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Home My WebLink AboutPZAB (18106) ResolutionCity of Miami PZAB Resolution Enactment Number: PZAB-R-25-059 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File ID: 18106 Date Rendered: 10/09/2025 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD RECOMMENDING TO THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY AMENDING ARTICLE 4, TITLED "STANDARDS AND TABLES," SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING TABLE 3, TITLED "BUILDING FUNCTION: USES," TO ESTABLISH DEFINITIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES IN RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, AND NOT -FOR -PROFIT INSTITUTIONS, AND TABLE 4, TITLED "DENSITY, INTENSITY AND PARKING," TO ESTABLISH RULES FOR APPLYING DENSITY ALLOWANCES; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, §166.04151, Florida Statutes, authorizes the governing board of a municipality to approve the development of housing that is affordable, including mixed -use residential, on any parcel owned by religious institutions; and WHEREAS, Chapter 62 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), provides the City of Miami ("City") Planning Department with the administrative authority and responsibility for the preparation, conduct, and implementation of the continuing comprehensive planning program as set out in state statutes and elsewhere in the City Code; and WHEREAS, Article 4, Table 3 of Ordinance No. 13114, the City of Miami Zoning Code, as amended, ("Miami 21") lists Building Functions: Uses and allowable intensities by Transect Zone Designation; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to amend Article 4, Table 3 of the Miami 21 Code to allow Residential Uses By -Right on properties owned by a religious institution, as defined in §170.201(2), Florida Statutes, or a not -for -profit Institution or contains an educational institution, as more particularly described herein; and WHEREAS, the City categorizes Religious Facilities as a Civic Use, which is intended to encompass Land Use functions predominantly of community -oriented purposes or objectives including those of not -for -profit organizations dedicated to arts and culture, education, recreation, religion, government, and the like; and WHEREAS, the City currently has approximately 668 properties that are considered Civic Uses; and WHEREAS, of those 668 properties, 27 properties have been identified as religious institutions zoned "Civic Institution" ("CI"), 246 properties have been identified religious Date Rendered: 10/09/2025 City of Miami Page 1 of 5 File ID: 18106 (Revision:) Printed On: 10/9/2025 institutions zoned with a Transect other than "CI," and 395 properties have been identified as non -religious Civic Uses zoned "CI"; and WHEREAS, the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board ("PZAB") has conducted a public hearing on the proposed text amendment; and WHEREAS, consideration has been given as to whether the proposed change will further the goals, objectives, and policies of the Comprehensive Plan, the Miami 21 Code, and other City regulations; and WHEREAS, due consideration has been given to the need and justification for the proposed change, including changing and changed conditions that make the passage of the proposed change necessary; and WHEREAS, the PZAB, after careful consideration of this matter, the PZAB find competent substantial evidence in the record and deems it advisable and in the best interest of the general welfare of the City and its inhabitants to recommend to the City Commission approval of the proposed Miami 21 text amendment as hereinafter set forth; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING, ZONING APPEALS BOARD OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. Article 4 of the Miami 21 Code is hereby amended in the following particulars:1 "ARTICLE 4. STANDARDS AND TABLES TABLE 3 BUILDING FUNCTION: USES T3 R ■. L ORLORL 4 ■■ 5 ■■ OR T6 ■■ L O C C S .■ CI CI - H D D D 1 ■. D2 D3 SUB -URBAN URBAN GENERAL URBAN CENTER URBAN CORE CIVIC DISTRICTS DENSITY (UNIT PER ACRE) 9 9 1 8 * 3 6 36 3 6 6 5 65 65 15 0* 15 0* 15 0* N / A AZ* * 15 0* 3 6 AZ* *** AZ* *** RESIDENTIAL --■■.■■.....■-.■-- CO -LIVING R* ** R* ** R* ** R* ** R* ** R **** R* ** R ' 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. City of Miami Page 2 of 5 File ID: 18106 (Revision:) Printed On: 10/9/2025 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE R RRRRRRRR RR R COMMUNITY RESIDENCE R RRRRRRRR RR R R ANCILLARY UNIT R RR R TWO FAMILY RESIDENCE RRRRRRR RR R MULTI FAMILY HOUSING RRRRRR RR R R **** R — *** DORMITORY E E RR RR E R HOME OFFICE R RRRRRRRR RR R R LIVE - WORK RR RR RR R WORK - LIVE RR R Allowed By Right W Allowed By Warrant: Administrative Process - CRC (Coordinated Review Committee) E Allowed By Exception: Public Hearing - granted by PZAB (Planning, Zoning & Appeals Board) Boxes with no designation signify Use prohibited. Uses may be further modified by Supplemental Regulations, State Regulations, or other provisions of this Code. See City Code Chapter 4 for regulations related to Alcohol Service Establishment and Food Service Establishments. * Additional densities in some T6 zones are illustrated in Diagram 9 and densities in T3-O zones may be modified by specific regulations in Article 5. ** AZ: Density of lowest Abutting Zone *** By Right only in the UCBD, Civic Health District, NRD-1 and NRD-2. ***Hotel Uses only allowed by Warrant in D1 for properties identified in Appendix PA-1 of the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan and located on the north side of the Lower River. See Article 6, Table 13 for supplemental regulations. ****AZ: Density of lowest Abutting Zone nearest to the subject property not to exceed 65 d u/acre. ***** Educational Uses may be allowed By -Right if the requirements are met in Article 6, titled Supplemental Regulations ******Cultural Facilities such as Museums and Libraries shall be processed by Warrant; all other Community Facility uses shall be processed By Right. ******* By Right only on a parcel, or a parcel connected thereto, which: is owned by a religious institution, as defined by Section 170.201(2), F.S., or a not -for -profit institution; or contains an Elementary, Middle, or High School Educational Facility. City of Miami Page 3 of 5 File ID: 18106 (Revision:) Printed On: 10/9/2025 TABLE 4 DENSITY, INTENSITY AND PARKING (C) CI -HD — CIVIC INSTITUTION HEALTH DISTRICT CS — CIVIC SPACE CI — CIVIC INSTITUTION DENSITY (UPA) N/A DENSITY OF ABUTTING ZONE 150 UNITS PER ACRE RESIDENTIAL Uses are permissible as listed in Table 3, limited by compliance with: • Density and all intensity, parking and loading regulations to match that of the most restrictive Abutting zone. • When a CI property • Minimum of 1 parking space for every 800 square feet of Residential Use. • Loading - See Article 4, Table 5 • Co -Living - A minimum of .25 Bicycle Rack Space per Co - Living Room is required. Co -Living: Minimum of 0.5 parking space per Co -Living Room with a minimum of one (1) additional visitor parking space for every ten (10) Co - Living Rooms. Thirty percent (30%) of required Co -Living Parking may be provided through payment -in -lieu into the Transportation Trust Fund identified within City Code Chapter 35. owned by a reliqious or not -for -profit institution, or containinq an Elementary, Middle, or Hiqh School, has no abuttinq property that allows residential density, residential uses shall be allowed at a density equivalent to T4. Residential Developments within CI properties shall, at a minimum, meet the Affordable or Workforce Housing criteria set forth in one of the programs in Section 3.15 or Section 3.16 of this Miami 21 Code. *11 Section 3. It is recommended that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida, which provisions may be renumbered or realtered and that the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section," "article," or other appropriate word to accomplish such intention. 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 after adoption. City of Miami Page 4 of 5 File ID: 18106 (Revision:) Printed On: 10/9/2025 Reviewed and Approved: David Snow City of Miami Page 5 of 5 File ID: 18106 (Revision:) Printed On: 10/9/2025