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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM |
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| | | | | | | | | TO: | Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission | | | FROM: | Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager | | | DATE: | July 17, 2019 | | | |
| | SUBJECT: | REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING BOARD - ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO ADAPTIVE RE-USES AND ACCESSORY USES IN THE NORTH SHORE AND TATUM WATERWAY AREAS. |
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| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
| | The administration recommends that the City Commission refer the attached ordinance to the Planning Board for review and recommendation. |
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| | | | | | | | ANALYSIS
| HISTORY
On April 26, 2017, at the request of Commissioner Ricky Arriola, the City Commission referred the subject item to the Land Use and Development Committee for discussion (item C4X). On May 10, 2017 the Land Use Committee deferred the item to June 14, 2017. On June 14, 2017 the Committee discussed the item and continued it to September 20, 2017.
The September 20, 2017 LUDC meeting was re-scheduled to October 11, 2017, due to Hurricane Irma. On October 11, 2017 the item was discussed and continued to a date certain of October 30, 2017. On October 30, 2017 the item was discussed and continued to a date certain of December 11, 2017.
On December 11, 2017 the Land Use and Development Committee discussed the item and continued it to a date certain of March 14, 2018. On March 14, 2018 the item was deferred to April 4, 2018. On April 4, 2018 the item was deferred to May 23, 2018. Prior to the May 23, 2018 meeting, the item was moved to the June 13, 2018 LUDC meeting, at the request of the sponsor; on June 13, 2018 the item was deferred to the July 31, 2018 LUDC meeting.
Prior to the July 31, 2018 meeting, the item was moved to the September 28, 2018 LUDC meeting, at the request of the sponsor; on September 28, 2018 the item was deferred to the October 31, 2018 LUDC meeting. On October 31, 2019, the item was deferred to the January 2019 LUDC meeting. The January 2019 LUDC meeting could not be scheduled, and the item was moved to the February 20, 2019 meeting.
On February 20, 2019, the item was discussed and continued to April 3, 2019, with direction given to staff to conduct a public workshop with property owners and nearby residents. On April 3, 2019 staff provided an update on the scheduling of the public workshop, and the item was continued to the May 22, 2019 LUDC meeting.
The public workshop to discuss the proposal for establishing adaptive re-uses within the North Shore and Tatum Waterway area took place on May 9, 2019, at the North Shore Park Youth Center; approximately 20 people, including area residents, property owners and affected stakeholders, attended. The following is a general summary of the items discussed at the workshop, including feedback from the participants:
• The types of uses that would be most appropriate for the low scale, residential character of the area was discussed at length. There was general support for introducing low impact, context sensitive neighborhood type uses within the area.
• Appropriate waterfront uses along Tatum Waterway were discussed. There was general consensus on the advantages of being able to access neighborhood type uses from small watercraft, as well as the ability to rent non-motorized watercraft.
• Parking was discussed and the general consensus was that these types of adaptive, neighborhood uses should not be the destination type that requires more parking. Instead they should consist of neighbor specific uses that serve the community and are within walking distance of residents.
• There was a discussion regarding a sufficient market to support these uses and the potential to increase taxes due to more uses being allowed. Since these types of neighborhood uses are a new concept, a proposal for temporary, or ‘pop-up’ uses was discussed, on GU sites owned by the City.
• Property owners suggested that this concept could assist in generating additional funds to offset increases in the cost of flood insurance and that commercial uses could allow them to address flood mitigation in different ways that would not be possible with residential uses.
• Biscayne Beach was discussed and it was mentioned that it is even further from the nearest commercial use and should be considered for commercial uses as well.
• The proposal for a 25% limit of the floor area for commercial uses may be insufficient for smaller buildings, such as 4-plexes.
• There was support for café uses along the Tatum Waterway with limited hours.
• Some property owners and residents expressed a desire to allow bed & breakfast, limited hotel or short term rentals, especially along the Tatum Waterway, in order to be able to generate additional funds to restore buildings.
• Concern was expressed for the cost and time involved for a Conditional Use Approval from the Planning Board for restaurant uses with alcohol. It was suggested to see what threshold could be reviewed and approved administratively.
• A review process should be built in to the ordinance to allow 'course corrections' in the future. Additionally, there should be a streamlined approval process, which is incentive based in order to minimize the need to go to Planning Board.
• Suggestions were made to keep a larger distance separation at the beginning of this process, as well as explore other areas for these types of adaptive uses west of the waterway.
• In addition to the proposed changes in allowable accessory uses, the areas need to be made more walkable with shade trees to encourage more people to walk to the accessory uses.
On May 22, 2019, the LUDC recommended that the City Commission refer a draft ordinance to the planning board, and that a preliminary discussion be conducted by the planning board on July 25, 2019 for recommendations and input. The LUDC also recommended that the City Commission refer an action item to the Finance and City Wide Projects Committee to study a pop-up or temporary vendor in Crespi Park.
PLANNING ANALYSIS
The RM-1 area that is north of 75th Street and east of Tatum Waterway is one of the few areas of the City not within walking distance of a low-medium intensity commercial district. This is important because most of the RM-1 and RM-2 districts in the City are within easy walking distance to neighborhood commercial districts and uses.
In order to address this mobility issue, as well as provide an economic tool for renovating and restoring historic structures, accessory uses in the area have been developed as part of a draft ordinance. The following is the summary of the types of adaptive uses that are contemplated under the ordinance, which have been updated based upon feedback from the public workshop and direction from the Land Use and Development Committee:
Accessory Uses
As it pertains to allowable ‘Accessory Uses’ (those allowed as of right), existing apartment buildings located along Tatum Waterway Drive, Byron Avenue, and Crespi Boulevard, which are also located within the North Shore National Register Historic District and which are classified as ‘contributing’, may have accessory office uses and the rental of non-motorized watercraft, subject to the following:
1. The accessory use areas shall not exceed 25 percent of the floor area of the existing structure;
2. The hours of operation for which the use is open to the public may be from 12:00 pm to 8:00 p.m.
3. No exterior speakers shall be permitted, except as may be required under the Florida Life Safety Code.
Additionally, apartment buildings located within the North Shore National Register Historic District, which are classified as ‘contributing’ would be permitted to have accessory café, retail, office or personal service uses, subject to the following:
1. Conditional Use approval shall be required.
2. The minimum distance separation between accessory uses shall be 500 feet. There shall be no variances from this distance separation requirement.
3. The accessory use areas shall not exceed 25 percent of the floor area of the structure.
4. The hours of operation for which the use is open to the public may be from 7:00 am to 7:00 p.m. Subject to planning board approval, the hours of operation for any of the above noted uses may be extended to 10:00 pm
5. No exterior speakers shall be permitted.
6. A hall for hire, dance hall, open-air entertainment establishment, outdoor entertainment establishment, entertainment establishment or special event permits shall be prohibited.
Based upon feedback from the public workshop and direction from the Land Use and Development Committee, staff has revised the ordinance to allow accessory restaurants serving alcohol to be approved as a conditional use, provided certain conditions are met, as follows:
For existing apartment buildings located within the North Shore National Register Historic District and which are classified as “Contributing”, accessory restaurants serving alcoholic beverages shall be permitted in accordance with the following:
(1) Conditional use approval from the planning board shall be required.
(2) The interior restaurant area, inclusive of all seating and back of house, shall be located at the first level of the building and shall not exceed 25 percent of the floor area of the existing structure.
(3) The maximum number of seats shall not exceed 40. Subject to planning board approval this may be increased to 60.
(4) Outdoor seating and outdoor dining shall only be permitted in buildings with internal courtyards, which are part of a unified site under common ownership. All such outdoor seating and dining areas shall be located within the internal courtyard. The maximum number of exterior seats shall not exceed 20. Subject to planning board approval, this may be increased to 40.
(5) Pass thru windows shall not be permitted.
(6) Only Beer and wine may be served. Full liquor shall not be permitted.
(7) A fully enclosed, air conditioned trash room shall be required.
(8) The hours of operation may be from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm (no orders to be taken after 9:00 p.m.)
(9) A plan for loading operations shall be provided for the review and approval of the Planning Department and Parking Department. Loading shall only take place between the hours of 10:00 am and 3:00 pm.
(10) Exterior speakers shall be prohibited, except as may be required under the Florida Life Safety Code.
(11) A hall for hire, dance hall, open-air entertainment establishment, outdoor entertainment establishment, entertainment establishment or special event permits shall be prohibited.
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(12) There shall only be one restaurant on the subject property.
(13) The minimum distance separation between accessory restaurants serving alcoholic beverages shall be 1,000 feet. However, the planning board may allow a lesser distance than 1,000 feet, but in no event shall such use be located at a distance less than 500 feet from another accessory restaurant serving alcoholic beverages. There shall be no variances from this distance separation requirement.
As it pertains to minimum parking requirements, staff is concerned with the impact of requiring off-street parking for a couple of reasons. First, since the proposed accessory uses would be within existing structures, there would be no physical way to locate parking spaces within a property. Also, by requiring a parking impact fee, even if it were the less expensive annual fee in lieu, this added cost could be a deterrent to potential operators. Finally, even if parking could be provided on site, the availability of parking storage would be more of an incentive to drive. As demonstrated in the square footage limitations in the draft ordinance, these proposed adaptive accessory uses are intended to serve the area neighborhood, and not be destination establishments.
In order to incentivize and encourage the types of accessory uses proposed in the draft ordinance, staff has included the following modification to Sec. 130-31, pertaining to off-street parking requirements:
There shall be no off-street parking requirement for accessory uses associated with buildings in the RM-1 zoning district that existed prior to December 31, 2009, which are located in the North Shore National Register Historic District.
Attached is a map of these districts as well a zoning map of the North Beach area for reference.
SUMMARY
The attached draft ordinance has been modified in accordance with the direction of the LUDC on May 22, 2019. Additionally, as requested by the LUDC, the Planning Board, at their June 25, 2019 meeting, discussed the proposal and provided preliminary comments and feedback. Specifically, the Planning Board recommended that the following be considered for inclusion in the legislation:
1. Hotels be permitted as a conditional use within ‘contributing’ buildings in the North Shore local historic district, along with typical accessory uses.
2. Café, retail, office and personal services be allowed as an accessory use, and not require mandatory conditional use approval, subject to additional conditions for safeguarding surrounding properties.
The administration is supportive of the proposed recommendations of the Planning Board, as appropriate controls would be put into place for the suggested uses.
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| | | | | | | | CONCLUSION
| | The Administration recommends that the City Commission refer the attached ordinance amendment to the Planning Board for review and recommendation, inclusive of the aforementioned recommendations. |
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Planning |
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| | | | | | | | Sponsor
Vice-Mayor Ricky Arriola |
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