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The oceanfront Chalfonte Condominiums had to get Boca Raton City Council approval to renovate its swimming pool deck because most of the structure is now seaward of the state’s Coastal Construction Control Line.
The waterproofing system under the deck had failed over time, said Luis Piedra, the high-rise’s representative. To replace the waterproofing, the deck will be stripped to its structural base, he said.
    Improvements to be added during the project include new planters, a new “social/dune terrace,” a new shade structure, new spa and new aluminum fence. New sea oats will also be planted to restore the existing dune, Piedra said.
    “Nothing is encroaching or affecting the native dune system or the coastal environmental area,” he said.         The condominium, at 500 S. Ocean Blvd., relied on the “historically disturbed nature” of the area and the fact that the state moved its Coastal Construction Control Line west in 2007.                  - Steve Plunkett