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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Allocating 1,000 Flexibility Units To The Regional Activity Center; Providing A Repealer Clause Authorizing The Units To Be Reallocated To The City's Total Flexibility Pool Should Additional Units Be Secured Through A Land Use Plan Text Amendment To The Comprehensive Plan; Providing For Conflict; Providing For An Effective Date. (25-T-38)
Strategic Plan Focus
Economic Vitality
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution
Explanation:
To maintain development momentum and provide available capacity within the Regional Activity Center ("RAC"), staff recommends allocating 1,000 flexibility units. These units will provide needed capacity while a Land Use Plan Amendment ("LUPA") is pursued to secure additional residential unit allocation. At that point, the flexibility units would be repealed and returned to the Citywide pool.
On May 20, 2025, the Planning and Development Board, acting as the Local Planning Agency, met and held an advertised public hearing and forwarded a unanimous recommendation of approval to the City Commission.
Background
Flexibility units allow cities to increase residential density in targeted areas without a County Land Use Plan Amendment. Hollywood currently has 4,887 flexibility units available Citywide through the Unified Flexibility Zone, confirmed by Broward County Planning Council on May 2, 2023.
The RAC, established in 1990 and expanded since, was capped at 16,100 residential units. Over the past 35 years, 16,294 units have been approved for development-exceeding the cap by 194 units. A comprehensive audit, conducted by City staff and Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc., identified this overage based on approved site plans. Further review is underway to account for demolitions and permitted-only projects.
A LUPA is being prepared to request ~8,000 additional units for the RAC. In the interim, allocating 1,000 flexibility units will all...
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