LTC 173-2003 CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
Office of the City Manager
Letter to Commission No./-~'---- .~Z~
To: Mayor David Dermer and Date: July 22, 2003
Members of the City Commission
Jorge M. Gonzalez
City Manager
Public Storage, Inc.'f~cility at 1301 Dade Blvd Miami Beach
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Attached is an email from Larry Jordan requesting removal of an item from the July 30,
2003 Commission agenda. The item was a referral to the Land Use Committee of a matter
regarding a proposed Public Storage facility for 1301 Dade Boulevard.
Commissioner Steinberg had requested the referral to the Land Use Committee on July 8th,
based upon an email from Mr. Jordan regarding plans for a Public Storage facility.
Subsequently, Planning Department staff has contacted Mr. Jordan and discussed at
length the development potential of the subject site. After a full discussion of the
possibilities with staff, Mr. Jordan has requested that the matter be removed from the
agenda, as his company has changed their plans.
Accordingly, the Administration is requesting that the matter be removed from the July 30th
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Lorber, Richard
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Larry Jordan [larryj@dtw-fl.com]
Tuesday, July 22, 2003 12:09 PM
Lorber, Richard
Public Storage, Inc. facility at 1301 Dade Blvd Miami Beach
Richard;
Please remove Public Storage from the agenda for the July 30, 2003 Commission Meeting. The
Company has chosen not to persue renovation/expansion of it's facilities in the City of
Miami Beach.
Thank you for your assistance in exploring our options.
Larry Jordan
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CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR & COMMISSION
MEMORANDUM
JORGE GONZALEZ
CITY MANAGER
RICHARD STEINBERG
COMMISSIONER
July 8, 2003
Referral to the Land Use Committee-Discussion regarding
Public Storage Inc.
I would like to place on the July 30th Commission Consent Agenda an item for
referral to the Land Use Committee regarding the discussion of the zoning and code
issues preventing the expansion of Public Storage Inc. at 1301 Dade Boulevard.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact my Aide, Ms. Dolores Mejia, at
extension 6834.
RLS/dm
Mejia, Dolores
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Larry Jordan [larryj@dtw-fl.com]
Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:11 AM
Bower, Matti H.; Cruz, Simon; Garcia, Luis; Gross, Saul; Smith, Jose; Steinberg, Richard
Public Storage, Inc. Facility 1301 Dade Blvd, Miami Beach
Commissioners:
By way of introduction, my name is Larry Jordan, I work with Public Storage, Inc., the
nations largest self-storage owner/operator with over 1,400 facilities around the country
including several in Miami Beach. We have a facility at 1301 Dade Blvd and are interested
in expanding it. However, there are zoning and code limitations which appear to restrict
and/or prohibit the construction of additional square footage at the site. Our thought is
to retain the existing building and to construct a new multistory building on the parking
lot of the facility with parking on the ground level and self-storage on the subsequent
floors.
We have reviewed the City Code and spoken with the Planning Staff. The Code prohibits the
proposed expansion and there is no support at the Staff level. My purpose in writing you
is to determine if there is a potential for any support for our proposal from the
Commission.
I will not bore you with the descriptive characteristics of the self-storage use. Suffice
it to say that self-storage is benign, complimentary, required, and a good neighbor.
Notwithstanding the existing code, it is a good fit for the location.
I would appreciate your thoughts on the matter.
Thank you,
Larry D. Jordan
Development Manager