Resolution 93-21002 •
RESOLUTION NO. 93-21002
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CALLING A
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER WAIVING DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION 6-16 OF
ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 89-2665 IN ORDER TO ALLOW
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FIVE LEVEL PARKING
STRUCTURE AND RETAIL STORE COMPLEX AT 634-660
COLLINS AVENUE; SAID WAIVER TO BE CONDITIONED
UPON THE CITY'S ACQUIRING TITLE TO THE AIR
RIGHTS ABOVE THE FIRST LEVEL OF THE PROPOSED
PARKING STRUCTURE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
WHEREAS, Ballet Valet Parking Co. , Inc. wishes to construct a
five-level parking structure and new retail store fronts and to
reconstruct some existing retail storefronts at 634-660 Collins
' Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida; and
WHEREAS, on October 12, 1993 the City's Joint Design
Review/Historic Preservation Board granted a Certificate of
Appropriateness and Design Review Approval to the project; and
WHEREAS, on November 23, 1993 the City's Planning Board granted
Conditional Use Approval for construction of the parking structure;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach is seeking to acquire the air
rights for all levels above the first floor of the subject property
in order to allow for construction of the proposed parking
structure; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Subsection 6-12 of Zoning Ordinance No.
89-2665, if the City acquires title to said air rights all space
above the first level of the subject property will be in the
Government Use (GU) Zoning District; and
WHEREAS, properties located in the GU District are required to
comply with the Development Regulations of the surrounding
District, which is Mixed-Use Entertainment (MXE) District for the
subject property; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Subsection 6-12 of Zoning Ordinance No.
89-2665 the City Commission, following a public hearing may waive
by a five-sevenths (5/7) vote the development regulations otherwise
required by the Zoning Ordinance for municipal buildings, uses and
sites which are wholly used by and are open and accessible to the
general public in the GU District; and
WHEREAS, the proposed parking structure which will be
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constructed in the air rights to be acquired by the City will be
open and accessible to the general public; and
WHEREAS, in order to construct the parking structure it is
necessary to waive certain Development Regulations required by
Subsection 6-16 of Zoning Ordinance No. 89-2665, including but not
limited to those pertaining to height and set backs; and
WHEREAS, the Administration has recommended that the City
Commission waive the MXE Development Regulations in Subsection 6-16
of the Zoning Ordinance, conditioned upon the City's acquiring the
air rights above the first level of the proposed parking structure
on the subject property; and
WHEREAS, the proposed project will help alleviate the
tremendous shortage of parking in the area and will thereby benefit
the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA that a public
hearing to consider waiving the Development Regulations required by
Subsection 6-16 of Zoning Ordinance No. 89-2665 in order to allow
for the construction of a five-level parking structure and retail
store complex at 634-660 Collins Avenue; said waiver to be
conditional upon the City's acquiring title to the air rights above
the first level of the parking structure, is hereby called to be
held before the City Commission in its Chambers on the Third Floor
of City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida,
on January 19, 1994, beginning at 4:00 ,p .m. , and the City Clerk
is hereeby authorized and directed to public appropriate Public
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Notice of the said Public Hearing in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City of Miami Beach, at which time and place all
interested parties will be heard.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of December , 1993.
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MAYOR
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CITY CLERK
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