TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: George Gretsas, City Manager
DATE: March 3, 2020
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ORDINANCE NO. 07-20: 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, BY AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR, “ZONING REGULATIONS”, ARTICLE 4.4, “BASE ZONING DISTRICT”, SECTION 4.4.13, “CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD)”, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 4.4.13(B)(4), “REGULATING PLANS”, “LIMITED HEIGHT AREAS”; AND, AMENDING FIGURE 4.4.13-A-2, “WEST ATLANTIC NEIGHBORHOOD SUB-DISTRICT REGULATING PLAN”, TO LIMIT THE HEIGHT OF PROPERTIES REZONED TO CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD) FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (R-1-A) WITHIN THE WEST ATLANTIC NEIGHBORHOOD SUB-DISTRICT PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (FIRST READING)
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Recommended Action:
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Review and consider Ordinance No. 07-20 on First Reading, amendments to the Land Development Regulations Section 4.4.13, Central Business District (CBD), to establish a Limited Height Area and require lower height for properties that are rezoned to Central Business District (CBD) from Single-family Residential (R-1-A) within the West Atlantic Neighborhood Sub-district.
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Background:
This amendment was initiated as a means of providing appropriate transitions to single-family properties from the Central Business District (CBD). Throughout the West Atlantic Neighborhood Sub-district, the north side transitions directly from CBD to R-1-A, generally at the middle of the first block. The south side of West Atlantic Avenue transitions to Multi-family zoning (RM) and then transitions to single-family residential zoning at SE 2nd Street.
A current request from the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is in process to rezone five properties from R-1-A to CBD along NW 6th Avenue and NW 7th Avenue; if appr...
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