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Ordinance: 14051
File Number: 10770
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3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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Final Action Date: 2/10/2022
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TO AMEND APPENDIX C —
MIDTOWN OVERLAY DISTRICT, SECTION 627.1.6, TITLED "BUILDING
PLACEMENT AND BUILDABLE AREA", AND SECTION 627.1.7, TITLED
"MAXIMUM HEIGHT, BUILD -TO, MINIMUM SETBACK AND USE
REQUIREMENTS"; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Jeffrey Watson
WHEREAS, on October 22, 2009, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 13114
as the City of Miami's ("City") Zoning Ordinance ("Miami 21 Code"); and
WHEREAS, on November 25, 2003, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 12447
creating the SD-27 Florida East Coast Railway (TEC") Corridor and subsequently adopted
Ordinance No. 12688 on May 26, 2005, modifying the name as the Midtown Miami Special
District ("District") and incorporated it into the Miami 21 Code as Appendix C; and
WHEREAS, the District is of special and substantial public interest given its proximity to
Downtown Miami, the Omni Area, the Design District, Miami Beach, the Wynwood
Neighborhood, and to future proposed commuter transit facilities within the FEC Corridor; and
WHEREAS, the objective of the District is to promote neighborhood redevelopment
through medium to high -density mixed -use development and provide intensive new housing
opportunities needed to sustain future commercial growth and commuter transit facilities; and
WHEREAS, the District promotes the design of buildings as strategically located visual
gateway structures by providing greater allowable height at strategic street intersections; and
WHEREAS, the southwest corner of the intersection of Northeast 36 Street and
Northeast 2 Avenue ("Gateway 1") is the only vacant site of three (3) such gateway sites; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Transects outside the District that abut the "Gateway 1" parcel
are T6-12-0, "Urban Core -Open", to the north with a maximum height of twenty (20) stories, T6-
24A-0, "Urban Core -Open", to the northeast with a maximum height of forty-eight (48) stories,
and T6-36A-0, "Urban Core -Open", to the east with a maximum height of sixty (60) stories; and
WHEREAS, the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board, at its meeting on October 6, 2021,
following an advertised public hearing, adopted Resolution No. PZAB-R-21-039 by a vote of
seven to zero (7 - 0), Item No. PZAB.8, recommending approval of the Zoning Text Change as
stated herein; and
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WHEREAS, the City Commission has considered the Planning Director's
recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has conducted a public hearing on the Zoning Text
Change as stated herein; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has considered whether the Zoning Text Change as
stated herein will further the goals, objectives, and policies of the Miami Comprehensive
Neighborhood Plan, the Miami 21 Code, and other City regulations; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has considered the need and justification for the
Zoning Text Change as stated herein, including changed or changing conditions that make the
passage of the Zoning Text Change necessary;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and finding contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are
adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Appendix C of the Miami 21 Code is hereby amended in the following
particulars:'
"APPENDIX C — MIDTOWN OVERLAY DISTRICT
SD-27.1 Midtown Miami East Special District
627.1.6. Building Placement and buildable area.
6. Gateway Designations.
As provided in Section 627, gateway sites shall be as follows:
4. Gateway 1: The SW corner of the intersection of NE 36th Street and NE 2nd
Avenue; and
Gateway 2: The SE corner of the intersection of NE 34th Street and NE 1 st Place.
627.1.7 Maximum height, Build -to, Minimum Setback and Use Requirements.
TABLE INSET:
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 indicated omitted
and unchanged material.
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SD 27.1 Maximum height, Build -to, Minimum Setback and Use Requirements
Street/Classificatio Ground Floor
Podium
Tower
Height/Number of Stories Building/Setbac
�
Setback"
Setback "
Uses
k
15'
setback
above
70' setback
65% active
300' and 28 stories 200' 0' setback on
75' for
above
ground
Midtown Boulevar for mixed -use on the he eastern side
buildings
120
floor uses
estern side of the street
required
designate
elevation
dasa
gateway
350' and 33 stories or the20' Build -To on
maximum Height as the western
No setback
Liner uses
permitted under the side (maximum
requirement
on all
Primary desi nated Miami 21 allowable
s for
parking
Transect Zone if encroachment
gateway 1
structures
designated as a or 80' of linear
buildings
_gateway 1 rontage)
35' setback
II SD
above 30'
27.1 uses
.elevation on the
permitted
western side
II SD
Buena Vista
60' for commercial
0' Build -To
N/A
21.1 uses
venue
single -use
permitted
15' setback
Liner Uses
Primary
200' for mixed -use on theabove 30'
on parking
eastern side of street
elevation on the
east side
structures
15'
300' and 28 stories
setback
Liner Uses
East Coast
adjacent to the FEC
5' setback
above N/A
on parking
Avenue
corridor
75'
structures
elevation
350' and 33 stories if
II SD
Tertiary
designated as a gateway
27.1 uses
permitted
350' and 33 Stories or
15'
the maximum Height as
9' with
setback
65% active
NE 36th Street
permitted under the
colonnade
colonnade or
ve 75' N/A
round
floor
Primary
designated Miami 21
elevation
uses
Transect Zone if
awning
east of
required
designated as Gateway
I
1
I Midtown
City of Miami
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Boulevard
5'
etback
bove 60'
levation
Pest of
lidtown
Boulevard
9' Build -To with aC�ua�n
29th Street 300' and 28 stories colonnade or above
awning 75'
elevation
fE 30th, NE 32nd,
fE 300' and 28 Stories 5' setback
5th Street
Secondary
50' and 33 stori
aximum Heiahi
esignated as a
gateway 1
NE 34th Street 300' and 28 stories 0' setback
(East of Midtown)
5'
etback
5'
levation
5'
5'
levation
W
W
W
_Iner uses
m all
)arking
;tructures
NII SD
?7.1 uses
)ermitted
35% active
]round
'loor uses
_Iner uses
m all
)arking
Structures
III SD
?7.1 uses
)ermitted
NII SD
?7.1 uses
)ermitted
Restaurant
)r Retail
Jses are
'eq u i red
along 70'
it
ntersectio
i with
Midtown
3oulevard ,
35% active
]round
'loor uses
'eq u i red
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120' for mixed -use or
Liner uses
Primary theater/entertainment/civi
on all
c use 200' for mixed -use
parking
structures
Liner uses
on all
NE 31st NE 33rd
55 above
parking
Street and NE 34th,
300' and 28 stories 20' Build -To
75'
N/A
structures
Terrace (side
elevation
and
setbacks)
ground
floor
300' and 33 stories if 35' setback
All SD
Tertiary designated as a gateway above 25'
27.1 uses
elevation
permitted
—i _F
Fr.,
Il
setback I
Liner uses
FEC Corridor (No
300' and 28 stories 40' Build -To
above N/A
on all
Street frontage)
parking
75'
structures
elevation
350' and 33 stories or the
maximum Height as
permitted under the
All SD
designated Miami 21
27.1 uses
Transect Zone if
permitted
designated as a
Ggateway 1
Dedicated Open Liner uses
Space greater tha 300' and 28 stories 0' Build -To N/A N/A on all
4,000 square feet parking
structures
350' and 33 stories if All SD
designated as Gaateway 27.1 uses
1 permitted
* Podium setbacks are for elevations between seventy-five (75) feet and one hundred twenty
(120) feet.
** Tower setbacks are for elevations greater than one hundred twenty (120) feet.
1. Gateway designations shall be as defined in Section 627.1.6.
2. Height limitations as described herein shall not prohibit additional height allowances
as described in section 627.1.6.
Section 3. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or word of this
Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of the Ordinance shall not be affected.
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Section 4. It is the intention of the City Commission that the provisions of this Ordinance
shall become and be made a part of the Miami 21 Code, which provisions may be renumbered
or re -lettered and that the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article", or other
appropriate word to accomplish such intention.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after final reading and
adoption thereof.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
1
Uri ndez, City ttor i ey 11/8/2021
2 This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten (10)
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective date stated
herein, whichever is later.
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