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Ordinances - R5  C




COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Alina T. Hudak, City Manager 
DATE:May  25, 2022
 

5:24 p.m. Second Reading Public Hearing

SUBJECT:

COLLINS PARK ARTS DISTRICT OVERLAY - ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURAL USES AMENDMENT

AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 142, "ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS," ARTICLE III, "OVERLAY DISTRICTS," DIVISION 7, “CULTURAL ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT OVERLAY (CANDO),” BY ADDING CERTAIN CULTURAL USES AS ALLOWABLE ACCESSORY USES AND BY EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT AND PERMITTING INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT IN ESTABLISHMENTS AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO A RESTAURANT OR HOTEL; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; REPEALER; SEVERABILITY; APPLICABILITY; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.


RECOMMENDATION

The Administration recommends that the City Commission adopt the Ordinance.

BACKGROUND/HISTORY

On December 8, 2021, at the request of Commissioner Ricky Arriola, the City Commission referred the proposed Ordinance to the Land Use and Sustainability Committee (LUSC) and the Planning Board for review and recommendation (item C4 U).

On February 11, 2022, the LUSC recommended that the Planning Board transmit the item to the City Commission with a favorable recommendation.

ANALYSIS

PLANNING ANALYSIS
In 2016, the City Commission created the Collins Park Arts Overlay District, which provides land-use incentives to property owners, developers, and commercial businesses to encourage arts-related uses within the district. These incentives have fostered arts and entertainment, as well as cultural uses. These uses relate well with the Bass Museum of Art and the Miami City Ballet, which are located within the Overlay, and are two of the City’s primary cultural institutions.

The primary purpose of the proposed amendment is to slightly expand the boundaries of the Collins Park Arts Overlay District to allow for limited indoor entertainment as an accessory use to restaurants or hotels fronting 17th Street and James Avenue, and located in the RM-2 district (See the attached map). These limited properties are directly across the street from the more intense CD-3 zoning district on the south side of 17th Street, thereby providing for a more appropriate transition between the commercial uses to the south and the hotel and residential uses to the north.

Indoor entertainment would be subject to conditional use approval from the Planning Board, and as part of the conditional use process, specific conditions could be required to ensure that nearby residents are not negatively impacted. Because the entertainment would be limited to indoor areas, it is not expected that the sound will impact surrounding neighbors. The proposal would allow for improved amenities for guests of the Casa Tua Hotel and the Cadet Hotel, both of which contain restaurants.

Additionally, the proposed amendment would allow museums, art galleries and related cultural uses as an accessory use to an apartment, apartment-hotel or hotels in areas of the overlay with an underlying RM-2 zoning designation. The proposed changes are intended to further the neighborhood’s goals of fostering creativity and arts.

PLANNING BOARD REVIEW
On February 22, 2022, the Planning Board discussed the item and continued it to the March 22, 2022 meeting in order to allow for compliance with the notice requirements of sections 118-163 and 118-164, and provide that mail notice be sent to properties within 375 feet of the expansion area.  On March 22, 2022 the Planning Board held a public hearing and transmitted the Ordinance to the City Commission with a favorable recommendation by a vote of 5-1. The Planning Board also recommended the following:

1. For purposes of indoor entertainment, the limitation of solely a DJ be removed.

2. The City Commission consider, as a separate referral, expanding the boundaries of the Collins Park Arts District Overlay to include the area north of 17th Street and south of 20th Street, for arts and culture uses only, with no entertainment permitted in the expanded area.

As indicated previously, the Administration is supportive of the Planning Board recommendation regarding indoor entertainment, and the text of the draft Ordinance for First Reading was modified to reflect this recommendation. The Administration also has no objection to the Planning Boards recommendation for a separate referral pertaining to the enlargement of the Collins Park Overlay boundaries, for arts and culture uses.

UPDATE
The subject Ordinance was approved at First Reading on May 4, 2022, with no changes.

SUPPORTING SURVEY DATA

Enhancing Cultural Identity of the City

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

No Fiscal Impact Identified

CONCLUSION

The Administration recommends that the City Commission adopt the Ordinance.

Applicable Area

South 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 
Legislative Tracking
Planning
Sponsor
Commissioner Ricky Arriola

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