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Planning board forwards zoning update to implement Live Local Act; reduces required nonresidential share to 10%
Summary
The board recommended approval 4-0 of a text amendment aligning the City of Tamarac's land-development code with the state's Live Local Act and its 2024-2025 amendments, lowering the minimum nonresidential component for qualifying mixed-use projects from 35% to 10%, expanding eligibility and adopting new parking reductions near transit.
The Tamarac Planning Board on Wednesday voted 4-0 to forward a zoning text amendment to the City Commission that updates city code to comply with the Live Local Act and subsequent state changes.
Maham Mansour, assistant director of community development, told the board the amendment incorporates provisions of the original Live Local Act and later changes that were enacted in 2024 and 2025. "The Live Local Act passed in 2023 is a major statewide effort to boost affordable housing," Mansour said, summarizing the statute's intent and the local code changes.
The key change is procedural and substantive: municipalities may no longer require a 35% minimum nonresidential…
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