TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy Stillings, Planning, Zoning, and Building Director
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: August 21, 2018
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RESOLUTION NO. 99-18 REVOCATION OF AN AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION REQUEST FOR 212 SEABREEZE AVENUE
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to Approve Resolution No. 99-18 for the Revocation of an Ad Valorem Property Tax Exemption associated with the removal of additions and improvements to the contributing structure and property located at 212 Seabreeze Avenue, based upon positive findings with respect to LDR Section 4.5.1(J).
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Background:
The subject property consists of Lot 21 and the West 35 Feet of Lot 22, Delray Beach Esplanade and is zoned Single Family Residential (R-1-AA). The original structure built in 1955, contained 1,594 square feet all of which was elevated off the ground and situated on the second floor. Designed by architect Paul Rudolph, the structure is representative of 20th century regional modernism tailored for the Florida environment.
In the early 1980’s a 1,156 square foot, first floor addition was constructed on the north side of the property. On July 5, 2005, the City Commission passed Ordinance 50-05 listing the subject property on the Local Register of Historic Places. The house was named for the original owner, Sewell C. Biggs. The HPB approved Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) 2006-454 on October 18, 2006 for a new two-story, 1,936 square foot addition to the south side of the historic structure. At its meeting of October 20, 2009, the City Commission passed Resolution 52-09 granting an Ad Valorem Tax Exemption to Virginia Courtenay (property owner) for the historic rehabilitation of the property.
On July 18, 2018, the HPB approved a COA request for demolition of the two non-contributing additions, bringing the house back to its original layout and configuration.
The Ad Valorem Tax Exemption request, passed in 2009, is in effect until Dece...
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