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File Number: 11-01050ww
Final Action Date:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
MAKING FINDINGS AND APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS A REDUCTION OF
THE WATERFRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION
A3(mm)(i) OF THE CITY CODE, AND ARTICLE 3.11 WATERFRONT STANDARDS
OF THE MIAMI 21 ZONING ORDINANCE, ALLOWING A REDUCTION OF THE
REQUIRED FIFTY FOOT (50') WATERFRONT SETBACK BY TWENTY-ONE FEET
SEVEN INCHES, (21'7") RESULTING IN A TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT FIVE -INCH (28'
5") WATERFRONT SETBACK, FURTHER ALLOWING A REDUCTION OF THE
REQUIRED SIDE -YARD SETBACK OF FIFTY-FOUR FEET, (54'), BY
THIRTY-THREE FEET EIGHT INCHES, (33'8"), RESULTING IN A TWENTY -FOOT
FOUR -INCH (20'4") SIDE -YARD SETBACK, FOR THE MIAMI RIVER
APARTMENTS PROJECT, LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 2601 / 2621
NORTHWEST 16TH ROAD, MIAMI, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, on October 31, 2011, Iris V. Escarra, on behalf of 21 Riverfront LLC, Owner,
submitted a request for modification of the Waterfront Standards requirement pursuant to Section
A3(mm)(i) of the City Code and Article 3.11 of the Miami 21 Zoning Code, allowing a reduction of the
required fifty foot (50') waterfront setback by twenty-one feet seven inches (21' 7"), resulting in a
twenty-eight foot five -inch (28' 5") waterfront setback, further allowing a reduction of the required
side -yard setback of fifty-four feet (54') by thirty-three feet eight inches, (33' 8"), resulting in a
twenty -foot four -inch (20' 4") side -yard setback, for the Miami River Apartments project, to be located
at approximately 2601 / 2621 Northwest 16th Road, Miami, Florida, legally described in attached
"Exhibit A"; and
WHEREAS, based on Section A3(mm)(i) of the City Code and Article 3.11 of the Miami 21 Zoning
Code, City Commission approval is required to allow reductions to the Waterfront Standards
established therein; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission deems it advisable and in the best interest of the general welfare
of the City of Miami to approve with conditions the requested reductions to the required Waterfront and
Side setbacks as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission hereby finds that the Project complies with the criteria for
modification to the Waterfront and Side setback requirements pursuant to Section A3(mm)(i) of the
City Code and Article 3.11 of the Miami 21 Zoning Code and hereby approves with conditions a
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reduction of the required fifty foot (50') waterfront setback by twenty-one feet seven inches (21' 7"),
resulting in a twenty-eight foot five -inch (28' 5") waterfront setback, further allowing a reduction of the
required side -yard setback of fifty-four feet (54') by thirty-three feet eight inches, (33' 8"), resulting in a
twenty -foot four -inch (20' 4") side -yard setback, for the Miami River Apartments project, to be located
at approximately 2601 / 2621 Northwest 16th Road, Miami, Florida, legally described in attached
"Exhibit A.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. {1}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O. BRU
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
{1} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission .
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Exhibit "A"
Legal Description
PARCEL 1:
All of TALAR SCJBDIVISION, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat
Book 56, Page 33, Of the Public Records of Miami -Dade Country, Florida.
AND
PARCEL 2:
Tract A, of STONE'S PROPERTY, 'according to the Plat thereof, recorded in Plat
Book 62, Page 40, of the Public Records of Miami -Dade County, Florida.