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Planning board recommends Live Local Act text amendment to city council, aligning local code with state changes
Summary
The board voted 5–0 to recommend a city ordinance updating Boca Raton's zoning code to reflect recent changes in the Live Local Act, including FAR adjustments, parking reductions, elimination of certain appeals and clarifications that affordable units must be rentals.
The Boca Raton Planning & Zoning Board on Nov. 6 unanimously recommended approval of a text amendment to local code to align with legislative changes to the Live Local Act. The board's roll-call vote was 5–0.
Brandon Shadd, Development Services Director, presented the proposed ordinance changes and said staff recommends approval. Shadd summarized key statewide changes and how the city is proposing to incorporate them: expanding eligible areas to include commercial pods of PUDs, capping required nonresidential square footage at 10% when that is more restrictive than the…
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