TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Jennifer Alvarez, Interim City Manager
DATE: January 5, 2021
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RESOLUTION NO. 20-21: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.4.13(C)(4)(c)1. OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ALLOWING A COMMERCIAL USE (OFFICE AND RETAIL) TO EXTEND BEYOND 150 FEET FROM WEST ATLANTIC AVENUE WITHIN THE WEST ATLANTIC NEIGHBORHOOD SUB-DISTRICT FOR THE PROJECT KNOWN AS “HATCHER BUILDING” LOCATED AT 20 AND 26 NORTHWEST 6TH AVENUE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A”, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (QUASI JUDICIAL).
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Review and consider Resolution No. 20-21, approving a Conditional Use request to allow a commercial use (office and retail) to extend beyond 150 feet from West Atlantic Avenue within the West Atlantic Neighborhood Sub-District, for the properties located at 20 and 26 Northwest 6th Avenue.
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Background:
The subject properties are located at 20 and 26 Northwest 6th Avenue (“Property”), north of West Atlantic Avenue and south of NW 1st Street. The sites are both currently vacant and are zoned Central Business District (CBD) with a Land Use designation of Commercial Core (CC). They are located within the West Atlantic Neighborhood Subdistrict of the CBD, as well as the West Atlantic Limited Height Area.
In May of 2020, the City Commission adopted an LDR text amendment (Ordinance No. 07-2) to establish a Limited Height Area (LHA) for new development on properties rezoned from Single-Family Residential (R-1-A) to CBD and located within the West Atlantic Neighborhood Sub-district. The height limitation for properties within the LHA is 38 feet and three stories; properties outside of the LHA have a maximum height of 54 feet and four stories. Additionally, in August of 2020, the City Commission adopted an ordinan...
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