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File ID: #6445
Ordinance
Sponsored by: Ken Russell, Commissioner
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 14/ARTICLE II OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT/DOWNTOWN DISTRICT/GENERALLY;" MORE PARTICULARLY BY
AMENDING SECTION 14-27 IN ITS ENTIRETY AND CREATING NEW TERRITORIAL
BOUNDARIES AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT "A", ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED,
TO INCLUDE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LANDS UNDERNEATH THE MIAMI METRORAIL,
ALSO KNOWN AS THE UNDERLINE, FROM THE MIAMI RIVER TO SE 15TH ROAD;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
City of Miami File ID: 6445 (Revision:) Printed On: 4/28/2025
City of Miami
Legislation
Ordinance
Enactment Number: 13871
File Number: 6445 Final Action Date: 11/21/2019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 14/ARTICLE II OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT/DOWNTOWN DISTRICT/GENERALLY;" MORE PARTICULARLY BY
AMENDING SECTION 14-27 IN ITS ENTIRETY AND CREATING NEW TERRITORIAL
BOUNDARIES AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT "A", ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED,
TO INCLUDE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LANDS UNDERNEATH THE MIAMI METRORAIL,
ALSO KNOWN AS THE UNDERLINE, FROM THE MIAMI RIVER TO SE 15TH ROAD;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 65-1090, Laws of Florida, the City of Miami ("City")
created the Downtown Development Authority of the City of Miami, Florida ("DDA") and
established the original territory, which was subsequently amended by Ordinance No. 12307
adopted on December 12, 2002, to establish the territorial boundaries of the DDA ("DDA
District") within which the DDA may exercise its powers; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the DDA ("DDA Board") and the City Commission
find that establishing new territorial boundaries for the DDA District as set forth in Exhibit "A",
attached and incorporated, to include the right-of-way lands underneath the Miami Metrorail,
also known as "The Underline", from the Miami River to SE 15th Road (collectively, "Underline
Adjacent to the DDA Area"), as more particularly described in Exhibit B, attached and
incorporated, into the current DDA District as set forth in Exhibit "C", attached and incorporated,
will revitalize and preserve property values in the DDA District and its surrounding areas; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that such expansion is in the best interests of the
City, and most particularly, the DDA; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 166.0479, Florida Statutes (2019), the City Commission
adopted Resolution No. R-19-0318 on July 25, 2019 declaring its intent to expand the
boundaries of the DDA District to include the Underline Adjacent to the DDA Area, as more
particularly described in Exhibit "B", attached and incorporated; and
WHEREAS, today's public hearing was noticed on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 in the
Daily Business Review, a copy of which notice is attached and incorporated as Exhibit "D," and
such public hearing has been held by the City Commission;
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 are incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
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Section 2. Chapter 14, Article II, Division 1 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended ("City Code"), titled "Downtown Development, Downtown District, Generally," is further
amended by repealing the current Section 14-27 in its entirety and replacing and substituting
new Section 14-27, as set forth in Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated, thereby establishing
the new boundaries for the DDA District to include the Underline Adjacent to the DDA Area as
follows:'
"CHAPTER 14
DOWNTOWN DEVELOMENT
ARTICLE II. DOWNTOWN DISTRICT
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
Section 14-27. Boundaries designated.
The Downtown District described as follows shall be under the jurisdiction and control of
the Downtown Development Authority:
Begin at the intersection of the centerline of NW 5th Street and NW 3rd Avenue (east of 1-95);
thence run southerly along the centerline of NW 3rd Avenue and the easterly side of 1-95 to the
centerline of West Flagler Street; thence westerly along the centerline of said West Flagler
Street to the centerline of the Miami River; thence meandering southeasterly along the
centerline of said Miami River to a point of intersection with the westerly Right -of -Way line of
Metro Rapid Transit Right -of -Way (formerly Florida East Coast (FEC) Railroad Right -of -Way)
said Right -of -Way line being 50 feet westerly of and parallel with the centerline of said Metro
Rapid Transit Right -of -Way; thence run southerly and southwesterly along said westerly Right -
of -Way line of Metro Rapid Transit to the intersection with the centerline of SW 15th Road;
thence southeasterly along the centerline of 15th Road to a point of intersection with the
southerly prolongation of the westerly line of Costa Bella Development Subdivision (107-14);
thence northeasterly, northwesterly, and northeasterly along said westerly line of Costa Bella to
the intersection with the southerly Right -of -Way line of SE 14th Lane; thence southeasterly,
northeasterly, northerly, and northwesterly along said southerly and easterly Right -of -Way line
of SE 14th Lane and SE 14th Terrace to the intersection with the northwesterly property line of
Lot 31, Block 2 of Amended plat of Point View as recorded in Plat Book 2 at Page 93 of the
public records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence northeasterly along the northwesterly line
of said Lot 31, to the northeasterly side of the existing ten -foot alley in Block 2 of said Point
View; thence southeasterly along the northeasterly side of said ten -foot alley to the intersection
with the property line between Lots 4 and 5 of said Block 2 of Point View; thence northeasterly
along said line of Lots 4 and 5 and its prolongation thereof to the centerline of SE 14th Street;
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 and
unchanged material.
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thence southeasterly along said centerline of SE 14th Street to a point of intersection with the
existing bulkhead and shoreline of Biscayne Bay; thence meandering northerly along the
existing bulkhead and shoreline of Biscayne Bay to a point of intersection with the southerly
boundary of Claughton Island Bridge; thence easterly along the said southerly Right -of -Way line
of Claughton Island Bridge to the intersection with the westerly bulkhead line of Claughton
Island, said bulkhead line being part of the Miami -Dade County bulkhead line as recorded in
Plat Book 73 at Page 18 of the public records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence southerly,
easterly, northerly, and westerly, following said existing bulkhead and its westerly prolongation
thereof around the island to the intersection with the mainland on the easterly shoreline of
Biscayne Bay; thence meandering in a northwesterly and westerly direction along the shoreline
of Biscayne Bay and the Miami River to the intersection with the easterly Right -of -Way line of
the Metro Rapid Transit line of Brickell Avenue Bridge (SE 2nd Avenue); thence north along said
bridge to the existing bulkhead on the corner of said Lot 1; thence northwesterly across a 10
foot -wide alley to the northeasterly corner of Lot 6 of Block 8 of Miramar amended as recorded
in Plat Book 5 at Page 4 of the public records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence
northwesterly along the northerly line of said lot 6 and its northwesterly extension to its
intersection with the centerline of Sevilla Street (NE 4th Avenue) of said Miramar amended (5-
4); thence southwesterly along the centerline of said Sevilla Street (NE 4th Avenue) to its
intersection with the centerline of Vedado Street (NE 4th Avenue) of said Miramar amended (5-
4); thence northerly along the centerline of NE 4th Avenue (Vedado Street); thence northerly
along the centerline of NE 4th Avenue to its intersection with the centerline of NE 19th Street;
thence westerly along the centerline of NE 19th Street to a point of intersection with southerly
extension of the easterly lot line of Lot 4 of Block 1 of Miramar amended as recorded in plat
book 5 at page 4 of the public records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence northerly along
the easterly lot line of Lot 4 and its extension thereof to the southerly lot line of Lot 8 of Coral
Park as recorded in Plat Book 2 at Page 66 of the public records of Miami -Dade County,
Florida; thence easterly along the southerly lot line of Lot 8 to the southeast corner of said Lot 8;
thence northerly along the easterly Lot line of Lot 8 to the southerly Right -of -Way line of NE 2Oth
Street; thence easterly along the southerly Right -of -Way line of NE 2Oth Street to the southerly
extension of the easterly lot line of Lot 7 of said Coral Park (2-66); thence northerly along the
easterly lot line of Lot 7 and its extension thereof to the northeast corner of Lot 7; thence
westerly along the northerly lot line of Lot 7 to a point of intersection with the southerly extension
of the easterly lot line of Lot 7 of Block 4 of Bayside Park amended as recorded in Plat Book 2
at Page 40 of the public records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence northerly along the
easterly lot line of Lot 7 and its extension thereof across a 15-foot-wide alley to the northeast
corner of Lot 7; thence continuing northerly across the Right -of -Way of NE 2Oth Terrace to the
southeast corner of Lot 7 of Block 1 of Bayside Park amended (2-40); thence northerly along the
easterly lot line of Lot 7 to the northeast corner of said Lot 7; thence across a 15-foot-wide alley
to the southeast corner of Lot 5 Block 3 of Bayonne Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 2 at
page 35 of the public records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence northerly along the
easterly Lot line of Lot 5, and the northerly extension of its easterly lot line thereof, to the
centerline of NE 21st Street; thence easterly along the centerline of NE 21st Street to a point of
intersection with the southerly extension of the easterly lot line of Lot 3 of Block 1 of Bayonne
Subdivision (2-35); thence northerly along the easterly lot line and its extension thereof, to the
southerly lot line of tract A of Caruso Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 79 at page 23 of the
public records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence easterly along the southerly tract line of
tract A to the southerly extension of the easterly Right -of -Way line of NE 4th Avenue; thence
northerly along the easterly Right -of -Way line of NE 4th Avenue and its extension thereof to the
centerline of NE 24th Street; thence westerly along the centerline of NE 24th Street to the
centerline of NE 2nd Avenue; thence southerly along the centerline of NE 2nd Avenue to the
centerline of NE 17th Street; thence westerly along the centerline of NE 17th Street and NW
17th Street to the northerly shoreline of the Miami River; said bulkhead line also being the
southerly boundary of the Dupont Plaza Center and Miami Center joint Venture property; thence
northeasterly along the southerly boundary of Dupont Plaza Center and Miami Center Joint
Venture property to a point of intersection with the easterly property line of Chopin Associates
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and Miami Center Limited Partnership; said property line being along the shoreline of Biscayne
Bay; thence northerly along said easterly property line of Chopin Associates and Miami Center
Limited Partnership property along Biscayne Bay to the southerly property line of Bayfront Park;
thence continuing northerly, northeasterly and northwesterly along the bulkhead line of Bayfront
Park and the Bayfront Park Miamarina to a point of intersection with the southerly Right -of -Way
line of State Road A-1-A (Douglas Macarthur Causeway); thence easterly along the southerly
Right -of -Way of said Douglas MacArthur Causeway to its intersection with the easterly Right -of -
Way line of the Intercoastal Waterway, said point also being the westerly line of the submerged
parcel of land of the NW quadrant of Watson Island as shown on the boundary survey of NW
quadrant upland and submerged parcel (City of Miami miscellaneous file 61-398); thence
southerly along the easterly Right -of -Way line of said Intercoastal Waterway to a point of
intersection of the turning basin limit with the northerly line of the Miami main ship channel, said
point also being approximately 500 feet west of the westerly bulkhead line of Watson Island and
1,200 feet southerly of the south Right -of -Way line of Douglas MacArthur Causeway, as per
O.R.B. 2454, pages 77-79; thence northeasterly, southeasterly, and northeasterly along the
southeasterly line of said NW quadrant of Watson Island to the most easterly corner of said NW
quadrant of Watson Island, said corner being on the southwesterly Right -of -Way line of Douglas
Macarthur Causeway; thence northwesterly and westerly along the said Right -of -Way line to the
northwest corner of said NW quadrant of Watson Island; thence westerly along the southerly
Right -of -Way line of the state road A-1-A (Douglas Macarthur Causeway) to the bulkhead line of
Biscayne Bay; thence northerly along the bulkhead line of Biscayne Bay to a point of
intersection with the centerline of NE 17th Street extended easterly; thence westerly along the
centerline of NE 17th Street and its extension thereof to a point of intersection with the
centerline of North Bayshore Drive; thence northerly along the centerline of North Bayshore
Drive to its intersection with the centerline of NE 17th Terrace; thence northwesterly along the
centerline of NE 17th Terrace to its intersection with the southwesterly extension of the
northwesterly line of Lot 2 of block 1 of Seaport as recorded in Plat Book 149 at 79 of the public
records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; thence northeasterly along the northwesterly line of said
Lot 2, and it's said southwesterly extension thereof, to the southwesterly corner of Lot 1 of Block
1 of said Seaport (149-79); thence southeasterly and easterly along the southerly line of said lot
1 and its easterly extension to its intersection with the centerline of North Bayshore Drive;
thence northeasterly along the centerline of North Bayshore Drive to its intersection with the
southeasterly extension of the northerly line of said Lot 1 of Block 1 of said Seaport (149-79);
thence northwesterly along the northerly line of said Lot 1, and its said southeasterly extension
thereof, to the northwesterly easterly Right -of -Way fine of the FEC Railroad; thence southerly
along the easterly Right -of -Way line of the FEC Railroad to the centerline of NW 5th Street
thence westerly along the centerline of NW 5th Street to the point of beginning. All lands
situated and lying in Miami -Dade County, Florida.
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Section 3. If any section, part of section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or word of this
Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and
adoption hereof.2
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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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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