NORTH BEACH TOWN CENTER DISTRICT - PARKING GARAGE REGULATIONS:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 130, "OFF-STREET PARKING," ARTICLE III "DESIGN STANDARDS," AT SECTION 130-68, ENTITLED "COMMERCIAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL PARKING GARAGES," TO MODIFY THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL PARKING GARAGES SO AS TO AUTHORIZE PARKING GARAGES AS A MAIN PERMITTED USE WITHIN ALL IN (TC) TOWN CENTER DISTRICTS; AMENDING CHAPTER 142, "ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS," ARTICLE II, "DISTRICT REGULATIONS," DIVISION 20, "TC NORTH BEACH TOWN CENTER DISTRICTS," AT SECTION 142-737, ENTITLED "DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS," TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STORIES PERMISSIBLE FOR MAIN USE COMMERCIAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL PARKING GARAGES; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER; SEVERABILITY; CODIFICATION; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

BACKGROUND
On May 17, 2017, at the request of former Commissioner Joy Malakoff, the City Commission referred three ordinances related to a North Beach Town Center redevelopment proposal involving city-owned parking lots to the Land Use and Development Committee and Planning Board for consideration and recommendation (Item C4C.)

On June 14, 2017, the Land Use and Development Committee (LUDC) discussed the item and recommended that the Planning Board transmit the item to the City Commission with a favorable recommendation.

PLANNING BOARD REVIEW

On July 25, 2017, the Planning Board transmitted the proposed Ordinance Amendment to the City Commission with a favorable recommendation.  The Planning Board also recommended that the re-zoning action be concurrent with final approval of the development agreement with North Beach Town Center Development, LLC (“NBTCD”).

UPDATE

The subject Ordinance was approved at First Reading on September 25, 2017, with no changes.  Second Reading was scheduled for December 13, 2017, at which time the item was continued to a date certain of February 14, 2018.  On February 14, 2018 the item was continued to a date certain of May 16, 2018.

The subject Ordinance is a companion item to the proposed re-zoning of 2 GU properties, which is part of a proposed Development Agreement.  The Finance and City Wide Projects Committee is scheduled to review the terms of the proposed Development Agreement . In order for the adoption of the Ordinance to coincide with the execution of the Development Agreement, and to allow for required noticing, the Administration recommends that the item is being continued to the July 25, 2018 City Commission meeting.