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Home My WebLink AboutAnalysis & MapsCity of Miarni Planning and Zoning Department Land Development Division ANALYSIS FOR STREET CLOSURE File ID# 2586 PROJECT ADDRESS: A portion of NE Miarni Place and ail of NE 52nd Terrace of approximately 0,11 acres (4,989 square feet) of land_ APPLICANT: Miami Jewish Health System, Inc. COMMISSION DISTRICT: District 5 (Keon Hardernon) ZONING DESIGNATION: CI and T4-R FOLIO#: not applicable NET OFFICE: Little Haiti GENERAL INFORMATION REQUEST: Pursuant to Section 55-15(c), of the City Code of Ordinances, the applicant requests the vacation, closure, and discontinuing the use of a public street. The street closure request is accompanied by seven (7) easement vacations and, as required, the applicant will replace any easements by instrument within the subject site. The reap below identifies the road closure (blue) and easement closures (green): No.1 — Street Closure, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 5 - Utility Easement Closures, and Nos. 4, 6 and 7 — Emergency Access Easement Closures. Above map depicts of proposed st et and easement cis es PZAB File ID#2586 Page 117 City of Miami Planning and Zoning Department Larid Development Division BACKGROUND The Miami Jewish Health Systems (MJHS) has served the community for more than 75 years at its current location. The healthcare facility assists patients of all ages. MJHS provides 4-hour services, seven days a week that includes but not limited to the following: on -site hospital, ambulatory, health clinic, specialized centers for biofeedback, mental health, rehabilitation, memory centers, and assisted living facilities. MJHS currently provides 104 Assisted Living Facilities_ Its facilities currently care for more than 12,000 patients within the community. To improve the Miami Jewish Health Systems services to the community, the operators are presently proposing a Special Area Plan (SAP) for the campus_ The SAP will allow expansion of MJHS services, include lodging, involves modernization of services, provide centralized parking facilities, and expansion of service capacities. Associated with the proposed MJHSSAP, the applicant seeks to close, vacate, abandon, and discontinue public use of a portion of NE Miami Place and NE 52 Terrace. The proposal also includes the vacation of seven (7) easements and, as required, the replacement of easements by instrument within the MJHS properties_ The streets closure and easement vacations will occur by the re -platting of the assemblage of contiguous properties consisting of approximately 20 acres or 871 ,200 square feet located between NE 50 Terrace, NIE 53 Street, NE Miami Place, and North Miami Avenue within the City of Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood through Enriching Lives By Design Tentative Plat *1879. The survey sketches below identify the streets and easements to be closed, vacated, abandoned, and discontinued for public use depicted in the above map: Map #1 portion of Street Close NE Naomi P1aca and NE 52 Tenaca LOCATION TCEICH yin 1.-. *ter _n. 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LOCATION SKETCH ,v. nQ f rorc�]N T FLA\ S K ES INC. k014-Y_4:+ uomgOL,TE.40 m irmANtl 6L.A LYKAi9 A NA .11p1. 81J JiO AM• 1 IL L LI/ ,}p. 1 i am r» r—•.aui J.1?17 J9S IB r612'S Lti Pk. re ANALYSIS: The following is an evaluation of the request pursuant to Section 55-15(c) of the City Code of Ordinances which states that in addition to technical requirements for vacation and closures, that the Plat and Street Committee review four (4) public interest findings related to vacation and closures. The Plat and Street Committee Findings for the street closure application are attached as Exhibit A, and summarized below' 1. Public Interest Finding: Is it in the public interest, or would the general public benefit from the vacation of the rights -of -ways or easements? Plat and Street Committee Response: This proposed street closure is necessary as part of the facility/campus expansion for a Dementia Center. It is a major improvement for the area and an update to the medical campus that has been in existence for about 75 years. The facilities employ significant numbers of people from neighboring community. Streets that are proposed (a portion of NE Miami Place and NE 52 Terrace) to be closed/vacated are currently only servicing abutting lots owned by the applicant— Miami Jewish Health Systems, Inc, — and are currently being used as part of campus. 2. Public Interest Finding: Is the general public no longer using the rights -of -way or easement, including public service vehicles such as trash and garbage truck, police, fire or other emergency vehicles? Plat and Street Committee Response: Streets are currently still being utilized for circulation purposes. There are access points to the campus facilities from main streets. PZAB File ICE#25$6 Page 417 City of Miami Planning and Zoning Department Land Development Division 3, Public Interest Finding: Would there be no adverse effect on the ability to provide police, fire or emergency services? Plat and Street Committee Response: Public service vehicles would be adversely affected; however. the applicant has agreed to provide an emergency vehicle access master plan for review and approval by corresponding departments. The facility is not being serviced by City of Miami Solid Waste, it is being serviced by private solid waste company. 4_ Public Interest Finding: Would the vacation and closure of the rights -of -way or easements have a beneficial effect on pedestrian and vehicular circulation in the area? Plat and Street Committee Response: As part of a Special Area. Plan (SAP), the new facility will create landscape public spaces resulting in better environment for pedestrians activities. On January 19, 2017, The Plat and Street Committee members voted to recommend approval, unanimously 5 to 0, of the requested closure and vacation of the streets and the additional easements request subject to conditions. In relation to the Plat and Street Committee determined that the application for street and easements closures meets the criteria established in Section 55-10 of the City Code, that applicant has presented these findings to support the closure of the streets and easements as follows: I. Is it in the public interest, or would the general public benefit from the vacation of the right of way? Vacation and closure of the street would remove this portion of the street from the City's maintenance schedule, removing a burden on City services and the taxpayers. Furthermore, the street is located entirely within the boundaries of the MUliarni Jewish Health Systems Campus. The applicant proposed a Special Area Plan which includes the construction of the Empathicare Village over the vacated street. The new building will replace the existing surface parking with a parking structure and a state of the art memory care center which will serve the community. The easements may be occupied by utility lines that only serve the Property. There are no utility lines within the easements that serve any other properties_ As such, the vacation of the easements will have no impact on the general public, as the general public is not benefitted by the easements in any way. By vacating the easements and improving the campus, the general public will be benefitted. The easements will be replaced by an easement by instrument where required. II. Is the general public no longer using the right of way, including public service vehicles, fire, or other emergency vehicles? The portion of the street being vacated is only utilized by Miami Jewish Health Systems staff to access the staff parking lots_ Parking will be provided within the parking structure following vacation of the street and construction of the PZAE3 File ID#2586 Page all City of Miami Planning and Zoning Department Land Development Division Ernpathicare Village_ The general public and service vehicles do not use the street currently_ As noted above, the general public does not utilize the easements, the easements are merely for utility lines serving the Property. Public service vehicles, including police and fire. do not use the easements. The easements will be replaced by an easement by instrument where required. III. Would there be no adverse effect on the ability to provide police, fire, or emergency services? As noted above, public service vehicles are not utilizing the street; however, the Empathicare Village will be reviewed by police, fire, and emergency services for compliance with their requirements. There will be no adverse effect on the ability to provide police„ fire, or emergency services_ Service vehicles do not utilize the easements, the easements are merely for utility lines serving the Property, There will be no adverse effect on the ability to provide police, fire, or emergency services, as these services are not utilizing the easements, IV. Would the vacation and closure of the right of way have a beneficial effect on pedestrian and vehicular circulation in the area? Through the platting process, subdivision improvements will be made which will improve circulation and the pedestrian realm along the public right of way. The street is not currently used for circulation of vehicles or pedestrians, and is utilized solely for access to the staff parking lots. The enhancements proposed through the Special Area Plan and platting process will benefit the pedestrian circulation through the implementation of the civic spaces along the border of the entire campus. The easements to be vacated are not used for pedestrian or vehicular circulation and are merely for underground utility lines. The vacation of the easements will have no effect on pedestrian or vehicular circulaation. CONCLUSION: The proposed street and closures are consistent with the goals, objectives, and policies of the PJliarnl Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan (MCNP). These closures will facilitate cohesive development, economic growth, and revitalization, as the proposed development. Specifically, MCNP Policy LU-1.3.15 states, that the City will continue to encourage a development pattern that enhances existing neighborhoods by developing a balanced mix of uses including areas for employment, shopping, housing; and recreation in close proximity to each other_ The closure of the streets (NE Miami Place and NE 52 Terrace) and easements, as presented, are important for the enhancement of the areas surrounded by allowing the Miami Jewish Health Systems to further develop its campus to expand its services to the community. The street closures will result in a positive impact for the neighborhood and for the City of Miami in general. PZAB File Io#2586 Page 617 City of Miarni Planning and Zoning Department Land Development Division Based on the Plat and Street Committee findings that the tentative plat of Enriching Lives By Design — Tentative Plat #1879-B (Second Submittal) and determined that all technical requirements contained in the Miami Code Subdivision Regulations have been met recommends approval of the street closure and additional easements with conditions. Therefore, based on the Plat and Street Committee's recommendation and staff's analysis, the Planning and Zoning Department recommends the Approval of the request to close, vacate, abandon, discontinue from public use the streets and additional easements subject to the following conditions: 1. The applicant: owner or their successor shall meet applicable development standards identified in the Miami 21 Code and all applicable local, county: state, and federal regulations. 2. The applicant shall provide an access plan for review and acceptance by the City`s Fire - Rescue: Police, Solid Waste Departments and the Capital Improvements ProgramlOffice Transportation. 3. A building permit, including phased permits, will not be issued on the property being platted until the final plat is recorded or as authorized by the City of Miami Code Section 55-10(i). 4, A Certificate of Occupancy shall only be issued after all the required subdivision improvements have been completed. 5. The applicant or their successor shall comply with the conditions of approval stated for the Enriching Lives By Design Tentative Plat #1879-B, in a letter dated March 16: 2017 frorn the Department of Public Works. 6. Prior the approval of the Enriching Lives By Design — Tentative Plat #1879, the applicant shall have any easement that require replacement executed by instrument in compliance with City Code, Miami -Dade regulations, and City of Miami Subdivision Regulations: as applicable. Jacq elin - Ellis Chie oLand Development Prepared by: Derrick Cook Planner II 8/1412017 PZAC1 File lD#2586 Page 717 MIAMI 21 (EXISTING) FILE ID: 2586 STREET AND EASEMENT CLOSURE w ` Z ®w T5-O NW 54TH ST z z NE 54TH•ST T4I R NW 53RD ST NE 53RD ST A NW 52ND ST T4-L NW 51ST STI w NE 52ND ST NE 51ST ST 2 NE 50TH TER NW 50TH ST N 0 175 350 700 Feet UNN EMA D NE 51ST ST Little Haiti French Creole Design • Standar s • NE 51ST-ST SI ADDRESSES: 5200, 5060, 5246 NE 2 AV; 5201, 5265 N MIAMI AV; 155, 145, 95 NE 50 TER; 71, 75 NE 51 ST; 11, 17, 25, 35, 36, 43, 44, 57, 61 NE 52 TER 10, 20, 32, 42, 58 NE 53 ST AERIAL FILE ID: 2586 STREET AND EASEMENT CLOSURE N 52N671ERoe7-4,19+ NW 51ST ST NW 50TH ST 0 175 350 I i I 700 Feet UNNAMED ADDRESSES: 5200, 5060, 5246 NE 2 AV; 5201, 5265 N MIAMI AV; 155, 145, 95 NE 50 TER; 71, 75 NE 51 ST; 11, 17, 25, 35, 36, 43, 44, 57, 61 NE 52 TER 10, 20, 32, 42, 58 NE 53 ST