Article: Possible growth limits in Fort Lauderdale, Florida building commission addresses zero lot line issue.(BROWARD legislative update)

Future Growth Limits in Fort Lauderdale?

A coalition of Fort Lauderdale homeowners associations and environmentalists is pushing to strictly limit growth on the beach and barrier islands. The coalition calls itself the "Citizens Initiative Against Overdevelopment."

Supporters of the coalition said they intend to gather the roughly 10,000 signatures needed to force a development-limiting referendum in the city of Fort Lauderdale, possibly as early as March 2005. If they force a referendum and it passes, voters would be required to approve all land-use changes, increases in density or loosening of height restrictions and changes in setback or other ...






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