Boca Raton is moving toward a tighter definition of what counts as “retail” in mixed-use housing conversions after complaints that “public” gyms and similar uses are being used to satisfy commercial requirements without delivering real storefront-style businesses.
A Palm Beach County lawsuit asks a judge to order the City of West Palm Beach to enforce its zoning rules and a Historic Preservation Board decision involving a single-family home project on Washington Road.
A City of Boca Raton Development Services tracker for January 2026 lists 47 active development projects and code cases in the city’s review pipeline, most filed in 2025 and still awaiting hearings or next steps.
City officials are proposing new zoning rules that would allow hospital-operated freestanding emergency facilities in select commercial and medical districts, with added location and access restrictions.
Boca Raton’s Planning & Zoning Board will review sweeping, city-initiated updates to the Comprehensive Plan as part of a state-required evaluation process at its January 8 meeting.