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APPLICANT
The owners and trierthants of the Central Shopping Cent', particularly
the State of Florida Division of Drivers Licenses
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A Public Hearing pursuant to City Commission Motion No. 76-597,
adopted June 17, 1976:
A MOTION RECONFIRMING THE CITY COMMISSION'S COMMITMENT
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE GRAPELAND HEIGHTS AREA NOT TO
ALLOW ACCESS TO THE CENTRAL SHOPPING PLAZA ON NW 11th
STREET FOR AUTOMOBILES, AND REQUESTING THE ADMINISTRA-
TION TO COOPERATE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE WITH THE REPRE-
SENTATIVES OF THE CENTRAL SHOPPING PLAZA IN AN EFFORT
TO ACCOMPLISH THE WIDENING OF THE EXISTING OPENING ON
NW 37TH AVENUE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
The minutes of said meeting reflected that the Commission would review
this action in October.
EXPLANATION
The original approval for Central. Shopping Plaza required a landscaped
buffer and rear walls along NW llth Street and NW 39th Avenue prohibiting
any access to these two streets from the shopping plaza, except adjacent
to NW 7th Street.
A public hearing was held by the City Commission on September 12, 1974,
to consider a bank and drive-in teller facility; the Planning Department and
the Zoning Board recommended an opening for egress only onto NW llth
Street at 38th Avenue. At this hearing many local residents and the Grape -
land Heights Civic Association were opposed to any additional access
openings to the north or west. The Commission approved the application
by Resolution 74-970 which stated:
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MODIFICATION OF CENTRAL
SHOPPING PLAZA DEVELOPMENT ON TRACT "A", CENTRAL
SHOPPING PLAZA (03-79), LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY
3875 NW SEVENTH STREET, AS PER ORDINANCE No. 6871,
ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 4, TO INCLUDE AN EIGHT -STORY
BANK AND OFFICE STRUCTURE, AS PER MODIFIED PLAN,
DATED AUGUST 6, 1974; ZONED C-lA (PLANNED SHOPPING
CENTER); THAT THIS APPLICATION BE GRANTED WITH THE
FOLLOWING STIPULATIONS: 1. THAT THE WALL WHICH
EXISTS BE RAISED TO A LEVEL OF 6 FEET: Z. THAT THE �f.PG-
LANDSCAPING BE ADEQUATE TO HIDE THE WALL FROM THEr", dy
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C UTSDE VIEW: 3. THAT ANY EGRESS TO THE NORTH SHALL
tE PERMITTED TO EXIT ON 37th AVENUE: 4. THAT THERE
tE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE AS TO LIGHTING AND ADE-
QUATE DRAINAGE: 5. THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO REVIEW TWELVE (12) MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF
OCCUPANCY.
The Public Hearing on June 17, 1976, was pursuant to the owners and
merchants of Central Shopping Plaza requesting a change in the conditions
and limitations imposed on Central Shopping Plaza by the City. The proposed
change was to permit one or more openings for ingress/egress to NW llth
Street to facilitate traffic movement for two operations which have been added
to the shopping center since its original development. These are a Florida
State Drivers License Station and a bank drive-in teller operation.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
See attached memorandum
DADE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION
RECOMMENDATION
It is felt that additional signalization inthe area would not be helpful, but that
the relatively minor degree of difficulty in certain areas of the center could be
reduced by allowing access between llth Street and the northern isolated part
of the center. (October 22, 1976)
CITY COMMISSION ACTION
Deferred October 27, 1976 for full Commission (1 member absent).
Denied wall opening November 17, 1976, and requested investigation of alternative
sites for the Drivers License Bureau.
Deferred April 27, 1977 for neighborhood meeting to discuss alternatives, to
be chaired by Commissioner J. L. Plummer.
Deferred July 21, 1977 due to anticipated length of meeting.
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Clty OF MIAMI. FLORIDA
iNtER-O FICE MEMORANDUM
To.
Honorable Members of the
city Comtnissioh
FROM
Commissioner
DATE July 7, 1977
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Neighborhood Meeting
Drivers Testing Station
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F'iimmer, Jr. April 27, 1977
ENCLOSURES
Commission Meeting of
In response to the Commission suggestion, at the meeting of
April 27, 1977, with reference to the subject matter, a meeting
was held with interested parties, June 1, 1977 at the Steve
Clark Recreation Center.
I would like to thank you for allowing me to serve as chairman
of this committee and I herewith forward to you the following
report:
In attendance were approximately fourteen Grapeland Heights
residents; representatives of the Florida State Drivers License
Bureau; representatives and owners of the Central Shopping Plaza;
representatives of the Planning Department; F. Cobo, Administrative
Aide to the Mayor; Vice Mayor Theodore Gibson; and myself.
Upon the restating of the problems and concerns of all parties
involved, additional conversation led to discussions of various
alternatives as to the potential location of an opening in the
shopping center rear wall, which was fundamentally rejected by
those residents in attendance. There was also discussion relating
to the Center's owners offering to construct an on -site driving
course on the vacant -unpaved property at the northwest corner of
the site, across from the existing Drivers Testing offices, pro-
vided that a wall opening for egress only was permitted to NW llth
Street. The suggested opening was again opposed --by the residents
while little objection was voiced an the on -site testing course.
It appears that the owners will not construct the driving course
unless the opening is permitted.
cc: Bob Davis, Planning Department
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JUL 14 1971
PLANNING) & ZONING BOARDS