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RESOLUTION NO. 95-21849
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH,FLORIDA, SETTING DATES AND TIMES FOR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TO
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH,FLORIDA,INCREASING DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT
GUIDELINE AND STANDARD THRESHOLDS AND DESIGNATING THE CITY
CENTER/HISTORIC CONVENTION VILLAGE REDEVELOPMENT AND
REVITALIZATION AREA AS A REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER PURSUANT TO RULE
28-24.014(10)(a) OF THE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND SECTION
380.06(2)(e) OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Rule 28-24.014 (10)(a) of the Florida Administrative Code provides for a
procedure to expedite the use of increased guidelines and standards for the review of Developments
of Regional Impact in areas designated as a Regional Activity Center or Urban Central Business
District as provided in Section 380.06(2)(e) of the Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to said procedure, the City's Planning, Zoning, and Historic
Preservation Services Division has recommended an Ordinance of the Mayor and City Commission
of the City of Miami Beach, Florida increasing development of regional impact guideline and standard
thresholds and designating the City Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and
Revitalization Area as a Regional Activity Center pursuant to Rule 28-24.014(10)(a) of the Florida
Administrative Code and Section 380.06(2)(e) of the Florida Statutes, and providing for severability
and an effective date; and
WHEREAS,on July 25, 1995 the City's Planning Board held a public hearing to consider the
proposed Ordinance and voted in favor of recommending that the Mayor and City Commission adopt
the proposed Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the procedure set forth in Rule 28-24.014(10)(a) of the
Florida Administrative Code, the City of Miami Beach submitted the proposed Ordinance to the
Department of Community Affairs for its review; and
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WHEREAS, the Department of Community Affairs has determined that the proposed
Ordinance meets the requirements of Chapter 380.06(2)(e), Florida Statutes, and Rule 28-
24.014(10)(a), Florida Administrative Code, for designating the City Center/Historic Convention
Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area as a Regional Activity Center; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14 of Zoning Ordinance No. 89-2665, the proposed
Ordinance must now be considered by the Mayor and City Commission at public hearings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission will consider an Ordinance of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, increasing development of regional impact guideline and standard thresholds and
designating the City Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area as
a Regional Activity Center pursuant to Rule 28-24.014(10)(a)of the Florida Administrative Code and
Section 380.06(2)(e) of the Florida Statutes, and providing for severability and an effective date, on
first reading at a public hearing on January 10, 1996 at 3:45 p.m., and if the proposed Ordinance
passes on first reading, a second reading and public hearing 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 24, 1996,beginning at 3:45 p.m., and the City Clerk is hereby authorized
and directed to publish appropriate Public Notice of the said Public Hearings 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 20th day of ecember , 1995.
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CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. Cl I 0-`1 5
TO: Mayor Seymour Gelber and
Members of the City Commission DATE:
December 20, 1995
FROM: Jose Garcia-Pedrosa j
City Manager
SUBJECT:
SETTI ` OF PUBLIC HEARINGS DESIGNATING THE CITY
CENTE-/HISTORIC CONVENTION VILLAGE REDEVELOPMENT
AND REVITALIZATION AREA AS A REGIONAL ACTIVITY
CENTER.
RECOMMENDATION
The Administration recommends that the City Commission set a first
reading public hearing on January 10, 1996 and a second reading
public hearing on January 24, 1996 on the subject ordinance.
BACKGROUND
In 1994, the City Commission included a legislative amendment in
its package of legislative initiatives to increase the threshold
level for convention center hotels. With the assistance of
Representative Elaine Bloom, this amendment was achieved; however,
an increased DRI threshold can only be put in place if the hotel is
located within a Regional Activity Center or an Urban Central
Business District.
On March 15, 1995, the City Commission authorized staff and the
City Attorney' s Office to review the matter further and take
whatever steps necessary to move the process forward. This
authorization was given with the caveat that a designation of the
City Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and
Revitalization Area as a Regional Activity Center or Urban Central
Business District should be done in a manner which increases the
DRI threshold only for the Loews Hotel Project including the
related accessory parking garage and no other large developments.
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The Planning Board heard this matter at its July 25, 1995 regular
meeting and recommended that the draft ordinance by submitted to
the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for comment . On
July 26, 1995, the Commission approved a resolution authorizing the
draft ordinance to DCA.
In the intervening months since July, the City Attorney' s office
has been in consultation with attorneys at the Department of
Community Affairs and has been able to modify the ordinance to
address concerns raised relative to the exhibits. The modified
ordinance is attached hereto.
ANALYSIS
Staff has made inquiries of the Florida Department of Community
Affairs (DCA) and the South Florida Regional Planning Council
(SFRPC) as to what procedure would be required to increase the
Development of Regional Impact (DRI) Threshold for the Convention
Center Hotel. Under Chapter 28-24 of the Florida Rules, a hotel
development of 350 rooms is presumed to be a development of
regional impact; however a hotel serving a convention center of
more than 250, 000 gross square feet, built prior to July 1, 1992,
can have up to 875 rooms before it is presumed to be a development
of regional impact. The only caveat to this provision is that the
hotel must be located within either an "Urban Central Business
District" or a "Regional Activity Center, " designations which must
be provided for in the City' s Comprehensive Plan.
The City of Miami Beach Comprehensive Plan presently does not have
either an Urban Central Business District (UCBD) or Regional
Activity Center (RAC) designation for any part of the City. Staff
believed that it would be appropriate to so designate that area
known as the City Center Historic Convention Village Redevelopment
Area, thereby enabling the proposed Convention Hotel to proceed
without the need to prepare a Development of Regional Impact
Report . Such DRI Report could cost a minimum of $250, 000 and
require a year or more to receive approvals.
Staff believes that the City Center Historic Convention Village
Redevelopment Area meets the definition criteria for a Regional
Activity Center or an Urban Central Business District, specifically
since it has the following attributes:
- compact
- high intensity
- high density
- multi-use
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- designated as appropriate for intensive
growth by the local government
- may include: retail, office, cultural;
recreational and entertainment facilities;
hotel and motels; or appropriate activities .
Rule 28 . -24 . 014 (10) (a) allows for a community to adopt an ordinance
to be submitted to the Florida Department of Community Affairs
which defines the boundary of a proposed Regional Activity Center
(RAC) or Urban Central Business District (UCBD) and the City' s
commitment to amend subsequently the Comprehensive Plan at the next
available opportunity for amendment . Such an ordinance and the
subsequent plan amendment must specifically indicate that the RAC
or UCBD boundaries shall be used for increased DRI guidelines and
standards, consistent with established criteria. The amendment
before you today narrows the focus of increased DRI thresholds
specifically to the Convention Center Hotel, and allows no other
development to have increased thresholds.
DESIGNATION AS A REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER
After consultation with the South Florida Regional Planning
Council, as well as the DCA, it has been determined that the area
should be designated as a Regional Activity Center (RAC) .
This determination was based on the State definition of a RAC as an
area which routinely provides service to, or is regularly used by,
a significant number of citizens of more than one county and
contains adequate existing public facilities as defined in Rule 9J-
5 of the Florida Administrative Code, or contains committed public
facilities as defined in the capital improvements element of the
local government comprehensive plan, and is proximate and
accessible to interstate or major arterial roadways. The area
substantially meets this criteria.
Under this designation, the guidelines, standards, and thresholds
for a resort or convention hotel development within this Regional
Activity Center would be increased by 150o with respect to the
convention hotel development known as the "Loews Hotel Project" to
be located on the site encompassing the former Sands, New Yorker,
Poinciana, and St. Moritz Hotels and including the 16th Street End
east of Collins Avenue, as well as the accessory parking structure
on the west side of Collins Avenue, all of which are within the
Area.
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The revised guidelines, standards, and thresholds for a resort or
convention hotel development would apply only to that development
known as the "Loews Hotel Project" and its related accessory
parking garage and to no other resort or convention hotel
development in Miami Beach.
CONCLUSION
Based on the foregoing, the Administration recommends that the City
Commission set public hearings on the Ordinance to designate the
City Center/Historic Convention Village Redevelopment and
Revitalization Area as a Regional Activity Center (RAC) , with an
increased DRI threshold for the Loews Hotel Project and its
accessory garage.
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