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96-22197 RESO RESOLUTION NO. 96-22197 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER WAIVING THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN SECTION NINE OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO SIGNS TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO DETACHED MONUMENT SIGNS AND THE RETENTION/RESTORATION OF THREE HISTORIC SIGNS FOR THE PROPOSED LOEWS/ST. MORITZ CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL. WHEREAS, the proposed Loews/St. Moritz Convention Center Hotel has received all necessary approvals from the required City Boards; and WHEREAS, in order for the Loews/St. Moritz Convention Center Hotel to provide convention center hotel facilities to meet the current needs of the City Miami Beach, it is necessary to waive the development regulations pertaining to signs in Section 9 of the Zoning Ordinance; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Miami Beach Zoning Ordinance No. 89-2665, Subsection 6-12B, the City Commission may waive certain development regulations following a noticed public hearing. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that a public hearing to consider waiving the development regulations pertaining to signs in Section 9 of the Zoning Ordinance in order to allow for the construction of two detached monument signs and the retention/restoration of three historic signs for the proposed Loews/St. Moritz Convention Center Hotel, is hereby scheduled on Wednesday, December 18, 1996 at 2:00 p.m. in the City Commission Chambers at 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish and distribute the appropriate public notice of said public hearing at which time all interested parties will be heard. PASSED and ADOPTED this 20th day of November , 1996. ATTEST: MAYOR K 0 6~ ~Cl,l~ APPROVED AS TO FORM & LANGUAGE & FOR EXECUTION CITY CLERK ~IlIJd C i' 'torney jJlI J/J# ..me JGG!F:\PLAN\$ALL\CC_MllMOS\LOBWSGN2.RBS CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIA.MI BEACH FLORIDA 33139 CITY OF MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. ~ TO: Mayor Seymour Gelber and Members of the City Commission DATE: November 20, 1996 FROM: Jose Garcia-Pedrosa JI City Manager f;" REQUEST FOR THE CITY COMMISSION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING TO WAIVE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 6-12 (B) (4) OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE ERECTION OF TWO DETACHED (MONUMENT) SIGNS AND THE RETENTIONIRESTORA TION OF THREE HISTORIC SIGNS FOR THE LOEWS/ST. MORITZ HOTEL PROJECT SUBJECf: RECOMMENDATION The Administration recommends that the City Commission set a public hearing on December 18, 1996, to waive the development regulations in the Zoning Ordinance regarding the maximum size, and location of signs in order to allow the erection of two detached (monument) signs and the retention/restoration of three historic signs for the proposed LoewslSt. Moritz Convention Center Hotel. BACKGROUND The project has already received the following approvals from the respective Boards. a. Certificate of Appropriateness for Design Review Approval from the Joint Design ReviewlHistoric Preservation Board was granted on October 24, 1995. b. A recommendation to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition from the Historic Preservation Board was granted on October 24, 1995, and approved by the City Commission on December 6, 1995. Essentially, the project has several components - the construction of a new seventeen (17) story hotel building including a ballroom, restaurants, swimming pool, recreational facilities, a grand palm court 1 AGENDA ITEM c.. '1 (' - DATE~ and new perimeter retail buildings, as well as the rehabilitation, renovation and expansion of the existing St. Moritz Hotel building. The existing St. Moritz hotel is within the Ocean Drive/Collins Avenue Local Historic District and is designated historic by the City's historic properties database. The Administration is requesting that the City Commission waive the development regulation regarding the maximum size and location of signs in order to allow the erection of two detached (monument) signs and the retention/restoration of three historic signs, pursuant to Section 6-12 (B) (4) of the Zoning Ordinance which reads, in part: "Following a public hearing, the Development Regulations required by this Ordinance, except for the Historic Preservation and Design Review processes, may be waived by a five-sevenths (5/7) vote of the City Commission for Development pertaining to Governmental owned or leased Buildings, Uses and sites which are wholly used by, open and accessible to the general public, and for Convention Center Hotels and Convention Center Hotel Accessory Garages and City utilized parking lots, provided they are continually used for such purposes."... A public hearing on such a waiver requires that a 15 day notice be given and that the notice be posted on the property, advertised in a newspaper of general circulation and mailed to all property owners within 375 feet of the site. ANALYSIS Because the main project has already received all necessary approvals from the required Boards, the overall design and scope of the project has been thoroughly scrutinized and endorsed. A comprehensive sign program has also been submitted to and approved by the Planning, Design and Historic Preservation Division. However, in order for this project to install two detached monument signs and to restore the original St. Moritz signs, it is necessary to waive the following development regulations: 1. Detached monument signs are limited to a sign area of 15 square feet. The proposed monument sign, with copy reading "Loews," would have a sign area measuring 26.32 square feet. A waiver of 11.32 square feet is required for the sign. 2a. The Ordinance allows for one sign per street frontage at grade, and one building identification sign (1 % of wall area) located on the parapet for a total of two signs. The applicant has proposed to replace the building identification sign as a second detached monument sign at grade. In order to relocate the building identification a waiver to allow two detached sign at grade is required. 2 2b. The same size waiver, as in No. 1 above, would also be required for the second detached monument sign. 3. The applicant is proposing to restore the original St. Moritz sign located on the eyebrow of the building. The Ordinance allows a sign of 30 square feet. The original sign has a sign area of 52.4 feet. A waiver of 22.4 square feet is, therefore, required. 4a. The applicant is also proposing to restore the original signs located on the north and south parapets. The Ordinance allows for Building identification signs facing the street or oceanfront. A waiver is required to relocate the Collins Avenue and oceanfront building identifications signs to the north and south parapets. 4b. The relocated Collins Avenue sign would be restricted to one percent of the wall area or 143 square feet. The original sign has an area of 175 square feet. A waiver of32.2 square feet is required. CONCLUSION The Administration has concluded that the City Commission should proceed to set a public hearing for December 18, 1996, to waive development regulations pursuant to Section 6-12,B.4 of the Zoning Ordinance, in order to erect two detached monument signs and the retention/restoration of three historic signs for the proposed Loews/St. Moritz Convention Center Hotel. JGP~G/JGG enc. J<JG-F:\PLAN\SALL\CCJ\4EMOS\LOEWSGN2.SPH 3 .. ..... ...... III rnttt xx , . ~~ ....- I I'. - - - - - - - - -5-9. = --- ----- ~-------, ;:= = - I I ~ I - I " I: J - I J. ...-.1 I ~ ./ i J IJ, I E E L d !f~ = T I I ~ -1 I II ow I t~-J... I ~ ,1 / ~I, -*~.. I I ~ I I , . 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