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Planning board approves retroactive murals at 301 North Dixie Highway, asks staff to limit west-facade signage
Summary
The Lake Worth Beach Planning & Zoning Board approved previously installed murals at 301 North Dixie Highway on March 4, 2026, while asking staff to pursue options that would treat the west-facade lettering as signage separately from the artwork.
The Lake Worth Beach Planning & Zoning Board on March 4 approved PZB project number 25-00000034, retroactively authorizing murals on the north, south, west and east facades of the building at 301 North Dixie Highway. The board’s motion accepted staff’s finding that the application meets the city’s mural criteria and added direction for staff to try to limit signage accounting on the west facade to the lettering only.
"The murals portray elements from Mexican and Guatemalan culture," Associate Planner Tia Villegas told the board during the staff presentation. Villegas said the murals were completed by artist Daniela Sanchez Vegas and that the east-facing mural and commercial messaging on the west facade require additional review under the city’s land-development and sign regulations.
Board members questioned whether the murals were installed without approvals; staff confirmed they were cited for murals without prior approvals and the applicant later submitted the current application. A member argued the piece on the west side faces an alley and functions primarily as artwork rather than advertising, and urged leniency so the business would not have to repaint large areas just to reduce lettering size.
One board member moved to approve the murals "for the mural installation on North, South and West building, at 301 North Dixie Highway and the east facade facing Dixie Highway," and added that staff should attempt to treat the west-facade lettering as the sign rather than count the entire mural as signage. The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Staff explained the board’s approval covers muralness only; any retained commercial messaging on the west facade will be reviewed through the building permit and sign-permit processes. The board also asked staff to review a past approval for a building known as the Bohemian to determine whether that precedent provides a way to delineate artwork from signage in similar cases.
