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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 11000, AS AMENDED, THE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, BY
AMENDING ARTICLE 6, SECTION 608, TO MODIFY
THE SD -8 DESIGN PLAZA COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICT TO RENAME THE DISTRICT, EXPAND ON
THE INTENT, REMOVE THREE EXISTING PERMITTED
USES, INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE FLOOR AREA
RATIO, REVISE THEI MINIMUM OPEN SPACE
REQUIREMENTS, MODIFY LIMITATIONS ON SIGNS AND
ADD USE AND DESIGN STANDARDS; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 11000, as amended, the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida, is amended by amending
the text of said Ordinance as follows:'/
"ARTICLE 6. SD SPECIAL DISTRICTS GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Ji Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored
words and/or figures shall be added. The remaining provisions arenow
in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted and
unchanged material.
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Sec. 608. SD -8 Miami Design Plaza Gemmereial
Residential District.
Sec. 608.1. Intent.
This district is of special and
substantial public interest because of its
unique qualities as a resource and service
area for the design industry. It is intended
to strengthen and encourage the expansion of
design service activities in this area by
allowing greater intensities for appropriate
design -oriented service uses coupled with
meaningful ground level pedestrian open
spaces and active street -level walking
environments. Greater intensities for mixed-
use development sites abutting principal
arterial roadways are promoted to accommodate
a diverse range of building types at
locations suitable for increased intensity
and diversification of land uses to encourage
mixed residential and design/commercial space
and multiple use developments, particularly
live -work environments, as a primary
objective. It is further intended to
recognize the predominantly built-up
character of this area and the need for
customer and employee parking by allowing
offsite parking.
Sec. 608.2. Effect of SD -8 district
designation.
The effect of these SD -8 regulations shall be
to supplant regulations within portions of
other zoning districts included within the SD
boundaries to the extent indicated herein
within the official zoning atlas.
Sec. 608.3. Class II Special Permit.
608.3.2. Considerations in,making Class II
Special Permit determinations.
The purpose of the Class II Special Permit
shall be to ensure conformity of the
application with the expressed intent of this
district, with the general considerations
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listed in section 1305, and with the special
considerations listed below in Section
608.12. Use and Desiqn Standards.
Sec. 608.4. Permitted principal uses and
structures.
608.4.2. Prohibited Uses
The permitted uses enumerated in this
district shall not be construed to include,
either as principal or accessory use, any of
the following:
1. Retail establishments for sales of new
or used cars, enclosed or unenclosed.
2. Automotive service stations, auto care
service centers and car washes.
3. Hirinq halls or'labor pools.
608.4.-23. Limitations on outdoor uses.
Sec. 608.6. Minimum lot requirements.
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-2-1. For other non-residential uses, and for
mixtures of other non-residential uses
with residential uses, no specific
dimensional minimum requirements are
established, but lots shall be of
sufficient width and area to conform
with other requirements and limitations
of these -and other lawful regulations.
Sec. 608.7. Floor area limitations; allowable
increase in floor area for certain features.
608.7.1. Floor area limitations.
Except as modified by section 608.7.2 below,
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1. The maximum floor area ratio for
residential or nonresidential use in a
building shall not exceed two (2.0)
times the gross lot area.
2. Mixed Use Buildings: The maximum floor
area for combination residential and
non-residential use in a building shall
not exceed two and- twenty-five
hundredths (2.25) times the gross lot
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608.7.2. Allowable increase in floor area for
certain features.
The floor area dor floor area ratio for
buildings that provide certain features shall
be increased to a floor area ratio not to
exceed two and seventy-five hundredths (2.75)
in conformance with the following provisions
and limitations:
3. Pedestrian open space.
b. Arcades, plazas and pedestrian
through connections: For buildings that
provide ground level interior or exterior
plazas, interior arcades or through block
pedestrian connections that link directly to
public street sidewalks and are not less than
ten percent (10%) of the gross lot area in
size (in addition to required open space),
the floor area shall be increased by one-
tenth (0.1) F.A.R.
Sec. 608.8. Minimum open space requirements.
As fer G 1 . A minimum of ten percent (10%)
of the gross lot area shall be provided in
the form of exterior ground level plazas
and/or second level terraces that conform to
the standards of Section 608.12.
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Sec. 608.8.1 Minimum Setbacks:
There shall be no minimum setback
requirements except for plazas in which case
the Class II Special Permit determinations
would determine the appropriate plaza.
Sec. 608.9. Maximum height.
As €ei= C1. Unlimited, except that building
walls shall not exceed forty (40) feet along
the front base building line adjacent to any
streets, and the remaining building height
may begin at a distance of ten (10) feet back
from the base building line.
Sec. 608.10. Minimum offstreet parking.
2. Structural alterations and additions to
existing buildings with nonconforming
off-street parking characteristics shall
be permitted only if the following
provisions are met:
b. ire Any new addition shall meet the
minimum off-street parking requirement for
i -t -s the total floor area of such addition.
4. For residential uses that are adaptive
re -uses of existing structures only,
built prior to 1985, required parking
may be eliminated in its entirety by
Class II Special Permit.
5. For the specified uses listed below,
off-street parking requirements shall be
modified as follows:
a. For retail sales of furniture, home
furnishings, lighting, art, kitchen
equipment and furnishings., office
furnishings, and similar design trade
merchandise: one (1) space for every six
hundred (600) square feet of gross floor
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area for the first 2,000 square feet of
gross floor area, and thereafter, (1)
space for every eight hundred (800)
square feet of gross floor area.
b. For office use: one (1) space for
every three hundred and fifty (350)
square feet of gross floor area.
C. For photographic studios, film and
video production, sound recording and
post production studios: one (1) space
for every five hundred (500) square feet
of gross floor area.
d. For wholesale trade (no point of
sale to the general public): one (1)
space for every eight hundred (800)
square feet.
e. For storage (no point of sale to
the general public) : one (1) space for,
every three -thousand (3,000) square
feet.
Sec. 608.12. Use and Design Standards
In accordance with Section 608.3.
proceaures for Class 11 special Permit
determinations, all permit applications shall
comply with the following use and design
standards:
1. Pedestrian Streets - The following
streets "within the SD -8 Miami Design
District are classified as "Primary
Pedestrian Pathways" and shown on' the
Zoninq Atlas:
a. Biscavne Boulevard
b. NE 2nd Avenue from 38th Street
to 415L Street
C. NE 1St Avenue from 38th Street
to 41'9' --Street
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d. North Miami Avenue from 38th
Street to 41SL Street
e. NE 38th Street from Biscayne
Boulevard to Federal Highway
f. NE 39th Street from North
Miami Avenue to NE 2 ndAvenue
g. NE 40th Street from North
Miami Avenue to NE 2n Avenue
h. NE 41St Street from North
Miami Avenue to NE 2n Avenue
i. NE 39th Street from Biscayne
Boulevard to Federal Hiqhwav
j. All permits for parcels
fronting on designated
"Primary Pedestrian Pathways"
shall comply with the "City of
Miami Primary Pedestrian
Pathway Design Guides and
Standards", except where
herein modified.
2. Pedestrian Entrance - The principal
pedestrian entrance of all buildings
shall be directly from a street or
publicly accessible plaza abutting the
street. The front street fagade shall
have direct sidewalk. pedestrian
entrances at maximum intervals ' of
seventy-five feet.
3. Retail Fagades. - For lot frontages on
designated "Primary Pedestrian
Pathways", a minimum of sixty-five
percent (65%) of the front fagade at
sidewalk level, including the perimeter
of permitted ground level plazas, shall
be occupied by retail use with a minimum
interior twenty (20) foot depth of floor
space as measured from the front fagade.
4. Surfaces Building walls facing
streets shall have transparent glazing,
clear or lightly tinted, for a minimum
of fifty percent (50%) of the first
floor retail front facades and a minimum
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of thirty percent (30%) and a maximum of
sixty percent (60%) of the full height
of the front building wall. Above the
second floor, screening of garage
structures may utilize translucent
glazing.
5. Building Floor Height and Massing - For
structures fronting on Primary
Pedestrian Pathways, first floor retail
frontage (as noted in Seca 608.12.4.
ceiling heights shall be a minimum of
fourteen (14) feet and not more than
twenty (20) feet.
6. Transition Lines - For structures
taller than two stories, a transition
line or cornice shall be provided at the.
top of the first story.
7. Parking Garages - Parking garages may
occupy space to the front or side street
(corner) building wall only above the
second story and in that event, shall
have architectural treatment of the
street front building wall generally
consistent in the proportion and spacing
of window fenestrations and'
architectural details with the that of
the first two floors. Ramping may be
expressed only on fagades facing
interior service courts or alleys.
8: Surface Parking Lots - Surface parking
lots shall be permitted provided they
are screened at the five foot setback
line along street frontages with a solid
screen wall five (5) or more feet in
height or minimum depth of ten (10) feet
of landscaping. In no event shall a
surface parking lot providing required
off-street parking spaces for a
structure occupy more than twenty-five
percent (25%) of the front lot line
width adjacent to a "Primary Pedestrian
Pathway"
9. Drop -Off Areas - Vehicular drop off
areas and porte-cochere for hotels and
high density residential or other larae-
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scale development shall be limited in
location to non -"Primary Pedestrian
Pathway" street frontages or side street
frontages of corner lots. Vehicular
drive entrances along Primary Pedestrian
Pathways shall be limited to not more
than twenty-five ( 2 5 ) feet in width and
a minimum spacing of seventy-five (75)
feet between curb cuts. Drop off areas
served by such entry drives shall be set
back from the sidewalk line by a minimum
of twenty (20) feet. Street front hotel
and residential entrances on "Primary
Pedestrian Pathways" may be permitted a
canopy extending from the front facade
to the curb edge with a passenger
loading zone at curbside.
10. Loading and Service Entries - Loading
and service entries shall occur where
possible only on alleys and within
parking lots and garages. For those
properties with frontages only on
Primary Pedestrian Pathways, loading and
servicing shall be allowed within
reserved curbside space clearly marked
for loading and servicing and located in
consultation with the Planning and
Zoning Department, Public Works
Department and the Off -Street Parking
Authoritv.
11. Parking Garage Pedestrian Entries -
Pedestrian entries to parking garages
shall be directly from the street or
publicly accessible plazas and
courtyards as well as from the
contiguous building. Where cross -block
pedestrian passages abut a garage,
direct pedestrian entry should be
provided from the passage.
12. Parking Garage Rooftops - The roofs of
parking structures, when utilized for
parking, shall have landscaped shade
structures covering a minimum of sixty
percent (60%) of the total open area.
13. Setback and Sidewalk Design Standards -
Sidewalk level setback space between the
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front building wall and the public
sidewalk shall be surfaced, landscaped,
lighted and improved with street
furniture in a manner consistent with
and to serve as an extension of the
public sidewalk and streetscape,
improvements of the Miami Design
District. Where public sidewalks have
not been improved to the standards of
the City of Miami's Design District
Design Development Plan at the time of a
permit issued for new construction or
substantial expansion of an existing
building, the applicant shall construct
at their sole cost all improvements of
the public streetscape from the base
building line to the back of the curb to
meet the standards of the Design
Development Plan.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar
as they are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of
this Ordinance are repealed.
Section 3. If any section, part of section, paragraph,
clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is declared invalid, the
remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty
(30) days after final reading and adoption thereof.21
a/ This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed
by the Mayor within ten 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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PASSED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY this 26th day of
July 2001.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING BY TITLE ONLY
this 25th day of September 2001.
JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR
In wcordance with Miami Code Sec. 2-36, since the Mayor did not indicate aoprovd of
a'l'as legislation by signing it in the designated dace PrP = edea, said legis{
becomes effective with the elapse of ten (1 G) days fro We date o om. issiora
regarding same, without the Mayor exer�i fig vet
ATTEST: Walter J t
: m-1/ity Clerk
WALTER J. FOEMAN
CITY CLER
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APPLICANT
HEARING DATE
REQUEST/LOCATION
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
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SECOND READING
PLANNING FACT SHEET
City of Miami Department of Planning and Zoning
May 16, 2001
Amendment to Article 6, Section 608 of Zoning Ordinance
11000.
N/A
PETITION Consideration of amending Ordinance 11000, as
amended, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami,
Florida, by amending Article 6, Section 608, Design
Plaza Commercial Residential District, in order to
rename the district, expand on the intent, remove three
existing permitted uses, increase the allowable floor
area, revise the minimum open space requirements,
modify the minimum off-street parking, change
limitations on signs and add use and design standards.
PLANNING
RECOMMENDATION
Approval.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The Miami Design District (a revised name per the
amendment) has been the subject of a City of Miami
sponsored "Miami Design District and Little Haiti/Creole
District Planning Study." The study was adopted. -by the
Planning Advisory Board and the City Commission. The
current amendment serves the purpose of implementing
the recommendations and regulations in the planning
study. It is the City's objective to promote development
and redevelopment efforts within the Miami Design
District, therefore, the proposed amendment is to allow
more intense design standards appropriate in a dense
urban setting and to allow more flexibility in parking and
open space requirements. The existing requirement for
Class II Special Permit has not changed. The purpose of
the Special Permit is still for the Planning and Zoning
Department to ensure conformity of the application with
the expressed intent of this district.
PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD
Approval VOTE: 8-0
CITY COMMISSION Passed
First Reading on July 26, 2001.
APPLICATION NUMBER 01-024
Item # 5
CITY OF MIAMI • PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT
444 SW 2ND AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR • MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33130 PHONE (305) 416-1400
Date: 5/11/2001 rage i
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RESOLUTION PAB -43-01
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A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A CONSIDERATION
OF AMENDING ORDINANCE 11000, AS AMENDED, THE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, BY AMENDING ARTICLE 6,
SECTION 608, DESIGN PLAZA COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT,
IN ORDER TO RENAME THE DISTRICT, EXPAND ON THE INTENT,
REMOVE THREE EXISTING PERMITTED USES, INCREASE THE
ALLOWABLE FLOOR AREA RATIO, REVISE THE MINIMUM OPEN
SPACE REQUIREMENTS, MODIFY LIMITATIONS ON SIGNS AND ADD
USE AND DESIGN STANDARDS.
HEARING DATE: May 16, 2001
ITEM NO.: 5
VOTE: 8-0
ATTEST:-
An&eOeryWfiez, 0irectior
Planning and -Zoning Department