City of Delray Beach - File #: 23-1135

• File #: 23-1135
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Second Reading
• File created: 8/17/2023
• In control: City Commission
• On agenda: 9/18/2023
• Final action: 12/31/2023
• Title: ORDINANCE NO. 31-23: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 2, “ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS,” BY REPEALING THE ADOPTED CHAPTER 2 AND REPLACING IT IN ITS ENTIRETY TO UPDATE THE EXISTING REGULATIONS TO REMOVE DUPLICATIVE PROVISIONS; TO PROVIDE A MORE EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL PROCESS BY ESTABLISHING REVIEW THRESHOLDS FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW; TO UPDATE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF REVIEWING OFFICIALS AND AUTHORITIES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REVIEW THRESHOLDS FOR THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (FIRST READING)
• Sponsors: Development Services Department

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/18/2023	1	City Commission	approved on first reading	Pass

TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes,Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: September 18, 2023

Title
ORDINANCE NO. 31-23: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 2, “ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS,” BY REPEALING THE ADOPTED CHAPTER 2 AND REPLACING IT IN ITS ENTIRETY TO UPDATE THE EXISTING REGULATIONS TO REMOVE DUPLICATIVE PROVISIONS; TO PROVIDE A MORE EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL PROCESS BY ESTABLISHING REVIEW THRESHOLDS FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW; TO UPDATE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF REVIEWING OFFICIALS AND AUTHORITIES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REVIEW THRESHOLDS FOR THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (FIRST READING)

Recommendation
Recommended Action:
Review and consider Ordinance No. 31-23, a City-initiated amendment to the Land Development Regulations (LDR), repealing and replacing Chapter 2, “Administrative Provisions” to amend development review procedures.

Body
Background:
The proposed amendments in Ordinance No. 31-23 are limited to Chapter 2, “Administrative Provisions” of the LDR. The intent of the amendments is to adopt policy changes to development review to provide for a more holistic, streamlined process at the direction of the City Commission. In addition, proposed changes reorganize the content to make it more intuitive and to clarify language. As a result, the ordinance is in the form of repealing and replacing Chapter 2 in its entirety. Additional revisions are included in companion ordinances (Ord. Nos. 32-33 and 33-33), as the current regulations in Chapter 2 are frequently duplicated in multiple code sections.

Site plans are currently divided into five classifications. Class I-Class V; nearly all requests go before a Board for review, including simple items like ...