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Planning board advances zoning changes to allow freestanding emergency facilities with amendments to expand eligible areas
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board recommended approval, 6–0, of a city‑initiated zoning text amendment to allow freestanding emergency facilities as conditional uses in specified commercial zones but amended the draft to add the LERP district, permit arterial‑fronting sites with non‑arterial entrances, remove a school‑zone access restriction and add a one‑mile separation requirement to limit clustering.
The City of Boca Raton’s Planning & Zoning Board on Jan. 6 recommended that the City Council approve a zoning text amendment to create a definition and standards for freestanding emergency facilities and make them conditional uses in select commercial districts, subject to several board amendments.
Planning administrator Tamash Bernard Rahman presented Ordinance No. 5,767, a city‑initiated text amendment that would define freestanding emergency facilities, exclude emergency‑room procedures from the outpatient surgery center definition, and allow the use as a conditional use in zoning districts including…
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