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PZAB Resolution
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Enactment Number: PZAB-R-20-026
File ID: 7602 Final Action Date: 7/15/2020
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD
("PZAB"), RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION OF
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY
AMENDING ARTICLE 1, SECTION 1.2, TITLED "DEFINITIONS" AND ARTICLE 3,
SECTION 3.6.1, ENTITLED "OFF-STREET PARKING STANDARDS" TO PROVIDE
FOR A DEFINITION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CAPABLE ("EV CAPABLE")
PARKING SPACES; REQUIRING THAT 20% OF NEW PARKING SPACES
CONSTRUCTED MEET THE EV CAPABLE STANDARDS BY ACCOMODATING
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING AND ITS ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE;
MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, electric vehicles eliminate ground level air pollution and reduce overall
vehicular emissions, thus improving air quality and public health; and
WHEREAS, the number of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles as a percentage
of new vehicles sold nationwide has quadrupled in less than five (5) years; and
WHEREAS, lack of charging infrastructure is one of the main hindrances to broader
adoption of electric vehicles; and
WHEREAS, on October 22, 2009, Ordinance No. 13114, the Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Miami, Florida was adopted as the City of Miami's ("City") Zoning Ordinance ("Miami 21
Code"); and
WHEREAS, Article 3, Section 3.6.1 of the Miami 21 Code regulates off-street parking
standards; and
WHEREAS, by requiring a portion of newly constructed off-street parking spaces to
provide this charging infrastructure, it will facilitate an increase in electric and plug-in hybrid
vehicle ownership; and
WHEREAS, consideration has been given to the goals, objectives, and policies of the
Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan, the Miami 21 Code, and other City regulations; and
WHEREAS, consideration has been given to the need and justification for the passage
of the proposed changes, including changed or changing conditions that make the passage of
the proposed change necessary; and
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WHEREAS, PZAB finds that it is in the best interest of the City and its residents to
recommend approval / denial of the amendment as specified herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING, ZONING AND
APPEALS BOARD OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The PZAB hereby recommends to the City Commission to amend
the Miami 21 Code by amending Article 1, Section 1.2, entitled "Definition of Terms" in the
following particulars:'
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS
1.2 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
Electric Vehicle Capable (EV Capable): A parking space that is equipped with
infrastructure to support installation of 40 Amp, 208 or 240-Volt, electric vehicle charging
equipment. Spaces must be within one hundred (100) feet from a supporting electrical
panel location. Infrastructure may include but is not limited to raceways or conduit from
parking locations to electrical panels, space for additional electrical panels, space for
overprotection devices, conduit connecting electrical panels to distribution equipment,
and space for additional distribution equipment.
Section 3. The Miami 21 Code, should be further amended by amending Article 3,
Section 3.6.1 in the following particulars:
ARTICLE 3. GENERAL TO ZONES
3.6.1 OFF-STREET PARKING STANDARDS
f. 20% of all newly constructed parking spaces must be EV Capable. In no case will this
be less than one required space and the calculated number shall always be rounded up
for any fraction of a space. This requirement does not apply to dwellings without a
designated parking space located on the premises, nor does this requirement apply to
parking spaces located in the public right-of-way.
1 Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be added. The
remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted and unchanged material.
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Section 4. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPR
Fr Cisco Garcia, Director
Dpar m- efit of Planning
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE )
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, ` Clerk of the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board of
the City of Miami, Florida, and acknowledges that s/he executed e foregoing Resolution.
S {SRN AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS 1__1 DAY OF "?w�`r 202_P
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Print Notary Name CV ary Public State of Florida
Personally know _ _ or Produced I.D.My Commission Expires:
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Executigh Date
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MY COMMISSION
b� EXPIRES; Febury 21, 2022
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