City of Delray Beach - File #: 19-870

• File #: 19-870
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Second Reading
• File created: 8/23/2019
• In control: City Commission
• On agenda: 9/5/2019
• Title: ORDINANCE NO. 30-19: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA ADOPTING A SMALL SCALE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT RE-DESIGNATING LAND APPROXIMATELY 0.957± ACRES IN SIZE FROM MEDIUM DENSITY (MD) TO COMMERCIAL CORE (CC), PURSUANT TO SECTION 163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 36 SOUTHWEST 6TH AVENUE, 40 SOUTHWEST 6TH AVENUE, 46 SOUTHWEST 6TH AVENUE, 48 SOUTHWEST 6TH AVENUE, 41 SOUTHWEST 7TH AVENUE, AND 37 SOUTHWEST 7TH AVENUE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (FIRST READING)
• Sponsors: Development Services Department

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/5/2019	1	City Commission	approved on first reading

TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Steve Tobias, Interim Development Services Director
THROUGH: Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: September 5, 2019

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ORDINANCE NO. 30-19: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA ADOPTING A SMALL SCALE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT RE-DESIGNATING LAND APPROXIMATELY 0.957± ACRES IN SIZE FROM MEDIUM DENSITY (MD) TO COMMERCIAL CORE (CC), PURSUANT TO SECTION 163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 36 SOUTHWEST 6TH AVENUE, 40 SOUTHWEST 6TH AVENUE, 46 SOUTHWEST 6TH AVENUE, 48 SOUTHWEST 6TH AVENUE, 41 SOUTHWEST 7TH AVENUE, AND 37 SOUTHWEST 7TH AVENUE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (FIRST READING)

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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Review and Consider Ordinance No. 30-19 on First Reading.

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Background:
On August 21, 2018, the City of Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) in search of qualified proposals for the redevelopment of 7.4 acres on the south side of West Atlantic Avenue spanning from SW 6th Avenue to SW 9th Avenue. The 7.4-acre site, which is largely zoned CBD, includes four CRA-owned parcels zoned RM. To facilitate the redevelopment, a request by the selected respondent, BH-3, has been submitted to rezone these four parcels from RM to CBD; to ensure compatibility, the future land use designation would also need to be amended from MD to CC. The application indicates that the redevelopment, currently called “Frog Alley”, is envisioned as a mixed-use environment with a combination of residential units, a grocery store, health and wellness facilities, financial institutions, family entertainment venues, and associated parking.

Two additional parcels, which are not CRA-owned, are included in the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) amendment and rezoning to provide contiguity of the proposed fut...