Height and Density Bonuses are incentive-based tools that allow a developer to increase the maximum allowable development on a site in exchange for affordable housing development to support housing affordability goals.
Density Bonuses
South Regional Activity Center
Applicable Zoning Districts: Uptown Urban Village-Northeast (UUV - NE), Uptown Urban Village-Northwest (UUV - NW), Uptown Urban Village-Southeast (UUV - SE), Uptown Urban Village-Southwest (UUV - SW), and Uptown Urban Village-Southcentral (UUV - SC)
Applicable Parcels: Properties with a Future Land Use Designation of Residential, Commercial, Employment Center, Community Facility, and Regional Activity Center (RAC).
Height Bonuses
Applicable zoning districts: Northwest Regional Activity Center-Mixed Use East (NWRAC-MUe) and Northwest Regional Activity Center-Mixed Use West (NWRAC-MUw).
Applicable zoning districts: parcels with a Future Land Use designation of Commercial, Employment Center, Industrial or Office Park future fronting with direct access on a roadway classified as a State Road or County Arterial, per the Broward Highway Functional Classification Map, as well as parcels with a Future Land Use of Downtown Regional Activity Center (RAC), Northwest RAC, or South Andrews RAC.
• Citywide incentive reducing parking requirements to one parking space per affordable housing unit.
• Multifamily Developments are eligible for a Site Plan Level I (Administrative) parking reduction, contingent upon 10% of units within a development being set aside as affordable, for no less than 30 years, at or below 120% of the MFI.
Live Local Act
The Live Local Act provides for administrative approval of residential and mixed-use multifamily developments in which at least 40% of the residential units are affordable for a period of at least 30 years, as defined in Florida Statutes (Section 166.04151(7). The Live Local Act provides opportunities to apply use, height, density, and area specific parking reduction incentives, through an administrative review process for qualifying developments that include affordable housing units proposed in commercial, industrial, and mixed-use zoning districts. The following documents are a summary of the Live Local Act and the submission and review procedure for development permits.