Midtown Business District

Ideal User size: 1,000 SF to 50,000 SF Office

 Compatible Industry Clusters:  Ideal for Class “A” Office Buildings, with great potential to be home to International Head Quarters. Various Banks and office buildings are already mixed with Townhomes, Loft-type apartment buildings, and retail. The multiple-use nature of this district makes it compatible with a wide variety of industry clusters:

Financial / Professional Services
Information Technology
Life Science
Clean Energy
Emerging Technology

General Description

The Midtown Business District spreads both north and south of the Downtown Business Core. Its position along Federal Highway makes it directly accessible from our neighboring communities (Boynton Beach and Boca Raton) and from Interstate I-95, yet it is at a walking distance to the live-work-play environment of the downtown.

With a pedestrian friendly urban character that extends from the downtown, the Midtown Business District includes banks, townhouses, restaurants, and smaller (primarily one-story) professional business uses. The City is currently encouraging higher office-use densities, to capitalize on the 48 feet allowable building height.

Zoning Summary

The following descriptions are intended as a summary of the basic land development and zoning regulations that are applicable in each district shown on the accompanying map as of 12-17-08. They do not include all applicable regulations. Complete development standards can be accessed on the City’s web site at www.mydelraybeach.com.

The District is located along NE/SE 5^th & 6^th Avenues (One-Way Federal Highway Pairs), generally between SE 10^th Street and George Bush Boulevard. This area primarily consists of small lot development with the potential for larger development through land assemblage. This District consists of the following zoning categories: The properties are zoned CBD (Central Business District), GC (General Commercial), PC (Planned Commercial) and AC (Automotive Commercial).

The District allows a variety of commercial uses, especially general retail and office uses. The portion of the district zoned CBD (north of NE 2^nd Street, and between SE 2^nd and 4^th Streets), allows densities up to 30 units per acre, while the densities south of SE 4^th Street are limited to a maximum of 12 units per acre. The portion of the District zoned CBD has development standards similar to the Downtown Business Core, which has reduced building setbacks, design guidelines to minimize building massing, and parking incentives. The south portion generally requires minimum building setbacks of 10Â’. Building heights of 48Â’ feet are permitted throughout the district with increases to 60 feet allowed between the Federal Highways and the parcels zoned CBD, when not located with 150Â’ of a zoning district limited to 35 feet in height. Increases in height are allowed as conditional use, subject to the criteria outlined in Section 4.3.4 (J) of the CityÂ’s Land Development Regulations. Rezoning of the properties containing auto-related uses will be necessary to accommodate commercial, office and/or residential uses.