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02/09/04
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 11000, AS AMENDED,
THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, BY AMENDING ARTICLES 6
AND 10 IN ORDER TO AMEND SECTIONS 627 AND
10.6 TO ADD SIGN REGULATIONS FOR THE
SD-27.2 BUENA VISTA YARD WEST SPECIAL
DISTRICT; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Miami Planning Advisory Board, at its
meeting of February 4, 2004, Item No. 2, following an
advertised hearing, adopted Resolution No. PAD 11-04 by a
vote of six to zero (6-0), RECOMMENDING APPROVAL of amending
Zoning Ordinance No. 11000 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. 11000 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.
Section 2. Ordinance No. 11000, as amended, the
Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida, is amended
by amending the text of said Ordinance as follows:1'
"ARTICLE 6. SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Section 627.2 Buena Vista Yard West
627.2.16 Sign Regulations
Signs within the district shall comply with the
regulations of the C-2 Liberal Commercial District
as provided in Article 10.
See Article 10 for sign regulations and
limitations.
ARTICLE 10. SIGN REGULATIONS
Section 10.6 Special Districts:
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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10.6.1. Class II required. A Class II Special
Permit shall be required for all signs (except for
those exempt pursuant to Section 10.3.) located
within the following Special Districts:
* * *
SD-25 Southwest 8th Street Special Overlay District
SD-27.2 Buena Vista Yard West Special District
If a Class II Special Permit approving a Master sign
package has been approved for any of the Special
Districts referenced above, or for large projects
within a Special District, all such signs that conform
to the specifications within the package shall not
require individual Class II Special Permits. Signs that
do not conform to the specifications shall require
their own, individual Class II Permit.
10.6.3.27.2 SD-27.2 Buena Vista Yard West:
The Buena Vista Yard West District (the
"District") is a mixed -use District with
residential and retail uses which are
serviced by several lined parking garages.
This District has been designated as a
Regional Activity Center by the City of Miami
and is envisioned as a hub for big box
retail, which does not otherwise exist within
the City of Miami. The retail stores within
the District will consistently serve large
numbers of people, many of whom will drive to
the District and park in one of the
District's several lined parking garages. In
order for the District to function properly,
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pedestrians and vehicles must be clearly
directed to parking and retail areas.
The intent of the District's sign ordinance
is to (1) move pedestrian and vehicle traffic
in and out of the District safely and
efficiently; (2) promote safe and efficient
pedestrian traffic within the District; (3)
promote efficient vehicle circulation to and
from the parking garages within the District;
and (4) identify the District to motorists
along Interstate 195.
1. General Sign limitations:
District Identification/Directional Signage:
The District Identification/Directional Signage Program
is intended to identify the District from major
arterial roadways and to assist the visitor in finding
their destination and the proper parking location.
Design standards supplement the District
Identification/Directional Signage Program and provide
more detailed clarification. Outlined below are the
signage elements that - comprise the District
Identification/Directional Signage system.
1. District Identification
a. The District Identification structure will
serve as a District and anchor tenant
identifier that is readable from Interstate
195. The structure will be comprised of
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large scale letters identifying the District
and large scale digital output mesh graphic
panels that will communicate the District
image and specific identification of major
anchor tenants. The graphic panels will be
changeable over time and may be highlighted
with external lighting and neon lighting
behind the images. Tenant names shall not
incorporate more than fifty percent (50%) of
each graphic panel.
1. Major Vehicular Directional
a. Major Vehicular Directional Signage will be
located on the District perimeter to direct
vehicles to big box tenants (retail
establishments greater than 20,000 square
feet of floor area) and parking garages.
b. Signs will contain identification for major
tenants and directional parking information;
will be painted metal; and may be both
externally and edge illuminated. Signs will
not exceed 15 feet in height and 8 feet in
width when located near major access or
project visibility points; within other
locations, such size may be reduced through
the Class II Special Permit process to be
compatible with the scale and character of
the project.
1. Minor Vehicular Directional
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a. Minor Vehicular Directional Signage will be
located throughout the District to direct
vehicles to retail tenants, restaurants and
parking garages.
b. Signs will be painted metal with Scotchlite
lettering. Signs will not exceed 5 feet in
height and 4'-6" in width.
1. Pedestrian Directional
a. Directional Signage will be located
throughout the District to direct pedestrians
to retail tenants, restaurants and parking
garages.
b. Signs will be painted metal with Scotchlite
lettering. Signs will not exceed 8 feet in
height and 4 feet in width.
1. Street T.D. Signs
a. Street T.D. Signs will identify streets
within the District; will be located on
street corners and will be customized
versions of a typical street identification
sign.
1. Pedestrian Directories
a_ Pedestrian Directories will be located
throughout the District and will contain a
District map and tenant/major use listings.
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The Pedestrian Directory will be a painted
metal box with an internally illuminated
Duratrans surface. The directory will not
exceed 8 feet in height or 6'-6"in width.
1. Geode Totem
a. Geode Totems are three-dimensional stacked
cubes which will be located throughout the
district. Geode Totems will direct
pedestrians to retail tenants, restaurants
and parking garages. The Geode Totems will
be constructed of a cast material and will
not exceed 12 feet in height and 4 feet in
width.
This sign element shall be consistent with the graphic
design standards as adopted by "Section III, 6:
Signage" of the SD 27.2 Design Standards.
Temporary Signs_
1. Temporary signs, which include political election
signs and real estate signs, shall be allowed
subject to the exceptions, limitations and
responsibilities of subsection 10.3.2 of the Code;
however, one additional real estate sign (as that
term is defined in Sec. 10.2 of the Code) shall be
permitted at a District corner that allows 400 sq
ft on each of two faces (sign to form an L on the
corner) not to exceed 20 feet in height. Real
estate signs shall be limited to one (1) sign per
each street frontage.
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2. In connection with holidays: Decorative flags,
bunting, and other decorations on special
occasions. No sign permit shall be required for
display of decorative flags, bunting, and other
decorations related to holidays.
3. Construction: Not to exceed one (1) construction
sign, or thirty (32) square feet in area for each
lot line adjacent to a street. Development signs
shall not be permitted except in conjunction with
such construction signs or by Class I Special
Permit.
Permanent signs: Except as otherwise provided, such
signs may be illuminated but shall not be animated or
flashing.
For a single building with more than one (1)
establishment opening up to the outdoors or a
single establishment within a building. The
establishments within a building, which are at
least eight thousand (8,000) gross square feet,
that have 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 forty (40) linear feet to the
outdoors, shall be allowed the following signs:
Wall signs, limited to two and one-half (2 1/2)
square feet of sign area for each lineal foot of
wall fronting on a street if any portion of such
sign is below fifteen (15) feet above grade. For
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each foot that the lowest portion of such sign
exceeds twenty-five (15) feet, permitted sign area
shall be increased one (1) percent up to a maximum
height of fifty (50) feet above grade. Not to
exceed three (3) such signs for each frontage on
which area calculations are based, but one (1) of
these may be mounted on a sidewall.
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.
Projecting signs (other than under awning signs)
shall be limited to one (1) sign structure with no
more than two (2) sign surfaces, neither of which
shall exceed forty (40) square feet in sign area;
however, that such permissible sign area may be
increased to eighty (80) square feet where maximum
projection from the face of the building is two
(2) feet or less, -sixty (60) square feet where
projection is more than two (2) and less than
three (3) feet, and forty (40) square feet where
projection is at least three (3),
than four (4) feet the aggregate
but not
area of
more
such
signs shall be included as part of aggregate wall
sign area, as limited above.
Ground/freestanding signs. Ground or freestanding
signs, to the extent allowed subject to the
limitations and restrictions set forth in Sections
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10.4.5 and 10.8, shall be limited to one (1) sign
and fortes (40) square feet of sign area (for each
face) for each business, or for each one hundred
fifty (150) feet of street frontage. Permitted
sign area may be used in less than the maximum
permitted number of such signs, but no sign shall
exceed two hundred (200) square feet in area for
each face. Maximum height limitation shall be
twenty (20) feet including embellishments,
measured from the crown of the nearest adjacent
local or arterial street, not including limited
access highways or expressways, provided, however,
that the planning and zoning director, through a
Class II Special Permit, may increase the
measurement of the crown by up to five (5) feet to
accommodate unusual or undulating site conditions.
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 ten (10) 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
establishments within a single building which are
less than eight thousand (8,000) gross square
feet, shall be allowed the following signs:
Wall signs: The building in which the
establishments are located shall be allowed one
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(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), 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.
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
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is not limited by these regulations, but aggregate
area shall be included as part of aggregate wall
sign area, as limited above.
Projecting signs (other than under awning signs)
shall be limited to one (1) sign structure with no
more than two (2) sign surfaces, neither of which
shall exceed forty (40) square feet in sign area;
however, that such permissible sign area may be
increased to eighty (80) square feet where maximum
projection from the face of the building is two
(2) feet or less, sixty (60) square feet where
projection is more than two (2) and less than
three (3) feet, and forty (40) square feet where
projection is at least three (3), but not more
than four (4) feet the aggregate area of such
signs shall be included as part of aggregate wall
sign area, as limited above.
Ground/freestanding signs. Ground or freestanding
signs, to the extent allowed subject to the
limitations and restrictions set forth in Sections
10.4.5 and 10.8, shall be limited to one (1) sign
and forty (40) square feet of sign area (for each
face) for each business, or for each one hundred
fifty (150) feet of street frontage. Permitted
sign area may be used in less than the maximum
permitted number of such signs, but no sign shall
exceed two hundred (200) square feet in area for
each face. Maximum height limitation shall be
twenty (20) feet including embellishments,
measured from the crown of the nearest adjacent
local or arterial street, not including limited
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access highways or expressways, provided, however,
that the planning and zoning director, through a
Class 11 Special Permit, may increase the
measurement of the crown by up to five (5) feet to
accommodate unusual or undulating site conditions.
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 ten (10) 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 1
Special Permit, as provided at section 10.3.1.6.
In the case of flat bulletin boards, the area of
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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.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances
insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are repealed.
Section 4. 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 5. This Ordinance shall become effective
thirty (30) days after final reading and adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY this day
of , 2004.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING BY TITLE
ONLY this
day of , 2004.
MANUEL A. DIAZ, MAYOR
ATTEST:
PRISCILLA A. THOMPSON
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:,�`i
ALEJANDRO VILARELLO
CITY ATTORNEY
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