board’s recommendations for the City Commission included:
- Require appeals of Board of Adjustment denials to be granted only by a unanimous 5–0 City Commission vote rather than by a simple majority; board members discussed and removed ambiguous wording that had read "or a simple majority," clarifying they want a 5–0 threshold.
- Require code inspection of properties subject to a conditional variance within 30 days.
- Limit conditional variances issued for unauthorized renovations to the period in which a hardship exists and require properties to be returned to prior condition in accordance with city rules if the hardship ceases or upon change of ownership.
- Consider adopting homeowners association–style regulations by ordinance in parts of the city not covered by mandatory HOAs, addressing items such as commercial vehicle parking and temporary structures.
- When evaluating appeals, the Commission should reconsider information related only to the petition, per the board’s text.

Board member discussion focused on clarifying language in the draft report. One board member asked the group to remove the phrase offering an "or a simple majority" option and replace it with language specifying a 5–0 vote. Staff confirmed the report is informational and that the commission receives both an oral presentation and the written report for consideration.

Member Jones moved to approve the 2024–25 annual report; the motion was seconded and approved unanimously.

The board chair and staff reminded members that the report will be presented to the commission at an upcoming "board night" prior to the regular commission meeting; the board’s oral presentation supplements the written report but does not itself decide commission action. The board recorded no additional formal conditions beyond the recommendations contained in the report.