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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: | January 16, 2019 | | | | First Reading
| | SUBJECT: | CD-2 MINIMUM HOTEL UNIT SIZE - FORMER HD ZONE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER
142 OF THE CITY CODE, ENTITLED, "ZONING DISTRICTS AND
REGULATIONS", ARTICLE II "DISTRICT REGULATIONS,"
DIVISION 5, "CD-2 COMMERCIAL, MEDIUM INTENSITY,"
SECTION 142-306, ENTITLED "DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS,"
TO ESTABLISH A MINIMUM HOTEL UNIT SIZE OF 250 SQUARE
FEET FOR PROPERTY FORMERLY ZONED HD THAT DOES NOT
EXCEED 25,000 SQUARE FEET; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER;
SEVERABILITY; CODIFICATION; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. |
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| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
| | The Administration recommends that the City Commission approve the subject Ordinance at First Reading and set a Second Reading Public Hearing for February 13, 2019. |
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| | | | | | | | ANALYSIS
| HISTORY/ BACKGROUND
On October 17, 2018, at the request of the Commissioner Michael Gongora, the City Commission referred the proposed ordinance to the Land Use and Development Committee and Planning Board (Item C4 C).
On November 28, 2018, the Land Use and Development Committee recommended that the proposed ordinance be approved.
PLANNING ANALYSIS
The proposed amendment allows for properties under 25,000 SF, which are zoned CD-2 and that were previously zoned HD, to have a minimum hotel unit size of 250 SF. The current minimum unit size requirements specify that 15% of hotel rooms have a minimum size of 300 SF to 335 SF and that the remaining 85% have a minimum size of 335 SF.
The proposal would be applicable to the parcel located at 550 9th Street, for which there is a companion Future Land Use Amendment and Zoning Map Amendment under consideration. The site contains a building which has previously been used a rehabilitation center under HD zoning. The proposal incentivizes the reuse of that structure as a hotel, which is more compatible with the surrounding neighborhood that already contains several hotels.
The proposal is also is consistent with the requirement for contributing buildings in local historic districts, which are allowed to maintain non-conforming hotel room sizes of 200 SF, and with the Washington Avenue Zoning Incentives, which allow for micro-hotel units of 175 SF, provided certain conditions are met.
PLANNING BOARD REVIEW
On December 18, 2018, the Planning Board held a public hearing regarding the proposed Rezoning and transmitted the Ordinance to the City Commission with a favorable recommendation by a vote of seven to zero (7-0).
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| | | | | | | | CONCLUSION
| | The Administration recommends that the City Commission approve subject Ordinance at First Reading, and set a Second Reading Public Hearing for February 13, 2019. |
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Planning |
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| | | | | | | | Sponsor
Vice-Mayor Michael Gongora |
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