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Home My WebLink AboutM-96-0783�i -6 GR.OVe T',N(E)ITION ewice 1911:y 354'0 ;�MJqII� fh 33133 4 *8-0633 "X *45-2224 e5v-ptvzmbfzr 4, 1996 Mr. Cesar Odio, City Manager The City of Miami 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 - , Attention: Agenda Clerk Dear Mr. Odio: We request the Commission issue us permits to place a four or five piece band on two parking spaces immediately adjacent to our property line in front of the Taurus at,3540 Main Highway, Coconut Grove. We have a long history of renting these parking spaces from the Off Street Parking Authority specifically for this purpose for special events five or six times a year. We are specifically asking for permission to do this at the request of the Police Department, and the Net Office as a way of formalizing this practice. The specific events we are requesting for 1996/97 are: Halloween, Thursday night October 31, 1996, from 8:30pm to 12pm. Mango Strut, Sunday afternoon December 29, 1996, from 2pm to 6pm. E 1 Taste of the Grove, Sunday afternoon January 19, 1997 from 2pm to 6pm. s Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Saturday, Sunday & Monday afternoon { February 15, 16 & 17, 1997 from 3pm to 6:30pm. We request to be on the agenda prior to the first event above. Thank you for your _.. consideration. Sincerely yea S. CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA 1 INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: DA V,'. FILE Honorable Mayor and October 16, 1996 City Commissioners SUBJECT I Personal Appearance FROM : Me tt S er m .•.A.er� REFERENCES: Ci ENCLOSURES: Request by Taurus Restaurant to place four or five piece band on two parking spaces adjacent to the Taurus during certain events in Coconut Grove. Staff Recommendation: Denial i fThe N/E Coconut Grove Net Office requests denial for the following reasons: 1. Placing a band in the street is a safety hazard to motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians. 2. This request would require conditions such as street closures, permits and insurance. This would fall under the guidelines of Coconut Grove Special Events. 3. The musicians would need to adhere to the noise ordinance. 4. The residential neighbors are strongly against this request due to the noise. i 1 { i i i i i i i { i 6! 7 3 3 W . TUCKER GIBBS� ATTORNEY AT LAW GRAND DAY PLAZA SUITE 603 2666 SOUTH DAYSHORE DRIVE COCONUT GROVr,, L`LORSDA 33133 TELEPHONE (305) 856.2711 FACSIMILE (305) 854.6093 1 October 21, 1996 Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners -(r*+ J Miami City Hall -T N i71 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 rn �, co RE: OCTOBER 21, 1996 COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM NO. 7 „ 7 Z rn Dear Mayor Carollo and City Commissioners: I have been retained by Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Corey who reside at a3507 Main Highway to represent them in the referenced matter. My _ clients live across the street from the Taurus Restaurant in the Camp Biscayne single family subdivision. They, along with residents representing 24 of the 28 properties in Camp Biscayne oppose the request to place a band in the two parking spaces in the public right-of-way in front of the restaurant. Their objection to this requst is based upon the following: • As residents in this community, they have a right to the quiet enjoyment of their property. i • The City should not allow public right-of-way to be used for the sole purpose of insuring a profit for a private entity. l • The City Code establishes regulations to insure that noise from any source is limited. There is no compelling -reason to increase the noise level in this area at the expense of the surrounding residents. 1 • Granting this "permit" opens the door for establishments all over the business district to request and get the same use of G the public right-of-way. This could lead to the loud noise of E competing bands up and down the streets of Coconut Grove. s s I bG- 783 Fl- 1i TR,(4V1T10N NNW J 35*0 Cal-01N flIG -MY fL 33133 *48-0G33 "X q-45-222* Oetob` 3s 1996 Commissioner J. L. Plummer City of Miami 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 Reference Agenda Item # 7 at the Commission Meeting on October 24, 1996 Dear J.L. This agenda item deferred from the meeting of October 10, 1966 with the request by Commissioner Plummer that we get together with the Net Office, the Police, and the Neighbors to come up with an acceptable alternative. The modified request is attached and has been furnished to the agenda coordinator although not in sufficient time to be modified on the agenda. In February of '1996, prior to the last time we had a band outside, we met with the Police and the neighbors in an effort to resolve the complaints of a few neighbors who live on Main Highway. Since that time, over 180 nights of music have occurred without any complaints regarding noise levels. We took the necessary measures, and enforced them to insure this good neighbor policy. Now a few neighbors object to us having a band outside on the four special occasions requested on the attached agenda item. They do not represent all our neighbors. We have letters from other neighbors who live next door saying we have never been intrusive to them. A number of other neighbors have told me that we do not intrude but are staying out of the issue, as can be understood, since they live next door to the few that complain. The net office is siding with the few neighbors by saying we are in a residential area. Yes residences are adjacent to our property but we are clearly in a commercial area, and taxed on a commercial basis. The Taurus and it's predecessors have been a commercial endeavor continuously since 1919. The Taurus is a pillar of law and order, and provides entertainment and service to the community in general. The Taurus has contributed its own special flavor to special events in the Grove, since its inception. As you are aware many commercial spaces in the Grove are vacant and for sale or rent. In order to have a vital Grove, you have to have vital participating merchants who contribute in their own unique way to these special occasions. We ask for your support on this issue so we may continue to enhance the ambiance that is special to the Grove on these four special occasions. Sincerely Your i f ��- '783 Br ce Wilson { V .�Me TR,-NVITION c5,INCe 3540 [M-(IIN t11G W%T9 GOCO�INUT CR0ve fU 33133 4*8-0633 "X 4*5-2224 Oetobv-r 23, 1996 Mr. Merritt Stierheim, City Manager , The City of Miami 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 Attention: Elvi C. Gallastegui, Aqenda Coordinator Dear Mr. Stierheim: This agenda item was deferred at the meeting of October 10th, 1996. Commissioner Plummer requested we meet with the Police, the Net Office and our Neighbors. Based on the input garnered from those meetings we alter our request to the Commission as follows. A resolution to declare an exemption from the prohibitions contained in Miami City Code Chapter 36-4 (a) and declare them inapplicable on the following special occasions as provided for in Chapter 36-4 (b). The special occasions in 1996/97 are: • Permission to have a band outside on our patio Halloween night, Thursday October 31, 1996, from 8:00pm to 11 pm. • Permission to have a band outside on our patio immediately following the Mango Strut, Sunday afternoon December 29, 1996, from 2pm to dark. • Permission to have a band outside on our patio during the Taste of the Grove, Sunday afternoon January 19, 1997 from 2pm to dark. • Permission to have a band outside on our patio during the Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Sunday afternoon February 16, 1997 from 3pm to dark. We would like to point out that Sunday February 18, 1995, (the second day of last years Arts Festival) we had a band that played on our patio and no complaints were received from neighbors or the Police. This special occasion followed soon after our meeting with the neighbors and Police at which time we promised to take the necessary measures to keep our sound at acceptable levels. Based on this performance we believe we can contain our sound on the special occasions above. We are asking for this resolution at the request of the Police Department as a way of formalizing the activities we have practiced for many years on special occasions.. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely yours record il, c; .>> ,°�iii► Bruce Wil on Item _. __ on 4 City Clerk ' 46- 783