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Hallandale Beach planning board approves ordinance amendment to streamline affordable-housing bonus density allocations
Summary
The Hallandale Beach Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously to approve an ordinance amendment that would revise the city zoning code to allow the local planning agency to allocate affordable-housing bonus density in some cases and update public-notice requirements, forwarding the recommendation to the City Commission.
The Hallandale Beach Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously to approve a recommendation to the City Commission to amend the city’s zoning and land development code to revise how affordable-housing bonus density is allocated and how the city notifies property owners.
City planning staff presented the ordinance amendment on the board’s agenda item 7A. Christie Dominguez of the Planning and Zoning Division said the draft language aligns the city code with Broward County Land Use Plan Policy 2.16.3 and would allow the local planning agency to allocate bonus density in some circumstances where the requested density exceeds the underlying zoning maximum. “Tonight's presentation is on the bonus density unit,” Dominguez said, and she summarized that the change would permit the local planning agency to grant bonus units when the request does not include additional approvals that must go to the City Commission.
The change would also amend Article 9 of the zoning and land development…
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