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PLANNING DEPARTMENT
PRE -APPLICATION DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS
MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT
500 B RICKELL/BRICKELL STATION
500 BRICKELL AVENUE
NET DISTRICT: DOWNTOWN
2-15-2006
City of Miami Vision Statement: To Be an International City which Embodies Diversity, Economic Opportunity, Effective
Customer Service and a Highly Rated ,Quality of Life"
COMMENTS:
The following comments were generated following the UDRB meeting on February 15, 2006 representing the
Planning Department and UDRB member's final conditions for Major Use Special Permit approval.
The City of Miami strives to achieve diverse pedestrian -friendly distinct neighborhoods, promote transit
connections, and provide contextual, safe, and comfortable buildings, blocks, streets, and parks that contribute
to a prosperous city for all residents to enjoy.
Parking Garage
• We appreciate the continued refinement of the treatment on the garage facade. Please add an element
of stucco (possible eyebrow) beneath the proposed glass panels, shown at the UDRB meeting, to
accent this composition and break the garage massing to a perceivable level.
• Any proposed screening shall block lighting from within the garage from view at night except the
glass areas may give ambient lighting to artistically accentuate the composition at night. A filter cloth
mesh may be used behind the metal blades to allow air flow and block light.
• The department continues to be concerned that the proposed metal blade composition on the garage
will be perceived as a large grill and does not relate to the human experience on the street or as seen
from other buildings. Ideas discussed at our meeting on 2/7/2006 included adding additional stucco
details and adding additional materials and colors to help break down this large space and create an
extrapolation of tower elements and materials with the proposed garage screening. The scheme
presented at UDRB began to help this condition.
Pedestrian Realm
• Add shade trees along SE 5th Street in the public right-of-way continuing the same planting as
proposed in the 500 Brickell project. A public easement may be required along the arcade for ADA
accessibility compliance.
• Refine the landscape plan of the pedestrian plaza at the corner of SE 5th Street and SE 1" Avenue.
Cluster a few of these into pervious landscape beds to soften this corner.
• The sidewalk around the SW corner of the site should remain a minimum width equivalent- extension
of the arcade along SE 6th Street.
*** Please note that the Planning Department reviews Special Permit proposals based on architectural design, site planning and urban
design issues. The project still needs to be reviewed and comply with other department's requirements.
It is our intention with these comments to aid in expediting Special Permit applications with your
voluntary efforts in making the necessary changes; thereby, avoiding any preventable delays
particularly prior to a project's submission to the Large Scale Development Committee or the
Urban Development Review Board.
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