LTC 123-2011 HPB Reso - SF Designations j
-- MIAMI BEACK
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER'
NO. LTC # 123 -2011 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:. Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the City Commission
FROM: City Manager Jorge M. Gonzale
DATE: May 20, 2011
SUBJECT: Historic Preservation Board Resolution - Single Family Designations
Attached, please find a copy of a resolution pertaining to the designation procedures for
single family homes, which was'adopted by the Historic Preservation Board at their May 10,
2011. meeting. The Board is urging the City Commission of the City of Miami Beach to initiate
an amendment to the applicable sections of the City Code pertaining to the voluntary
designation of single family homes, in order to include the following modifications:
1. Create a uniform standard for eligible homes that would allow for structures- between 20
and 30 years of age'to request designation;
2. Create a mechanism for a `sliding scale' that would apply to homes as each calendar year
passes, thus allowing the age of a structure to dictate its eligibility for designation on. a
continual. basis;
3. Replace the `Pre - 1942' standard in section 142 -108 of the City Code with a sliding scale
that would pertain to all structures 30 years of age and older.
The Administration recommends that the Commission refer this request to the Land Use
and Development Committee for review and consideration.
JMG/ RGL:TRM
C: Jorge G. Gomez, Assistant City Manager
Jose Smith, City Attorney d
Gary. Held, First Assistant City Attorney
Bob Parcher., City Clerk
Richard G. Lorber, Acting Planning Director ,
F: \PLAN \$ALL \CM_RESP \HPB Reso 2011 SF Designations.ltc.docx i of
h
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board is charged by Ordinance as
serving in an advisory capacity to the City Commission and other City Boards on issues affecting the
City's architecture, design, historic districts and structures; and
WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Board strongly supports the efforts of the City to
promote .and enhance its unique social and architectural history through the preservation of single
family homes throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Board strongly supports and encourages the efforts of
the City to maintain, preserve and protect its historic buildings architecture as valuable
historical, educational and visual resources for its residents and visitors.
THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved-that the Historic Preservation Board urges the City Commission
of the City of Miami Beach to initiate an amendment to the applicable sections of the City Code
pertaining to the voluntary designation of single family homes, in order to include the following
modifications:
1. Create a uniform standard for eligible homes that would :allow for structures between 20 and 30
years of age to request. designation;
2. Create a .mechanism for `sliding scale' that would apply to homes as 'each calendar year
passes, thus allowing the age of a structure to dictate its eligibility for designation on a continual
basis;
. Replace the `Pre -1942 standard in section 142 =108 of the City Code with a sliding scale that
would pertain to all structures 30 years of age and older.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 10th DAY OF -MAY, 2011.
J
HERB SOSA
Chair
Historic Preservation Board
F: \PLAN \$HPB \RESOS\2011 RESOS \SF DESIGNATIONS MAY 2011'.DOCX