2005 0609 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting June 9, 2005 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Rights Bank. OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE TO REQUEST 2(a) b. An adjustment to be made for a decrease of236,945 square feet and 99 units from the Casino's Transferable Development Rights Bank and an adjustment to be made for a decrease of 177,262 square feet and 103 units from the City's Transferable Development Rights Bank. 3. Pursuant to Section 265-18 of the City of Sunny Isles Beach Land Development Regulations, the applicant is requesting a site plan approval for three (3) interconnecting towers each tower being 39 stories in height and containing 271 residential units, for a total of 813 residential units. Protests 2 Waivers o Ex - Parte --L Action: Mayor Edelcup gave opening remarks on zoning procedures/decorum and Acting City Attorney Wright noted that the Code provides that the City present its comments regarding the application and following that the applicant can make its comments. City Clerk Hines read a disclaimer for the Zoning hearing, and read the applicant's name, hearing number, location and then administered the oath to the witness for the Zoning hearing. She noted for the record that two protest letters were received and distributed to the Commission. Planning and Zoning Administrator Jorge Vera reported that this site is 7.924 acres in size located in the MUR District. He said that staff recommends denial of the variance, the site plan and the transfer of development rights. Public Speakers: Joseph Goldstein, Esq.; Tom Daly, TRG; Charles Sieger, Architect; Elias Malowany; Juan Muna; Henry Kay; Edith Sandquist; Steve Zucker; Isaac Aelion; Joel Frank; Abel Camps Joseph Goldstein, Esq., representing the applicant, reported that the property is the former Days Inn property, La Playa I, La Playa II, as well as the Fountainhead Hotel. He said it is a 7.9 acre parcel and unique to the City. Tom Daly corrected him saying it is a 7.29 acre parcel ofland. He said that they are proposing an 813-unit project and has three condo towers on top of a single platform, and that there is going to be a 10,000 square-foot park. Mr. Daly said that they felt the project would be better with a flat-pool deck, and the difference for the variance is whether or not between the first and second tower and the second and third tower, that they lower the pool deck by 12-feet. He said the City Code allows a building to be 800- feet long as long as the distance between the middle building is 20-feet, and he would like to raise that to 30-feet. Charles Sieger, Architect for the project presented renderings of the project. Mr. Daly said the parking pedestal is 20-feet but under the building 30-feet of parking which is legal within the face of the building. He said in this plan what they want to do is that this has an unoccupied area that does not count as FAR but they are trying to raise this pedestal up so it meets the pedestal behind the building and within the purview of the Commission, and people walking by can't see the difference in the section of this elevation within the building but it allows it to be flat. He said that they believe it is a better building for the people who live in the building. Mr. Sieger said that when they raised the pool deck to 3