Commission approves rezoning for Westgate micro‑unit project but denies parking variance

Palm Beach County zoning commissioners recommended approval of a zoning map amendment and the class A conditional use for the Neighborly Living Westgate mixed‑use project but denied the applicant’s type‑2 parking variance request, citing the code’s variance standards.

The applicant, represented by Bradley Miller of Urban Design Studio, sought rezoning to CG, a subdivision variance recognizing an existing narrow pavement width, approval of a class‑A conditional use to allow 38 multifamily units under the Westgate density‑bonus program, and a type‑2 variance to reduce parking from the required 53 spaces to 50 (45 on‑site plus five on‑street spaces counted by the applicant). Miller described the project as 38 units (including 26 micro‑units, 10 studios and 2 one‑bedrooms), roughly two‑thirds of an acre with 1,585 square feet of ground‑floor commercial and 50 counted parking spaces. He said the development would use the county’s new Westgate density bonus pool and targeted workforce and non‑family renters who rely on transit.

Why it matters: The project is one of the first to attempt to use Westgate’s density bonus pool and to…