TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Jennifer Alvarez, Interim City Manager
DATE: September 22, 2020
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ORDINANCE NO. 50-20: 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 SECTION 7.1.8 “CONSTRUCTION PARKING”, TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS THAT MITIGATE STREET CLOSURES DURING CONSTRUCTION; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (FIRST READING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Review and consider a request to approve Ordinance No. 50-20, a City-initiated amendment to Section 7.1.8 “Construction parking” of the Land Development Regulations to modify existing language governing construction parking and provide new regulations for construction staging.
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Background:
The City has received an increase in development proposals with underground parking facilities. The City Commission recently approved waivers for The Ray and PHG Delray to allow underground parking garages to be constructed within the required setbacks. During consideration of the PHG Delray waiver request at the December 10, 2019 meeting, City Commission directed staff to update the Land Development Regulations (LDRs) to allow underground parking to be constructed within the required setback areas, by right.
At first reading of Ordinance No. 10-20 on May 19, 2020, where the City Commission voted 5-0 to approve the amendment allowing underground parking within the building setbacks, staff was directed to prepare additional language to accompany Ordinance No. 10-20 to regulate construction parking and staging within City rights-of-way. The City Commission expressed concern that an absence of regulations governing construction staging results in prolonged lane or street closures, which could become more likely in association...
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