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Boca Raton council approves first CIMD project, with staff-directed refinements to affordability declaration
Summary
The Boca Raton City Council on Oct. 8 approved a site-plan amendment to allow a 295‑unit commercial‑industrial‑multifamily development (CIMD) at 1800 N. Military Trail, including 30 affordable and 15 workforce units, and directed staff to finalize the recorded affordability declaration with a dispute path back to council prior to any building permit.
The Boca Raton City Council voted unanimously Oct. 8 to approve a site‑plan amendment for the Boca Center CIMD at 1800 North Military Trail, authorizing a six‑story, 295‑unit multifamily building that will set aside 10% of units as affordable and 5% as workforce housing.
City staff described the project as the city’s first use of the CIMD provisions established in Ordinance 56‑84 and said it would use 295 of the citywide CIMD unit bank. Peter Begovich, senior planner, told the council the project includes a five‑level integrated parking structure, private and public pedestrian connections to nearby retail and transit, and a public shared‑use path extension the applicant will construct as part of the approval.
The critical point of debate centered on a required declaration of covenants and…
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