§ 2.2.3. The Site Plan Review and Appearance Board.

(A)

Creation. A Site Plan Review and Appearance Board for the City of Delray Beach is hereby created. The purpose of this Board is to promote certain functional and aesthetic goals, objectives and policies as set forth in the City's Comprehensive Plan.

(B)

Composition and special qualifications.

(1)

The Site Plan Review and Appearance Board shall consist of seven regular members.

(2)

Each of five seats on the Board must be filled with either an architect, landscape architect, realtor/real estate broker, civil engineer, general contractor, sign contractor, land planner or interior designer. The remaining two seats shall be at large. The appointing body shall endeavor to appoint as many disciplines as possible to the Board. [Amd. Ord. 25-04 5/18/04]; [Amd. Ord. 23-92 8/11/92]

(C)

Meetings and quorum.

(1)

The Site Plan Review and Appearance Board shall hold at least two regularly scheduled business meetings each month with said meetings being duly noticed and held in the evening hours.

(2)

Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

(D)

Duties, powers, and responsibilities.

(1)

The Board hereby has the authority to take action on the following items pursuant to the procedures and standards of the LDR: [Changed Bullets Ord. 36-07 9/18/07]

(a)

Certain site and development plans, as provided in this code; [Amd. Ord. 26-11 9/20/11]

(b)

Granting of relief from the number of parking spaces required for specific uses pursuant to Section 4.6.9(F)(1); [Amd. Ord. 83-95 01/09/96]

(c)

Granting of relief to Section 4.6.16 through the waiver process [Section 2.4.7(B)];

(d)

Preliminary and final landscape plans;

(e)

Master Sign Programs;

(f)

Signage as allowed by Section 4.6.7;

(g)

Appeal of administrative interpretations made in application of the sign code and the landscaping code;

(h)

Architectural elevations;

(i)

Streetscape and landscape features (e.g. walls, fences, lighting, dumpster enclosures, etc.);

(j)

Recommendations to the City Commission regarding the Incentive Program in the CBD. [Amd. Ord. 03-15 02/24/2015]

(2)

To provide "good offices" and assistance to other governmental boards, commissions, and committees in the fulfillment of goals, objectives, and policies of the Comprehensive Plan.

(3)

The Board has the authority to hear appeals to any "Design Guidelines" in Section II of the Beach Property Owners Design Manual for the North Beach and Seagate Neighborhoods as set forth in Section 4.5.13. [Amd. Ord. 36-07 9/18/07]