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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSp Ex AnalysisAnalysis for Special Exceptions for the RIVER PLACE PROJECT Located at approx. 615 SW 2nd Avenue CASE NO. 2003-0727 Pursuant to Ordinance 11000, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida, the subject proposal for River Place Project has been reviewed to allow the following Special Exceptions: • Special Exception per Article 6, Section 607.4.3. for drive through facilities for financial institutions and marinas • Special Exception per Article 9, Section 917.1.2 to allow restaurant parking fa- cilities maintained with valet parking up to fifty (50) percent of the required off- street parking spaces. The requested Special Exception is for the purpose of allowing the above referenced components of the River Place Project, a mixed use development consisting of a total of 455 units and 484 parking spaces for the property located at the above mentioned addresses within the SD-7 area (see attached legal description, location maps and aerial photographs for exact property boundaries). Note: These Special Exceptions also encompasses the following subordinate permits: 1. Class II Special Permit as per Article 6, Section 607.3.1, for development of new construction within a Special District. 2. Class II Special Permit as per Article 4, Section 401, for temporary construction fence and covered walkway. 3. Class II Special Permit, request to waiver of Parking Guides and Standards, to allow maneuvering of loading on public right-of-way. 4. Class II Special Permit as per Article 9, Section 908.9, for development of a waterfront yard. 5. Class II Special Permit as per Article 15, Section 1514, for development of property located between the Miami River and the first dedicated right-of-way. The following findings have been made: • It is found that the proposed mixed -use development project will benefit the Downtown and Brickell Area by creating new residential and employment opportunities along the Miami River. • It is found that the subject of this Special Exceptions, specifically for the drive through of a financial institution and valet parking operation for up to fifty (50) percent for a proposed restaurant, for the proposed project, is completely within the scope and character of the project given that it is a high density mixed -use residential project to be located on a significant parcel along the south bank of the Miami River near Downtown Miami, • It is found the maneuvering for the trucks will take place at the end of a street that terminates underneath the existing Second Avenue bridge. • It is found that with respect to all additional criteria as specified in Section 1305 of Zoning Ordinance 11000, the proposal has been reviewed and found to be adequate. Based on these findings, the Planning and Zoning Department is recommending approval of the requested Mixed -Use Residential Development Project with the following conditions: 1- This approval shall be subject to all additional conditions specified in the final development order of the Major Use Special Permit for the project.