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Zoning commission recommends defining freestanding emergency departments in county code
Summary
The Palm Beach County Zoning Commission voted to recommend an amendment to the Unified Land Development Code to create a defined category for freestanding emergency departments (FSEDs), add related parking rules and require hospital association and 24/7 operation; the measure advances after staff and applicant presentations.
The Palm Beach County Zoning Commission recommended approval of a revision to the county's Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) that would create a defined use for freestanding emergency departments, or FSEDs, and add related parking and siting rules.
Brian Terry of Insight Studio, representing the applicant, told the commission the change is intended to "create FSED, freestanding emergency departments, as a use specifically defined within the code" and to move urgent‑care and ambulatory surgical definitions into Article 4 under medical office uses. He said FSEDs would be regulated to ensure they are associated…
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