Bridal Abrams, attorney for the Patina Collective, told the Tamarac Planning Board on Oct. 1 that the applicant seeks confirmation that online-only sales of branded merchandise and occasional vehicle auctions may be treated as an accessory use and that the city adopt a text amendment to make that allowance citywide.

The request would add "limited online sales" as an accessory use to the MUN (Mixed Use Neighborhood), MUC (Mixed Use Corridor), MUG (Mixed Use General) and NC (Neighborhood Commercial) zoning districts and would add use standards and a definition to the land development code. Christian Wardevall, city planner in the Community Development Department, described the proposed standards as prohibiting an on-site retail counter, forbidding external displays or truck staging visible from the street, requiring internal storage for goods, and limiting signage to the principal use’s standard building signage.

Abrams said the Patina Collective is an appointment-only Mercedes‑Benz classic car museum that derives most revenue from online multimedia content and branded merchandise; about 5% of the museum's roughly 300-vehicle inventory would be sold each year through online auctions, she said. She described the site as a 46,000-square-foot conversion of a former furniture store near 441 south of Commercial Boulevard and said the operation would have three to four on-site employees and no on-site test driving. Wardevall and Abrams told the board that the museum has worked with the fire department and that deliveries would be handled through internal storage and typical shipping channels such as Port Everglades.

Board members asked about staff size, parking and whether the use would create nuisance activity. Abrams and Wardevall said the applicant intends to limit on-site visits (appointment only), that the exhibit/display area would be internal, and that sales are primarily online and shipped internationally. Wardevall said the proposed code language mirrors practices other cities have adopted to regulate online-only vehicle or auction sales while preventing exterior advertising or customer-oriented on-site sales.

After questions, the board voted 6–0 to forward a favorable recommendation to the City Commission. The recommendation is for the text amendment to add the limited online sales accessory use and the corresponding code definitions and standards in Chapter 10 (Sections 10‑3.2, 10‑3.4 and 10‑6.2) as presented by staff.

The board’s action is a recommendation to the City Commission; final adoption and any site‑specific conditions would be decided at the commission level.