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Lake Worth Beach Commission approves K Street garage ordinance on first reading with construction protections
Summary
The commission approved first reading of Ordinance 2026-05, authorizing a city-initiated mixed-use plan development for a new parking garage on South K Street, with conditions including a temporary resident parking and construction mitigation plan and a waiver of the city's sustainable-bonus fee.
The City Commission voted on June 8 to approve, on first reading, Ordinance 2026-05, a city-initiated mixed-use urban plan development that would allow construction of a multi-story parking garage at 1st Avenue South and South K Street. Vice Mayor Mimi May moved the ordinance with conditions, and the motion advanced to a second reading scheduled for June 30, 2026.
"I move to approve ordinance 20 26 0 5 commonly referred to as the K Street garage plan development on 1st reading with the condition that the temporary resident parking and construction mitigation plan for nearby parcels be provided and that we waive the sustainable bonus fee," Vice Mayor Mimi May said when she put the motion before the commission. May also noted the motion incorporated conditions adopted earlier by the Historic Resources Preservation Board and staff.
The commission attached several conditions intended to protect adjacent properties during construction, most notably a temporary resident parking and construction mitigation plan for the immediately adjacent condominium and historic structures. City staff and the applicant will develop the mitigation program and present execution details before construction begins. The motion included a city waiver of the one-time sustainable-bonus payment that otherwise would have been payable to the city's sustainable-bonus trust fund; the commission debated whether some or all of that money should instead be allocated to local improvements such as an alley beautification concept.
One commissioner voted against the ordinance on first reading, saying the dissent was "a legitimate public purpose" related to unresolved questions about costs and remaining uncertainties. The motion passed with a 4-1 tally. The ordinance as approved on first reading authorizes the mixed-use urban plan development, includes the HRPB conditions (including the living green wall and mural option), and directs staff to bring the second-reading ordinance back to the commission on June 30, 2026.
Next steps: if the commission approves the ordinance on second reading, staff said the project will proceed to final design and a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) negotiation stage, during which the commission will see more detailed cost, financing, maintenance and operations plans before any construction contract is executed.
