Planning board recommends code fix to CIMD rules after public objections

Sep 4, 2025

City staff proposed and the board recommended a city‑initiated text amendment to section 28‑16‑44 to allow combined on‑site and off‑site nonresidential uses to meet CIMD requirements; the board voted 7‑0 despite public objections that the change favors developers and could worsen local retail deserts.

The full story

The Boca Raton Planning & Zoning Board on Sept. 4 recommended approval of a city‑initiated text amendment to the commercial‑industrial multifamily development (CIMD) rules that clarifies how nonresidential requirements may be met.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in