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File Number: 18563 Final Action Date: 1/22/2026
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION 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 FOR CERTAIN "Cl" CIVIC
INSTITUTION PROPERTIES AFFILIATED WITH OR OWNED BY A
RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, NOT -FOR -PROFIT INSTITUTION, OR A
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, 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.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Ralph "Rafael" Rosado
WHEREAS, Section 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 Zoning Ordinance of the City
of Miami, Florida, as amended, ("Miami 21 Code") 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 (or controlled by) religious institutions, as
defined in Section 170.201(2), Florida Statutes; owned by not -for -profit Institutions; owned by a
governmental entity; or contains an Elementary, Middle, or High School Educational
Facility; 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
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WHEREAS, of those 668 properties, 27 properties have been identified as religious
institutions zoned "Civic Institution" ("CI"), 246 properties have been identified religious
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, the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board ("PZAB"), at its meeting on
November 5, 2025, following an advertised public hearing, adopted Resolution No. PZAB-R-25-
072 by a vote of seven to zero (7 - 0), Item No. PZAB. 7, recommending approval, with the
modification that properties abutting T3 are able to develop at T4 by process of Exception, of
the Miami 21 Code 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, after careful consideration of this matter, the City Commission finds it
appropriate and in the best interest of the general welfare of the City and its inhabitants to
approve the proposed Miami 21 Code text amendment as hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance 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:'
"ARTICLE 4. STANDARDS AND TABLES
TABLE 3 BUILDING FUNCTION: USES
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' 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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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.
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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-
0 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
du/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 (or
controlled by or affiliated with a religious institution by legal instrument) by a religious
institution, as defined by Section 170.201(2), F.S., and contains a physical place of
worship on site; a parcel that is owned by a not -for -profit institution; a parcel that is
owned by a governmental entity; or a parcel that contains an Elementary, Middle, or
High School Educational Facility.
TABLE 4 DENSITY, INTENSITY AND PARKING (C)
CS — CIVIC
SPACE
CI — CIVIC
INSTITUTION
CI -HD — CIVIC
INSTITUTION HEALTH
DISTRICT
DENSITY
(UPA)
N/A
DENSITY OF
ABUTTING ZONE
150 UNITS PER ACRE
Uses are permissible
as listed in Table 3,
limited by compliance
with:
• Minimum of 1 parking
space for every 800
square feet of
Residential Use.
• Density and all
intensity, parking and
• Loading - See Article 4,
Table 5
RESIDENTI
loading regulations to
• Co -Living - A minimum
AL
match that of the most
restrictive Abutting
zone.
of .25 Bicycle Rack
Space per Co -Living
Room is required.
• When a CI property
Co -Living: Minimum of
0.5 parking space per
Co -Living Room with a
minimum of one (1)
additional visitor parking
owned (or controlled
by or affiliated with a
religious institution by
legal instrument) by a
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religious institution
and contains a
physical place of
worship on site; a
property that is owned
by a not -for -profit
institution; a property
that is owned by a
governmental entity;
or a property that
contains an
Elementary, Middle, or
High School
Educational Facility
has no abutting
property that allows
residential density,
residential uses shall
be allowed at a
density equivalent to
T4. Properties abutting
T3 may develop as T4
by process of Warrant.
Residential
Developments within
CI properties shall
provide units at a
minimum Workforce
Housing AMI level
identified within
Section 3.16.
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.
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Section 3. It is the intention 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 Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not
be affected.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after adoption.2
2 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
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ge Wy ng III, C y ttor -y 1/12/2026
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective date stated
herein, whichever is later.
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