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Enactment Number: PZAB-R-19-012
File ID: 5513
Final Action Date: 3/6/2019
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, MORE SPECIFICALLY BY
AMENDING ARTICLE 7, SECTION 7.1.2.8 ENTITLED "AMENDMENTS TO MIAMI 21
CODE," TO EXEMPT REZONINGS TO CIVIC SPACE ZONES (CS) AND NATURAL
TRANSECT ZONES (T1) FROM MINIMUM SIZE- REQUIREMENTS; -MAKING
FINDINGS AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on October 22, 2009, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 13114,
the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, as amended ("Miami 21 Code"); and
WHEREAS, Section 7.1.2.8 of the Miami 21 Code provides that all amendments,
including rezoning, shall maintain the goals of the Miami 21 Code to preserve neighborhood and
provide transitions in intensity, density, building height, and scale; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that modifications to the Miami 21 Code, Articles 4
and 7, are required to further advance the intent of the Miami 21 regulations; and
WHEREAS, consideration has been given as to whether the proposed changes will
further the goals, objectives and policies of the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan
("MCNP"), the Miami 21 Code, and other City regulations; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments will allow the development of new open space
opportunities throughout the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS the proposed amendments allow the City to provide additional green spaces
at a neighborhood scale, improving the quality of neighborhoods throughout the city; and
WHEREAS the proposed changes will allow additional opportunities to expand the City's
Park Level -of -Service, as specified within the MCNP; and
WHEREAS the proposed amendments will enable the City to designate additional areas
as Natural Transect Zones (T1), furthering Miami 21 conservation goals; and
WHEREAS, consideration has been given to the need and justification for the proposed
change, including changed or changing conditions that make the passage of the proposed
change necessary; and
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WHEREAS, the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board ("PZAB") has considered whether
the proposed amendment will further the goals, objectives, and policies of the Miami
Comprehensive Plan, the Miami 21 Code, and other City regulations.
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
hereby adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The PZAB recommends that the Miami 21 Code be further amended by
amending Article 7, Section 7.1.2.8 in the following particulars:'
7.1.2 Permits
7.1.2.8 Amendment to Miami 21 Code
c. Applications for rezoning (Miami 21 Atlas amendment).
1. Except where the proposal for the rezoning of property involves an extension of an existing
Transect boundary, no rezoning of land shall be considered which involves less than forty
thousand (40,000) square feet of land area or two hundred (200) feet of street Frontage on one
(1) street. A rezoning to a CS or T1 Transect Zone, and initiated by the Citv, shall be exempt
from the minimum size and Frontage requirements. Applications for rezoning may be made by:
(a) The City Commission;
(b) The Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board;
(c) Any other department, board or agency of the City;
(d) Any person or entity other than those listed in (a) through (c), above, provided that only the
owner(s) or their agent(s) may apply for the rezoning of property.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption
by the PZAB.
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Francisco Garcia, Director
Department of Planning
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COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE )
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Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority,F-6C4 Lee- , Clerk of the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board of
the City of Miami, Florida, and acknowledges that s/he executed the foregoing Resolution.
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