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File ID: (ID # 1401)
Title: A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING AN EXCEPTION PURSUANT TO
CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE IV, DIVISION 2, SECTION 2-212(C) OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED
"ADMINISTRATION/DEPARTMENTS/PLANNING, BUILDING AND
ZONING DEPARTMENT/NON-CONFORMING USE PILOT PROGRAM",
TO RENEW A CERTIFICATE OF USE FOR A NON -CONFORMING
OFFICE USE ON A PROPERTY LOCATED IN A 73-R" SUB -URBAN
TRANSECT ZONE—RESTRICTED, AT APPROXIMATELY 2225
SOUTHWEST 18 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA.
LOCATION: 2225 SW 18 Avenue [Commissioner Francis Suarez - District 4]
APPLICANT(S): Nicole Sohn, Esquire, on behalf of L2 Holdings Miami LLC.
PURPOSE: This will allow the applicant to restore a nonconforming use of a property
discontinued or abandoned - eighteen months or more and less than five years.
FINDING(S):
PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT: Recommended approval with conditions.
PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD: Recommended denial on November 2, 2016, by
a vote of 9-0.
City of Miami
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Resolution
File Number: 1401
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date:4/27/2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
APPROVING AN EXCEPTION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE IV, DIVISION
2, SECTION 2-212(C) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/DEPARTMENTS/PLANNING, BUILDING
AND ZONING DEPARTMENT/NON-CONFORMING USE PILOT PROGRAM", TO
RENEW A CERTIFICATE OF USE FOR A NON -CONFORMING OFFICE USE ON A
PROPERTY LOCATED IN A 73-R" SUB -URBAN TRANSECT ZONE—RESTRICTED,
AT APPROXIMATELY 2225 SOUTHWEST 18 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA.
WHEREAS, on July 15, 2016, Nicole Sohn, Esquire, on behalf of L2 Holding, LLC
("Applicant") submitted an application for an Exception to renew an expired Certificate of Use
("CU") for a general office use on the property located at 2225 Southwest 18 Avenue, Miami,
Florida ("Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Applicant's request is to continue the operation of the nonconforming
use which was originally approved by CU No. 080690 on January 2, 1985 ("1985 Approval");
and
WHEREAS, the Property has been used as a medical office since the 1985 Approval;
and
WHEREAS, on January 2013, the medical office ceased its operation and the CU
lapsed; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-212(c) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended ("City Code"), the Applicant may reestablish the use upon issuance of an Exception
by the City Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has considered the Applicant's request and the
evidence presented and deems it appropriate and in the best interest of the City of Miami
("City") to restore a nonconforming office on the Property located in a 73—R", Sub -Urban
Transect Zone -Restricted, since the nonconforming use was legally established and operated;
the nature and character of the nonconforming use is substantially the same as that for which
the structure was originally designed; no material difference in the quality, character, intensity
or degree of the nonconforming use will exist; and the nonconforming use will not prove
materially adverse to the surrounding properties;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION 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 if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission hereby finds that the Exception request for the
Property conforms with the criteria found in Sections 2-212(c)(1)-(4) of the City Code and
grants said Exception.
Section 3. The City Manager or his designee is directed to reissue a CU for the
Property for the general office use contemplated herein subject to all applicable life -safety
considerations required for issuance of a CU for said general office use.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.'
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
Barnaby L. Min, Deputy City Attorney 4/1812017
' If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.