2005 0210 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 10,2005 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida "Buy-Down" Amending Section 265-46A( 4) to Reduce Tandem Parking from 100% to 20%; Amending Section 265-46A(7) to Enlarge the Size of All Parking Spaces to No Less than Nine Feet; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Mayor Edelcup reported. Public Speakers: none Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Iglesias seconded the motion. LP A Resolution No. 2005-27 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 9B.2 An Ordinance Of The City Commission Of The City Of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Section 265-46 "Off-Street Parking, Loading and Driveway Standards" ofthe Land Development Regulations to Repeal Section 265-46A (2) (b) which Provided for a Parking "Buy-Down" Amending Section 265-46A( 4) to Reduce Tandem Parking from 100% to 20%; Amending Section 265-46A(7) to Enlarge the Size of All Parking Spaces to No Less than Nine Feet; Providing for Inclusion in the Code; Providing for Severability; Providing For An Effective Date. (First Reading 1/13/05) Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Attorney reported and noted that Commissioner Goodman is sponsoring this Ordinance. Public Speakers: Alan Krischer, Esq.; Clifford Schulman, Esq.; Peter Weiner Alan Krischer, Esq., with the Law Firm of Holland and Knight, representing TRG Sunny Isles Beach Ltd, which is an affiliate of the Related Group, and that they have applied several months ago with an application for site plan approval and have been working with staff related to one of the issues discussed in a previous matter and they wanted to clarify one aspect of the ordinance. He said the ordinance as it is presently drafted does not speak to applicant such as themselves that have been many thousands of dollars developing site plans that are based on existing standards, and their application will be coming up next month and they would like the ordinance to be clarified on the record that it would not apply to those folks that have already come in and applied for site plan approval. City Attorney Dannheisser said that it was the wish of the Commission that it apply to such a large project as this is probably one of our last really large projects with 822 units, that is why specifically she did not exempt that, but that it is a policy decision. Mr. Krischer said that would be a tremendous hardship that would work on an applicant that has relied on the rules set forth and have been working on for several months and to have to start over again with a new site plan would be a tremendous difficulty for the applicant. Mr. Krischer said the project is Trump Towers and City Attorney Dannheisser said it is slated for March 10, 2005. Clifford Schulman, Esq., representing J. Milton and Associates, said they have no objection with the change from 100% to 20% of tandem parking, but is concerned about the change from 8 Y:z feet to 9 feet on a parking space, as this will add bulk to the building. He said he is also concerned about the Buy-Down, and suggested not to eliminate the Buy-Down because it allows the developer to give the City money to build public parking, and suggested if the 9