LTC 051-2016 DRB Resolution - All New Single-Family Homes Required to Obtain DRB Approval OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC# 051-2016 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Philip Levine and Members o I he City Cr, mission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: February 4, 2016 I /°W
SUBJECT: Design Review Board Resolutio — Recommendation for All New Single-Family
Homes to be Required to Obtain ' -sign Review Board Approval.
Attached, please find a copy of a resolution adopted by the Design Review Board (DRB) at their
January 15, 2016 meeting. The DRB is urging the Mayor and City Commission to consider an
amendment to the City Code to require that all new single family homes obtain design review
board approval prior to obtaining a building permit. Currently, new single family home
construction is required to obtain Design Review Board approval only under the following
circumstances:
1. An allowable waiver is being sought from certain single family development regulations;
2. An architecturally significant pre-1942 single family home is proposed to be replaced;
3. New construction on lots resulting from a lot split.
The DRB is recommending that all new single family home construction be required to obtain
Board approval, in order to protect and enhance the unique character of the single family
residential neighborhoods in Miami Beach.
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C: Raul Aguila, City Attorney
Rafael Granado, City Clerk
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD
RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, TO REQUIRE ALL NEW SINGLE FAMILY
HOMES TO OBTAIN DESIGN REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL PRIOR TO
OBTAINING A BUILDING PERMIT REGARDLESS OF YEAR OF
CONSTRUCTION OR IF IT'S ON A VACANT LAND.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach Design Review 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, and planning; and
WHEREAS, the Board strongly supports the efforts of the City to promote and
enhance its unique social and architectural history and to improve the appearance of new and
existing single family architecture; and
WHEREAS, the Board reviews new construction for those structures constructed prior
to 1942 and determined to be architecturally significant, in accordance with section 142-108;
and
WHEREAS, single-family residential districts are designed to protect, and preserve the
identity, image, environmental quality, privacy, attractive pedestrian streetscapes, and human
scale and character of the single-family neighborhoods and to encourage and promote new
construction that is compatible with the established neighborhood context; and
WHEREAS, the Board deems it appropriate to protect the significant architectural
history, existing building scale, and unique character of the single family residential
neighborhoods in Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, the Board has deemed it in the best interest and welfare of the City to
adopt revised procedures for the review and issuance of new building permits for all new single
family homes constructed and located outside of a designated historic district; and
WHEREAS, in order to safeguard the purpose and goals of the single-family districts
mandatory review criteria are necessary to carry out the provisions of these land development
regulations; and
THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved that the Miami Beach Design Review Board
unanimously approved a motion (6 - 0) to request the City Manager and the Mayor and City
Commissioners to seriously consider amending Sec. 142-108 of the City Code, to require all
new single family homes to obtain Design Review Board approval prior to obtaining a building
permit regardless of year of construction or if it's on a vacant land.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of February, 2016.
ATTEST:
Carol Housen, Chair
Design Review Board
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