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Board denies request to expand circular driveway at Pembroke Pines home
Summary
The Pembroke Pines Board of Adjustment voted down a request to increase a home's front‑lot driveway coverage from the previously approved 47% to 57% and directed the owner to work with city staff to meet the prior approval; a separate side‑setback request was withdrawn by the applicant.
The Pembroke Pines Board of Adjustment on June 5 rejected a property owner's request to increase front‑lot coverage for a circular driveway at 7101 Southwest Sixth Street from an earlier 47% approval to 57%, and instructed the owner to consult city staff on bringing the work into compliance.
The owner, Harold Lapinell, told the board he stopped construction after realizing his family includes a wheelchair user and said cutting the driveway further would make access unsafe: "...we have a member in the family that uses a…
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