File #: 25-500    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/15/2025 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 5/6/2025 Final action:
Title: ORDINANCE NO. 13-25: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, REZONING LAND MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 0.79 ACRES LOCATED AT 1660 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, FROM PROFESSIONAL AND OFFICE DISTRICT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT; AMENDING THE “CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, ZONING MAP, JULY 6, 2021”; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.(QUASI JUDICIAL/SECOND READING/PUBLIC HEARING)
Sponsors: Development Services Department
Attachments: 1. Agenda Cover Report, 2. Ord. No. 13-25_leg rev WB - 1660 S Congress Ave, 3. PZB Staff Report - 1660 S Congress Ave, 4. Traffic Statement - 1660 S Congress Ave, 5. Project Narrative - 1660 S Congress Ave, 6. Survey - 1660 S Congress Ave, 7. Existing Zoning - 1660 S Congress Ave, 8. Proposed Zoning - 1660 S Congress Ave, 9. CBRE Congress Avenue Strategies Plan, 10. BIE Ord. No. 13-25 - 1660 S Congress Ave, 11. Legal Review - Ord. No. 13-25 - 1660 S Congress Ave, 12. Proof of Legal Ad - 4.25.25 - 1660 S Congress Ave
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TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: May 6 2025

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ORDINANCE NO. 13-25: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, REZONING LAND MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 0.79 ACRES LOCATED AT 1660 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, FROM PROFESSIONAL AND OFFICE DISTRICT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT; AMENDING THE “CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, ZONING MAP, JULY 6, 2021”; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.(QUASI JUDICIAL/SECOND READING/PUBLIC HEARING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Consider Ordinance No. 13-25, a privately initiated rezoning from Professional and Office District (POD) to General Commercial (GC) for the 0.79 acre property located at 1660 South Congress Avenue.
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Background:
The subject request is to rezone a 0.79-acre parcel located at 1660 South Congress Avenue from POD to GC.

The existing POD zoning is limited to specific office-based uses, including the existing use of a drive-thru bank. Due to market changes and a decreased demand for office space, the applicant is requesting a change of zoning to GC to broaden the range of permissible uses for the site.

This property was annexed into the City in 1960 with Low Density (LD) Residential zoning. Subsequently, the property was rezoned to Medium Density Residential (RM-15), followed by Special Activities District (SAD) zoning, until the property was rezoned to POD.

In late 2022, the City engaged with Streetsense and CBRE (real estate consultants) to perform a study of the corridor (attached). On May 22, 2023, CBRE prepared the Delray Beach Congress Avenue Strategies Plan to provide market-informed development and retail strategy recommendations for the Congress Avenue corridor, with the goal of balan...

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