Res No 092-18-15125RESOLUTION NO. 092-18-15125
A Resolution confirming priority and timeframes for progress of applications
sponsored by the South Miami Community Redevelopment Agency Board for a small-
scale amendment to the City's Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map and a
rezoning of certain properties located west of the MetroRaii Transit Station, south of
S.W. 70th Street, east of S.W. 6pt Court and north of S.W. 72 nd Street to the T.O.D.D.
(4+4 Story) land use designation and the TODD MU-5 zoning district; instructing the
City Manager to take further action.
WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of South Miami, Florida
("CRA") unanimously adopted Resolution No. 83-17-1041 on December 11, 2017, to sponsor a
small-scale Future Land Use Map amendment to the City's Comprehensive Plan to change the
land use designation of parcels located within the South Miami Community Redevelopment
Area located west of the MetroRail Transit Station, south of S.W. 70th Street, east of S.W. 6pt
Court and north of S.W. 72 nd Street from Mixed Use Commercial Residential (Four Story) to
T.O.D.D. (4+4 Story) and to change the zoning of those parcels from MO (Medium Intensity
Office) to TODD MU-5 and to change the zoning of certain other parcels located within the
South Miami Community Redevelopment Area from TODD MU-4 to TODD MU-5; and
WHEREAS, the properties identified in the CRA Resolution have come to be known as
lithe hole in the donutll because they are surrounded by TODD MU-5 zoning districts and TODD
4+4 land use designations; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No. 001-18-15033 on
January 4, 2018, accepting the Resolution of the CRA and instructing the City Manager to
prepare legislation and documentation necessary to place the CRA sponsored, city-initiated
applications before the City Commission and the Planning Board for further action after the
Commission evaluates this and other similar proposals and establishes a priority for their
progress; and
WHEREAS, during the hearing on the adoption of Resolution No. 001-18-10533 the
Commission acknowledged that it was a small scale amendment and it did not want to see
piecemeal changes in the IIhole in the donut" area and that the CRA-sponsored application
should advance separately from amendments involving the light industrial district on the advice
of the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 06-18-2295 on April
3, 2018, which evaluated and approved a similar rezoning application (lithe ALTA Application")
on property which is located within the IIhole in the donut" area; and
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WHEREAS, more than 13 years ago the CRA 2005 Plan specifically identified the
remnant MO zoned properties located within the CRA as being in conflict with the intent of the
land uses provided for in the City's comprehensive plan and the plan recommended that land
use and zoning amendments be made; and
WHEREAS, to date the City has flot implemented the changes recommended in the CRA
Plan adopted by the commission; and
WHEREAS, substantial public record and documentation regarding the land use and
zoning of the properties to be included in the CRA-sponsored application have already been
compiled and in possession of the City; and
WHEREAS, the CRA asked the City Commission to expedite the applications described in
Resolution No. 83-17-1041 in order to bring properties in the area into compliance with the
intent of City's comprehensive plan and the CRA Plan, to encourage redevelopment within the
CRA area; and
WHEREAS, with the adoption of Ordinance No. 06-18-2295 (ALTA) there is no reason to
further delay the applications that the CRA asked the City Commission to expedite in its
Resolution No. 83-17-1041. Specifically, the approval of the ALTA application demonstrates
that there is no legal or administrative impediment to processing an application for rezoning in
the subject area; since the proposed CRA-sponsored application is a small-scale, site-specific
amendment to the City's comprehensive plan there is no compelling reason to delay its
processing or coupling it with potential large-scale or citywide amendments to the City's
comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, the CRA-sponsored application involves a confined area and any
redevelopment that exceed the permitted height of four stories or 40,000 square feet of
developed space will require further approvals at future public hearings by the commission, any
immediate impact on public facilities or services would be de minimus; and
WHEREAS, the benefits to the public interest and to the CRA Area as more fully
described in CRA Resolution No. 83-17-1041 far outweigh any potential administrative
convenience to be achieved by continued delay of the CRA-sponsored application.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Commission hereby determines that the processing of the
applications requested by the CRA Board in its CRA Resolution No. 83-17-1041 is a priority!. afHi
the City Manager is instrllcted to ad',lance the CRA sponsored, city initiated applications for
pllblic hearings before the Planning Board and the Cit'{ Cornrnission with first reading being
schedliled no later than the Cit'{ Cornrnission's second rneeting in JlIne, 2018. If the
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applications are approved on first reading, it is the intent of the City Commission that the
applications be scheduled for second reading no later than July 17, 2018.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized to contract with and direct the City's
planning consultant to prepare such data and analyses as may be necessary to advance the
CRA-sponsored applications in accordance with the timeframes established in this Resolution
Section 3. Severability. 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 become effective immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of May, 2018.
ATIEST: APPROVED:
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MAYOR
Commission Vote: 5-0
Mayor Stoddard: Yea
Vice Mayor Harris: Yea
Commissioner Gil: Yea
Commissioner Liebman: Yea
Commissioner Welsh: Yea
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