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Resolution: R-12-0012
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 11-01050ww Final Action Date: 1/12/2012
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 CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, 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 ATWENTY-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 27 Riverfront LLC, Owner,
submitted a request for modification of the Waterfront Standards requirement pursuant to Section
A3(mm)(i) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("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 "Exhibit A", attached and incorporated; 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 Miami River Apartments 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
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conditions 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 "Exhibit A", attached and incorporated.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. {1 }
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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