2607_F_PDB_Staff Report_2026_0414 — Planning and Development Board (2026-04-14)

AI Summary

The Planning and Development Board of the City of Hollywood, Florida received a request to allocate one Flexibility Unit from the City's Unified Flexibility Zone to permit residential use (approximately 2,247 square feet) on the third floor of an existing three-story commercial building at 1402 North Surf Road in the Broadwalk Historic District. The property is zoned BWK-25-HD-C and designated General Business (GB), allowing residential uses within commercial structures if the residential floor area does not exceed 50 percent of total building area. Staff deferred recommendation to the Board, noting that while the request meets Comprehensive Plan criteria, it conflicts with the Hollywood Beach CRA Master Plan's intent to exclude residential uses from the Broadwalk Historic District and creates parking challenges, as no parking spaces are currently provided on the site...