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95-21803 Reso • RESOLUTION NO. 95-21803 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA SETTING A DATE AND TIME FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUEST BY THE ST. MORITZ HOTEL CORPORATION AND MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR DEMOLITION OF PORTIONS OF THE FORMER ST. MORITZ HOTEL, A HISTORIC STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1565 COLLINS AVENUE, IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL. WHEREAS, the applicants, St . Moritz Hotel Corporation and Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency, have requested a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition of portions of the former St . Moritz Hotel, a historic structure located at 1565 Collins Avenue, in order to allow for the construction of a convention center hotel which will include most of the existing St . Moritz Hotel structure; and WHEREAS, the St . Moritz Hotel structure is located on one of the proposed hotel sites between 15th and 16th Streets as shown on the City Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area Plan; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Subsection 19-11 of Zoning Ordinance No. 89-2665, Certificates of Appropriateness for the proposed hotel sites located between 15th and 16th Streets as shown on this Plan are granted or denied in accordance with procedures set forth in the former Zoning Ordinance Section 19 (as amended prior to May 5, 1994) ; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Subsection 19-6 of former Zoning Ordinance Section 19, the procedures for granting or denying a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition of a historic structure require that the Historic Preservation Board hold a public hearing and transmit a recommendation to the City Commission, and that the City Commission then hold a public hearing and vote on the request; and WHEREAS, the former St . Moritz Hotel was classified as a historic structure in the City' s Historic Properties Data Base; and WHEREAS, on October 24, 1995 the City' s Historic Preservation Board held a public hearing to consider the request, after which the Board voted to recommend that the request be granted; and WHEREAS, pursuant to former Zoning Ordinance Subsection 19-6, the City Commission must now consider the request at a public hearing. 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 a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition of portions of the former St . Moritz Hotel, a 2 historic structure located at 1565 Collins Avenue, in order to allow for construction of a convention center hotel which will include most of the existing St. Moritz Hotel structure, is hereby called to be held before the Mayor and City Commission in their Chambers on the Third Floor of City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida, on December 6, 1995 beginning at 3 : 00 p.m. , and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish appropriate Public Notice of the said Public Hearing in a newspaper of Miami Beach, at which time and place all interested parties will be heard. PASSED and ADOPTED this 8th day of November 1995 . ATTEST: YOR • TY CLER SWS:scf:6.0disk9\moritz.res FORM APPROVED gal De t. By 3 Date cc,'s fo—it—qs CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139 COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. 8 -9 TO: Mayor Seymour Gelber and Members of the City Commission DATE: Nov. 8, 1995 FROM: Jose Garcia-Pedrosa City Manager SUBJECT: A Resolution oft ayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida Setting a Date and Time for a Public Hearing to Consider a Request by the St.Moritz Hotel Corporation and Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition of Portions of the Former St. Moritz Hotel,a Historic Structure Located at 1565 Collins Avenue, in Order to Allow for Construction of a Convention Center Hotel. RECOMMENDATION The Administration recommends that the City Commission approve the attached Resolution setting a date and time for a public hearing to consider a request by the St. Moritiz Hotel Corporation and Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency for a Certificate of Appropriateness for demolition of portions of the former St. Moritz Hotel,a historic structure located at 1565 Collins Avenue,in order to allow for construction of a convention center hotel. BACKGROUND The St. Moritz Hotel structure is located on one of the proposed hotel sites between 15th and 16th Streets as shown on the City Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area Plan. The subject structure was classified as a historic structure in the City's Historic Properties Data Base. Pursuant to Subsection 19-11 of Zoning Ordinance No. 89-2665, Certificates of Appropriateness for the proposed hotel sites located between 15th and 16th Streets as shown on this Plan are granted or denied in accordance with procedures set forth in the former Zoning Ordinance Section 19 (as amended prior to May 5, 1994). Pursuant to Subsection 19-6 of former Zoning Ordinance Section 19, the procedures for granting or denying a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition of a historic structure require that the Historic Preservation Board hold a public hearing and transmit a recommendation to the City Commission, and that the City Commission then hold a public hearing and vote on the request. On October 24, 1995 the City's Historic Preservation Board held a public hearing to consider the request, after which the Board voted to recommend that the request be granted. AGENDA ITEM C 1 F DATE I I—©-9 5 • ANALYSIS On October 24, 1995 the City's Historic Preservation Board held a public hearing to consider the request, after which the Board voted to recommend to the City Commission that the request be granted subject to staffs recommendation that the former St. Moritz Hotel's original dining room, lounge and east porch area be retained and substantially restored to its original condition. The St. Moritz Hotel Corporation and the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency agreed with the recommendation of the Board. CONCLUSION Based on the foregoing, the Administration recommends that the City Commision approve by resolution the setting of a date and time for a public hearing to consider a request by the St. Moritz Hotel Corporation and the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency for a Certificate of Appropriateness for demolition of portions of the former St. Moritz Hotel,a historic structure located at 1565 Collins Avenue, in order to allow for construction of a convention center hotel. JGPC:whc eN c:\moritmem