TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, AICP, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: November 17, 2026
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ORDINANCE NO. 43-26: 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 4.4.13, “CENTRAL BUSINESS (CBD) DISTRICT,” SUBSECTION (I), “CBD PARKING STANDARDS,” SUB-SUBSECTION (2), “MINIMUM NUMBER OF OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES,” TO EXTEND THE PARKING EXEMPTION FOR CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL USE WITHIN EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED OUTDOOR AREAS WITHIN THE WEST ATLANTIC NEIGHBORHOOD SUB-DISTRICT OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2031 AND TO EXPAND THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF AVAILABILITY FOR THE EXEMPTION; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (FIRST READING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Consider Ordinance No. 43-26, a City-initiated amendment to Section 4.4.13(I)(2), “Minimum number of off-street parking spaces,” of the Land Development Regulations to extend the exemption for existing commercial buildings within the West Atlantic Sub-district with a change of use, and existing commercial buildings with an outdoor use area, to exempt such businesses from providing additional on-site parking, through December 31, 2031, and to extend the eastern boundary of the exemption area from NW 4th Avenue to NW 3rd Avenue.
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Background:
Within the West Atlantic Neighborhood Sub-district, west of NW/SW 4thAvenue and east of NW/SW 12th Avenue, changes in commercial use within existing (as of November 7, 2017) commercial buildings and associated outdoor areas subject to the provisions of Section 4.6.6, shall not be required to provide additional on-site parking. The exemption is effective...
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