TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: September 15, 2025
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RESOLUTION NO. 152-25: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY ADJACENT TO 300 GROVE PLACE, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 1,354 SQUARE FEET, 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. 152-25, a privately-initiated request to abandon a portion of a City-owned right-of-way (NW 2nd Avenue) totaling approximately 1,354 square feet and located adjacent to 300 Grove Place.
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Background:
The subject right-of-way was originally platted as part of Bowers Street in the Town of Delray (previously Town of Linton) Plat, recorded in 1910 in Plat Book 1, Page 3. Following this, the block was subdivided further as part of the Hofman Adolf Plat, recorded in 1914 in Plat Book 5, Page 65. The subject right-of-way area remained part of Bowers Street, eventually renamed NW 2nd Avenue. The right-of-way is now a dead-end portion of NW 2nd Avenue, terminating at Grove Place, a private road within the Grove Estates community, and does not connect to any other roadway.
The basis of this request is to incorporate 300 Grove Place into the eight-lot single-family community to the north, Grove Estates. The property cannot connect to water utilities from NW 2nd Avenue, and therefore, will connect to existing water utilizes within Grove Estates. While the property is addressed along Grove Place, the private road within Grove Estates, there is minimal frontage (13.42 feet) and no vehicular access to the property from Grove Place. This results in inconsistency with the City’s addressing policy and further concern with fire safety, as the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Sect...
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