HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibitDOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT § 14-27
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Secs. 14.1-14-25. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. DOWNTOWN DISTRICT
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
Sec. 14-26. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings re-
spectively ascribed to them by this section:
Authority: The downtown development author-
ity, the body corporate hereby created by this
article, known as the downtown development
authority board of the city.
Board: The governing body of the authority
selected as herein provided.
Central business district: The area in the city to
which this article primarily relates, zoned and
used principally for business.
Director: The chief executive officer of the au-
thority selected by the board as herein provided.
Downtown: A specifically defined area or zone
of the city in the central business district, estab-
lished by the city.
Governing body: The commission of the city.
Planning board: The department or agency of
the city, by whatever name such department or
agency may be known, which is chiefly responsi-
ble for community planning.
Public Facility: Any street, park, parking lot,
playground. right-of-way, structure, waterway,
bridge, lake, pond, canal, utility line or pipe,
building, including access routes to any of the
foregoing designed and dedicated to use by the
public generally, or used by any public agency
with or without charge, whether or not the same
is revenue producing.
Code 1967, § 13-1.; Code 1980, 3 14-16)
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Sec. 14-27. Boundaries designated.
The downtown district described as follows
shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the
downtown development authority:
Begin at the intersection of the centerline of
N.W. Fifth Street and N.W. Third Avenue (east
side ofN-S Expressway (1-95), thence run south-
erly along the centerline of N.W. Third Avenue
and the easterly side of N-S Expressway to the
centerline of West Flagler Street; thence west-
erly along the centerline of said West Flagler
Street to the centerline of the Miami River;
thence meandering southeasterly along the
centerline of said Miami River to a paint of
intersection with the easterly right-of-way line
of Metro Rapid Transit right-of-way (formerly
Florida East Coast (FEC) Railroad right-of-
way) said right-of-way line being 50 feet east-
erly of and parallel with the centerline of said
Metro Rapid Transit right-of-way; thence run
southerly and southwesterly along said east-
erly right-of-way line of Metro Rapid Transit to
the intersection with the centerline of S.W.
15th Road; thence southeasterly along the
centerline of 15th Road to a point of intersec-
tion with the southerly prolongation of the
westerly line of Costa Bella Development Sub-
division (107-14); thence northeasterly, north-
westerly and northeasterly along said westerly
line of Costa Bella to the intersection with the
southerly right-of-way line of S.E. 14th Lane;
thence southeasterly, northeasterly, northerly,
and northwesterly along said southerly and
easterly right-of-way line of S.E. 14th Lane and
S.E. 14th Terrace to the intersection with the
northwesterly property line of lot 31, block 2 of
amended plat of Point View as recorded in plat
book 2 at page 93 of the public records of Dade
County, Florida; thence northeasterly along
the northwesterly line of said lot 31, to the
northeasterly side of the existing ten -foot alley
in block 2 of said Point View; thence southeast-
erly along the northeasterly side of said ten -
foot alley to the intersection with the property
tine between lots 4 and 5 of said block 2 of Point
View: thence northeasterly along said line of
cots 4 and 5 and its prolongation thereof to the
centerline of S.E. 14th Street; thence southeast-
erly along said centerline of S.E. 14th Street to
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a point of intersection with the existing bulk-
head and shoreline of Biscayne Bay; thence
meandering northerly along the existing bulk-
head and shoreline of Biscayne Bay to a point
of intersection with the southerly boundary of
Claughton Island Bridge; thence easterly along
the said southerly right-of-way line of Claughton
Island Bridge to the intersection with the west-
erly bulkhead line of Claughton Island, said
bulkhead line being part of the Metropolitan
Dade County bulkhead line as recorded in plat
book 73 at page 18 of the public records; thence
southerly, easterly, northerly and westerly, fol-
lowing said existing bulkhead and its westerly
prolongation thereof around the island to the
intersection with the mainland on the easterly
shoreline of Biscayne Bay; thence meandering
in a northwesterly and westerly direction along
the shoreline of Biscayne Bay and the Miami
River to the intersection with the easterly
right-of-way line of Brickell Avenue Bridge
(S.E. Second Avenue); thence north along said
bridge to the existing bulkhead on the north-
erly shoreline of the Miami River; said bulk-
head line also being the southerly boundary of
the Dupont Plaza Center and Miami Center
Joint Venture property; thence northeasterly
along the southerly boundary of Dupont Plaza
Center and Miami Center Joint Venture prop-
erty to a point of intersection with the easterly
property line of Chopin Associates and Miami
Center Limited Partnership; said property
line
being along the shoreline of Biscayne Bay;
thence northerly along said easterly propel'
line of Chopin Associates and Miami Center
Limited Partnership property along Biscayne
Bay to the southerly property line of Bayfroat
Park; thence continuing northerly, northeast-
erly and northwesterly along the bulkheadark
of Bay -front Park and the Bayfrt P
Miainarina to a point of intersection with the
southerly right-of-way line of State Road A-1-A
(Douglas Macarthur Causeway); thence east-
erly along the southerly right-of-way of said
Douglas Macarthur Causeway to its intersec-
tion with the easterly right-of-way line of the
Intercoastal Waterway, said point also being
the westerly line of the submerged parcel of
land of the NW quadrant of Watson Island as
shown on the boundary survey of NW quadrant
upland and submerged parcel (City of Miami
miscellaneous file 61-398); thence southerly
along the easterly right-of-way line of said
Intercoastal Waterway to a point of intersec-
tion of the turning basin limit with the north-
erly line of the Miami main ship rhnnnel, said
point also being approximately 500 feet west of
the westerly bulkhead line of Watson Island
and 1200 feet southerly of the south right-of-
way line of Douglas Macarthur Causeway, as
per O.R.B. 2454, pages 77-79; thence northeast-
erly, southeasterly and northeasterly along the
t of
southeasterly line of said NW q n
Watson Island to the most easterly corner of
said NW quadrant of Watson Island, said wa
cor-
ner being on the southwesterly right-of-way
line of Douglas Macarthur Causeway; thence
northwesterly and westerly along the said right-
of-way line to the northwest corner of said NW
quadrant of Watson Island; thence westerly
along the southerly right-of-way line of the
state road A-1-A (Douglas Macarthur Cause-
way) to the bulkhead line of Biscayne Bay;
thence northerly along the bulkhead line of
Biscayne Bay to a point of intersection with the
centerline of N.E. 17th Street extended east-
erly; thence westerly along the centerline of
N.E. 17th Street and its extension thereof to a
point of intersection with the centerline of
North Bayshore Drive; thence northerly along
the centerline of North Bayshore Drive to its
intersection with the centerline of N.E. 17th
Terrace; thence northwesterly along the
centerline of N.E. 17th Terrace to its intersec-
tion with the southwesterly extension of the
northwesterly line of lot 2 of block 1 of Seaport
as recorded in plat book 149 at 79 of the public
records of Dade County, Florida; thence north-
easterly along the northwesterly line of said lot
2, and its said southwesterly extension thereof,
to the southwesterly corner of lot 1 of block 1 of
said Seaport (149-79); thence southeasterly and
easterly along the southerly line of said lot 1
and its easterly extension to its intersection
with the centerline of North Be ysbore Drive;
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thence northeasterly along
North Bayshore Drive to its intersection with
the southeasterly extension of the northerly
line of said lot 1 of block 1 of said Seaport
i 149-79); thence northwesterly along the north -
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erly line of said lot 1, and its said southeasterly
xteasian thereof, to the northwesterly corner
of said lot 1; thence northwesterly across a
10-foot-wide alley to the northeasterly corner
of lot 6 of block 8 of Miramar amended as
recorded in plat book 5 at page 4 of the public
records of Dade County, Florida; thence north-
westerly along the northerly line of said lot 6
and its northwesterly extension to its intersec-
tion with the centerline of Sevilla Street N.E.(
4th Avenue) of said Miramar amended (5-4);
thence southwesterly along the centerline of
said Sevilla Street (N.E. 4th Avenue) to its
intersection with the centerline of Vedado Street
(N.E. 4'h Avenue) of said Miramar amended
(5-4); thence northerly along the centerline of
N.E. 4th Avenue (Vedado Street); thence north-
erly along the centerline of N.E. Fourth Avenue
to its intersection with the centerline of N.E.
19th Street; thence westerly along the centerline
of N.E. 19th Street to a point of intersection
with southerly extension of the easterly lot line
of lot 4 of block 1 of Miramar amended as
recorded in plat book 5 at page 4 of the public.
records of Dade County; Florida, thence north-
,rly along the easterly lot line of lot 4 and its
dxtension thereof to the southerly lot line of lot
8 of Coral Park as recorded in plat book 2 at
page 66 of the public records of Dade County,
Florida; thence easterly along the southerly lot
line of lot 3 to the southeast corner of said lot 8;
thence northerly along the easterly lot line of
lot 8 to the southerly right-of-way line of N.E.
20th Street; thence easterly along the south-
erly right-of-way line of N.E. 20th Street to the
southerly extension of the easterly lot Line of lot
7 of said Coral Park (2-66); thence northerly
along the easterly lot line of lot 7 and its
extension thereof to the northeast corner of lot
7; thence westerly along the northerly lot line
of lot 7 to a point of intersection with the
southerly extension of the easterly lot line of lot
7 of block 4 of Bayside Park amended as
recorded in plat book 2 at page 40 of the public
records of Dade County.. Florida; thence north-
erly along the easterly lot line of lot 7 and its
extension thereof across a 15-foot-wide alley to
the northeast corner of loc 7; thence continuing
northerly across the right-of-way of N.E. 20th
Terrace to the southeast corner of lot 7 of block
1 of Bayside Park amended (2-40); thence north-
erly along the easterly lot line of lot 7 to the
northeast corner of said lot 7; thence across a
15-foot-wide alley to the southeast corner of lot
5 block 3 of Bayonne Subdivision as recorded in
plat book 2 at page 35 of the public records of
Dade County, Florida; thence northerly along
the easterly lot line of lot 5, and the northerly
extension of its easterly lot line thereof, to the
centerline of N.E. 21st Street; thence easterly
along the centerline of N.E. 2lst Street to a
point of intersection with the southerly exten-
sion of the easterly lot line of lot 3 of block 1 of
Bayonne Subdivision (2-35); thence northerly
along the easterly lot line and its extension
thereof, to the southerly lot line of tract A of
Caruso Subdivision as recorded in. plat book 79
at page 23 of the public records of Dade County,
Florida; thence easterly along the southerly
tract line of tract A to the southerly extension
of the easterly right-of-way line of N.E. Fourth
Avenue; thence northerly along the easterly
right-of-way line of N.E. Fourth Avenue and its
extension thereof to the centerline of N.E. 24th
Street; thence westerly along the centerline of
N.E. 24th Street to the centerline of N.E.
Second Avenue; thence southerly along the
centerline of N.E. Second Avenue to the
centerline of N.E. 17th Street; thence westerly
along the centerline of N.E. 17th Street and
N.W. 17th Street to the easterly right-of-way
line of the FEC Railroad; thence southerly
along the easterly right-of-way line of the FEC
Railroad to the centerline of N.W.Fifth Street
thence westerly along the centerline of N.W.
Fifth Street to the point of beginning.
( Ord. No. 12307, §§ 2, 3, 12-12-02)
Editor's note —Ord. No. 12307, §$ 2, 3, adopted December
12, 2002., repealed and reenacted § 14-27 in its entirety to read
as herein set out. Formerly, § 14-27 pertained to similar
subject matter and derived from the Code of 1.967, § 13-2; Ord.
No. 9680, i 1, adopted July 8, 1983; Ord. No. 9838, § 1, adopted
May 24. 1984; Ord. No. 10575, § 1. adopted April 27. 1989, and
the Code of 1980. § 14-17.
Sec. 14-28. Property subject to ad valorem
taxes for payment of city's gen-
eral obligation debts, etc.
All real property Located within the central
business district shall be subject to ad valorem
taxes to pay the principal and interest on all
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