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Board of Adjustment urges limits on administrative variances, warns of appeal volume

6404585 · October 23, 2025
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Summary

The Fort Lauderdale Board of Adjustment told the City Commission it wants administrative variances limited to changes to existing structures and warned that allowing orders from the board to be appealed directly to the commission could produce a heavy volume of appeals.

The Fort Lauderdale Board of Adjustment asked the City Commission to clarify that administrative variances should not apply to new construction and warned that allowing orders from the board to be appealed directly to the commission could create a high volume of commission appeals.

At the conference meeting, a city representative read the board’s communication, saying it “starts out with a motion made by Miss Pat Rathburn, seconded by Mister Hagopian … The board desires that the following be addressed, that the…

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