TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: June 17, 2025
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RESOLUTION NO. 109-25: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, GRANTING AN IN-LIEU OF PARKING FEE REQUEST FOR THE PROJECT LOCATED AT 25-27 SE 3RD AVENUE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVAL HEREIN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Review and consider Resolution No. 109-25, an in-lieu of parking fee request in the amount of $780,000 for 26 of the 65 required parking spaces associated with the development located at 25-27 SE 3rd Avenue, known as Delray Bungalows.
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Background:
On November 14, 2022, the City received a Level 4 Site Plan Application (File No. 2023-018) for the adaptive reuse of an existing bank with a drive-thru, located at 25-27 SE 3rd Avenue, into a 10,811 square-foot two-story restaurant with outdoor dining replacing the existing drive-thru area. The property comprises three parcels, two of which containing the existing building, and one unaddressed parcel to the east across the rear alley containing a nine-space private parking lot. Additionally, the Site Plan application includes two waiver requests: (1) to reduce the off-street loading areas from the required two spaces to one, accessible via the rear alley; and (2) to reduce the size of the terminal landscape islands in the proposed parking lot.
Although the net square footage of the existing bank remains 7,780 square feet, the change of use from bank to restaurant, in addition to the creation of a new outdoor dining area in the existing vehicular drive-thru, increases the parking requirement to 65 spaces. The existing bank is vested for 29 parking spaces. The proposal includes eight off-street spaces on the unaddressed parcel, and two ne...
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