RESOLUTION 88-19472 RESOLUTION NO. 88-19472
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE
PREPARATION AND SUBMITTAL OF A PETITION TO
THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL
REQUESTING AN EVALUATION AND AMENDMENT OF
ITS REGIONAL PLAN FOR SOUTH FLORIDA, DATED
JUNE 1987, TO PROVIDE FOR A HOTEL/MOTEL
DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT (DRI) THRESH-
OLD OF 750 UNITS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 380.0651(3) (g) (2) OF FLORIDA
STATUTES; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE SAID PETITION ON BEHALF OF THIS
COMMISSION AND SERVE IT UPON THE CLERK OF
THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL.
WHEREAS, Chapter 380 of Florida Statutes currently provides
for a hotel/motel development of regional impact ("DRI")
threshold of 350 units and possibly as few as 280 units
throughout the State of Florida; and
WHEREAS, the addition of a 350 unit hotel will put little
demand on Miami Beach ' s existing tourism infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, the DRI process is often costly and time consuming
and , in this case , with a nominal threshold , places an
unreasonable burden on the City of Miami Beach, which would be
better serving its citizens by encouraging tourism development;
and
WHEREAS, according to Chapter 380 of Florida Statutes ,
development of regional impact review may not be required for
[a] ny proposed hotel or motel development
that is planned to create or accommodate 750
or more units, in a county with a population
greater than 500 ,000 , and only in a geo-
graphic area specifically designated as
highly suitable for increased threshold
intensity in the approved local comprehen-
sive plan and in the comprehensive regional
policy plan. Section 380. 0651 (3) (g) (2) ,
Florida Statutes (1988) ; and
WHEREAS, the population of Dade County was estimated by the
University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research to
be 1,776 ,100 in 1986; and
WHEREAS, the proposed City of Miami Beach Year 2000
Comprehensive Plan currently contemplates a hotel and motel DRI
threshold of 750 units; and
WHEREAS, the South Florida Regional Planning Council
Regional Plan does not currently provide for an increased hotel/
motel DRI threshold in Miami Beach, or anywhere; and
WHEREAS, Dade County is the second ranking tourist
destination in the State of Florida, according to the State of
Florida Department of Transportation, Division of Tourism; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach featured over forty-five
percent (45%) of all tourist accommodation facilities (hotels and
motels) in Dade County in 1987 at an occupancy rate of over
seventy percent (70%) , according to the Greater Miami Convention
and Visitors Bureau; and
WHEREAS the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau
reports resort tax collection totals for Miami Beach to exceed
$3 ,500,000 annually; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach has committed a substantial
public investment in the City' s already burgeoning tourism
industry with a eighty eight million dollar expansion of the
Miami Beach Convention Center , accelerated activities within the
South Beach Redevelopment District, and an expansive fifty-one
million dollar beach restoration program; and
WHEREAS, repair and restoration of many dilapidated beach
hotels would facilitate an improved occupancy rate and enhance
and revitalize Miami Beach ' s tourist industry without creating a
need for additional infrastructure and services , since this
activity would be highly desirable urban infill; and
WHEREAS, based on the foregoing , of all areas within the
South Florida region, as well as the entire State of Florida,
Miami Beach is clearly the most viable place to apply the
increased hotel/motel DRI threshold in Florida contemplated in
Chapter 380 of Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, it is possible to have the City of Miami Beach ini-
tiate an amendment to the adopted Regional Plan by petitioning
the South Florida Regional Planning Council to evaluate its
Regional Plan and modify same; and
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WHEREAS, it is highly desirable and beneficial to the
citizens of Miami Beach to encourage hotel/motel development
within the City and that this would be accomplished with an
increased hotel/motel DRI threshold.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, the following :
Section 1. The foregoing recitations are incorporated here-
in by reference .
Section 2. The City Attorney is hereby authorized to
prepare a petition to the South Florida Regional Planning Council
requesting evaluation and modification of the South Florida
Regional Planning Council Regional Plan for South Florida dated
June 1987 to allow for a hotel/motel DRI threshold of seven
hundred and fifty units within the jurisdiction of the City of
Miami Beach (the "Petition") .
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute
said Petition and to serve it upon the Clerk of the South Florida
Regional Planning Council.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of December , 1988.
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CIT CLERK
FORM APPROVE •
Legal Department
DATE: /2/9/,/
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ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. 88-19472
(Authorizing the preparation and
submittal of a petition to the So.
Florida Regional Planning Council re-
questing an evaluation and amendment of
its Regional Plan for South Florida,
dated June 1987, to provide for a Hotel/
Motel Development of Regional Impact
(DRI) Threshold of 750 Units within the
jurisdiction of the City of Miami Beach
in accordance with Section 308.0651(3)
(g) (2) of Florida Statutes; and author-
izing the City Manager to execute said
petition on behalf of this Commission
and serve it upon the Clerk of the So.
Florida Regional Planning Council)