The Fort Lauderdale Board of Adjustment voted to grant a variance that allows several rooftop mechanical units on the 417\u2011unit Adderley development to remain as installed instead of meeting a 2020 screening rule.<\/p>\n
Applicant representative Greg told the board the project \u2014 originally reviewed and approved by the Community Redevelopment Agency and renamed the Adderley after jazz musician Cannonball Adderley \u2014 now contains more than 50% workforce housing and extensive community\u2011focused amenities. At final inspection the development team discovered more than 40 roof\u2011mounted units; they said only two or three are visible from several blocks away because most equipment is set back behind a five\u2011foot parapet.<\/p>\n
City staff (Bert) told the board the relevant code changed in 2020 to require screening to be six inches above the highest piece of rooftop mechanical equipment, and that the project’s building permit was submitted in 2022, after the code change. The developer argued the building was designed and largely built before the rule took effect, that extending the parapet or adding full\u2011perimeter metal screening would be costly and would materially change the project’s appearance, and that the requested variance is the minimum necessary to preserve the affordable\u2011housing component.<\/p>\n
After questioning from board members about visibility angles, screening alternatives and the minimum scope of relief, board member Pat moved to grant the variance. The board took a roll call and approved the motion (motion passed by majority vote). The board recorded that the variance was granted as requested; staff will record the decision and note any implementation conditions.<\/p>\n
The board\u2019s vote preserves the developer\u2019s approved project as built and allows the Adderley to move forward toward final occupancy without removing the rooftop units. The city noted the change in code and the permit timing in its discussion; staff will note the board\u2019s decision in the public record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fort Lauderdale Board of Adjustment voted to grant a variance that allows several rooftop mechanical units on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-81259","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\/81259","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=81259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}