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PZAB Resolution
Enactment Number: PZAB-R-18-004
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File ID: 3489
Final Action Date: 1117/2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD
RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY
COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10544, AS AMENDED, THE MIAMI
COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
("MCNP") BY ADDING A POLICY TO THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE
MCNP TO ACCOMMODATE A RESIDENTIAL DENSITY INCREASE WITHIN
TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AREAS UP TO FIFTY (50) PERCENT WHEN
NEW DEVELOPMENT TRANSFERS UNUSED DENSITY FROM A CONTRIBUTING
HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED SITE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 163, Part 11, Florida Statutes, the Miami
Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan ("MCNP") was adopted by the City Commission by
Ordinance No. 10544 on February 9, 1989; and
WHEREAS, the MCNP guides existing and future development; evaluates how the City
of Miami ("City") meets the needs of existing and future residents, visitors, and development;
and provides a "master plan" that the City considers when making development decisions; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Rule Chapter 73C-49, FAC, the City should regularly update its
MCNP to reflect changes in local conditions; and
WHEREAS, given that growth and change can affect every aspect of the City, it is
imperative that the MCNP address various aspects of the community's future; and
WHEREAS, the Future Land Use Element within the MCNP should be amended to allow
for density to be transferred from historically designated sites to receiving sites within a Transit
Oriented Development; and
WHEREAS, this amendment will continue to support policies to promote the
preservation of historic sites within the City as well as promote increased density within close
proximity to rapid transit stations; and
WHEREAS, affordable housing is a significant issue affecting the residents of the City;
and
WHEREAS, a study by the New York University Furman Center, a copy of which is
provided as Attachment "A", attached and incorporated, shows that the City is the least
affordable to the median renter of the eleven (11) metropolitan areas studied; and
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WHEREAS, the City, embracing the tenets of New Urbanism and Smart Growth, has
established Residential Density Increase overlays in the urban core where mixed -use
development is encouraged and transit exists; and
WHEREAS, the City is among one of the 100 Resilient Cities, a Rockefeller Foundation
program dedicated to helping cities become more resilient to physical, social, and economic
challenges of the 21st Century; and
WHEREAS, equitable distribution of decent affordable housing has been recognized as
a fundamental element of a Resilient City by Oakland, California's Resilience Strategy, provided
as Attachment "B", attached and incorporated; and
WHEREAS, a recent RAND report shows that mixed -income developments offer an
opportunity for people with low incomes access to low -poverty neighborhoods and better
performing schools; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to encourage increased density and infill development
around fixed rail transit stations; and
WHEREAS, the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board, 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 recommend the MCNP be amended as hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS
BOARD THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Ordinance 10544, as amended, the MCNP, should be revised by amending
the text of the Policies of said Ordinance as follows:1
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FUTURE LAND USE
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Goal LU-2: Preserve and protect the heritage of the City of Miami through the identification,
evaluation, rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, restoration and public awareness of Miami's historic,
architectural and archaeological resources. (See Coastal Management Goal CM-5.)
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Objective LU-2.3: Encourage the preservation of all historic, architectural, and
archaeological resources that have major significance to the city by continuing to increase
the number of nationally and locally designated sites for the period 2008-2013.
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Policy LU-2.3.3: The City will encourage future historic designations through the
implementation of a program permitting historically designated sites to transfer unused
residential density to properties within '/% mile of a rapid transit station, using revenue
from the transfer for rehabilitation and maintenance of the historic site.
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Section 3. The MCNP text change is recommended due to changed or changing
conditions.
Section 4. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or word of this
Resolution is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Resolution shall not be affected.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
ctrFra isco Garcia, Director
Dep ant of Planning
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE )
Executio Date
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Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, ? iOtUrG Clerk of the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board of
the City of Miami, Florida, and acknowiedges that s/he executed the foregoing Resolution.
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS tia DAY OF 3 an
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