C4S (item added on the floor)CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board is charged by
Ordinance as serving in an advisory capacity to the City Commission and other City Boards
on issues affecting the City's architecture, design, historic districts and structures; and
WHEREAS, the Historic Preservation Board strongly supports the efforts of the City
to promote and enhance its unique social and architectural history and to improve the
appearance of new construction; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach (City) places a strong emphasis on the
etentiun-arrd--preservation of existing, arcnltecturally significantsinglefamilynomes; ana
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board deems it
appropriate to protect the significant architectural history, existing building scale, and
unique character of the single family residential neighborhoods In Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board as well as many
local residents have noted with alarm the increasing rate of total demolition of significant
homes for replacement with much larger new homes.
THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved that the Historic Preservation Board urges the Mayor
and City Commission to consider adopting a demolition ordinance for single family
residences, as similar as possible to the City of Coral Gables Ordinance, which requires
review of total demolition requests for any structure 50 years of age or older, by the City's
Historic Preservation Officer, in order to determine if the structure should be brought to the
Historic Preservation Board for Historic Designation consideration.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 14th DAY OF May, 2013.
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William H. Cary
Assistant Director of Planni g
For the Historic Preservation Board
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City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.mlamlbeachfl.gov
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC NO. 185-2013 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and
Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager-~~----
DATE: May 28, 2013
SUBJECT: City of Coral Gables Demolition Or inance
_____________ _____,_A--'-'-tt.ached,~ple_as_e~find_a_cop_y_oLa_r_es_oLufino_adop_te_d=b_ydbe Historic Preservation Board
at their May 14, 2013 meeting. The Board is urging the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach to consider adopting a demolition ordinance for single family
residences, as similar as possible to the City of Coral Gables Ordinance, which requires
review of total demolition requests for any structure 50 years of age or older, by the
City's Historic Preservation Officer, in order to determine if the structure should be
brought to the Historic Preservation Board for Historic Designation consideration.
Please advise if you would like this matter scheduled for an upcoming Land Use and
Development Committee meeting.
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C: Jorge G. Gomez, Assistant City Manager
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
Richard Lorber, Acting Planning Director
Gary Held, First Assistant City Attorney
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