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Home My WebLink AboutO-13986City of Miami Ordinance 13986 Legislation City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 7888 Final Action Date: 3/25/2021 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS OF ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF APPROXIMATELY 91.57 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTIES LOCATED BETWEEN INTERSTATE 195 ON THE NORTH, INTERSTATE 95 ON THE WEST, NORTHWEST 29 STREET ON THE SOUTH, AND NORTH MIAMI AVENUE ON THE EAST, MIAMI, FLORIDA FROM "T3-O", SUBURBAN TRANSECT ZONE - OPEN, TO "T4-R", URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONE — RESTRICTED, AND "T4-L", GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONE - LIMITED; FROM "T4-R", GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONE - RESTRICTED, TO "T5-L", URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE — LIMITED, AND "T5-O", URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE - OPEN; FROM "T4-L", GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONE - LIMITED, TO "T4-R", GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONE - RESTRICTED, "T5-L", URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE — LIMITED, AND "T5-O", URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE - OPEN; FROM "T4-O", GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONE - OPEN, TO "T5-L", URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE — LIMITED; FROM "T5-O", URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE - OPEN, TO "T6-8-O", URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONE - OPEN; AND FROM "CI", CIVIC INSTITUTIONAL TRANSECT ZONE, TO "T5-O", URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE — OPEN, AND "T6-8-O", URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONE - OPEN, ALL AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A", ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; 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- 0041 by a vote of eight to two (8-2), Item No. PZAB.3, recommending approval of the proposed zoning change; 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) which has previously been referred to as Little San Juan; and WHEREAS, this neighborhood is generally bounded by Interstate 195 on the north, Interstate 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 City of Miami Page 1 of 4 File ID: 7888 (Revision:) Printed On: 5/19/2025 File ID: 7888 Enactment Number: 13986 WHEREAS, in August 2018, a group of stakeholders of this neighborhood met to discuss potential improvements to the neighborhood; and 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, 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, it is typical that NRDs have an associated rezoning and amendment to the Future Land Use Map ("FLUM") of the Miami Comprehensive Plan ("MCNP"); and WHEREAS, this proposed rezoning on the Zoning Atlas of the Miami 21 Code affects approximately 91.57 acres of real properties located within the NRD-2 Boundaries as more particularly described in the attached and incorporated Exhibit "A" 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 rezoning for the particular properties within the NRD-2 Boundaries; and WHEREAS, this Community Vision Plan focused on four (4) elements: coming home, building home, going green, and getting around; and WHEREAS, this proposed rezoning is necessary for the "coming home" element of the Community Vision Plan, specifically providing the minimum residential density necessary to provide housing typologies that are appropriate and affordable to existing residents and to allow the neighborhood to absorb new residents with minimized displacement; and WHEREAS, this proposed rezoning is necessary for the "building home" element of the Community Vision Plan, specifically providing a broader range and intensity of commercial uses along major corridors that transverse the neighborhood; and City of Miami Page 2 of 4 File ID: 7888 (Revision:) Printed on: 5/19/2025 File ID: 7888 Enactment Number: 13986 WHEREAS, this proposed rezoning is necessary for the "going green" element of the Community Vision Plan, specifically increasing the likelihood that development will require LEED silver certification at a minimum and yield Transect Zones that have higher tree planting and green infrastructure requirements; and WHEREAS, this proposed rezoning is necessary for the "getting around" element of the Community Vision Plan, specifically calibrating the density along multiple Transit Corridors in the vicinity of the Allapattah MetroRail station and in the Tri-Rail coastal link station proposed for Midtown; and WHEREAS, this proposed rezoning is responsive to the surrounding context and is entirely successional; and and WHEREAS, the proposed rezoning is necessary due to changed or changing conditions; WHEREAS, the proposed rezoning furthers the goals and objectives of the MCNP; and WHEREAS, the proposed rezoning furthers the goals of the Miami 21 Code centered on focused growth around transit and preservation of neighborhoods through transitions in intensity and building height; and WHEREAS, City's Planning staff recommends approval of the proposed rezoning; 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 Miami 21 Code Zoning Atlas 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 amends the Zoning Atlas of the Miami 21 Code by changing the zoning classification of certain properties from "T3-O", Suburban Transect Zone — Open, to "T4-R", Urban Core Transect Zone — Restricted, and "T4-L", General Urban Transect Zone — Limited; from "T4-R", General Urban Transect Zone — Restricted, to "T5-L", Urban Center Transect Zone — Limited, and "T5-O", Urban Center Transect Zone — Open; from "T4-L", General Urban Transect Zone — Limited, to "T4-R", General Urban Transect Zone - Restricted, "T5-L", Urban Center Transect Zone — Limited, and "T5-O", Urban Center Transect Zone — Open; from "T4-O", General Urban Transect Zone — Open, to "T5-L", Urban Center Transect Zone — Limited; from "T5-O", Urban Center Transect Zone — Open, to "T6-8-O", Urban Core Transect Zone — Open; and from "Cl", Civic Institutional Transect Zone, to "T5-O", Urban Center Transect Zone — Open, and "T6-8-O", Urban Core Transect Zone — Open, for specific properties in the NRD-2 Boundaries, all as more particularly described in Exhibit "A", attached and incorporated. City of Miami Page 3 of 4 File ID: 7888 (Revision:) Printed on: 5/19/2025 File ID: 7888 Enactment Number: 13986 Section 3. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty-one (31) days after the State Land Planning Agency notifies the local government that the plan amendment package is complete pursuant to Section 163.3184(3), Florida Statutes, and Section 163.3184(12), Florida Statutes.1 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: end e ezCiity Attor ey 2/8/2021 1 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. City of Miami Page 4 of 4 File ID: 7888 (Revision:) Printed on: 5/19/2025