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Watford, Kevin C
From: Daryl Vreeland [DVreeland@miami-airport.comj
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:20 AM
To: Watford, Kevin C; Ferras, Jose; Lavernia, Roberto; ajt@miamidade.gov; cesar.perez@faa.gov
Cc: Manuel A. Rodriguez; Jose A Ramos; Jeffrey R. Bunting
Subject: MET3
May 2, 2005
TO: Kevin Walford, City of Miami
RE: Proposed Condominium (MET 3) located on the SE corner of SE 2nd Avenue and SE 2nd ST,
Miami, FL
Dear Mr.Walford:
The Miami -Dade Aviation Department is in receipt of your May 2, 2005 request for a height analysis for two
400 ft structures and one 786 ft Above Ground Level (AGL) condominium at the above referenced location.
We have reviewed your request and find that maximum allowable height at this location is 949 ft Above Mean
Sea Level (AMSL) so that it does not exceed the obstruction standards established by the Miami -Dade County
Height Ordinance for the Miami International Airport. Thus, your proposed structure at 786 ft (AGL) with an
assumed ground elevation of 10 ft (AMSL) would conform to the County Height Zoning Ordinance.
The Miami -Dade Aviation Department has no objections to the proposed height as long the FAA's review of
the proposed structures determines that the construction of these buildings does not diminish or negatively affect
the efficiency or capacity of the Miami International Airport in any way.
This height determination is an estimate issued on a preliminary or advisory basis. For a more accurate
determination, you may re -submit this information to us by providing latitude and longitude coordinates of the
footprint of the proposed structure in "degrees, minutes, seconds" format using a NAD83 projection with an
accuracy of three decimal places (for the `seconds' number).
Please note that this is a preliminary height determination and does not constitute approval by Miami -Dade
Aviation Department for construction until coordination and a "No -Hazard" deteiiuination from the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) is obtained. Before proceeding with design, any proposed construction at this
location exceeding 200 ft AMSL will be required to file with the FAA by using form 7460-1 `Notice of
Proposed Construction Alteration for Determination of Known Hazards', in addition, any construction cranes
exceeding 200 ft AMSL for this project must be filed by the construction contractor using the same form. Thus,
for any structure or crane exceeding 200 ft AMSL at this location, FAA foam 7460-1 must be filed. The foJni is
available through this office or through the FAA website: littp://forms.faa.gov/foi Ins faa7460 l,.,hd 1 This fowl
should be mailed to: Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Airspace Branch - ASW-520, 2601
Meacham Blvd, Ft. Worth, TX 76137-0520
Please note that the airspace review and approval process is governed by two different regulations: the Miami -
Dade County Height Zoning Ordinances and Federal Regulation Title 14 Part 77. Neither MDAD nor any
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MDAD staff has the power or authority to enforce the County's zoning provisions or the FAA requirements.
The County's Department of Planning & Zoning (P&Z) enforces the County's height zoning provisions
(Section 33-340) which states that "all applications for permits made to appropriate municipal Building and
Zoning Departments or agencies for all construction...shall be approved by the [Miami -Dade Department of
Planning and Zoning] Director and the Building Official or by their duly authorized representatives prior to
issuance of the permit." The FAA has its own airspace evaluation requirements, as well as the right to permit or
not permit construction of a facility or use of a crane based on the particular facts then presented before the
FAA. Only P&Z can make the final determination as to whether the County's zoning requirements and height
limitations are met, and only FAA can make the determination as to whether FAA building and height
requirements are met.
As the permit -issuing agency, you are reminded that no final approval or building permit should be issued until
the City of Miami has in its possession a copy of the FAA "Deteimination of No Hazard" for this structure.
Your agency must assure that no point of this structure is constructed higher than the lower (more restrictive) of
either I.) The FAA `Determination of No Hazard' height or 2.) A maximum height as stated by the Miami -Dade
County Height Zoning Ordinance.
Similarly, the City of Miami has the responsibility to ascertain that the proposed crane height is not a danger to
aviation navigation by confirming that the proposed crane height does not exceed the height stated by the FAA
on the "Determination of No Hazard" for the crane and that the crane is properly flagged, lighted, and otherwise
marked according to FAA standards.
This determination is based, in part, on the description provided to us by the City of Miami, which includes
specific building locations and heights. Any changes in building locations/layouts or heights will void this
determination. Any future construction or alteration, including an increase to heights requires separate notice to
the FAA and the Miami -Dade Aviation Department.
Respectfully,
Daryl Vreeland
Junior Aviation Planner
Miami -Dade Aviation Department
Phone: 305-869-3834
Fax: 305-876-7630
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cc: M. Rodriguez
J. Ramos
Jeff Bunting, Noise Abatement
Alberto Torres, Assistant Director for Zoning
Cesar Perez, FAA
Kevin Walford, City of Miami
Joe Ferras, City of Miami
File Airspace
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