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| | | | | | | | | | Item 11.
COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM | | | |
| | | | | | | | TO: Land Use and Sustainability Committee
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| FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
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| DATE: May 26, 2020
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| | | | | | | | | TITLE: | PROPOSED FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR) INCREASE FOR THE WOLFSONIAN-FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SITE ON WASHINGTON AVENUE.
ACTION REQUESTED:
Discuss the item and provide a recommendation on the proposed ordinances to the Planning Board.
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION:
Conclude the item and recommend that the Planning Board transmit the attached draft ordinances to the City Commission with a favorable recommendation. |
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| | | | | | | | HISTORY:
| | On May 13, 2020, at the request of Commissioner David Richardson, the City Commission referred the item to the Land Use and Sustainability Committee and the Planning Board (Item C4B). |
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| | | | | | | | ANALYSIS:
| The Wolfsonian-FIU is proposing a renovation and expansion of its existing Museum at 1001 Washington Avenue. Due to the amount of floor area used for the main structure in the early 1990’s, coupled with the citywide downzoning in the late 1990’s, the site of the Wolfsonian-FIU is legal non-conforming in terms of allowable FAR. In order to accommodate this request, the Wolfsonian-FIU is seeking the following land use amendments, establishing the Wolfsonian Arts District, which are attached:
1. An LDR amendment to increase the maximum FAR in the CD-2 district for the Wolfsonian Arts District from 1.5 to 3.25
2. A companion Comprehensive Plan amendment to increase the intensity in the CD-2 district for the Wolfsonian Arts District from 1.5 to 3.25
The request for increasing the FAR is affected by Section 1.03(c) of the City Charter, which partially states:
The floor area ratio of any property or street end within the City of Miami Beach shall not be increased by zoning, transfer, or any other means from its current zone floor area ratio as it exists on the date of adoption of this Charter Amendment( November 7, 2001), including any limitations on floor area ratios which are in effect by virtue of development agreements through the full term of such agreements, unless such increase in zone floor area ratio for any such property shall first be approved by a vote of the electors of the City of Miami Beach.
Since the current FAR limitation is 1.5, the increase to 3.25 would be subject to voter approval in a general referendum.
Attached are preliminary illustrations that provide a visual representation of the expansion contemplated by the Wolfsonian. Should the proposed increase in FAR be approved by the voters, a subsequent application to the Historic Preservation Board for Certificate of Appropriateness approval of the expansion would be required.
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| | | | | | | | CONCLUSION:
| | The Administration recommends that the Land Use and Sustainability Committee endorse the proposal and recommend that the Planning Board transmit the proposed ordinances to the City Commission with a favorable recommendation. |
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| | | | | | | | Applicable Area
| | South Beach |
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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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