Board backs 8‑story mixed‑use plan at Boca Raton Tri‑Rail station, approves setback variance

The Planning and Zoning Board on Jan. 2 recommended that the city council approve an 8‑story commercial‑industrial‑multifamily development (CIMD) at the Boca Raton Tri‑Rail station property at 680 West Yamato Road. The proposed development would include 340 residential units, of which the applicant proposes 10% affordable and 5% workforce housing (staff quantified this as 34 affordable and 17 workforce units), approximately 30,100 square feet of commercial space and an integrated parking structure. The applicant requested a reduction in required parking from 793 spaces to 684 spaces, along with four technical driveway deviations and a variance to reduce the Yamato Road front setback from 25 feet to 15 feet.