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Margate commission overturns Board of Adjustment, grants parking variances for Waterside Landing conversion
Summary
The City Commission voted to overturn a Board of Adjustment denial and grant variances that reduce required parking for a proposed conversion of the former Waterside Landing assisted‑living facility to 174 market‑rate apartments; commissioners conditioned that the project return for a special‑exception/site‑plan review with required improvements.
The Margate City Commission voted to overturn a Board of Adjustment denial and granted variances that reduce parking and waive certain landscape requirements for a proposed conversion of the Waterside Landing assisted‑living facility at 5600 Lakeside Drive into market‑rate apartments.
Attorney Matthew Scott, representing Margate Acquisitions LLC, told the commission the 174‑unit building is landlocked by water and constrained by existing site conditions and that converting it to multifamily without relief would be commercially infeasible. Scott said the applicant’s traffic engineer calculated a demand of 214–230 parking spaces and that the applicant proposed a conceptual minimum of about 250 spaces, while acknowledging the…
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