2004 0302 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: City Commission Meeting March 2, 2004 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida improvements, as separate from the TDR Ordinance where there was land fronting on Sunny Isles Boulevard where they could get additional bonuses and TDRs for dedicating land. Ms. Eichner said that they are similar concepts but they are a little bit distinct in this Ordinance and the changes clarified that distinction between the two. Ms. Eichner said in terms of Mixed Use Bonus, instead of requiring retail on the first floor, it is in the form of a bonus. If in a multi-family building, the developer builds retail on the first floor, they would get a bonus for doing so, with the understanding that they get approvals and additional FAR bonus for doing retail on the first floor. If the retail doesn't work out, then that area cannot be converted to residential, it would have to be lobby area, because they used the retail component to get the FAR and the density, and if it doesn't go in, they can't turn around and change their minds. Ms. Eichner further explained that we are establishing the bonus for retail on the first floor, and we are also putting very specifically in the Ordinance, to put everyone on notice if you use this bonus to get extra FAR and you bring in a site plan that shows retail and then after you build, a developer changes their mind, that they can only have retail because they used it as a way to get the extra FAR as a bonus. · Page 8: Ms. Eichner stated that this is putting in some of the actual zoning criteria, and that there are references specifically saying to refer to the summary charts for added clarity. In terms of lot coverage, one of the changes made as a result of the workshops, where the Lot Coverage is 80% throughout Town Center, it increases to 90% for Sunny Isles Boulevard South Edge. Minimum Setbacks shall be 10- feet for the pedestal and all the others are shown in the Chart. Minimum Lot Size is 10,000 square feet, and added Minimum Lot Width 100 feet, and again referring to subsequent Charts as far as for additional details. Height Restrictions are also listed in the Chart. Landscaped Open Space if you have 90% lot coverage you have to have 10% open space, if you have 80% lot coverage you need to have 20% open space, we clarified how the two work in tandem with each other. Commissioner Thaler feels that 80% is substantial to go through there, and believes that the whole thing should be 80% and not 90%, Commissioner Brezin agreed, Commissioner Iglesias disagreed, and Ms. Eichner clarified that this is a maximum. · Page 9: Tower Separation and Tower Width: Mayor Ede1cup noted that we also need criteria for setbacks for the towers. Ms. Eichner said that is a whole new concept because on the other Charts we had setbacks for the front setback which referred to the pedestal, the tower setback, and the penthouse setback, and the idea was that it created the birthday cake look, and as a result of those setbacks, it sort of negated the need for separation between towers because it was built into the setbacks of the amenities. Ms. Eichner said that we need one or the other but not 40f8