by Christine Zambrano | Jul 24, 2015 | Boca Raton
George O’Rourke, writing in BocaWatch, has raised a red flag over a Boca Raton ordinance that would increase the density allowed in the city’s Planned Mobile Districts (PMD) a “whopping 80 percent,” from 2,500 units to 4,500 units. Ordinance 5312...
by Christine Zambrano | Jul 22, 2015 | Ag Reserve - Rural
The Palm Beach County Commission is expected to vote for a proposal on Thursday, July 30, that would break up preservation areas in the Ag Reserve, making it easier for developers to buy smaller farm properties in order to fit in more housing development. Ag Reserve...
by Christine Zambrano | Jul 22, 2015 | Ag Reserve - Rural
In its Tuesday, July 21, meeting the county commission voted to extend the lease for 262 acres of farmland to Bedner Farms through 2043. The family is nervous about the county’s continuing, incremental changes to the land use and zoning regulations. This is the...
by Christine Zambrano | Jul 21, 2015 | delray beach
A proposed iPic Entertainment eight-screen theater in Downtown Delray Beach did not get the blessing of the city’s planning and zoning board Monday evening July 21. In refusing to recommend the iPic on the site of the city’s old library, at Fourth and...
by Christine Zambrano | Jul 20, 2015 | delray beach
The following letter was written by Jim Smith, the chairman of the nonprofit group Safety as Floridians Expect (SAFE) and appared on the “Take Back Delray Beach” FaceBook page on the eve of the July 20 Delray Beach Planning and Zoning Board vote on the...