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Board recommends city ordinance changes to align local code with Florida's Live Local Act
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Board voted 5-0 to recommend amendments to Boca Raton's zoning code to implement 2024–2025 changes to the state Live Local Act, clarifying floor area ratio limits, parking reductions, demolition review, and enforcing affordable-unit requirements.
The Boca Raton Planning and Zoning Board recommended on Nov. 6 that the city council adopt text amendments aligning the municipal zoning code with recent revisions to Florida’s Live Local Act. The board voted 5-0 to forward the ordinance after a staff presentation and public comment.
Brandon Shadd, Development Services Director, summarized the state-driven changes and how the city's ordinance would reflect them. Major adjustments explained by Shadd include: limiting local nonresidential square footage required for a mixed-use Live Local project to 10% of building square footage (if 5,000 sq ft is more than 10%);…
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