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Council grants CCCL variance for 2600 N. Ocean Blvd. after hours of public opposition; vote 4-1
Summary
After an extended quasi-judicial rehearing and dozens of residents urging denial over sea-turtle and dune impacts, the Boca Raton City Council voted 4-1 to grant a coastal construction control line variance for a 6,931-square-foot, 38-foot-high single-family home at 2600 North Ocean Boulevard, subject to extensive mitigation conditions and state approvals.
The Boca Raton City Council voted 4-1 on Oct. 8 to grant a coastal construction control line (CCCL) variance for a single-family residence at 2600 North Ocean Boulevard, allowing construction seaward of the city's CCCL subject to detailed conditions intended to reduce impacts to dunes and sea-turtle nesting habitat.
Staff presented a substantially revised application and recommended approval with robust conditions after the applicant reduced the size, height and glazing from a previously denied duplex proposal. Tomasz Peran, planner with Development Services, summarized the revisions and the package of conditions, which include limiting visible light transmittance through glazing to no more than 31% on key elevations, wildlife-certified full-cutoff fixtures and a sea-turtle lighting plan, a biennial tree-pruning plan, strict construction sequencing to avoid…
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