Pompano’s McNab House & Botanical Gardens project took a major step forward with unanimous approval from the city’s Planning and Zoning Board on Wednesday night.
The board’s vote was to approve the project as a major site plan alongside a “public purpose adjustment” that would relieve certain requirements for lot coverage, and building setbacks, as well as street-facing facades.
Part of the recent design presentation was led by Kirk Olney, senior landscape architect at Bermello Ajamil, the design firm brought in by the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). Olney noted the project’s numerous gardens, including a cafe garden, an “arrivals garden” and the key feature of the site – gardens designed to appeal to the five senses, taste, sound, sight, smell, touch. A children’s playground, lawn area, and koi pond, are also designed into the project.
