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ORDINANCE NO. 26O-05-113: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A ZONING IN PROGRESS FOR ONE YEAR TO PERMIT CERTAIN USES IN THE COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE (“CW”) ZONING DISTRICT, AND TO PERMIT PROPERTY OWNERS OR APPLICANTS TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY AND BUSINESS LICENSES FOR THE USES DESIGNATED UNDER THE COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE ZONING DISTRICT, AND TO ESTABLISH A ZONING IN PROGRESS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 901 NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY IN THE COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE ZONING DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS AND SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE (REQUESTED BY CITY MANAGER KENNIE HOBBS, JR.).
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Request Action:
Requesting the City Commission to adopt a Zoning in Progress Ordinance as it relates to property at 901 NW 31st Street as a condition of a settlement of a Bert J. Harris claim filed by Akron Industries, LLC.
Need Summary Explanation/ Background:
Effective March 29, 2021, the City Commission adopted by Ordinance (21O-03-107), an amortization schedule for certain automotive uses operating along Broward Boulevard and Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue and NW 31 Avenue, that allowed existing uses to continue until March 29, 2026, but thereafter the uses would be prohibited. Akron Industries, LLC ("Akron"), owns property located at 901 Northwest 31st Avenue, which is subject to the amortization ordinance because it has an automotive use, i.e., an automotive repair business described as a “tire repair and sales business” at the site. The Property is currently zoned Commercial General (“CG”) Zoning District with a land use designation of “Commercial.” The property was annexed from Broward County in 2005 following an executed agreement between the City and Broward County.
Akron has contested the designation of the Property as an automotive use and has filed a Bert J. Harris legal claim against the City challenging the City’s amortization or...
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