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Hollywood adopts K‑12 performance standards after hours of debate; commissioners vote 6‑1
Summary
The City Commission passed an ordinance on second reading that creates definitions and performance standards for K‑12 schools, including spacing and site rules. Commissioners, parents and school advocates debated whether the rules were overly restrictive for private and religious schools.
The City Commission adopted an ordinance on second reading that adds definitions and performance standards for K–12 schools in Hollywood, creating new separation and site requirements and directing how special‑exception applications will be reviewed.
The ordinance, amended in response to commissioner direction, passed 6‑1 with Commissioner Gruber dissenting. The new rules include a minimum parcel size for freestanding schools, traffic‑study and circulation requirements, and distance separations from certain existing uses; commissioners debated changing the thousand‑foot separation in standard 5 to 500 feet and allowing multi‑tenant buildings on larger parcels.
Andrea Winget, director of Development Services, told the commission staff had worked on the standards for more than a year and modified language at the commission's request after first reading. “We have continued to work with the commission … to lessen the regulations, but ensuring…
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