TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Cale Curtis, City Manager
DATE: December 6, 2023
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MARGATE, FLORIDA; PROVIDING FOR A LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF MARGATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, APPENDIX B, TO PERMIT A CHANGE OF LAND USE FROM "COMMERCIAL RECREATION AND R(7) RESIDENTIAL" TO "R(7) RESIDENTIAL AND PARK"; PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE OF THE AVERAGE DENSITY OF AN IRREGULAR DENSITY DASHED-LINE AREA FROM 7.6 TO 8.4 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE; PROVIDING FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF MARGATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENT I. FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT; RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL TO OBTAIN RECERTIFICATION OF ELEMENT I. FUTURE LAND USE OF THE MARGATE COMPREHENSIVVE PLAN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7870 MARGATE BOULEVARD; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BACKGROUND: CONSIDERATION OF A LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT TO REDEVELOP THE 21.3-ACRE MARGATE EXECUTIVE GOLF COURSE INTO A 132-UNIT TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT. (DRC NO. 23-400012)
LOCATION: 7870 MARGATE BOULEVARD
ZONING: S-1 RECREATIONAL DISTRICT AND R-3A MULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PARCEL 3, "ORIOLE GOLF AND TENNIS CLUB SECTION TWO," ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 78, PAGE 21, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA TOGETHER WITH A PORTION OF PARCEL 4 OF SAID PLAT, "ORIOLE GOLF AND TENNIS CLUB SECTION TWO," ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 78, PAGE 21, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
PETITIONER: MATTHEW H. SCOTT, ESQ., GREENSPOON MARDER, LLP, AGENT FOR MICHAEL FIMIANI, FIMIANI DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
The subject property is a 21-.3-acre 9 hole golf course. Applicant seeks to change the current land use designation o...
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