2003-0515 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting May 15,2003 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida Action: [City Clerk's Note: It was requested that this item be heard after SB.] Acting City Clerk Hines read the title and City Attorney Dannheisser reported, noting that the reason for moving this item up was because it affects the Zoning matter. Public Speakers: none Vice Mayor Edelcup moved and Commissioner Kauffman seconded the motion. LPA Resolution No. 2003-05 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 7B.2 An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Section 703.8.4 (m) of the Land Development Regulations Adopted by Ordinance No. 2002-165 Entitled"Parking Garage/Rooftop Open Space"to Provide that Parking Structures that Fall Within the VE Zone*on Lots with 100 Feet of Frontage or Less and Excccd 20 Fcet Above Cradc, are Exempt from Setbacks and Do Not Count Against Floor Area Ratio; Providing for a Repealer; Providing for Severability and Providing for an Effective Date. Action: [*City Clerk's Note: The Ordinance was amended to add"..on lots with 100 feet of frontage or less... "J Acting City Clerk Hines read the title and City Attorney Dannheisser reported. Public Speakers: Shelley Eichner, Calvin Giordano & Associates; Robert Cutcher, Coastal Engineer; Clifford A. Schulman, Esq.; Charles Sieger, Architect; Janet R. Cini; George "Bud" Scholl; Roslyn Brezin Commissioner Iglesias clarified that the VE Zone goes west of the bulkhead line on only certain lots; you can only build up to the bulkhead line or twenty feet from it, which means that this applies to only a few lots. Shelley Eichner of Calvin Giordano &Associates, agreed with the City Attorney that after the adoption of the LDRs and upon investigation,researching,and reviewing plans in the LDRs, it became apparent that in this particular section of the Code, there was confusion as to the interpretation, to the actual applicability and the appropriateness of tying and relating a VE Zone designation to Zoning. Robert Cutcher, an Coastal Engineer,distributed FEMA Technical Bulletin 5-93"Free-of- Obstruction Requirements for Buildings Located in Coastal High Hazard Areas in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Program", which specifically addresses construction aspects and engineering criteria for Velocity Zones, both V and VE. Mr. Cutcher said that the difference between the V and VE Zone is that a VE Zone has a base flood elevation,which is determined and is subject to velocity waves; a V Zone is subject to flooding with velocity or waves where there is no base flood elevation determined. Mr. Cutcher stated that specifically, based on elevation storm surges, the ocean only 6