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Home My WebLink AboutPZAB ResoMiami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board Resolution: PZAB-R-10-020 File ID 10-00494xc July 21, 2010 Item PZAB.6 Ms. Maria Beatriz Gutierrez offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, WITH CONDITIONS, TO THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, REQUIRING CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL, AS PART OF A MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT, FOR THE MIAMI SCIENCE MUSEUM PROJECT, AS LISTED IN ORDINANCE NO. 11000, AS AMENDED, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 401, CONDITIONAL PRINCIPAL USES OF "PR" PARKS (2), TO ALLOW SUPPORTING SOCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES (SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND RETAILING), WITH A TIME LIMITATION OF TWELVE (12) MONTHS IN WHICH A BUILDING PERMIT MUST BE OBTAINED SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1075 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, MIAMI, FLORIDA, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS EXHIBIT "A" (HEREBY ATTACHED), PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI- DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA; ZONED "PR" PARKS, RECREATION, AND OPEN SPACE. THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "1" (HEREBY ATTACHED). Upon being seconded by Mr. Charles Garavaglia, the motion was passed and adopted by a vote of 7-2: Mr. Ron Cordon No Mr. Charles A. Garavaglia Yes Mr. Patrick Goggins Yes Ms. Maria Beatriz Gutierrez Yes Mr. Lazaro Lopez Yes Mr. Ernest Martin Yes Mr. Daniel Milian Yes Mr. Guillermo Revuelta Absent Mr. Michael Schiff Yes Ms. Janice Tarbert No Ana Gelabert SK hez, Director Planning Department STATE OF FLORIDA ) COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE ) Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, Anel Rodriguez, Clerk of the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board of the City of Miami, Florida, and acknowledges that he executed the foregoing Resolution. 'tv� SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS DAY OF l I .20-10. Print Notary Name Nota4 Public State of Florida Personally know ✓ or Produced I.D. My Commission Expires: Type and number of I.D. produced Did take an oath or Did not take an oath o� v rp Notary Public Stag of Florida ; 5ttndra rorges _ My Commission DD859877 �''� oFF�,g� Expires 02/09/2013 �;, Exhibit "A" LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF SCIENCE MUSEUM AREA (S-1): A PORTION OF TRACT "A", NEW WORLD CENTER BICENTENNIAL PARK, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 140, AT PAGE 50, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS "~ OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID TRACT "A"; THENCE SOUTH 87'42'09" WEST, ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT "A", A DISTANCE OF 372.15 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 64`34'15" WEST, ALONG THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT "A", DISTANCE OF 250.56 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 25'25'45" EAST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, A DISTANCE OF 60.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE SOUTH 25'25'45" EAST, ALONG THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, A DISTANCE OF 240.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 64'34'15" WEST, ALONG A LINE LYING 300.00 FEET SOUTHEASTERLY OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO, THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT "A", A DISTANCE OF 90.00 FEET, THENCE NORTH 25'25'45" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 240.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 64'34'15" EAST, ALONG A LINE LYING 60.00 FEET SOUTHEASTERLY OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO, THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT "A", A DISTANCE OF 90.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALL OF THE FOREGOING LYING IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA AND CONTAINING 21,600 SQUARE FEET (0.496 ACRES), MORE OR LESS. TOGETHER WITH: LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF SCIENCE MUSEUM TRACT (52: A PORTION OF TRACT "A", NEW WORLD CENTER BICENTENNIAL PARK, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 140, AT PAGE 50, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID TRACT "A"; THENCE SOUTH 87'42'09" WEST, ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT "A", A DISTANCE OF 372.15 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 64'34'15" WEST, ALONG THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT "A", A DISTANCE OF 340.56 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 25'25'45" EAST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, A DISTANCE OF 60.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE SOUTH 25'25'45" EAST, ALONG THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, A DISTANCE OF 240.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 54'35'23" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 115.39 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 64'34'15" WEST, ALONG A LINE LYING 320.00 FEET SOUTHEASTERLY OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO, THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT "A", A DISTANCE OF 247.15 FEET; THENCE NORTH 80'05'29" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 138.92 FEET; THENCE NORTH 02'15'43" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 195.41 FEET; THENCE NORTH 64'34'15" EAST, ALONG A LINE LYING 60.00 FEET SOUTHEASTERLY OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO, THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT "A", A DISTANCE OF 397.25 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL OF THE FOREGOING LYING IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA AND CONTAINING 110,667 SQUARE FEET (2.541 ACRES), MORE OR LESS. TOGETHER WITH: LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF EXPA14SION AREA (S-3): A PORTION OF TRACT "A", NEW WORLD CENTER BICENTENNIAL PARK, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 140, AT PAGE 50, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID TRACT "A"; THENCE SOUTH 87'42'09" WEST, ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT "A", A DISTANCE OF 372.15 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 64'34'15" WEST, ALONG THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT "A", A DISTANCE OF 773.04 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE SOUTH 84'34'15° WEST, ALONG THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, A DISTANCE OF 57.98 FEET TO THE POINT OF CURVATURE OF A CURVE CONCAVE TO THE SOUTHEAST, HAVING AS ITS ELEMENTS A RADIUS OF 25.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 47'04'08'; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE AND ALONG THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT "A", AN ARC DISTANCE OF 20.54 FEET TO A POINT OF COMPOUND CURVATURE WITH A CURVE CONCAVE TO THE EAST, HAVING AS ITS ELEMENTS A RADIUS OF 1500.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 6'28'20"; THENCE SOUTHERLY, ALONG SAID CURVE AND ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT "A", AN ARC DISTANCE OF 169.44 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 80'04'43" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 81.74 FEET; THENCE NORTH 48'35'14" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 45.51 FEET; THENCE NORTH 02'15'43" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 188.26 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALL OF THE FOREGOING LYING IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA AND CONTAINING 17,363 SQUARE FEET (0.399 ACRES), MORE OR LESS. Exhibit 1 1. Provide revised site plan indicating the maneuvering paths for loading vehicles. 2. Provide a three-dimensional drawing or rendering of the proposal from a pedestrian view on Biscayne Boulevard showing the impact of the project and its effect on the boulevard. 3. Provide a revised site plan with dimensioned parking area indicating widths of all drive -aisles and parking stalls consistent with the City of Miami Off-street Parking Guides and Standards. 4. Provide revised plans detailing all signage and lighting for the project. 5. Provide revised plans showing enhanced materials or artistic/architectural treatment along the ground level of the building, in order to enhance the pedestrian experience. 6. Provide revised plans showing the Cafe on the Southwest corner with transparent views out to Biscayne Boulevard to activate the corner of the site and provide eyes on the street. 7. Provide large scale elevations of the ground level illustrating the effect of the building at the pedestrian level include materials and colors. 8. Provide revised plans showing details of the proposed treatment to the blank walls. 9. Provide revised landscape plan showing further development of the Level I plaza planting design beyond groundcover and grasses to incorporate mid level and taller vertical plant material that will provide and enhance human scale within the plaza. 10. Provide revised landscape plan showing additional shade trees along the Biscayne Boulevard back of sidewalk landscape areas and within the entry drive walkway (Parcel S-3) to create an alley shade planting and include showing further development of the planting design within Parcel S-3 to define differences between groundcover species, shrubs, and grasses. 11. Provide revised landscape plan showing further development of the planting design along the north and south building perimeters to define differences between species and plant materials. 12. Provide revised landscape plan showing screen views into the parking area with vertical plantings behind gabion terraces, and provide planters or landscape terraces along the base of the Planetarium building corner. 13. The City should fulfill its obligation under this plan; specifically, allocating the requisite amount to this project before any type of construction is undertaken by the Museum of Science.