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| | | | | | | | | | Item 13.
COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM | | | |
| | | | | | | | TO: Land Use and Sustainability Committee
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| FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
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| DATE: June 30, 2020
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| | | | | | | | | TITLE: | DISCUSSION ON BANKS LOCATED ON FIRST-FLOOR RETAIL SPACES
ACTION REQUESTED:
Discuss the item and recommend that the City Commission refer the attached draft ordinance text to the Planning Board.
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION:
Conclude the item with a recommendation that the City Commission refer the attached draft ordinance text to the Planning Board. |
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| | | | | | | | HISTORY:
| On October 16, 2019, at the request of Commissioner Ricky Arriola, the City Commission referred this Item to the Land Use and Development Committee (Item C4 S). 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.
On February 18, 2020 the item was discussed and continued to the May 6, 2020 LUSC meeting, with direction to the administration to draft an ordinance based upon the capital one café model, and for specific areas of the City. On May 6, 2020 the item was deferred to the May 26, 2020 LUSC meeting. On May 26, 2020 the item was deferred to the June 30, 2020 LUSC agenda.
The sponsor of the item is Commissioner Ricky Arriola. |
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| | | | | | | | ANALYSIS:
| PLANNING ANALYSIS
The administration has researched cities like Miami Beach, but did not locate any specific regulations or prohibitions on banks located at the first floor of retail spaces. Within Miami Beach, one approach in lieu of banning banks at the first level of stores city wide would be to create defined areas where first floor banks would be prohibited. Alternatively, banks could be disincentivized as a use on the ground floor; some potential options would include the following:
1. Revise the parking requirements for banks at the first floor in certain areas. This could include either incorporating a minimum parking requirement or increasing the parking requirement.
2. Placing maximum size limits on banks located on the ground floor in certain areas. For example, the maximum square footage could be limited to 2,500 SF.
While not all banks create undesirable sidewalk connections, when multiple banks coalesce within an urban corner it can have an impact on the sidewalk and pedestrian character of the streetscape.
JUNE 30, 2020 LUSC UPDATE
The attached draft ordinance establishes criteria for the location of financial institutions and banks, based upon the Capital Café model. In this regard, the following is proposed:
• Financial institutions including, but not limited to, banks, brokerage offices and similar uses would have to be located above the first floor or in a mezzanine.
• The use may be located on the first floor if it is at least 75 feet back from the entrance storefront and a retail, café or similar non-financial, active use is in front.
• The applicable areas are TC, TC-C, CD-2 and CD-3 zones, including 71st Street and Normandy Drive, Washington Avenue, Alton Road, Sunset Harbor, Lincoln Road, 17th Street and 41st Street.
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| | | | | | | | CONCLUSION:
| The administration recommends that the Land Use and Sustainability Committee endorse the attached draft ordinance text and recommend that the City Commission refer an ordinance to the Planning Board.
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| | | | | | | | | 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 | |
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