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Planning board recommends expanding Medical Arts overlay to allow limited medical offices co‑located with nursing homes
Summary
On March 16 the Delray Beach Planning & Zoning Board voted 6‑0 to recommend two text amendments that expand the Medical Arts overlay to include limited medical office uses on two medium‑density residential parcels, when colocated with assisted‑living or nursing facilities; staff said the change supports on‑site resident services and is consistent with the comprehensive plan.
The Delray Beach Planning & Zoning Board on March 16 recommended (6‑0) that the City Commission approve an amendment to the Land Development Regulations to expand the Medical Arts overlay district and permit limited medical office uses when co‑located with nursing homes, assisted‑living facilities or community residences on two designated medium‑density residential parcels.
Staff said the amendment (file PZ00000000442‑2026; referred to in the hearing as ordinance 14‑26) was narrowly tailored to allow medical services to support on‑site residents in properties that exhibit institutional residential characteristics. "We are adding the medical office use on a limited basis to support on‑site residents only," Rebecca Dosser, principal planner, told the board.
The proposal relocates regulatory language for the Medical Arts overlay to a more consistent section of the code and expands the overlay map to include two parcels near Congress Avenue and Linton Boulevard that staff said are suited to absorb limited medical office services intended for facility residents.
Board members voted unanimously to recommend approval; staff said any future site‑plan review for specific developments would still require the normal public notice and technical review processes.
