Laserfiche WebLink
<br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue, Suite 250 <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3 II 3 Fax <br />(305) 947-2150 Building Department <br />(305) 947-5107 Fax <br /> <br />City Commission <br />Norman S. Edelcup, Mayor <br />Lewis Thaler, Vice Mayor <br />Isaac Aelion, Commissioner <br />Jeanette Gatto, Commissioner <br />George "Bud" Scholl, Commissioner <br /> <br />Alan J. Cohen, City Manager <br />Hans Ottinot, City Attorney <br />Jane A. Hines, CMC, City Clerk <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: The Honorable City Commissi n <br /> <br />FROM: Hans Ottinot, City Attorney <br /> <br /> <br />DATE: September 15,2011 <br /> <br />RE: Ordinance Prohibiting the Use of Air Rights for Development Purposes <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />This Ordinance is presented for your consideration. <br /> <br />REASONS <br /> <br />Several years ago, the City Commission created the Transfer of Development Rights program <br />("TOR program") to provide for greater flexibility in the pattern of development by allowing for <br />the transfer of development rights from one property to another property to create more green <br />space in the City. The purpose of the attached Ordinance is to reaffirm and clarify that the TDR <br />program is the only mechanism that permits the transfer the development rights from one <br />property to another property. In other words, air rights (also known as unused development <br />rights on an existing developed property) cannot be used for development purposes under the <br />City Code. Moreover, the amendatory Ordinance requires notice to the City when private parties <br />agree to purchase air rights regarding a particular property. <br />