A developer planning an oceanfront duplex will get a new Boca Raton City Council hearing on the project — without the involvement of two council members who a court decided prejudged it.

A Palm Beach Circuit Court panel granted Azure Development LLC's writ of certiorari petition against the city and quashed its denial of the proposal. The court concluded the two members' written communications to residents before the vote showed they weren't impartial when the first vote was taken.

Azure applied for a variance to build east of the city's coastal construction control line set to protect on dunes and nesting sea turtles.

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Lidia Dinkova

Lidia Dinkova covers South Florida real estate for the Daily Business Review. Contact her at [email protected] or 305-347-6665. On Twitter @LidiaDinkova.