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Palm Beach County to study raising fitness‑use cap in commerce zoning after developers and youth sports groups press for space
Summary
The county commission voted 7–0 to initiate a countywide review of a proposed change to the Unified Land Development Code that would raise the permitted share for 'fitness center' uses in the Commerce future‑land‑use category after developers and local sports organizations said existing 20% limits block leases and community amenities.
Palm Beach County commissioners on Wednesday voted unanimously to direct staff to study changes to the Unified Land Development Code that would increase the allowable percentage of fitness‑center uses in the Commerce future land‑use designation. Vice Mayor Woodward moved to initiate the text amendment and give staff latitude to consider options up to 100 percent; Commissioner Maria Sachs seconded the motion and the board adopted it 7–0.
The request before commissioners was narrowly framed by the applicant as a change to a single sentence in the code that would increase the cap from 20% to 35% for fitness‑center uses. Jennifer Morton of J. Morton Planning and Landscape Architecture, representing applicant BC Commerce, told the board the company’s 47‑acre BC Commerce project (approved for about 661,611 square feet) is under construction and…
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