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The City of Sunny Isles Beach was incorporated in 1997 and immediately conducted two years of community workshops to gather input that would establish the community's vision. The City adopted its first Comprehensive Plan in 2000 and the plan envisioned an "Urban Village and Town Center Strategy." The Urban Village recognized that the City has historically been developed as a system of defined neighborhoods and the plan envisioned linking the enclaves with pedestrian, bicycle and transit infrastructure. The Town Center Strategy envisioned changing the historic strip mall development pattern into a vertically mixed -use destination center with housing, business, retail, and office space. The Town Center vision included public plazas, civic facilities, access to waterfront amenities and a strong focus on pedestrian circulation. The geographic area designated as the Town Center Overlay in the Comprehensive Plan was well developed at the time the City was incorporated with condominiums and strip malls. Redevelopment in the Town Center Overlay since 2000 has almost exclusively occurred on the properties fronting Sunny Isles Boulevard with projects such as Parque Towers, St. Tropez, Gateway Center, One Netanya and others. In 2019, an inconsistency was discovered between the Town Center Overlay in the Comprehensive Plan and the Town Center TCN Planning Principles The following guiding principles are the result of strategic public engagement and outreach. They reflect the vision,. priorities, .and opportunities shared by .residents and stakeholders. These Planning Principles should be used to guide future policies and regulations to ensure redevelopment of Town Center North reflects the community's vision: 1. Do not repeat the "East Side". 5. Enhance aesthetics of existing 2. Discourage construction: of new residential units commercial properties (shopping centers). and density beyond the. existing development, 6. Focus on pedestrian experience and except where the..Commission determines a plan connectivity. demonstrably furthers the objections of this Plan. - 7. Buffer: pedestrians from vehicular traffic. 3. Keep building height away from Collins Avenue. 8! Create new, connected open spaces Leaveroom at ground Level for enhanced public including outdoor dining, realm design and streetscape design: 9. Address parking concerns and better 4. Commercial. redevelopment to take the form of a utilize surface parking areas. low. -scale, neighborhood=serving, town center. May 10. Respect and retain existing consider well -planned, . mixed -use,. podium -style residential neighborhood character. towers when.a public benefit is demonstrated. 29