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File Number: 05-00296a
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE
NO. 11000, AS AMENDED, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, BY AMENDING ARTICLE 6, SPECIAL DISTRICTS, IN ORDER TO
AMEND SECTION 627 MIDTOWN MIAMI SPECIAL DISTRICT, MORE
PARTICULARLY THE SD-27.1 MIDTOWN MIAMI EAST SPECIAL DISTRICT;
SECTION 627.1.6 IN ORDER TO MODIFY PROVISIONS RELATED TO UPPER
LEVEL BALCONY ENCROACHMENTS INTO SETBACK AND BUILD -TO AREAS;
CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Miami Planning Advisory Board, at its meeting of October 12, 2005, Item No. 4,
following an advertised public hearing, adopted Resolution No. PAB 104-05 by a vote of eight to zero
(8-0) , recommending APPROVAL of amending Ordinance No. 11000, as amended, as hereinafter set
forth; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission after careful consideration of this matter deems it advisable and
in the best interest of the general welfare of the City of Miami and its inhabitants to amend Ordinance
No. 11000, as amended, as hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are hereby
adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Ordinance No. 11000, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida,
is amended by amending the text of said ordinance as follows: {1}
"ARTICLE 6. SD SPECIAL DISTRICTS GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 627. SD-27 Midtown Miami Special District
Section 627.1 SD-27.1 Midtown Miami East Special District
Section 627.1.6 Building Placement and buildable area
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5. Maximum And Minimum Setback Requirements and Build -To Lines
Setback requirements for the SD 27.1 district are measured perpendicular to and from the base
building line. Platted public right of way lines shall be defined as the base building line. When
platted right of way lines at street intersections are rounded, setbacks shall be measured from
projected right of way lines and not from the rounded portions of such lines. The SD-27 Design
Standards provide further clarification of the requirements provide herein. The maximum and
minimum setbacks and build -to requirements shall be as provided in Section 627.1.7 and below as
follows:
a. Maximum Ground Floor Setback for all Streets:
For the first twenty-five (25) feet in elevation above the public right-of-way, no building facade
shall be set back more than a depth of ten (10) feet, except as otherwise provided in Section
627.1.7, Off-street parking shall not be allowed within the maximum setback. Building frontage
may exceed the maximum setback requirement, provided that the resultant setback is
designed and improved as public open space.
b. Minimum Setbacks and Build -To Lines:
1. Minimum setbacks and build -to requirements shall be as provided in Section 627.1.7. In
order to allow for building and streetscape design variation, an accumulative maximum of
40°/0 of any street or side setback frontage may have no podium and tower setback
requirements as defined in Section 627.1,7.
2. Colonnades may encroach the setback and build -to requirements provided that a minimum
of five (5) feet of sidewalk must remain clear of all obstructions. In addition, awnings and
upper story balconies may encroach the setback and build -to requirements by a distance of
seven (7) feet . In no case shall colonnades and upper story
balcony encroachments be allowed beyond the base building/property line. Awning may
encroach base building property line by a distance of seven (7) feet into the right of way.
3. Building frontages along East Coast Avenue and above 16 stories or 175 feet in height
(above the public sidewalk), whichever is less, shall not exceed 60% of the East Coast
Avenue net property frontage. This requirement is applicable for all building frontages
within fifty (50) feet of the base building line.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4. If any section, part of section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is
declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and adoption
thereof. {2}
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JORGE L. FERNANDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes :
{1} Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be
added_ The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted
and unchanged material.
{2} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective date
stated herein, whichever is later.
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