2017-30015 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 2017 - 30015
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING, FOLLOWING A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC
HEARING, THE GRANTING OF THE WAIVER OF CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS, BY A 5 /7TH VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION, PURSUANT TO
SECTION 142- 425(d), OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDR), FOR
THE NEW PARKING GARAGE TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE P16 SURFACE
PARKING LOT, LOCATED AT 13TH STREET AND COLLINS AVENUE, WITHIN
THE OCEAN DRIVE /COLLINS AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT; WHICH WAIVER
REQUESTS CONSIST OF: (1) A WAIVER OF SECTION 142- 547(a), OF THE LDR,
IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM FRONT SETBACK (EAST SIDE) FROM 10
FEET TO 8'9" INCHES; AND REDUCING THE SIDE SETBACK (NORTH SIDE),
FACING A STREET, FROM FIVE (5) FEET TO ZERO (0) FEET; AND (2) A WAIVER
OF SECTION 142 -545, OF THE LDR TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM BUILDING
HEIGHT FROM 50 FEET TO 75 FEET FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING AT
LEAST TWO FLOORS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING.
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2016, the Mayor and City Commission approved the issuance of
Request for Qualifications No. 2016 - 124 -KB (RFQ) for Architectural and Engineering Design Criteria
Professional Services for mixed use parking garages; and
WHEREAS, the RFQ was issued on April 20, 2016, and on June 8, 2016, the City Commission
approved Resolution No. 2016 -29425 authorizing the City to negotiate with Desman, Inc. (Consultant);
and
WHEREAS, negotiations with Consultant were successful, and an agreement was executed; and
WHEREAS, the construction of a parking garage at the P16 Surface Parking Lot was approved in
the FY 2015 -16 Capital Budget as part of the City's initiative to expand municipal parking garages; and
WHEREAS, a Design Criteria Package (DCP) is being prepared by the Consultant and will be
provided to the Design Build Team for design development and subsequent construction of a new
parking garage; and
WHEREAS, at the June 16, 2017 FCWPC meeting, CIP staff presented various options to the
committee and the committee recommended to the full commission to proceed with the option that
includes ground floor retail space, roof level workforce housing and parking, which require height and
setback variances; and
WHEREAS, a Commission agenda item regarding the FCWPC's recommendation to proceed
with the P16 parking garage option that includes retail and workforce housing, was approved at the July
26, 2017 Commission Meeting and the approval to proceed with these options requires the height and
setback variances; and
WHEREAS, the proposed parking garage will be constructed on the property currently occupied
by surface parking lot P16 located at the southwest corner of the intersection of 13th Street and Collins
Avenue and the ground level of the proposed structure could provide approximately 5,000 square feet of
retail space, approximately 18,000 gross square feet of workforce housing and approximately 245
parking spaces (hereinafter the Project "); and
WHEREAS, the P16 Surface Parking Lot is zoned Government Use (GU) and, as per Section
142- 425(d), of the City's Land Development Regulations (LDR), the City Commission may waive by five
sevenths vote (5 /7ths), following a duly noticed public hearing advertised in the newspaper at least
fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing, development regulations "pertaining to governmental owned or
leased buildings, uses and sites which are wholly used by, open and accessible to the general public, or
used by not - for - profit, educational, or cultural organizations, or for convention center hotels, or
convention center hotel accessory garages, or City utilized parking Tots, provided they are continually
used for such purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City is requesting the following development regulation waivers in order to
proceed with the Project:
1. A waiver of section 142- 547(a), to reduce the required front setback (east side) from 10 feet to
8'9" and to reducing the side setback (north side), facing a street, from five (5) feet to zero (0)
feet;
2. A waiver of section 142 -545, to increase the maximum building height from 50 feet to 75 feet,
which is the required building height, necessary to accommodate the retail spaces, workforce
housing and parking levels, takes into account sufficient clearance for vans, mechanical services,
and future modifications to accommodate sea level rise.
WHEREAS, the Planning Department performed an Analysis of Waiver of GU Regulations of the
requested waivers and determined that the requested waivers are consistent and there will not be any
negative impact on the surrounding areas as a result of the requested waivers; and
WHEREAS, any appropriate investigation needed will be addressed through the Design Review
Process; and
WHEREAS, on July 26, 2017, the City Commission approved scheduling a Public Hearing to
consider the waiver of Development Regulations pursuant to Section 142 -425 (d) of the Land
Development Regulations, after a duly noticed public hearing, advertised in the newspaper at least
fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing, for the P16 Surface Parking Lot and the public hearing was
scheduled for September 13, 2017.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA that the Mayor and City Commission approve, following a duly
noticed Public Hearing, granting two (2) waivers of certain development regulations by a 5 /7th vote of the
City Commission, pursuant to Section 142- 425(d), of the City's Land Development Code (LDR), for the
parking garage to be constructed at the P16 surface parking lot, located at 13th Street and Collins
Avenue, within the Ocean Drive /Collins Avenue Historic District; which waiver requests consist of: (1) a
waiver of Section 142- 547(a), of the LDR, in order to reduce the minimum front setback (east side) from
10 feet to 8'9" inches; and reducing the side setback (north side), facing a street, from five (5) feet to
zero (0) feet; and (2) a waiver of section 142 -545, of the LDR to increase the maximum building height
from 50 feet to 75 feet for the purposes of providing at least two floors of workforce housing.
PASSED and ADOPTED this ar day of .ef /-04 2017.
ATTEST:
tO6 l M
Raf 1 E. Granado, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO
FORM & LANG A GE
& FOR,EXEC 1•N
City Attorney Dote
MAM
BEACH
Resolutions - R7 B
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: September 13, 2017
2:05 p.m. Public Hearing
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING, FOLLOWING A DULY NOTICED PUBLIC
HEARING, THE GRANTING OF THE WAIVER OF CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS, BY A 5 /7TH VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION, PURSUANT TO
SECTION 142- 425(d), OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDR),
FOR THE NEW PARKING GARAGE TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE P16
SURFACE PARKING LOT, LOCATED AT 13TH STREET AND COLLINS AVENUE,
WITHIN THE OCEAN DRIVE /COLLINS AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT; WHICH
WAIVER REQUESTS CONSIST OF: (1) A WAIVER OF SECTION 142- 547(a), OF
THE LDR, IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM FRONT SETBACK (EAST
SIDE) FROM 10 FEET TO 8 FEET 9 INCHES; AND REDUCING THE SIDE
SETBACK (NORTH SIDE), FACING A STREET, FROM 5 FEET 0 FEET; AND (2) A
WAIVER OF SECTION 142 -545, OF THE LDR TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM
BUILDING HEIGHT FROM 50 FEET TO 75 FEET.
RECOMMENDATION
The Administration recommends that the City Commission approve the Resolution.
ANALYSIS
On April 13, 2016, the Mayor and City Commission approved the issuance of Request for
Qualifications No. 2016 - 124 -KB (RFQ) for Architectural and Engineering Design Criteria
Professional Services for mixed use parking garages.
The RFQ was issued on April 20, 2016, and on June 8, 2016, the City Commission approved
Resolution No. 2016 -29425 authorizing the City to negotiate with DESMAN, INC. (Consultant);
negotiations were successful, and an agreement was executed with the Consultant.
The construction of a parking garage at the P16 Surface Parking Lot was approved in the FY 2015-
16 Capital Budget as part of the City's initiative to expand municipal parking garages.
A Design Criteria Package (DCP) is being prepared by the Consultant and will be provided to the
Design Build Team for design development and subsequent construction of a new parking garage.
The proposed parking garage will be constructed on the property currently occupied by surface
parking lot P16 located at the southwest corner of the intersection of 13th Street and Collins Avenue.
At the June 16, 2017 FCWPC meeting, CIP staff presented various options to the committee and the
committee recommended to the full commission to proceed with the option that includes ground floor
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retail space, roof level workforce housing and parking, which require height and setback variances.
A Commission agenda item regarding the FCWPC's recommendation to proceed with the P16
parking garage option that includes retail and workforce housing, was approved at the July 26, 2016
Commission Meeting. The approval to proceed with these options requires the height and setback
variances outlined below.
The ground level of the proposed structure could provide approximately 5,000 sf of retail space,
approximately 18,000 gross sf of workforce housing and approximately 245 parking spaces.
The P16 Surface Parking Lot is zoned Government Use (GU) and, as per Section 142- 425(d) of the
City Code, the City Commission may waive by five sevenths vote (5 /7ths), following a duly noticed
public hearing advertised in the newspaper at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing,
development regulations "pertaining to governmental owned or leased buildings, uses and sites
which are wholly used by, open and accessible to the general public, or used by not - for- profit,
educational, or cultural organizations, or for convention center hotels, or convention center hotel
accessory garages, or city utilized parking lots, provided they are continually used for such
purposes." Specifically, the Project is requesting the following development regulation waivers:
1. A. 142- 547(A), to reduce the required front setback (east side) from ten (10) feet to eight (8) feet
nine (9) inches;
B. Reducing the side setback (north side), facing a street, from five (5) feet to zero (0) feet;
2. 142 -545, to increase the maximum building height from fifty (50) feet to seventy five (75) feet. The
required building height, necessary to accommodate the retail spaces, workforce housing and
parking levels, takes into account sufficient clearance for vans, mechanical services, and future
modifications to accommodate sea level rise.
On July 26, 2017, the City Commission approved scheduling a Public Hearing to consider the waiver
of Development Regulations pursuant to Section 142 -425 (d) of the Land Development Regulations,
after a duly noticed public hearing, advertised in the newspaper at least fifteen (15) days prior to the
hearing, for the P16 Surface Parking Lot. The public hearing was scheduled for September 13,
2017.
The Planning Department performed an Analysis of Waiver of GU Regulations (Exhibit A) of the
requested waivers and determined that the requested waivers are consistent and there will not be
any negative impact on the surrounding areas as a result of the requested waivers. Any appropriate
investigation needed will be addressed through the Design Review Process.
CONCLUSION
The Administration recommends that the City Commission approve the Resolution.
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MIAMI I1.EACH
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manag
FROM: Thomas R. Mooney, AICP
Planning Director
DATE: September 13, 2017
SUBJECT: Analysis of Waiver of GU Regulations —
Parking Garage at P -16 Surface Lot
EXHIBIT A
COMMISSION
BACKGROUND
On April 13, 2016, the Mayor and City Commission approved the issuance of Request for
Qualifications No. 2016 - 124 -KB (RFQ) for Architectural and Engineering Design Criteria
Professional Services for mixed use parking garages.
The RFQ was issued on April 20, 2016, and on June 8, 2016, the City Commission
approved Resolution No. 2016 -29425 authorizing the City to negotiate with DESMAN, INC,
(Consultant); negotiations were successful, and an agreement was executed with the
Consultant. The construction of a parking garage at the P16 Surface Parking. Lot was
approved in the FY 2015 -16 Capital Budget as part of the City's initiative to expand
municipal parking garages.
At the June 16, 2017 FCWPC meeting, CIP staff presented various options to the committee
and the committee recommended to the full commission to proceed with the option that
includes ground floor retail space, roof level workforce housing and parking, which require
height and setback waivers.
A Commission agenda item regarding the FCWPC's recommendation to proceed with the
P16 parking garage option that includes retail and workforce housing, was approved at the
July 26, 2016 Commission Meeting.
ANALYSIS
A parking garage has been proposed for the P -16 surface parking lot which is located at
1262 Collins Avenue. The P -16 Surface Parking Lot is zoned Government Use (GU) and,
as per Section 142- 425(d) of the City Code, the City Commission may waive by five
sevenths (5 /7ths) vote, following a dully noticed public hearing advertised in the newspaper
at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing, development regulations "pertaining to
governmental owned or leased buildings, uses and sites which are wholly used by, open
and accessible to the general public, or used by not-for-profit, educational, or cultural
organizations, or for convention center hotels, or convention center hotel accessory
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Analysis of Waiver of GU Regulations —
Parking Garage at P -16 Surface Lot
September 13, 2017
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garages, or city utilized parking lots, provided they are continually used for such purposes."
In order to construct the public garage with an affordable housing component, the
Administration is requesting the following development regulation waivers:
1. A. 142- 547(A), to reduce the required front setback (east side) from ten (10) feet to
eight (8) feet nine (9) inches;
B. Reducing the side setback (north side), facing a street, from five (5) feet to zero
(0) feet;
2. 142 -545, to increase the maximum building height from fifty (50) feet to seventy five
(75) feet. The required building height, necessary to accommodate the retail spaces,
workforce housing and parking levels, takes into account sufficient clearance for
vans, mechanical services, and future modifications to accommodate sea level rise.
The requested waivers would allow construction of a parking garage with 5,000 square feet
of retail space, 18,000 gross square feet of workforce housing, and approximately 200
parking spaces. The Planning Department has reviewed the request for waivers and has
made the following findings regarding the requested waivers:
1. A. 142- 547(A), to reduce the required front setback (east side) from ten (10) feet to
eight (8) feet nine (9) inches;
• The reduction of the front setback to eight (8) feet, nine (9) inches is compatible
with the setbacks of the structures to the south and should not create negative
impacts. The adjacent building to the south has an approximately five (5) foot
setback.
B. Reducing the side setback (north side), facing a street, from five (5) feet to zero
(0) feet;
• The reduction of the side setback facing a street to zero (0) feet is compatible
with the adjacent structure to the west and should not create negative impacts.
The adjacent building to the west has an approximately zero (0) foot setback.
2. 142545, to increase the maximum building height from fifty (50) feet to seventy five
(75) feet. The required building height, necessary to accommodate the retail spaces,
workforce housing and parking levels, takes into account sufficient clearance for
vans, mechanical services, and future modifications to accommodate sea level rise.
The building to the east is 10 stories, and approximately 110 feet. The building
to the north across 13th Street is 6 stories, and approximately 70 feet. Therefore,
increase in required height to 75 feet is compatible with the surrounding
neighborhood. Any potential negative can be addressed as part of the Certificate
of Appropriateness process.
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Analysis of Waiver of GU Regulations —
Parking Garage at P -16 Surface Lot
September 13, 2017
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Additionally, the Comprehensive Plan future land use designation of the site is "Parking (P) ".
The Parking designation allows for:
"Parking facilities and commercial uses when located on frontage opposite a
land use category that permits commercial use."
Residential uses are not permitted within the "Parking (P)" future land use designation.
Since a workforce housing component is proposed, a comprehensive plan amendment will
be necessary to allow for the residential uses to be built.
CONCLUSION
In summary, the requested waivers are consistent with the Goals, Objectives, and Policies
of the Comprehensive Plan. Approval of the waivers at Lot P -16, located at 1262 Collins
Avenue are not expected to result in any negative impacts on the surrounding area if
appropriately mitigated through the Certificate of Appropriateness process.
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