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January 15, 2026 <br />PZ2025-12 <br />This category allows a base floor area ratio (F.A.R.) intensity of 2.5 without the <br />application of bonuses and/or transfer of development rights. The allowable <br />number of hotel rooms is controlled by the floor area ratio. Additional residential <br />density and F.A.R. intensity may be permitted for developments that comply with <br />bonus program requirements. Residential densities with bonuses shall not exceed <br />eighty (80) units per gross acre for solely apartments and one hundred twenty five <br />(125) units per gross acre for apartment hotels, exclusive of lockout rooms. A <br />maximum F.A.R. with bonuses may not exceed 4.6. <br />The maximum permitted density and intensity in this category with bonuses and <br />transfer of development rights is 104 dwelling units per gross acre for apartments, <br />162 apartment hotels per gross acre, and a F.A.R. of 5.98. <br />Comment: With the proposed modifications to increase the floor area square <br />footage, the project Mansions at Acqualina is still consistent with the maximum <br />levels of development for density and intensity in the Mixed -Use High Density <br />Resort Future Land Use. <br />Policy 14C. The City of Sunny Isles Beach shall continue to utilize innovative Land <br />Development Regulations to implement the Goals, Objectives and Policies of the <br />Comprehensive Plan. Such regulations shall include Transferable Development <br />Rights (TDR) regulations in accordance with the following standards: <br />a) Receiver and Sender Districts shall be designated in appropriate areas, with <br />receiver districts limited to locations within the Town Center, Mixed Use - <br />High Density I Resort, Mixed Use - Business, and Neighborhood Business <br />land use categories. <br />b) Mechanisms to enhance the value and marketability of TDR's shall be <br />utilized, such as assigning density bonuses to receiver sites which may <br />exceed the future land use category density limitations set forth in Policy <br />15B. <br />c) In no case, HOWEVER, shall the density or intensity on a receiver site <br />exceed a thirty (30) percent increase in the maximum permitted by the land <br />use category limitations set in Policy 15B or the land development <br />regulations and in no case shall the resulting density bonus increases on any <br />given receiver site exceed the number of dwelling units attainable on the <br />sender site(s) under these plan provisions so as TO assure NO net increase <br />in city-wide residential dwelling unit Comprehensive Plan capacities occurs. <br />Comment: The Mansions at Acqualina, the receiver site, has a Future Land Use of <br />Mixed -Use Resort — High Density. If the proposed modifications requested under <br />this application are approved, the calculated amount of TDR's overall purchased <br />and assigned for this project would not exceed the thirty (30) percent maximum <br />permitted by the land use category limitation set in Policy 14B or the Land <br />Development Regulations. Refer to Section V., Zoning Review, for the intensity <br />breakdown. <br />Page 4 of 9 <br />14 <br />