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Tamarac tables ordinance to end Woodlands overlay district; commission asks for resident outreach
Summary
The commission voted unanimously to table an ordinance tied to the Woodlands Overlay District so commissioners can consult with residents. Staff said the overlay was created in 2004 and extended several times pending development and governance changes.
Tamarac commissioners on June 11 unanimously tabled action on an ordinance that would extend (and ultimately allow termination of) the Woodlands Overlay District until a required structure is established under the parties’ development agreement.
City staff read the ordinance that would amend Section 10‑2.7(c) (the Woodlands Overlay District) to extend its termination date pending establishment of a structure provided for in the development agreement between Woodlands Club Holdings, LLP, and the city. Deputy City Manager Calloway told commissioners the intent is to remove the overlay once a master association or the code‑enforcement position described in paragraph 20 of the development agreement is established.
"That is the intent. Once a structure is established ... then the intent is to remove this from the code," Calloway said. She explained the overlay was created in February 2004 to provide community maintenance standards where a master association had become defunct, and that the 2018 code rewrite identified the overlay as inconsistent with typical overlays and set an initial termination one year after 2018; the overlay has been extended several times while the development process continued.
Several commissioners said they wanted broader outreach to residents of the Woodlands community before acting. Commissioners noted the overlay was originally used as a mechanism to provide maintenance‑type standards in lieu of a master association and that different sections of the Woodlands have separate homeowner association documents. One commissioner asked whether residents had been surveyed; staff said no formal survey had been completed since the 2018 code rewrite.
Faced with requests for more community input, a motion to table the ordinance carried 5–0. The commission asked staff to meet with the local commissioners and community representatives and return with a fuller presentation and community outreach plan at a future workshop.
What happens next: staff will coordinate outreach to Woodlands residents and return with a report on community sentiment and options for maintaining standards (HOA governance, master association, or codified overlay), along with any required schedule for termination if residents agree.
