TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: February 18, 2025
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RESOLUTION NO. 20-25. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING A WAIVER REQUEST TO SECTIONS 4.1.4(B) AND 4.1.4(D) OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A NON-WORKFORCE HOUSING SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 316 SW 4TH AVENUE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Consider Resolution No. 20-25, a waiver request to Sections 4.1.4(B) and 4.1.4(D) of the Land Development Regulations to allow construction of a non-workforce housing single-family residential structure on the property located at 316 SW 4th Avenue.
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Background:
The subject property, 316 SW 4th Avenue, consists of two lots of record - Lots 4 and 24, Block 32, of the “Block 32 of Delray” plat as recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 97 of the Public Records of Palm Beach County in 1917. The property has Low Density (LD) land use, and Single Family (R-1-A) zoning. The subject property is currently vacant. The lot was platted at 50 feet of width; through unknown circumstances subsequent to plat recordation in 1917, the surveyed width shows the lot width as 49.81 feet. The request is to allow for the construction of a non-workforce housing residential structure on a lot less than 50 feet.
The lots have not been legally combined; they are combined for tax purposes only through the Property Appraiser. The request is for a market rate house on the property, which is comprised of two lots.
Pursuant to LDR Section 4.1.4(B), a residential structure shall not be constructed on any lot, within a residential zoning district, which has frontage of less than 50 feet. Frontage is defined as “A lot boundary adjoining a street,” therefore any lot boundary that provide...
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