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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting February 19,2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida <br /> regular spaces but we have tandem spaces,and also in that count is aisle parking where you are <br /> parking the cars in the driveways. Vice Mayor Gatto said but you can accommodate one car <br /> for each of the units,whether it is valet or not,and Architect Castineira said in the valet system <br /> there is a space for each unit. Vice Mayor Gatto said she is trying to figure out incrementally <br /> your request for extra parking for guests, three-car families, etc., she wants to know what is <br /> loaded in that. Attorney Mars said he just got some statistics on this,there is about 60%of the <br /> unit owners in Tower I who have assigned parking,there is less than 40%for Tower II,and in <br /> Tower III there are no assigned parking spaces. Vice Mayor Gatto said she is referring to one <br /> parking space,and Attorney Mars said a typical building that has assigned parking spaces,the <br /> docket says you have one parking space for each unit and it is assigned by the developer, that <br /> does not exist in this situation. If a tenant in Tower III has a party and has 15 people to <br /> accommodate and we fill up unassigned parking spaces, theoretically one of those spaces <br /> should have been for another tenant but is now filled by someone else. Vice Mayor Gatto said <br /> that sounds like an internal problem which you might be able to rectify. Architect Castineira <br /> said the thing is what he was saying earlier,when you do the math based on today's Code and <br /> you apply the units that require two spaces per the Zoning Code as it is today,that is where the <br /> 340 deficient exists. None of that parking really covers a third car, or even guests, it is just to <br /> meet the basic one or two-car parking requirement after today's Code based on 1.5 if you are <br /> under 1,800 square feet or 2 if you are above it. A 1,800 square foot unit is a pretty big unit <br /> but most condos are under that. In this case, it taxes them heavily because when you do the <br /> math you are 340 spaces short. Vice Mayor Gatto said what she is most worried about is it is <br /> really 340 more cars coming on line in an existing building, that is her worry. We have new <br /> buildings going up and we know those parking spaces and those cars are going to come on line <br /> by virtue of the fact that it is a new building but this is an existing building that would require <br /> another 340 cars to come on line and it sort of opens a Pandora's Box. She lives in Winston <br /> Towers and they are dealing with a big parking problem and she can only imagine what would <br /> happen with seven(7)buildings now thinking they canjump into this and create more parking <br /> spaces for those buildings. Attorney Mars said the cars are there anyway, it is just that the <br /> frequency of use changes and so he does not think the concept is that somebody's going to buy <br /> an extra car, we are going to fill these spaces up relatively quickly as well. The cars come on, <br /> it is just that they are at peak capacity and have nowhere to place the vehicles which is what <br /> the biggest issue is. With this proposal they will have the opportunity to house the cars on site, <br /> when those situations come up they find alternative means to find parking. They have to lease <br /> off-site parking which is not a great solution as it has caused safety concerns and other <br /> problems because of people crossing streets and doing things where you don't have systems to <br /> control that type of stuff. <br /> Commissioner Aelion asked Attorney Mars if the Condominium By-Laws were followed,and <br /> Attorney Mars said this is a Master Association it is not the traditional 718, it has a different <br /> set of Covenants. This is the type of project that was designed by Developer Counsel where <br /> you have voting representatives decision making, and there is one voting representative for <br /> each Tower. The alteration concept which typically requires a unit owner vote doesn't exist in <br /> this configuration. That type of decision, if anything, would be voted on by the three (3) <br /> voting representatives which is something we are considering if and when we have to. <br /> Commissioner Aelion asked about the width of a space, are we bound by certain minimum <br /> widths for space parking for cars, and City Planner Hasbun said the minimum per Code is 9 <br /> feet in width and 18 feet in length. Commissioner Aelion asked if the City is subject to being <br /> 9 <br />