TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services Director
THROUGH: Jennifer Alvarez, Interim City Manager
DATE: April 6, 2021
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ORDINANCE NO. 05-21: 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)”, SUBSECTION 4.4.13(I)(2)(j), “CBD PARKING STANDARDS”, “MINIMUM NUMBER OF OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES”, TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE TO DECEMBER 31, 2024, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (SECOND READING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Review and consider Ordinance No. 05-21, a privately-initiated request to amend the Land Development Regulations (LDR) Section 4.4.13(I)(2), “Minimum number of off-street parking spaces,” to extend the expiration date from April 3, 2021 to December 31, 2024 for the parking exemption applicable to a change in use for existing buildings located between SE 2nd Street and SE 3rd Street within the Railroad Corridor Sub-district.
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Background:
In 2018, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 02-18, to allow for changes of use in existing buildings without requiring additional parking within the southern portion of the Railroad Corridor Sub-district of the Central Business District, which located between SE 2nd Street and SE 3rd Street within the CBD-RC Sub-district. The proposed privately initiated amendment seeks to extend the time frame of the existing parking exemption from April 3, 2021 to December 31, 2024.
The limited duration parking exemption was intended to encourage adaptive reuse and rehabilitation of existing buildings within this portion of the CBD. The proposed three-year time frame was intended to allow time for an assessment to determine if anticipated outcome...
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