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File ID: 8364
Title: AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENTS, APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES, BETWEEN ESJ
JI LEASEHOLD, LLC AND THE CITY OF MIAMI TO GOVERN THE
JUNGLE ISLAND SPECIAL AREA PLAN ("SAP") COMPRISED OF
APPROXIMATELY 18.61 ACRES (810,795 SQUARE FEET) OF
PROPERTY LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1111 PARROT JUNGLE
TRAIL AND 1111 MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDEVELOPMENT OF
SUCH LANDS FOR A HOTEL AND ATTRACTIONS; AUTHORIZING THE
FOLLOWING USES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMMERCIAL,
LODGING, CIVIC, EDUCATIONAL AND CIVIL SUPPORT, AND ANY
OTHER USES AUTHORIZED BY THE SAP; SPECIFICALLY PROVIDING
FOR THE SAP TO CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED
(300) LODGING UNITS, FIVE HUNDRED (500) PARKING SPACES, AND
NEW ATTRACTIONS; THE SAP DEVELOPMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED
THREE HUNDRED (300) LODGING UNITS AND SHALL CONTAIN A
MINIMUM OF 40,540 SQUARE FEET OF CIVIC SPACE; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM AS
EXHIBIT "B", ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, AND WITH THE
MODIFICATIONS STATED HEREIN FOR SAID PURPOSE;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
LOCATION(S): 1111 Parrot Jungle Trl [Commissioner Ken Russell — District 2]
APPLICANT(S): T. Spencer Crowley, Esquire, on behalf of ESJ JI Leasehold, LLC
PURPOSE: Development agreement for the Jungle Island Special Area Plan
FINDING(S):
PLANNING DEPARTMENT: Recommended approval.
City of Miami File ID: 8364 (Revision: B) Printed On: 5/16/2025
City of Miami
Legislation
Ordinance
Enactment Number:13974
City Hall
3500 Pan Ameican Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 8364 Final Action Date: 2/25/2021
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENTS, APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES, BETWEEN ESJ JI
LEASEHOLD, LLC AND THE CITY OF MIAMI TO GOVERN THE JUNGLE
ISLAND SPECIAL AREA PLAN ("SAP") COMPRISED OF
APPROXIMATELY 18.61 ACRES (810,795 SQUARE FEET) OF
PROPERTY LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1111 PARROT JUNGLE
TRAIL AND 1111 MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDEVELOPMENT OF
SUCH LANDS FOR A HOTEL AND ATTRACTIONS; AUTHORIZING THE
FOLLOWING USES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMMERCIAL,
LODGING, CIVIC, EDUCATIONAL AND CIVIL SUPPORT, AND ANY
OTHER USES AUTHORIZED BY THE SAP; SPECIFICALLY PROVIDING
FOR THE SAP TO CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED
(300) LODGING UNITS, FIVE HUNDRED (500) PARKING SPACES, AND
NEW ATTRACTIONS; THE SAP DEVELOPMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED
THREE HUNDRED (300) LODGING UNITS AND SHALL CONTAIN A
MINIMUM OF 40,540 SQUARE FEET OF CIVIC SPACE; AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT,
IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM AS EXHIBIT "B",
ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, AND WITH THE MODIFICATIONS
STATED HEREIN FOR SAID PURPOSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, ESJ JI Leasehold, LLC ("Applicant") applied for a Special Area Plan ("SAP")
for the properties located at approximately 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail and 1111 MacArthur
Causeway, Miami, Florida under Folio Nos. 01-3231-000-0014 and 01-3231-000-0016, as more
particularly described in Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated ("Property"), pursuant to the
process described in Article 3, Section 3.9 of Ordinance No. 13114, the Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("Miami 21 Code"), titled "Special Area Plans"; and
WHEREAS, the proposed "Jungle Island Special Area Plan" ("Jungle Island SAP")
consists of 18.61 ± acres of land, as more particularly described in Exhibit "A," attached and
incorporated; and
WHEREAS, Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated, also includes a separate sketch and
legal description of the area subject to the companion proposed zoning and land use changes,
which is wholly within the Jungle Island SAP Property; and
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WHEREAS, Section 3.9 of the Miami 21 Code authorizes the assembly and master
planning of parcels greater than nine (9) abutting acres in size through the SAP process; and
WHEREAS, the Property is a City of Miami ("City") owned property that contains the
Jungle Island theme park, which is open to the general public; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant is the lessee of the Property; and
WHEREAS, the voters of the City approved a referendum in August 2018 to allow the
redevelopment of the Property, requiring a change to the Future Land Use Map and the Zoning
Atlas of the City, proposed as companion items to this Development Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.9.1.f of the Miami 21 Code establishes that "[d]evelopment 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, along with the Jungle Island SAP application, the Applicant requested
approval of a Development Agreement pursuant to Article 3 of the Miami 21 Code and Chapter
163, Florida Statutes, to govern the development of the Property; and
WHEREAS, the Development Agreement, inter alia, includes a requirement for the
Applicant to provide an annual report that contains a section by section description of its
compliance with the obligations thereunder; and
WHEREAS, the Development Agreement further provides that the Applicant must
remain current on all financial obligations to the City, including obligations pursuant to the lease
and referendum, and that the City is authorized not to issue permits or approvals should the
Applicant not be in compliance with its financial obligations to the City; and
WHEREAS, the Development Agreement also provides a timeline for development; and
WHEREAS, an updated Development Agreement was submitted during the second
reading public hearing with minor modifications; and
WHEREAS, also during the second reading public hearing, the indemnification language
was further modified, advertisement of at least two (2) job fairs with local job preference was
added, and the establishment of a mooring field and a boating restricted area was added; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Applicant agree that the Jungle Island SAP shall be
developed substantially in accordance with the Regulating Plan and Concept Book as provided
in the companion Jungle Island SAP application; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Applicant agree that the Jungle Island SAP shall be
developed in accordance with the requirements of the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood
Plan;
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 Development Agreement, in substantially the form attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "B" and with the modifications as stated herein, between the Applicant
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and the City to govern the development of the subject Property and the Jungle Island SAP is
hereby approved pursuant to Chapter 163, Florida Statutes.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to execute the Development Agreement, in
substantially the form attached and incorporated as Exhibit "B", as further modified during the
second reading public hearing for said purpose.
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.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, City Attor
ey
1/19/2021
ndez, City ttor ey 2/16/2021
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 Code
provisions.
2 This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoes by the Mayor within ten (10)
days of 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.
City of Miami File ID: 8364 (Revision: B) Printed On: 5/16/2025