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Board recommends approval of code change to allow business and technical schools in RB‑1 district

City of Boca Raton Planning & Zoning Board · May 10, 2026
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Planning staff said a 2008 code reorganization inadvertently removed educational uses from the RB‑1 zoning district; the board unanimously recommended reinstating business, trade and technical schools (but not colleges or nursery schools) to the RB‑1 permitted uses list.

City planning staff told the Planning & Zoning Board this week that a 2008 city code reorganization inadvertently deleted references to educational uses in the RB‑1 (motel business) zoning district. Staff brought forward a corrective text amendment to reinstate business, trade and technical or secretarial schools as permitted uses in RB‑1.

Jim Bell of Development Services explained that…

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