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Board backs updates to H1 historic zoning to streamline minor reviews and allow limited added height in select areas

Fort Lauderdale Planning and Zoning Board · April 16, 2026

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Summary

The board recommended approval of text amendments to the H1 historic zoning district to add a seven-day administrative review path for minor visible work, modernize permitted uses and signage, and allow up to six stories (with stepbacks) on specified streets, with the historic preservation board previously recommending approval.

The Planning & Zoning Board voted to recommend approval of proposed updates to the city’s H1 historic zoning district, a text amendment intended to modernize standards and speed up minor approvals in historic areas.

Trisha Logan, urban principal planner, described the…

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