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Commission grants parking-variance to Amazon as company plans late-2025 sub same-day facility
Summary
The commission approved a variance allowing a 545,000-square-foot warehouse at 3701 Flamingo Road to operate with 566 parking spaces where code would require 669, reflecting a shift in Amazon's operations from on-site van parking to a sub same-day model using contracted drivers.
The City Commission granted a variance to allow 566 parking spaces at an existing 545,000-square-foot warehouse at 3701 Flamingo Road, where the Land Development Code's parking standard would otherwise require 669 spaces. The applicant is Amazon; staff and the applicant said the site will be retrofitted to a "sub same-day" distribution facility with different operational parking needs.
Background and rationale: the property, part of a 31-acre industrial site, was previously approved in 2021 with an…
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