TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: February 20, 2024
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ORDINANCE NO. 08-24: 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 4, “ZONING REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE 4.4, “BASE ZONING DISTRICT,” SECTION 4.4.3, “SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-1) DISTRICTS,” SECTION 4.4.5, “LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (RL) DISTRICT,” AND SECTION 4.4.6, “MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (RM) DISTRICT,” TO ADOPT FLOOR AREA RATIO AND BUILDING ARTICULATION REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT EAST OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY; AMENDING APPENDIX A, “DEFINITIONS,” TO ADOPT DEFINITIONS FOR HORIZONTAL ARTICULATION AND STEP-BACK; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (FIRST READING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Consider Ordinance No. 08-24, a City-initiated request to amend Land Development Regulations (LDR) Section 4.4.3, “Single Family Residential (R-1) Districts,” Section 4.4.5, “Low Density Residential (RL) District,” Section 4.4.6, “Medium Density Residential (RM) District” to adopt floor area ratio and building articulation regulations for single family, duplex, and multi-family development property east of the Intracoastal Waterway; and amending Appendix A, “Definitions,” to adopt associated definitions.
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Background:
At the City Commission Workshop meeting of January 10, 2023, the City Commission directed Staff to develop regulations to govern residential development east of the Intracoastal Way. Demands for home sizes and architecture have changed since these neighborhoods initially developed, and there are concerns that new development is incompatible with existing development. The intent of the regulations is not to eliminate certain styles, but to adopt massing and bulk controls and desig...
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