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• L!i Greenber Trauri. Ethan B.Wasserman Tel.305.579.0784 Fax 905:579.0717 wassermane@gtlaw.com gtlaw.com March 1, 2016 VIA HAND DELIVERY - - RECEIVED • Ms. Claudia Hasbun Planning and Zoning Administrator City of Sunny Isles Beach FEB .2.9 .2016 18070 Collins Avenue, 3 floor p-� Sunny Isles Beach,Florida 33160 i - l k —Dl PLANNING &ZONING DEPT Re: 17550 Collins Avenue("Property") City of Sunny Isles Beach,FL Miami-Dade County Folio No. 31-2211-004-0320 - Modification of Site Plan Approval,Resolution No. 15-Z-154 (the"Resolution") Dear Ms. Hasbun: This firm represents 17550 Collins Avenue; LLC (the "Applicant"), in connection with certain land use and zoning matters in :Sunny Isles Beach, Florida ("City"). On behalf of the Applicant, we respectfully submit this Letter of Intent in connection with the enclosed Public Hearing Application ("Application") to modify that certain site plan approved by the City Commission on July 16, 2015 pursuant to the Resolution and to request a waiver to place the temporary construction fence along the Collins Avenue property line. The Resolution permits the development of the Property with a new mixed-use residential project containing sixty-one (61) residential units, 5,721 square feet of commercial office space and, a Mikva (collectively, the "Project"). I. Project History: The Property is currently improved with an 8,533 square foot Denny's restaurant and sixty- five (65) surface parking spaces. The Property has two (2) vehicular access points along Collins Avenue and one (1) on 175th Terrace. The Applicant originally proposed to (re)develop the Property with a stunning mixed-use project containing 165,538 square-feet of floor area ("FAR"), seventy seven (77) residential units and a ground floor restaurant (the "Original Project"). The Original Project included a request for 38,104 square feet of Transferable Development Rights ("TDR"), in"clusive;of"six(6)dwelling units. On May 21, 2015, the City Commission reviewed the Original Project and, although generally impressed with the design, expressed concerns with the Applicant's request for TDRs. In light of several:comments made by the City Commission and the public, the Applicant submitted a revised application which did not include any TDRs, reduced density by sixteen (16) units, reduced the size of the Original Project by 38,650 square feet, and fully complied with the City's Code of Ordinances ("Code"), including, but not limited to setbacks, lot coverage, density, FAR, height and parking; in other words,from a zoning perspective, the Project is"As of Right". On July 16, 2015, the'City Commission approved the Applicant's revised proposal to (re)develop the Property with a mixed-use seventeen (17) story residential condominium consisting of sixty-one:(61) residential units and 5,721 square feet Of ground floor commercial space:for a total 1 MIA 185101211v7 GREENBERG TRAURIG.P.A. • ATTORNEYS AT LAW • WWW.GTLAW.COM 333 S 2nd Avenue a Suite 4400 • Miami.FL 33131-3238 n Tel 305.579.0500 • Fax 305 5790717