The Greenacres Planning and Zoning Board voted Aug. 14 to recommend approval of ZTA-25-06, a city-initiated zoning text amendment to establish procedures for processing requests for reasonable accommodations.

Linda Louis, the city’s zoning administrator, said the text amendment is mandatory following a state legislative change earlier in the year and is intended to bring the zoning code into consistency with state law and federal requirements, including the Fair Housing Amendments Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Louis said the ordinance requires establishing review timeframes, a deemed-approval provision if the city fails to act in time, and limits on public hearings to those necessary to grant accommodations.

Because the amendment implements a state statute, Louis told the board the city must adopt the ordinance by Jan. 1. With no public comment recorded, a board member moved to approve ZTA-25-06; the motion carried by voice vote.

The approval sends the text amendment forward for final adoption steps required by the city’s ordinance process.