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Planning board recommends Weston Jewelers rezoning and 100% parking reduction after lengthy neighborhood debate
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board recommended approval of rezoning and a full parking reduction for a 32,000 sq ft Weston Jewelers development at 1117 E. Las Olas Boulevard, with voluntary conditions including no restaurants, a family-office restriction and off-site employee parking (34-space LOI plus 6 family spaces). The decision followed extended public comment raising height, parking and precedent concerns.
The Fort Lauderdale Planning & Zoning Board recommended approval of a rezoning and a 100% parking reduction Thursday night for a proposed Weston Jewelers flagship at 1117 East Las Olas Boulevard, but the decision came only after more than an hour of public comment and probing board questions about height, neighborhood compatibility and the long-term effect of off-site parking arrangements.
"We are committing to not requesting to add any restaurant use back into the site plan," said Stephanie Toothaker, land use counsel for the applicant, listing voluntary conditions that the team offered in response to neighbors. Toothaker said the project totals about 32,000 square feet: 20,337 square feet of retail and about 11,816 square feet of office/family-office space, that the design team had reduced building height by 16 feet and that Rolex and…
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