2015-0917 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting September 17, 2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Mayor Scholl said this actually helps the homeowner, and he is a single- family homeowner, because the wall will be proportionate to your yard as opposed to if the crown of the street is lower and your house is elevated; you could end up with a little wall. Years ago when he put up his wall, he had to get a variance in order to have the wall. Commissioner Goldman moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve the proposed Ordinance on first reading. The motion was approved by a roll call vote of 5 -0 in favor. Second reading, public hearing will be held on Thursday, October 15, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. Vote: Commissioner Aelion ves Commissioner Goldman ves Commissioner Levin ves Vice Mayor Gatto ves Mavor Scholl ves 7C. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the Cite of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Section 265 -35 of the City Code Entitled "Mixed Use Resort (MU -R)" Zoning District to Permit an Elevated Pedestrian Bridge Between Towers on the Same Lot; Providing for Severability; Providing for Repeal of Conflicting Provisions; Providing for Inclusion in the Code; and Providing for an Effective Date. Action: Citv Clerk Hines read the title. and Planning and Zoning Administrator Claudia Hasbun reported. This Ordinance permits an elevated bridge up to 35 feet from the ground to connect condominium towers on the same property for the purpose of sharing amenities. Public Speakers: None Mayor Scholl explained that every once in a while we have nuances in our Code that favors a particular property. In some cases if you own two lots you get special treatment but if you own a lot that is beside the two lots you get penalized because of the way the Code is written. This is one of those instances where we have an ordinance that says; as with Acqualina, you can build a bridge between two towers if you own the adjacent lots. We have an instance coming up where we have a developer who owns a lot and he is going to build two towers but he can't put a bridge between the two towers. It doesn't make a lot of sense to make him have to do a lot split just to be able to build a bridge to meet our Code. Commissioner Aelion said if we have a situation where a developer wants to modify an existing approved site, and Ms. Hasbun said if they want to modify the bridge, the height has to meet Code requirements. Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the proposed Ordinance on first reading. The motion was approved by a roll call vote of 5 -0 in favor. Second reading, public hearing will be held on Thursday, October 15, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. Vote: Commissioner Aelion ves Commissioner Goldman ves Commissioner Levin ves Vice Mayor Gatto ves Mayor Scholl ves