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Home My WebLink AboutLegislationJ-03-501 06/10/03 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF ORDINANCE NO. 10544, AS AMENDED, THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, BY AMENDING THE TEXT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT TO DESIGNATE THE BUENA VISTA REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER; FURTHER AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN BY DESIGNATING THE FEC BUENA VISTA YARD AS A "REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER;" SAID PROPERTY MORE PARTICULARLY KNOWN AS A PORTION OF LAND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 56.10 ACRES IN AREA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A"; MAKING FINDINGS OF CONSISTENCY WITH ESTABLISHED CRITERIA, GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES FOR REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTERS WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Section 163.3167, Florida Statutes, requires that each municipality in the State of Florida prepare, adopt and implement a Comprehensive Plan in order to plan for their future growth and development; and WHEREAS, it is found that the proposed designation of the Buena Vista Regional Activity Center is consistent with the established criteria, goals, objectives and policies for Regional Activity Centers within the. City of Miami as demonstrated by the Application for amendment prepared by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., dated April 14, 2003, on file with the City of Miami Planning and Zoning Department; and WHEREAS, the Miami Planning Advisory Board, at its meeting of May 14, 2003, Item No. 3, following an advertised hearing, adopted Resolution No. PAB 21-03 by a vote of eight to zero (8-0), RECOMMENDING APPROVAL of amending Ordinance No. 10544 as hereinafter set forth; 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 inhabitants to amend Ordinance No. 10544 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 adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. Page 2 of 9 Section 2. The Future Land Use Map of Ordinance No. 10544, as amended, the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan, is amended by designating the FEC Buena Vista Yard as a "Regional Activity Center", said property is more particularly described in Exhibit "A" consisting of approximately 56.10 acres in area. Section 3. It is found that the Comprehensive Plan designation: (a) will encourage urban redevelopment in the FEC Corridor, an Urban Infill and Redevelopment area; (b) will permit higher development thresholds and promote prompt review of redevelopment plans to facilitate redevelopment; (c) will be in conjunction with a review by the City of existing zoning regulations that will be designed to promote redevelopment and a mix of new uses appropriate for redevelopment; (d) will facilitate mixed use development, encourage mass transit, reduce the need for automobile travel; (e) will permit regional retail development which will create jobs for the surrounding area; (f) will apply to the FEC Buena Vista Yard which in land area exceeds 20 acres; Page 3 of 9 (g) will apply to the FEC Buena Vista Yard which is proximate to interstate and major arterial roadways and is suitable for the development of Section 4. Ordinance No. 10544, as amended, the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan is amended by amending the text of the Future Land Use Element of said Ordinance as follows:1 "FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT Regional Activity Centers * * The following area has been designated Regional Activity Center within the City of Miami Land Use Plan: Buena Vista Yards Regional Activity Center The Buena Vista Yards Regional Activity Center is designated to be a Chapter 380 Regional Activity Center and, subject to amendment of the Strategic Regional Policy Plan for South Florida by the South Florida Regional Planning Council, as a regional development district (a geographic area specifically designated as highly suitable for increased threshold intensity) for the purpose of increasing DRI thresholds. General Location: South of Northeast 36th Street, North of Northeast 29th Street, East of North Miami Avenue and West of the Florida East Coast Railroad (FEC) right-of-way; excluding certain 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. Page 4 of 9 properties located along Northeast 29th Street. (See Future Land Use Plan Map for exact boundaries). Permitted Uses: Permitted uses shall be as for the underlying land use classification; however, the following minimum and maximum development thresholds shall apply: Residential: 2,000 units minimum / 4,500 units maximum Commercial: 500,000 s.f. minimum / 1,200,000 s.f. maximum Office: 80,000 s.f. minimum / 100,000 s.f. maximum Compatibility: The City shall develop and implement design standards to address compatibility of development within the Buena Vista Regional Activity Center with the surrounding area, which design standards should further the following concepts: ■ New streets and avenues should connect to the existing street grid. ■ Sidewalks, as principal pedestrian throughways, should be designed to create a comfortable outdoor public space to accommodate a range of active and passive pedestrian activities. ■ Buildings should have ground floor uses that activate the street and relate new development to surrounding areas. ■ The context and scale of new development should be reflected in new building design, including the setting back of upper floors in order to accommodate height while maintaining human scale at the pedestrian level. Objective LU-3.2: The City shall establish formal procedures for coordinating City planning and operating functions that are directly related to the City's comprehensive plan with the Miami -Dade County School Board, Miami -Dade County Water and Sewer Authority Department, Miami -Dade County Public Works Department, Solid Waste Division, Miami -Dade County Department of Environmental Resource Management (DERM), the Seaport Department (Port of Miami), Aviation Department (Miami Page 5 of 9 International Airport), the Miami -Dade County Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Miami -Dade County Shoreline Development Review Committee, Miami -Dade Transit, the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, the South Florida Regional Planning Council, the South Florida Water Management District, the Florida Department of Transportation, the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, the DivisLon of Historical Resources, Department of State, adjacent local governments, and any other state, local or federal agency and whose cooperation is required to accomplish the goals objectives of the comprehensive plan. other joint Policy LU-3.2.1: By 2005, establish by interlocal o formal agreement with appropriate jurisdictions nrelr om fir 11 b t' ,ae,,4 c4,,,, k „r co a ora ive ma ing ssues including, but not limited to, the location and extension of public facilities subject to concurrency and the siting of facilities with countywide significance, including locally unwanted land uses. Policy LU-3.2.2: The City will continue implementation activities associated with the Interlocal Agreement for Public School Facility Planning in Miami -Dade County, effective February 27, 2003, including, but not limited to, coordinating City, County, and School Board plans based upon consistent projections of the amount, type, and distribution of population growth and student enrollment; participating in decision -making, through floating membership on the School Board's School Site Planning and Construction Committee, regarding potential sites for new schools and proposals for significant renovation, the location of relocatables or additions to existing buildings, and potential closure of existing schools; and collaborating to identify options aimed to provide the capacity to accommodate anticipated student enrollment demand associated with increases in residential development potential. Section 5. The City Manager is directed to instruct the Director of the Planning and Zoning Department Page 6 of 9 to immediately transmit a copy of this Ordinance upon approval on first reading and again after its adoption on second reading to: the Florida Department of Community Affairs; the Florida Department of Environmental Protection; the Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources; the Florida Department of Transportation, District Six Office; the South Florida Water Management District; the South Florida Regional Planning Council; and Miami -Dade County. Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are repealed. Section 7. 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 8. This Ordinance shall become effective after second reading and adoption thereof pursuant and subject to § 163.3189, Fla. Stat. (2003).2/ 2/ This Ordinance shall become effective as specified 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 or upon the effective date stated, whichever is later. Page 7 of 9 of PASSED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY this July , 2003. 17 th day Page 8 of 9 PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING BY TITLE ONLY this day of , 2003. ATTEST: PRISCILLA A. THOMPSON CITY CLERK APPROVED MANUEL A. DIAZ, MAYOR F01RN! AND CORRECTNESS: c O VILAR LO TTORNgY JR 458:GKW:et Page 9 of 9