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File ID: 14051
Title: 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.
APPLICANT(S): Arthur Noriega V, City Manager, on behalf of City of Miami
PURPOSE: To Amend Appendix C — Midtown Overlay District, Section 627.1.6, Titled
"Building Placement and Buildable Area"; Section 627.1.7, Titled "Maximum Height,
Build -To, Minimum Setback and Use Requirements.
FINDING(S):
PLANNING DEPARTMENT: Recommended approval.
PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD: On October 6, 2021, recommended
approval, by a vote of 7-0.
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File Number: 10770 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.
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
2, 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:
SD 27.1 Maximum height, Build -to, Minimum Setback and Use Requirements
' 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 unchanaed material.
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t/Classificatio Ground Floor
Height/Number of Stories Building/Setbac
k
300' and 28 stories 200' 0' setback on
wn Boulevardfor mixed -use on the he eastern side
western side of the street
350' and 33 stories or the 0' Build -To on
maximum Height as the western
permitted under the side (maximum
,ry designated Miami 21 allowable
Transect Zone if ;encroachment
designated as a for 80' of linear
Gateway 1frontage)
35' setback
.above 30'
elevation on the
western side
'odium
Tower
Uses
;etback**
Setback**
5'
etback
bove
70' setback
65% active
5' for
above
ground
uildings
120'
floor uses
esignate
elevation
required
as a
to setback
Liner uses
�quirement
on all
for
parking
ateway 1
uildings
structures
II SD
27.1 uses
permitted
II SD
Buena Vista 60' for commercial
0' Build -To
N/A
21.1 uses
Avenue single -use
permitted
i 15' setback
Liner Uses
200' for mixed -use on theabove 30'
Primary
on parking
eastern side of street elevation on the
east side
structures
15'
300' and 28 stories
East Coast
setback
Liner Uses
adjacent to the FEC 5' setback
above
N/A
on parking
Avenue corridor
75'
structures
elevation
—
II SD
350' and 33 stories if
Tertiary
27.1 uses
designated as a gateway
permitted
350' and 33 Stories or
15'
the maximum Height as
setback
65% active
9' Build -To with
NE 36th Street permitted under the
above 75'
ground
colonnade or
Primary designated Miami 21
elevation
N/A
floor uses
Transect Zone if awning
east of
required
desi nated as Gateway1
Midtown
Boulevard
ses
15'
setback
Lak
above 60'
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NE 29th Street =300' and 28 stories
evation
est of
idtown
:)ulevard
V Build -To with 5el[JdL;K
scolonnade or above
awning 75'
elevation
30th, NE 32nd,
300' and 28 Stories 5' setback
7 Street
Secondary
NE 34th Street
(East of Midtown)
NE 31 st NE 33rd
Street and NE 34
Terrace (side
City of Miami
' and 33 stori
esignated Miarr
ransect Zone if
esignated as a
)aatewav 1
' and 28 stories
20' for mixed -use or
seater/entertainment/civi
use 200' for mixed -use
' and 28 stories
5'
W
5'
levation
ctu res
,II SD
7.1 uses
ermitted
5% active
round
oor uses
finer uses
n all
arking
structures
,II SD
7.1 uses
ermitted
,II SD
7.1 uses
ermitted
Restaurant
or Retail
Uses are
required
along 70'
at
intersectio
n with
Midtown
15'
Boulevard
setback
65% active
0' setback
above
N/A
ground
floor uses
75'
required
elevation
Liner uses
on all
parking
structures
55' above
Liner uses
0' Build -To
75'
N/A
on all
elevation
parking
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tbacks)
Tertiary
FEC Corridor (No
Street frontage)
Dedicated Open
Space greater tha
4, 000 square feet
00' and 33 stories if I35' setback
esignated as a gateway above 25'
' and 28 stories
' and 33 stories or
ransect Zone if
esignated as a
)4-aatewav 1
' and 28 stories
50' and 33 stories if
esignated as Gaateway
:elevation
40' Build -To
Build -To
ctu res
round
oor
,II SD
7.1 uses
ermitted
etback
Liner uses
bove N/A
on all
parking
5'
structures
levation
II SD
27.1 uses
aermitted
Liner uses
A N/A on all
parking
structures
II SD
27.1 uses
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.
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 thereof2.
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
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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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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