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File Number: 07-00281 Final Action Date: 5/24/2007
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, APPROVING THE ATTACHED
COCONUT GROVE RAPID TRANSIT ZONE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS,
LOCATED WEST OF SOUTHWEST 27TH AVENUE, EAST OF SOUTHWEST 29TH
AVENUE AND BETWEEN SOUTHWEST 27TH TERRACE AND US1, MIAMI,
FLORIDA, FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE COCONUT GROVE RAPID TRANSIT
ZONE DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN AND ADOPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4 OF ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 11000,
AS AMENDED; DIRECTING TRANSMITTAL OF THE HEREIN RESOLUTION;
MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND STATING CONCLUSIONS OF LAW;
PROVIDING FOR BINDING EFFECT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Miami -Dade County Rapid Transit Development Impact Committee after two
public hearings recommended APPROVAL of the proposed Development Standards; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Department for the City of Miami is recommending
APPROVAL of the proposed Development Standards; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Advisory Board, at its meeting of March 7, 2007, Item No. 2, following
an advertised hearing, adopted Resolution No. PAB-07-014, by a seven to zero (7-0) vote,
recommending DENIAL {due to the lack of sufficient detail of: 1) Workforce housing; 2) Public
participation; 3) Design Standards; 4) Affordable housing; 5) No maximum F.A.R.} of the Coconut
Grove Rapid Transit Zone Development Standards as presented; 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 approve
these Development Standards 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 Resolution are
hereby adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The attached Development Standards are hereby approved for consistency
with the adopted Station Area Design and Development Plan for the Coconut Grove Rapid Transit
Zone, and the Master Plan Development Standards are hereby approved;
Section 3. The findings of fact set forth below are hereby made with respect to the subject
Development Standards:
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a. The Development Standards are in conformity with the adopted Miami Comprehensive
Neighborhood Plan 1989-2000, as amended.
b. The Development Standards are in accord with the applicable RT Zoning classification
of Zoning Ordinance No. 11000, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended.
c. The City Commission further finds that:
(1) the Development Standards have a favorable impact on the economy of the
City;
(2) the Development Standards will result in an efficient use of public transportation
facilities;
(3) the Development Standards proposed will favorably affect the need for people
to find adequate housing, office, hotel and retail uses reasonably accessible to
other locations within the City of Miami;
(4) the Development Standards will result in an efficient use of necessary public
utilities;
(5) the Development Standards will not negatively impact the environment and
natural resources of the City;
(6) the Development Standards will not adversely affect conditions in the
neighborhood;
(7) the Development Standards will not adversely affect public safety;
(8) based on the record presented and evidence presented, the public welfare will
be served by the Development Standards.
Section 4. The City Manager is hereby directed to instruct the Director of the Department
of Planning to transmit a copy of this Resolution and attachments to the APPLICANT, c/o Gilberto
Pastoriza, Esq., Weiss Serota Helfman Et Al, at 2525 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Suite 700, Coral Gables,
Florida 33134-6045 and the appropriate Miami -Dade County officials including the Chair of the
Miami -Dade Rapid County Transit Development Impact Committee.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective thirty (30) days after its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FROM 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.
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