Oakland Park planners recommend land-use change and rezoning to allow five single-family homes on church parcel

The City of Oakland Park Planning & Zoning Board recommended approval on June 9 of a small-scale future-land-use amendment and a companion rezoning that would allow a former church property at 1670 Northeast 30 Eighth Street to be subdivided for single‑family homes.

The board voted to recommend changing the property's comprehensive-plan future land use from Community Facility (CF) to Low Density Residential (L‑5) and to rezone the site to R‑1 (single‑family). The Planning & Zoning Board transmitted both recommendations to the City Commission for final action and to Broward County for required review.

Why it matters: The change would permit up to 5 single‑family houses on the property under Oakland Park's zoning rules (staff said the county's gross‑acreage standard would technically allow six, but the city's zoning and lot‑size rules limit the site to five). Neighbors, property owners across Cherry Creek and local conservation advocates urged protection of the creek, retention of trees, and limits on roadway access during construction.

Staff presentation and applicant statement Rick Buckeye, Planning Supervisor for the city, described the requested future‑land‑use amendment (case CD24‑30CP) as a “small scale land use amendment” and said the surrounding neighborhood is primarily single‑family. He and Director Sierra Marrero explained the approval path: recommendation by the Planning & Zoning Board; hearings before the City Commission; review by the Broward County Planning Council and Broward County Board of County…