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Board allows Parakeet Hotel to offer guest-only food and beverage services at 3081 Harbor Drive

City of Fort Lauderdale Board of Adjustment · November 13, 2025
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Summary

The Board of Adjustment granted variances allowing a 39-room motel/hotel at 3081 Harbor Drive to offer on-site, guest-only food and beverage services (pool/patio amenities) despite the ULDR threshold generally limiting those uses to hotels of 50 rooms or more. The approval is limited to interior/site-accessory service for registered guests.

The Fort Lauderdale Board of Adjustment approved variances that will let the soon-to-be Parakeet Hotel at 3081 Harbor Drive provide limited food-and-beverage amenities to registered guests.

Developer Matt Lane and attorney Stephanie Toothaker said the property, constructed in 1951 and operating historically as a motel with 39 rooms, has been…

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