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6800 SW 63 ST_GREEN MISC CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI ABuilding , Zoning & Community Development Department 6130 Sunset Drive, 2' Floor Fax #: (305) 666-4591 South Miami, Florida 33143 Phone: (305) 663-6327 i i November 22, 1993 Mr. & Mrs. Victor M. Farinas 6800 SW 63rd Street South Miami, Florida 33143 . Dear,Mr. & Mrs. Farinas, i In answer to your:question concerning the location of your home in relation to the flood zone, your property is not within the Special Flood Hazard Area. It is situated in Zone X as indicated on the Flood Insurance Rate Map dated January 20, 1993. Sincerely, i �hJ Bill Mackey Planner City of South Miami BUILDING, ZONING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 6130 Sunset Drive / South Miami, Florida 33143 / (305) 663-6327 Fax (305) 666-4591 January 8, 1996 Victor M. Farinas 6800 S.W. 63 Street South Miami, Florida 33143 Dear Mr. Farinas: This letter is in response to your correspondence dated January 4, 1996, regarding your application for a building permit in order to erect a canopy carport on your property located at 6800 S.W. 63 Street. On December 20, 1995, you submitted an application for a building permit. Based on a discussion by a member of my staff with you regarding the placement of the canopy carport, you proposed that the canopy be located at the rear of the house. As part of that discussion, you were asked why the structure that you were indicating as the proposed canopy was already depicted on the survey. You replied that the surveyor had located it on the survey as part of your application. As a result of these discussions, I highlighted the proposed location on your survey, and initialed the permit application as approved. During subsequent review by the Structural Engineer, you were requested to draw the location of the proposed canopy on the survey/site plan. You indicated a different location than previously approved. On December 29, 1995, the Structural Engineer approved your drawings based on the revised site plan now on record. The Building Official informed you that the permit was ready for you. Prior to your payment and permit issuance, the Building Official spoke with me regarding the revised site plan and a possible conflict with the previous zoning approval. Upon my review of the revised site plan, the permit could not be issued. I do ndt consider this, nor have I stated that this was an oversight. I have met with both you and your wife at City Hall. I am still willing to visit your property and help you locate a suitable site for the canopy carport. The revised location which is shown on the building permit application is not acceptable. "City of Pleasant Living" I , s No permit has been issued for the property for a canopy carport; therefore, the City is not obligated to you regarding this issue. Again, I am willing to meet with you on site to resolve this matter by identifying an alternate location that will meet with City code. Sincerely, I, 74/4 a 1' '�' Bill Mackey Acting Director of the Planning Division c: Eddie Cox City Manager Sonia Lama, AIA Acting Director of the Building Division c:\...\letters\Farinas canopy •' Aanuary 4, 1990 Victor M. Farinas 6800 S.W. 63 Street South'kiiami, Fl. 33143 lv1r. INitham A. Mackey Jr. City of South Miami 6130 Sunset Drive South Miami, H. 33143 Dear Mr. Mackey: I am writing concerning our permit to install a carport at our home located at 6800 S.W.63 Street. As you are aware, our permit process started in late November and we have worked diligently with the city to meet all the prerequisites for obtaining the required permit. We have worked with the city through the three required approvals. As part of this process, we even incurred additional expenses to prepare an engineering drawing for the carport. The reason for this letter is to request that the city follow through on the comm.itiment made to us on January 2, 1996. As part of the permit process, we talked with various city department heads to ensure that everything required of us was addressed. On the morning of January 2,my wife talked with the last person required to sign the permit, the department head of building and zoning. At that time, Ms. Lamas notified her that the permit had been approved and it was ready for us to pick up. Since the carport must be custom-made for the location where it was being installed,my wife inquired whether it would be prudent to inform the manufacturer,at that time, to begin manufacturing the carport. She was told by Ms. Lamas that we could notify the manufacturer since everything had been approved;nothing else was required and no conditions were being placed on the permit. We acted in good faith, based on the approval from the city,and informed the manufacturer to begin manufacturing our carport that same morning. However,when I went to pick up the permit the following day (January 3), I was told by you that the approval had changed and the permit was now being denied. This was a great shock to us since we had been working with the city for the past month and a half and had obtained an approval to proceed the day before. You mentioned that the city had made an oversight and the permit was now being denied. The problem we encounter now is that we are faced with litigation for the full amount of the carport from the manufacturer since we had given him the okay to proceed with manufacturing the carport (as the city had approved on January 2). The carport was custom-designed and cannot be utilized in another part of the house. The manufacturer does not want the carport since he cannot resell it; it was custom made for our home. I am requesting that the city follow through on the January 2-,d approval and issue the permit without any conditions as indicated at that time. We have made every attempt to meet the city's requirements and have proceeded in good faith based on the city's approval. We should not be penalized for an oversight the city made. I am requesting;your assistance in diligently resolving this matter. If you have any questions please feel free to contact my wife, Elvi, at (305) 594-0598 since I will be unavailable during the next few days. I appreciate your help in ensuring the city meets its commitment as we. have met OUTS. T79 Very truly ours, ;, C 7`/" . 1 ---- JAN fig.: Victor .M. Farinas s..........................