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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittal-Chris Zangrilli-Letter to Planning and Zoning DirectorJoseph Pierre 5625 NE 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33137 January 15 2015 City of Miami Planning Department Director Francisco Garcia 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 RE: Warrant Application for 5609 NE 2nd Avenue Self -Storage Building. Director Garcia, On behalf of a concerned group of area Property Owners, Business Owners and area Stakeholders, we are requesting that you reject the application for a Warrant submitted by Banner Storage Properties for the lot located at 5609 NE 2nd Avenue. It is ultimately your decision as Director of Planning and Zoning to either approve or reject this application. Based on sound planning principles, the tenants of Miami 21 and the creation of the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District it is obvious that such a development would be detrimental to the neighborhood and surrounding businesses and residents. Miami 21 established the D1 and D2 transect Zones for the specific purpose of containing developments and uses like the Self -Storage Facility under review. As NE 2nd Avenue in this area is a TS-0 transect, the idea of placing a large Self -Storage Facility in the heart of a Cultural and Entertainment hub would run counter to the planning principles established by the City of Miami. Also, a closer look at the Miami 21 atlas will reveal that the lot in question is within 100 feet of a T3 single-family home neighborhood. Property owners and business owners in the area have invested and opened businesses in the area knowing that the NE 2" Avenue corridor between 54th and 62nx' Street is the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District. To allow for such a development and use in the heart of the area would not only be detrimental to the current stakeholders, but to the future success and growth of the District as a whole. In an area containing the Caribbean Marketplace, Little Haiti Cultural Center, numerous restaurants and retail establishments, such a drastic deviation from the established character and make up of the neighborhood would have Tong -term negative consequences. It is for the reasons stated above that such a use would have to be approved by the Warrant process, to protect against such a development taking shape in a Cultural, Retail and Entertainment Center of the City. Submitted into the public record for item(s) on City Clerk 5- 0 0-o s w-a-10,ify -to I - Gn o s za n g r i 11.1 ^ (� ��e � to P irwl i ny and zonal Dire t v Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk We the neighborhood stakeholders vehemently request that you deny this application for a Warrant and that any future development in the area be subject to the same scrutiny. We ask that a precedent be set that the City will uphold sound planning practices and the tenants of Miami 21 in addition to the intent of creating the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District to protect and help plan for the continued growth and success of the District. Let your denial on the application be a deterrent to similar future developments that run contrary to the Cultural Arts and Entertainment District Ordinance. Sincerely, Joseph Pie re Cc: Tomas Regalado, Mayor, City of Miami Keon Hardemon, District 5 Commissioner, City of Miami Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk Argentum Investments, LLC Owner Sandra Simioni SSSS NF. 7nd Avenue Miami, FL 33137 February 2, 2015 City of Miami Planning Department Director Francisco Garcia 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 RF.. warrant Application for 5609 NE 2dd Avenue Self -Storage Building. Dirertnr Garcia, On behalf of a concerned group of area Property Owners, Business Owners and area Stakeholders, we are requesting that you reject the application for a Warrant submitted by Banner Storage Properties for the lot located at 5609 NE 2nd Avenue. It is ultimately your decision as Director of Planning and Zoning to either approve or reject this application. Based on sound planning principles, the tenants of Miami 21 and the creation of the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District it is obvious that such a development would be detrimental to the neighborhood and surrounding businesses and residents. Miami 21 established the D1 and D2 transect Zones for the specific purpose of containing developments and uses like the Self -Storage Facility under review. As NE 2nd Avenue in this area is a T5-0 transect, the idea of placing a large Self -Storage Facility in the heart of a Cultural and Entertainment hub would run counter to the planning principles established by the City of Miami. Also, a closer look at the Miami 21 atlas will reveal that the lot in question is within 100 feet of a T3 single-family home neighborhood. Property owners and business owners in the area have invested and opened businesses in the area knowing that the NE 2nd Avenue corridor between 54th and 62nd Street is the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District. To allow for such a development and use in the heart of the area would not only be detrimental to the current stakeholders, but to the future success and growth of the District as a whole. In an area containing the Caribbean marketplace, Little Haiti Cultural Center, numerous restaurants and retail establishments, such a drastic deviation from the established character and make up of the neighborhood would have Tong -term negative consequences. It is for the reasons stated above that such a use would have to be approved by the warrant process, to protect against such a development taking shape in a Cultural, Retail and Entertainment Center of the City. Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk We the neighborhood stakeholders vehemently request that you deny this application for a Warrant and that any future development in the area be subject to the same scrutiny. We ask that a precedent be set that the City will uphold sound planning practices and the tenants of Miami 21 in addition to the intent of creating the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District to protect and help plan for the continued growth and success of the District Let your denial on the application be a deterrent to similar future developments that run contrary to the Cultural Arts and Entertainment District Ordinance. Sincer a Simioni Afgentum Investments, LLC Cc: Tomas Regalado, Mayor, City of Miami Keon Hardemon, District 5 Commissioner, City of Miami Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09 24 2015 City Clerk Liberi Mapou Owner Jean-Marie Mapou 5919 NE 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33137 January 15, 2015 City of Miami Planning Department Director Francisco Garcia 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 RE: Warrant Application for 5609 NE 2nd Avenue Self -Storage Building. Director Garcia, On behalf of a concerned group of area Property Owners, Business Owners and area Stakeholders, we are requesting that you reject the application for a Warrant submitted by Banner Storage Properties for the lot located at 5609 NE 2nd Avenue. It is ultimately your decision as Director of Planning and Zoning to either approve or reject this application. Based on sound planning principles, the tenants of Miami 21 and the creation of the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District it is obvious that such a development would be detrimental to the neighborhood and surrounding businesses and residents. Miami 21 established the D1 and D2 transect Zones for the specific purpose of containing developments and uses like the Self -Storage Facility under review. As NE 2nd Avenue in this area is a T5-0 transect, the idea of placing a large Self -Storage Facility in the heart of a Cultural and Entertainment hub would run counter to the planning principles established by the City of Miami. Also, a closer look at the Miami 21 atlas will reveal that the lot in question is within 100 feet of a T3 single-family home neighborhood. Property owners and business owners in the area have invested and opened businesses in the area knowing that the NE 2nd Avenue corridor between 54th and 62nd Street is the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District. To allow for such a development and use in the heart of the area would not only be detrimental to the current stakeholders, but to the future success and growth of the District as a whole. In an area containing the Caribbean Marketplace, Little Haiti Cultural Center, numerous restaurants and retail establishments, such a drastic deviation from the established character and make up of the neighborhood would have long-term negative consequences. It is for the reasons stated above that such a use would have to be approved by the Warrant process, to protect against such a development taking shape in a Cultural, Retail and Entertainment Center of the City. Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk We the neighborhood stakeholders vehemently request that you deny this application for a Warrant and that any future development in the area be subject to the same scrutiny. We ask that a precedent be set that the City will uphold sound planning practices and the tenants of Miami 21 in addition to the intent of creating the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District to protect and help plan for the continued growth and success of the District. Let your denial on the application be a deterrent to similar future developments that run contrary to the Cultural Arts and Entertainment District Ordinance. Sincerely, L f arie Mapou Liberi Mapou Cc: Tomas Regalado, Mayor, City of Miami Keon Hardemon, District 5 Commissioner, City of Miami Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk Biscayne Pion : ors, Inc Todd Leoni 5600 NE 2"d A mule Miami, FL 331 7 January 15 20 5 City of Miami Planning Department Director Francisco Garcia 444 SW 2"d Avenue, 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 RE: Warrant Application for 5609 NE 2nd Avenue Self Storage Building. Director Garcia, On behalf of a concerned group of area Property Owners, ': siness Owners and area Stakeholders, we are requesting that you reject the appli tion for a Warrant submitted by Banner Storage Properties for the lot locate at p609 NE 2"d Avenue. It is ultimately your decision as Director of Planning and oniog to either approve or reject this application. Based on sound planning principl . s, die tenants of Miami 21 and the creation of the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District it is obvious that such a developm nt would be detrimental to the neighborhood and surrounding businesses and res dens. Miami 21 established the D1 and D2 transect Zones for t spcific purpose of containing developments and uses like the Self -Storage F edit under review. As NE 2"d Avenue in this area is a T5-0 transect, the idea of pla a. large Self -Storage Facility in the heart of a Cultural and Entertainment hub dull run counter to the planning principles established by the City of Miami. Also1, a closer look at the Miami 21 atlas will reveal that the lot in question is within 100 fort or a T3 single-family home neighborhood. Property owners and business owners in the area have ini.+ested and opened businesses in the area knowing that the NE 2" Avenue co ridgr between 54th and 62"d Street is the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cilturpl Arts and Entertainment District. To allow for such a development ind use in the heart of the area would not only be detrimental to the current stakehcIders, but to the future success and growth of the District as a whole. In an area containing the Caribbean Marketplace, Little Haiti Cultural Center, numerous restat. rants and retail establishments, such a drastic deviation from the established Character and make up of the neighborhood would have long-term negative consgqueices. It is for the reasons stated above that such a use would hate to be approved by the Warrant process, to protect against such a development t kine shape in a Cultural, Retail and Entertainment Center of the City. We the neighborhood stakeholders vehemently request t application for a Warrant and that any future developmei the same scrutiny. We ask that a precedent be set that t planning practices and the tenants of Miami 21 in additio the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts al to protect and help plan for the continued growth and su your denial on the application be a deterrent to similar fu run contrary to the Cultural Arts and Entertainment Distr Todd Leoni Biscayne Pioneers, Inc Cc: Tomas Regalado, Mayor, City of Miami Keon Hardemon, District 5 Commissioner, City of Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk at tou deny this it in pie area be subject to e City will uphold sound to the intent of creating id Entertainment District cess of the District. Let lure developments that ict Ordinance. iami Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk Northeast Second Avenue Partnership President, Samuel Diller 181 NE 82"d Street, #100 Miami, FL 33138 January 5, 2015 City of Miami Planning Department Director Francisco Garcia 444 SW 2"d Avenue, 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 NE 2" Anne Partners* RE: Warrant Application for 5609 NE 2" Avenue Self -Storage Building. Director Garcia: On behalf of the members of the Northeast Second Avenue Partnership, Inc. (NE2P) and the neighborhood stakeholders we represent, we strenuously request that you do not approve the Application for a Warrant submitted by Banner Storage Properties to construct a Self -Storage Facility at 5609 NE rd Avenue. NE2P is a community initiated and collaborative effort composed of a diverse group of community stakeholders dedicated to a comprehensive revitalization of the key commercial corridors of Little Haiti. As Director of the Planning Department we understand that the review for this application will flow through the Coordinated Review Committee and is up for approval administratively by your office. Approval for such a project along the NE 2"d Avenue corridor in the heart of Downtown Little Haiti would be a major deviation from the established character and uses that presently occupy the major commercial strip and a serious detriment to the continued growth and prosperity of the neighborhood that NE2P strives to promote. As you know, Northeast 2"d Avenue between 54th and 62"d Street makes up the heart of Downtown Little Haiti and that the area was designated by City Ordinance in 2008 as the "Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District". Creation of this district was done specifically to use the rich cultural heritage of the area to help further launch a prosperous cultural and Entertainment hub to attract tourism and local businesses from throughout the region and the world. Cultural and Entertainment District have been established throughout the City of Miami for just this reason, and a Self -Storage Facility occupying the high street of a Cultural and Entertainment Hub would be a drastic deviation from this intended purpose. Furthermore, as a T5-O zoned strip and commercial high street the idea of a self - storage facility falls far off the intended best uses for a vibrant commercial hub. From a City Planning perspective such an inactive and uninviting use along a vibrant commercial corridor is simply bad planning practice. Such uses are far more suited to D1 and D2 districts and are thus allowed by right in those districts, LE rimmeraiinio.mtairistrutsitliciamaricans Board of Directors Mann resist FAIN 8nui tll•e1' RAIZ Seedy Oersetrrl Me sisal Mira COW Patina Mee Bzea lMesadta taw Fpi Cart Auto It PAabOonctlre Van Lab Wiry ham UM WM Property Omar Winn Uwe Trilling CPA gratis UM Eaeta'a Ilaaturart .Ian Main Ebert Wets Cep a Helga Eart La Aare Pierre Par Pierre Kaftan Moran Dauber of Mauro EzM;lltive Drake ham Word NE 2" Avenue Porter* as was the intent of creating the Transect Zones under Miami 21. In addition, the lot in question is less than 150 feet from a T3 single family home zoned neighborhood. Such a massive and industrial oriented project in the shadow of single-family homes is a further argument against such a project ever being approved. It is with this knowledge, as well as our concern for continued growth and vibrancy of the local community, that we strongly urge you to reject this application for a Warrant, and that you continue to consider the intent of the creation of the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District when making decision regarding development along Northeast Second Avenue in Downtown Little Haiti. Sin Sam iller, President Cc: Tomas Regalado, Mayor, City of Miami Keeon Hardemon, District 5 Commissioner, City of Miami Mallory Kauderer, Program Chair NE2P and President Little River Business District \\LHHASERVER\Data\PublictS Drive\ECONOMIC DEVWE2P 2008-2015\Letta City Planning - Self Storage.docx tE!'aAAeOeMinnie .MiIER'i-Street.mileMO. PIN .Mora:MX Board of Directors thrills BIM FAIL Saud Wier VAC Sedy Oeraabra little WU Cattail Coder Pablde ezee flue Aeriodez taw FPm C.iJests It PletoConeetIn Mod lab M'May panderer Lltile Neltl Preperti Owner 6eralele hears Male CPA CMOs tali Lean Paataeraat Jan Maw Merl Aim tteptle Metein Salt La Andre Pierre Eap Paola Pierre Bahian Amain Chamber et Comoro Executive Orator Joann Mlord Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk Churchill's Pub Owner Mallory Kauderer 5501 NE 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33137 January 5, 2015 City of Miami Planning Department Director Francisco Garcia 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 RE: Warrant Application for 5609 NE 2nd Avenue Self -Storage Building. Director Garcia, On behalf of a concerned group of area Property Owners, Business Owners and area Stakeholders, we are requesting that you reject the application for a Warrant submitted by Banner Storage Properties for the lot located at 5609 NE 2„d Avenue. It is ultimately your decision as Director of Planning and Zoning to either approve or reject this application. Based on sound planning principles, the tenants of Miami 21 and the creation of the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District it is obvious that such a development would be detrimental to the neighborhood and surrounding businesses and residents. Miami 21 established the D1 and D2 transect Zones for the specific purpose of containing developments and uses like the Self -Storage Facility under review. As NE 2nd Avenue in this area is a T5-0 transect, the idea of placing a large Self -Storage Facility in the heart of a Cultural and Entertainment hub would run counter to the planning principles established by the City of Miami. Also, a closer look at the Miami 21 atlas will reveal that the lot in question is within 100 feet of a T3 single-family home neighborhood. Property owners and business owners in the area have invested and opened businesses in the area knowing that the NE 2nd Avenue corridor between 54th and 62nd Street is the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District. To allow for such a development and use in the heart of the area would not only be detrimental to the current stakeholders, but to the future success and growth of the District as a whole. In an area containing the Caribbean Marketplace, Little Haiti Cultural Center, numerous restaurants and retail establishments, such a drastic deviation from the established character and make up of the neighborhood would have long-term negative consequences. It is for the reasons stated above that such a use would have to be approved by the Warrant process, to protect against such a development taking shape in a Cultural, Retail and Entertainment Center of the City. Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk We the neighborhood stakeholders vehemently request that you deny this application for a Warrant and that any future development in the area be subject to the same scrutiny. We ask that a precedent be set that the City will uphold sound planning practices and the tenants of Miami 21 in addition to the intent of creating the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District to protect and help plan for the continued growth and success of the District. Let your denial on the application be a deterrent to similar future developments that run contrary to the Cultural Arts and Entertainment District Ordinance. Sincerely, Mallory Kauderer Churchills Pub Cc: Tomas Regalado, Mayor, City of Miami Keon Hardemon, District 5 Commissioner, City of Miami Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk Little River Business District Board Chairman Mallory Kauderer 300 NE 71u Street Miami, FL 33138 January 6, 2015 City of Miami Planning Department Director Francisco Garcia 444 SW 2" Avenue, 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 RE: Warrant Application for 5609 NE 2nd Avenue Self -Storage Building. Director Garcia, On behalf of the stakeholders of the Little River Business District we request that you reject the application for a Warrant submitted by Banner Storage Properties for the lot located at 5609 NE 2nd Avenue. The stakeholders of the Little River Business District understand the importance of maintaining and enhancing the largest heavy and light industrial business district for the jobs it creates within the City of Miami. A self -storage facility is not only designated to be placed in such a District by the tenants of Miami 21, but would in reality create a huge benefit to the neighboring businesses and property owners. It is a use tailor made for D1 and D2 districts as per Miami 21 and sound planning principles. We are deeply discouraged by the idea that such a facility could end up in a retail and residential oriented area such as the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District to our South. A self -storage use, as is being proposed on that retail high street site runs counter to the intent of an Entertainment and Cultural hub and belongs in a District like the Little River Business District. We appreciate the concerns of our sister association NE2P and its Little Haiti area stakeholders in opposing this project. It is absolutely detrimental the growth of that section of the NE 2"d Ave corridor and to have it even suggested on the integral retail high street that intersects both our burgeoning neighborhoods is surprising; furthermore. this association has yet to receive any notice of this project, as we would normally do. The business owners and stakeholders of the Little River Business District call for you as the Planning Director with the ability to approve or reject Warrant Applications to deny the application. We further ask that you take this opportunity to set an example that such ancillary industrial uses as a Self -Storage Facility be encouraged in future in areas that are D1 and D2 such as the Little River Business District. Sinc allory Kauderer Chairman Cc: Tomas Regalado, Mayor, City of Miami Keon Hardemon, District 5 Commissioner, City of Miami Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk 6200 NE 211d Avenue, LLC Donita Leavitt 300 NE 71st Street Miami, FL 33138 January 6, 2015 City of Miami Planning Department Director Francisco Garcia 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 RE: Warrant Application for 5609 NE 2nd Avenue Self -Storage Building. Director Garcia, On behalf of a concerned group of area Property Owners, Business Owners and area Stakeholders, we are requesting that you reject the application for a Warrant submitted by Banner Storage Properties for the lot located at 5609 NE 2nd Avenue. It is ultimately your decision as Director of Planning and Zoning to either approve or reject this application. Based on sound planning principles, the tenants of Miami 21 and the creation of the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District it is obvious that such a development would be detrimental to the neighborhood and surrounding businesses and residents. Miami 21 established the D1 and D2 transect Zones for the specific purpose of containing developments and uses like the Self -Storage Facility under review. As NE 2nd Avenue in this area is a T5-0 transect, the idea of placing a large Self -Storage Facility in the heart of a Cultural and Entertainment hub would run counter to the planning principles established by the City of Miami. Also, a closer look at the Miami 21 atlas will reveal that the lot in question is within 100 feet of a T3 single-family home neighborhood. Property owners and business owners in the area have invested and opened businesses in the area knowing that the NE 2nd Avenue corridor between 54th and 62nd Street is the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District. To allow for such a development and use in the heart of the area would not only be detrimental to the current stakeholders, but to the future success and growth of the District as a whole. In an area containing the Caribbean Marketplace, Little Haiti Cultural Center, numerous restaurants and retail establishments, such a drastic deviation from the established character and make up of the neighborhood would have long-term negative consequences. It is for the reasons stated above that such a use would have to be approved by the Warrant process, to protect against such a development taking shape in a Cultural, Retail and Entertainment Center of the City. Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk We the neighborhood stakeholders vehemently request that you deny this application for a Warrant and that any future development in the area be subject to the same scrutiny. We ask that a precedent be set that the City will uphold sound planning practices and the tenants of Miami 21 in addition to the intent of creating the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District to protect and help plan for the continued growth and success of the District. Let your denial on the application be a deterrent to similar future developments that run contrary to the Cultural Arts and Entertainment District Ordinance. Donita Leavitt, Manager 6200 NE 2nd Avenue, LLC 5900 NE 2nd Avenue, LLC Cc: Tomas Regalado, Mayor, City of Miami Keon Hardemon, District 5 Commissioner, City of Miami Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk 175 NE 55th Street LLC Christopher Zangrilli 300 NE 71st Street Miami, FL 33138 January 6, 2015 City of Miami Planning Department Director Francisco Garcia 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 RE: Warrant Application for 5609 NE 2nd Avenue Self -Storage Building. Director Garcia, On behalf of a concerned group of area Property Owners, Business Owners and area Stakeholders, we are requesting that you reject the application for a Warrant submitted by Banner Storage Properties for the lot located at 5609 NE 2nd Avenue. It is ultimately your decision as Director of Planning and Zoning to either approve or reject this application. Based on sound planning principles, the tenants of Miami 21 and the creation of the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District it is obvious that such a development would be detrimental to the neighborhood and surrounding businesses and residents. Miami 21 established the D1 and D2 transect Zones for the specific purpose of containing developments and uses like the Self -Storage Facility under review. As NE 2nd Avenue in this area is a T5-0 transect, the idea of placing a large Self -Storage Facility in the heart of a Cultural and Entertainment hub would run counter to the planning principles established by the City of Miami. Also, a closer look at the Miami 21 atlas will reveal that the lot in question is within 100 feet of a T3 single-family home neighborhood. Property owners and business owners in the area have invested and opened businesses in the area knowing that the NE 2nd Avenue corridor between 54th and 62nd Street is the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District. To allow for such a development and use in the heart of the area would not only be detrimental to the current stakeholders, but to the future success and growth of the District as a whole. In an area containing the Caribbean Marketplace, Little Haiti Cultural Center, numerous restaurants and retail establishments, such a drastic deviation from the established character and make up of the neighborhood would have long-term negative consequences. It is for the reasons stated above that such a use would have to be approved by the Warrant process, to protect against such a development taking shape in a Cultural, Retail and Entertainment Center of the City. Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk We the neighborhood stakeholders vehemently request that you deny this application for a Warrant and that any future development in the area be subject to the same scrutiny. We ask that a precedent be set that the City will uphold sound planning practices and the tenants of Miami 21 in addition to the intent of creating the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District to protect and help plan for the continued growth and success of the District. Let your denial on the application be a deterrent to similar future developments that run contrary to the Cultural Arts and Entertainment District Ordinance. Sincerely, eL Christopher Zangrilli 175 NE 55th Street, LLC Cc: Tomas Regalado, Mayor, City of Miami Keon Hardemon, District 5 Commissioner, City of Miami Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk JAD Realty Investments, LLC Francisco Herretes 6242 NE 2nd Ave Miami, FL 33138 January 20, 2015 City of Miami Planning Department Director Francisco Garcia 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 RE: Warrant Application for 5609 NE 2nd Avenue Self -Storage Building. Director Garcia, On behalf of a concerned group of area Property Owners, Business Owners and area Stakeholders, we are requesting that you reject the application for a Warrant submitted by Banner Storage Properties for the lot located at 5609 NE 2nd Avenue. It is ultimately your decision as Director of Planning and Zoning to either approve or reject this application. Based on sound planning principles, the tenants of Miami 21 and the creation of the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District it is obvious that such a development would be detrimental to the neighborhood and surrounding businesses and residents. Miami 21 established the D1 and D2 transect Zones for the specific purpose of containing developments and uses like the Self -Storage Facility under review. As NE 2nd Avenue in this area is a T5-0 transect, the idea of placing a large Self -Storage Facility in the heart of a Cultural and Entertainment hub would run counter to the planning principles established by the City of Miami. Also, a closer look at the Miami 21 atlas will reveal that the lot in question is within 100 feet of a T3 single-family home neighborhood. Property owners and business owners in the area have invested and opened businesses in the area knowing that the NE 2nd Avenue corridor between 54th and 62nd Street is the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District. To allow for such a development and use in the heart of the area would not only be detrimental to the current stakeholders, but to the future success and growth of the District as a whole. In an area containing the Caribbean Marketplace, Little Haiti Cultural Center, numerous restaurants and retail establishments, such a drastic deviation from the established character and make up of the neighborhood would have long-term negative consequences. It is for the reasons stated above that such a use would have to be approved by the Warrant process, to protect against such a development taking shape in a Cultural, Retail and Entertainment Center of the City. Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk We the neighborhood stakeholders vehemently request that you deny this application for a Warrant and that any future development in the area be subject to the same scrutiny. We ask that a precedent be set that the City will uphold sound planning practices and the tenants of Miami 21 in addition to the intent of creating the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Cultural Arts and Entertainment District to protect and help plan for the continued growth and success of the District. Let your denial on the application be a deterrent to similar future developments that run contrary to the Cultural Arts and Entertainment District Ordinance. Francisco Herretes JAD Realty Investments, LLC Cc: Tomas Regalado, Mayor, City of Miami Keon Hardemon, District 5 Commissioner, City of Miami Submitted into the public Record for item(s) PZ. 14 on 09/24/2015, City Clerk