2010-0916 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting September 16,2010 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 7C. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Section 265-210f the City Code to Permit Administrative Approval of a Request to Combine Condominium Units into a Single Dwelling Unit; Providing for Repealer; Providing for Severability; Providing for Inclusion in the Code; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Assistant City Manager/Services Vera reported that this will establish administrative authority to the City Manager or designee to allow the combination of condominiums. We have had several requests from unit owners who have purchased two condominiums and they want to make them into a bigger condo by uniting them, and they go through the proper building procedures. There are some conditions that must be satisfied, the condo association has to approve the combination of those units, the owner must submit a floor plan to the City with the changes, and it has to be approved, and the owner submits an application to the Property Appraiser's Office requesting the unification of those two units, and finally the unification of those two units must be consistent with the Building Code and the Land Development Regulations. Vice Mayor Thaler said then that this will establish the facts and figures of what they have to do and so they will not have to come back to the Commission each and every time somebody wants to put a condo together. Assistant City Manager Vera said that the ordinance will give staff the authority administratively to approve the unification as long as they provide these conditions set forth under this Ordinance. Vice Mayor Thaler asked no matter how many units, and City Manager Conner said that if someone wants to combine two or three condos into one unit the Administration will handle that, however, if somebody wants to buy half a building and make it a unit, then we would have the authority to say we don't want the authority in this unique case and we would come to the Commission for guidance. Public Speakers: None Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Scholl seconded a motion to approve the proposed ordinance on first reading. The motion was approved by a roll call vote of5- o in favor. Second reading, public hearing will be held on Thursday, October 14,2010, at 6:00 p.m. Vote: Commissioner Brezin yes Commissioner Goodman yes Commissioner Scholl yes Vice Mayor Thaler yes Mayor Edelcup ~ 7D. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Section 265-45 of the City Code Relating to Construction of Docks; Providing for Repealer; Providing for Severability; Providing for Inclusion in the Code; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: [City Clerk's Note: Exhibits "A" and "B" were handed out prior to the meeting.) City Clerk Hines read the title, and Assistant City Manager/Services V era reported that this Ordinance will reflect the requirements that are already established in the County Code. The standards under this amendment will provide the regulations required to construct a dock. 4