{"id":329448,"date":"2026-07-04T18:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/329448\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T18:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:48:14","slug":"fort-lauderdale-may-raise-building-heights-in-himmarshee-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/329448\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale may raise building heights in Himmarshee Village"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"History<\/p>\n

History Fort Lauderdale, a museum and research center, is located at 231 SW 2nd Avenue in Himmarshee Village.<\/p>\n

Courtesy of History Fort Lauderdale<\/p>\n

Buildings in Fort Lauderdale\u2019s historic Himmarshee Village may soon get taller \u2014 and more modern.<\/p>\n

City commissioners will vote on an ordinance updating the rules for the city\u2019s Historic Preservation District, which Himmarshee Village is part of, at Thursday\u2019s meeting. If approved, the ordinance will increase the building height limits for new construction and additions: up to six stories (with a step back of 15 feet required above three stories) along SW 2nd Street and up to three stories along SW 2nd Avenue and SW 3rd Avenue. Buildings considered to be historic are not affected by the changes.<\/p>\n

According to a memorandum about the ordinance from city manager Rickelle Williams, the current restrictions are perceived to have been \u201cholding back the economic development\u201d of the historic district. The proposed changes are meant to preserve the area\u2019s historic heritage \u201cwhile balancing future redevelopment within the district.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of redevelopment coming down the pike in terms of the Himmarshee district and Broward corridor,\u201d said Commissioner Steven Glassman, whose district includes Himmarshee Village.<\/p>\n

The ordinance is part of a larger effort to revitalize and \u201cclean up\u201d the area, Glassman said. City officials have been eager to crack down on the area\u2019s rowdy nightlife scene<\/a>, especially after a shooting in December and a Spring Break brawl captured on social media.<\/p>\n

The city lists Himmarshee Village as both a Historic Preservation District and a Special Entertainment District. Earlier this year, commissioners considered forcing bars to close at 2 a.m. instead of 4 a.m., but instead banned the consumption of alcohol in open containers<\/a> on the street and banned outdoor alcohol sales in the city\u2019s entertainment districts. Soon, Glassman said, the city will \u201cdefinitely\u201d decertify the area\u2019s Special Entertainment District, as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very big effort to try and make sure that we\u2019re able to overcome the obstacles that we have in terms of its reputation of being a late night party scene,\u201d Glassman said. \u201cWe are trying to bring back the days when we had a lot of really nice restaurants there. People would hang out there during the day and night then walk over to the theater. None of that happens anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Quieter Quieter times in Fort Lauderdale\u2019s Himmarshee entertainment district. Miami Herald file <\/p>\n

Without the entertainment district, Himmarshee Village bar owners would have to apply for extended business hours. \u201cIt\u2019s like a leveling the playing field and starting all over with a new set of rules,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The ordinance that changes the Historic Preservation District restrictions was approved by the city\u2019s Historic Preservation Board and Planning and Zoning Board, according to city documents. Patricia Zeiler, the History Fort Lauderdale executive director, said she supports the proposed changes, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the Himmarshee district is no longer historic. I have the largest concentration of historic buildings,\u201d Zeiler said, referring to the buildings History Fort Lauderdale owns. \u201cAll of those non-contributing buildings, which could be really great economic drivers, are still having to operate under the restrictions of the historic ordinance and they can only be two stories. Changing the height restrictions and the rest of the work that the city has done is very positive for the entire district.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zeiler said the ordinance would allow the museum and research center to update and expand its non-historically significant buildings and attract more visitors.<\/p>\n

She called the ordinance \u201ca game changer for our organization.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"History Fort Lauderdale, a museum and research center, is located at 231 SW 2nd Avenue in Himmarshee Village.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-329448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}