97-22251 RESO
RESOLUTION NO.
97-22251
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 R.D.P. ROYAL PALM HOTEL
LIMITED COMPANY AND THE R.P.D. SHORECREST
HOTEL LIMITED COMPANY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF
APPROPRIATENESS FOR DEMOLITION TO DEMOLISH
PORTIONS OF THE SHORE CREST HOTEL, A HISTORIC
STRUCTURE, LOCATED AT 1535 COLLINS AVENUE, AS
WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE ROYAL PALM HOTEL, A
HISTORIC STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1545 COLLINS
A VENUE, IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A FIRST CLASS
LUXURY CONVENTION CENTER RESORT HOTEL WITH
412 GUEST ROOMS AND SUITES AND TO RESTORE THE
ORIGINAL LOBBY AREAS OF EACH HOTEL.
WHEREAS, the Applicants, the RD.P. Royal Palm Hotel Limited Company and the RP.l
Shorecrest Hotel Limited Company, have requested a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demo iti, m
to demolish portions of the Shorecrest Hotel, a historic structure, located at 1535 Collins Avem e,
as well as portions of the Royal Palm Hotel, a historic structure located at 1545 Collins Avenue, in
order to construct a first class luxury convention center resort hotel with 412 guest rooms and suit ~s
and to restore the original lobby areas of each hotel; and
WHEREAS, the Shorecrest Hotel and the Royal Palm Hotel are located between 15th ai ld
16th Streets on the east side of Collins Avenue, as such sites are identified in the City Center/Histol ic
Convention Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area Plan ("Plan"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Subsection 19-11 of Zoning Ordinance No. 89-2665, Certificat ~s
of Appropriateness for proposed hotel sites located on the east side of Collins Avenue, between 15:h
and 16th Streets, as such sites are identified in the Plan, are granted or denied in accordance wi:h
procedures set forth in the former Zoning Ordinance, Section 19; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Subsection 19-6 of the former Zoning Ordinance, Section 19, t] Ie
procedures for granting or denying a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition )f
a historic structure require that the Historic Preservation Board hold a public hearing and transn it
a recommendation to the Mayor and City Commission, and that the Mayor and City Commission th,,:n
hold a public hearing and vote on the request; and
WHEREAS, the Shorecrest Hotel and the Royal Palm Hotel are classified as historic
structures in the City's Historic Properties Data Base; and
WHEREAS, on December 12, 1996, the City's Historic Preservation Board held a pJb: ic
hearing to consider the request, after which the Board voted unanimously, 8 to 0, to recomnelld
that the Applicants' request be granted, subject to staffs conditions, as enumerated in the Decemb ~r
12, 1996 Staff Report of the Historic Preservation Board (HP File No. 1046).
WHEREAS, pursuant to former Zoning Ordinance Subsection 19-6, the Mayor and Ci :y
Commission must now consider the request at a public hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CIlY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that a public heariLgo
consider a request by the RD.P. Royal Palm Limited Company and the RP.D. Shorecrest HOlel
Limited Company for a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition to demoli;h
portions of the Shorecrest Hotel, a historic structure, located at 1535 Collins Avenue, as well 1S
portions of the Royal Palm Hotel, a historic structure located at 1545 Collins Avenue, in order 0
construct a first class luxury convention center resort hotel with 412 guest rooms and suites alldo
restore the original lobby areas of each hotel, is hereby called to be held before the Mayor and Ci ty
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Commission in their Chambers on the Third Floor of City Hall, 1700 Convention Center Drive, J\I[iaJ ni
Beach, Florida, on February 5, 1997 beginning at 3 :00 p.m., and the City Clerk is hereby autho.iz,,:d
and directed to publish appropriate Public Notice of the said Public Hearing in a newspaper ofM[iaJ ni
Beach, at which time and place all interested parties will be heard.
PASSED and ADOPTED this ~ day of
,1997.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO
fORM & LANGUAGE
& FOR EXECUTION
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Attorney
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Date
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CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH
CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO....J - q '7
TO:
Mayor Seymour Gelber and
Memben of the City Commission
DATE:
January 8, 1997
FROM:
Jose Garcia-Pedrosa
City Manager
SUBJECT:
A Resolution of. e Mayor and City Commission of 'the City of Miami Beach,
Florida, Setting a Date and Time Certain for a Public Hearing to Consider a
Request by the R.D.P. Royal Palm Hotel Limited Company and the R.p.n.
Shorecrest Hotel Limited Company for a Certificate of Appropriateness flu
Demolition to Demolish Portions of the Shorecrest Hotel, an Historic Structure
Located at 1535 Collins Avenue, as well as Portions ofthe Royal Palm Hotel,:m
Historic Structure Located at 1545 Collins Avenue, in order to Construct a
First Class Luxury Convention CenterlResort Hotel with 412 Guest Rooms and
Suites.
RECOMMENDATION
The Administration recommends that the City Commission approve the attached Resolution setting
a date and time certain for a public hearing on February 5, 1997 to consider a request by the R.D.P.
Royal Palm Hotel Limited Company and the R.P.D. Shorecrest Hotel Limited Company for a
Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition to demolish those portions of the Shorecrest Hot1a,
an historic structure located at 1535 Collins Avenue, east of the original lobby and lobby stair area,
including the 1956 three (3) story east guest room addition, the non-original pool, pool deck, and
cabana structure, as well as two (2) non-original single story infill cubicles flanking the original hotel
front entrance, and the 1954 porte cochere, and to demolish those portions of the Royal Palm Hot4;l,
an historic structure located at 1545 Collins Avenue, east of the existing seven (7) story section of
the building, including the substantially altered five (5) story east portion, the pool, pool deck and
cabana structure, and the single story addition at the southwest corner of the hotel, as well as minor
demolition to areas of the north and south wall elevations, in order to construct a first class luxury
Convention Center/Resort Hotel with 412 guest rooms and suites and to restore the originallobhy
areas of each hotel.
BACKGROUND
The Shorecrest and Royal Palm Hotels are located on two of the proposed Convention Hotel sites
on Collins Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets, as shown on the City Center/Historic Convention
Village Redevelopment and Revitalization Area Plan. The subject structures were classified as
historic structures 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 locatl~d . .
AGENDA ITEM C ., E_
DATE 1-8.Q'L-
between 15th and 16th Streets on the east side of Collins Avenue, as shown on aforementioned Plan
are granted or denied in accordance with procedures set forth in the former Zoning Ordinanc~
Section 19 (as amended prior to May 5, 1994).
Pursuant to Subsection 19-6 of former Zoning Ordinance Section 19, the procedures for grantm~
or denying a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition to demolish a histc,ric
structure require the applicant to obtain a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition from th~
City Commission subsequent to a formal recommendation being issued by the Historic Preservatlor
Board after a separate public hearing. On December 12, 1996, the City's Historic Preservation BO.ll"C
held a public hearing, after which the Board voted to recommend that the applicant's request b~
granted.
ANALYSIS
At its December 12, 1996 meeting, the City's Historic Preservation Board held a public hearing, a:tel
which it voted unanimously (8-0) to recommend to the City Commission that the Certificate oj
Appropriateness for Demolition requested by the applicant be granted, subject to staffs conditiom
as enumerated in the December 12, 1996 Staff Report to the Historic Preservation Board (HP I'il~
No. 1046 attached hereto).
CONCLUSION
Based on the foregoing, the Administration recommends that the City Commission approve b)
resolution the setting of a date and time certain for a public hearing on February 5, 1997, at 30e
p.m., to consider the request by the R.D.P. Royal Palm Hotel Limited Company and the R.P.D
Shorecrest Hotel Limited Company for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Demolition to demolisr
portions of the Shorecrest Hotel, an historic structure located at 1535 Collins Avenue, as wel]
portions of the Royal Palm Hotel, an historic structure located at 1545 Collins Avenue, in order tc
construct a first class luxury Convention Center/Resort Hotel with 412 guest rooms and suites.
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