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Home My WebLink AboutSubmittal-Email from Commissioner Suarez regarding 9-26-13 Pocket ItemLlorente, Mike Co: Subject: Uorente, Mike Wednesday, September 18.2O132:18PK8 God, VVifredo(Commisaioner); 8mrnoff, Marc (Commissioner); CarnUo. Frank (Commissioner); Suarez, Francis (Commissioner); Spence -Jones, Michelle (Commissioner District 5); Rega|ado.Tomas (yNa ¢ Martinez, Johnny; Bru, Julie Dunan, Eric; Castanada' Frank; Diaz, P|ooido; Goldberg, Daniel 8.; Nelson, Ron; Perez Almeida, Judith; Shiver, Cornelius; Westall, Lynn; Chiaro, Maria J; Garcia, Francisco September 28.2O13-Pocket Discussion Item Affordable Housing - Current Legislation. pdf; Affordable Housing - Proposed Amendment.pdf Honorable Mayor and Commissioners, Commissioner Suarez respectfully requests consideration of the following pocket item during the September 26, 2013, Commission meeting. DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDIING POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE MIAMI 21 ZONING CODE, SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING SECTION 3.15, ENTITLED "AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIAL BENEFIT PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS" RYPROVIDING CERTAIN INCENTIVES FOR MIXED -INCOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. Attached is the proposed amendment. As you will note, the amendment is calculated to provide certain architectural incentives for mixed -income developments that provide at least 5096 of the units as affordable housing. In addition, these developments would be eligible for certain parking reductions only for the affordable housing units. Please note that this is a discussion iharn, not an action item. Thank you, Mbhae|Llormnte Chief -of -Staff Commissioner Francis Suarez 35OUPan American Drive Miami, FL33133 lAs: 305-250'5423 Fax: 305-856-5230 mUonsmte@miamigov.com |� 0/ �� _ 7— . P� Submitted Intd the pubf! record in connection vOft . - �� /��/��/��-y— �~��r ��/� ]' � �� /� rc� �_v~'/ �"�c��`- ' —1 /r[?/�l�[ 7-�v�-''� MIAMI 21 ARTICLE 3LGENERAL TO ZONES AS ADOPTED 'APR|L3O13 time totime based onmarket conditions, The methodology for determining the value ofland per square foot ofBuilding mheU 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 yNiarn/ 31 Public Benefits Trust Fund established by this Cods. e. Brownfields. One additional Story of Height shall be permitted for redevelopment on a Brownfield Site as defined herein. Civic space and Civil Support spare. For a development project inaT6 zone that donates Civic space or Civil Support space on site to the City of Miami, an additional two square feet of area for each square foot of donated space, up to the bonus Height and FLR, shall be allowed. 3.14.8 NnBuilding permit shall be issued for bonus Height mndFLRunU|thaZoningAdministrato,haocerti- fiedcnmp|iancewdhtheprnvisionnoYthimwocUon.uponreYenm|mndaoounoncenfcompUmnoehnm applicable departments. Certification shall bmmade only after acertified check has been deposited and cleared tothe Miami 21Public Benefits Trust Fund or, for non cash contributions, abinding com- mitment hasbeenapprovadbythaC:dy&1anaAar. The cash contribution shall benonrefundable. 3.15 AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIAL BENEFIT PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS The intent of theAffordable Housing special benefit program established in this section is to facilitate the development ofhigh qum|dyAfomdabhaHuuoinginUleCdybvp,ovidingdeve|upnn*n1inoentives. including, but not limited to, modifications of architectural/design standards and parking reductions. 3.15.1 Aampre-requisite boqualify for any ofthe special benefibsdescribed inSection 315. an mppUomnd shall submit to the Office of Zoning: a. Certification bvthe Chv'sCommunity DevelopmentDepartment that the proposed Devedop- n1entwiU provide aminimum ofeighty percent (8OY6)ofthe Dwelling Units (N1ubi-famUyor Elderly) as Affordable Housing serving residents at or below sixty percent (60%) of the area median income (AMI) as published by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development annually; b. A recorded covenant running with the land acceptable to the City of Miami, confirming the property will meet the criteria in subsection (a) above for a period of no less than thirty (30) years from the date of the issuance of a final Certificate of Occupancy 3.16.2 Affordable Housing Developments that abut nT3Zone are not eligible for the provisions inSection 3`15. Affordable Housing Developments that abut mT4Zone shall require aVVanontyorconsider- ation undarSaodon3.16. 3.16.3 In place of any conflicting provisions elsewhere in this Code, Affordable Housing Developments may be developed in accordance with the following: a. Height Submifted Into the public record in connection Witm . City "Clerk MIAMI 21 ARTICLE 3. GENERAL TO ZONES 1. T5.- Maximum building height of75fomtwdhno|hnitaUnnonthonumberofGtoriea; 2. T6-8: Maximum building height of 125 feet with no limitation on the number of Stories; 3. T6-12: Maximum building height of 240 feet with no limitation on the number of Stories; b. Parking may extend into the Second Layer above the first Story along all Frontages. The Fagade ofmparking garage that |snot concealed behind mHabitable Liner shall bescreened to conceal from view all internal elements induding, but not limited to, vehicles, plumbing pipes, fans, ducts and all lighting, The size, location, and materials for such screening elements shall be reviewed by Waiver with referral to the Planning Department. c. Pedestrian or Vehicular Cross Block Passages shall not be required. oi Development Abutting two CBormore Thoroughfaresshall have only one (1)Principal Front- age and shall not besubject to the minimum Principal Fnmnbo0e Line requirement. Determina- tion of which Frontage is to serve as the Principal Frontage shall be made by the Planning Director upon request by the Zoning Administrator. e. Developmentshall not besubject *omaximum Lot Area requirements. [ Development in T6 Zones shall be exempt from complying with the requirements contained in Q. Setback requirements above the eighth floor may bomodified byWaiver for Development in T0Zonmo. 3.15.4 Parking requirements for the Affordable Housing special benefit program may be reduced as mbobed bm/nvv The parking reductions below may be cumulative; however in no event shall parking be reduced by more than sixty-five percent (65%) of the spaces required. a. A thirty-five percent (35%) reduction in required parking is permitted. b. Within mTransit Oriented Development (7OC).onadditional reduction uffifteen percent (1S%) of required parking is permitted, c Anadditional reduction of up to fifteen percent (15%) of required parking may bepermitted by Warrant, upon a showing that the reduction in off-street parking is justified in view of the nature and type of prospective occupancy and the economic circumstances involved, and that the impacts from such reduction are not likely to unduly burden traffic and parking facilities in the neighborhood. ci Parking for development proposals providing Housing for the Elderly may bereduced byWar- rant $mprovideammx|mumofona(1)parkingopaoapermxerybwoCDDweUin0Unitoprovided as Elderly Housing, upon a showing that the reduction in off-street parking is justified in view of the nature and type of prospective occupancy and the economic circumstances involved, and that the impacts from such reduction are not likely to unduly burden traffic and parking facilities |nthe neighborhood. Submifted Into the pubHe record in connection vih6 city . clew, 3.15.1 As a pre -requisite to qualify as an Affordable Housing Development eligible for any of the special benefits described in Section 3.15, an applicant shall submit to the Office of Zoning: a. Certification by the City's Community Development Department that the proposed Development will provide a minimum of eighty percent (80%) of the Dwelling Units (Multi -family or Elderly) as Affordable Housing serving residents at or below sixty percent (60%) of the area median income (AMI) as published by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development annually: or that the Development is a mixed -income building providing at least fifty (50%) of the units as Affordable Housing and is located within a Residential Density Increase Area; b. A recorded covenant running with the land acceptable to the City of Miami, confirming the property will meet the criteria in subsection (a) above for a period of no less than thirty (30) years from the date of the issuance of a final Certificate of Occupancy 4** 3.15.4 Parking requirements for those units that quality as Affordable Housing may be reduced as stated below. The parking reductions may be cumulative; however in no event shall parking be reduced by more than 65% of the spaces required. Submitted Into the public record in connection with tem Ael2 one:2,?2611 Priscilk, A. Thompsorl, Gity-Clerk