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ORDINANCE NO. 2-°19 • 54 <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SUNNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, <br /> ESTABLISHING A TWELVE (12) MONTH MORATORIUM ON THE <br /> SUBMISSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ZONING APPLICATIONS IN <br /> THE TOWN CENTER ZONING DISTRICT WITH CERTAIN <br /> EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR A TWELVE (12) MONTH <br /> MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF DEVELOPMENT ORDERS AND <br /> DEVELOPMENT PERMITS AS , DEFINED BY SECTION 163.3164, <br /> FLORIDA STATUTES, IN THE TOWN CENTER ZONING DISTRICT <br /> WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR WAIVERS; <br /> PROVIDING PROCEDURES FOR VESTED RIGHTS AND JUDICIAL <br /> REVIEW; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR <br /> CONFLICTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> WHEREAS,in 2000,the City adopted the City of Sunny Isles Beach Comprehensive Plan, <br /> which envisioned creation of an "Urban Village and Town Center Strategy that unifies and <br /> preserves the best qualities of Sunny Isles' district neighborhoods while responding positively and <br /> creatively to the need for a true community center to focus the shared social and economic life of <br /> the City;" and <br /> WHEREAS, in furtherance of this vision, the Comprehensive Plan established the Town <br /> Center Future Land Use Map designation as "a planned development district that encompassed <br /> both underlying commercial and residential land use categories" and which is "encouraged to <br /> become a hub for future urban development intensification around which a more compact and <br /> efficient urban structure will evolve;" and <br /> WHEREAS, the Town Center Zoning District, as described in Section 265-37 of the City <br /> of Sunny Isles Beach Code of Ordinances ("Town Center"), was created by the City Commission <br /> in 2004 to provide for the use and development of properties within the area designated in the <br /> Comprehensive Plan as the Town Center; and <br /> WHEREAS, since the creation of the Town Center, several developments have been <br /> approved and constructed, or are in the process of being constructed, which have significantly <br /> changed the character of the City and the Town Center area; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City is committed to providing a sustainable community for its residents <br /> and future generations; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City is committed to amending the Town Center Zoning Code to make <br /> density and intensity standards in the Code consistent with the density and intensity standards <br /> in the Comprehensive Plan for the Town Center District as required by Chapter 163, Florida <br /> Statutes and Section 265-78 of the City Code; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City requires time to analyze, review, consider, modify, process for <br /> adoption, and implement potential changes to its Comprehensive Plan and/or its Land <br /> Development Regulations pertaining to the densities and intensities in the Town Center and their <br /> 1 impact on, among other things, infrastructure, emergency and public service vehicular traffic, <br /> public safety, aesthetics, public welfare and public facilities; and <br /> • <br />