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File Number: 08-01015zt Final Action Date: 11/13/2008
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, AMENDING ORDINANCE
NO. 11000, AS AMENDED, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AMENDING ARTICLE 6, SECTION 616. SD 16, SD-16.1, 16.2
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN-PARK WEST, COMMERCIAL -RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICTS, ADDING REGULATIONS IN SUB -SECTION 616.12, FOR THE
CREATION OF THE SD-16.3 "MIAMI WORLDCENTER", GENERALLY BOUNDED
BY NORTHEAST 2ND AVENUE TO THE EAST, NORTH MIAMI AVENUE TO THE
WEST, NORTHEAST 11TH STREET TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST 6TH
STREET TO THE SOUTH, EXCLUDING THE AREAS GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS
"THE CLUB DISTRICT" AND THE "NETWORK ACCESS POINT OF THE AMERICAS
(NAP CENTER)"; SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS AS SET FORTH; CONTAINING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Miami Planning Advisory Board, at its meeting of October 15, 2008, Item No.
P.1, following an advertised hearing, adopted Resolution No. PAB-08-040 by a vote of five to zero
(5-0), recommending APPROVAL, 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 citizens to amend its Zoning
Ordinance 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 hereby amended by amending the text of said Ordinance as follows:{1}
"ARTICLE 6. SD SPECIAL DISTRICTS GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 616. SD-16, 16.1, 16.2 Southeast Overtown-Park West Commercial -Residential Districts, and
SD-16.3 Miami Worldcenter.
Sec. 616.12. SD-16.3 Miami Worldcenter.
The Miami Worldcenter (hereinafter also referred to as the "SD-16.3 Miami Worldcenter area") is
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generally bounded by NE 2nd Avenue on the east, North Miami Avenue on the west, NE 11th Street
on the north, and NE 6th Street on the south, excluding the areas generally described as "The Club
District" and the "Network Access Point of the Americas (NAP Center)". The boundaries are more
specifically identified in Map 1.
16.12.1 Miami Worldcenter Goals
The conservation goals include conserving energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions through
improved street connectedness to encourage walkability, and transit use, increasing tree canopy, and
encouraging green buildings.
16.12.1.1 The development goals include:
• Specific areas that are compact, pedestrian -oriented and mixed -use. Increased density and
intensity of use is encouraged due to the proximity of current and proposed transit service and
appropriate building densities and land uses should occur within walking distance of transit
stops.
• Maintaining the future growth of downtown infill redevelopment ensuring Miami's focus for the
region's economic, civic, and cultural activities.
• A diversity of uses distributed throughout the selected specific area of an existing District that
enables a variety of economic activity, workplace, residences and civic space. Civic and
commercial activity should be embedded in the mixed -use District as identified in the Intent for
SD-16, 16.1, 16.2 Southeast Overtown-Park West Commercial -Residential Districts.
• Civic and public gathering spaces should be located to reinforce community identity.
• Buildings and landscaping contribute to the physical definition of Thoroughfares as civic
places.
• A specific area within an existing District that includes a framework of transit and pedestrian
systems that accommodates automobiles while respecting the pedestrian and the special form
of public spaces.
• Ensuring that private development contributes to infrastructure and embellishes a pedestrian
and transit friendly public and private realm of the highest quality.
16.12.1.2 The Miami Worldcenter Design Standards ("Design Standards") and the Miami
Worldcenter Regulating Plan ("Regulating Plan") provide more detailed clarification to the SD 16.3
Worldcenter area and are incorporated herein by reference.
16.12.2 Effect of SD-16.3 Miami Worldcenter area Designation.
The SD-16.3 Miami Worldcenter Master Plan Design Standards and the regulations herein shall
supplant districts or portions of districts included within the SD-16 Special District boundaries to the
extent indicated herein.
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16.12.3 Class II Special Permit.
16.12.3.1 When required.
A Class II Special Permit shall be required prior to approval of any permit affecting the height, bulk,
location or exterior configuration of any existing building or the construction of a new building; or for
the implementation of signage, awnings, fences or any other improvement visible from a public
right-of-way.
16.12.3.2 Considerations in making Class II Special Permit determinations.
The purpose of the Class II Special Permit shall be to ensure conformity of the application with the
expressed intent of Sec. 616. SD-16, 16.1, 16.2, Southeast Overtown-Park West
Commercial -Residential Districts, with the general considerations listed in Section 1305, and with the
special considerations contained in the Miami Worldcenter Master Plan Design Standards and
Regulating Plan incorporated herein by reference.
16.12.3.3 Waiver of Design Standards.
Pursuant to Sec. 1512, unless otherwise required by the SD-16.3 Miami Worldcenter area, as
amended, Ordinance 11000, as amended, the Code of the City of Miami, as amended, or the Florida
Building Code, as amended, and Miami Worldcenter Master Plan Design Standards, incorporated by
reference (collectively, "Design Guidelines and Standards"), may be waived by the Planning Director
pursuant to a Class II Special Permit. Waivers by the Planning Director for numerically measured
Design Guidelines and Standards may not vary more than twenty percent (20%) from the numeric
standard.
16.12.4 Flexible Allocation of Development Capacity
When property within the SD-16.3 Miami Worldcenter area containing nine or more contiguous acres
under the ownership or control of a single entity is submitted as a project ("Project"), the allowable
floor area within the project may be allocated by the owner to individual building sites unconstrained
by the FAR for any individual site so long as the FAR distribution does not result in development that
is out of scale or character with development allowed under the land development regulations for the
adjacent areas, allocates FAR sufficient to build structures to a minimum of two stories on all parcels
within the project except open space and civic space sites, and provides all SD-16.3 Miami
Worldcenter area requirements, including open space, civic space, and parking.
16.12.4.1 Major Use Special Permit
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the SD-16.3 Miami Worldcenter area or Ordinance 11000,
when property within the SD-16.3 Miami Worldcenter area containing nine or more contiguous acres
under the ownership or control of a single entity is submitted as a project, a Major Use Special Permit
within the project is required for: (1) non-residential or lodging uses in a single building that exceeds
975,000 square feet; (2) more than 800 residential units in a single building; or (3) any combined use
which exceeds 2,800 parking spaces in a single building, except that a MUSP shall be required when
a conference center, conference center hotel and related office building with a mix of retail and office
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uses, exceeds two million square feet.
16.12.5 Definitions
For the purpose of the SD-16.3 Miami Worldcenter area, the following definitions shall apply: Terms
not defined herein shall have the meaning provided in Sec.2502 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City
of Miami ("Zoning Ordinance").
Abutting: to reach or touch; to touch at the end or be contiguous with; join at the border or boundary;
terminate on. Abutting properties include properties across a street or alley.
Arcade: A covered pedestrian outdoor space along the side of a Building at the ground level that is
open on three sides and has a minimum 15 foot depth, which may provide access to shops along one
(1) or more sides, per the Design Standards.
Back of Curb Line: A straight building reference line established at the back of the street curb that
does not offset for projections into the street such as bulb -outs or tree planting areas, as shown in
Table 3 and in the Regulating Plan and Design Standards.
Balcony: An unenclosed habitable structure cantilevered from or inset within a facade or elevation.
Block: The aggregate of private lots, passages, rear lanes and Alleys, the perimeter of which abuts
Thoroughfares.
Building Configuration: The form of a Building, based on its massing, relationship to Frontages and
lot lines, and height.
Building Disposition: The placement of a Building on its lot.
Building Use: The uses accommodated by a Building and its lot.
Building Height: The vertical extent of a building measured in Stories.
Build -to -line: A line established within a given Lot indicating where the outer edge of a structure must
be located.
Civic Space: An outdoor area provided for public use in perpetuity by fee title or easement. Civic
Space types are defined by the combination of certain physical constants including the relationship
between their intended use, their size, their landscaping and their enfronting buildings. See Table 2
and Design Standards.
Corridor: A lineal geographic system incorporating transportation, walkways, and/or greenways.
Courtyard: Open space, partially defined by walls or buildings as regulated by the SD 16.3 Miami
Worldcenter area. See Design Standards.
Design Speed: The speed at which a Thoroughfare is designed to be driven.
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Elevation, Floor: Height of floor level.
Enfront: To place an element along a Frontage, as in "porches enfront the street."
Entrance, principal: The main point of access of pedestrians into a Building.
Facade: The exterior wall of a building that is set along a Frontage
Floorplate: The total indoor and outdoor Floor Area of any given Story of a Building, measured to the
exterior of the wall or balcony.
Frontage: Lot face abutting a public space, such as a Thoroughfare, whether at the front, rear, or
side of a lot.
Gallery: A covered pedestrian area abutting the side of a building on the ground floor which may
provide access along one or more sides of a building,
Green Space: an Open Space outdoors, at grade, unroofed, landscaped and free of impervious
surfaces.
Habitable Space: Building space which use involves human presence with direct view of the
enfronting streets or public or private open space, excluding parking garages, self-service storage
facilities, warehouses, and display windows separated from retail activity.
Height: See Building Height.
Infrastructure and Utilities: A facility related to the provision of roads, water and sewer lines,
electrical, telephone and cable transmission, and all other utilities and communication systems
necessary to the functioning of a community.
Layer, First: The area between the Back of Curb Line and the Build -to Line as shown in the Design
Standards.
Layer, Second: Twenty feet (20) siteward from the Build -to Line.
Layer, Third: That portion of the lot that is not within the First and Second Layer.
Layer: A range of depth of a lot within which certain elements are permitted as regulated in the SD
16.3 Miami Worldcenter area, as provided in the Design Standards.
Liner: A building or part of a building with Habitable Space specifically designed to enfront a public
space, masking a use that has no capacity to monitor public space, such as a parking lot, parking
garage or storage facility.
Open space: Any parcel or area of land or water, located at the ground level floor, essentially
unimproved by permanent buildings and set aside, dedicated, designated or reserved for public or
private use or enjoyment or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants of land adjoining or
neighboring such open spaces. Open Space includes the ground floor level of Galleries, Arcades
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and covered and uncovered paseos.
Parking Garage or Parking Structure: A structure containing vehicular parking, including mechanical
parking systems.
Paseo: A public open space restricted to pedestrian use and limited vehicular access that connects
streets, plazas, alleys, garages and other public use spaces. Paseos must have a minimum width of
20'.
Podium: That portion of a building up to the eighth Story.
Porte Cochere: A vehicular entrance/drop-off area that includes a canopy element and a driveway
that extends into the First Layer.
Public Benefits Bonus: an advantage that allows a developer to increase FAR by an additional 70%
of FAR capacity within the district in exchange for the developer's contribution to specified programs
that provide benefit, advantages, and increased use and enjoyment of the district to the public.
Retail Frontage: Lot faces designated where the ground level is available for retail use.
Setback: The distance from a specified reference line to the point where a building may be
constructed.
Story: A level within a building by which Height is measured.
Street Corridor: The space defined by the Streetwall (building facades) and the ground plane in
between the Streetwalls.
Streetscape: The urban element that establishes the major part of the public realm. The streetscape
is composed of Thoroughfares (travel lanes for vehicles, parking lanes for cars, and sidewalks or
paths for pedestrians) as well as the amenities of the Frontages (street trees and plantings, benches,
streetlights, paving, street furniture, Building Facades and elevations, yards, fences, etc.).
Streetscreen: A freestanding wall no greater than eight feet high built along the Frontage Build -to line,
or coplanar with the Facade, often for the purpose of masking a parking lot from the Thoroughfare.
Streetwall - Refers to the facades of buildings up to the first eight stories that face a Thoroughfare, as
provided in the Design Standards. Streetwalls shape the level of visual interest on each block and
create a sense of enclosure for pedestrians. A streetwall height is measured from the average grade
of the sidewalk level to the first building Setback from the Build -to Line, as shown in the Design
Standards.
Thoroughfare: A vehicular way incorporating travel lanes for vehicles, parking lanes for cars, and
sidewalks or paths for pedestrians as part of an interconnected network for vehicular and pedestrian
mobility.
Tower: That portion of a building that extends above the Podium.
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Underground Parking: Parking in which the ceiling or roof of the top level does not rise above any
adjoining public sidewalk.
View Corridor: An axial view terminating on a natural, historical, or special feature.
16.12.6 Lots and Frontages
16.12.6.1 Buildable sites shall Enfront a vehicular Thoroughfare, or Civic Space with at least one
Frontage, as depicted in the Design Standards and Regulating Plan.
16.12.6.2 For the purposes of the SD 16.3 Miami Worldcenter area, lots are divided into Layers
which control development on the lot.
16.12.6.3 Where the property to be developed abuts an existing building, the Planning Director
may approve, pursuant to a Class II Special Permit, a transition so that the proposed building location
matches or provides a transition to the adjacent building location.
16.12.7 Measurement of Height
16.12.7.1 Unless otherwise specified herein, the Height of Buildings shall be measured in
Stories. The height of fences, walls and hedges shall be measured in feet. The Height of Building
facades facing the street, fences, walls and hedges shall be measured from the Average Sidewalk
Elevation.
16.12.7.2 A Story is a habitable level within a Building. Except as otherwise provided in this
ordinance, the maximum height of a Story from finished floor to finished floor is 14 feet. Below -grade
levels are not considered Stories for the purposes of determining Building Height.
16.12.7.2.1 A ground level retail Story may exceed the 14 foot limit up to 25 feet. A retail single
floor level exceeding 20 feet, or 25 feet at ground level, shall be counted as 2 Stories. Where the first
2 stories are retail, their total maximum combined height shall be 39 feet and the first floor shall be a
minimum of 14 feet. Where the first three stories are retail, their total maximum combined height
shall be 59 feet and the ground floor and second floor shall be a maximum of 39 feet in combined
floor to floor height. The three retail floors shall be counted as 3 Stories, and the total finished floor to
finished floor height of the Podium shall not exceed 129 feet.
16.12.7.2.2 Single floors in a Podium above ground level used for public functions, such as
ballrooms, meeting rooms, convention halls, classrooms, lecture rooms, theaters, and sports facilities
may have a single Story floor to floor height up to a maximum of 60 feet. The total finished floor to
finished floor height of the Podium shall not exceed 129 feet.
16.12.7.2.3 Mezzanines are permitted. Mezzanines extending beyond thirty-three percent (33%) of
the floor area of the floor plate below shall be counted as an additional floor.
16.12.7.2.4 A Parking Structure concealed by a Liner or architectural element as provided in the
Design Standards and Regulating Plan may be equal to the Height of the Podium, without regard for
the number of Stories in the Parking Structure.
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16.12.7.3 Building Heights shall be measured in Stories and shall conform to Table 3 and to the
Design Standards. First -floor elevation shall be at average Sidewalk grade. A first level Residential
use or Lodging use shall be raised a minimum of two (2) feet and a maximum of three and a half (3.5)
feet above average sidewalk grade, except that entrance lobbies and public spaces may be at
sidewalk level.
16.12.7.3.1 Except as specifically provided herein, the Height limitations of the SD 16.3 Miami
Worldcenter area shall not apply to (1) any roof Structures for housing elevators, stairways, tanks,
ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the Building (provided that such
Structures shall not cover more than twenty percent of roof area and shall not exceed the maximum
Height by 14 feet; (2) water towers, flagpoles, vents, or similar Structures, which may be allowed to
exceed the maximum Height by Class II Special Permit; (3) fire or parapet walls. Roof decks shall be
permitted up to the maximum Height. Trellises may extend above the maximum Height up to fourteen
(14) feet.
16.12.7.3.2 Except as provided in Subsection 16.12.7.4, there shall be no height or coverage limits
for (1) non-functional decorative architectural elements, and (2) solar or wind energy collectors.
16.12.7.4 No Building or other Structure shall be located in a manner or built to a Height which
constitutes a hazard to aviation or creates hazards to persons or property by reason of unusual
exposure to aviation hazards. In addition to Height limitations established by the SD 16.3 Miami
Worldcenter area, limitations established by the Miami -Dade County Height Zoning Ordinance as
stated in Article 37 of the Code of Miami -Dade County (Miami International Airport) shall apply to
Heights of Buildings and Structures.
A letter authorizing clearance from the Miami -Dade Aviation Department or the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) may be required by the Zoning Administrator prior to the issuance of any
Building permit.
16.12.8 Building Disposition
16.12.8.1 Improvements on newly platted lots shall be dimensioned according to Table 3
incorporated herein by reference.
16.12.8.2 Lot coverage by any Building shall not exceed that shown in Table 3 incorporated
herein by reference.
16.12.8.3 Buildings shall be disposed in relation to the boundaries of their lots according to Table
3 incorporated herein by reference and the Regulating Plan.
16.12.8.4 Buildings shall have their principal pedestrian entrances on a Frontage Build -to Line or
from a courtyard at the Second Layer.
16.12.8.5 For the first two stories, Facades shall be along the Frontage a minimum of seventy
percent (70%) of its length on the Build -to Line as shown in Table 3 and in the Design Standards.
16.12.8.6 At the first Story, Facades along a Frontage Build-toLine shall have frequent doors and
windows as provided in the Design Standards. Vehicular entries should be minimized to the
maximum extent possible consistent with the level of use and shall occur at a minimum spacing of
sixty (60) feet unless a shorter daeoved by Class II pecial Permit.
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16.12.8.7 Setbacks from the Back of the Curb Line for Buildings shall be as shown in Table 3
incorporated herein by reference and the Regulating Plan. Setbacks from the Back of Curb Line may
be adjusted to conform to an existing adjacent building location by Class II Special Permit. Frontage
Setbacks from the Build -to Line above the eighth floor for Tots having one dimension measuring one
hundred (100) feet or Tess may be a minimum of zero (0) feet by Class II Special permit. The
Frontage Setback from the Build -to Line shall not be required for a Frontage facing a Civic Space or a
Street Corridor 90 feet or greater in width, as provided in the Regulating Plan and Design Standards.
16.12.8.8 Above the eighth floor, minimum building spacing is sixty (60) feet. For lots having one
dimension of one hundred (100) feet or less, side and rear Setbacks from non -Frontage lot lines
above the eighth floor may be reduced to a minimum of twenty (20) feet by Class II Special Permit.
Above the eighth floor in the Second Layer, at a Setback from the Build -to Line of not less than ten
(10) feet, an additional two stories of habitable space may extend a maximum sixty percent (60%) of
the non -tower length of the street Frontages. Above the eighth floor an additional six feet of
non -habitable space may be allowed without additional Setback from the Build -to Line to
accommodate depth of swimming pools, landscaping, transfer beams, and other structural and
mechanical systems and will not count as FAR area.
16.12.9 Building Configuration
16.12.9.1
follows:
Above the eighth floor, the maximum Building Floorplate dimensions shall be limited as
• 18,000 square feet for Residential Uses.
• 30,000 square feet for Commercial Uses and for parking.
• Vertical mixed -use buildings with at least 33% of the Tower floors in Commercial Uses may
use the 30,000 square foot Floorplate average for the entire Tower.
• 180 feet maximum length of a side for Residential Uses.
• 225 feet maximum length of a side for Commercial Uses.
16.12.9.2 Projections into the First Layer shall be as follows: Above the first story, up to of the
Streetwall facade may project up to 6 feet into the First layer; Entry canopies may project up to one
hundred percent (100%) of the depth of the First Layer, except as may be further allowed by Chapter
54 of the City Code; Canopies and cantilevered awnings may project into the First Layer up to 15
feet; Above the first Story, cantilevered balconies and bay windows may project a maximum 6 feet
into the First Layer; Above the Streetwall, balconies and bay windows may project up to 6 feet into
the setback from the Streetwall; Roof cantilevers, trellises and crowns may project up to 15 feet into
the First Layer and be elevated one story above the roof terrace; and, Facade components
promoting energy efficiency such as shading and Screening devices that are non -accessible may
project a maximum of 4 feet into the First Layer.
16.12.9.3 Galleries and Arcades shall be a minimum of 15 feet deep and, notwithstanding any
provisions to the contrary in Ordinance 11000, as amended, or the Code of the City of Miami, as
amended may overlap the whole width of the Sidewalk to within two (2) feet of the curb. The height
of an arcade, measured to its lowest point, shall be no less than its width.
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16.12.9.4 All outdoor storage, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and communications equipment
and appurtenant enclosures shall be located within the Second or Third Layer and concealed from
view from any Frontage or Sidewalk by Liner Buildings, walls, Streetscreens, or opaque gates.
16.12.9.5 Loading Docks and service areas shall be internal to the building served. Vehicular
entries to loading docks and service areas shall be as provided in the Design Standards.
16.12.9.6 All ground floor utility infrastructure and mechanical equipment shall be concealed from
public view. At the building Frontage, all equipment such as backflow preventers, Siamese
connections, and the like shall be placed within the line of the Facade or behind the Streetscreen.
Exhaust air fans and louvers may be allowed on the Facade only above the first floor as shown in the
Design Standards. Rooftop equipment, except antennas, shall be screened from lateral view.
16.12.9.7 Within the Second and Third Layers, fences, walls and hedges shall not exceed a
height of eight (8) feet.
16.12.10 Building Use & Density
16.12.10.1 Principal and accessory uses of Buildings shall conform to Zoning Ordinance 11000,
Sections 616.4 and 616.5, respectively.
16.12.10.2 Densities and Intensities shall conform to Table 3 incorporated herein by reference.
16.12.10.3 The calculation of the FAR shall not apply to on -site parking, to that portion of the
building that is entirely below the elevation of the sidewalk, to balconies or terraces, or to same store
retail uses that have a ground floor with direct access to the sidewalk and street Frontages.
16.12.8
16.12.11.1
Parking Standards
The required parking shall be as follows:
Use Minimum Maximum
Retail and commercial 1 space / 1000 sf 1 space / 300 sf
Office 1 space / 1000 sf 1 space / 600 sf.
Residential 1 space / unit 2 spaces / dwelling unit
Hotel lspace / 4 guest rooms 1.5 spaces / room
Other 1 space /1000 sf 1 spaces / 600 sf
Theater 1 space / 7 seats 1 space / 3 seats
16.12.11.1.1 On -street parking in the SD-16.3 Worldcenter area shall count toward the minimum
parking requirements.
16.12.11.1.2 For residential uses located within 1,000 feet of an existing Metromover stop, no
off-street parking is required.
16.12.11.2 Vehicular parking design standards and loading shall be required as shown in Tablel
incorporated herein by reference.
16.12.11.3 Parking is encouraged to be accessed by an Alley when available and otherwise as
provided in the Design Standards.
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16.12.11.4 All parking, including open parking areas, covered parking, garages, Loading Docks and
service areas shall either be located within the Third Layer or shall be masked from the Frontage by
an architectural screening layer per Sec. 16.12.12.4 below, a Liner Building or Streetscreen, as
illustrated in the Design Standards. Underground parking may extend into the Second and First
Layers only if it is fully underground and does not require raising the first -floor elevation of the First
and Second Layers above that of the sidewalk. Ramps to underground parking shall be within the
Second or Third Layers.
16.12.11.5The vehicular entrance of a parking lot or garage on a Frontage shall be no wider than 45
feet and the minimum distance between vehicular entrances shall be sixty (60) feet. A ten percent
(10%) deviation may be approved by Class II Special Permit.
16.12.12 Architectural Standards
16.12.12.1 Only permanent structures shall be allowed. Temporary structures such as mobile homes,
construction trailers, travel trailers, recreational vehicles and other temporary structures shall not be
allowed except as otherwise provided by Article 9.
16.12.12.2The Facades on Retail Frontages shall be detailed as storefronts and glazed with clear
glass beginning no more than 30 " above the sidewalk and extending no less than seventy percent
(70%) of the length of the sidewalk -level Story as provided in the Design Standards. Display Windows
in Retail Frontages must be a minimum of three (3) feet in depth, must include three-dimensional
displays, should include visibility into the retail space and must be accessible from the insides stated
herein. Display Windows are areas of storefront glazing that are designed to display items for sale
within the retail space behind the display. Security screens shall be seventy percent (70%) open.
16.12.12.3Roof materials should be light-colored, high albedo or planted surface.
16.12.12.4 The Facade of a parking garage that is not concealed behind a Habitable Liner shall be
screened behind a screening layer recessed at least two (2) feet from the outside face of the Facade
to conceal all internal elements such as plumbing pipes, fans, ducts, ceilings, slab beds and lighting,
as illustrated in the Design Standards. The architectural expression shall complement and enhance
the building. Ramping should be internalized wherever possible. Exposed spandrels shall be
prohibited.
16.12.13 Landscape Standards
16.12.13.1 The First Layer shall be surfaced and landscaped as shown in the Design Standards.
16.12.13.2Public open space shall be a minimum 10% of the total gross lot area. A minimum of 10%
of the public open space shall be landscaped, as provided in the Design Standards and Regulating
Plan.
16.12.14 Sign Standards. Notwithstanding any other provision of the City code and Zoning
Ordinance 11000, signs shall be permitted in the SD-16.3, and must be approved by Class II permit,
either for an individual sign or a Master Sign Package.
16.12.15 Ambient Lighting Standards
16.12.15.1 Average lighting levels measured at the Building Frontage shall not exceed two (2)
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foot-candles except where a greater level is approved by a Class II Special Permit.
16.12.15.2Streetlights shall be of a type illustrated in The Design Standards Interior garage lighting
fixtures shall not be visible from streets.
16.12.16 Civic Space
At least twenty percent (20%) of the required public open space in the SD-16.3 Worldcenter area
shall be assigned to Civic Space, as described in Table 2 incorporated herein by reference and the
Design Standards.
16.12.17 Allowable Increases in FAR for Providing Public Benefits.
16.12.17.1 The intent of this section is to provide bonus building capacity in the SD-16.3 Worldcenter
area in exchange for the developer's contribution to specified programs that provide benefit and
enjoyment to the public. A bonus of an additional seventy percent (70%) of FAR capacity shall be
permitted if the proposed development contributes to the specified programs below in the amount
and manner set forth herein. The percentage increase shall be based on the approved square
footage for the project, including all bonuses approved pursuant to other provisions of Ordinance
11000, as amended.
16.12.17.2Affordable/Workforce Housing. A developer may acquire bonus floor area up to a
maximum of 25% of the total FAR capacity by contributing to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, or by
providing onsite Affordable/Workforce housing, as that term is defined by the City.
16.12.17.2.1 Trust Fund Contributions. A developer may acquire one additional square foot of
buildable space for each nonrefundable contribution of $12.40 (as of the time of approval and subject
to applicable price adjustments at the time of building permit application) to the Affordable Housing
Trust Fund administered by the City of Miami. Future adjustments to the amount of contribution per
square foot of buildable space in the SD-16.3 Worldcenter area shall be consistent with the per
square foot contributions for other properties within the Southeast Overtown / Park West CRA
boundary.
16.12.17.2.2 Affordable/workforce housing on the site of the development. For each square foot of
affordable/workforce housing provided on site, the development shall be allowed two square feet of
additional buildable space.
16.12.17.3Public Open space. For every square foot of public open space that a project provides
onsite in excess of the required amount of public open space, the development shall be allowed 3.29
times the development capacity of the land provided. The open space may be a courtyard, plaza, or
pedestrian passage through a site connecting two streets, as those spaces are described in Table 2,
or part of the Streetscape, per the Design Standards.
16.12.17.4Sustainability. Fifteen (15) percent additional FAR capacity shall be allowed for buildings
certified by the U.S. Green Building Council as LEED certified. If the City adopts a sustainability
program, the 15% bonus for the minimum standard for the SD-16.3 Miami Worldcenter area shall
match the City's minimum standard for certification. Additional increments of FAR capacity provided
under the City program for LEED certifications at higher than the minimum standard shall be added to
the base 15% established herein. (For example, if silver certification is adopted by the City as the
minimum standard, with a 2% increase in floor area to go from silver to a gold, projects in the SD-16.3
Worldcenter area would receive a 15% increase for meeting the minimum silver standard and a 17%
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increase for meeting the gold standard). If at the time the first Certificate of Occupancy is issued for
the building that received a public benefits bonus for a Green Building, the anticipated LEED
certification has not been achieved, then the owner shall post a performance bond in a form
acceptable to the City of Miami. The performance bond shall be determined based on the value of
land per square foot of building in the area of the City in which the proposed project is located, which
may be adjusted from time to time based on market conditions. The methodology for determining the
value of land per square foot of building shall be maintained in the Planning Department. The City
will draw down on the bond funds if LEED certification has not been achieved and accepted by the
City within one year of the City issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy for the building. Funds that
become available to the City from the forfeiture of the performance bond shall be placed in the
Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
16.12.17.5Streetcar Infrastructure: A developer in the SD 16.3 Miami Worldcenter district may select
to contribute and build the associated infrastructure for a proposed Miami streetcar system to be
placed within the district in exchange for an equivalent bonus into one of the other Public Benefits.
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Section 3. 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 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after approval at second
reading, 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.{2}
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}If the Mayor does not sign this Ordinance, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar 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.
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