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Ordinance 13825
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 5090 Final Action Date: 1/24/2019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
APPROVING A SECOND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT")
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES, BETWEEN TOBACCO
ROAD PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC, BCC ROAD IMPROVEMENT LLC, AND 2
INDIAN CREEK HOLDINGS, LLC (COLLECTIVELY, "APPLICANT") AND THE
CITY OF MIAMI TO GOVERN THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BRICKELL CITY CENTRE SPECIAL AREA PLAN
("BCC -SAP") BY EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES TO ENCOMPASS TWO (2)
ADDITIONAL BUILDING SITES IDENTIFIED AS "BCC-650 SMA" AND "BCC -
AP" COMPRISED OF THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY
500, 602, 614, 622, 626, 630, AND 640 SOUTH MIAMI AVENUE, 11, 21, 31, 37,
45, AND 55 SOUTHWEST 7 STREET, AND 19 AND 42 SOUTHWEST 6
STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT
"A", ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
REDEVELOPMENT OF SUCH LAND FOR MIXED USES; AUTHORIZING THE
FOLLOWING USES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO RESIDENTIAL,
COMMERCIAL, LODGING, CIVIC, EDUCATIONAL AND CIVIL SUPPORT, AND
ANY OTHER USES AUTHORIZED BY THE BCC -SAP AND PERMITTED BY
THE EXISTING T6-48B-O, "URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONE — OPEN,"
DESIGNATION; THE AMENDMENT IS PROPOSING A) ADDING
APPROXIMATELY 104,287 SQUARE FEET (2.39 ACRES) OF LOT AREA FOR
A TOTAL COMBINED LOT AREA OF 608,235 SQUARE FEET (13.96 ACRES);
B) INCREASING THE RETAIL / ENTERTAINMENT AREA BY 87,284 SQUARE
FEET TO A TOTAL OF 810,859 SQUARE FEET; C) INCREASING THE
RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT BY 972 UNITS FOR A TOTAL OF 2,358 UNITS;
D) INCREASING PARKING SPACES ABOVE GROUND BY 1,231 SPACES
FOR A TOTAL OF 6,295 SPACES; AND E) INCREASING CIVIC SPACE AT
THE GROUND LEVEL BY APPROXIMATELY 11,718 SQUARE FEET FOR A
TOTAL OF 58,400 SQUARE FEET; THE SQUARE FOOTAGES ABOVE ARE
APPROXIMATE AND MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE AT TIME OF BUILDING
PERMIT NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF 10,948,230 SQUARE FEET OF
FLOOR AREA OR PROVIDE LESS THAN 30,411 SQUARE FEET OF CIVIC
SPACE OR LESS THAN 60,824 SQUARE FEET OF OPEN SPACE;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT, IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, FOR SAID PURPOSE;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Tobacco Road Property Holdings, LLC, BCC Road Improvement LLC, and
2 Indian Creek Holdings, LLC (collectively, "Applicant") hold fee simple title of 96,938 square
feet (±2.39 acres) of property comprised of two (2) building sites identified as "BCC-650 SMA"
and "BCC -AP", located north of the Brickell CityCentre West Block ("BCC-W') and west of the
Brickell CityCentre North Block ("BCC-N") and Brickell CityCentre North Square ("BCC-N2")
area of downtown Miami, as more particularly described in Exhibit "A," attached and
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incorporated; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant wishes to incorporate "BCC-650 SMA" and "BCC -AP"
(collectively, "Subject Properties") into the previously -approved Brickell CityCentre Special Area
Plan ("SAP") for a new approximate total of 13.96 acres; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.9 of Ordinance No. 13114, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of
Miami, Florida, as amended ("Miami 21 Code"), authorizes the assembly and master planning of
parcels greater than nine (9) abutting acres in size; and
WHEREAS, this process is referred to as a Special Area Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Project is located in the Downtown Development of Regional Impact
("DDRI"); and
WHEREAS, as of the date of the Third Amendment to the previously -approved SAP, the
DDRI has sufficient development capacity to accommodate the Project and the Applicant
intends to reserve such capacity with the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.9.1.f. of the Miami 21 Code, development within the
SAP shall be pursuant to a recorded development agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant has submitted an application for the third amendment to the
SAP and in association with that application, the Applicant has requested approval of an
additional Development Agreement pursuant to Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "B," to govern the development of the Subject Properties, meanwhile the
previously approved Development Agreement, as amended, will be governing the BCC -SAP, as
amended up to the second amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Applicant wish for the development of the Project to
proceed substantially in accordance with the amended Regulating Plan, Design Guidelines, and
Concept Book; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Applicant wish for the development of the Project to
conform with the requirements of the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan ("MCNP"); and
WHEREAS, the lack of certainty in the approval of development can result in a waste of
economic and land resources, discourage sound capital improvement planning and financing,
escalate the cost of housing and development, and discourage commitment to comprehensive
planning; and
WHEREAS, assurance to the Applicant that it may proceed in accordance with existing
laws and policies, subject to the conditions of a Development Agreement, strengthens the public
planning process; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.9.1(f) of the Miami 21 Code establishes that "Development within
the Special Area Plan shall be pursuant to a recorded development agreement that will
establish the allocation of Thoroughfares and Civic Space Types and Building Area among the
Building sites, and the creation and retention of the public benefits"; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Department deems that the Development Agreement must
contain a series of safeguards for the applicant and for the City as well, for which an annual
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report of activities is required; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Department strongly recommends the amendment of the
previously approved Development Agreement, as amended, observing the aforementioned
conditions and making it applicable to the SAP in its entirety;
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.
Section 2. The second Development Agreement pursuant to Chapter 163, Florida
Statutes, between the Applicant and the City to govern the development of the Subject
Properties is hereby approved.
Section 3. This second Development Agreement is applicable only to Subject Properties
also known as "BCC-650 SMA" and "BCC -AP", subject to the development parameters set forth
therein and with the limitations provided by the conditions for approval provided by the Planning
Department.
Section 4. The findings set forth in Section 10 of this second Development Agreement
are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. The City
Commission hereby amends Chapters 54 and 55 of the City Code by waiving the requirements
of said provisions as set forth in Section 10 of the Development Agreement, subject to any
conditions specifically included therein. Said modifications to Chapters 54 and 55 of the City
Code are expressly intended to permit the construction of portions of the Project which
encroach into public right-of-way, with the limitations provided by the conditions for approval
provided by the Planning Department.
Section 5. The findings set forth in Section 8(c) of this second Development Agreement
are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. The City
Commission hereby amends Chapters 17 of the City Code by waiving or modifying the
requirements of said provision as set forth in Section 8(c) of this second Development
Agreement, subject to any conditions specifically included therein, with the limitations provided
by the conditions for approval provided by the Planning Department.
Section 6. The City Manager is authorized 1 to execute the second Development
Agreement, in substantially the attached form, for said purpose.
Section 7. The conditions recommended by the Planning Department are adopted by
the City Commission as conditions of the Development Agreement.
Section 8. 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 9. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by
the City Attorney, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
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signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City Attor
Enactment Number: 13825
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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