Following the City Commission direction to prepare a redevelopment plan for Silver Terrace, staff conducted a series of neighborhood meetings to ascertain the priorities of residents and property owners in the redevelopment area. The first meeting was held on October 5, 1995. At that time the property owners who attended the meeting expressed a consensus that installation of infrastructure was preferable to waiting for a developer to aggregate the property. The property owners were generally supportive of the idea of neighborhood stabilization through development of a neighborhood oriented redevelopment plan, rather than large scale redevelopment of the area. They also concurred with a revised street layout proposed by staff as a part of the redevelopment plan. A number of additional meetings were held with residents and property owners to keep them apprised of the progress of the redevelopment plan and to obtain continued input. At the meetings, the area residents identified their concerns and priorities for the neighborhood. Staff incorporated many of those ideas into the redevelopment plan.
Given the location of the Silver Terrace subdivision (adjacent to Delray Mall and industrial development), a zoning designation that will accommodate a mix of multiple family residential and some commercial development is appropriate. Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element Policy C-2.7 also calls for mixed use development in the area with the SAD (Special Activities District) zoning district. The SAD creates three use areas in the subdivision: a neighborhood commercial area, a residential office area, and a residential area. The district accommodates most of the existing uses as conforming while limiting future uses and development in the area to the character identified in the plan.
The intent of the plan is that new development in the Silver Terrace subdivision will be primarily single family detached housing. A major concern of residents and City officials alike is the development of the area with an inappropriate mix of small parcel duplex and multiple family developments with single family residences. In order to prevent that situation, two special provisions were included in the SAD ordinance. The first prohibits the construction of new duplexes. The second places a minimum development area of 1 acre for any new multiple-family development in the area. By limiting new multiple family structures to unified developments, these provisions prevent the area from becoming a patchwork of single family structures and duplexes. Another concern of the residents and the City is the lack of owner occupied housing in the area. The SAD ordinance requires that all multiple family units be in the form of fee simple townhouses or part of a legally established condominium. While this does not prohibit rental units, it does allow for owner occupancy of all new units developed in the area.
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