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ANALYSIS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI
SD-29 NE 2nd Avenue Special Overlay District
(Historic Lemon City/Little Haiti Village)
CASE NO. 2004-106
Within the Edison/Little River/Lemon City/Little Haiti area of the City of Miami, there are
subareas along major streets that are of special and substantial public interest because
of the unique architectural, cultural, and natural/historic features. The intent of this
special district regulation is to determine how the future public and private development
shall respect and enhance the character, preserving property values, enhancing the
history of Lemon City and respect the culture of Little Haiti as a desirable place to live,
work, and recreate (play). This special regulation is intended to apply to the highly
visible area strategically located on NE 2nd Avenue, to protect against inappropriate
landuse, discordant or incongruent design, disturbance of natural features, and to
encourage development in such portions of the community in a manner appropriate to
preservation of its unique cultural and historic heritage. This unique blend of retail, office
and residential uses marks NE 2rd Avenue as special urban neighborhood with a great
deal of pedestrian activity.
This section of NE 2nd Avenue, as one of Miami's gateways into the city, should be
preserved and enhanced in a manner befitting this designation. To this end, the purpose
of this special district overlay is to ensure that future development and redevelopment
activity respects this character and compliments the scale and variety of uses along the
NE 2nd Avenue corridor.
This special zoning overlay allows structures used as any type of residential facility
except for rescue missions, to a maximum density equivalent to R-4, subject to the same
limiting conditions; any activity included in the office designation, and mixed -use or
commercial activities which generally serve the daily retailing and service needs of the
public, typically requiring easy access by pedestrians (especially for children and elderly
persons desiring access to the future park within the Little Haiti Park Planning Area) and
private automobiles. This category is located preferably in areas directly served by
arterial or collector roadways, or directly accessible via mass transportation system.
The effects of these SD-29 regulations shall be to modify regulations within portions of
other zoning districts included within the SD boundaries to the extent indicated herein,
included within the SD boundaries NE 2"d Avenue, from NE 52nd Street to the NE 71
Street, and liberally bounded by approximately 100-150 feet on the east and west side of
NE 2nd Avenue (properties zoned C-1, see Zoning Atlas).