Ordinance 2024-4643 Collins Canal Historic Site Designation
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-4643
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CODE, BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 2 OF THE RESILIENCY CODE, ENTITLED
"ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES," ARTICLE XIII,
ENTITLED "HISTORIC PRESERVATION," SECTION 2.13.9, ENTITLED
"HISTORIC DESIGNATION," AT SUBSECTION (e)(i), ENTITLED
"HISTORIC PRESERVATION SITES (HPS)," BY DESIGNATING THE
COLLINS CANAL LOCATED BETWEEN BISCAYNE BAY AND LAKE
PANCOAST AS AN HISTORIC SITE TO BE KNOWN AS "COLLINS
CANAL," ' AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THIS
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT THE CITY'S ZONING MAP SHALL BE
AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE COLLINS CANAL AS AN HISTORIC SITE;
ADOPTING THE DESIGNATION REPORT ATTACHED HERETO AS
APPENDIX "A"; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CODE;AND PROVIDING
FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on June 13, 2023, the Historic Preservation Board held a public hearing and
transmitted a favorable recommendation (5 to 0, with 2 members absent)for the designation of
the Collins Canal Local Historic Site to the Planning Board and City Commission; and
WHEREAS, on January 31, 2024, the Planning Board held a public hearing and
transmitted a favorable recommendation (5 to 0) for the designation of the Collins Canal Local
Historic Site to the City Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Department has recommended in favor of this amendment to
the Land Development Regulations of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, these recommendations of approval for the designation of Collins Canal as
an Historic Site were based upon the information documented in the Designation Report prepared
by the City of Miami Beach Planning Department attached hereto as Appendix "A"; and
WHEREAS,the amendments set forth below are necessary to accomplish all of the above
objectives.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF COLLINS CANAL AS AN HISTORIC SITE.
That the Collins Canal (excluding seawalls or similar structures and bridges) from Biscayne Bay
on the west to Lake Pancoast on the east as described herein, is hereby designated as an Historic
Site of the City of Miami Beach and shall be known as "Collins Canal". That the Designation
Report attached hereto as Appendix "A" is hereby adopted.
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SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION 2.13.9(e)(i).
That Subsection (i), entitled "Historic preservation sites (HPS)," of Section 2.13.9, entitled
"Historic Designation," of Article XIII, entitled "Historic Preservation," of Chapter 2, entitled
"Administration and Review Procedures," of the Land Development Regulations of the City Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2.13.9. Historic Designation.
(e) Historic preservation sites and districts include:
(i) Historic preservation sites (HPS).
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18. HPS-18: Collins Canal: The portion of the Collins Canal,from water's edge
to water's edge excluding seawalls and similar structures and bridges,
between Biscayne Bay on the west and Lake Pancoast on the east.
SECTION 3. CODIFICATION.
It is the intention of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, and it is hereby
ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made part of the Code of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida. The sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or re-lettered to
accomplish such intention, and, the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article", or
other appropriate word.
SECTION 4. REPEALER.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid, the remainder shall
not be affected by such invalidity.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect ten days following e doption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this o2y day of 71, , ' rr •
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ATTEST:
611/ Steven Meiner
Mayor
Rafael E. e'ranado, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO
FORM AND LANGUAGE
AND FOR EXECUTION
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Verified By: City Attorney � Date — i4
Thomas R. ooney, AICP
Planning Director
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MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Interim City Manager Rickelle Williams
DATE: July 24, 2024 5:03 p.m. Second Reading Public Hearing
TITLE: COLLINS CANAL HISTORIC SITE DESIGNATION
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CODE, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE
RESILIENCY CODE, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW
• PROCEDURES," ARTICLE XIII, ENTITLED "HISTORIC PRESERVATION,"
SECTION 2.13.9, ENTITLED"HISTORIC DESIGNATION,"AT SUBSECTION (E)(I),
ENTITLED "HISTORIC PRESERVATION SITES (HPS)," BY DESIGNATING THE
COLLINS CANAL LOCATED BETWEEN BISCAYNE BAY AND LAKE PANCOAST
AS AN HISTORIC SITE TO BE KNOWN AS "COLLINS CANAL," AS MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT THE
CITY'S ZONING MAP SHALL BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE COLLINS CANAL
AS AN HISTORIC SITE; ADOPTING THE DESIGNATION REPORT ATTACHED
HERETO AS APPENDIX "A"; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CODE; AND PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
RECOMMENDATION
The Administration recommends that the City Commission adopt the ordinance.
BACKGROUND/HISTORY
On April 12, 2022,the Historic Preservation Board (or"HPB")passed a motion (7-0), directing the
Planning Department to prepare a Preliminary Evaluation and Recommendation Report relative
to the possible historic designation of Collins Canal as an individual historic structure.
On November 8, 2022, the HPB reviewed a Preliminary Evaluation and.Recommendation Report
relative to the possible designation of Collins Canal and directed staff to prepare a formal
Designation Report.
Pursuant to section 118-591(b)of the City Code, on November 9, 2022 the City Commission was
advised of the action of the HPB via Letter to Commission (LTC)471-2022.
On June 13, 2023, the HPB transmitted the attached Designation Report, pertaining to the
proposed Collins Canal Historic Structure, to the Planning Board and City Commission with a
favorable recommendation.
HISTORIC DESIGNATION PROCESS
The process of historic structure designation is delineated in section 2.13.9 of the. Land
Development Regulations of the City Code(LDR's). The following is a summary of the designation
process:
Step One: A request for designation is made either by the City Commission, the Historic
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Preservation Board, other agencies and organizations as listed in the Land Development
Regulations of the City Code, or the property owners involved. Proposals for designation shall
include a completed application form available from the Planning Department.
Step Two: The Planning Department prepares a preliminary evaluation report with
recommendations for consideration by the Board.
Step Three: The Historic Preservation Board considers the preliminary evaluation to determine if
proceeding with a designation report is warranted.
The designation report is a historical and architectural analysis of the proposed district or site.
The report:
1)describes the historic, architectural and/or archeological significance of the property or subject
area proposed for Historical Site or District designation;
2) recommends Evaluation Guidelines to be used by the Board to evaluate the appropriateness
and compatibility of proposed Developments affecting the designated Site or District; and
3)will serve as an attachment to the Land Development Regulations of the City Code.
Step Four: The City Commission is notified of the Board's decision and the initial boundaries
proposed for designation. Within 60 days of the vote of the Historic Preservation Board to direct
the Planning Department to prepare a designation report, the City Commission may, by a five-
sevenths (5/7ths)vote, deny or modify the proposed request for designation.
Step Five: The designation report is presented to the Historic Preservation Board at a public
hearing. If the Board determines that the proposed site or district satisfies the requirements for
designation as set forth in the Land Development Regulations of the City Code, the Board
transmits a recommendation in favor of designation to the Planning Board and City Commission.
Step Six: The Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed designation, and shall
consider the proposed historic designation as an amendment to the Land Development
Regulations of the City Code and, subsequently, transmit its recommendation to the City
Commission.
Step Seven: The City Commission may adopt an amendment to the Land Development
Regulations of the City Code by a five-sevenths (5/7ths) majority vote, which thereby designates
the Historic Preservation Site or Historic District after one (1) public hearing for a parcel of land
less than ten(10)contiguous acres or after two(2) public hearings for a parcel of land that is more
than ten (10) contiguous acres.
ANALYSIS
Based on the analysis and considerations outlined in the attached Collins Canal Historic Structure
Designation Report, the Administration is supportive of the proposed ordinance amendment.
PLANNING BOARD REVIEW
On January 30, 2024, the Planning Board held a public hearing and transmitted the proposed
ordinance to the City Commission with a favorable recommendation (5-0).
UPDATE
On February 21, 2024, the City Commission approved the subject ordinance at First Reading,
with no changes, and scheduled a Second Reading public hearing for April 3, 2024. Additionally,
in accordance with section 2.4.1.c.1 of the Land Development Regulations of the City Code, the
City Commission waived the applicable fees based on circumstances unique to the proposed
amendment.
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On April 3, 2024,the City Commission discussed the proposed ordinance at Second Reading and
referred it to the Land Use and Sustainability Committee (LUSC) for further discussion. On June
10, 2024 the LUSC recommended that the City Commission adopt the ordinance and designate
Collins Canal as an Historic Site.
FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT
N/A
Does this Ordinance require a Business Impact Estimate? No
(FOR ORDINANCES ONLY)
The Business Impact Estimate (BIE)was published on 03/21/2024 and 7/5/2024. See BIE at:
https://www.miamibeachfl.gov/city-hall/city-clerk/meetinq-notices!
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
CONCLUSION
The Administration recommends the City Commission adopt the ordinance.
Applicable Area
South Beach
Is this a "Residents Right to Know" item, Is this item related to a G.O. Bond
pursuant to City Code Section 2-17? Project?
Yes No
Was this Agenda Item initially requested by a lobbyist which, as defined in Code Sec. 2-481,
includes a principal engaged in lobbying? No
If so, specify the name of lobbyist(s)and principal(s):
Department
Planning
Sponsor(s)
Historic Preservation Board
Co-sponsor(s)
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COLLINS CANAL
HISTORIC STRUCTURE
DESIGNATION REPORT
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PREPARED BY
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH PLANNING DEPARTMENT
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
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CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
HISTORIC STRUCTURE DESIGNATION REPORT
COLLINS CANAL
PREPARED BY
City of Miami Beach Planning Department
MIAMI BEACH CITY COMMISSION
Steven Meiner, Mayor
Commissioners:
Kristen Rosen Gonzalez
Laura Dominguez
Alex J. Fernandez
Tanya K. Bhatt
David Suarez
Joseph Magazine
Alina T. Hudak, City Manager
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CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD
Ricardo Lopez, Chair
Ray Breslin
Brian Ehrlich
Linsey Lovell
Stuart Reed
John Stuart
Laura Weinstein-Berman
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH PLANNING BOARD
Brian Elias, Chair
Melissa Beattie
Yechiel Ciment
Gayle Durham
Jonathan Freidin
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH PLANNING DEPARTMENT
AUTHORS
Debbie Tackett, Historic Preservation & Architecture Officer
Jake Seiberling, Principal Planner
EDITORS
Thomas R. Mooney, AICP, Director
Debbie Tackett, Historic Preservation & Architecture Officer
Jake Seiberling, Principal Planner
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CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
HISTORIC STRUCTURE DESIGNATION REPORT
COLLINS CANAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. REQUEST 5
II. DESIGNATION PROCESS 5
III. RELATION TO ORDINANCE CRITERIA 6
IV. DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES 9
V. PRESENT OWNERS 9
VI. PRESENT USE 9
VII. PRESENT ZONING 9
VIII. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 9
IX. HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS 17
X. BOUNDARY MAP 21
XI. ZONING MAP 22
XII. PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 23
XIII. CURRENT PHOTOGRAPHS 24
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I. REQUEST
On April 12, 2022, the Historic Preservation Board passed a motion (7-0), directing the Planning
Department to prepare a Preliminary Evaluation and Recommendation Report relative to the possible
historic designation of Collins Canal as an individual historic structure.
On November 8, 2022, the Historic Preservation Board reviewed a Preliminary Evaluation and
Recommendation Report relative to the possible designation of Collins Canal and directed staff to
prepare a Formal Designation Report.
Pursuant to section 1 18-591 (b) of the City Code, on November 9, 2022 the City Commission was
advised of the action of the Historic Preservation Board via LTC 471-2022.
On June 13, 2023, the HPB transmitted the attached designation report, pertaining to the proposed
Collins Canal Historic Structure, to the Planning Board and City Commission with a favorable
recommendation.
On January 30, 2024, the Planning Board transmitted the attached designation report, pertaining
to the proposed Collins Canal Historic Structure, to the City Commission with a favorable
recommendation.
II. DESIGNATION PROCESS
The process of historic designation is delineated in section 2.13.9 of the Miami Beach Resiliency
Code and outlined below:
Step One: A request for designation is made either by the City Commission, the Historic
Preservation Board, other agencies and organizations as listed in the land
development regulations, or the property owners involved. Proposals for designation
shall include a completed application form available from the Planning Department.
Step Two: The Planning Department prepares a preliminary evaluation report with
recommendations for consideration by the Board.
Step Three: The Historic Preservation Board considers the preliminary evaluation to determine if
proceeding with a designation report is warranted.
The designation report is an historical and architectural analysis of the proposed
district or site. The report:
1) describes the historic, architectural and/or archeobgical significance of the
property or subject area proposed for Historical Site or District designation;
2) recommends Evaluation Guidelines to be used by the Board to evaluate the
appropriateness and compatibility of proposed Developments affecting the
designated Site or District; and
3) will serve as an attachment to the land development regulations.
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Step Four: The City Commission is notified of the Board's decision and the initial boundaries
proposed for designation. Within 60 days of the vote of the Historic Preservation
Board to direct the Planning Department to prepare a designation report, the City
Commission may, by a five-sevenths vote, deny or modify the proposed request for
designation.
Step Five: The designation report is presented to the Historic Preservation Board at a public
hearing. If the Board determines that the proposed site or district satisfies the
requirements for designation as set forth in the land development regulations, the
Board transmits a recommendation in favor of designation to the Planning Board
and City Commission.
Step Six: The Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed designation and
shall consider the proposed historic designation as an amendment to the land
development regulations and, subsequently, transmit its recommendation to the City
Commission.
Step Seven: The City Commission may adopt an amendment to the land development regulations
by a five-sevenths majority vote, which thereby designates the Historic Preservation
Site, Structure or District after one public hearing for a parcel of land less than ten
contiguous acres or after two public hearings for a parcel of land that is more than
ten contiguous acres.
III. RELATION TO ORDINANCE CRITERIA
1 . In accordance with section 2.1 3.9(b) of the Miami Beach Resiliency Code, eligibility for
designation is determined on the basis of compliance with the listed criteria set forth below.
i. The Historic Preservation Board shall have the authority to recommend that properties be
designated as historic buildings, historic structures, historic improvements, historic
landscape features, historic interiors (architecturally significant public portions only), historic
sites or historic districts if they are significant in the historical, architectural, cultural, aesthetic
or archeological heritage of the city, the county, state or nation. Such properties shall
possess an integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling or
association and meet at least one of the following criteria:
1 . Association with events that have made a significant contribution to the history of the
city, the county, state or nation.
2. Association with the lives of persons significant in the city's past history.
3. Embody the distinctive characteristics of a historical period, architectural or design style
or method of construction.
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4. Possesses high artistic values.
5. Represent the work of a master, serve as an outstanding or representative work of a
master designer, architect or builder who contributed to our historical, aesthetic or
architectural heritage.
6. Have yielded or are likely to yield information important in pre-history or history.
7. Be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
8. Consist of a geographically definable area that possesses a significant concentration of
sites, buildings or structures united by historically significant past events or aesthetically
by plan or physical development, whose components may lack individual distinction.
ii. A building, structure (including the public portions of the interior), improvement or landscape
feature may be designated historic even if it has been altered if the alteration is reversible
and the most significant architectural elements are intact and repairable.
iii. The historic preservation board shall consider if the historic buildings, historic structures,
historic improvements, historic landscape features, historic interiors (architecturally
significant public portions only), historic sites, or historic districts comply with the sea level
rise and resiliency review criteria in section 7.1.2.4 of the Miami Beach Resiliency Code.
2. The proposed Collins Canal Historic Structure is eligible for historic designation as it complies
with the criteria as specified in section 2.13.9(b) of the Miami Beach Resiliency Code outlined
above. Staff finds that the proposed Collins Canal Historic Structure possesses integrity of
location, setting, feeling and association.
i. Additionally, the proposed Historic Structure complies with the following criteria specified
in section 2.1 3.9(b) of the Miami Beach Resiliency Code outlined above:
1. Association with events that have made a significant contribution to the history of the
city, the county, state or nation.
Satisfied.
The Collins Canal, completed in 1912, is the oldest surviving manmade structure in the
City of Miami Beach and is associated with the initial development period of City as
agricultural farmland. The dredging and opening of the Collins Canal and the
construction and opening of the Co:lins Bridge across Biscayne Bay made the island
conveniently accessible to mainland Miami and paved the way for Miami Beach's
subsequent development as a unique oceanfront resort that significantly benefitted
greater Miami and the County, State and Nation.
2. Association with the lives of persons significant in the city's past history.
Satisfied.
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The construction of Collins Canal was part of John Stiles Collins' (18371928)
agricultural project that began over a century ago. The Collins Canal, Collins Avenue,
Collins Park and the John S. Collins Memorial Library (now the Bass Museum of Art)
were all named for this visionary Miami Beach pioneer.
7. Be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Partially Satisfied.
A portion of the Collins Canal is located within the Collins Waterfront Architectural
District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 2011.
ii. A building, structure (including the public portions of the interior), improvement or landscape
feature may be designated historic even if it has been altered if the alteration is reversible
and the most significant architectural elements are intact and repairable.
Satisfied.
The original alignment of the Collins Canal has been maintained since its construction in
1912.
iii. The historic preservation board shall consider if the historic buildings, historic structures,
historic improvements, historic landscape features, historic interiors (architecturally
significant public portions only), historic sites, historic districts comply with the sea level rise
and resiliency review criteria in section 7.1 .2.4 of the Miami Beach Resiliency Code.
Criteria for ordinances, resolutions, or recommendations:
1 . Whether the proposal affects an area that is vulnerable to the impacts of sea level rise,
pursuant to adopted projections.
The unified sea level rise projection for Southeast Florida updated in 2019 projects the
anticipated range of sea level rise from 2000 to 2120. The projection highlights three
planning horizons:
Short term: by 2040, sea level is projected to rise 10 to 17 inches above 2000
mean sea level.
Medium term: by 2070, sea level is projected to rise 21 to 54 inches above 2000
mean sea level.
Long term: by 2120, sea level is projected to rise 40 to 136 inches above 2000
mean sea level.
The upland areas immediately adjacent to the Collins Canal are especially vulnerable
to the impacts of sea level rise.
2. Whether the proposal will increase the resiliency of the City with respect to sea level
rise.
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The proposal complements near, mid-term and long-term efforts to increase the resiliency
of the City with respect to sea-level rise. The canal provides for alternative transportation
means within the City and serves as an important recreational corridor. Modifications
to upland properties in close proximately to the canal will likely be necessary to further
the City's resiliency initiatives.
3. Whether the proposal is compatible with the City's sea level rise mitigation and
resiliency efforts.
The proposal is compatible with the City's efforts to increase the resiliency of the City
with respect to sea-level rise.
IV. DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES
The boundaries of the proposed Collins Canal Historic Structure include the portion of the Collins
Canal (excluding seawalls or similar structures and bridges) from Biscayne Bay on the west to Lake
Pancoast on the east. (MAP 1)
V. PRESENT OWNERS
The present owner of the canal is the City of Miami Beach.
VI. PRESENT USE
Canal/waterway.
VII. PRESENT ZONING
Not Applicable.
VIII. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Miami Beach was originally part of the 65-mile coastal tract that was planted with coconuts in a
commercial project by New Jersey investors Henry Lurn, Elnathan Field, and Ezra Osborn. Lum
purchased from the government the oceanfront land from today's 1 1'h Street to Fisher Island in
Miami Beach. Field and Osborn bought from the government the coastal land that extended from
the Lum property north to Jupiter and south to Key Biscayne. Together [urn, Field, and Osborn
acquired all the coastal land, with minor breaks, between Key Biscayne and Jupiter by early 1883.'
During the course of three years, over 300,000 coconuts were shipped in from the Caribbean and
cast ashore to be planted by a mobile work crew. The first camp site For the coconut planting
operations was located in the area of today's Lummus Park. The planters had sown 38,000 coconuts
by the fall of 1883, and the camp moved south to Key Biscayne. The subsequent camp sites were
located at the Biscayne House of Refuge, just south of today's 72nd Street, and then the Ft.
' Howard Kleinberg,Miami Beach(Miami,Florida:Centennial Press, 1994),pp. 10-14.
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Lauderdale House of Refuge about nine miles south of the Hillsboro Inlet. By the third year of work,
they had planted 334,000 coconuts of the originally proposed 450,000, and the company's
finances were virtually exhausted. It was at this point that John Collins, a Quaker and a
horticulturalist from New Jersey, was advised of the project. He advanced $5,000 to his friend
Field so that the work could proceed. The coconut planting project was unsuccessful, but it was the
first major effort to commercialize Miami Beach.2
In 1896, Collins traveled to Miami to investigate the failed coconut planting project. After
examining the Field and Osborn property, he still saw agricultural promise in the coastal tract.
Collins bought Osborn's share of the property and became partners with Field in 1907. They
established a farm west of Indian Creek roughly between present day 30'h Street and 46'h Street?
It was located 1,000 feet west of the ocean and was a mile long and about 700 feet wide. The
land clearing for the farm eventually covered 160 acres.
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Farm buildings were constructed on the western shore of Indian Creek at today's 415'Street. Collins
planted 2,945 avocado trees in the summer of 1907 and 1908. In 1909, Collins bought Fields'
interest and became sole owner of the land from what is now 14'h Street to just south of 696 Street
between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay. In addition to avocado trees, Collins planted
potatoes, bananas, and mango trees. By 1913, Collins' farm occupied a full 300 acres, 200 of
2 Ruby Leach Carson,"Forty Years of Miami Beach,"Tequesta,volume XV, 1955,pp.6-7.
3 Biscayne Engineering Company,Miami Beach Improvement Company,"Plat of the Ocean Front Property,"11 December
1912,sheets 1 and 2.
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which were planted with avocado trees. At its peak, there were a total of 10,000 avocado and
mango trees growing in the farm's orchard.4
"At first it appeared [Collins] efforts with avocados would parallel the failure of earlier coconut
plantings. In the case of avocados, the wind sweeping in off the ocean across the narrow strip and
Indian Creek and into his orchards was damaging the crop."5 "To protect the young grove from the
wind, Collins planted the twin lanes of Australian pine trees which later became Pinetree Drive."
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Collins was joined in Florida by his sons Arthur, Lester, and Irving Collins, and his daughter
Katherine and her husband, Thomas J. Pancoast. On June 3, 1912, the family formed the Miami
Beach Improvement Company?This appears to be the first official use of the term "Miami Beach",
even before the town was incorporated (Miami Beach was incorperated as a town on March 26,
1915, and later as a city on May 1 , 1917). The company platted some of their land holdings for
sale and also planned two other ambitious projects: a canal linking Indian Creek to Biscayne Bay
and a 2.5-mile-long wooden bridge across the bay.
4 Charles Edgar Nash,The Magic of Miami Beach(Philadelphia:David McKay Company, 1938),pp.86-89 and 107.
5 Kleinberg,p.24.
6 Carson,p.8.
7 Carson,p.9.
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The railroad that Henry Flagler brought to Miami in 1896 opened the market for Collins'agricultural
crops but transporting the crops from the Beach to the trains in Miami was a tedious process. The
produce was carried overland to the western edge of the barrier island where it was then barged
up a seven-mile loop around the shallows of Biscayne Bay to Miami. In 1911, Collins decided to
build the Beach's first canal from Indian Creek to Biscayne Bay to move the crops more easily to
market by eliminating the overland route. The canal was cut from a grass-covered pond on the
southern edge of Indian Creek (Lake Pancoast), southwest to Biscayne Bay. The arduous task of
clearing the land and subsequent work was performed by a mostly black workforce, many from the
Bahamas and southern states.
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On July 6, 1912, the following article appeared in the Miami Herald giving great insight into the
scale of Collins' plans for Miami Beach, including the nearly completed canal:
THE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS NOW BEING MADE AT COLLINS' RANCH,
ACROSS BAY
Besides making one of the greatest citrus fruit plantations in the world, a
resort—a miniature Coney Island will be provided—blocks and lots laid out,
big hotel to be built, canals cut and bridge across bay to be built—the work
now under way and that contemplated.
John S. Collins, of Moorestown, New Jersey, though just about as much at home in Miami,
builded better than he knew when he acquired title to some 1,600 acres of land on the
peninsula east of the city over two decades ago. Twenty years would seem a long time to
wait, ordinarily, before starting to improve a bit of real estate such as that, but Mr. Collins
was in no hurry. The investment, it is safe to assume, did not represent such a tremendous
amount, bought at the time it was, the taxes were small and it was not until fors years ago
a start was made on what it is now proposed to make the show place of all show places in
Dade county.
Mr. Collins is one of the largest fruit growers and exporters in the United States, having
thousands of aces in peaches and other small fruits in Georgia and New Jersey, and
eventually his fame in that direction will be extended to include the tropical fruits now so
scarce in the northern markets—avocadoes, mangoes and grapefruit.
Much Interest Manifested.
Interest in the Collins ranch has been revived greatly within the last few months by reason
of its close association with the bridge that is to be built across the bay, starting from a point
about a mile above the city limits. All the holdings formerly standing in the same of J. S.
Collins have been transferred to the Miami Beach Improvement Company, which company
is also to be the builder of the bridge referred to.
Four years ago the work of improving the tract was begun, it being under charge of Charles
Spier, now general manager of the company, and since that time operations have gone on
more or less without interruption, 300 acres at present being clear and under cultivation.
Each year a certain number of avocadoes and mangoes have been planted until now there
are 9,000 Trapp and Pollack avocadoes and 300 Mulgoba mangoes growing, varying
from one to four years of age. Last season quite a quantity of the ground was devoted to
potatoes, which yielded a total of 17 cars of 400 crate each. In the ocean side of the tract,
for more than a mile, are cocoanuts planted at regular intervals.
Cutting Canals.
When it was decided to improve the property, but before thoughts of a bridge across
Biscayne Bay had been dreamed of, Mr. Collins concluded a short cut to the ocean beach
would be necessary before the proposition could be made as attractive as it should be.
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Securing a dredge, a channel was first made from a point out in the bay a quarter of a mile
off, just missing the south end of Bull's island(Belle Isle]and ending where the canal proper
begins.
The canal, it was intended, should cut directly across the peninsula to a small lake at the
head of what is known as Indian Creek, though slough would be a better name for it. The
work progressed slowly and another dredge was added to the little fleet, the latter being
set to work dredging out a narrow and shallow channel in the creek a short distance below
the lake.
Machines Near Together.
These two machines are now within a few hundred yards of each other and by September
1 S'', according to the estimate of Thomas J. Pancoast, secretary and treasurer of the
company, they will have met, and the public will be invited to inspect ore of the neatest
propositions to be found in the entire county.
With a width of thirty feet on top and a depth of approximately six to eight feet, almost all
of the pleasure craft will be enabled to reach the elaborate resort it is proposed to establish.
One of the dredges is at work on the canal and is a mile inland. Within less than a hundred
j...] is made with the head of the small lake. A suction dredge is to follow in the wake of
the former, cleaning out the bottom and adding to its depth. Just at present the dredge in
the canal is crossing a reef of coquina rock, about two feet of which is blasted out.
To Start on Bridge.
According to Mr. Pancoast, work is to be begun cn the bridge across the bay immediately.
The eastern end of it will first strike land on Bull's Island, which is crossed, and then comes
a couple of small spans and the peninsula is reached directly at the mouth of the canal now
being dug. Fifty feet back from the north bank of the canal has been cleared and for a mile
the boulevard that is to be a continuation of the bridge follows that bank, then crosses the
canal and in a couple of hundred yards inscribes a circle around a plot that has been set
aside for a big hotel.
Space has also been allotted for a pavilion and, in fact, if the expressed intentions of the
management are carried out, a miniature Coney Island will arise from what but a short time
ago was a tangled mass of mangrove and palmetto. Still another drive planned is a beach
boulevard that shall follow the shore line for over a mile and be a model of its kind.
Lots to Be Sold.
Though primarily intended as a big fruit ranch, Mr. Collins has decided the proposition
offers too many advantages to be kept from the public, and has laid out lots facing the
beach boulevard. These are being improved as rapidly as possible and by fall will be ready
to be offered to the public.
Yesterday a number of the business and professional men of Miami made a trip to the
Collins property as guests of Mr. Pancoast. Included in the number was George B. Cellon,
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who has been labeled the "Burbank of Florida" for his success in budding and in-arching
avocadoes and mangoes, and he it was who predicted with the present rate of increase of
the acreage of tropical fruits now being carried on by Mr. Collins, in the course of five years
he would have the most valuable and greatest income producing orchard of its side to be
found anywhere in the world.'
The completion of the Canal not only afforded transportation of Collins' agricultural produce, but
also allowed landfill and building materials to be brought by barge into the center of the island. As
the canal was nearing its completion in 1912, Collins began construction of a 2.5-mile-long wooden
bridge across Biscayne Bay from the mainland to Belle Isle, terminating at the outlet of the Collins
Canal. Construction of the bridge totally depleted Collins' funds when it was a half-mile short of
completion. The bridge was finished in 1913 with the financial aid of Carl Fisher in exchange for
200 acres of land. The fill from Collins Canal was used to create Dade Boulevard9 making the last
connection from the mainland to Collins' newly plated subdivision along the ocean.The completion
of the bridge was a major turning point in the history of the future city. The bridge allowed for easy
access to the barrier island from the mainland resulting in almost immediate development.The short-
lived bridge was replaced with the Venetian Causeway after only seven years of use as part of the
construction of the Venetian Islands.
Today, the approximately 1 .2-mile-long canal is primarily used for recreation and is crossed by 7
vehicular bridges and 2 pedestrian bridges.The Collins Canal, completed in 1912, survives as the
oldest manmade structure in Miami Beach and serves as a reminder of the extraordinary history of
the City and the contributions of John S. Collins and his family. While much can be said of the
Collins family's visionary plan, the successful completion of the canal is due in large part to the
primarily black and immigrant workforce.
8"The Great Improvements Now Being Made at Collins'Ranch,Across Bay",Miami Herald,July 6, 1912.
9 Kleinberg,pp.24-25.
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IX. HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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XII. PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
1 . Criteria for Designation: The Planning Department finds the proposed Collins
Canal Historic Structure to be in compliance with the Criteria for Designation listed
in Section 2.1 3.9(b) of the Miami Beach Resiliency Code.
2. Site Boundaries: The Planning Department recommends that the boundaries of
the historic site consist of the Collins Canal waterway from Biscayne Bay to Lake
Pancoast. (MAP 1)
3. Areas Subject to Review: The Planning Department recommends that the areas
subject to review shall include the canal and shall exclude the seawalls or similar
structures and bridges.
4. Review Guidelines: The Planning Department recommends that a decision on
an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness shall be based upon
compatibility of the physical alteration or improvement with surrounding properties
and where deemed applicable in substantial compliance with the following:
a. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
b. Other guidelines/policies/plans adopted or approved by resolution or
ordinance by the City Commission.
c. All additional criteria as listed under Sections 2.13.7(d)(ii)(2),
2.1 3.7(d)(ii)(3) and 7.1 .2.4(a)(i) of the Miami Beach Resiliency Code.
d. City of Miami Beach Design Guidelines as adopted by the Joint Design
Review/Historic Preservation Board on October 12, 1993, amended June
7, 1994, as may be revised from time to time.
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XIII. CURRENT PHOTOGRAPHS
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Collins Canal Historic Site Designation
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CODE, BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 2 OF THE RESILIENCY CODE, ENTITLED
"ADMINISTRATION AND REVIEW PROCEDURES," ARTICLE XIII,
ENTITLED "HISTORIC PRESERVATION," SECTION 2.13.9, ENTITLED
"HISTORIC DESIGNATION," AT SUBSECTION (e)(i), ENTITLED
"HISTORIC PRESERVATION SITES (HPS)," BY DESIGNATING THE
COLLINS CANAL LOCATED BETWEEN BISCAYNE BAY AND LAKE
PANCOAST AS AN HISTORIC SITE TO BE KNOWN AS "COLLINS
CANAL," AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THIS
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING THAT THE CITY'S ZONING MAP SHALL BE
AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE COLLINS CANAL AS AN HISTORIC SITE;
ADOPTING THE DESIGNATION REPORT ATTACHED HERETO AS
APPENDIX "A"; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CODE; AND PROVIDING
FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on June 13, 2023, the Historic Preservation Board held a public hearing and
transmitted a favorable recommendation (5 to 0, with 2 members absent) for the designation of
the Collins Canal Local Historic Site to the Planning Board and City Commission; and
WHEREAS, on January 31, 2024, the Planning Board held a public hearing and
transmitted a favorable recommendation (5 to 0) for the designation of the Collins Canal Local
Historic Site to the City Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Department has recommended in favor of this amendment to
the Land Development Regulations of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, these recommendations of approval for the designation of Collins Canal as
an Historic Site were based upon the information documented in the Designation Report prepared
by the City of Miami Beach Planning Department attached hereto as Appendix "A"; and
WHEREAS, the amendments set forth below are necessary to accomplish all of the above
objectives.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF COLLINS CANAL AS AN HISTORIC SITE.
That the Collins Canal (excluding seawalls or similar structures and bridges) from Biscayne Bay
on the west to Lake Pancoast on the east as described herein, is hereby designated as an Historic
Site of the City of Miami Beach and shall be known as "Collins Canal". That the Designation
Report attached hereto as Appendix "A" is hereby adopted.
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SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF SUBSECTION 2.13.9(e)(i).
That Subsection (i), entitled "Historic preservation sites (HPS)," of Section 2.13.9, entitled
"Historic Designation," of Article XIII, entitled "Historic Preservation," of Chapter 2, entitled
"Administration and Review Procedures," of the Land Development Regulations of the City Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2.13.9. Historic Designation.
(e) Historic preservation sites and districts include:
(i) Historic preservation sites (HPS).
18. HPS-18: Collins Canal: The portion of the Collins Canal, from water's edge
to water's edge excluding seawalls and similar structures and bridges,
between Biscayne Bay on the west and Lake Pancoast on the east.
SECTION 3. CODIFICATION.
It is the intention of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, and it is hereby
ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made part of the Code of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida. The sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or re-lettered to
accomplish such intention, and, the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article", or
other appropriate word.
SECTION 4. REPEALER.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid, the remainder shall
not be affected by such invalidity.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect ten days following adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this day of , 2024.
ATTEST:
Steven Meiner
Mayor
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO
FORM AND LANGUAGE
First Reading: February 21, 2024 AND FOR EXECUTION
Second Reading: April 3, 2024
Verified By: City Attorney Date
Thomas R. Mooney, AICP
Planning Director
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deal Tared.Et Adtemt. drug o armful end addle through V..vet+by 2020 feat abound 770 torn
He might not have been Madam,nacre done not thee effects on Nets In Out
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a,Ited to participate when moon d*Nnb.ng the meal soya awed by f,nt lady Cilia
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ee deeded le get Meths weft In,top lyulenante as tndtetmenl tan Madura IOIS:n a DEA Kingfer
leg PREM.,but tureen! ee moved to set up a ern, panicipated:n neg.. AND.ULTIMATELY aneen to
prig port{00
rulerNtoLsM.euroend. ne.dl,pwan the gsNmlla Iwo wem,dnron LEAD THE CARTEL obwfcmametothe
eel w playing!Reding grow Rew'ueoeary Armed Wipe-hems of caratne from DE Los SOLES,THE ...MI Sleet They were
rose and...tins goat Fates d Colonba,FARO. the TAMC in nsehaege tee ea:raved and land
influence,n the Canelde a,la:p cocaine to the Lee the del weryofwrneyand 2 INDICTMENT gr.arylhe follow mgyear
Los Sal at hit paeti ed saws. ne to the{canto . READS. and were rmenaed to IS
inside grew, Out MWuna's mfueeeyears-
Rattling toa newly w. ,n the<awl grew(Maw. OS.WOcralsaimoacav,e The nephew..who were
scfled leder.,ndrettnent i ng CIt..et',dea•h as he an of eoerdie.taeg well released in 20I2 as panel
A peetnooly sealed assumed the Veneavelan the emote:.,of Honda LveMWlly,the Cartel a prlreer swap wile Vine
IMtclmtnt inoedued Ina presdtey end as the ma and other Central VICO the Slate run Yet Hasa,hed tell OF A in
federal react,r New York :nleeeels of the dnrg.lnf• American munches for the Was di Vence..to :emulate dung a sting
aspen leaden of the Vt. risking operations began to uninterrupted aster of launder funds from us optnnon that they had
nee,.n dreg rare)•Ilsg imam...ath the mat drug tmpietents heading '"••••'e w•r.rr"'trera.y drv4'Ireffckvtg apenb. ru.)tt to obtain SIO mil
es'radar,',:evovement tees of tau,Caere emu toward the Cn,ed Stales. V...,wan wHden, As the p•nnHahip with non l0 help finance fleas
eats r the drug trade was note m ahoy. Thew efforts helped sin the TALC Saduro elect on cam
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.'en that wevue!sly The%ARC,wh.e even. Ip an"av budge'el dugs Mutts gaga foundhimselfgettinga Verve melee honal A<-
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thought,a he eventually ally entered into a peace in the legion The Stale men Fmdeed m the act array
became one athe top Camas with the Cabin Department reported that arty made of din or gran. alien,pa nit ipaang in The awl was poaNal
bosses of the otganarlen ban gemennu At,r.for 15 flighttul small planes amentnted in the Apure unman'senlh lbw evet nature,in they claimed in
Medico Mtp .m rd manage any Teats darning
credited suspected dning dry W state"in ulletoern drugs
grew to more drs In Ile neded Wayena
and,Wtne.•iety lead Ow cum of the lanes praduc• bads were decreed en Venezuela,the document eih.nge fee weapons and I
Cane de Let Saks as he en of cmnnt it Inn eurld Handsaw atm.in says. mere money.One or net F while deecnbteg Radio
gated pewee rn Senor., 7hs L.5 State Dean menu 2010,lane But sift,an The indictment clams reel ft foreign mmuHtt re es(belt lather,ant of
It,'the lnd,ctMeth lead, placed the annual volume tun one on-several meth• Madura was asked by under Ch.v was to en. the nephew seed"what
<Vhde elfndly charged of the drug transiting ads used by the tenet;a ChM,In 2005 to help the sae that the bads milt we want.Tot him to take
in,he c S.,n 2020 at through venenua at non large paten ra%moped by carol denary Fudges un- Calomel,remained of Sing one.WOK Velum. man 250 tens.E•perts speedboats eneu,bt shed dlhr de ale cit stembl,hv valets
eft
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to ship�r^M calve won I Ahe^daaettlie
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i turning f&the Iwmry Into a gongbloat or vmount ken. Se he mug be a ed. country a enter without by the the arron
drvgHaffia 4.ng stare,the doubles that amount. "Them me slop oiAey mug Brad. dl•rvRlme. After the arrests,two of
prevalentveo has been The Venemelan tegune men.mete 1shpped nerN The indictment also says The eperaha.I cenur,ed the UL0 mannenrs,n•
that Madura payed•mi has two key le auras he from Yentamla'sawshine .road than tine.Madura to grow after Madura be- waked I.the sting rate
nor role m the cartel,with enreneg the drug trade, wrng go-last vessels,taw gamed SS.mitten from raw pendent In 2011 murdered.
the leaderM,p of the or the indictment aa in,bean,and c tit a it et the drug trade and got fdlennng Chaves's duty, —
gantaalion Itequently be "The Lane)de Los Sole, Alps.Ad OOpmmn were involved m a money'aun bottle ho family members Mame Men•aged*,
mg annbpttd to fawner sought not only to enrich often dispatched from denng open trn:nedr,ng seeking ie henellt directly SOS•57d-I1t0,
Neioe.i Assembly hues: .0 member%and enhance cbndH4nea:rstnpa,lee the pales oat Suitne.. hem the drug trade JfNlgadaAma..,At
CITY Of MIAdl1 REACH CITY Of MIAMI MACE
NOTICE Of PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Of►U BUG HEARING
COLONS CANAL HISTORIC SITE DESIGN/JUDE ELIMINATE THE 0.5 FAR BONUS FOR HOTELS IN TIE CD-2 DISTRICI
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