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Planning board recommends two CBD waivers for American Social site at 220 Northeast First Street
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board recommended City Commission approval of two CBD waivers—extended awning encroachment and omission of a curb-zone segment—so the American Social restaurant can expand outdoor dining and canopy coverage in Pineapple Grove; both recommendations were approved 4-0.
The Delray Beach Planning & Zoning Board recommended City Commission approval of two Central Business District (CBD) waivers for American Social’s proposed restaurant at 220 Northeast First Street in the Pineapple Grove neighborhood.
The waivers would (1) allow awnings to encroach up to 9 feet, 7 inches to the property line instead of the 4-foot maximum encroachment in the LDRs and (2) reduce the required 4-foot streetscape curb zone to 0 feet adjacent to existing on‑street parking, reallocating that area to outdoor dining. Susanna Rodriguez, senior planner, entered the application into the record and described the two waiver requests and the code criteria the board must consider.
The nut graf: the board found that the applicant’s changes would maintain a 15-foot minimum streetscape and provide the required 6-foot pedestrian clear zone while expanding outdoor dining and canopy coverage; the…
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