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A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD
RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OR DENIAL TO THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION OF AN
AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AMENDING ARTICLE 3.6, ENTITLED "OFF-STREET PARKING AND
LOADING STANDARDS"; ADDING SUBSECTION 3.6.1 (f); CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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WHEREAS, on October 22, 2009, Ordinance No. 13114, the Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Miami, Florida was adopted as the City of Miami's Zoning Ordinance ("Miami 21 Code");
and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 13114, the Miami 21 Code, the Zoning Ordinance of the City
of Miami, Florida, as amended ("Miami 21"), codifies Off -Street Parking regulations for the City
of Miami; and
WHEREAS, Miami 21 currently precludes utilizing properties zoned T3 to satisfy the
parking requirement of abutting properties zoned T6 or T5; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 20% of the properties zoned T6 in the City of Miami abut
properties zoned T3; and
WHEREAS, Providing parking for the uses of a property zoned T6 or T5 in an abutting
property zoned T3 can be responsibly achieved through the establishment of criteria sensitive to
the form of T3; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that adding Section 3.6.1 (f) is required to establish
this criteria; and
WHEREAS, the Miami Planning, Zoning, and Appeals Board, at its meeting of April 6,
2016, Item No. PZAB._, following an advertised hearing, adopted Resolution No. PZAB-R-16-
by a vote of to (_ _), RECOMMENDING APPROVAL of this item to the City
of Miami City Commission; 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 and its citizens to amend the
Miami 21 Code 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 Ordinance are
adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Ordinance No. 13114, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida,
is hereby amended by making modifications to Article 3 in the following particulars {1}:
ARTICLE 3. GENERAL TO ZONES
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3.6 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS
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3.6.1 Off-street Parking Standards
f. New parking facilities that are incidental and subordinate to a principal Use in any T6 or T5
Transect Zone may be provided on an abutting property in a T3 Transect Zone if the following
criteria are met;
1. The property in the T3 Transect Zone and the property in the T6 or T5 Transect Zone
shall be joined by a Unity of Title or Covenant in Lieu of Unity of Title, which shall
specifically provide that parking facilities on the property in the T3 Transect Zone shall
only be accessible through the property in the T6 or T5 Transect Zone.
2. There is a preference for underground parking, and if the parking facility proposed on
the property in the T3 Transect Zone is not underground, the applicant shall state the
reason in the application.
3. Any Parking Structure built on the property in the T3 Transect Zone shall conform to
the form based standards of the T3 Transect Zone, excluding the provisions of Article 5,
Section 5.3.4(c).
4. Any Parking Structure on the unified site shall be lined and shall be buffered from
surrounding Uses with landscaping consistent with Civic Space standards set forth in
Article 4, Table 7.
5. No parking shall be provided on the unified site in excess of the required minimum
parking as set forth in Miami 21 or Chapter 35 of the City Code, as applicable.
6. Compliance with these standards shall be reviewed by process of Exception.
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Section 3. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of
this Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be
affected.
Section 4. It is the intention of the City Commission that the provisions of this
Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended, which provisions may be renumbered or relettered and that the word
"ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article", or other appropriate word to accomplish such
intention.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading
and adoption thereof.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
VICTORIA MENDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
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{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 an unchanged material.
{2} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within
ten days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the
effective date stated herein, whichever is later.