HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoundaries DesignatedSec. 14-27. Boundaries designated.
The downtown district described as follows shall be under
the jurisdiction and control of the downtown development
authority:
Begin at the intersection of the centerline of N.W. Fifth
Street and N.W. Third Avenue (east side of N -S Expressway
(I-95), thence run southerly along the centerline of N.W.
Third Avenue and the easterly side of N -S Expressway to the
centerline of West Flagler Street; thence westerly along
the centerline of said West Flagler Street to the
centerline of the Miami River; thence meandering
southeasterly along the centerline of said Miami River to a
point of intersection with the easterly right-of-way line
of Metro Rapid Transit right-of-way (formerly Florida East
Coast (FEC) Railroad right-of-way) said right-of-way line
being 50 feet easterly of and parallel with the centerline
of said Metro Rapid Transit right-of-way; thence run
southerly and southwesterly along said easterly right-of-
way line of Metro Rapid Transit to the intersection with
the centerline of S.W. 15th Road; thence southeasterly
along the centerline of 15th Road to a point of
intersection with the southerly prolongation of the
westerly line of Costa Bella Development Subdivision (107-
14); thence northeasterly, northwesterly and northeasterly
along said westerly line of Costa Bella to the intersection
with the southerly right-of-way line of S.E. 14th Lane;
thence southeasterly, northeasterly, northerly, and
northwesterly along said southerly and easterly right-of-
way line of S.E. 14th Lane and S.E. 14th Terrace to the
intersection with the northwesterly property line of lot
31, block 2 of amended plat of Point View as recorded in
plat book 2 at page 93 of the public records of Dade
County, Florida; thence northeasterly along the
northwesterly line of said lot 31, to the northeasterly
side of the existing ten -foot alley in block 2 of said
Point View; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly
side of said ten -foot alley to the intersection with the
property line between lots 4 and 5 of said block 2 of Point
View; thence northeasterly along said line of lots 4 and 5
and its prolongation thereof to the centerline of S.E. 14th
Street; thence southeasterly along said centerline of S.E.
14th Street to a point of intersection with the existing
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bulkhead and shoreline of Biscayne Bay; thence meandering
northerly along the existing bulkhead and shoreline of
Biscayne Bay to a point of intersection with the southerly
boundary of Claughton Island Bridge; thence easterly along
the said southerly right-of-way line of Claughton Island
Bridge to the intersection with the westerly bulkhead line
of Claughton Island, said bulkhead line being part of the
Metropolitan Dade County bulkhead line as recorded in plat
book 73 at page 18 of the public records; thence southerly,
easterly, northerly and westerly, following said existing
bulkhead and its westerly prolongation thereof around the
island to the intersection with the mainland on the
easterly shoreline of Biscayne Bay; thence meandering in a
northwesterly and westerly direction along the shoreline of
Biscayne Bay and the Miami River to the intersection with
the easterly right-of-way line of Brickell Avenue Bridge
(S.E. Second Avenue); thence north along said bridge to the
existing bulkhead on the northerly shoreline of the Miami
River; said bulkhead line also being the southerly boundary
of the Dupont Plaza Center and Miami Center Joint Venture
property; thence northeasterly along the southerly boundary
of Dupont Plaza Center and Miami Center Joint Venture
property to a point of intersection with the easterly
property line of Chopin Associates and Miami Center Limited
Partnership; said property line being along the shoreline
of Biscayne Bay; thence northerly along said easterly
property line of Chopin Associates and Miami Center Limited
Partnership property along Biscayne Bay to the southerly
property line of Bayfront Park; thence continuing
northerly, northeasterly and northwesterly along the
bulkhead line of Bayfront Park and the Bayfront Park
Miamarina to a point of intersection with the southerly
right-of-way line of State Road A -1-A (Douglas Macarthur
Causeway); thence easterly along the southerly right-of-way
of said Douglas Macarthur Causeway to its intersection with
the easterly right-of-way line of the Intercoastal
Waterway, said point also being the westerly line of the
submerged parcel of land of the NW quadrant of Watson
Island as shown on the boundary survey of NW quadrant
upland and submerged parcel (City of Miami miscellaneous
file 61-398); thence southerly along the easterly right-of-
way line of said Intercoastal Waterway to a point of
intersection of the turning basin limit with the northerly
line of the Miamimain ship channel, said point also being
approximately 500 feet west of the westerly bulkhead line
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of Watson Island and 1200 feet southerly of the south
right-of-way line of Douglas Macarthur Causeway, as per
O.R.B. 2454, pages 77-79; thence northeasterly,
southeasterly and northeasterly along the southeasterly
line of said NW quadrant of Watson Island to the most
easterly corner of said NW quadrant of Watson Island, said
corner being on the southwesterly right-of-way line of
Douglas Macarthur Causeway; thence northwesterly and
westerly along the said right-of-way line to the northwest
corner of said NW quadrant of Watson Island; thence
westerly along the southerly right-of-way line of the state
road A-1-A (Douglas Macarthur Causeway) to the bulkhead
line of Biscayne Bay; thence northerly along the bulkhead
line of Biscayne Bay to a point of intersection with the
centerline of N.E. 17th Street extended easterly; thence
westerly along the centerline of N.E. 17th Street and its
extension thereof to a point ofintersection with the
centerline of North Bayshore Drive; thence northerly along
the centerline of North Bayshore Drive to its intersection
with the centerline of N.E. 17th Terrace; thence
northwesterly along the centerline of N.E. 17th Terrace to
its intersection with the southwesterly extension of the
northwesterly line of lot 2 of block 1 of Seaport as
recorded in plat book 149 at 79 of the public records of
Dade County, Florida; thence northeasterly along the
northwesterly line of said lot 2, and its said
southwesterly extension thereof, to the southwesterly
corner of lot 1 of block 1 of said Seaport (149-79); thence
southeasterly and easterly along the southerly line of said
lot 1 and its easterly extension to its intersection with
the centerline of North Bayshore Drive; thence
northeasterly along the centerline of North Bayshore Drive
to its intersection with the southeasterly extension of the
northerly line of said lot 1 of block 1 of said Seaport
(149-79); thence northwesterly along the northerly line of
said lot 1, and its said southeasterly extension thereof,
to the northwesterly corner of said lot 1; thence
northwesterly across a 10-foot-wide alley to the
northeasterly corner of lot 6 of block 8 of Miramar amended
as recorded inplat book 5 at page 4 of the public records
of Dade County, Florida; thence northwesterly along the
northerly line of said lot 6 and its northwesterly
extension to its intersection with the centerline of
Sevilla Street (N.E. 4th Avenue) of said Miramar amended
(5-4); thence southwesterly along the centerline of said
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Sevilla Street (N.E. 4th Avenue) to its intersection with
the centerline of Vedado Street (N.E. 4th Avenue) of said
Miramar amended (5-4); thence northerly along the
centerline of N.E. 4th Avenue (Vedado Street); thence
northerly along the centerline of N.E. Fourth Avenue to its
intersection with the centerline of N.E. 19th Street;
thence westerly along the centerline of N.E. 19th Street to
a point of intersection with southerly extension of the
easterly lot line of lot 4 of block 1 of Miramar amended as
recorded in plat book 5 at page 4 of the public records of
Dade County, Florida, thence northerly along the easterly
lot line of lot 4 and its extension thereof to the
southerly lot line oflot 8 of Coral Park as recorded in
plat book 2 at page 66 of the public records of Dade
County, Florida; thence easterly along the southerly lot
line of lot 8 to the southeast corner of said lot 8; thence
northerly along the easterly lot line of lot 8 to the
southerly right-of-way line of N.E. 20th Street; thence
easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of N.E. 20th
Street to the southerly extension of the easterly lot line
of lot 7 of said Coral Park (2-66); thence northerly along
the easterly lot line of lot 7 and its extension thereof to
the northeast corner of lot 7; thence westerly along the
northerly lot line of lot 7 to a point of intersection with
the southerly extension of the easterly lot line of lot 7
of block 4 of Bayside Park amended as recorded in plat book
2 at page 40 of the public records of Dade County, Florida;
thence northerly along the easterly lot line of lot 7 and
its extension thereof across a 15 -foot -wide alley to the
northeast corner of lot 7; thence continuing northerly
acrossthe right-of-way of N.E. 20th Terrace to the
southeast corner of lot 7 of block 1 of Bayside Park
amended (2-40); thence northerly along the easterly lot
line of lot 7 to the northeast corner of said lot 7; thence
across a 15 -foot -wide alley to the southeast corner of lot
5 block 3 of Bayonne Subdivision as recorded in plat book 2
at page 35 of the public records of Dade County, Florida;
thence northerly along the easterly lot line of lot 5, and
the northerly extension of its easterly lot line thereof,
tothe centerline of N.E. 21st Street; thence easterly along
the centerline of N.E. 21st Street to a point of
intersection with the southerly extension of the easterly
lot line of lot 3 of block 1 of Bayonne Subdivision (2-35);
thence northerly along the easterly lot line and its
extension thereof, to the southerly lot line of tract A of
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Caruso Subdivision as recorded in plat book 79 at page 23
of the, public records of Dade County, Florida; thence
easterly along the southerly tract line of tract A to the
southerly extension of the easterly right-of-way line of
N.E. Fourth Avenue; thence northerly along the easterly
right-of-way line of N.E. Fourth Avenue and its extension
thereof to the centerline of N.E. 24th Street; thence
westerly along the centerline of N.E. 24th Street to the
centerline of N.E. Second Avenue; thence southerly along
the centerline of N.E. Second Avenue to the centerline of
N.E. 17th Street; thence westerly along the centerline of
N.E. 17th Street and N.W. 17th Street to the easterly
right-of-way line of the FEC Railroad; thence southerly
along the easterly right-of-way line of the FEC Railroad to
the centerline of N.W. Fifth Street thence westerly along
the centerline of N.W. Fifth Street to the point of
beginning.
(Ord. No. 12307, §§ 2, 3, 12-12-02)
Editors note: Ord. No. 12307, §§ 2, 3, adopted December
12, 2002, repealed and reenacted § 14-27 in its entirety to
read as herein set out. Formerly, § 14-27 pertained to
similar subject matter and derived from the Code of 1967, §
13-2; Ord. No. 9650, § 1, adopted July 8, 1983; Ord. No.
9835, § 1, adopted May 24, 1984; Ord. No. 10575, § 1,
adopted April 27, 1989, and the Code of 1980, § 14-17.
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