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Downtown Boca Raton’s construction all part of city’s plan, report states By: Marisa Gottesman Associate Editor Boca Raton is going through some growing pains in its downtown. And the city wants residents to know that all the ongoing construction has been part of a bigger plan to revitalize the core of the city. It’s a plan that has been in the works for more than 35 years. To inform residents that
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“THE VISION FOR DOWNTOWN BOCA RATON ORIGINATED FROM A PLANNING WORKSHOP OF CITIZENS, DOWNTOWN PROPERTY OWNERS AND DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS WHO WANTED A VIBRANT, LIVE-WORK DOWNTOWN,” THE REPORT STATES.
Boca’s ‘open space’ rules discussed by city council Boca Raton’s fear that the city had allowed developments to be built with less open space than city rules call for was also dispelled during a recent Boca meeting. After studying the topic for several months, the city determined only one of 59 downtown projects deviated from the city’s open space rules.
The open space rule pertains to how much of a building must be left as an area “which is open from the land to the sky predominantly designed for and paved with bricks, pavers or other similar material for pedestrian use, or an area where no structures or buildings other than landscape features, fountains, benches, arcades and objects of art are located.”
The open space debate began when city staff stated they had been relying on a 2003 administrative memo, which possibly allowed developers to build less open space than called for by city rules. Since that announcement in December, city officials asked staff to get to the bottom of the
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