HomeMy WebLinkAboutM-81-0785George Knox, Jr.,
Terry Percy, Esq.
Office of the City
City of Miami
Miami, Florida
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Apt. B 201
1901 Brickell Avenue �.....
Miami, Florida 33129/
September 24, 1981
Esq. and
Attorney
Re: Proposed Ordinance --Second
Item 1, Planning and Zoning
September 242 1981, Formal
Dear Mr. Knox and Mr. Percy:
Reading--SPD-1 Central Island District
Agenda
City Commission Session
I wish to make you aware of additional insufficiencies in the above
referenced application which would preclude its being considered or
approved today.
Article XXX §2(3) of the Zoning Ordinance requires that "The application
shall be accompanied by all pertinent information ... which may be
required for proper consideration of the matter. . ." This would
include the "study" of Brickell Place on which the Planning Department
based its recommendation. The study was not included with the
application, thus making the application invalid or incomplete.
Article XXX §2(4) of the Zoning Ordinance requires that "All documents,
reports, studies, exhibits, or other written or graphic materials, if
any, to be used by the City in response to a zoning amendment, shall
be part of the application file at least three (3) working days prior
to the public hearing." The "study" which City allegedly used in
considering this application was not made a part of the application
file prior to the public hearing before the Planning Advisory Board
or prior to the public hearing before the City Commission on June
25, 1981. In fact, that "study" was not made available to me until
late July, 1981) and I believe that as of this date, it still has.
not been made a part of the application file.
Article XXX §50) of the Zoning Ordinance requires the Director of
Administration for Planning and Zoning Boards to "transmit promptly
to the Departments of Planning, Law, Building and Public Works all
papers and supporting documents which relate to the proposal for
amendment. . ." Since those papers and supporting documents were not
a part of the application or file, it would not have been possible
for him to comply with this requirement.
Article XXX §10 (1) (b) requires that the report and recommendations
of the Planning Advisory Board to show certain qualifications, including
the need and justification for the proposed change, and how the
proposed change relates to the purposes and objectives of the City's
comprehensive plans. The report and recommendation of the PAB fails
to comply with this section.
All the above mentioned sections of the City Zoning 03+dinance are
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manditory in that they are couched in terms of "shall". Further,
I was unfairly prejudiced in my evaluation and presentations before
the PAB and City Commission because of the lack of the required
information, and have made that complaint previously on the record.
Also, because of the lack of the required information other members
of the public, as well as the members of the PAB and 6ity Commission
were prejudiced and unal*e to make informed decisions.
For the above reasons, I believe the subject application for a
zoning ordinance amendment is fatally defective, and xpust be
removed from the agenda.
— Sincerely, l
JRNET LENORE COOPER
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George Knox, Jr.,.Esq.
City Attorney
City of Miami
Miami, Florida
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Apt. B 2010
1901 Brickell
Miami, Florida
September 22,
Re: Proposed Ordinance --Second Reading--SPD-1
Item 1, Planning and Zoning Agenda
September 24, 1981 Formal City Commission
Dear Mr. Knox:
Central Island District
Session
I am most sorry to have to report that in spite of our discussion
in the presence of Terry Percy in which you stated that there should
be notice for ordinances on second reading, there is no*notice of
the public hearing on the above referenced item. That is, no
publication, no mailing, and no posting, notice was done. Therefore,
I am forced to object once again to this item for lack of notice.
In addition, pursuant to Article XXX, Section 13 of the Comprehensive
Zoning Ordinance of Miami, Florida, this application must be deemed to
have been denied. This is the case because a recommendation of the
Planning Advisory Board has not been "legislatively decided within
the ninety (90) days of the date of its receipt by the City Commission."
The attached Inter -Office Memorandum dated Tray 8, 1981 from Gloria
Fox to Howard Gary indicates when it was sent to the City Commission.
Even excluding the entire month of August, as provided in the
ordinance, more than 90 days have passed, therefore, the application
must be deemed to be denied. Please note that this result is
mandatory because of the manditory "shall" in the language.
Also, as set forth in my letter of May 28, 1081, I object to this
application being brought as a Planning Department Application since
all the evidence indicates that the true applicant is a developer,
Brickell Cay, Inc. The applicant should be identified, and
required to follo,,r the prescribed procedure, which includes paying
a 4300.00 fee and bringing the application to the Zoning Board in
addition to the Planning li visory Board and the City Cc=ission.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
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ANET LEIIORE COOFER
P.S. On July 23, 1981, at the City Commission meeting from which this
item was deferred (not continued), the attorney for Brickell Cay, Inc.
stated for the record that in his opinion, the item would have to be
deemed denied if it were not decided that night, and, of course, it
was not decided that night.
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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
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City Manager
SUBJECT- ORDINANCE AMENDMENT-SPO-1 DISTRICT
' COMMISSION AGENDA - May 28, 1981
PLANNING & ZONING ITEMS
FROM Or d FOX REFERENCES:
Assistant Director
i Planning and Zoning Boards ENCLOSURES:
Administration
The Miami Planning Advisory Board, at its meeting of May 6, 1981, Item #5,
following an advertised Hearing, adopted Resolutions No. PAB 25-81 by a
6 to 0 vote and PAB 26-81 by a 4 to 2 vote (2 members absent) RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL of amendments to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance 6871 by modi-
fying Subsection (3) of Section'7, and Subsection (1) of Section 13,
ARTICLE XXI-3, SOD-1 CENTRAL ISLAND DISTRICT pertaining to Ground Level
Pedestrian Open Space and Required Off -Street Parking for Residential De-
velopment, as per the attached.
One objection received in the mail,
An ORDINANCE to provide for this Ordinance Amendment has been prepared by
theCity torney's office and submitted for consideration of the City
Commission.
GF:cm
cc: Law Department
NOTE: Planning Department Recommendation:. APPROVAL.