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Planning board recommends approval of Madison Terrace amendment to add six affordable units
Summary
The Lake Worth Beach Planning & Zoning Board recommended approval of Ordinance 2025‑12, an amendment to the Madison Terrace planned development that increases the approved unit count from 176 to 182 one‑bedroom, income‑restricted units and retains two six‑story buildings subject to conditions including landscape screening and decorative transformer wraps.
The Lake Worth Beach Planning & Zoning Board on Sept. 3 recommended that the City Commission approve Ordinance 2025‑12, a plan‑development amendment for the Madison Terrace project that increases the development from 176 to 182 one‑bedroom dwelling units.
Principal planner Annie Greening, representing city staff, summarized the amendments and said the additional land area allowed a modest increase in unit count and some increases in height, FAR and square footage tied to sustainable‑bonus incentives. "They are going from that previous approval of 176 dwelling units to 182 dwelling units. So there's 6 additional units," Greening said. Staff recommended approval with conditions including additional perimeter trees, decorative screening for transformers located near public open space, and recordation of conditions with the clerk of court.
An applicant representative thanked staff and board members for their support and told the board the developer expects to begin phase two in a few months. One board member moved to recommend approval with conditions based on the competent and substantial evidence in the staff report and public hearing testimony; another member seconded. The board voted by voice to recommend approval; the motion passed unanimously.
The recommendation now goes to the City Commission for final consideration; staff noted most original PD conditions remain in effect and the recommended conditions focus on discrete items such as missing perimeter trees and decorative transformer screening. The project will use low‑income housing tax credit financing and staff said all units will be income‑restricted for a period of at least 30 or 50 years as required by program rules referenced in the staff presentation.
