TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: March 5, 2024
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RESOLUTION 53-24: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, OVERRULING THE DENIAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, DEMOLITION, WAIVER, AND VARIANCES BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD AND APPROVING SAME FOR A TWO-STORY DUPLEX ON A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 130 SE 1ST AVENUE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (QUASI JUDICIAL)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Review and consider Resolution No. 53-24, approving a Certificate of Appropriateness, Demolition, Variances and Waivers for the construction of a 2-story duplex structure on the property to be known as Downtown Delray Villas- Lot 5 (A.K.A. Magnolia Place).
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Background:
The subject property is to be known as Lot 5 within the proposed Downtown Delray Villas project, which is a new 5-lot subdivision plat to be known as Magnolia Place (under separate cover). The subject property currently contains portions of the building located at 130 SE 1st Avenue and specifically contains portions of lot 18 and all of lot 19, Amended Plat of Sundy and Cromer’s Subdivision of Block 70, Original Town of Linton (now Delray), according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 17, Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida. A non-contributing multi-family structure constructed in 1922 currently exists on the property. There were alterations made to the structure circa 1983 that affected its potential contributing status.
The property is zoned OSSHAD (Old School Square Historic Arts District) and is located within the Locally Designated Old School Square Historic District. Based on the “Period of Significance” for the Old School Square Historic District, the aforementioned structure is not considered to contribute to the district’s historic buildin...
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