Commission approves Westgate rezoning and conditional use but denies parking variance for 38‑unit micro‑housing project

Palm Beach County zoning commissioners recommended approval of a rezoning and the class A conditional use for “Neighborly Living Westgate,” a mixed‑use project that would place 38 apartments and about 1,585 square feet of commercial space on roughly two‑thirds of an acre in the Westgate corridor. The commission, however, adopted a resolution denying the applicant’s type‑2 parking variance request.

Applicant representative Bradley Miller said the project is intended as a Westgate catalyst and includes workforce‑oriented units. Miller told the commission the proposal would provide 38 multifamily apartments (26 “micro” units, 10 studios and two one‑bedrooms), 45 on‑site parking spaces and use the five existing on‑street spaces in front of the building to reach a total of 50 spaces. He said the Westgate overlay’s density bonus pool was used to reach the 38‑unit total and described the project as a…