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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPhased Project RequestWEISS SEROTA HELFMAN PASTORIZA GUEDES COLE Sc BONISKE, P.A. lir TCHELL A. BIERMAN iNA L. BONI$KE MITCHELL J. BURNSTEIN JAMEE ALAN COLE EDWARD G. GUEDES STEPHEN J- HELFMAN HARRIET R. LEWIS Gi LBERTO PASTORIZA GARY I. RESN€CK JOSEPH H. SEROTA NANCY E. STROUD SUSAN L, TREVARTHEN R3CHARD JAY WEISS DAVID M. WOLPiN STEVEN W, ZELKOWITZ THOMAS J. ANSSRO• LILL1AN ARANGO DE LA HOZ• JAMES E. BAKER ALISON S. BIELER ELAINE M. COHEN JORGE L. CRUZ-BUSYULLO • ATTORNEYS AT LAW MIAM€-DADE OFFICE 2665 SOUTH SAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 420 MIAMI, FLORIDA 33133 TELEPHONE 305-854-0800 TELECOPIER 305-854-2323 WWW. WSH-LAW. COM 6 R0WARD OFFICE 3107 STIRLING ROAD • SUITE 300 FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33312 TELEPHONE 954-763-4242 • TELECOPtER 954.764-777C) *OF COUNSEL March 29, 2005 VIA HAND DELIVERY Ms. Ana Gelabert-Sanchez City of Miami Department of Planning & Development 444 S.W. 2' Avenue, 3`d Floor Miami, Florida 33130 Re: Request for Phased Project Dear Ms. Gelabert-Sanchez: VIVIAN DE LAS CUEVAS-DIAZ STEPHANIE DEUTSCH• RAQUEL ELEJABARRIETA CHAD FRIEDMAN OLIVER G- GILBERT, III DOUGLAS R. GONZALES TARA L. GOULD GREGORY A. HAtLE PETER A. LICHTMAN KAREN LIEBERMAN• MATTI-IEW H- MANDEL MICHAEL J, MARRERO ALEXANDER L. PALENZUELA-MAURI MICHAEL S. PQPOK• JOHN J. QUICK ANTHONY L. RECIO SCOTT A. ROSIN GAIL D. SEROTA" JEFFREY P. SHEFFEL JO$E 5. TALAVERA MICHAEL L. ST€NES STEVEN E. TAYLOR DAMES E. WHITE Our firm represents Lucky Royal, Inc. ("Lucky") and Urban River Partners, LLC ("Urban"). Lucky is the owner of the property and Urban is the contract purchaser of the property which is the subject of an application for a Major Use Special Permit which accompanies this request. The following information is provided in support of this request. Section 2502 of the City's Zoning Ordinance 11000 defines phase project s follows: "A phased project is one which, due to its magnitude, has to be developed in stages. Such project shall contain a minimum of three (3) acres of land. Any project which meets such requisite shall establish the maximum development capacity for the subject property. At the time of the qualification by the director of the planning, building, and zoning department, as required below, such projects shall be owned by a single entity or subsidiaries of one (1) entity and may occupy contiguous lands, separated only be streets or alleys, and will be considered as one (1) project for the purpose of calculating all zoning • • • Ms. Ana Gelabert-Sanchez March 29, 2005 Page 2 requirements. Individual phases of such projects which reach the MUSP thresholds as established in Article 17 shall also comply with all the conditions contained in section 1701(11)." A phased project must be qualified by the director of the planning, building, and zoning department, at the written request of the property owner(s). The recipient of this qualification shall be responsible for the distribution of development rights within the boundaries of the subject property, subject to the limitations of this Zoning Ordinance." The property in questions consists of the entire block bound on the east by NW 6`h Avenue, on the west by NW 7' Avenue, on the north by NW 8th Street, and on the south by NW 7th Street (the "Property") and consists of approximately 4.196 net acres, The proposed mixed -use project (the "Project") consists of various buildings providing 577 dwelling units, 7,700 square feet of retail and accessory parking (the "Project"). Urban intends to develop the Project in phases. The project will be developed as one unified site. Besides being contiguous to each other, the various phases will be treated as one site with a consistent streetscape and similar landscaping throughout. We believe that for the reasons stated in this letter, the Project meets the City's requirements for a phased project and accordingly request that you approve the Project as a phased project. We look forward to your approval of this request. Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any questions or require additional information. GP/ms 1071001 1 Gilberto Pastoriza'�_ WEISS SEROTA HELFMAN PASTORIZA GUEDES C©LE & BONISKE, P.A.