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NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT TEAM
April 12, 2002
Eileen Bottari
Palm Grove Neighborhood Association
505 NE 76 Street
Miami, F133138
Dear Mrs. Bottari:
Attached please find a final draft of the propbsed zoning change for Biscayne Boulevard.
The new integrated Special District 9 (SD-9). A community meeting will be scheduled to
discuss this draft legislation along with the next steps required for approval by the City
Commission.
If you have any comments regarding this draft, please contact Mr. Gregory Gay, Urban
Community Planner, at (305) 416-1416, or the Upper Eastside NET Service Center.
Also attached please find the annual Neighborhood Association Registration -Form.
Please mail or fax this foum to the NET office at your convenience.
Sincerely,
Fred Fernandez, E.D.F.P.
Administrator
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CITY OF MIAMI UPPER EASTSIDE SERVICE CENTER /6599 Bis. Boulevard /Miami, FL 33138/(305) 195-2330/FAX /9b-1,533
SD-9, 9.1, 9.2: Special Zoning District
The Biscayne Boulevard - Upper Eastside Commercial, Office ce and Entertainment
Intent and Scale
Biscayne Boulevard is one of the most significant t boulevards in South; Florida, and one of the
-major thoroughfares within the City'of Miami. This commercial, office and'residenhal district is .
of special and,substantial ,public interest because of preserve and; enhance its: gateway- role;
specific attention needs to be given to upgrading the roadways and access points, promoting
architecturally significant structures, amenities and visual qualities of the Boulevard, while
promoting restoration and continued maintenance of the beautiful historic homes within the
abutting communities:.. It is intended that future public and private development shall respect and
enhance this gateway role by providing well -landscaped : and appropriately designed
developments along the Boulevard.
Intensity:
For residential uses: As for R-
For office uses:
Minimum lot size: Twenty thousand (20,000) square feet
Setback: Front - minimum zero (0) feet/maximum ten (10) feet, side - ten (10)
feet, or the same as the abutting zoning district, whichever is greater, rear
ten (10) feet, or the same as the abutting zoning district, whichever is
greater; the maximum height of a building at the base building line is
equal to half of the sum of the right-of-way,'or.fifty (50) feet, whichever is
greater. Portions of buildings above that height, shall set back one (1)
additional foot per each foot in height, except in lots with multiple street
frontages where this additional setback applies to frontage on arterials and
collectors only.
Minimum lot width: One -hundred (100) feet.
Floor area ratio: Maximum of one and seventy -two -hundredths (1.72) times the
gross lot area.
Height: Thirty-five (35) feet, except between NE 4000 block and NE 4800 block
of Biscayne Boulevard where the maximum height shall not exceed one
hundred fifty (150) feet, unless otherwise specified.
Building footprint: Maximum of four -tenths (0.40) times the gross lot area.
Green space: Minimum of fifteen -hundredths (0.15) times the gross lot area.
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For commercial uses:
Minimum lot size: Twenty thousand (10,000) square feet
Setback: Front — minimum of zero (0) feet/maximum of ten (10) feet, side — zero
(0) feet, or the same as the abutting zoning district, whichever is greater;
rear — ten (10) feet, or the same as the abutting zoning district, whichever
is greater; the maximum height of a building at the base building line is
equal to half of the sum of the right-of-way, or fifty (50) feet, whichever is
greater. Portions of buildings above that height, shall set back one (1)
additional foot pereach foot in height, except in lots with multiple street
frontages where this additional setback applies to frontage on arterials and
collectors only.
Minimum lot width: One -hundred (100) feet.
Floor area ratio: Maximum of one and seventy -two -hundredths (1.72) times the
gross lot area.
Height: Thirty-five (35) feet_ unless otherwise specified.
Building footprint: Maximum of four -tenths (0.40) times the gross lot area.
Green space: Minimum of fifteen -hundredths (0.15) times the gross lot area.
Effect of SD-9 District designation.
The effect of these SD-9 regulations shall be to supplant district regulations within portions of
other zoning districts included within the SD boundaries, from NE 39th Street to NE 87th Street
(Miami City Limits), to the extent indicated herein.
Class II Special Permit
When required.
A Class II Special Permit shall be required prior to issuing of any other permit (except special
permits pursuant to article 13) affecting the height, bulk, location, or exterior configuration or
alteration of any structure, parking area or vehicular way or sign visible from a public street, or
the erection of any structure, parking area or vehicular way or sign visible from public right of
way.
Considerations in making Class II Special Permit determinations.
The Class II Special Permit shall ensure conformity of the application with the expressed intent
of the district, with the general considerations listed in section 1305, and with the special
considerations listed below. In making determinations conceming construction of new principal
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buildings or substantial exterior alterations of existing principal buildings, the Planning and
Zoning Director shall obtain the recommendation of the Urban Development Review Board and
consider applicable City of Miami design standards and guidelines as follows:
(1) Along Biscayne Boulevard, the pedestrian open space at the ground floor frontage
shall be so designed, improved and located to provide an attractively landscaped
appearance consistent with the City of Miami Biscayne Boulevard Landscape Design
Guidelines and Standards suitable to its gateway role. Other street trees shall be
provided in the sidewalk area at a maximum spacing of thirty (30) feet on center.
Such trees shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet in height, three-inch caliper, and
seven (7) feet clear trunk; and/or
(2) Street furniture shall be provided which may include ;benches, trash receptacles,
pedestrian walkway lighting, bus shelters, kiosks, among other appropriate street
furniture as deterrnined by the Planning and Zoning Director. These may be located in
the pedestrian areas as long as pedestrian flow patterns are continuous; and/or
(3) Off street parking shall not be placed in required 'yards or open space adjacent to
Biscayne "Boulevard. Vehicular entrances shall be prohibited along the Boulevard
when access from other public right-of-way is available However, parking shall be
allowed where a street barricade exists between a commercial and residential zoned
area, but only within the commercial zoned district. These "pocket parking lots" shall
be landscaped, have proper drainage, curb and gutter, and lighting in accordance with
the City of Miami Design Guidelines and Standards for parking facilities and shall be
funded by the Upper Eastside Parking Trust (See Minimum Required Offstreet
Parking); and/or
(4) Rooftop parking and other areas containing mechanical equipment and utility areas
shall be appropriately screened with landscaping or architectural materials; and/or
(5) Interim landscape. Prior to demolishing and removing of an existing structure,
pavement and/or vegetation from a development site, the owner or developer shall be
required to obtain all demolition approvals and tree removal permits as necessary.
The zoning official may require as a condition of approval for a demolition permit,
that sites of demolition shall not be left in a barren, . undeveloped state without
commencement of vertical construction or revegetation within sixty (60) days of
clearing. Revegetation shall include sodding with grass or other ground cover to
prevent soil erosion and blowing of airborne particulate matters and debris. The
owner will be required to maintain the landscape.
Limitation of use of chain link fence.
Chain link fences and/or solid wall enclosures shall not be placed in required open space
adjacent to Biscayne Boulevard unless it is of a temporary nature either to secure an unsafe
structure prior to demolition or to secure construction sites until finished. Fences may be
allowed in other areas of the property only if visually screened with landscape material, or out of
public view.
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Permitted Principal uses and structures
Principal uses and structures permitted at any location; limitations as to location of uses along
ground floor frontage of pedestrian street.
The following shall be permitted:
1. Service establishments as follow: Interior design; duplicating centers; dressmaking, millinery
or drapery fabrication.
2. Production of art and handicrafts (but not mass-produced items) incidental to the sale at retail
on the premises.
3. Art galleries, museums, libraries and similar cultural uses.
4. Post -secondary public or private educational facilities.
5. Offices not selling merchandise on the premises, except clinics, medical, or dental which are
over five -thousand (5,000) square feet in area.
6. Health spa or studio
a. Health studios or spas under ten thousand (10,000) square feet may be located
anywhere within the building.
b. Health studios or spas ten thousand (10,000) square feet in size and larger may be
located only on the ground level of the building.
7. Hand automobile wash facility (detailing service) by Class II Special Permit, limited to a
minimum of one thousand feet from any automobile wash facility, hand or automated.
Services must be provided within a partial or totally enclosed structure.
Offstreet Parking Requirements:
For residential use: Same as for R-3 Multifamily Medium -Density Residential
For nonresidential use:
One (1) space (on -site) per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area for barber
and beauty shops, or similar retail establishment.
One (1) space (on -site) per each five (5) fixed seats, and per fifty (50) square feet of gross
floor area for movable seats for classes,- meeting halls, museums, libraries and places of
general assembly, excluding classrooms, and other areas not for general assembly.
One (1) space (on -site) per every one hundred fifty (150) square feet of gross floor area
for restaurant venues or other dine -in food service uses.
Except as required above, one (1) space (on -site) per every three hundred (300) square
feet of gross floor area, for other nonresidential uses.
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Limitation on signs
General limitations
Signs fifteen (15) feet or less above grade; limitations on number and area. Wall
signs (not including signs in glassed area of window or doors) and projecting
signs erected with their highest portion fifteen (15) feet or less above grade shall
be limited in total area to twenty-five (25) square feet, except as otherwise
specifically provided herein (see section ). Signs in glassed areas of
windows and doors shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the glassed area of the
window or door involved.
In addition to the Class II Special Permit required for such signs, referral to the
urban development review board shall be mandatory.
Prohibited signs. Billboards, banners, poster panels, balloon signs, ground signs or other
outdoor advertising signs shall be prohibited in this district. Other offsite signs shall; be
prohibited except for temporary civic and political campaign signs or kiosks, in accordance with
limitations and regulations relating thereto at section and those in special permits
proceedings on particular community or neighborhood bulletin board or kiosks.
Detailed limitations, wall signs, projecting signs, and window signs.
Within twenty-five (25) square feet and two (2) feet height maximum allowable, at or
below fifteen (15) feet above grade, the following limitations shall apply to number and area
signs. Not more than one (1) wall sign may be erected per establishment unless the
establishment has frontage along two (2) streets, in which case two (2) wall signs shall be
permitted, one (1) on each wall fronting a street, and the maximum area of any such sign shall be
twenty (25) square feet. Not more than one (1) projecting sign, other than a marquee sign, shall
be erected, with not to exceed two (2) surfaces, neither of which shall exceed twenty-five (25)
square feet in area. No such sign structure shall extend more than three (3) feet from the wall of
the building. Marquee signs shall be limited to one (1) per establishment and shall not exceed
four (4) square feet in sign area. All establishments within a shopping center or office plaza shall
have signage that is uniform in size, shape, and basic design,
Directional signs, number and area.
Directional signs, which may be combined with address signs, but shall bear no
advertising manner [matter], may be erected to guide 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.
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Freestanding signs
Freestanding signs, other than incidental signs and other signs expressly permitted by
other provisions of this ordinance, are permitted in accordance with the following provisions and
are otherwise prohibited:
1. Minimum frontage: A freestanding sign shall be permitted only in a property with at
least seventy-five (75) feet of street frontage on a single street.
2. Minimum setbacks: A freestanding sign shall not be located (leading edge) less than
seven (7) feet from the public right-of—way line, five (5) feet from any adjacent property
line, or twenty-five (25) feet from a public right-of-way intersection.
3. Corner lots: A freestanding sign on a corner property shall be permitted only along the
main street. A freestanding sign may be allowed in exchange for one (1) of the two
permitted wall signs.
4. Building size: Subject to the provisions of subparagraph of this Section, a
freestanding sign shall be permitted only on a property with non-residential building of at
least five thousand (5,000) square feet.
5. Landscaping: A freestanding sign shall be located in a landscaped area with one hundred
(100) square feet of additional landscaping in accordance with a landscape plan approved
by the Director of Planning & Zoning, or designee, in addition to other applicable
landscaping requirements, which shall be required as a condition of erecting and
maintaining a freestanding sign. The landscaped area shall be enclosed with a continuous
poured concrete curb.
6. Materials: All freestanding signs shall be constructed of the same or aesthetically
comparable materials and products of which the principal building finish on the same
property is constructed.
7. Adjacent lines of copy shall be separated by a minimum distance equal to forty (40)
percent of the size of the largest letter contained in said lines.
8. A double-faced freestanding sign shall have a maximum distance of three (3) feet
between the sides and an internal angle not to exceed thirty (30) degrees.
9.. Dimensions: The dimensions of a freestanding sign permitted under shall not exceed the
following:
Maximum Building Total Sign Height Area per Total Face Minimum Maximum
Net Lot Area (Sq. Ft.) (Feet) Sign Side Area Letter Size Letter Size
(Sq. Ft.) (Sq. Ft.)
Less than 5,000 * * * * *
5,000+ to 10,000 6 25 50 5" 18"
10,000+ to 25,000 8 49 98 8" 24"
25,000+ to 50,000 12 64 128 10" 30"
50,000+ to 100,000 16 81 162 12" 36"
100,000+** 18 100 200 15" 48"
*The permissibility and the dimensions of a freestanding signs on lots with buildings with a grdss floor area
between one thousand (1,000) and five thousand (5,000) square feet shall be determined by the Director of
Planning & Zoning at their discretion, but in no event shall exceed six (6) feet in height and fifty (50) square
feet in total face area. In exercising discretion under this section, the Director shall consider the orientation of
the building on the lot, the relation between the size of the building and size of the lot and the location of the lot
in relation to adjoining lots. A sign owner or applicant who disagrees with the decision or interpretation of the
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Director may pursuant to this section, appeal said decision within 30 days of the date thereof to the City
Commission.
**Properties with a building gross lot area in excess of one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet may be
allowed a second freestanding sign under the following conditions:
a. Said property must be at the intersection of two (2) streets, and must have at least three hundred (300) feet
of total frontage on two (2) major arterial roadway.
b. The location of the two (2) freestanding sign must be separated by a distance of one -hundred (100) feet, or
a distance determined by the Director of Planning & Zoning, or designee.
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SD-9.1 Biscayne Boulevard Upper Eastside Commercial District.
Intent and Scale
This section of Biscayne Boulevard is a little more liberal in uses and scale because this section
of the district promotes local retail, commercial, and office uses in addition to the uses in SD-9.
Effect of SD-9.1 District designation.
The effect of these SD-9.1 regulations shall be to supplant district regulations within portions of
other zoning districts included within the SD boundaries, from NE 40th Street to the NE 77th
Street (Little River inlet), and the east side of Biscayne Boulevard from the NE 77th Street (Little
River inlet) to NE 87th Street (Miami City Limits), to the extent indicated herein.
Class II Special Permit
When required, as per SD-9
Limitation of use of chain link fence.
As per SD-9.
Permitted Principal uses and structures
Principal uses and structures permitted at any location; limitations as to location of uses along
ground floor frontage of pedestrian street.
The following shall be permitted:
1. Food stores (grocery, meat, seafood, produce, delicatessen, bakery, candy, ice cream),
drugstore, newsstands, dry cleaners (pickup/drop off only), barber and beauty shops and shoe
repair.
2. Retail establishments as follows: Antique stores; art stores and commercial art galleries;
bicycle sales; book and stationary stores open to the general public; china and crockery
stores, florist, including plants and shrubbery sales; gift shops; home furnishing stores,
interior decoration supply stores; hobby shops; music stores; office supply stores; optical
goods stores; package liquor stores (without drive-thru facilities, and subject to all
requirements as set forth in the City of Miami City Code Chapter 4); pet shops; photographic
supply stores; tobacco shops; videotape sales and rentals open to the general public; variety
and sundry stores; establishments for sale of apparel. Such establishments may provide
incidental repair, maintenance, adjustment or alterations services as appropriate (Limited to
x% of the total floor area for the establishment.), but facilities, operation and storage in
relation to such services shall not be visible from any street or street -related pedestrian open
space. Aside from antique stores, art galleries, jewelry and bookstores, no such retail
establishments shall deal in secondhand merchandise. The total floor area for the these retail
uses on an individual lot (excluding public circulation space and similar common areas)
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shall not exceed one and five -tenths (1.5) times the gross lot area except that through a Class
11 Special Permit a project may be allowed to increase the retail use up to thirty (30) percent
of the total achievable F.A.R
3. Service establishments as follow: Interior design; duplicating centers; dressmaking, millinery
or drapery fabrication; rental of recreation and sporting equipment, automobile rental
agencies, employment agencies, real estate agencies, ticket agencies, travel agencies
4. Production of art and handicrafts (but not mass-produced items) incidental to the sale at retail
on the premises.
5. Restaurants, tearooms, and cafes, except drive-in, with outdoor dining areas open to the
general public.
6. Art galleries, museums, libraries and similar cultural uses.
7. Post -secondary public or private educational facilities.
8. Offices not selling merchandise on the premises except clinics, medical, or dental that is over
five -thousand (5,000) square feet in area.
9. Medical and dental laboratories under five -thousand (5000) square feet in area.
10. Financial Institutions
11. Federal, state and local government offices.
12. Health spa or studio
a. Health studios or spas under ten thousand (10,000) square feet may be located
anywhere within the building.
b. Health studios or spas ten thousand (10,000) square feet in size and larger may be
located only on the ground level of the building.
Accessory uses permitted with limitations concerning location along the ground floor
frontage of pedestrian streets.
The following uses shall be permitted in location, except as provided at section
1. Bars, saloons and taverns open to the general public, but limited to twenty percent (20%) of
the net area of each business as determined by Certificate of occupancy, by Class II Special
Permit.
2. Private clubs, lodges, fraternities, and sororities by Class II Special Permit
Principal uses permitted only by Special Exception.
The following uses shall be permitted only by Special Exception in locations other than the
ground floor frontage of pedestrian streets:
1. Automobile service stations.
2. Automated or by -hand automobile wash facility as a stand-alone facility, or as an accessory
use to an automobile service station
3, Parking lots, with City Commission approval. There shall be no vehicular access to such
facilities directly from the primary pedestrian pathways.
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Maximum height
Height within this district shall be limited to fifty-five (55) feet.
Offstreet Parking Requirements:
For residential use: Same as for R-3 Multifamily Medium -Density Residential
For nonresidential use:
One (1) space (on -site) per two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area for barber
and beauty shops, or similar retail establishment.
One (1) space (on -site) per each five (5) fixed seats, and per fifty (50) square feet of gross
floor area for movable seats, for Bible study classes, meeting halls and places of general
assembly, excluding classrooms, and other areas not for general assembly.
One (1) space (on -site) per every one hundred fifty (150) square feet of gross floor area,
for restaurants and banquet halls, bar, saloons, private clubs and lodges.
One (1) space (on -site) per every two hundred (200) square feet of gross floor area, for
game rooms, pool and billiard halls and other similar establishments.
Except as required above, one (1) space (on -site) per every three hundred (300) square
feet of gross floor area, for other nonresidential uses.
Shared Parking.
1. Shared parking for mixed -use development. Any mixed -use development, which
includes a theater as a component of the development, may, pursuant to a class II Special
Permit, receive a credit for a portion of the required theater parking. Said credit shall be
based on a written justification of the peak demand timing for the uses contained in the
development. In no case however, shall the theater parking be less than one (1) space per
seven (7) fixed theater seats.
2. Shared parldng for uses for which parking demands occur at different times. Facilities
for which parking demands occur at different may be permitted by Special Exception, in
accordance with the following: (1) all of the uses involved shall be located within the SD-
9 district; (2) the hours of operation for said uses shall not be concurrent; and (3) shall
comply with the criteria in article 13, section 1305 of this ordinance, the proposed shared
parking shall have no negative effect on the surrounding areas. Applications for shared
parking shall be signed by the owners of all of the properties involved. Such shared
parking agreement shall be accepted in the form of a recorded covenant running with the
land, in favor of the city, and signed by all of the owners of all of the properties involved.
The covenant shall also establish the limitations of the operating hours for all of the uses
involved, the total number of parking spaces available and committed, and the
beneficiary(ies) of the commitment(s). The planning director shall be notified by
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certified mail at Least six (6) months prior to any termination. Such covenant shall be
recorded, upon approval by the city attorney's office, subsequent to the issuance of the
special exception but prior to the issuance of the certificate of use.
Offsite Parking
1. Notwithstanding the limitations of section 918, offsite parking shall be permitted by
Class II special Permit without limitations on percentage of the required number of
spaces or maximum distance from the principal use when located within the SD-9 zoning
district. Furthermore, there shall be no required demonstration or findings of practical
difficulty or unnecessary hardship in providing required parking on site, provided that the
location of the offsite parking is within one thousand (1000) feet radius of the principal
use, or there are permanent provision made to transport the offsite parking patrons to and
from the principal site at the property owner's expense.
2. Structural alterations and additions to existing buildings with nonconforming offstreet
parking characteristics shall be permitted only if the following provisions are met:
a. Twenty-five (25) percent or more of the minimum offstreet parking requirements
are met by the existing building, either onsite or offsite; however, if the existing
building provides more than twenty-five (25) percent, there shall not be a
reduction in the existing percentage.
b. The new addition shall meet the minimum offstreet parking requirement for its
total floor area.
3. For individual restaurants which do not exceed eighteen hundred (1800) square feet of
floor area, there shall be a minimum of one (1) parking space per two hundred (200)
square feet of gross floor area, subject to a Class I Special Permit, examination of the
ownership or lease, referral to the offstreet parking department and annual review.
4. For residential uses which are adaptive reuses of existing structures only, required
parking may be reduced or eliminated by Class II Special Permit.
Limitation on signs
General limitations
Same as SD-9.
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SD-9.2 Upper Eastside (Biscayne Plaza/Little River) Commercial/Entertainment district
designation.
Intent and Scale
The character of the properties north of the Little River Inlet along Biscayne Boulevard are
generally higher in scale in comparison to the rest of boulevard, with the potential to be
redeveloped as an urban activity/entertainment center with regional implications. Therefore the
scale and uses within this section of the boulevard are more liberal. It is intended that future
public and private development shall be of a higher scale, greater density, multiple uses, and
would serve as a entertainment destination with amenities that would attract patrons from other
areas of the City of Miami and surrounding municipalities (Miami Beach, Hialeah, North Miami,
N. Miami Beach, and Aventura.
Effect of SD-9.2 District designation.
The effect of these SD-9.2 regulations shall be to supplant district regulations within portions of
other zoning districts included within the SD boundaries, on the west side of Biscayne
Boulevard, from NE 77th Street (Little River Inlet) to NE 87th Street (City Limits), to the extent
indicated herein.
Permitted principal uses and structures
As for SD-9 and 9.1 permitted principal uses and structure and as follows:
1. Retail establishments as follows: Antique stores; art stores and commercial art galleries;
bicycle sales; book and stationary stores open to the general public; china and crockery
stores, florist, including plant and shrub sales; hardware stores; home appliance store; gift
shops; home furnishing stores, interior decoration supply stores; establishments for sale of
boating and fishing supplies; luggage stores; music stores; office supply stores; optical goods
stores; package liquor stores (without drive-thru facilities and subject to all requirements as
set forth in the City of Miami City Code Chapter 4); pet shops; photographic supply stores;
tobacco shops; television, radio, and other electronic stores; videotape sales and rentals open
to the general public; variety and sundry stores; establishments for sale of apparel. Such
establishments may provide incidental repair, maintenance, adjustment or alterations services
as appropriate (Limited to x% of the total floor area for the establishment.), but facilities,
operation and storage in relation to such services shall not be visible from any street or street -
related pedestrian open space. Aside from antique stores, art galleries, jewelry and
bookstores, no such retail establishments shall deal in secondhand merchandise. The total
floor area for the these retail uses on an individual lot (excluding public circulation space
and similar common areas) shall not exceed one and five -tenths (1.5) times the gross lot area
except that through a Class 11 Special Permit a project may be allowed to increase the retail
use up to thirty (30) percent of the total achievable F.A.R.
2. Restaurants, tearooms, and cafes, except drive-in, including those with dancing and live
entertainment and with outdoor dining areas open to the general public.
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3. Auto care service center, automobile service station, automated or by -hand automobile wash
facility as a stand-alone facility, or as an accessory use to an automobile service station.
Principal uses permitted with limitations concerning location along the ground floor
frontage of pedestrian streets.
The following uses shall be permitted in location, except as provided at section
1. Multiple dwellings.
2. Residence hotels of 80 rooms or more by Class II Special Permit, subject to the following
limitations;
a. Minimum sixty-five percent (65%) retail/commercial uses on the ground floor,
excluding hotel lobby space.
b. Minimum one-night stay.
c. Apartment hotels.
3. Banks, saving and loans and financial institutions; business and professional offices.
4. Service establishments, including automobile rental agencies, employment agencies, real
estate agencies, ticket agencies, travel agencies.
5. Entertainment and recreational uses including dance and music halls, live performances;
movie theaters; auditoriums; concert halls; game courts; health and fitness studios.
6. Structures and/or uses required for the performance of a governmental function except uses
involving extensive storage or with storage as the primary purpose.
7. Retail establishments operating between the hours of midnight to 6:00am by Class II Special
Permit.
8. Bars, saloons and taverns, supper clubs and nightclubs, including those with dancing and live
entertainment open to the general public by Class II Special Permit.
9. Private clubs, lodges, fraternities, and sororities by Class II Special Permit
Principal uses permitted only by Special Exception.
The following uses shall be permitted only by Special Exception in location other than the
frontage of pedestrian streets:
As per SD-9 and 9.1 zoning district except that:
1. Brewery -restaurants as defined in section 2502 by Special Exception. Brewing activities
shall only be conducted as an accessory use to the restaurant. All sales of beer and wine
must be consumed on the premises and always in conjunction with a meal. Issues to be
considered during the Special Exception public hearing are: the precise area and location of
the brewing operation: annual beer production: hours of operation: parking provisions:
control of emissions and discharges; exterior lighting; landscaping and signs.
2. Drive -through facilities for restaurants and ATM/financial institutions, with city commission
approval, provided that there shall be no vehicular access to such facilities directly from the
primary pedestrian pathways. The drive -through facilities shall not be located on the side of
property facing Biscayne Boulevard.
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3. Commercial parking lots for new/used auto sales, with City Commission approval. There
shall be minimum of sixty-five (65%) of the retail storefront facing Biscayne Boulevard, with
no vehicular access to such facilities directly from the primary pedestrian pathways.
4. Parking lots, parking garages, with City Commission approval. There shall be no vehicular
access to such facilities directly from the primary pedestrian pathways.
Limitations on uses.
1. Except for outdoor dining and drinking establishments. Arts and crafts exhibits, flowers and
plants, and other uses as authorized by special permit, all activities shall be conducted within
completely enclosed buildings.
2. No wholesaling or jobbing shall be conducted from within the district.
Accessory uses and structures
Uses and structures which are customarily accessory and incidentals to permitted principal uses
and structures, approved in the same special permit proceedings, and initiated or completed
within any time limits established generally or in relation to the special permit, shall be permitted
subject to limitations established by these or generally applicable regulations. The following
special limitations or exceptions shall apply to accessory uses and structures in this district.
1. No aboveground offstreet parking or loading area shall be permitted between any front
portion of a building and the front line of a lot adjoining any street; provided, however that
offstreet parking for bicycles may be permitted in such areas, subject to limitations and
requirements as to location, design and number established in connection with special
permits.
2. There shall be no vehicular access to parking or loading areas directly from any primary
pedestrian pathway where access is reasonably feasible from a non -designated pedestrian
street.
Outdoor areas used for commercial activities.
Where outdoor areas, including the public right-of-way, are regularly used for display
and sales, or as dining areas, including areas under awnings, which are used for dining, and/or
other commercial activities, the area so used shall be calculated as part of the establishment's
total floor area and shall comply with off-street parking requirements. Permit fees for sidewalk
cafes shall be as prescribed by section 54-111 of the Code of the City of Miami, and additionally,
a payment in lieu of providing off-street parking may be made in accordance with section
of this ordinance and section of the Code of the City of Miami.
Maximum height
Building height within this district shall be limited to one hundred fifty (150) feet.
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Parking Requirements (See Parking Chart below)
Uses Parking Ratio All FAR Under 0.86 All FAR Over 0.86
Space/Module Sites Under Sites Over Sites Under Sites Over
20,000 sq. ft. 20,000 sq. ft. 20,000 sq. ft. 20,000 sq. ft.
Non-resident 1/300 sq. ft. May May May Shall provide
ial general' purchase all purchase all purchase all al parking
spaces at spaces at spaces at on site
rates rates rates
specified in specified in specified in
art. VIII, art. VIII, art. VIII,
chapter 35, chapter 35, chapter 35,
sec. 35-194 sec. 35-194 sec. 35-194
of the City of of the City of of the City of
Miami Code. Miami Code. Miami Code.
Restaurants 1/150 sq. ft. May May May Shall provide
purchase purchase purchase '/,00 parking
1/300 spaces / o spaces %co spaces on site.
at rates at rates at rates
specified in specified in specified in
art V111, ch. art. V111, ch. art. V111, ch.
35, sec. 35, sec. 35, sec.
35-194 of the 35-194 of the 35-194 of the
City of City of City of
Miami Code. Miami Code. • Miami Code.
1/200 sq. ft. Property owner may rent, on a monthly basis, or purchase required all
supplementary spaces not provided on -site from the
supplement ( Proposed Upper Eastside Miami Parking Trust Fund at rates
specified in article VIII, chapter 35, section 35-194 of the City of Miami Code. )
Theaters' 1/5 seats May May May Shall provide
purchase all purchase all purchase at! 1/500 parking
spaces at spaces at spaces at on site
rates rates rates
specified in specified in specified in
art. VIII, art. VIII, art. VIII,
chapter 35, chapter 35, chapter 35,
sec. 35-194 sec. 35-194 sec. 35-194
of the City of of the City of of the City of
Miami Code. Miami Code. Miami Code.
Hotels' '/2 units All parking must be provided on -site and reserved for the
exclusive use of hotel guests.
Residential 1/unit All parking must be provided on -site and reserved for the
component exclusive use of residents of the complex.
(mixed use)
Residential 1.5/unit + All parking must be provided on -site and reserved for the
stand alone 1/10 units exclusive use of residents and guests of complex and
marked appropriately.
1 Non-residential general category includes the following uses: Retail establishments, service establishments,
offices and commercial recreational establishments permissible in the SD-9 zoning district
2 Restaurant category includes the following uses: Restaurants, tearooms, cafes, banquet halls, bars, saloons,
tavems, private clubs, lodges, supper clubs, game rooms and billiard halls
3 Theater category includes the following uses: Theaters, meeting halls and places of general assembly.
4 Hotel category includes the following uses: Hotels, residence hotels, lodging houses, tourist homes and guest
homes.
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Minimum required off-street parking
Except as other wise specified herein, the minimum off-street parking requirements shall
be 1/50,3 as depicted in the chart (See ). Said minimum parking requirements may be
satisfied by providing the parking, pursuant to , paying in lieu of providing the
parking, pursuant to , or providing the parking on site. No variance for the
reduction of the number of spaces is permitted.
Shared Parking.
1. Shared parking for mixed -use development. Any mixed -use development, which
includes a theater as a component of the development, may, pursuant to a class II Special
Permit, receive a credit for a portion of the required theater parking. Said credit shall be
based on a written justification of the peak demand timing for the uses contained in the
development. In no case however, shall the theater parking be less than one (1) space per
seven (7) fixed theater seats.
2. Shared parking for uses for which parking demands occur at different times. Facilities
for which parking demands occur at different may be permitted by Special Exception, in
accordance with the following: (1) all of the uses involved shall be located within the SD-
9 district; (2) the hours of operation for said uses shall not be concurrent; and (3) shall
comply with the criteria in article 13, section 1305 of this ordinance, the proposed shared
parking shall have no negative effect on the surrounding areas. Applications for shared
parking shall be signed by the owners of all of the properties involved. Such shared
parking agreement shall be accepted in the form of a recorded covenant running with the
land, in favor of the city, and signed by all of the owners of all of the properties involved.
The covenant shall also establish the limitations of the operating hours for all of the uses
involved, the total number of parking spaces available and committed, and the
beneficiary(ies) of the commitment(s). The planning director shall be notified by
certified mail at least six (6) months prior to any termination. Such covenant shall be
recorded, upon approval by the city attorney's office, subsequent to the issuance of the
special exception but prior to the issuance of the certificate of use.
Offsite Parking
3. Notwithstanding the limitations of section 918, offsite parking shall be permitted by
Class II special Permit without limitations on percentage of the required number of
spaces or maximum distance from the principal use when located within the SD-9 zoning
district. Furthermore, there shall be no required demonstration or findings of practical
difficulty or unnecessary hardship in providing required parking on site, provided that the
location of the offsite parking is within one thousand (1000) feet radius of the principal
use, or there are permanent provision made to transport the offsite parking patrons to and
from the principal site at the property owner's expense.
4. Structural alterations and additions to existing buildings with nonconforming offstreet
parking characteristics shall be permitted only if the following provisions are met:
5. Twenty-five (25) percent or more of the minimum offstreet parking requirements are met
by the existing building, either onsite or offsite; however, if the existing building
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provides more than twenty-five (25) percent, there shall not be a reduction in the existing
percentage,
6. The new addition shall meet the minimum offstreet parking requirement for its total floor
area.
7. For individual restaurants which do not exceed eighteen hundred (1800) square feet of
floor area, there shall be a minimum of one (1) parking space per two hundred (200)
square feet of gross floor area, subject to a Class I Special Permit, examination of the
ownership or lease, referral to the offstreet parking department and annual review.
8. For residential uses which are adaptive reuses of existing structures only, required
parking may be reduced or eliminated by Class II Special Permit.
Limitation on signs
General limitations
Same as SD-9
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