City of Delray Beach - File #: 18-298

• File #: 18-298
• Version: 1
• Type: Request
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/30/2018
• In control: City Commission
• On agenda: 5/15/2018
• Final action: 5/15/2018
• Title: CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS FOR BUILDINGS 1, 2 AND 3 FRONTING ATLANTIC AVENUE AND SWINTON AVENUE OF THE MIDTOWN DELRAY PROJECT (QUASI-JUDICIAL).
• Sponsors: Planning & Zoning Department

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/15/2018	1	City Commission	approved

TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy Stillings, Planning, Zoning and Building Department
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: May 15, 2018

Title
CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS FOR BUILDINGS 1, 2 AND 3 FRONTING ATLANTIC AVENUE AND SWINTON AVENUE OF THE MIDTOWN DELRAY PROJECT (QUASI-JUDICIAL).

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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Elevations:

Motion to approve the architectural elevations and associated design elements of Buildings 1, 2 and 3 for Midtown Delray, based on positive findings with respect to LDR Section 4.6.18 and Section 2.4.5(I)(5), subject to the condition that the primary wall color of the Art Deco portion of the building be changed to white.


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Background:
The two buildings are associated with Midtown Delray project that was approved by the City Commission at its meeting of March 6, 2018. The City Commission approved the architectural elevations for the project subject to the provision that the architectural elevations of buildings 1 and 2 be brought back directly to the City Commission for approval. The City Commission added a condition that building 1 be reduced to three floors. The revised architectural elevations were submitted on April 25, 2018. The property is zoned Old School Square Historic Arts District (OSSHAD) and are located in the Old School Square Historic District. The two buildings are subject to the develoment standards of the Central Business District (CBD).

Building 1 has been reduced from four floors to three floors. The third floor is now at the same plane as the first two floors along Atlantic Avenue, whereas, it was setback an additional 12 feet in the previous version considered by the City Commission at its meeting on March 6, 2018. The revised architecture of building 1 is substantially the same as previously considered by the City Commission. The north elevation of building 1 that fronts on Atlantic Avenue has been revised to replace three awnings on the first...