City of Lauderhill - File #: 26O-0079

• File #: 26O-0079
• Version: 1
• Name: Amendment to the LDR - Creating "Food Pantry" as a permitted accessory use
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Second Reading
• File created: 3/31/2026
• In control: City Commission Meeting
• On agenda: 4/27/2026
• Title: ORDINANCE NO. 26o-04-107: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS,” SECTION 5.1 ENTITLED “ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND USES,” AND CREATING A NEW SECTION 5.1.9 ENTITLED “FOOD PANTRY STANDARDS”; AMENDING SCHEDULE A - LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS BY CREATING A DEFINITION FOR “FOOD PANTRY”; AMENDING SCHEDULE B - ALLOWABLE USES, B-1-USES ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS” BY ADDING “FOOD PANTRY” TO THE TABLE IDENTIFYING THE ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE PERMITTED; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/13/2026	1	City Commission Meeting
4/13/2026	1	City Commission Meeting

Title
ORDINANCE NO. 26o-04-107: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “ZONING DISTRICTS,” SECTION 5.1 ENTITLED “ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND USES,” AND CREATING A NEW SECTION 5.1.9 ENTITLED “FOOD PANTRY STANDARDS”; AMENDING SCHEDULE A - LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS BY CREATING A DEFINITION FOR “FOOD PANTRY”; AMENDING SCHEDULE B - ALLOWABLE USES, B-1-USES ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS” BY ADDING “FOOD PANTRY” TO THE TABLE IDENTIFYING THE ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE PERMITTED; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.


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Request Action:
Requesting consideration of a text amendment to the Land Development Regulations (LDR) prepared by Staff.


Need Summary Explanation/ Background:
Staff has prepared an amendment to the Land Development Regulations creating a new use, definition and standards for a "Food Pantry," as an accessory use. The proposed amendment establishes standards and certain criteria specific to this use. The City amortized a use defined as a “Food Distribution Center,” in 2020 (Ordinance 20O-11-148), which allowed any operators to continue for 5 years from the date of adoption (12/14/2020). A Food Distribution Center is defined in the City’s Land Development Regulations (LDR’s) as “[a]ny building or structure, or a portion thereof, of which the interior, or portion of the interior, is used to furnish meals to members of the public without cost or at a very low cost as a social service as defined herein, a food distribution center shall not be considered a restaurant.” The City is seeking to add a new use of food pantry, which may be accessory to a principal use, in order to expand avenues for addressing food insecurity.

Food insecurity remains a significant and ongoing challenge across the United States, driven by economic instability, rising housing and utility costs, and persistent ...