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Ordinance 13985
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 7887 Final Action Date: 3/25/2021
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10544, THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
PURSUANT TO AN EXPEDITED STATE REVIEW PROCESS ESTABLISHED
BY SECTION 163.3184(3), FLORIDA STATUTES, BY CHANGING THE
FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY 87.646 ACRES OF
REAL PROPERTIES LOCATED BETWEEN 1-195 ON THE NORTH, 1-95 ON
THE WEST, NORTHWEST 29TH STREET ON THE SOUTH, AND NORTH
MIAMI AVENUE ON THE EAST, MIAMI, FLORIDA, FROM "DUPLEX
RESIDENTIAL" TO "HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL" AND
"RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL"; FROM "LOW DENSITY RESTRICTED
COMMERCIAL" TO "RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL"; FROM "MEDIUM DENSITY
MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL" TO "HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY
RESIDENTIAL," "RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL," AND "GENERAL
COMMERCIAL"; FROM "MEDIUM DENSITY RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" TO
"RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" AND "GENERAL COMMERCIAL"; FROM
"RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" TO "GENERAL COMMERCIAL"; AND FROM
"MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL, PUBLIC FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION AND
UTILITIES" TO "GENERAL COMMERCIAL"; MAKING FINDINGS; DIRECTING
TRANSMITTALS TO AFFECTED AGENCIES; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board ("PZAB"), at its meeting on
October 16, 2020, following an advertised public hearing, adopted Resolution No. PZAB-R-20-
0040 by a vote of seven to three (7-3), Item No. PZAB.2, recommending approval of the
proposed amendment as stated herein; and
WHEREAS, there is a neighborhood in the City of Miami ("City") north of the Wynwood
Neighborhood Revitalization District ("NRD-1") and west of the Midtown Special District (SD.27),
previously referred to as Little San Juan; and
WHEREAS, this neighborhood is generally bounded by Interstate 195 ("1-195") on the
north, Interstate 95 ("1-95") on the west, Northwest 29th Street on the south, and North Miami
Avenue on the east ("NRD-2 Boundaries"); and
WHEREAS, this neighborhood is undergoing sudden change due to its proximity to the
Wynwood Arts District, Midtown, and the Design District; and
WHEREAS, in August 2018, a group of stakeholders of this neighborhood met to
discuss potential improvements to the neighborhood; and
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WHEREAS, in September 2018, this group of stakeholders formed the Wynwood
Community Enhancement Association ("WCEA"); and
WHEREAS, in November 2018, the WCEA had its first official public meeting; and
WHEREAS, over the next several months, the WCEA worked together to develop a
community vision plan with the help of design firm PlusUrbia and the law firm of Wernick & Co;
and
WHEREAS, on November 21, 2019, the City Commission unanimously adopted
Resolution No. R-19-0472 supporting the effort; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. R-19-0472 directed the City Manager to review the
Wynwood Norte Community Vision Plan and develop implementation tools, policies, and
regulations with the assistance of the appropriate City staff and to make a final presentation to
the City Commission for its consideration and further action; and
WHEREAS, beginning in January 2020, the City's Planning Department began
leveraging an existing tool called a Neighborhood Revitalization District ("NRD"), which was
developed in 2015 with the implementation of the NRD-1 for the Wynwood Arts District; and
WHEREAS, a NRD is an overlay district that uses the existing regulations in Ordinance
No. 13114, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("Miami 21 Code"),
as a base but allows for the creation of new regulations and the calibration of existing
regulations to better suit the needs of a specific neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, NRDs typically have associated rezonings and amendments to the Future
Land Use Map ("FLUM") of the Miami Comprehensive Plan ("MCNP"); and
WHEREAS, this proposed FLUM amendment affects approximately 87.646 acres of real
properties located within the NRD-2 Boundaries, as more particularly described in Exhibit "A",
attached and incorporated, and as depicted in the map attached to the Staff Analysis; and
WHEREAS, Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated, describes the properties and
provides for the specific FLUM amendment for the specific properties within the NRD-2
Boundaries; and
WHEREAS, this proposed FLUM amendment is necessary to allow the minimum
residential density necessary to provide housing typologies that are appropriate and affordable
to existing residents, allow the neighborhood to absorb new residents with minimized
displacement, and provide a broader range and intensity of commercial uses along major
corridors that transverse the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission recommended approval of the FLUM amendment on
first reading on October 22, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the City transmitted the proposed FLUM amendment with the associated
supporting materials to the following agencies, as required by Section 163.3184, Florida
Statutes, in fulfillment of the Expedited State Review statutory process:
Department of Economic Opportunity ("State Land Planning Agency");
- South Florida Regional Planning Council;
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- South Florida Water Management District;
- Florida Department of Education;
Florida Department of Environmental Protection;
- District Six Office of the Florida Department of Transportation;
- Florida Department of State; and
- Miami -Dade County; and
WHEREAS, five (5) of the above agencies responded and found that the proposed
amendment posed no adverse impact to resources under the respective agencies' jurisdictions,
while the remaining three (3) agencies did not respond; and
WHEREAS, the proposed FLUM amendment is necessary due to changed or changing
conditions; and
WHEREAS, the proposed FLUM amendment furthers the goals, objectives, and policies
of the MCNP; and
WHEREAS, the proposed FLUM amendment supports the goal of the Miami 21 Code
centered on focused growth around transit; and
WHEREAS, the City's Planning Department recommends approval of the proposed
FLUM amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has considered the goals, objectives, and policies of
the MCNP, the Miami 21 Code, and all other City regulations; 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 inhabitants to amend
the FLUM of the MCNP as hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY 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 City Commission approves the amendment to the FLUM of Ordinance
No. 10544, as amended, the Miami MCNP, pursuant to Expedited State Review amendment
procedures subject to Section 163.3184, Florida Statutes, by changing the Future Land Use
designation from "Duplex Residential" to "High Density Multifamily Residential" of 40.66 ± acres,
from "Duplex Residential" to "Restricted Commercial" of 1.78 ± acres, from "Low Density
Restricted Commercial" to "Restricted Commercial" of 1.59 ± acres, from "Medium Density
Multifamily Residential" to "High Density Multifamily Residential" of 0.60 ± acres, from "Medium
Density Multifamily Residential" to "Restricted Commercial" of 4.79 ± acres, from "Medium
Density Multifamily Residential" to "General Commercial" of 0.34 ± acres, from "Medium Density
Restricted Commercial" to "Restricted Commercial" of 22.38 ± acres, from "Medium Density
Restricted Commercial" to "General Commercial" of 9.23 ± acres, from "Restricted Commercial"
to "General Commercial" of 3.24 ± acres, and from "Major Institutional, Public Facilities,
Transportation and Utilities" to "General Commercial" of 3.01 ± acres for specific properties in
NRD-2 Boundaries as more particularly depicted in Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated.
Section 3. It is found that this Comprehensive Plan designation change:
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(a) Is necessary due to changed or changing conditions;
(b) Follows an Expedited State Review Process pursuant to Section 163.3184,
Florida Statutes;
(c) Does not involve a text change to goals, policies, or objectives of the MCNP but
proposes a land use change to the FLUM for a site -specific development. However, text
changes that relate directly to and are adopted simultaneously with the FLUM amendment shall
be permissible;
(d) Is one which is not located within an area of critical state concern as designated
by Section 380.0552, Florida Statutes, or by the Administration Commission pursuant to Section
380.05(1), Florida Statutes.
Section 4. The City Manager is directed to promptly transmit, within ten (10) working
days after Second Reading, a copy of this amendment along with any supporting data and
analysis to the State Land Planning Agency and any other agency or local government that
provided timely comments under the Expedited State Review pursuant to Section
163.3184(3)(c), Florida Statutes.
Section 5. 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 6. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty-one (31) days after the State
Land Planning Agency notifies the City that the adoption package is complete pursuant to
Section 163.3184(3)(c)(4), Florida Statutes.'
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
1 This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten 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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