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Planning board approves relocation of historic Ricketts House to Boca Raton Cemetery
Summary
The board approved moving the Ricketts House from Crawford Boulevard to the Boca Raton Cemetery, including a front setback variance and a 4-foot driveway-width deviation. Staff supported the move as preservation in lieu of demolition; the project passed 7–0.
The Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously on June 5 to approve a site plan amendment that will relocate the Ricketts House from 498 Crawford Boulevard to a southeastern corner of the Boca Raton Cemetery & Mausoleum at 755 Southwest Third Avenue.
City planner Jacob German said the timber-frame house, originally built in 1939 and moved previously in 1989, would be preserved at the cemetery…
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