Resolution 11859 RESOLUTION NO. 11859
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida is considering amending ordinance No. 289, commonly
known as the "Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida" and the maps attached thereto and made a part thereof,
so as to add a new section thereto, to be numbered and to read
as follows :
"SECTION 16-D
GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO
APARTMENTS AND APARTMENT HOTELS ONLY
A: HEIGHT Any provisions or restrictions pertaining
to limitations and restrictions set forth
in this ordinance as to the height of buildings shall
not apply to apartments or apartment hotels as herein
defined.
B: LOT COVERAGE The term "Lot Coverage" as herein
used shall mean the percentage of
total area of the lot that, when viewed directly from
above, would be covered by all principal and accessory
buildings and structures, or portions thereof, that
are included in the calculation of floor area of a
building.
The lot coverage permitted for apartments and apart-
ment hotels shall not exceed the following:
HEIGHT OF BUILDING PERCENT OF LOT AREA
20 feet or less 30%
20.1 feet to 30 feet 28%
30. 1 feet to 40 feet 26%
40.1 feet to 50 feet 24%
50.1 feet to 60 feet 23%
60.1 feet to 70 feet 22%
70. 1 feet to 80 feet 21%
80.1 feet to 90 feet 20%
90.1 feet to 100 feet 19%
100.1 feet to 110 feet 18%
110.1 feet to 120 feet 17%
120.1 feet to 130 feet 16%
130. 1 feet or more 15%
C: FLOOR AREA RATIO The permitted floor area ratio,
for apartments and apartment
hotels, shall be the ratio between the total floor
area of a building and the total area of the lot
occupied by the building. The floor area ratio shall
not exceed 2 .00.
D: YARDS
(1) FRONT YARD - Every lot shall have a front
yard not less than twenty (20)
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feet in depth. No parking shall be permitted in
the required front yard.
(2) SIDE YARD - Every lot shall have a side yard
of at least ten percent (10%) of
the width of the lot, provided that no side yard
shall be less than 7.5 feet.
(3) REAR YARD - Every lot shall have a rear yard
of not less than twenty (20)
feet in depth plus an additional one (1) foot for
each two (2) feet of building height above twenty-
five (25) feet.
The requirements imposed by this paragraph are minimal
requirements. If any provision or regulation con-
tained in this ordinance imposes a higher requirement,
then and in such event, such higher requirement or
provision shall prevail.
E: PARKING The ratio of parking spaces to dwelling
units in apartments and apartment hotels
shall be three (3) parking spaces for every two units.
Each parking space shall be not less than two hundred
(200) square feet. This provision shall not be deemed
to eliminate any other applicable requirement for
parking spaces contained in this ordinance.
F: DENSITY STANDARDS: Density districts for apart-
ments and apartment hotels
are hereby created as follows:
MULTI-FAMILY DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT RANGE
Medium Density 12.1 - 50 Units
Per Acre
High Density 50.1 - 100 Units
Per Acre
A unit is defined as any room or group of rooms located
within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit
with facilities used or intended to be used for living,
sleeping, cooking and eating.
The MULTI-FAMILY MEDIUM DENSITY DISTRICT shall include
all parcels of land in those areas of the City
described as follows:
Those areas bounded by a line drawn as follows:
1. Beginning at the intersection of the north right-
of-way line of Biscayne Street and the east right-
of-way line of Jefferson Avenue, proceed northerly
along the east right-of-way line of Jefferson Ave-
nue to its intersection with the easterly right-
of-way line of Alton Road extended; then
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northwesterly along the easterly right-of-way line
of Alton Road to the south right-of-way line of
Fifth Street; then east along the south right-of-
way line of Fifth Street to the westerly right-of-
way line of Ocean Drive; then southerly along the
westerly right-of-way line of Ocean Drive to the
north right-of-way line of Biscayne Street; then
west along the north right-of-way line of Biscayne
Street to the Point of Beginning.
2. Beginning at the north right-of-way line of Fifth
Street and the centerline of Michigan Avenue, pro-
ceed northerly along the centerline of Michigan
Avenue to the centerline of 7th Street; then west-
erly along the centerline of 7th Street to the
east right-of-way line of Alton Road; then north
along the east right-of-way line of Alton Road to
the north right-of-way line of 14th Court extended;
then east along said right-of-way line extended to
the centerline of Lenox Avenue; then northerly
along the centerline of Lenox Avenue to the south
right-of-way line of 16th Street; then east along
the south right-of-way line of 16th Street to the
west right-of-way line of Washington Avenue; then
southerly along the west right-of-way line of
Washington Avenue to the north right-of-way line
of Fifth Street; then west along the north right-
of-way line of Fifth Street to the Point of
Beginning.
3. Beginning at the intersection of the north right-
of-way line of 17th Street and the centerline of
Lenox Avenue, proceed northerly along the center-
line, and the centerline extended, of Lenox Avenue
to the southerly bulkhead line of Collins Canal;
then easterly along the southerly bulkhead line of
Collins Canal to the centerline of Meridian Avenue;
then south along the centerline of Meridian Avenue
to the north right-of-way line of 17th Street;
then east along the north right-of-way line of 17th
Street to the Point of Beginning.
4. Beginning at the intersection of the northerly
bulkhead line of Collins Canal and the easterly
right-of-way line of Pine Tree Drive, proceed
northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of
Pine Tree Drive to the southerly intersection of
Pine Tree Drive and Flamingo Drive; then northeast-
erly along the centerline of Flamingo Drive to the
southerly line of the public right-of-way line
running between Flamingo Drive and Indian Creek
and located north of 28th Street; then easterly
along said public right-of-way line to the westerly
bulkhead line of Indian Creek; then southerly along
the bulkhead line of Indian Creek to its intersec-
tion with the northerly bulkhead line of Collins
Canal; then westerly along the northerly bulkhead
line of Collins Canal to the Point of Beginning.
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5 . Beginning at the intersection of the northerly
bulkhead line of Biscayne Waterway and the easterly
right-of-way line of Alton Road, proceed northerly
along the easterly right-of-way line of Alton Road
to the centerline of West 39th Street; then easter-
ly along the centerline of West 39th Street to the
centerline of Garden Avenue; then northerly along
the centerline of Garden Avenue to the centerline
of West 40th Street; then easterly along the center-
line of West 40th Street to the centerline of North
Meridian Avenue; then northerly along the centerline
of North Meridian Avenue to the south right-of-way
line of Arthur Godfrey Road; then easterly along
the south right-of-way line of Arthur Godfrey Road
to the westerly bulkhead line of Biscayne Waterway;
then southerly and westerly along said bulkhead
line of Biscayne Waterway to the Point of
Beginning.
6. Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of
North Bay Road and the northerly right-of-way line
of Arthur Godfrey Road, proceed northwesterly along
the centerline of North Bay Road to the intersec-
tion with a line, which line is the southerly right-
of-way line extended of West 43rd Street; then east-
erly along said southerly right of way line to the
centerline of North Michigan Avenue; then southerly
along the centerline of North Michigan Avenue to
the northerly right-of-way line of Arthur Godfrey
Road; then westerly along the northerly right-of-
way line of Arthur Godfrey Road to the Point of
Beginning.
7 . All of that certain Island known as Park View
Island.
8. Beginning at the intersection of the easterly bulk-
head line of the first canal east of and parallel
to Noremac Avenue and the northerly bulkhead line
of Tatum Waterway, proceed northerly along the east
bulkhead line of that canal east of and parallel to
Noremac Avenue to the centerline extended of 83rd
Street; then easterly along the centerline extended
of 83rd Street to the centerline of Hawthorne Avenue;
then northerly along the centerline of Hawthorne
Avenue to the centerline of 86th Street; then east-
erly along the centerline of 86th Street to the cen-
terline of Crespi Boulevard; then southerly along
the centerline of Crespi Boulevard to the centerline
of 85th Street; then easterly along the centerline
of 85th Street to the easterly bulkhead line of
Tatum Waterway; then northerly along said bulkhead
line to the north City Limit Line; then easterly
along the City Limit Line to the centerline of
Harding Avenue; then southerly along the centerline
of Harding Avenue to the centerline of 73rd Street;
then westerly along the centerline of 73rd Street
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to the centerline of Dickens Avenue; then northerly
along the centerline of Dickens Avenue to the cen-
terline of 77th Street; then westerly along the cen-
terline of 77th Street to the centerline of Tatum
Waterway Drive; then southerly along the centerline,
and the centerline extended of Tatum Waterway Drive
to the north bulkhead line of the first waterway
south of and parallel to 77th Street; then easterly
along said bulkhead line and said bulkhead line
extended to the northwesterly bulkhead line of Tatum
Waterway; then southwesterly along said bulkhead
line of Tatum Waterway to the Point of Beginning.
9. Beginning at the intersection on the Isle of Nor-
mandy of the northerly right-of-way line of the
North Bay Causeway and the bulkhead line of Bis-
cayne Bay, proceed northerly along the bulkhead
line of Biscayne Bay to the southerly bulkhead line
of Normandy Waterway; then easterly along the south-
erly bulkhead line of Normandy Waterway to the cen-
terline extended of Ray Street; then northerly
along the centerline of Ray Street to the southerly
property line of the municipal golf course known as
Normandy Shores Golf Course; then easterly along
said property line to its intersection with the
north right-of-way line of South Shore Drive; then
continuing easterly along the north right-of-way
line of South Shore Drive to the centerline of
North Shore Drive; then northerly along the center-
line of North Shore Drive to a point which is 303'
along the centerline of North Shore Drive and from
the northerly bulkhead line of Normandy Waterway;
then easterly from said point along a line perpen-
dicular to the centerline of North Shore Drive to
the westerly bulkhead line of Indian Creek; then
southerly along the westerly bulkhead line of Indian
Creek to the northerly right-of-way line of 71st
Street; then westerly along the north right-of-way
line of 71st Street to the centerline of Bay Drive;
then northerly along the centerline of Bay Drive
to the north line of the first alley north of and
parallel to Normandy Drive; then westerly along
said alley line, and said alley line extended to
the centerline of Rue Notre Dame; then southerly
along the centerline of Rue Notre Dame to the north-
erly right-of-way line of 71st Street; then wester-
ly along the north right-of-way line of 71st Street
to the centerline of the first alley west of and
parallel to Rue Granville; then north along the
centerline of said alley to the centerline of Nor-
mandy Drive; then westerly along the centerline of
0 Normandy Drive to the centerline of Verdun Drive;
then northerly along the centerline of Verdun Drive
to the centerline extended of MarseillesDrive; then
westerly along the centerline of Marseilles Drive
extended and parallel to Normandy Drive to the cen-
terline of Bay Drive; then southerly along the
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centerline of Bay Drive to the northerly right•-of-
way line of North Bay Causeway extended; then
westerly along said right-of-way line to the Point
of Beginning.
Also, all other areas presently zoned to permit multi-
family residential dwellings to be constructed shall be
classified as Medium Density.
The MULTI-FAMILY HIGH DENSITY DISTRICT shall include
all parcels of land in those areas of the City
described as follows:
Those areas bounded by a line drawn as follows:
1. Beginning at the intersection of the north right-
of-way line of Fifth Street and the bulkhead line,
as it may exist from time to time, of Biscayne Bay
proceed northerly along said bulkhead line to a
line which is the south right-of-way line of 17th
Street extended; then easterly along said right-
of-way line of 17th Street to the west right-of-
way line of Alton Court; then south along the west
right-of-way line of Alton Court to the north
right-of-way line of 14th Court; then east along
the north right-of-way line of 14th Court to the
west right-of-way line of Alton Road; then south
along the west right-of-way line of Alton Road to
the north right-of-way line of Fifth Street; then
west along the north right-of-way line of Fifth
Street to the Point of Beginning.
2. Beginning at the north right-of-way line of 17th
Street at a point 150' east of the east right-of-
way line of Washington Avenue, proceed in a north-
erly direction along a line 150' east of and par-
allel to the east line of Washington Avenue to
the centerline of 19th Street; then east along the
centerline of 19th Street to a point 200' east of
the east right-of-way line of James Avenue; then
south along a line 200' east of and parallel to
the east right-of-way line of games Avenue to the
centerline of 18th Street; then west along the
centerline of 18th Street for a distance of 50' ;
then south along a line 150' east of and parallel
to the east right-of-way line of James Avenue to
the north right-of-way line of 17th Street; then
west along the north right-of-way line of 17th
Street to the Point of Beginning.
3. Beginning at the east right-of-way line of Collins
Avenue and the south Lot Line of Lot No. 1, First
Ocean Front Sub. , proceed northerly along the east
right-of-way line of Collins Avenue to the north
Lot Line of Lot No. 232, First Ocean Front Sub. ;
then easterly along said Lot Line to the Mean
Higher High Tide Line of the Atlantic Ocean; then
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southerly along said High Tide Line to the south
Lot Line of Lot No. 1, First Ocean Front Sub. ;
thenwest along said Lot Line to the Point of
Beginning.
4. Beginning at the intersection of the north right-
of-way line of 63rd Street and the easterly bulk-
head line of Indian Creek, proceed northerly along
said bulkhead line to the southerly bulkhead line
of the first waterway north of and parallel to
71st Street; then east and north along the bulkhead
line of said waterway to its intersection with the
centerline of 72nd Street extended; then east
along the centerline of 72nd Street to the center-
line of Byron Avenue; then south along the center-
line of Byron Avenue to the centerline of 69th
Street; then east along the centerline of 69th
Street to the centerline of Harding Avenue; then
south along the centerline of Harding Avenue to
the centerline of Indian Creek Drive; then south
along the centerline of Indian Creek Drive to the
north right-of-way line of 63rd Street; then west
along the north right-of-way line of 63rd Street
to the Point of Beginning.
5. Beginning at the intersection of the centerline
of 73rd Street and Harding Avenue, proceed north-
erly along the centerline of Harding Avenue to
the centerline of 79th Street; then east along
the centerline of 79th Street to the west right-
of-way line of Collins Avenue; then south along
the west right-of-way line of Collins Avenue to
the centerline of 73rd Street; then west along
the centerline of 73rd Street to the Point of
Beginning.
6. Beginning at the intersection of the bulkhead
line of Biscayne Bay and the centerline of Rue
Notre Dame, proceed northerly along the center-
line of Rue Notre Dame to a point 125 ' north of
the north right-of-way line of Biarritz Drive;
then easterly along a line 125 ' north of and par-
allel to the north right-of-way line of Biarritz
Drive to the east right-of-way line of Rue
Versailles; then north along said right-of-way
line to the south line of the first alley south
of and parallel to 71st Street; then easterly
along the south line of said alley to the center-
line of Bay Drive; then northerly along the cen-
terline of Bay Drive to the south right-of-way
line of 71st Street; then easterly along the
south right-of-way line of 71st Street to the
westerly bulkhead line of Indian Creek; then
southerly along said bulkhead line to its inter-
section with the bulkhead line of Biscayne Bay;
then westerly along the bulkhead line of Biscayne
Bay to the Point of Beginning.
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7 . Beginning at the intersection of the bulkhead
line of Biscayne Bay and the south line of the
North Bay Causeway, proceed northeasterly along
said Causeway line extended to the intersection
with the south right-of-way line of 71st Street
extended; then easterly along the south right-of-
way line of 71st Street to the centerline of
Trouville Esplanade; then southerly along the
centerline of Trouville Esplanade to the bulkhead
line of Biscayne Bay; then westerly along said
bulkhead line to the Point of Beginning.
8. All of that certain Island known as Belle Isle.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA that a public hearing be and the
same is hereby called to be held on the 8th day of July, 1966,
at 10:00 o'clock A.M. in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 1130
Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida for the consideration
of said amendment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and he is
hereby directed to give fifteen (15) days' notice of the time,
place and object of said hearing by public notice thereof,
published in the Miami Beach Daily Sun, a newspaper of general
circulation in said City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of June, 1966.
Mayor 41111111111111111111,
Attest:
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City Cle
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