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PZAB Resolution
Enactment Number: PZAB-R-25-070
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Miami, FL 33133
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A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE
MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 62 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "PLANNING AND
ZONING," TO CREATE A NEW TRUST FUND; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 62
OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "PLANNING AND ZONING," CREATING A NEW
ARTICLE XX, TITLED "RESILIENCE TRUST FUND" TO ESTABLISH LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT IMPLEMENT DOUBLING OF DENSITY
ALLOWED FOR ALL APPLICABLE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT
TO THE INTERPRETATION OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE MIAMI
COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan ("MCNP") allows for density
increases by up to one hundred percent (100%) for various Future Land Use designations under
the Interpretation of the Future Land Use Map; and
WHEREAS, the implementation of said density increases are deferred to the applicable
land development regulations; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 13114 was adopted at the Zoning Code of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended ("Miami 21 Code") and includes the City's land development regulations;
and
WHEREAS, the density increases that will be allowed through this program will be
specified in Article 4, Table 4 of the Miami 21 Code; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has a known affordability crisis, and increasing the
supply of housing units will help stabilize rents and home prices through basic supply and
demand economics; and
WHEREAS, neighborhoods with some of the highest demand for residential
development have Future Land Use designations that allow density increases by up to one
hundred percent (100%); and
WHEREAS, some of these neighborhoods are also located in the Coastal High Hazard
Area ("CHHA") or Miami -Dade County's Storm Surge Planning Zone's A, B, or C; and
WHEREAS, Policy CM-4.1.2 of the MCNP is meant to mitigate against the potentially
adverse effects of the CHHA; and
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WHEREAS, Policy LU-1.1.13 and Objective LU-1.3 of the MCNP are meant to protect
the character of existing neighborhoods, which has the negative externality of reducing available
land area for developing more housing by virtue of protecting areas with the Future Land Use
designations of "Single -Family Residential" and "Duplex Residential" which together account for
approximately forty-four and seventy-six hundredths percent (44.76%) of all land in the City;
and
WHEREAS, the creation of the Resilience Trust Fund will allow for residential
development at increased density in high -demand, high density residential areas, which tend to
be located within the CHHA or Storm Surge Planning Zones A, B, or C with a contribution into
the Resilience Trust Fund to mitigate against potentially adverse impacts of developing in these
areas; and
WHEREAS, the money collected in the Resilience Trust Fund will be used for capital
improvements projects that will reduce flooding where increased density will be built; and
WHEREAS, the Resilience Trust Fund has specified Resilience Fund Areas where the
money must be spent as specified in Chapter 62; and
WHEREAS, these Resilience Fund Areas currently do not have active stormwater
improvement projects to address existing deficiencies; and
WHEREAS, the Resilience Trust Fund will generate money to address deficiencies; and
WHEREAS, targeting these high -demand, high -density areas will avoid encroaching of
potentially incompatible land uses on less dense residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that the Resilience Trust Fund is justified and
essential to meeting the housing needs and demands of the City while also addressing the
public's health, safety, and welfare;
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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. It is recommended that Chapter 62 of the City Code is amended in the
following particulars:'
"ARTICLE XX. — RESILIENCE TRUST FUND
Sec. 62-704. — Resilience Trust Fund; intent.
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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It is intended that the "Resilience Trust Fund" be established in order to facilitate the doubling of
density allowed under the Interpretation of the Future Land Use Map of the Miami
Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan; to facilitate the receipt of contributions to offset impacts to
public facilities, services, and infrastructure associated with development in the Coastal High
Hazard Area ("CHHA") as defined by Section 163.3178(2)(h), F.S.; and to enhance overall
resilience and resilient infrastructure throughout the City. Expenditures from this trust fund shall
require authorization by the City Manager, or his/her designee, upon written recommendations
from the directors of the departments of planning, zoning, capital improvements, and/or
resilience and public works.
Sec. 62-705. — Established.
a. There is hereby established a trust fund to be entitled the "Resilience Trust Fund," to be
maintained and administered by the City, into which funds shall be deposited and from
which funds shall be withdrawn pursuant to this article to pay for infrastructure projects
that result in reducing flooding, storm surge, or urban heat island effect.
11 Examples of projects include but are not limited to pump stations, raising
roadways, seawalls, bioswales, living shorelines, native shade tree plantings,
native groundcover, green roofs, permeable pavements, rain gardens, parks and
open spaces, and green walls. This list is not exhaustive.
b. Funds must be spent within the same geographic area they are collected, which will be
known as "Resilience Fund Areas". Some exceptions are allowed. See Sec. 62-706.
c. Allowable expenditures undertaken pursuant to this Chapter may be made by the City
Manager, or his/her designee, except that any trust fund expenditures in excess of
$500,000 will require City Commission approval.
Sec. 62-706. — Resilience Fund Areas.
b. In order to ensure funds collected are spent in a rational and proportional nexus, the City
hereby creates "Resilience Fund Areas" ("RFAs").
c. RFAs are sub -City geographies where funds collected must be spent.
11 Money may be spent in adjacent RFAs when the scope of certain capital
improvements projects spans multiple RFAs.
al Money may be spent outside of an RFA when the scope of certain capital
improvements projects extends beyond the boundaries of the RFA in which the
project originates. In these instances, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the
capital improvement project's footprint must be within an RFA.
The following data points were used to create the RFAs: CHHA, Storm Surge
Planning Zones, Future Land Use Map, Zoning Atlas, Watersheds, and
population.
Only properties that meet the criteria set out in the Miami 21 Zoning Code and
located within an RFA can participate.
d. A map of the Resilience Fund Areas can be seen in Exhibit A on file with the Planning
Department.
RFAs can be added, combined, divided, expanded, or dissolved in the future by
ordinance provided any of the data points used to create the RFAs have changed
or the needs of the program change.
Sec. 62-707 — Contribution schedule.
Contribution amounts are calculated by deriving the average and median costs of recent
stormwater and other relevant resilience projects per every property benefited per each project.
Contributions are to be made using a multiplier of US Dollars per residential unit. The
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contribution amount shall be published on the Planning Department's website as a
memorandum signed by the Planning Director or his/her designee. The contribution amount
shall be updated every five (5) years to account for inflation.
a. Applicants may qualify for a fifteen percent (15%) discount on cash contributions through
infrastructure contributions as specified below:
1. Infrastructure contributions must exceed the minimum requirements already
established by the Zoning Code, City Code, State Statutes, Building Codes, and
requirements specified by the Department of Resilience and Public Works, Office
of Capital Improvements, Building Department, Planning Department, and Office
of Zoning.
2. Infrastructure contributions must not create conditions that can result in flooding
or other stormwater deficiencies for neighboring properties.
3. The applicant must enter into an agreement with the City of Miami stipulating the
details of the infrastructure provisions, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
The details of the agreement must include relevant and applicable
documentation including but not limited to the scope of work, cost of work,
boundary survey, and legal description of the area of work. This agreement is
subject to approval by the City Manager, and all relevant Department Directors,
and be in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, and must be recorded with
Miami -Dade County and the City Clerk. The recorded agreement is required to
qualify for the cash contribution discount.
Sec. 62-708. — Financial reports.
Administration of and a financial report on trust fund receipts and expenditures shall be
prepared annually at the close of fiscal year by the city manager or his/her designee and
presented to the city commission.
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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 by PZAB.
Reviewed and Approved:
David Snow
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