HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit ASec. 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
21 st Street; thence easterly along the centerline of NE 21 st 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.