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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002 0725 City Commission Workshop SUMMARY MINUTES City Commission Workshop Meeting Thursday, July 25, 2002, 1:00 p.m. CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH. FLORIDA ATTENTION ALL LOBBYISTS: CITY LAW REQUIRES YOUR REGISTRATION PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY STAFF,BOARDS,COMMITTEES OR THE CITY COMMISSION. PLEASE CONTACT TILE CITY CLERK FOR FORMS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS The meeting was called to order by Mayor Samson at 1:00 p.m., with the following officials present: Mayor David Samson Vice Mayor Danny Iglesias (arrived at 1:09 p.m.) Commissioner Norman S. Edelcup Commissioner Gerry Goodman Commissioner Lila Kauffman City Manager Christopher J. Russo (arrived at 1:08 p.m.) City Clerk Richard Brown-Morilla Deputy City Attorney Hans Ottinot INTRODUCTIONS: Mayor Samson asked City Clerk Brown-Morilla to start the meeting and he introduced Shelley Eichner, City Planning Consultant, and Vice President of Calvin Giordano and Assoc. Ms. Eichner quickly reviewed some of the prior discussion from the second workshop and a continuation (July 8, 2002) [City Clerk's note: 4 documents were distributed at the meeting]: • Discussion of each district with modifications to some of the zoning criteria, permitted uses, etc. within each of those zoning categories; • Increase the base FAR in the B-1 and B-2 categories from 1.5 to 2.0; and • Discussion of the 5% rule for hotel/motel units and converting. Public Speakers: Joseph Milton; Clifford Schulman, Esq.; Bill Lone 2. Archeological and Historical Landmarks: Deputy City Attorney Hans Ottinot distributed a memo regarding his proposal to delete Chapter 6 relating to Historic Preservation, in light of the fact that the County is considering a new Historic Preservation Ordinance. He noted that the City will have a year to comply with the County Ordinance, once it is adopted. Summary Minutes:LDR's Workshop.July 25.2002 Page I 3. Off-Street Parking Requirements and Standards: a) The proximity and the location of required parking: There are provisions in the Code that allow, under certain situations, some of the required parking to be off-site, however there is no limitation right now in the Code as drafted, of how many spaces can be off-site. Ms. Eichner recommended to allow about 20% off-site with 80% on site. Mayor Samson asked if there was a designated distance for the 20% and Ms. Eichner answered yes, 300-feet, and she again recommended that another criteria be added to limit the percentage of the required parking that can be located away from the site. Commissioner Goodman asked if this included the commercial vehicles that come and go from the property, and she answered that those are loading zones, which.is a separate category. Mayor Samson asked where the City would include "impact fees" for separate buildings being used for off-site parking. The consensus was for 300-feet distance for non-valet off-site parking. 'Vice Mayor Iglesias wanted 800-feet for separate parcels with 24-hour valet parking. b) Shared parking: Needed when there is a mixed-use of offices and retail. Typically retail and restaurants uses require more parking than offices. A study is needed to show peaks of all the various uses on an hourly basis. As the Code is drafted now, there are provisions that if you can meet the shared parking requirements, you can reduce one component by a certain percentage. Ms. Eichner recommended that an applicant be required to submit a shared parking study done by a registered traffic engineer, to be reviewed by staff, and that then becomes the parking requirements. • c) Tandem parking only applies if there is 24-hour valet parking. Vice Mayor Iglesias noted that within the B-2 District that 100% of required on-site parking spaces may be permitted as tandem parking. He wanted it to be permitted in the B-1 District as well and noted it should say off-street parking, not on-site 'parking, and the Commission agreed. Ms. Eichner stated that she does not believe that parking rates should be based on zoning districts, and that the parking rates should be citywide, dependent on use. Mayor Samson asked who designates the area of the handicapped parking. Ms. Eichner stated that it is in the State Statute Accessibility Code, which determines the size, location and number. Vice Mayor Iglesias noted that on Figure 801-1, Minimum Space Requirements at Various Parking Angles for Self-Parking Facilities, regarding the190-degree parking angle in "D" Aisle Width, it states 22.0 feet, but if there is 100% valet parking in place. than that could be up to 18-feet. Ms. Eichner agreed and said that she would do a section on valet parking, which will carve exceptions to the standard. Summary Minutes:LDR's Workshop.July 25.2002 Page 2 d) Accessory use parking: The Code as drafted now does not require parking for accessory uses to the main use: Ms. Eichner recommended that iflit is part of a site plan, even if it is an accessory use, that the required parking needed for the entire site, should also include those accessory structures, and be included in the total required parking. For example, a restaurant inside a hotel, needs parking for the public. e) Parking requirements: the consensus was to require 1.5 parking spaces per unit. • Hotels — rates should not be tied to zoning districts. • Rate comparison chart was reviewed to achieve consensus: Movie Theater - four seats per one parking space: Vocational School — onl a square footage • basis of class room area versus administrative area, rather than the number of students: Hardware Store — recommending it goes down to like one to 300. Ms. Eichner said she will take all the parking requirements and put them in a chart form, rather then grouping them. Business and Professional Office - professional office is one to 250, four parking spaces per 11,000 square feet, the consensus was to leave it at one to 300: Medical and Dental Office — need a greater parking requirement than a regular office because of patients coming in and out, the Code as drafted states one to 300, she recommends one to 250, which was agreed to by the Commission. Ms. Eichner strongly recommends as a first premise to use the building square footage number and you come up with a rate that takes into account the serving area, the delivery area, the food prep area, etc., which is incorporated into the rate. The Code as drafted right now, is one space per 200 square feet, and she said that is not enough parking for a restaurant. Ms. Eichner recommends one space per 150 square feet, and the Commission agreed. f) Shopping Centers: Ms. Eichner recommends keeping the rates as they are and base it on gross floor area (one space per 250 square feet of gross floor area with less than 200,000 square feet and one space per 280 square feet of gross floor area for 200,000 or more square feet). g) Mixed Use Centers: Use generalized rates for types of uses within the site. h) Fractional Spaces: When doing division. we may end with a fraction. Ms. Eichner recommends that we round up, as opposed to right now if you are at .5, it states to round down. 1 i) Loading Spaces: Vice Mayor Iglesias said that in Section 8011.4.2(c) for each multiple dwelling residential or apartment hotel building, 50 is too small and he recommended that it should go from 25 to 100 for one space, and two spaces for 200. Ms. Eichner agreed. Summary Minutes:LDR•s Workshop.July 25.2002 Page 3 4. Sign Regulations a) Text: Clarify language to limit text of sign to registered business name and name of product or service. b) Neon: All exposed neon should be prohibited. c) Temporary holiday decorations: Ms. Eichner recommends that we specify holiday or time of year. Chris Steers noted that a code enforcement problem they are having is the Sukkot, which is technically a structure and is a code violation. This section needs to be looked into more. d) Sign permit that is not part of site plan application: 12 months with a six-month extension to construct is a long period of time; Ms. Eichner recommends to shorten it from 12 months to three months. e) Variances from sign code: Should not be prohibited f) Special permit, delete and treat these under variance process. g) Amortization schedule: Comply within 3 years of adoption of the Code. S. Development Standards Design Guidelines for Town Center (the height, setback and FAR); and for the Sunny Isles Boulevard Corridor. Important to meet with the property owners!and developers of • that Corridor and come up with a very specific set of Design Guidelines and Zoning Overlay criteria that will bring forth the vision that everyone has for Sunny Isles Boulevard. a) All references to City Manager or Planning and Zoning Director waiving requirements should be deleted, those come back as variances for the City Commission to consider. b) All subjective criteria should be deleted from community design guidelines and standards. c) Accessory uses should be moved to the zoning district regulations. d) Compliance with comprehensive plan should be moved to the comprehensive plan chapter. e) The Design Guidelines for Town Center should be developed in conjunction with an overall master plan and then be included in the Town Center Zoning Overlay District regulations. 6. Non-Conforming Uses and Structures This goes beyond signs but the concepts are similar. Once the Code is adopted, certain structures are going to be legal non-conforming. a) Repair or reconstruction of non-conforming structure — only if value of alteration or repair is less than 50% of current value. • b) If value of repair is greater than 50% of current value, delete provision providing for variances to rebuild non-conforming structure. c) Delete provision that variance can be granted to subdivide lots that will make them non-conforming. Summary.Minutes:LOR's Workshop.July 25.2002 Page 4 7. Next Workshop: They were not able to agree to a date for the next meeting to review the biackline version of the proposed LDR'S. Ms. Eichner will work on the draft and will be in touch with the City Manager to recommend a date. The meeting ended at 2:42 p.m. Summary Minutes:LDR's Workshop.July 25.2002 Page 5