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Home My WebLink AboutAnalysis & MapsCity of Miami Planning and Zoning Department Land Development Division ANALYSIS FOR STREET CLOSURE File ID# 2586 PROJECT ADDRESS: A portion of NE Miami Place and all of NE 512"d Terrace of approximately 0,11 acres (4,989 square feet) of Iand_ APPLICANT. Miami Jewish Health System, Inc. COMMISSION DISTRICT: District 5 (Kean Hardemon) FOLII : not applicable ZONING DESIGNATION: Cl and T4 -R NET OFFICE: Little Haiti GENERAL INFORMATION REQ UE T: Pursuant to Section 55-16{c}, of the City God of Ordinances, the applicant requests the vacation, closure, and discontinuing the use of a public street. The street closure request is accompanied by seven (7) easement vacations and, as required, the applicant will replace any easements by instrument within the subject site. The reap below identifies the road closure (blue) and easement closures (green). No.1 — Street Closure, Nos. 1, 2, 3. and 5 - Utility Easement Closures, and Nos. 4, 5 and 7 — Emergency Access Easement Closures_ r V I 029 1 214 J CT ,.W Above map map depicts of proposed same€ and easement cimqums PZA.B File ID#2585 Page Ili I rr JA t � -- 214 J CT ,.W Above map map depicts of proposed same€ and easement cimqums PZA.B File ID#2585 Page Ili City of Miami Planning and Zoning Department Land Development Division BACKGROUND The Miami Jewish Health Systems (MJHS) has served the community for more than 75 gears at its current location. The healthcare facility assists patients of all ages. MJHS provides 4 -hour services, seven days a week that includes but not limited to the following: on-site hospital, ambulatory, health clinic, specialized centers for biofeedback, mental health, rehabilitation, memory centers, and assisted living facilities. MJHS currently provides 1014 Assisted Living Facilities_ Its faciiities currently care for more than 12,000 patients within the community. To improve the Miami Jewish Health Systems services to the community, the operators are presently proposing a Special Area Plan (SAP) for the campus_ The SAP will allow expansion of MJHS services, include lodging, involves modernization of services, provide centralized parking facilities, and expansion of service capacities. Associated with the proposed MJHS SAP, the applicant seeks to close, vacate, abandon, and discontinue public use of a portion of NE Miami Place and NE 52 Terrace. The proposal also includes tare vacation of seven (7) easements and, as required, the replacement of easements by instrument within the MJHS properties_ The streets closure and easement vacations will occur by the re -platting of the assemblage of contiguous properties consisting of approximately 20 acres c 871,200 square feet located between NE 50 Terrace, NE 53 Street, NE Miami (Place, and North Miami Avenue within the City of Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood through Enriching Lives By Design Tentative Plat #1879. The survey sketches below identify the streets and easements to be closed, vacated, abandoned, and discontinued for public use depicted in the above map_ dtap #1 Portaork of Street Close NE Miami Place and NE 52 Terraos T .'j I�• �tT� i LOCATION K Cli SCA) -E! 1 9W' ii �wa�. lit lw�S.y sued y a djFWr Oaw w 4w Mev rr . .Nw� ar�rltl w. #!. � � w b.Ui6 cr•� Xa M�}-i-XY. ��• �a supylYa�YiieyaOEFrrxM1Ri . w sA��++� ovW�a M'�r. r7M Y� �ti�ix liriMd..o.� raoorfY��+r'M�w,`.a �YYlii. 7bNHW wee. 'w�V.F �3++,wwMy.ro�MeNMh�w�M �Irn.wrva X44.. taro ��w. i irJa '• FLtELIG M'W LSI 9E Y"ATEI _.._ 1pCA O + f•f.77F711Gi f�%'l r r . V wr lr ivid1 TORTM i F,AVY ` i K1LES TN� n41R o r Map: ultillty Easement #'l E]DRFFf X' I'M' .- -1(r 1WpE U71.�rY WORK -�{ v ! 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L>eail3l, - IR 1-A4-} lO, 1dF 1Ii� mt T69 �r `Q�j-'.�j-j +F+r+._yam, t nr6 d .eek, �+4�`+R�uT4e Mia Nl, � Fid � i ert i n' t iTOBE4'XWEDi : ;I 'II W MVE EIAERGEPr Y Map: Emergency Access Easement #4 _W. [IT W .. . Xi l4TX flll l' w � Iaer�S J5J as irmTw. L>eail3l, - IR 1-A4-} lO, 1dF 1Ii� SFi�+FW .��IeiTdii aemxeeo �r `Q�j-'.�j-j +F+r+._yam, t nr6 d .eek, �+4�`+R�uT4e Mia Nl, � Fid � i ert i n' t Map: Emergency Access Easement #4 _W. [IT W to wo ;q 'LinnI'()3ZTJTQL AVY, CILHSe e� M. IIa IaI316 �`aT9enre,. e.,yres$�a�.�mer�a�sarurrmi a,pra ..eon f ,asr w�ai�-arra.: PZAB File ID# 586 Page 317 .. . Xi l4TX flll - -AI�� I• �n .1 W MVE EIAERGEPr Y s AGCESS EA SE)OW CLQ BE VACATED) I I � _ I � %] OiTie 7= 't - ' ."_ I I I I; I II ITh -1 to wo ;q 'LinnI'()3ZTJTQL AVY, CILHSe e� M. IIa IaI316 �`aT9enre,. e.,yres$�a�.�mer�a�sarurrmi a,pra ..eon f ,asr w�ai�-arra.: PZAB File ID# 586 Page 317 City of Miami Planning and Zoning Department Lana Development Division EXEITT i'.1,11 f ' I fI ,.L . ' M.0 i9R6 -L_ ILL pf�P •aY1�6'T Xi. WiR. �u MW61 T1 SOWDE EMERGENCY g3EASEMENT ■yy (TO BE VAGATEO) 16C h [T FFM V l' f' I' -F7, n -f wT i -'F Fq t` C aLTIK L. F: 1VY S KILE@ [ NW— . A6 ne. 1�°tl! s f h'-1 C{016iR.11Ml 1O0®�IICC e4FVXtt�¢*A !Y6A6�� aew, inr xffn w,.:.I6 I fan w, iol�-trc—a ANALYSIS: RGENCYACL"rBS EASEMENT K VAC+4TEof s,c 61n1 s��ceT N.6�i1PO STRRiT HG Su.*x, $TRMp I 1 L e°J -T-FM" II 11-1 - TT] II 1 ` i l hl rr f fR}A IMs ff LOC4 T ori _s+s Tr- . 5 91i YORTIN 1. FLAV i KILE8 R+lc I Ig�r61t s f3 auLT!`fK1641.. If11LLptl 61,A. LYKAi9Ii NAfI'llpi JII 81J JiO ASA w®mxmt- x re_ I�'6 Iq. 15 b�^.dl �, The following is an evaluation of the request pursuant to Section 55-15(c) of the City Code of Ordinances which states that in addition to technical requirements for vacation and closures, that the Plat and Street Committee review four (4) public interest findings related to vacation and closures. The Plat and Street Committee Findings for the street closure application are attached as Exhibit A, and summarized below, 1 _ Public Interest Finding: Is it in the public interest, or would the general public benefit from the vacation of the rights -of -ways or easements? Flat and Street Committee Response. This proposed street closure is necessary ars part of the facility/campus expansion for a Dementia Center. It is a major improvement for the area and an update to the medioal campus that has been in existence for about 75 years. The facilities employ significant numbers of people from neighboring community, Streets that are proposed (a portion of NE Miarni Place and NE 52 Terrace) to be closed1vacated are currently only servicing abutting lots awned by the applicant- Miami Jewish Health Systems, Inc, - and are currently being used as part of campus. 2e Public Interest Finding: Is the general public no longer using the rights-of-way or easement, including public service vehicles such as trash and garbage truck. police, fire or other emergency vehicles' Plat and Street Committer: Response: Streets are currently still being utilized for circulation purposes. There are access points to the campus facilities from main streets. PZAB File ICS#25$6 Page 417 City of Miami Planning and Zoning Department Land Development Division 3. Public Interest Finding: Would there be no adverse effect an the ability to provide police, fire or emergency services' Plot and Street Committee Response: Public service vehicles would be adversely affected; however: the applicant has agreed to provide an emergency vehicle access master plan for review and approval by corresponding departments. The facility is not being serviced by City of Miami Solid Waste, It is being serviced by private solid waste company, 4_ Public Interest Finding: Would the vacation and closure of the rights-of-way or easements have a beneficial effect on ,pedestrian and vehicular circulation in the area? Plat and Street Committee Response: As part of a Special Area. Plan (SAP), the new facility will create landscape public spaces resulting in better environment for pedestrians activities. On January 19, 2017, The Plat and Street Committee members voted to recommend approval, unanimously 5 to 0, of the requested closure and vacation of the streets and the additional easements request subject to conditions. In relation to the Pleat and Street Committee determined that the application for street and easements closures meets the criteria established in Section 55-10 of the City Code, that applicant has presented these findings to support the closure of the streets and easements as follows.. Is it in the public interest, or would the general public benefit from the vacation of the right of way? Vacation and closure of the street would remove this portion of the street from the City's maintenance schedule. removing a burden on City services and the taxpayers. Furthermore, the street is located entirely within the boundaries of the Miami Jewish Health Systems Campus. The applicant proposed a Special Area Plan which includes the construction of the Empathicare Village over the vacated street. The new building will replace the existing surface parking with a parking structure and a state of the art memory care center which will serve the comm unity. The easements may be occupied by utility lines that only serve the Property. There are no utility lines within the easements that serve any other properties_ As such, the vacation of the easements will have no impact on the general public, as the general public is not benefitted by the easements in any way. By vacating the easements and improving the campus, the general public will be benefitted_ The easements wiiI be replaced by an easement by instrument where required. II. Is the general public no longer using the right of way, including public service vehicles, fire, or other emergency vehicles? The portion of the street being vacated is only utilized by Miami Jewish Health Systems staff to access the staff parking lots_ Parking will be provided within the parking structure following vacation of the street and construction of the PZAB File ID#2586 Page 517 City of Miami Planning and Zoning Department Land Development [division Ern pat hicare Village- The general public and service vehicles do not use the street currently - As noted above, the general public does not utilize the easements, the easements are merely for utility lines serving the Property. Public service vehicles, including police and fire. do not use the easements. The easements will be replaced by an easement by instrument where required. III. Would there be no adverse effect on the ability to provide police, fire, or emergency services? As noted above, public service vehicles are not utilizing the street: however, the Empathicare Village will be reviewed by police, fire, and emergency services for compliance with their requirements. There will be no adverse effect on the ability to provide police„ fire, or emergency services - Service vehicles do not utilize the easements, the easements are merely for utility lines serving the Property, There will be no adverse effect on the ability to provide police, fire, or emergency services, as these services are not utilizing the easements, IV. Would the vacation and closure of the right of way have a beneficial effect on pedestrian and vehicular circulation in the area's Through the platting process, subdivision improvements will be made which will improve circulation and the pedestrian realm along the public right of way. The street is not currently used for circuIartion of vehicles or pedestrians, and is utilized solely for access to the staff parking lots. The enhancements proposed through the Special Area Plan and platting process will benefit the pedestrian circulation through the implementation of the civic spaces along the border of the entire campus. The easements to be vacated are not used for pedestrian or vehicular circulation and are merely for underground utility lines. The vacation of the easements will have no effect on pedestrian or vehicular circulation. CONCLUSION., The proposed street and closures are consistent with the goals, objectives, and policies of the Miaml Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan (MCNP). These closures will facilitate cohesive development, economic growth, and revitalization, as the proposed development. Specifically, MNP Policy LU -1,3,15 states, that the City will continue to encourage a development pattern that enhances existing neighborhoods by developing a balanced mix of uses including areas for employment, shopping, housing; and recreation in close proximity to each other - The closure of the streets (NE Miami Place and NE 52 Terrace) and easements, as presented, are important for the enhancement of the areas surrounded by allowing the Miami ,newish Health Systems to further develop its campus to expand its services to the community. The street closures will result in a positive impact for the neighborhood and for the City of Miami in general. PZAB File l0#2586 Page 617 City of Miami Planning and Zoning Department Land Development Division Based on the Plat and Strut Committee findings that the tentative plat of Enriching Lives By Design — Tentative Plat #1879-B (Second Submittal) and determined that all technical requirements contained in the Miami Code Subdivision Regulations have been met recommends approval of the streetclosure and additional easements with conditions. Therefore, based on the Plat and Street Committee's recommendation and staff's analysis, the Planning and Zoning Department recommends the Approval of the request to close,. vacate, abandon, discontinue from public use the streets and additional easements subject to the following conditions - 1. The applicant, owner or their successor shall meet applicable development standards identified in the Miami 21 Cade and all applicable local, county, state, and federal regulations. . The applicant shall provide an access plan for review and acceptance by the City's Fire - Rescue: Police, Solid Waste Departments and the Capital Improvements Program/Office Transportation. 3. A building permit, including phased permits, will not be issued an the property being platted until the final plat is recorded or as authorized by the City of Miami Code Section 55-10(i), 4, A Certificate of Occupancy shall only be issued after all the required subdivision improvements have been completed. S. The applicant or thei r successor shall comply with the conditions of approval stated for the Enriching Lives By Design Tentative Plat #1879-13, in a letter dated March 16. 2017 from the Department of Public Works. 6. Prior the approval of the Enriching Lives By Design — Tentative Plat #1879, the applicant shall have any easement that require replacement executed by instrument in compliance with City Code, Miami -Dade regulations, and City of Miami Subdivision Regulations: as applicable. Jacq elin6 Ellis C h i et o Land Development Prepared key; Derrick Cook Planner 11 8/1412017 PZAB File ID#2586 Page 717 MIAMI 21 (EXISTING) FILE ID: 2586 STREET AND EASEMENT CLOSURE T.4- R5-1 J U � � Q Q � g w LU z -NW 54TH ST -z I I ; NE 53RD ST T4 -R Q NW 53RD ST 00 T� z NE 52ND3TER NW 52ND ST T4 -L NW 51 ST STI w T3 -L Q C z NE 50TH TER NW 50TH ST N 0 175 350 700 Feet E � �II Umr N E 51ST• TTw z SNE 51ST ST A T4 -R II T4=L ADDRESSES: 5200, 5060, 5246 NE 2 AV; 5201, 5265 N MIAMI AV; 155, 145, 95 NE 50 TER; 71, 75 NE 51 ST; 11, 17, 25, 35, 36, 43, 44, 57, 61 NE 52 TER 10, 20, 32, 42, 58 NE 53 ST -R i4 U ca 6&T5-0 w z Little Haiti French , Lu Creole Design Z- NE 54TH,ST Standards w F. <> , cn w T4-OLl Lu Q 0 z z N 0 175 350 700 Feet E � �II Umr N E 51ST• TTw z SNE 51ST ST A T4 -R II T4=L ADDRESSES: 5200, 5060, 5246 NE 2 AV; 5201, 5265 N MIAMI AV; 155, 145, 95 NE 50 TER; 71, 75 NE 51 ST; 11, 17, 25, 35, 36, 43, 44, 57, 61 NE 52 TER 10, 20, 32, 42, 58 NE 53 ST AERIAL FILE ID: 2586 STREET AND EASEMENT CLOSURE N 0 175 350 700 Feet ADDRESSES: 5200, 5060, 5246 NE 2 AV; 5201, 5265 N MIAMI AV; 155, 145, 95 NE 50 TER; 71, 75 NE 51 ST; 11, 17, 25, 35, 36, 43, 44, 57, 61 NE 52 TER 10, 20, 32, 42, 58 NE 53 ST