Ordinance 75-2051 ORDINANCE NO. 75-2051
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO.
1891 OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, CREATING A
SPECIAL USE DISTRICT, TO BE ENTITLED "CCC
CONVENTION CENTER DISTRICT", FOR USE OF AIR
RIGHTS FOR HOTELS AND MERCHANDISE MART IN
THE CONVENTION CENTER COMPLEX AREA.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA :
SECTION 1 : That Section 6 of Ordinance No. 1891, being the
Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami
Beach, be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new section
thereto, to be numbered and to read as follows :
"6-17 CCC Convention Center District.
A. DISTRICT PURPOSE. The general goals of
this district include the following
specific purposes :
- to create a special district character-
ized by the facilities necessary to
maintain the City' s international
reputation as a tourist and convention
center;
- to provide adequate support facilities
for convention, cultural, and civic
activities on or over City-owned
property within the District, as defined
in this ordinance, thereby enhancing
and supporting the economic growth of
the community;
- to promote the unique character of the
district through environmental design
and selected land uses in a harmonious
and compatible manner so as to establish
a connector to Lincoln Road Mall.
B. USES PERMITTED. The specific uses shall be
determined in accordance with the City' s
Development Plan for the Civic and
Convention Center. No land, water, air or
structure may be used in whole or in part,
except for one of the following uses :
1. Publicly owned and operated recreation
facility or park.
2 . Public and governmental buildings, ser-
vices and uses such as governmental
office, fire station, library, museum,
auditorium, garden center.
3 . Municipal parking areas, parking
structures, vehicle and equipment
storage, maintenance and service areas.
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4 . Public utilities or public service
structures or appurtenances.
5 . Any use similar to those listed above
and in accordance with the Development
Plan for the specific area under
consideration .
6. Hotels and the following service facilities
only : ballrooms , bars , barber shops,
beauty shops , cabarets , dance studios,
dining rooms , laundries, massage service,
newsstands , night clubs, restaurants ,
valet services , travel service, auto-
mobile rental office, and retail stores
for books , flowers , package fruits, tobacco,
drugs , sundries , house doctor with patients
limited to residents of the building; also,
coin-operated vending machines for candy,
tobacco, ice, soft drinks and sundries .
Such service facilities shall have
entrances only from (1) the hotel lobby,
or (2) the elevated pedestrian walkway system.
7 . Merchandise Mart (National and. International)
and other exhibition/display facilities for
non-retail purposes .
8. Accessory off-street parking, with or without
valet service, and loading spaces .
9. Other uses compatible and consistent with the
purposes set forth in Item A. Any such use
shall be subject to the review process
described in Item K.
C. MINIMUM LOT AREA. None .
D. MINIMUM LOT WIDTH. None .
E. MINIMUM YARDS . As defined in the specifications
issued by the City for each specific use or
development.
F. MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT . None.
G. MINIMUM FLOOR AREA PER HOTEL GUEST ROOM.
As defined in the specifications issued by the
City for each specific use or development.
H. MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO. None.
I . MAXIMUM DENSITY.
1. Maximum number of hotel guest rooms in
this district shall not exceed 3000.
2 . Minimum number of hotel guest rooms per
hotel will be 500.
3 . Maximum allowable gross area of retail
commercial space shall not exceed 15 sq.
ft. per hotel guest room; all retail
service facilities other than eating and
drinking establishments shall be limited
to 2500 sq. ft. each, with a maximum
frontage of 25 feet.
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J. PARKING. One space for each two hotel
guest rooms or fraction thereof. A
minimum of 10% of the required parking
shall be integral with the hotel itself;
the remaining required spaces shall be
provided in adjacent municipal garages
by means of lease agreements with the
City, or as described in the Specific-
ations issued by the City for each
specific use or development. Parking
for other uses shall be determined
through the Comprehensive Review Pro-
cess (Item K) based on the specific
requirements of the proposed use.
K. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PROCESS . Any and
all proposals for development within
the special CCC District shall be
approved by the following : (1) City
Administration; (2) Planning Board;
and (3) the City Council. Such ap-
provals shall be based on the follow-
ing criteria :
1. Consistency and compatibility
with the overall Development
Plan for the Civic and Convention
Center.
2 . Specifications issued by the City
for each specific use or develop-
ment.
3 . Overall compatibility with the
surrounding districts.
(1) Documents Required --
The applicant shall be required to submit
adequate design and development documents so
as to fully describe the scope and extent of
the proposed project, including those items
listed in Section 14-3 of this Ordinance, and
any other information which may be specifically
requested during the review process.
(2) Procedures --
An applicant shall file his application and
all supportive documents, in duplicate, with
the Department of Planning and Zoning, which
will forward one copy to the Department of
Public Works. Written comments and recom-
mendations shall be provided by these two
departments and forwarded to the City Manager
who shall prepare a final Administrative re-
commendation to be completed within forty-five
(45) days after original receipt of the applic-
ation by the Planning and Zoning Department.
The application and Administrative recommend-
ations shall then be submitted to the Planning
Board at an advertised public hearing for its
review and advisory recommentations .
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The Recommendations from both the Admin-
istration and the Planning Board shall
then be forwarded to the City Council
which shall hold a public hearing to
consider the application and may there-
after grant or deny by majority vote the
application for the proposed development. "
SECTION 2 : That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in con-
flict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3 : That this ordinance shall go into effect immediately
upon passage and posting as required by law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of December , 1975 .
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Attest :
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City Clerk
1st Reading - November 19, 1975
2nd Reading - December 17, 1975
Posted - December 24, 1975
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