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Commission advances first reading to reclassify 34 acres near South Park Road for mixed housing and commercial use
Summary
On first reading the commission approved a comprehensive-plan amendment to change about 34 acres at 1600 South Park Road from utilities/parks/open space to high-residential (up to 50 units/acre) and general business, enabling an applicant proposal for roughly 630 units and commercial space; the item was transmitted to Broward County for concurrent review.
The Hollywood City Commission on Sept. 4 approved on first reading a comprehensive-plan amendment to change roughly 34 acres at 1600 South Park Road from utilities and parks/open space to high-residential and general business land uses, a step staff said is necessary for a proposed public–private partnership that could yield about 630 residential units and associated commercial space.
Andrea Winget, director of development services, told the commission the site includes a large parking lot, a public-works compound and a vacant northern parcel where the city’s incinerator once stood. “On the northern piece, change the land use to high residential, 50 units per acre, and then the remaining portion of the property would be general business,” Winget said, adding staff recommends approval and that the city has filed for concurrent review with the Broward County Planning Council.
Commissioner Gruber asked whether a share of the proposed units would be workforce-affordable; Winget and staff said the county’s requirement of 15% affordable units would apply and deed restrictions would run for 30 years. “I believe it's 15. It's under the county's comp plan,” Winget said. Commissioners discussed the potential to increase residential density later under the city’s Live Local incentives and the need for updated market-assessment data; Commissioner Quintana asked whether the backup included anything more recent than a 2018 market assessment and asked staff to pursue updated information.
The commission voted unanimously to approve the item on first reading and transmit it for county and state review; staff noted subsequent zoning, site-plan and remediation work will return to the commission in later steps if the land-use change proceeds.
Next steps: the petition will go before the Broward County Planning Council and the County Commission for concurrent review, be transmitted to state review as a courtesy, then return to the city commission for adoption if those reviews accept the transmittal.
