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An Ordinance Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Amending The City's Adopted Comprehensive Plan By Amending The Text Of The Future Land Use Element To Add 4,379 Mid-Rise And High-Rise Residential Units And Reduce 1,000,000 Square Feet Of Commercial Within The City's Transit Oriented Corridor (TOC)/State Road 7 Activity Center; Providing For Transmittal; Providing For Conflicts; Providing For Severability; And Providing For An Effective Date. (25-L-39)
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Ordinance.
Explanation:
The proposed ordinance amends the Future Land Use Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan to allow for redistribution of existing intensities of the State Road 7 Transit Oriented Corridor (TOC) by converting 1,000,000 square feet of existing commercial capacity to 4,379 dwelling units.
The amendment introduces mid-rise and high-rise residential categories and recalibrates development potential to better align with the TOC's intended function as a transit-supportive, mixed-use activity center. This amendment ensures the TOC retains adequate capacity leaving a remaining balance of 14,000,000 square feet of office in exchange for 4,379 dwelling units to support continued redevelopment, mixed-use intensification, and the City's long-term fiscal sustainability. This type of recalibration is commonly done by cities in response to evolving market conditions.
The TOC was originally established to promote compact, mixed-use, transit-supportive development along a major regional transportation corridor while preserving adjacent residential neighborhoods. This amendment modernizes the corridor's development framework in response to evolving market demand, housing needs, and infrastructure considerations, while maintaining consistency with adopted concurrency standards and regional land use policy.
BACKGROUND
The Transit Oriented Corridor encompasses approximately 980 acres along State Road 7/US 441 a...
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