Roosevelt Gardens

Roosevelt Gardens

BOUNDARIES AND SIZE OF ROOSEVELT GARDENS

The Roosevelt Gardens is located in the east central portion of the County. It is bordered to the north by NW 13 Street, NW 29 Avenue and NW 15 Court, on the east by NW 24 Avenue, on the south by Sunrise Boulevard and on the west by NW 31 Avenue/Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. The City of Fort Lauderdale abuts the northern and eastern boundary of the neighborhood; the neighborhoods of Washington Park and Franklin Park lie to the south and the City of Lauderhill to the west.

TOTAL POPULATION AND NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS IN ROOSEVELT GARDENS

In 2000, the population of the Roosevelt Gardens Neighborhood Preservation and Enhancement District is 1,923 based on data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the Roosevelt Gardens Census Designated Place. Black non-Hispanics represent 97.6 percent of the total population, white non-Hispanics equal 1.0 percent, Hispanics of any race account for 0.3 percent and multi-racial persons comprise the remainder of the population. 34.3 percent of the residents are less than 19 years old compared to 25.7 percent countywide. Households with children under 18 years of age comprise 41.5 percent of the population with an above average household size of 2.9 persons compared to Broward County's 2.45. There is a small senior citizen population with 9.8 percent of the residents aged 65 years and older as compared to 16.1 percent in this age group countywide.

Based on data from the 2000 Census, there are 733 total housing units with 661 occupied housing units (90.2 percent). 9.8 percent of the housing units (72) are vacant. Of the occupied housing units in Roosevelt Gardens, 39.6 percent or 262 units are owner-occupied in the District and 60.4 percent or 399 are renter-occupied.

Zoning

The original zoning for the neighborhood was enacted in the 1950s as part of a comprehensive zoning for the entire unincorporated area. At that time, the predominant zoning district for the area was R-2 Two-Family Dwelling (Duplex.) The area also contained single family (R-1C One-Family Dwelling (6,000 square foot minimum plot) zoning in the northeast and southern areas of the neighborhood. The zoning along the perimeter of the district was commercial. The zoning along a portion of NW 27 Avenue was commercial (B-1 Neighborhood Business.) Rezonings in the area occurred in 1982 when the B-1 zoning along NW 27 Avenue was rezoned to R-2 Two-Family Dwelling (Duplex). Subsequently, the NW 27 Avenue corridor and the other R-2 zoning was rezoned to RD-10 Duplex Dwelling (10 units per acre) by the County Commission on October 27, 1998. This rezoning affected regulations such as permitted uses, height and setbacks

Housing

Based on data from the 2000 Census, of the occupied housing units in Roosevelt Gardens, 39.6 percent or 262 units are owner-occupied and 60.4 percent or 399 are renter-occupied. In Roosevelt Gardens, exactly one-half of the housing is within single-family detached units and the majority of the remaining units in buildings containing no more than four units. Homes in Roosevelt Gardens generally are older than the County average with most of the Neighborhood's homes constructed prior to 1970.