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File Number: 1232 Final Action Date: 3/23/2017
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AMENDING ARTICLE 3, SECTION 3.6, ENTITLED "OFF-STREET
PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS"; ESTABLISHING SUBSECTION
3.6.1(F); CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
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, Article 3, Section 3.6 of the Miami 21 Code, entitled "Off -Street Parking and
Loading Standards", codifies Off -Street Parking regulations for the City of Miami ("City"); and
WHEREAS, the Miami 21 Code currently precludes utilizing properties in T3 Transect
Zones to satisfy the parking requirement of abutting properties in T5 or T6 Transect Zones; and
WHEREAS, approximately twenty percent (20%) of properties in T6 Transect Zones in
the City of Miami ("City") abut properties in T3 Transect Zones; and
WHEREAS, providing parking for the uses of a property in T5 or T6 Transect Zones in
an abutting property in T3 Transect Zones can be responsibly achieved through the
establishment of criteria sensitive to the form of T3 Transect Zones; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that adding Section 3.6.1(f) is required to establish
this criteria; and
WHEREAS, the Planning, Zoning, and Appeals Board ("PZAB"), at its meeting on
September 21, 2016, Item No. PZAB.3, following an advertised hearing, adopted Resolution No.
PZAB-R-16-050 by a vote of seven to zero (7-0), recommending approval, with a condition, of
this item to the 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 residents 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 if fully set forth in this Section.
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Section 2. The Miami 21 Code is hereby amended by making modifications to Article 3
in the following particulars:1
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ARTICLE 3. GENERAL TO ZONES
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 certain T5 or T6
Transect Zones may be provided on an abutting property in a T3 Transect Zone if they are
located in an auxiliary parking area, and the following criteria are met:
1. The property in the T3 Transect Zone and the property in the T5 or T6 Transect Zone
shall be joined by a Unity of Title.
2. The parking facilities on the property in the T3 Transect Zone shall only be accessible
through the property in the T5 or T6 Transect Zone.
3. 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.
4. 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) of this Code.
5. 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 of this Code.
6. No parking shall be provided on the unified site in excess of the required minimum
parking as set forth in this Code or Chapter 35 of the City Code, as applicable.
7. Compliance with these standards shall be reviewed by process of Exception.
8. Auxiliary parking areas shall be limited to Coral Way between Southwest 27th Avenue
and Southwest 13th Avenue.
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Section 3. Pursuant to the PZAB recommendation, the following condition is
incorporated: A super -majority vote of the City Commission is required to modify any text
amendments to add additional corridors to Section 3.6.1(f)(8).
Section 4. 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.
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.
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Section 5. It is the intention of the City Commission that the provisions of this Ordinance
shall become and be made a part of the Miami 21 Code, 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 6. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and
adoption thereof.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City ttor ey 11/7/2016
2 This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten (10)
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.
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