BOCA RATON — Plans for new stand-alone emergency rooms have stalled as city leaders are deadlocked over the rules for building them.
The city council is divided, with some members calling for more safety data while others countered that the delay was simply a “tactic” to hold up a policy that has been under discussion for 18 months.
The ordinance would establish a formal legal definition for emergency facilities not attached to hospitals. It would classify them as conditional uses in several commercial and medical zones, provided they meet strict requirements for distances from schools and residential neighborhoods…