Res No 039-19-15311RESOLUTION NO. 39 —19 —15 311
A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commissioners of the City of South Miami
opposing the rezoning application for the properties located at 6790 through
6880 S.W. 80th Street, Miami, Florida.
WHEREAS, 6790 thru 6880 S.W. 80th Street are a series of 10 duplex RU-2 lots within
the legal jurisdiction of Miami -Dade County that are directly across S.W. 80th Street from single
family 10,000-square foot minimum residential lots of the legal jurisdiction of South Miami and
are diagonally across S.W. 80th Street and S.W. 69th Avenue from Estate Residential 1-acre
residential lots under the legal jurisdiction of Miami -Dade County; and
WHEREAS, the owner of said property has expressed a desire for a district boundary
change from RU-2 (two family residential district) to RU-3M (Minimum Apartment House
District) and to apply RU-TH (Townhouse District) standards for the purpose of developing the
property in accordance with RU-TH standards. If the rezoning is approved, the applicant intends
to build a 30-unit townhouse development, at a density of 12.1 du/net acre; and
WHEREAS, the applicant states "the surrounding neighborhood is made of an [sic]
variety of buildings which are fairly old and in need of reservation". This statement does not
reflect the vast majority of buildings in the South Miami side that have undergone renovations,
are in a stable neighborhood, and sell for an average price of $400,000; and
WHEREAS, the property is not part of the Ludlam Trail whose residential components
were decided at many neighborhood meetings, many Planning Advisory Board meetings,
numerous Miami Dade County Board of County Commissioners meetings, and two charettes.
The project does not support the County's vision of the Ludlam Trail as an Urban Corridor area
with new housing, supportive community features and services, adequate mobility options and a
unique greenway and trail with safe and direct access to parks, schools, work, shopping and
transit for residents, trail riders, cyclists and pedestrians; and
WHEREAS, the property is not part of the Smart Plan Kendall Corridor, nor is it part of
the Downtown Kendall Urban Center since it is not within a '/4 mile of those corridors, as the
applicant has stated. Furthermore, the accessibility of this project to the nearest Metrorail Station
turnstile is 1,975 feet from the northwest corner of the property and 2,701 feet from the southeast
corner of the property. Moreover, this project is separated from the Metrorail by the terminus of
the Snapper Creek Expressway; and
WHEREAS, a search of the Property Appraiser's website shows a solid line of green for
the property indicating numerous trees. A review of the landscape drawings provided by the
Applicant indicates only l 1 - 12' live oaks and only 12 - 12' mahoganies are to be planted; and
WHEREAS, the developer is currently permitted to construct 1 two-story duplex or 2
two-story individual units, limited to a maximum height of 35', on each of the 10 residential lots
and the structures are currently limited to 30% of the lot size; and
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Resolution No. 39-19-15311
WHEREAS, maintaining the existing RU2 zoning would leave 70% of the land area
available for parking and landscaping and not require the removal of as many mature oak trees
on the property as the proposed plans indicate would be removed.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals in this Resolution are found to be true and correct and they are
incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. The Mayor and City Commission of the City of South Miami hereby finds that
the project is not compatible with the City's residentially -zoned district to the north of the project
and it will be detrimental to those properties. Therefore, City Commission requests that the
Miami -Dade County Board of County Commissioners deny the Applicant's request to change
the zoning district boundaries from RU-2 to RU-3M and asks the Planning Advisory Board to
deny the request to apply RU-TH standards to the property, to keep RU-2 Zoning which allows
for construction of duplexes or cottages and to provide for protection of the existing mature tree
canopy.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall forward a copy of this Resolution to the Mayor and
Board of County Commissioners of Miami -Dade County.
Section 4. 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 5. Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1 6ttday of April 2019.
ATTEST: APPROVEDM�Zgcj
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CITY C ERK MAY011,
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM, COMMISSION VOTE: - 5-0
LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND Mayor Stoddard: Yea
EXECUTION THEREOF: Vice Mayor Harris: Yes
Commissioner Welsh: Yea
Commissioner Liebman: Yea
— Commissioner Gil: Yea
CITY ATTORNEY
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Agenda Item No:Ba.
City Commission Agenda item Report
Meeting Date: April 16, 2019
Submitted by: Thomas Pepe
Submitting Department: City Clerk
Item Type: Resolution
Agenda Section:
Subject:
A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commissioners of the City of South Miami opposing the rezoning application
for the properties located at 6790 through 6880 S.W. 80th Street, Miami, Florida. 3/5 (Commissioner Welsh)
Suggested Action:
Attachments:
Reso re Zoning for 6790 thru 6880 SW 80 St.CArev2docx.docx