Boca Raton environmental advisory board declines to recommend CCCL variance for 2600 North Ocean Boulevard

The Boca Raton Environmental Advisory Board on Sept. 26 heard more than three hours of testimony on a request to allow construction seaward of the city’s coastal construction control line at 2600 North Ocean Boulevard and declined to recommend approval to the city council.

Staff presentation and applicant rebuttal

Tamashbin Raman, chief planner with the city’s Development Services Department, told the board staff had reviewed a revised proposal for a single‑family residence seaward of the CCCL and recommended approval subject to detailed conditions, including a glazing limit with visible light transmittance no greater than 31 percent on north, south and east elevations, a required sea‑turtle lighting plan, biennial tree pruning plans, dune restoration and sequencing of construction to avoid nesting season. Raman said the site contains suitable sea‑turtle nesting habitat and the applicant had reduced the scale of a previously denied duplex application.

The applicant’s representative and engineer, William…