C4B-Ref- Planning Board - Amend LDR�s And Comprehensive Plan Talmudic UniversityMIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Mem
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
ers oft~mission
DATE: October 16, 2013
SUBJECT: REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING B
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO T LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE THE REDEVELOPMENT
OF THE TALMUDIC UNIVERSITY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4000 ALTON
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ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
Refer an Ordinance Amendment to the Planning Board for consideration and recommendation.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
On April 17, 2013, at the request of Commissioner Libbin, the City Commission referred a
discussion item to the Land Use and Development Committee, regarding the redevelopment of the
Talmudic University property located at 4000 Alton Road.
The Talmudic College at 4000 Alton Road is seeking to expand its current facilities, including the
construction of new residential buildings, as well as the use of adjacent, surplus FOOT parcels for
additional development The subject property is currently zoned RM-2, Multi-Family Medium
Intensity. The existing school and associated residential are allowable uses within the RM-2 district
both as of right, and through the Conditional Use process. Pursuant to Section 142-217 of the City
Code, the maximum height limit for the property at 4000 Alton Road is 6 stories I 60 feet.
In order to accommodate a proposed expansion of the master plan for the University, the owners
of the property are proposing the following:
1. A code amendment that would increase the maximum allowable height on the site from the
current 6 stories I 60 feet to 8 stories I 80 feet.
2. A re-zoning of the adjacent surplus FDOT parcels from the current 'GU' to 'RM-2'.
3. A Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use Designation for the
adjacent surplus FOOT parcels from the current 'ROS' to 'RM-2'.
The expansion plan proposed by the Talmudic College appears to be consistent with all applicable
regulations and requirements of the City Code and the Comprehensive Plan. Additionally, the
proposed location of the new structures on the site would comply with the contemplated changes
to the development regulations, currently pending before the Planning Board and endorsed by the
Land Use Committee, which would create a significant buffer between the existing single family
zone across Alton Road, to the immediate east of the subject property.
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Refeffal to Planning Board-Expansion of Talmudic University
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Planning staff has met with the representatives of the University on a number of occasions and
believe that the scale and form of the proposed expanded master plan is evolving in an appropriate
direction. It should also be noted that any expansion of the master plan at the subject site,
regardless of whether the amendments to the Code proposed herein move forward, would still
require separate approvals from the Planning Board and the Design Review Board, as part of the
development review process.
On September 23, 2013, the Land Use and Development Committee referred the item to the
Planning Board as an Ordinance amendment.
CONCLUSION
The Administration recommends that the Mayor and the City Commission refer an Ordinance
Am~nd ent to the Planning Board for consideration and recommendation.
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