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Council approves Safe Harbor marina land‑use changes with neighborhood commitments, adds hydrant condition
Summary
Riviera Beach council approved amendments allowing a fee‑in‑lieu for waterfront landscaping, abandoned two internal right‑of‑way segments and granted site‑plan approval for Safe Harbor's expanded boatyard, with council adding conditions that funds benefit adjacent neighborhoods and that a fire hydrant be provided near a fuel facility.
The Riviera Beach City Council approved a package of land‑use and site approvals for Safe Harbor Marinas on Wednesday that will allow the company to expand and consolidate a boatyard campus in the city’s downtown marine area — conditional on a series of neighborhood protections and infrastructure commitments.
Council voted unanimously to amend the Downtown Marine zoning rules to permit a fee‑in‑lieu option for landscape requirements for working‑waterfront projects, and the council amended the ordinance on the floor to require that funds collected under that text amendment be used in neighborhoods directly adjacent to the project. “If it is the board’s desire to effectively do that, we can make the appropriate amendments to the ordinance,” City Manager Jonathan Evans said; the council adopted the amendment without dissent.
The council also approved an abandonment of two right‑of‑way segments — a portion of Avenue C and a portion of East 20 First Street — that are internal to the Safe Harbor property; staff reported the privilege/abandonment fee at…
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