HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem#1 - SD-7 Sign Amendm. for HotelsPLANNING FACT SHEET
LEGISTAR FILE ID: 09-01372zt December 16, 2009 Item # P.1
APPLICANT Pedro G. Hernandez, City Manager on behalf of the City of
Miami
REQUEST/LOCATION Consideration of amendment to the City Zoning Ordinance
No. 11000, Article 10, Section 10.6.3.7., in order to modify
the sign regulations for hotel uses in the SD -7 zoning district.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION See supporting documentation
PETITION A Resolution of the Miami Planning Advisory Board
recommending approval or denial of an Ordinance of the
Miami City Commission, amending Ordinance No. 11000, as
amended, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida,
amending Article 10, Section 10.6.3.7. SD -7 Central
Brickell Rapid Transit Commercial -Residential District,
in order to modify the sign regulations for hotel uses in
the SD -7 zoning district; containing a severability clause
and providing for an effective date
PLANNING APPROVAL
RECOMMENDATION
BACKGROUND AND This will allow for Hotels located within SD -7 (Central Brickell
ANALYSIS Rapid Transit Commercial -Residential District), to increase
the height, size or number of signs subject to Class II Special
Permit.
PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD
CITY COMMISSION
VOTE:
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CITY OF MIAMI • PLANNING DEPARTMENT
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD
RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI
CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 11000, AS AMENDED, THE
ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, BY AMENDING
ARTICLE 10, SECTION 10.6.3.7. SD -7 CENTRAL BRICKELL RAPID TRANSIT
COMMERCIAL -RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, IN ORDER TO MODIFY THE SIGN
REGULATIONS FOR HOTEL USES IN THE SD -7 ZONING DISTRICT;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the Miami Planning Advisory Board, at its meeting held on December 16, 2009,
Item No. P.1, following and advertised public hearing, adopted Resolution No. PAB-_ by a vote of
_to _ (_ _), recommending the adoption of this item to the City of Miami City Commission as
presented; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission, after careful consideration of this matter deems it advisable
and in the best interest of the general welfare of the City of Miami and its citizens to amend its Zoning
Ordinance as hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are hereby
adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Ordinance No. 11000, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami,
Florida, is hereby amended by amending the text of said Ordinance as follows:
ARTICLE 10. SIGN REGULATIONS
10.6.3.7. SD -7 Central Brickell Rapid Transit Commercial -Residential Districts.
Sign regulations:
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Permanent signs:
1. For a single establishment within a building:
Wall signs for a single establishment within a building: When a single establishment takes up an entire
building, only one (1) wall sign, not exceeding fifty (50) square feet in area, for every one hundred fifty
(150) feet of length of building wall shall be permitted for each face of the building oriented toward the
street.
Window signs, painted or attached, shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the glassed area of the
window in which placed. Number of such signs is not limited by these regulations, but aggregate area
shall be included as part of aggregate wall sign area, as limited above.
Ground signs: Ground signs, where permissible, shall be limited to monument signs only; no pole
signs shall be allowed. One (1) ground sign, limited to ten (10) square feet in area, may be erected for
buildings on lots where the street yard exceeds twenty (20) feet in depth.
Not more than one (1) projecting sign, other than a hanging sign, shall be erected, with no more than
two (2) sign surfaces, neither of which shall exceed ten (10) square feet in area. No such sign
structure shall extend more than three (3) feet from the wall of the building.
Directional signs, number and area. Directional signs, which may be combined with address signs but
shall bear no advertising matter, may be erected to guide to entrances, exits, or parking areas. Not
more than one (1) such sign, not exceeding five (5) square feet in area, shall be erected per entrance,
exit, or parking area.
2. For a single building with more than one (1) establishment opening up to the outdoors:
The building in which the establishments are located shall be allowed one (1) wall sign, limited to a
building identification sign, not exceeding fifty (50) square feet in area, for each face of the building
oriented toward the street; and in addition, each individual establishment within a building, that has a
separate entrance to the outdoors (available to the general public, whether on the ground floor or on
an upper level), and a minimum frontage of twenty (20) linear feet to the outdoors, shall be allowed the
following signs:
a) A wall sign not to exceed twenty (20) square feet in area;
b) Window signs not to exceed twenty (20) percent of the glass area of the window or glass door in
which placed; such window signs may be painted or attached, the number of such signs is not limited
by these regulations, but aggregate area shall be included as part of aggregate wall sign area, as
limited above.
c) An awning sign, limited to the skirt or bottom edge of the awning; letters, emblems, logos or
symbols not to exceed six (6) inches in height.
d) A hanging (as in under an awning or similar) sign not to exceed three (3) square feet in area.
Ground signs: Ground signs, where permissible, shall be limited to monument signs only; no pole
signs shall be allowed. One (1) ground sign, limited to ten (10) square feet in area, may be erected for
buildings on lots where the street yard exceeds twenty (20) feet in depth.
Not more than one (1) projecting sign, other than a hanging sign, shall be erected, with no more than
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two (2) sign surfaces, neither of which shall exceed ten (10) square feet in area. No such sign
structure shall extend more than three (3) feet from the wall of the building.
Directional signs, number and area. Directional signs, which may be combined with address signs but
shall bear no advertising matter, may be erected to guide to entrances, exits, or parking areas. Not
more than one (1) such sign, not exceeding five (5) square feet in area, shall be erected per entrance,
exit, or parking area.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth herein, where there are commercial, service or retail uses
in a structure which may not be seen directly from the public right-of-way, but have direct access from
a courtyard or open space which abuts a primary pedestrian pathway, a free-standing directional sign
containing the names of all the establishments concealed from direct view may be erected which may
be combined with a location map of the complex. Not more than one (1) such sign, not exceeding
twenty (20) square feet in area, shall be erected per entrance, exit, or parking area.
4. Community or neighborhood bulletin boards or kiosks: Shall be permissible only by Class I Special
Permit, as provided at section 10.3.1.6. In the case of flat bulletin boards, the area of such boards
shall not exceed twenty-five (25) square feet; and, in the case of kiosks, such structures shall not
exceed a plan section area of ten (10) square feet and an overall height (including architectural
embellishments) of ten (10) feet.
5. For hotel use: In order to facilitate the ability of visitors to the downtown Brickell Village area to find
hotel accommodations, and notwithstanding the limitations set forth in Sec. 10.7. "Limitations on signs
above a height of fifty (50) feet above grade", hotel uses in the SD -7 zoning district may, by Class II
Special Permit, seek an increase in the allowable maximum letter height: such increase not to exceed
thirty percent (30%) of the total allowable height. In addition, hotel uses shall also, by Class II Special
Permit, be allowed to place an additional sign (for a total of three (3) signs above a height of fifty (50)
feet above grade) on the building housing the hotel use.
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 approval at second
reading, 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.
Footnotes:
(1) Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be
added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted
and unchanged material.
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