Planning board recommends approval of YMCA facility, small Broward Health ER at Holiday Park

The Fort Lauderdale Planning and Zoning Board voted April 16 to recommend approval of case UDP‑S24057, a site plan that would place a two‑story YMCA facility and a single‑story Broward Health emergency department at the north entrance of Holiday Park.

The recommendation, made during the board’s April 16 meeting, follows a presentation by the applicant’s attorney describing a project that includes a two‑story YMCA with a ground‑level teaching pool and lap pool, family and gendered locker rooms, community rooms and administrative space, and a second‑floor gymnasium and wellness/fitness center. The adjacent Broward Health building is shown as a one‑story emergency department with 12 treatment spaces; the applicant said the facility would not provide overnight stays but would be capable of stabilization and transfer to…