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Planning board approves code change allowing subdivision of certain shotgun‑house parcels to support affordable homeownership
Summary
The board unanimously recommended a zoning text amendment allowing the Historic Preservation Board to grant limited special exceptions that would permit fee‑simple subdivision of parcels containing multiple contributing shotgun‑style historic residences within the Northwest Historic District, intended to enable rehabilitation and individual home-
The West Palm Beach Planning Board voted unanimously on Feb. 19 to recommend a zoning text amendment that would allow the Historic Preservation Board to grant limited special exceptions enabling fee‑simple subdivision of parcels containing multiple contributing shotgun‑style historic dwellings in the Northwest Historic District.
Leslie Olson of District Planning Group, representing the CRA, told the board the Community Redevelopment Agency purchased multiple properties with several historic duplex/shotgun structures on…
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