US Coast Guard Encroachments - Options - proponent Rick Kendle The City recognizes U.S. Coast Guard Base Miami Beach as an area of critical
economic,safety and military concern to the City. Changes to zoning,for any
property within a 1400 ft radius of the base, must not adversely impact the mission
and readiness of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Zoning ordinances shall be for the general purpose of promoting the health,safety
or general welfare of the public.To these ends,such ordinances shall be designed to
give reasonable consideration to each of the following purposes,where applicable:
(i) to provide for adequate light,air, convenience of access, and safety from fire,
flood,hurricanes, crime and other dangers; (ii) to reduce or prevent congestion in
the public streets; (iii) to facilitate the creation of a convenient,attractive and
harmonious community; (iv) to facilitate the provision of adequate police and fire
protection,disaster evacuation, civil defense,transportation,water,sewerage,flood
and hurricane protection, schools,parks, playgrounds,recreational facilities,and
other public requirements; (v) to protect against destruction of or encroachment
upon historic areas; (vi) to protect against one or more of the following:
overcrowding of land, undue density of population in relation to the community
facilities existing or available,obstruction of light and air,danger and congestion in
travel and transportation, or loss of life,health, or property from fire, flood,
hurricane,panic or other dangers; (vii) to encourage economic development
activities that provide desirable employment and enlarge the tax base, (viii) to
provide for the preservation of lands of significance for the protection of the natural
environment; (ix) to provide for a pedestrian friendly city; (x) to promote the
creation and preservation of affordable housing suitable for meeting the current and
future needs of the locality as well as a reasonable proportion of the current and
future needs of Miami Beach; and (xi) to provide reasonable protection against
encroachment upon the United States Coast Guard military base,and its adjacent
safety areas.
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