61 RESOLUTION NO. ___ _
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3 A Resolution calling for staff to review the Affordable
4 Housing Objectives and Policies in the City's
5 Comprehensive Plan and to draft ordinances that enact
6 those and any recommended. changes to the Plan or the
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9 WHEREAS, The City of South Miami Comprehensive Plan, as amended in 1999,
10 and approved by the Florida Department of Community Affairs, calls for incentives and
11 bonuses that encourage construction of affordable units in multi-unit development:
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13 "HOU OBJECTIVE 1.5
14 The City shall consider the adoption of voluntary or mandatory zoning regulations as
15 promulgated by Miami-Dade County to produce additional affordable housing units
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18 HOU Policy 1.5.1
19 When additional development permissions that will result in the addition of ten or
20 more units are granted, the new development should designate 20 percent of the
21 new units as low and moderate housing units. For developments of less than ten
22 units, the developer fonding setCUside for low and moderate income units.
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24 HOU Policy 1.5.2
25 In consideration of a developer's provision of affordable housing, the City shall
26 consider granting a density increase proportional to the number of units provided
27 but not exceeding 20% increase, to the extent that such an increase is compatible
28 with surrounding site characteristics. "
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31 WHEREAS, No language was ever incorporated into the Land Development Code
32 to enact the affordable housing policies in the Comprehensive Plan; and
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34 WHEREAS, The need for affordable housing in South Miami has nearly doubled
35 since the affordable housing policies were added to the Comprehensive Plan, with
36 approximately 2,200 households currently overburdened by housing costs, according to
37 recent figures released by the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies at the University of
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40 WHEREAS, Every member of the City Commission has expressed a desire to
41 promote affordable housing; and
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43 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
44 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, THAT:
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46 Section 1. The City Commission hereby expresses its support for the
47 Affordable Housing Objectives in the City's Comprehensive Plan and directs staff to
48 (a) take or recommend steps to determine whether the affordable Policies in the City's
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Comprehensive Plan remain appropriate and are considered best practice in promoting
affordable housing, and (b) to make recommendations, in the form of proposed
ordinances, to the City Commission should staff determine that improvements in the
Comprehensive Plan are advisable, and (c) to recommend the adoption of voluntary or
mandatory zoning regulations to implement the current policies and any recommended
policies in the Comprehensive Plan to facilitate, produce, and encourage additional
affordable housing units citywide, as applicable.
Section 2. If any section clause, sentence, or phrase of this resolution is for
any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution.
Section 3. If any section clause, sentence, or phrase of this resolution is for
any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution.
Section 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this __ th_ day of _____ , 2016.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM,
LANGUAGE, LEGALITY,
AND EXECUTION THEREOF:
CITY ATTORNEY
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APPROVED:
MAYOR
COMMISSION VOTE
Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Welsh:
Commissioner Edmond:
Commissioner Harris:
Commissioner Liebman: