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Downtown Development District boundaries established in Section14-27 of the Code of
the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("District")
• Chapter 14 - DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENTM
Footnotes:
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City Code cross references —Development impact fees, ch. 13; Overtown redevelopment trust fund, § 18-261 et seq.
Law review reference —Note on constitutional urban redevelopment, 13 Fla. L. Rev. 344.
• ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL
• Secs. 14-1-14-25. - Reserved.
• ARTICLE II. - DOWNTOWN DISTRICT
• DIVISION 1. -GENERALLY
• Sec. 14-26. - Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Authority: The downtown development authority, the body corporate hereby created
by this article, known as the downtown development authority board of the city.
Board: The governing body of the authority selected as herein provided.
Central business district: The area in the city to which this article primarily relates,
zoned and used principally for business.
Director: The chief executive officer of the authority selected by the board as herein
provided.
Downtown: A specifically defined area or zone of the city in the central business
district, established by the city.
Governing body: The commission of the city.
Planning board: The department or agency of the city, by whatever name such
department or agency may be known, which is chiefly responsible for community planning.
Public facility: Any street, park, parking lot, playground, right-of-way, structure,
waterway, bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipe, building, including access routes to
any of the foregoing designed and dedicated to use by the public generally, or used by any
public agency with or without charge, whether or not the same is revenue producing.
(Code 1967, § 13-1; Code 1980, § 14-16)
Sec. 14-27. - Boundaries designated.
The Downtown District described as follows shall be under the jurisdiction and control
of the Downtown Development Authority:
Begin at the intersection of the centerline of NW 5th Street and NW 3rd
Avenue (east of 1-95); thence run southerly along the centerline of NW
3rd Avenue and the easterly side of 1-95 to the centerline of West Flagler
Street; thence westerly along the centerline of said West Flagler Street to
the centerline of the Miami River; thence meandering southeasterly along
the centerline of said Miami River to a point of intersection with the
westerly Right -of -Way line of Metro Rapid Transit Right -of -Way (formerly
Florida East Coast (FEC) Railroad Right -of -Way) said Right -of -Way line
being 50 feet westerly of and parallel with the centerline of said Metro
Rapid Transit Right -of -Way; thence run southerly and southwesterly
along said westerly Right -of -Way line of Metro Rapid Transit to the
intersection with the centerline of SW 15th Road; thence southeasterly
along the centerline of 15th Road to a point of intersection with the
southerly prolongation of the westerly line of Costa Bella Development
Subdivision (107-14); thence northeasterly, northwesterly, and
northeasterly along said westerly line of Costa Bella to the intersection
with the southerly Right -of -Way line of SE 14th Lane; thence
southeasterly, northeasterly, northerly, and northwesterly along said
southerly and easterly Right -of -Way line of SE 14th Lane and SE 14th
Terrace to the intersection with the northwesterly property line of Lot 31,
Block 2 of Amended plat of Point View as recorded in Plat Book 2 at
Page 93 of the public records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence
northeasterly along the northwesterly line of said Lot 31, to the
northeasterly side of the existing ten -foot alley in Block 2 of said Point
View; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly side of said ten -foot
alley to the intersection with the property line between Lots 4 and 5 of
said Block 2 of Point View; thence northeasterly along said line of Lots 4
and 5 and its prolongation thereof to the centerline of SE 14th Street;
thence southeasterly along said centerline of SE 14th Street to a point of
intersection with the existing bulkhead and shoreline of Biscayne Bay;
thence meandering northerly along the existing bulkhead and shoreline
of Biscayne Bay to a point of intersection with the southerly boundary of
Claughton Island Bridge; thence easterly along the said southerly Right -
of -Way line of Claughton Island Bridge to the intersection with the
westerly bulkhead line of Claughton Island, said bulkhead line being part
of the Miami -Dade County bulkhead line as recorded in Plat Book 73 at
Page 18 of the public records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence
southerly, easterly, northerly, and westerly, following said existing
bulkhead and its westerly prolongation thereof around the island to the
intersection with the mainland on the easterly shoreline of Biscayne Bay;
thence meandering in a northwesterly and westerly direction along the
shoreline of Biscayne Bay and the Miami River to the intersection with
the easterly Right -of -Way line of the Metro Rapid Transit line of Brickell
Avenue Bridge (SE 2nd Avenue); thence north along said bridge to the
existing bulkhead on the corner of said Lot 1; thence northwesterly
across a 10 foot -wide alley to the northeasterly corner of Lot 6 of Block 8
of Miramar amended as recorded in Plat Book 5 at Page 4 of the public
records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence northwesterly along the
northerly line of said lot 6 and its northwesterly extension to its
intersection with the centerline of Sevilla Street (NE 4th Avenue) of said
Miramar amended (5- 4); thence southwesterly along the centerline of
said Sevilla Street (NE 4th Avenue) to its intersection with the centerline
of Vedado Street (NE 4th Avenue) of said Miramar amended (5-4);
thence northerly along the centerline of NE 4th Avenue (Vedado Street);
thence northerly along the centerline of NE 4th Avenue to its intersection
with the centerline of NE 19th Street; thence westerly along the
centerline of NE 19th Street to a point of intersection with southerly
extension of the easterly lot line of Lot 4 of Block 1 of Miramar amended
as recorded in plat book 5 at page 4 of the public records of Miami -Dade
County, Florida; thence northerly along the easterly lot line of Lot 4 and
its extension thereof to the southerly lot line of Lot 8 of Coral Park as
recorded in Plat Book 2 at Page 66 of the public records of Miami -Dade
County, Florida; thence easterly along the southerly lot line of Lot 8 to the
southeast corner of said Lot 8; thence northerly along the easterly Lot
line of Lot 8 to the southerly Right -of -Way line of NE 20th Street; thence
easterly along the southerly Right -of -Way line of NE 20th Street to the
southerly extension of the easterly lot line of Lot 7 of said Coral Park (2-
66); thence northerly along the easterly lot line of Lot 7 and its extension
thereof to the northeast corner of Lot 7; thence westerly along the
northerly lot line of Lot 7 to a point of intersection with the southerly
extension of the easterly lot line of Lot 7 of Block 4 of Bayside Park
amended as recorded in Plat Book 2 at Page 40 of the public records of
Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence northerly along the easterly lot line
of Lot 7 and its extension thereof across a 15-foot-wide alley to the
northeast corner of Lot 7; thence continuing northerly across the Right -
of -Way of NE 20th Terrace to the southeast corner of Lot 7 of Block 1 of
Bayside Park amended (2-40); thence northerly along the easterly lot line
of Lot 7 to the northeast corner of said Lot 7; thence across a 15-foot-
wide alley to the southeast corner of Lot 5 Block 3 of Bayonne
Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 2 at page 35 of the public records
of Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence northerly along the easterly Lot
line of Lot 5, and the northerly extension of its easterly lot line thereof, to
the centerline of NE 21st Street; thence easterly along the centerline of
NE 21st Street to a point of intersection with the southerly extension of
the easterly lot line of Lot 3 of Block 1 of Bayonne Subdivision (2-35);
thence northerly along the easterly lot line and its extension thereof, to
the southerly lot line of tract A of Caruso Subdivision as recorded in Plat
Book 79 at page 23 of the public records of Miami -Dade County, Florida;
thence easterly along the southerly tract line of tract A to the southerly
extension of the easterly Right -of -Way line of NE 4th Avenue; thence
northerly along the easterly Right -of -Way line of NE 4th Avenue and its
extension thereof to the centerline of NE 24th Street; thence westerly
along the centerline of NE 24th Street to the centerline of NE 2nd
Avenue; thence southerly along the centerline of NE 2nd Avenue to the
centerline of NE 17th Street; thence westerly along the centerline of NE
17th Street and NW 17th Street to the northerly shoreline of the Miami
River; said bulkhead line also being the southerly boundary of the
Dupont Plaza Center and Miami Center joint Venture property; thence
northeasterly along the southerly boundary of Dupont Plaza Center and
Miami Center Joint Venture property to a point of intersection with the
easterly property line of Chopin Associates and Miami Center Limited
Partnership; said property line being along the shoreline of Biscayne
Bay; thence northerly along said easterly property line of Chopin
Associates and Miami Center Limited Partnership property along
Biscayne Bay to the southerly property line of Bayfront Park; thence
continuing northerly, northeasterly and northwesterly along the bulkhead
line of Bayfront Park and the Bayfront Park Miamarina to a point of
intersection with the southerly Right -of -Way line of State Road A-1-A
(Douglas Macarthur Causeway); thence easterly along the southerly
Right -of -Way of said Douglas MacArthur Causeway to its intersection
with the easterly Right -of -Way line of the Intercoastal Waterway, said
point also being the westerly line of the submerged parcel of land of the
NW quadrant of Watson Island as shown on the boundary survey of NW
quadrant upland and submerged parcel (City of Miami miscellaneous file
61-398); thence southerly along the easterly Right -of -Way line of said
Intercoastal Waterway to a point of intersection of the turning basin limit
with the northerly line of the Miami main ship channel, said point also
being approximately 500 feet west of the westerly bulkhead line of
Watson Island and 1,200 feet southerly of the south Right -of -Way line of
Douglas MacArthur Causeway, as per O.R.B. 2454, pages 77-79; thence
northeasterly, southeasterly, and northeasterly along the southeasterly
line of said NW quadrant of Watson Island to the most easterly corner of
said NW quadrant of Watson Island, said corner being on the
southwesterly Right -of -Way line of Douglas Macarthur Causeway; thence
northwesterly and westerly along the said Right -of -Way line to the
northwest corner of said NW quadrant of Watson Island; thence westerly
along the southerly Right -of -Way line of the state road A-1-A (Douglas
Macarthur Causeway) to the bulkhead line of Biscayne Bay; thence
northerly along the bulkhead line of Biscayne Bay to a point of
intersection with the centerline of NE 17th Street extended easterly;
thence westerly along the centerline of NE 17th Street and its extension
thereof to a point of intersection with the centerline of North Bayshore
Drive; thence northerly along the centerline of North Bayshore Drive to its
intersection with the centerline of NE 17th Terrace; thence northwesterly
along the centerline of NE 17th Terrace to its intersection with the
southwesterly extension of the northwesterly line of Lot 2 of block 1 of
Seaport as recorded in Plat Book 149 at 79 of the public records of
Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence northeasterly along the
northwesterly line of said Lot 2, and it's said southwesterly extension
thereof, to the southwesterly corner of Lot 1 of Block 1 of said Seaport
(149-79); thence southeasterly and easterly along the southerly line of
said lot 1 and its easterly extension to its intersection with the centerline
of North Bayshore Drive; thence northeasterly along the centerline of
North Bayshore Drive to its intersection with the southeasterly extension
of the northerly line of said Lot 1 of Block 1 of said Seaport (149-79);
thence northwesterly along the northerly line of said Lot 1, and its said
southeasterly extension thereof, to the northwesterly easterly Right -of -
Way fine of the FEC Railroad; thence southerly along the easterly Right -
of -Way line of the FEC Railroad to the centerline of NW 5th Street thence
westerly along the centerline of NW 5th Street to the point of beginning.
All lands situated and lying in Miami -Dade County, Florida.
(Ord. No. 12307, §§ 2, 3, 12-12-02; Ord. No. 13871, § 2, 11-21-19)
Editor's note— Ord. No. 12307, §§ 2, 3, adopted December 12, 2002, repealed and
reenacted � 14-27 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Formerly, � 14-27 pertained to
similar subject matter and derived from the Code of 1967, � 13-2; Ord. No. 9650, § 1,
adopted July 8, 1983; Ord. No. 9835, § 1, adopted May 24, 1984; Ord. No. 10575, § 1,
adopted April 27, 1989, and the Code of 1980, § 14-17.
• Sec. 14-28. - Property subject to ad valorem taxes for payment of
city's general obligation debts, etc.
All real property located within the central business district shall be subject to ad
valorem taxes to pay the principal and interest on all existing general obligation debts of
the city and any future debts which may be authorized by law.
(Code 1967, § 13-3; Code 1980, § 14-18)
• Sec. 14-29. - Powers of city cumulative.
All powers conferred upon the city by this article are and shall be supplemental and in
addition to those conferred by any other general or special law and shall be liberally
construed to effectuate the purposes hereof.
(Code 1967, § 13-4; Code 1980, § 14-19)