96-22198 RESO
RESOLUTION NO.
96-22198
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO
CONSIDER WAIVING DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO
SECTION 6-12, (B)(4) OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THE
PARKING DEPARTMENT TO TEMPORARILY SURFACE A VACANT
CITY OWNED LOT ADJACENT TO THE 13TH STREET GARAGE AND
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO PROVIDE
APPROPRIATE PUBLIC NOTICE.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach owns a vacant lot adjacent to the 13th Street
Municipal Garage; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach Parking Department would like to temporarily surface
the lot to provide for additional parking in the area; and
WHEREAS, a waiver of the landscape and irrigation requirements for provisional parking
lots is requested by the Parking Department to effect the temporary resurfacing of the lot in the most
cost efficient manner available; and
WHEREAS, if a waiver is granted, the Parking Department will use the lot to alleviate the
parking shortage in the area by providing spaces for valet parking on a month to month basis until
the expansion and rehabilitation of the 13th Street Municipal Garage is eminent.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that a public hearing to
consider waiving the landscaping and irrigation requirements for the development of a provisional
parking lot by the City of Miami Beach Parking Department at the lot adjacent to the 13th Street
Municipal Garage at Collins Avenue and 13th Street, Miami Beach, Florida, is hereby called to be
held before the Mayor and the City Commission in their Chambers on the Third Floor of City Hall,
1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida on December 18, 1996 beginning at
11 :OOAM, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish appropriate Public Notice
of the said Public Hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in Miami Beach, and to mail and
post appropriate public notice at which time and place all interested parties will be heard.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 20th day ofN ve
ATTEST:
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CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. ~
TO:
Mayor Seymour Gelber and
Memben of the City Commission
DATE: November 20, 1996
Resolution Se. a Public Hearing to Waive Development Regulations
Pursuant to Section 6-12, (8)(4) of the Zoning Ordinance to Allow the
Parking Department to Temporarily Surface the City-owned Vacant lot
adjacent to the 13th Street Municipal Garage.
FROM:
Jose Gan:ia-Pedro.a
City Manager
SUBJECT:
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the Resolution setting the Public Hearing.
BACKGROUND:
The City owns the lot adjacent to the 13th Street Municipal Garage and desires to improve the lot
as a provisional parking lot for the purposes of alleviating the parking shortage in the area, by
providing spaces for valet parking. The lot will be used on a month-to-month basis until the
expansion and rehabilitation of the 13th Street Municipal Garage is eminent.
ANALYSIS:
The City plans to expand and refurbish the 13th Street Municipal Garage upon the issuance of 1997
Parking Revenue Bonds. The Parking Department would like to alleviate the demand for valet
storage in metered facilities by using the lot for valet parking. The community benefit derived from
the lot's improvement and subsequent use by valet parking will be the ability of the Parking
Department to open up approximately 40 metered parking spaces to the public. Currently, these
spaces are in lots along Washington Avenue where valet companies currently lease meters for valet
storage during peak valet demand (Thursdays - Sundays).
The City allows provisional commercial and noncommercial parking lots in the MXE (Mixed Use
Entertainment) District. Provisional lots are required to be brought to grade with a dust free surface
of no less than two inches of crushed rock. A landscape buffer and watering plan are also required
to meet the requirements for the development of a provisional lot. The Parking Department is
requesting a waiver of the following Development Regulations required for the permitting of a
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Provisional Parking Lot: (1) To waive the requirement of placing a landscape buffer along the
perimeter of the lot; and (2) To waive the requirement of placing irrigation in the lot or submittal
of a plan that addresses the regular maintenance and watering of landscaping.
The Parking Department estimates the cost of resurfacing the lot with gravel and providing the
required bumper stops at the perimeter of the lot at $7,500. Once a waiver of the development
regulations is granted, it should take approximately 4 weeks to have the lot resurfaced and ready for
use.
CONCLUSION:
The Parking Department can recoup the investment used to improve the lot through the rental of the
lot for valet parking. It is estimated that the provisional use of the parking lot for valet storage will
be in effect for a maximum of six (6) months, from December 1996 to June 1997, or when
expansion of the garage will render the lot useless for this purpose.
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