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PZAB Resolution
Enactment Number: PZAB-R-23-011
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3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File ID: 13149 Final Action Date: 1/18/2023
A RESOLUTION OF PLANNING ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING ARTICLE 5, SECTION 5.3.4, TITLED
"PARKING STANDARDS (T3)" TO MODIFY AND SIMPLIFY REGULATIONS
RELATED TO DRIVEWAYS IN THE T3 TRANSECT ZONE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on October 22, 2009, the Miami City Commission adopted Ordinance No.
13114 as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida ("Miami 21 Code"); and
WHEREAS, the Miami 21 Code contains detailed requirements for driveways in the T3
(single-family and duplex) transect zone; and
WHEREAS, upon review it has been found that such regulations may be overly
burdensome for single-family homeowners and may result in less than optimal conditions
related to site access; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to offer relief by streamlining and simplifying
driveway regulations for T3 properties; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has given full consideration to the Planning Director's
recommendations as to this proposed text amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has held a public hearing on the proposed text
amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has considered whether the proposed text amendment
will further the goals, objectives, and policies of the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan
("MCNP"), the Miami 21 Code, and other City of Miami regulations; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has considered the need and justification for
the proposed text amendment, including changed or changing conditions that make the
passage of the proposed text amendment necessary;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS
BOARD OF 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.
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Section 2. The Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board hereby recommends to the City
Commission that Article 5 of the Miami 21 Code be amended in the following particulars:1
"ARTICLE 5. SPECIFIC TO ZONES
5.3 SUB -URBAN TRANSECT ZONES (T3)
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5.3.4 Parking Standards (T3)
a. Vehicular parking shall be required as shown in Article 4, Tables 4 and 5.
b. Parking may be accessed by an Alley when such is available.
c. Covered parking and garages and at coast fift„ percent (50 ) of reg ,;rod parking shall be
located within the Second and Third Layers as shown in Article 4, Table 8; in T3-R and T3-L a
maximum thirty percent (30%) of the width of the Facade may be covered parking or garage. In
T3-O covered parking and garages shall be a maximum sixty percent (60%) of the width of the
facade. Covered parking and garages shall align with or be set back from the Facade.
Driveways and drop-offs including parking may be located within the First Layer.
d. The maximum width at the Property Linc of a driveway on a Frontago in the First Layer shall
be twelve (12) twenty (20) feet. for T3 R and T3 L and twenty (20) feet for T3 O. For Lots
exceeding fifty (50) feet width on a Frontage which provide a single access point, the maximum
Driveway width at the Property Line shall be twenty percent (20%) of the Property Line not to
cxcccd twcnty (20) fcct. Two scparatc drivcways on one Lot shall have a minimum separation
of twenty (20) feet in T3 and T3_L onl„. On Frontages with less than fifty (50) feet, driveways
in the First Layer shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the length of the Frontage but in no
case shall it be less than ten (10) feet. Two separate driveways on a Frontage shall have a
minimum separation equal to forty percent (40%) of the length of the Frontage.
e. Tandem Parking on site is encouraged.
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Section 3. 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 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
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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Reviewed and Approved:
Lakisha Hull AICP LEED AP BD+C
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