2013-0718 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting July 18,2013 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida 6. ZONING: ZONING HEARINGS ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS. None 7. ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING 7A. Public Hearing: An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida,Amending Chapter 265"Zoning"Section 265-36 Neighborhood Business Zoning District("B-1") to Designate Apartment-Hotels as Prohibited Uses; Amending Section 265-38 Business Overlay Zoning District to Delete Development Standards for Apartment-Hotels; Providing for Severability; Providing for Repeal of Conflicting Provisions; Providing for Inclusion in the Code; and Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Attorney Ottinot reported noting that by adopting this Ordinance the Commission would be reducing density on the west side. Public Speakers: None Mayor Edelcup said this is also for the B-1 District to comply with Town Center District where we have already done this years ago of not having apartment-hotels being in that District and so with everything on the west side of Collins Avenue is less dense than what we have on the east side. Vice Mayor Aelion asked about the height, and City Attorney Ottinot said the height has not changed, it is 190 feet in the B-1 District,and Mayor Edelcup said the 190 feet is a step back, birthday cake approach on the west side. Commissioner Scholl moved and Vice Mayor Aelion seconded a motion to approve the proposed Ordinance on first reading. The motion was approved by a roll call vote of 5- 0 in favor. Second reading, public hearing will be held on Thursday, September 19, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. Vote: Commissioner Gatto yes Commissioner Levin yes Commissioner Scholl yes Vice Mayor Aelion yes Mayor Edelcup yes [City Clerk's Note: Item 5D was heard after Item 7A.] 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Other than Ordinances for Second Reading) None 3