2004 0506 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting May 6, 2004 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida sentence in that provision that tied it back to the TDR Ordinance which created some conflicts with the provisions of the TDR Ordinance, so the recommendation was to delete that sentence that states: "The procedures for transfer of development rights shall thereafter be accomplished under Section 265-23 of the Land Development Regulations". She said it is understood through the TDR Ordinance that when you create sender sites it has to be approved by the Commission but there are other concepts within the TDR Ordinance that would be inconsistent. She said the next change (page 8 of the Ordinance) deals wi th minimum setbacks on the Sunny Isles Boulevard south edge, the side and rear setbacks will be established at zero. She said that part of this was to ensure that there would be a 50-foot tower separation and distance separation between the pedestal and the tower is reflective at 25-feet which gives the 50-feet, no need for any type of side setback. She stated that the other change is the maximum height, at page 15, Summary Chart D, there is the asterisk that talks about maximum height and we deleted the portion that said, ". . . may exceed maximum height by no more than 20 feet and..." from mechanical equipment, in other words, the mechanical equipment would be included as part of maximum height. Ms. Eichner said those were the basic changes that were made and discussed at the last meeting, and she is recommending approval with the changes made at the last meeting. Commissioner Thaler said that in the bayfront area, we have here the 190, and he can't find anywhere in the City close to the 190 in the bayfront area, in particular on 172nd Street, the other development across from the Winston Towers area, and Mayor Edelcup said it came from the Bl section of 190, and Commissioner Iglesias said that actually it was reduced from 300 to 250 and then 190, and Commissioner Thaler said that was before he became a Commissioner. Commissioner Iglesias said that Oceania is at 325. Commissioner Thaler said he just wanted to bring out why do we have 190 at that point leaving ourselves exposed to having those buildings torn down and the possibility of something going up there at 190-feet. Mayor Edelcup said that the 190 was so that we would have tall and skinny buildings and each one has to come back to us for site plan review, but that there are already 2 or 3 buildings there that are over 190. Ms. Eichner said the residential component in the rear of the Town Center area today is currently zoned RMF2 and under the current RMF2 zoning, the maximum height is 190-feet. Commissioner Iglesias was questioning whether we even still meet the intent of the Town Center Zoning District, for example, on page 3 of the Comprehensi ve Plan, it specifically says that the Town Center strategy combines large scale changes in the City's development pattern, a mixed use seeks to combine businesses and housing in a vertically integrated mix. Furthermore he said that it is stated on page 18 to develop Sunny Isles Boulevard, the City shall develop and implement regulations to encourage a redevelopment of Sunny Isles Boulevard and that the City shall adopt development incentive that will foster and encourage redevelopment of Sunny Isles Boulevard. He said on page 21 it states that the Town Center designation encompasses commercial and 6