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C>~~ ._?ticw~:t !!}etd!Jd~ ,9 ~ ,(/' W ca w JYt74'tcj/' 0, J'aoud boy, _!1JP,-e06 !J2!r:crL,J6'-/ cfgtf" gcftJ..J' October 13, 2011 Mr. Hans Ottinot City Attorney City of Sunny Isles Beach 18070 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 Re: Proposed Zoning Code Changes Dear Mr. Ottinot: You have asked us to advise you as to whether certain proposed amendments to City's Zoning code are consistent with the City Comprehensive Plan and Florida law. Four amendments are proposed. First, an amendment to the Town Center District would allow the transfer of building heights within the Sunny Isles Beach Boulevard South Edge among two or more buildings approved under a single unified site plan, to allow height up to a maximum of 290 feet, provided that the average building height of all buildi~gs does not exceed 200 feet, that height adjacent to Collins Avenue-is limited to 140 feet, that allowable floor area ratio and density under the district regulations is not exceeded, and that the City Commission finds that the resulting site plan is aesthetically compatible with properties within the Town Center Zoning District. Second, floor area ratio bonuses in the Mixed Use - Resort zoning district would be increased for streetscape improvements and public beach recreational enhancements, and a new educational and cultural infrastructure floor area ratio bonus is added. Third, an amendment would allow a connecting bridge between buildings on adjacent properties under certain circumstances in the Mixed Use - Resort zoning district. Finally, the Code would limit building height in the receiving districts of the transfer of development rights (TDR) program, and in the in the Mixed Use - Resort zoning district to that required by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. We have reviewed the City of Sunny Isles Beach 2007 Comprehensive Plan, as amended by the Evaluation and Appraisal Report-based Amendments. Nothing contained in the Plan would prohibit the proposed revisions to the City Code. In regard to the changes In the Town Center future land use designation, the area is encouraged by the Plan to become "the hub for future urban development intensification around which a more compact and efficient urban structure will evolve." The Plan further provides that the Town Center "should be intensively developed to assure a critical mass of activity, retail selection, range of services and a resident and employment population to support, in part, such goods and services and create a destination draw for surrounding market populations." The transfer of height within the Sunny t:l:tc 9nco6l- gha" -/,9tJtJ ~ko' 3aa/ ,~e~2.9~ !!iJoca- ,!7Pu&",,- ,~u~.J'J?J'-/ Y::I'#mw,- 50-/ ef'glJ' 2cf'tJC .%aJe;'m~ - ,?'o-/ ,5'1Jo'2(Y2cf'