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Ordinance: 13771
File Number: 3424
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 6/28/2018
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
35/ARTICLE V OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), ENTITLED "COCONUT GROVE BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, DESIGN DISTRICT AND WYNWOOD PARKING
IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS;" CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Vice Chair Ken Russell
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has two (2) Business Improvement Districts
("BID"); and
WHEREAS, the BIDs positively impact their respective areas for local businesses and
residents; and
WHEREAS, both BIDs have parking improvement trust funds that are designed to collect
monies from businesses in lieu of those businesses providing the requisite parking spaces as
required by Ordinance No. 13114, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami,
Florida ("Miami 21 Code"); and
WHEREAS, the funds collected from the parking improvement trust funds allow the BIDs
to acquire other lands to provide additional parking, lease or build parking areas, build bus
shelters, improve the Rights -of -Way, and accomplish other endeavors as allowed by Section
35-221 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"); and
WHEREAS, Article 3 of the Miami 21 Code lays out specific requirements for all off-
street parking; and
WHEREAS, allowing Chapter 35 of the City Code to control the off-street parking
requirements as it relates to the Parking Improvement Trust Funds is in the best interest of the
businesses and residents of the City of Miami;
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 by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 35, Article V, of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended,
is amended to read as follows:'
' 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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"CHAPTER 35
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Enactment Number: 13771
ARTICLE V. COCONUT GROVE BUSINESS DISTRICT, DESIGN DISTRICT AND WYWOOD
PARKING IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS
Sec. 35-220. Required off-street parking and payment in lieu of require off-street parking.
The minimum off-street parking requirements shall be as depicted herein and/or in the zoning
ordinance of the city. Said minimi,m Parking requirements may be satisfied by providing the
parking as stated in the zoning ordinance or by payment in lieu of required off-street parking,
as described herein. Parking reductions, off-site parking, or any other relaxation of parking
requirements allowed pursuant to the Miami 21 Code shall not be made available within areas
unless otherwise provided for within established Special Area Plans (SAPs) or Neighborhood
Revitalization Districts of the city for which a parking trust fund has been established and is in
effect pursuant to this chapter.
(1) Upon application to the planning director, the owner of a property may request a
waiver of any or all of the eligible parking spaces, as specified in the zoning
ordinance by substituting the payment of a fee per space in lieu of providing the
required parking spaces.
(2) If the application for the waiver of required off-street parking is approved by the
planning director, the property owner shall pay the required fee per space to the
department of off-street parking for deposit in a special fund, depending on the
area for which the parking is located.
(3) Except as otherwise permitted for required supplemental parking for those uses
specified in the minimum required parking charts included the zoning ordinance,
payment of the required fee per space shall be made in the form of a payment of
a fixed amount. The rental fee in lieu of required supplemental parking shall be
paid in accordance with Section 35-224, as long as the supplemental parking
spaces for the specified use are required.
(4) Fees for the parking waiver shall be as established by this chapter and the
zoning ordinance.
(5) If a property owner is entitled to pay a fee in lieu of providing required parking as
provided for in this section, the initial payment, shall be made in advance to the
Coconut Grove parking improvement trust fund, the design district parking
improvement trust fund, or the Wynwood parking improvement trust fund, as
applicable, as specified in the letter granting the waiver, and as a condition
precedent to the issuance of a parking waiver certificate, and of a certificate of
use. Failure to make any required payment shall cause the parking waiver and
the certificate of use to be revoked.
(6) Evidence of issuance of a waiver of required off-street parking shall be in the
form of a certificate of waiver, recorded in the public records of Miami -Dade
County, at property owner's expense issued in the name of the owner of the
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property for which the waiver is granted. The date on the certificate shall be the
effective date of the waiver thereby granted. Such certificate shall carry a
statement allowing the waiver to be transferred by the planning director to a new
owner within 90 days of a written request to the director. Said transfer shall be
granted, provided that all fees are current and other requirements have been
satisfied. A certificate of use shall not be issued for the use of any property for
which the parking requirements have not been satisfied as provided for herein.
(7) The waiver of required off-street parking shall be applicable only to the structure
and use for which it is issued. New development or additions, or any construction
generating additional square footage of floor space or increasing the floor lot
ratio, shall be required to comply with the parking requirements for said additions
or obtain proper parking approvals. Certificates of parking waiver may be
modified to include new square footage as long as the overall thresholds as
specified in the zoning ordinance or as provided in this Chapter are not
exceeded.
(8) A waiver of required supplemental off-street parking issued under the provisions
of this section shall be revoked if any required fees remained unpaid for more
than 90 days after the date due.
Sec. 35-221. - Coconut Grove Parking Improvement Trust Fund—Established.
(a) There is hereby established a trust fund to be entitled the Coconut Grove parking
improvement trust fund, (the "Coconut Grove parking trust fund") to be maintained and
administered by the department of off-street parking into which funds shall be
deposited and from which funds shall be withdrawn pursuant to this chapter to facilitate
public off-street parking, infrastructure improvements and maintenance and marketing
to serve the area referred to herein as "Coconut Grove Village Center" generally bound
by Oak Avenue and Tiger Tail Avenue to the North, S.W. 27th Avenue, South
Bayshore Drive, both sides of McFarlane from Grand Avenue to South Bayshore Drive,
both sides of Grand Avenue from Margaret Street to Mary Street, both sides of Grand
Avenue from Hibiscus Street to Margaret Street, both sides of Main Highway from
Grand Avenue to Commodore Plaza, both sides of Commodore Plaza, and the North
side of Main Highway from Commodore Plaza to Franklin Avenue consisting of that
portion of the area formerly known as the SD -2 zoning district east of Margaret Street,
that portion of the area formerly known as of the SD -17 zoning district west of S.W.
27th Avenue, and that zone designated G/I in the city's official zoning atlas and
bounded by Charles Avenue on the south and Main Highway on the east and presently
occupied by the Coconut Grove Playhouse through means which may include, but are
not limited to the following activities:
(1) Acquire fee simple or other interest in land, and other real property for
parking purposes;
(2) Construct, maintain, operate, lease, manage, or otherwise provide off-street
parking facilities for public use;
(3) Provide public information to enhance parking utilization including publicity
campaigns, graphics and signage, and other informational devices;
(4) Coordinate plans for parking facility improvements and expansion with public
transportation plans and operations in the vicinity, particularly the joint facilities
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that might be operated in connection with Metrorail and any feeder services
existing or future;
(5) Provide accessibility to off-street parking facilities by suitable means such as
public shuttle, tram or trolley service and related physical improvements such as
bus shelters and right-of-way modifications which may include the area from
Bayshore Boulevard to the Coconut Grove Village Center;
(6) Perform such other related activities as may be appropriate to carry out the
intent of this article including, but not limited to, reimbursement of administrative
costs, infrastructure improvements in the public right-of-way, contributing to
maintenance of the public sidewalks within the business district defined herein,
as well as destination marketing;
(7) It is the intent of this article that at least 90 percent of the funds, as
determined at the beginning of each fiscal year, in the trust fund shall be utilized
for subsections (a)(1) - (6). At least ten percent of the funds must be maintained
as reserves;
(8) Any such shuttle, tram or trolley service, as mentioned in subsection (a)(5),
shall be subject to yearly evaluation of the Coconut Grove business
improvement district board.
Parking calculations for new and adaptive developments shall be according to the
Miami 21 Code if all parking is to be provided on site. If parking is to be provided by
payment in lieu of required off-street parking, the Miami 21 Code shall be followed
except for Food Service Establishments as defined in the Miami 21 Code. Food
Service Establishments shall have an additional supplemental parking space
requirement of 1:150 per square foot and for Sidewalk Cafes, there shall be a
supplemental parking space requirement of 1:100 per square foot. Payment into the
Trust Fund of the supplemental parking is required prior to obtaining a Certificate of
Use or Temporary Certificate of Use.
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Section 3. 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 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and
adoption thereof.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
1
&ina City Attor iey 1/16/2018 Barnaby L. Min, Deputy City Attorney 4/17/2018
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
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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