TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: November 19, 2024
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RESOLUTION NO. 226-24: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING A WAIVER REQUEST TO SECTIONS 4.1.4(B) AND 4.1.4(D) OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A NON-WORKFORCE HOUSING SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE ON LOT 2 OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 302 SE 4th STREET, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (QUASI JUDICIAL)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Consider Resolution No. 226-24, a waiver request to Sections 4.1.4(B) and 4.1.4(D) of the Land Development Regulations (LDR), to approve the construction of a single-family, non-workforce housing unit for Lot 2 of the property addressed as 302 SE 4th Street.
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Background:
The subject property, 302 SE 4th Street, consists of two lots of record - Lots 1 and 2, Block 4, Osceola Park, as recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 2 in the Public Records of Palm Beach County. Lots 1 and 2 have only been combined for tax purposes, not a legal instrument. The property has Low Density (LD) land use, and Single Family (R-1-A) zoning. Currently, a single-family home is located on the property and straddles the platted lot line of Lots 1 and 2.
Pursuant to LDR Section 4.1.4(B), a residential structure shall not be constructed on any lot, within a residential zoning district, which has frontage of less than 50 feet. LDR Section 4.1.4(D), adjusts this regulation for legal lots of record with at least 40 feet of frontage in the R-1-A, RL, and RM zoning districts for the express purpose of workforce housing. The request is to maintain the property in its original plat configuration for the construction of a non-workforce housing residential structures.
The applicant initially requested a waiver to develop both lots without the workforce housing r...
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