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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-79-0183-A3-12-79 GMM:S/2 RESOLUTION NO. 79-183-A A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 74-970 TO PERMIT AN OPENING IN THE WALL ALONG THE N.W. 11TH STREET SIDE OF THE CENTRAL SHOPPING PLAZA SUBJECT TO THE 10 CONDITIONS ENUMERATED HEREIN. WHEREAS, on September 12, 1974, the City Commission passed and adopted Resolution No. 74-970 permitting a drive-in teller facility on the Central Shopping Plaza property; and WHEREAS, the Zoning Board recommended an opening for egress into N.W. llth Street on 38th Avenue; and WHEREAS, numerous hearings have been held concerning the opening; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. Resolution No. 74-970 be and it is hereby amended to permit an opening in the wall along the N.W. llth Street side of the Central Shopping Plaza subject to the following conditions: "DOCUMENT INDEX I1 a. The opening shall be for egress only. ITEM NO. b. Appropriate stop signs shall be provided at the exit. c. The exit shall be clearly marked that it is to be used as an exit for passenger vehicles only. d. The width of the exit shall be less than that which is required for commercial trucks. e. Speed bumps shall be installed in order to limit vehicular exit and said gate shall only be opened during the hours that the drivers license testing facility is open. f. A permanent pedestrian opening must be provided in the north wall to N.W. llth Street. g• Said gate must be opened by the officials of the testing facility in the morning and locked by said officials in the afternoon. CITY COMMISSION OF Z2:18.1•A. h. An on -site driving course at the Northwest corner of the shopping center shall be provided for use by the State Division of Drivers Licenses. i. The opening approved herein shall only remain as long as the drivers license testing facility remains a tenant in the Central Shopping Plaza. If and when said facility is not a tenant of the Central Shopping Plaza, the opening in the wall shall be closed and the wall reconstructed. This entire approval shall be subject to a one-year review by the City Commission. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of March , 1979. ATTEST: PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: ") G. MIRIAM MAER ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY MAURICE A. FERRE APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ORGE KNOX, JR. CITY ' J ORNEY MAYOR 6 ZONING FACT SHEET A PPLICA NT R EQUEST EXPLANATION Central Shopping Plaza and the State of Florida Division of Drivers Licenses To provide an opening in the north wall of the shopping Plaza for vehicular access from N. W. llth Street some- where in the vicinity of N. W. 39 Avenue. The City Commission previously considered this request, June 17, 1976 and did not allow an opening. (Motion #76-597) The original approval for Central Shopping Plaza required a landscaped buffer and rear walls along NW Ilth Street and NW 39th Avenue prohibiting any access to these two streets from the shopping plaza, except adjacent to NW 7th Street. A public hearing was held by the City Commission on Septem- ber 12, 1974 to consider a bank and drive-in teller facility; the Planning Department and the Zoning Board recommended an opening for egress only onto NW 1 1th Street at 38th Avenue. At this hearing many local residents and the Grapeland Heights Civic Association were opposed to any additional access openings to the north or west. The Commission approved the application by Resolution 74-970 which did not allow access to the Public Hearing on June 17, 1976, was pursuant to the owners and mer- chants of Central Shopping Plaza requesting a change in the conditions and limitations imposed on Central Shopping Plaza by the City. The proposed change was to permit one or more openings for ingress/egress to NW llth Street facilitate traffic movement for two operations which have been added to the shopping center since its original development. These arc a Florida State Drivers License Station and a bank drive-in teller operation. To date, the applicants have offered the following conditions to be attached to the permission to have a vehicular access open- ing to N. W. l lth Street: 1. The proposed opening will be for egress only (exiting the site only). 2. Provide appropriate stop signs at the exit. 3. Clearly mark the exit that it is to be used for exit only and for passenger vehicles only. 4. The width of the exit to be less than required for commercial trucks. 5. Install necessary speed bumps to limit vehicular exiting speeds. 6. Provide a permanent pedestrian opening in the north wall �- y 7 f to N. W. llth Street. • RECOMMENDATIONS PLANNING DEPARTMENT 7. Install a conventional steel gat., at the vehicle egress which would only be opened during the hours of the Drivers License Testing Facility. This gate would be opened by the officials of the Testing Facility in the morning and locked by them in the afternoon. 8. Provide an on -site driving course at the N. W. corner of the shopping center for use by the State Division of Driver Licenses. APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SETFORTH BY THE APPLICANTS AS STATED IN THE ABOVE EXPLANATION OF THE REQUEST. DADE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF TRAFFIC AND TRANS- PORTATIONS APPROVAL COMMUNITY REACTION Area residents continue to oppose any opening onto N. W. llth Street. CITY COMMISSION Deferred October 27, 1976 for full Commission (1 member absent). PD 12/5/77 r r 1-5-78 Denied wall opening November 17, 1976, and requested investi- gation of alternative sites for the Drivers License Bureau. Deferred April 27, 1977 for neighborhood meeting to discuss alternatives, to be chaired by Commissioner J. L. Plummer. Deferred July 21, 1977 due toanticipated length of meeting. Discussion September 15, 1977 of neighborhood meeting and requested a public hearing be held in November. Dcferr„ , Decemb' r 15, 1977. APPROVED, January 24, 1978, with conditions, for a one year period.