What
Is Boca Del Mar?
In the early 1970s,
the Behring Corporation assembled the
2,350 acres of land now known as
Boca Del Mar and undertook the planning
and governmental processing
which culminated in the granting of
Planned Unit Development status
by Palm Beach County in August 1971. The
Behring Corporation underwent a
name change to Leadership Housing, Inc.
and construction of two golf
courses and a portion of the arterial
road system and the
infrastructure was begun.
On December 29, 1972,
a partnership agreement was signed
between Leadership Housing, Inc.
and Texaco Boca Del Mar, Inc. The
Partnership, named Boca Del Mar
Associates, acquired control over the
entire 2,350 acres. Development
of the arterial streets and
infrastructure proceeded rapidly
and by 1973 sales of home sites had
substantially exceeded forecasts.
On February 28, 1978,
Texaco acquired Leadership's interest in
Boca Del Mar and day to day
management of the project was taken over
by Boca Associates, Inc., a
contract management firm formed by one of
the former senior employees of
Leadership. Boca Associates supervised
approximately 100 hourly and
part-time golf course and club employees.
Boca Del Mar is a
master planned community, commonly
referred to as a Planned Unit
Development or "PUD". Boca Del
Mar's PUD approval granted an
overall density of 5.5 residents per
gross acre. Thus far, the individual
builders have built to a consistently
lower density than allowed on the master
plan. Boca Del Mar is nearing a projected
population of 25,000.
Parcels of various
sizes were designated on the master plan
for residential, commercial,
civic, church and school sites, golf
courses, open landscaped spaces, and
bicycle trails. Boca Associates,
Inc. reviewed and approved developers
construction plans and exterior
facades and landscaping were subject to
architectural control by the
Boca Del Mar Architectural Review
Committee.
Boca Del Mar contains
two championship golf courses. The North
Course, designed by Von Hagge and
Devlin, Inc. of Miami Springs, Florida,
was built on 124 acres and
completed in 1973.
It is now a private membership club.
The South Course was designed by golf
course architect
Joe Lee of Boca Raton, and was
built on 148 acres in 1975. The Mizner
Trail Golf Club
is a public golf course with a
new clubhouse.
Maintenance of Boca
Del Mar parks and roadways was provided
by Boca Associates, Inc. through
the Boca Del Mar Improvement Association
from dues paid by the residents.
In August 1984, residents were appointed
to a transition committee to
study and make recommendations to change
the PUD governing documents from
developer to residential control. At the
January 1985 membership meeting, a
smooth transfer of powers was made from
Boca Associates, Inc. to the residents. A
nine member board of residents
was elected to the Boca Del Mar
Improvement Association and for the
past 15 years, we have provided Boca Del
Mar with:
1. A
contract sheriffs patrol and
recently with a Citizen Observer
Patrol program for resident
security.
2.
Development and maintenance of
over one half dozen landscaped
open spaces.
3.
Participated in the establishment
of Del Prado Elementary School
in Boca Del Mar.
4.
Landscaping, irrigation and
maintenance along Palmetto Park
Road, Camino Real,
Southwest 18' Street and
Powerline Road.
.5. Published
our bi-monthly Boca Del Mar News.
Developed and maintain the www.bocadelmar.org
web site
7. News rack
beautification, and installing
additional streetlights wherever
needed.
8.
Establishing a two-cart litter
patrol.
9. Providing
a meeting room for Boca Del Mar
communities.
10.
Continuing enforcement of
architectural control and deed
restrictions in a fair
and consistent manner.
11. Design
and construction of Boca Del Mar
entrance features
and community directional
signage on all roadways
throughout the
Boca Del Mar community.
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Thanks
to the efforts of our dedicated Board
members and other
volunteers, Boca Del Mar
remains the premier community that was
planned in 1971.
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