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Boca Raton council hears proposal to let large RB‑1 parcels seek mixed‑use development with affordable set‑asides; neighbors press traffic and school concerns
Summary
Councilors reviewed draft text amendments to the CIMD ordinance that would allow some RB‑1 parcels (20+ contiguous acres) to pursue mixed‑use projects with 10% affordable and 5% workforce housing; residents at the Palmetto Park Square site urged traffic, school‑capacity and small‑business impact studies and asked the council to require more analysis before any ordinance sponsorship.
A draft text amendment to Boca Raton's Commercial Industrial Mixed‑Use Development (CIMD) ordinance drew weeks of technical scrutiny and hours of public comment at the July 22 workshop as councilors and residents debated whether to allow certain RB‑1 parcels to qualify for mixed‑use residential development.
The draft, presented by Michael Marshall of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, would create an exemption allowing RB‑1 properties with at least 20 acres of contiguous land to pursue CIMD projects that include a mandatory affordability component. Marshall said the proposal would require projects to provide both 10% affordable units and 5% workforce units, cap density at 15 units per acre where projects abut single‑family neighborhoods, and retain a floor‑area‑ratio cap of 0.5. Setbacks and additional landscaping requirements tied to building height were described as…
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