SPRAB Meeting 5-27-2026 05:00 PM

The City of Delray Beach held a Site Plan Review and Appearance Board meeting on May 27, 2026, focusing primarily on a level two site plan application for the adaptive reuse of an existing two-story building at 2527 Southeast 3rd Avenue into a restaurant with a covered outdoor dining area, known as the Bungalows Restaurant. The board reviewed the project details including architectural elevations, landscape plans, and a requested waiver for a reduced 5-foot perimeter landscape strip due to site constraints. The project also included a determination of adequacy for loading facilities, proposing one loading berth instead of the two typically required, justified by the building's single-tenant restaurant use and alley access. The board discussed parking arrangements, noting a previously approved payment in lieu of providing 26 parking spaces and the addition of two on-street parking spaces dedicated to the restaurant. The project was found consistent with land development regulations and the comprehensive plan, and the board unanimously approved the site plan application, landscape waiver, and loading adequacy determination. Additional discussions addressed streetscape improvements, landscaping maintenance agreements, and future alley use considerations.