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Staff: 1,000 new CIMD units would strain some intersections but require modest service additions

Boca Raton City Council · March 23, 2026
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Summary

City analysis found parks, water and sewer could absorb 1,000 additional CIMD units, police/fire impacts are modest (roughly two officers and ~122 EMS calls annually), and traffic-level-of-service failures are projected through 2036 even without the new units, prompting staff to propose mitigation options.

City Manager Sohaney and Development Services Director Brandon Shadd presented a level-of-service analysis on March 23 that evaluated the impacts of authorizing 1,000 additional residential units in the city's commercial and industrial mixed districts (CIMD).

Shadd said the city's parks standard is 11 acres per 1,000 population; with about 1,600 acres of parks and a population near 107,000, the city currently averages about 14.5 acres per 1,000. "With additional thousand units at 2.3 persons per unit, another 2,300 people, we're still pretty much in a very similar range,"…

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