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Approximately the entire block bounded by
NW 6th Avenue on the East, NW 7th Avenue on the West, NW 8th Street
on the North and NW 7th Street on the South
CASE NO. 2005-0985
Pursuant to Ordinance 11000, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami,
Florida, the subject proposal has been reviewed to allow the following Special Exception:
• Special Exception per Article 9, Section 949, to bring a legally nonconforming
freestanding personal wireless service facility monopole into compliance. The Special
Exception requires City Commission approval
The following findings have been made:
• It is found that the request is to bring an existing legal nonconforming monopole
for personal wireless services into compliance.
• It is found that the subject property is also the subject of a zoning change request
as part of an application for a Major Use Special Permit for the Urban River
project.
• It is found that the proposed project will consist of at least one tower greater in
height than the monopole; therefore, the monopole should be located on the roof
of the new proposed structure in order to mitigate the adverse aesthetic impacts
associated with such a pole to the adjacent neighborhood.
• It is found that the existing monopole is legally grandfathered under the previous
"Industrial" zoning classification and is therefore requesting to remain in the
interim until the new tower is constructed.
Based on these findings, the Planning Department is recommending approval with
conditions of the requested personal wireless service facilities (PWSF) with the
following conditions:
1. The requested personal wireless service facilities (PWSF) (monopole) may
remain in its current location until such time as the first of the proposed
residential towers receives a CO; at that time, the facility shall be relocated to
the rooftop of the residential tower.
2. The applicant shall submit a landscape plan for the area of the property
upon which the current personal wireless service facility (PWSF) is located.