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Davie council approves Shotgun Road Community Development District, rezoning and related variances
Summary
Council established the Shotgun Road Community Development District, approved a rezoning for the Shotgun Road Subdivision and granted multiple variances tied to the project, with second readings and some items scheduled for later action.
The Town of Davie approved the creation of the Shotgun Road Community Development District (CDD), a rezoning request for the Shotgun Road Subdivision and several associated variances during its meeting.
Town staff read the ordinance establishing the Shotgun Road CDD under chapter 190 of the Florida statutes; the council voted in favor of the motion to establish the district (item 29). The council then accepted a first reading of the rezoning request (item 30) — changing designated parcels from agricultural to single‑family residential with an open‑space overlay — and later approved multiple related variances affecting wall heights, signage and garage orientation for models in the subdivision (items 31–34).
David Quigley, the town planning and zoning manager, described the variances: one concerned the buffer wall height along I‑75, another the entrance sign and wall height along SW 150th Avenue, and a third related to garage orientation and setbacks for certain house models. Council members said several of the variance requests were consistent with precedent in nearby neighborhoods; one council member noted the homeowner association in Long Lake Ranches supported a similar variance.
Public comment included a resident, Stuart Capp of Long Lake Ranches, who described the application as restoring or matching existing site features and said the item had previously received a favorable board recommendation. Council votes approved the rezoning first reading and each of the variance resolutions on the consent of the council; roll calls for those votes were recorded as affirmative.
Council members noted that the rezoning required a supermajority for final action when it returns for a second reading on May 21 (as announced during the meeting). The council also confirmed that quasi‑judicial procedures were waived for the evening’s items and that final hearing dates and any required certification or site‑by‑site approvals would follow the town’s public‑hearing process.
The council’s approvals permit applicants and the developer to proceed to the next procedural steps, with final approvals and technical conditions to be resolved at subsequent meetings.
