Ordinance 2019-4250 •CCC CIVIC & CONVENTION CENTER DISTRICT HOTEL REGULATIONS
ORDINANCE NO. 2019-4250
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, SUBPART B, ENTITLED, "LAND DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS," BY AMENDING CHAPTER 142, ENTITLED "ZONING
DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS," ARTICLE II, ENTITLED "DISTRICT
REGULATIONS," DIVISION 7, ENTITLED "CCC CONVENTION CENTER
DISTRICT," SECTION 142-366, ENTITLED, "SETBACK REQUIREMENTS";
AMENDING CHAPTER 130 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED "OFF-STREET
PARKING," ARTICLE II, ENTITLED "DISTRICTS; REQUIREMENTS,"
SECTION 130-32, ENTITLED "OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
FOR PARKING DISTRICT NO. 1," AND AMENDING ARTICLE IX, ENTITLED
"VALET AND TANDEM PARKING," SECTION 130-251, ENTITLED
"REQUIREMENTS," TO MODIFY THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
PERTAINING TO SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND PARKING
REQUIREMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
CONVENTION HOTEL; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION,
REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission desire to promote economic development
within the City of Miami Beach (the "City") by attracting a more robust mix of conferences and
conventions to the Miami Beach Convention Center ("MBCC" or "Convention Center"),
including "fly-in" conferences and conventions drawing national and international attendance,
which would reduce the Convention Center's reliance on "drive-in" events that primarily attract
local/commuter attendance; and
WHEREAS, in support of the foregoing and in an effort to maintain the competitiveness
of the Convention Center as a local and regional asset that supports the South Florida tourism
economy, the City is in the process of completing the Miami Beach Convention Center
Renovation and Expansion Project (the "MBCC Renovation Project"), a public construction
project that includes a complete renovation of the Convention Center, expansion of ballroom
and auxiliary spaces, parking located above portions of the Convention Center, exterior
landscaping, and construction of a six (6) acre public park; and
WHEREAS, in addition to, and separate from, the MBCC Renovation Project, the City
desires to attract more"fly-in" conferences and conventions to the Convention Center through the
development of a convention headquarter hotel that is (i) entirely privately-funded, (ii)
sufficiently close to the Convention Center to serve as an "on-site" hotel option for conference
attendees, and (iii) large enough to provide the group room blocks necessary to support and
secure national and international conferences and conventions at the Convention Center;
and
WHEREAS, on November 19, 2014, the Mayor and City Commission adopted
Resolution No. 2014-28836, approving and authorizing the City to execute an Amended and
Restated Interlocal Cooperation Agreement between the City and Miami-Dade County (the
"County"), pursuant to which, in recognition that a convention hotel in the proximity of the
Convention Center will generate additional Convention Development Tax ("CDT") and resort
tax revenues, the County agreed to provide the City with up to $1,500,000 per year in an
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additional allocation of CDT revenues once a convention hotel opens, with such additional
payments to the City continuing annually until 2048; and
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2016, the Mayor and City Commission established the
Mayor's Ad Hoc Blue Ribbon Steering Committee on the Convention Center Hotel (the
"Committee"), chaired by Commissioner Ricky Arriola and vice-chaired by Commissioner
Kristen Rosen-Gonzalez; and
WHEREAS, on February 14, 2018, the Mayor and City Commission considered the
Committee's report regarding potential options for a Convention Center Hotel development,
including options with respect to a proposed Hotel's location, size, height, and related issues
such as traffic mitigation, and the like, and directed the Administration to prepare a Request
for Proposals ("RFP"); and
WHEREAS, on May 16, 2018, the Mayor and City Commission approved Resolution No.
2018-30310, authorizing the issuance of an RFP for the Convention Center Hotel for a lease of
the approximately 2.6 acre site located adjacent to the Convention Center; and
WHEREAS, on May 17, 2018, the City issued Request for Proposals No. 2018-238-KB
(the"RFP")for the Development of a Convention Headquarter Hotel Adjacent to the Miami Beach
Convention Center; and
WHEREAS, on July 25, 2018, the Mayor and City Commission adopted Resolution No.
2018-30425, approving a Development and Ground Lease Agreement with MB Mixed Use
Investment, LLC ("Miami Beach Connect"), for the development and operation of a privately-
funded convention hotel and related amenities, with a lease term of 99 years; and
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2018,the City's voters approved the convention hotel lease;
and
WHEREAS,the amendments set forth herein are intended to accommodate the proposed
convention hotel in the CCC Civic and Convention Center District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. Chapter 142 of the City Code, "Zoning Districts and Regulations," Article II,
"District Regulations," Division 7, "CCC Civic and Convention Center District," is hereby amended
as follows:
CHAPTER 142
ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS
ARTICLE II. - DISTRICT REGULATIONS
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Division 7. -CCC Civic and Convention Center District
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Sec. 142-366. -Setback requirements.
Other than the minimum setbacks set forth in subsections (b) and (c) below, the The
development regulations (setbacks, floor area ratio, signs, parking, etc.) shall be the
average of the requirements contained in the surrounding zoning districts as determined
by the planning and zoning director. Setback regulations for parking lots and garages
when they are the main permitted use are listed in subsection 142-1132(n).
The subterranean, pedestal, and tower setback requirements for a hotel use shall be as
follows:
fl Fronting 17th Street: 10 feet
21 Fronting Convention Center Drive: 10 feet
Interior Side: five (5) feet
Al Rear: zero (0) feet
Balcony projections setback requirement for a hotel use: zero (0) feet.
SECTION 2. Chapter 130 of the City Code, entitled "Off-Street Parking," Article II, "Districts;
Requirements," is hereby amended as follows:
CHAPTER 130
OFF-STREET PARKING
ARTICLE II. - DISTRICTS; REQUIREMENTS
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Sec. 130-32. - Off-street parking requirements for parking district no. 1.
Except as otherwise provided in these land development regulations, when any building or
structure is erected or altered in parking district no. 1, accessory off-street parking spaces shall
be provided for the building, structure or additional floor area as follows:
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(25A) CCC civic and convention center district: The following parking regulations shall
apply to structures situated in the CCC civic and convention center district. The number
of off-street parking spaces required for any structure shall be determined by the primary
use of the structure in accordance with the requirements as follows:
a. Auditorium, convention hall or meeting rooms: One space per every 1,000 square
feet of floor area available for seats.
b. Hotel, convention: 0.4 spaces per unit.
c. When not listed above,the parking requirement for primary uses listed in this section
shall apply.
d. Accessory uses not listed above shall have no parking requirement.
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e. Notwithstanding the requirements of section 130-101 pertaining to off-street loading,
the off-street loading requirement for hotels and accessory uses to hotels shall be
four(4) spaces. However, additional loading spaces may be provided on site.
The city commission may waive the total amount of required parking for uses in the CCC
district by up to 20 percent. Valet and tandem parking shall not be required to comply
with the stacking limits in section 130-251(b).
SECTION 3. Chapter 130 of the City Code, entitled "Off-Street Parking," Article IX, "Valet and
Tandem Parking," is hereby amended as follows:
CHAPTER 130
OFF-STREET PARKING
ARTICLE IX. -VALET AND TANDEM PARKING
Sec. 130-251. - Requirements.
(a) Commercial parking garages and lots may consist of 100 percent valet parking spaces.
Required parking for commercial establishments, hotels, hotel accessory uses, multifamily
residential buildings, residential accessory uses,, and alcoholic beverage establishments may
be satisfied by providing 100 percent valet parking spaces. If the parking spaces are located
off-site, they shall comply with the requirements of section 130-36 in order to satisfy minimum
parking requirements. In addition, any required parking valet spaces for a multifamily
residential building shall be governed by a restrictive covenant, approved as to form by the
city attorney's office and recorded in the public records of the county as a covenant running
with the land, stipulating that a valet service or operator must be provided for such parking
for so long as the use continues.
(b) Dimensions for valet and tandem parking spaces shall be 8% feet in width by 16 feet in
depth. Dimensions for tandem parking spaces shall be a minimum of 8%feet in width by 32
feet in depth, with a maximum stacking of two vehicles per space-, except as provided in
section 130-32(25A).
(c) Tandem parking spaces may be utilized for self-parking only in multifamily residential
buildings and shall have a restrictive covenant, approved as to form by the city attorney's
office and recorded in the public records of the county as a covenant running with the land,
limiting the use of each pair of tandem parking spaces to the same unit owner.
(d) Commercial parking garages and lots may utilize tandem parking spaces if they are
operated exclusively by valet parking. A restrictive covenant, approved as to form by the city
attorney's office and recorded in the public records of the county as a covenant running with
the land, shall be required and shall affirm that a valet service or operator must be provided
for such parking for so long as the tandem parking spaces exist.
SECTION 4. REPEALER.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances and all section and parts of sections in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 5. CODIFICATION.
It is the intention of the City Commission, and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of
this ordinance shall become and be made part of the Code of the City of Miami Beach as
amended; that the sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered to accomplish
such intention; and that the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section" or other appropriate
word.
SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid, the
remainder shall not be affected by such invalidity.
SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE,
This Ordinance shall take effect ten days following adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this /3 day of `iRreLt- , 2019.
D- Geiber, Mayor
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
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City`Attorney Date
First Reading: February 13, 2019 IL
Second Reading: \ arch 13, 01 .1
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MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: March 13, 2019
10:10 a.m. Second Reading Public Hearing
SUBJECT: CCC CIVIC & CONVENTION CENTER DISTRICT HOTEL REGULATIONS
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, SUBPART B, ENTITLED, "LAND DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS," BY AMENDING CHAPTER 142, ENTITLED "ZONING
DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS," ARTICLE II, ENTITLED "DISTRICT
REGULATIONS," DIVISION 7, ENTITLED "CCC CONVENTION CENTER
DISTRICT," SECTION 142-366, ENTITLED, "SETBACK REQUIREMENTS";
AMENDING CHAPTER 130 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED "OFF-STREET
PARKING," ARTICLE II, ENTITLED "DISTRICTS; REQUIREMENTS,"
SECTION 130-32, ENTITLED "OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
FOR PARKING DISTRICT NO. 1,"AND AMENDING ARTICLE IX, ENTITLED
"VALET AND TANDEM PARKING," SECTION 130-251, ENTITLED
"REQUIREMENTS," TO MODIFY THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
PERTAINING TO SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND PARKING
REQUIREMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
CONVENTION HOTEL; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION,
REPEALER, SEVERABILITY,AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
RECOMMENDATION
The Administration recommends that the City Commission adopt the subject Ordinance.
ANALYSIS
HISTORY
On December 12, 2018, at the request of Mayor Dan Gelber, the City Commission referred the
proposed Ordinance Amendment to the January 2019 meetings of the Land Use and
Development Committee and Planning Board (Item C4M).
The Land Use and Development Committee is scheduled to review the proposed amendment
on February 20, 2019.
PLANNING ANALYSIS_
The attached draft ordinance consists of minor text amendments to the applicable sections of
Chapter 130, Off-Street Parking, and Chapter 142, Zoning Districts and Regulations in the Civic
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and Convention Center (CCC) District. These amendments address design components for
the proposed convention center hotel development, and are summarized as follows:
1. Revision to Section 142-366, to establish separate setback requirements for hotel uses in the
CCC district, as follows:
• Subterranean, pedestal, and tower setback requirements for hotel use shall be as follows:
i. Fronting 17th Street: 10 feet
ii. Fronting Convention Center Drive: 10 feet
iii. Interior Side:five (5)feet
iv. Rear: zero (0)feet
• Balcony projections for hotel use: 0 feet.
Currently, the setback regulations apply to all uses within the district and are an average of the
requirements contained in the surrounding zoning districts. The proposal modification to the
setback requirements will allow more flexibility of the placement of the hotel, and most
particularly the tower portion of the hotel (above 50 feet in height).
2. Revisions to Section 130-32, as follows:
• Clarify that accessory uses to hotels shall have no parking requirement.
• Limit the off-street loading requirement for hotels and accessory uses to hotels to a minimum
of four(4)spaces.
•Allow valet and tandem parking spaces to stack more than 2 vehicles per space.
It is the City's desire to promote strategic economic development in and around the Miami
Beach Convention Center, and within the City of Miami Beach, by attracting a more robust mix of
conferences and conventions to the Miami Beach Convention Center, including "fly-in"
conferences and conventions drawing national and international attendance that would reduce
the MBCC's reliance on "drive-in" events that primarily attract local/commuter attendance.
The development of a convention headquarter hotel that will serve as an "on-site" hotel option
for conference attendees, and large enough to provide the group room blocks necessary to
support and secure national and international conferences and conventions at the Convention
Center, will reduce the parking needs for such a hotel. Shopping, dining, the beach, and parks,
as well cultural amenities are all within a short walking distance of the Convention Center hotel
location, and other areas of Miami, Beach are easily accessible by public transportation, or with
Citi-Bikes and ride-sharing services.
PLANNING BOARD REVIEW
On January 22, 2019, the Planning Board held a public hearing and transmitted the Ordinance
to the City Commission with a favorable recommendation by a vote of six to zero (6-0).
UPDATE
The subject ordinance was approved at first reading on February 13, 2019, with no changes.
The Land Use and Development Committee reviewed the ordinance on February 20, 2019 and
recommended approval.
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CONCLUSION
The Administration recommends that the City Commission adopt the subject Ordinance.
Legislative Tracking
Planning
Sponsor
Mayor Dan Gelber
ATTACHMENTS:
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