We have three approvals pending before a massive concrete structure brings irreversible damage to our pristine coastline. Since the Florida Department of Environmental Protection granted a permit to proceed with construction at 2500 N. Ocean, your City Council has begun to re-review the outcome of destroying our beaches. During a Council Meeting, last week, Deputy City Manager George Brown (see Manager Brown’s memo to City Council below) discussed the next steps in store for 2500 N. Ocean in Boca. Since the Council’s approval of the lot variance in 2015, the Environmental Advisory Board in Boca Raton will need to approve building on top of the sand dunes, followed by a CCCL variance. In Jun
As of Tuesday, November 8th the Boca Raton Ballot Question, formerly known as Ordinance 5356, has passed, protecting waterfront land adjacent to the Intracoastal. The next fight; protecting beach parcels in the City of Boca Raton. 2500 N. Ocean Blvd, known as a critically eroded beach, has been granted permission by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to proceed with construction. “This property falls within the federally authorized Boca Raton Shore Protection Project which began in 1988 and is authorized until 2038,” according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. So how and why is 2500 going to be developed? One may ask. First, you can thank your current C
Remember last year?….The City Council approved a variance for the property at2500 N. Ocean Blvd. allowing a sub-standard lot to be approved for development of a 4 story, 10,000 sq. ft. residence on the ocean side of A1A. The City Council’s action was approved with a 4–1 vote. Councilman Jeremy Rodgers being the sole dissenter. City staff, in its presentation, stated that the variance request met all city code criteria and recommended approval. Staff, however, failed to provide any substantial justification as to how they arrived at their conclusions; how they justified that the applicant created a situation for which relief was being sought. BocaWatch provided a recap of the December 8th