TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: October 14, 2025
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ORDINANCE NO. 07-25: 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 BY AMENDING CHAPTER 4, "ZONING REGULATIONS," ARTICLE 4.4, "BASE ZONING DISTRICT," SECTION 4.4.21, “COMMUNITY FACILITIES (CF) DISTRICT," SUBSECTION (A), “PURPOSE AND INTENT,” TO MODIFY THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE DISTRICT, SUBSECTION (B), “PRINCIPAL USES AND STRUCTURES ALLOWED,” TO ALLOW ADAPTIVE REUSE OF HISTORIC PLACES OF WORSHIP AND TO RELOCATE THE PRINCIPAL USES FOR THE MEDICAL ARTS OVERLAY DISTRICT, SUBSECTION (F), “DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS,” TO ADOPT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE, SUBSECTION (G), “SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS,” TO REMOVE MEDICAL ARTS OVERLAY DISTRICT USES FOR RELOCATION TO SUBSECTION (B), AND SUBSECTION (H), “SPECIAL REGULATIONS,” TO ADOPT REGULATIONS EXEMPTING ADAPTIVE REUSE OF HISTORIC PLACES OF WORSHIP FROM THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS; AND BY AMENDING APPENDIX A, “DEFINITIONS,” TO ADOPT A DEFINITION FOR “PLACE OF WORSHIP” AND “HISTORIC PLACE OF WORSHIP;” PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (SECOND READING / PUBLIC HEARING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Consider Ordinance No. 07-25, a privately initiated amendment to Section 4.4.21, “Community Facilities (CF) Zone District” of the Land Development Regulations to allow adaptive reuse of historic places of worship as a residential use by establishing it as a principal use category and to adopt regulations for the use, and by amending Appendix A - “Definitions” to adopt definitions Places of Worship and Historic Places of Worship.
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Background:
Ordinance No. 07-25 is a privately initiated amendment to Section 4.4.21, “Communit...
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