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		Item 10. COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM

TO: Land Use and Sustainability Committee

FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager

DATE: February 18, 2020

TITLE:

DISCUSSION: PERMITTING ACCESSORY USES FOR HISTORIC HOTEL USES IN THE RM-3 ZONING DISTRICT TO BE LOCATED IN AN RM-2 PROPERTY, SO LONG AS BOTH PROPERTIES SHARE A UNIFIED HOTEL OPERATION AND ARE CONNECTED BY A BRIDGE OR STRUCTURE; AND MODIFYING THE PARKING REQUIREMENT AND CONDITIONAL USES FOR THOSE ACCESSORY USES

ACTION REQUESTED:
Discuss the item and provide a recommendation on the proposed ordinance to the Planning Board and City Commission.

ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION:
Conclude the item with a favorable recommendation to the Planning Board and City Commission.

HISTORY:

On December 11, 2019, at the request of Commissioner Ricky Arriola, the City Commission referred the item to the Land Use and Development Committee and the Planning Board (Item C4M). The item was placed on the January 21, 2020 agenda of the newly created Land Use and Sustainability Committee. The item was deferred to the February 18, 2020 meeting.

ANALYSIS:

Attached is a draft ordinance prepared by the Fontainebleau hotel, which would allow for ballrooms and meeting space as a stand alone use in the RM-2 distirct. Addiitonally, modifications to the minimum required parking for such uses is proposed. This proposal is concurrent with a separate discussion item pertaining to a bridge structure that would connect the new ballroom building to the main campus.

The following are the specific text amendments proposed in the attached draft ordinance;

Sec. 130-32. - Off-street parking requirements for parking district no. 1.

(7) Auditorium, ballroom, convention hall, gymnasium, meeting rooms or other similar places of assembly: One space per every four seats or one space per every 60 square feet of floor area available for seats. For ballrooms and meeting rooms in buildings when associated with a hotel located in the RM-3 district, and such hotel property is within 100 feet of the ballroom and meeting room property, one space per every eight seats or one space per every 120 square feet of floor area available for seats.

Section 142-213. Conditional Uses.

(a) The conditional uses in the RM2 residential multifamily, medium intensity district are day care facility; stand-alone religious institutions; private and public institutions; schools; commercial or noncommercial parking lots and garages; stand-alone ballrooms and meeting rooms when associated with a hotel located in the RM-3 district, and such hotel property is within 100 feet of the ballroom and meeting room property; and accessory neighborhood impact establishment; as set forth in article V, division 6 of this chapter.

The administration is supportive of the proposed text amendments. In this regard, the allowance of non-residential uses in the RM2 district would be limited to locations such as the site on the southeast corner of 44^th Street and Indian Creek Drive, which is buffered by a standalone parking structure. Additionally, the proposed reduction in the minimum parking requirements for ballroom and meeting space, as proposed, would be limited to sites such as this, which have full access to a larger parking structure on the adjacent RM3 site.

Applicable Area

Middle Beach

Is this a "Residents Right to Know" item, pursuant to City Code Section 2-14?		Does this item utilize G.O. Bond Funds?
Yes		No

Departments

Planning

ATTACHMENTS:
	Description	Type
	Draft ORD	Memo