Res No 178-14-14272RESOLUTION NO.178-14-14272
A Resolution instructing the Planning Board and the Environmental Review
and Preservation Board to investigate the need to make new house sizes
compatible with the existing neighborhoods in which they are built and to
make recommendations for changes to the Land Development Code.
WHEREAS,before 2004 the maximum Floor Area Ratio of a single-family house
built on an RS-3fora 10,000 square foot lot was .6FAR which permitted upto 3,000 square
feet of construction on the first floor and 3,000 feet of construction on the second floor;and
WHEREAS,in 2004 due to the efforts of Yvonne Beckman and members of the
South Miami Homeowners association the maximum FAR ofa single-family house onan RS-
3for al0,000 square foot lot was reduced to .46
WHEREAS,in reaction to the continued propagation of McMansions during the
"Boom"years the 2006 Commission adopted Table 2of Section 20-3.5 which established
new FAR maximums depending on the lot size
WHEREAS,duetoeconomic recovery ofthe past few years a resurgence inthe
constructionofhouseswhoseaveragesquarefootageisovertwice that oftheexisting
homesin the neighborhood inwhich they are built
NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,FLORIDA:
Section 1.The Planning Boardand the Environmental Review and Preservation
Board are hereby instructed to investigate the need to make new house sizes compatible
withtheexisting neighborhoods inwhichtheyarebuiltandtomake recommendations for
changestothe Land Development Code inthisregard.
Section 2.Severability.Ifany section clause,sentence,or phrase ofthis resolution isfor
any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,the holding shall
notaffectthevalidityofthe remaining portions ofthis resolution.
Section 3.Effective Date.This resolution shall become effective immediately upon
adoptionbyvote of theCityCommission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2^day of September.2014.
ATTEST:APPROVED:
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COMMISSION VOTE:5-0
Mayor Stoddard:Yea
Vice Mayor Harris:Yea
Commissioner Edmond:Yea
Commissioner Liebman:Yea
Commissioner Welsh:Yea