TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: April 8, 2025
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ORDINANCE NO. 06-25: 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 CHAPTER 4, “ZONING REGULATIONS,” ARTICLE 4.3, “DISTRICT REGULATIONS, GENERAL PROVISIONS,” SECTION 4.3.3, “SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC USES,” SUBSECTION (AA), “ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS,” TO PROHIBIT ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS SOUTH OF ATLANTIC AVENUE; 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. 06-25, a City-initiated amendment to Section 4.3.3, “Special Requirements for Specific Uses,” Subsection (AA), “Adult Entertainment Establishments” to adopt regulations prohibiting the location of Adult Entertainment Establishments south of Atlantic Avenue.
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Background:
The proposed LDR amendment is related to a privately-initiated small-scale Land Use Map Amendment (LUMA) from Congress Avenue Mixed Use (CMU) to Commerce (CMR) (Ordinance No. 02-25), and a privately-initiated rezoning from Mixed Residential, Office, and Commercial (MROC) to Mixed Industrial and Commercial (MIC) (Ordinance No. 01-25) for a 4.27-acre parcel located at 955-975 South Congress Avenue - south of Atlantic Avenue.
CMR land use is currently only allowed north of Atlantic Avenue along Congress Avenue (although pockets of CMR land use exist in southeast Delray). A City-initiated comprehensive plan text amendment (Ordinance No. 05-25) is proposed to allow CMR land use south of West Atlantic Avenue (and thus MIC zoning as one of the implementing zoning districts for CMR land use), to accommodate the privately requested L...
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