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Application received: 1/29/2015
CITY OF MIAMI
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Staff Report & Recommendation
To: Chairperson and Members
Historic Environmental Preservation Board
From: Megan Schmitt
Preservation Officer
Applicant: Manuel Prieguez
Subject: Item No. 3 — 109 SW South River Drive
The applicant Manuel Prieguez, vice-president of Manny Seafood Corp., owner of the subject property
located in the South River Drive Historic District, is requesting the removal of the parcel at 109 SW
South River Drive from the South River Drive Historic District.
BACKGROUND: This application was continued from March.
THE PROPERTY:
HEPB- MAY 5, 2015
The building at 109 SW South River Drive was demolished in 2003. The two-
story contributing Frame Vernacular structure was built in 1926 and was part
of the South River Drive Historic District designated in 1986. The property was
owned by the Miami River Inn and had an approved proposal to be
rehabilitated and used as a restaurant which never happened. The City of
Miami's Chief of Unsafe Structures filed an application for the building's
demolition which was granted under resolution HEPB-2003-31. That
resolution also stated that the plans concurrently submitted by the then -
owner, "proposed new construction [that was] consistent with the historic and
architectural character of the historic district." There was one condition to the
approval:
1- Archaeological monitoring of ground disturbing activities shall be
provided, subject to the requirements of the Dade County Archaeologist.
The parcel was sold to the current owner in 2011 as a vacant lot. The Manny
Seafood Corp. also owns the south and north adjacent parcels and the parcel
in question has been incorporated into the seafood business ever since it was
acquired. The current owner never had the intention to build on the parcel.
Today, due to the economic recovery Miami is experiencing, the current owner
would like to have the parcel removed from the South River Drive Historic
District to be available for possible future development.
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Application received: 1/29/2015
HISTORIC PICTURE:
ANALYSIS:
The Parcel is located on the east side of SW South River Drive, thus separated from the
other structures of the historic district that are on the west side of the road. In
addition, the former contributing structure has been gone for 12 years and since it was
demolished in 2003 the vacant parcel has neither contributed to the character of the
district nor diminished its integrity.
Even though plans were submitted when the demolition of the former contributing
building was approved by the HEPB in 2003, the proposed replacement building was
never built and the property was sold to the present owner as a vacant lot in 2011, 8
years after the HEPB resolution HEPB-2003-31 passed.
HEPB- MAY 5, 2015
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Staff: M N
Application received: 1/29/2015
Sec.23-6.2.(g) of the city's ordinance states that:
"Expiration of certificates of appropriateness. Any certificate of appropriateness
issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall expire 12 months from the
date of issuance, unless the authorized work is commenced within this time
period, or a building permit has been obtained. The preservation officer may
grant an extension of time not to exceed 12 months upon written request by the
applicant, unless the board's guidelines as they may relate to the authorized
work have been amended."
Today, even the same proposed plans approved in 2003 would need to come back
before the HEPB for re -approval since it was never commenced or permitted.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Since the Special COA for the demolition of a contributing structure and plans for a
new replacement structure approved in 2003 under HEPB-2003-31 was only partially
executed and the proposed replacement building was never commenced or permitted,
therefore expired according to Sec.23-6.2.(g), and that the present owner purchased
the property as a vacant lot 8 years after the former contributing structure was
demolished and consequently the present owner cannot be held responsible for its
neglect and demolition, and that the parcel is located at the east side of SW South
River Drive and across from the other buildings of the historic district that are located
on the west side of the road; the Preservation Office recommends that the application
for the removal of the parcel at 109 SW South River Drive from the South River Drive
Historic District to be Approved.
HEPB- MAY 5, 2015
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Miami Historic and Environmental Preservation Board
Resolution: HEPB-R-15-032
File ID 15-00221 May 5, 2015 Item HEPB.3
Ms. Lynn B. Lewis offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
BOARD, APPROVING THE REMOVAL OF THE PARCEL LOCATED AT 109 SOUTHWEST
SOUTH RIVER DRIVE FROM THE SOUTH RIVER DRIVE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
Upon being seconded by Mr. Gary Hecht, the motion passed and was adopted by a vote of 4-2:
Mr. Timothy Barber
Mr. David Freedman
Mr. Gary Hecht
Mr. William E. Hopper, Jr
Ms. Lynn B. Lewis
Mr. Hugh Ryan
Mr. Jordan Trachtenberg
Mr. Todd Tragash
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Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, Megan Schmitt, Preservation Officer of the City of Miami, Florida, and
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