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ANALYSIS FOR PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF URBAN
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
CASE NO: 2004-074
The proposal has been reviewed for a the establishment of an Urban Central Business
District in order to increase the development of regional impact thresholds for
development within the Downtown Miami Master Plan area.
Section 380.06(2)(e), Florida Statutes, provides that certain Development of Regional
Impact (DRI) guidelines and standards shall be increased in areas designated by local
governments as Urban Central Business Districts. Establishment of an Urban Central
Business District will enable the City to achieve long-range objectives for downtown
redevelopment, as well as enabling Downtown to serve as a hub of eastern redevelopment
activity.
The 1,354-acre central business district, currently comprised of the Downtown Miami
Master Plan area, is the appropriate urban core to designate an Urban Central Business
District. The central business district currently enjoys land use designations and zoning
classifications compatible with intensification of use in the area. Re -designation of the
Downtown Miami Master Plan area as an Urban Central Business District will permit
additional density opportunities suitable to attract mixed -use business and development,
including:
A 50-percent increase in residential, hotel, motel, office or retail
development;
A 100-percent increase in multiple -use development guidelines and
standards, provided the project includes a residential component
that is a minimum of 35-percent of the City's residential threshold;
A 150-percent increase in the guidelines and standards for resort or
convention hotel development, provided the development is
located in a county with a population greater than 500,000, and the
proposed development is specifically designated to serve a 250,000
gross square foot convention center built prior to July 1, 1992;
The increased guidelines and standards of 28-24.014(10) shall not
apply if any portion of a proposed development is located outside
of the delineated urban central business district boundaries.
The specific proposal presented herein would establish this designation with a formal
amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to follow.