Council tables 8‑story, 384‑unit Crossroads plan after debate over parking, setbacks and affordable units

The City Council on Oct. 22 voted to table three linked planning items for the proposed Plantation Crossroads multifamily development — an eight‑story building with 384 units at 8151–8221 Peters Road — until the council's Nov. 19 meeting. Staff asked that the site-plan, conditional-use application and several requested waivers be considered with pending land‑use and rezoning matters scheduled for November.

Dan Holmes, Plantation's planning, zoning and economic development director, briefed councilmembers on the application, describing an 8‑story residential building, a parking garage and ground‑level amenities on a 24.28‑acre site that currently contains two office buildings. The applicant has requested multiple zoning and landscape waivers, including reduced parking, shorter drive aisles in the garage, fewer loading spaces than the code requires, smaller minimum unit sizes for studios and one‑bedrooms, and reduced building setbacks along several property lines.

"With the discounts for bicycle storage and proximity to transit, the applicant's required parking drops from 874 spaces to 789," Holmes said,…