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Commission approves variances and site plan for Palms apartment expansion at 700–728 SW 80th Avenue

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Summary

After reviewing six requested variances the Commission approved a site plan that adds 10 three‑bedroom rental units to the existing Palms complex, with conditions on parking, landscaping and fire access.

The North Lauderdale City Commission voted to approve a package of variances and a site plan amendment allowing Palms North Lauderdale (700–728 SW 80th Avenue) to add 10 new three‑bedroom, two‑bath apartment units to an existing 30‑unit complex.

Staff and the applicant explained that the property is an infill parcel with a nonstandard shape and preexisting conditions that do not meet current development standards. To make the addition feasible the applicant requested six variances: reduced front setback, reduced minimum floor area for new units (from 1,350 to 1,150 square feet), reduction in required parking spaces, reduced landscape buffers, reduction in required landscape strip width, and a…

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