TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: November 19, 2024
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ORDINANCE NO. 32-24: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A SMALL-SCALE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT REDESIGNATING A 1.07-ACRE PORTION OF A 9.34-ACRE PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF SHERWOOD BOULEVARD AND EAST OF SOUTH MILITARY TRAIL AT 3900 SHERWOOD BOULEVARD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, FROM COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE “COMMUNITY PLANNING ACT,” FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 163.3187; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (FIRST READING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Consider Ordinance No. 32-24, a privately initiated request for a small-scale Land Use Map Amendment from Community Facilities (CF) to Low Density (LD) for a 1.07-acre portion of the 9.34-acre property located at 3900 Sherwood Boulevard.
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Background:
The subject area is a 1.07-acre portion of a 9.34-acre property addressed as 3900 Sherwood Boulevard, located south of Sherwood Boulevard and east of South Military Trail. The property is currently developed with a now-vacant monastery, which was occupied by the sisters of Christ the King Monastery of St. Clare and the 9.34-acre parcel was sold in 2022.
The parcel was annexed in 1959 with an initial zoning designation of “General Commercial.” Upon the adoption of the 1961 Comprehensive Plan, a residential land use was assigned. The monastery was built in 1967, and at the time, the City did not have a Community Facilities land designation; the residential land use was retained. In 1990, the subject property was assigned CF Land Use to accompany CF zoning during the citywide rezoning effort, which also created the CF district. Then, in 2007, 8.27 acres of the property were rezoned back to R-1-AA from CF, and the...
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