The Delray Beach City Commission on July 8 approved a Level 4 site plan and related waivers for the Maxwell, a mixed‑use infill project at 306 NE Second Street in downtown Delray Beach.

The approved plan covers two unified lots separated by NE Second Street: a South Lot where a new four‑story building will replace an existing two‑story commercial structure, and a North Lot that will remain surface parking with 47 spaces. The South Lot building will contain 23 one‑ to three‑bedroom for‑sale residential units, 2,651 square feet of ground‑floor retail, 878 square feet of civic open space at the corner, and a rooftop deck with a pool and amenities. The project density equates to about 27 units per acre.

Because the site’s vehicular access and service functions are constrained by Railroad Street (a narrow “super‑alley” between tracks and buildings), the applicant requested two main waivers: (1) to allow the project to function without a dedicated off‑street loading berth, proposing instead to schedule and locate moving/large deliveries on Railroad Street at assigned times and to accept daily deliveries through the lobby; and (2) to reduce the required five‑foot parking‑lot perimeter landscape strip at several locations on the North Lot to widths ranging from 0 feet to approximately 4 feet 4 inches. Planning staff and the Planning & Zoning Board reviewed the applications and recommended approval; the Planning & Zoning Board recommended the waivers unanimously.

Commissioners and staff debated operational risk, visibility and pedestrian safety on Railroad Street, but concluded the scale of the Maxwell (23 units plus small retail) and the project’s proposed controls — recorded condo rules for move‑ins, restricted retail (non‑food) and an attended lobby for parcel acceptance — made the waiver acceptable. Commissioners also noted improvements to the Railroad Street pedestrian environment proposed by the project.

A motion to approve Resolution No. 128‑25 carried unanimously on roll call. The staff report and planning board record were entered into the public record; the approval is final action and not subject to the routine appealable report when the commission grants final site‑plan approval under the Land Development Regulations.