2006 1214 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting December 14,2006 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 9E. Sitting in as the Local Planning Agency and the City Commission, to Consider an Ordinance Amending the Land Development Regulations (LDRs) 9E.l A Resolution of the Local Planning Agency of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Recommending to the City Commission of Sunny Isles Beach, the Ordinance Amending Section 265-34 of the Land Development Regulations Relating to "Medium-High Density Multifamily Residential Zoning District (RMF -2)", Establishing Setback Requirements, Attached as Exhibit "A"; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: Mayor Edelcup reported that items 9E, 9F, and 9G are all very similar and each have two parts, one where they are acting as the Local Planning Agency and one acting as the City Commission, even though we are required to take six different votes on this maybe we can cover it as one topic and then vote the six times, City Attorney Ottinot said that is fine however it is a public hearing and we have to open each of them. Mayor Edelcup said he would like to take them collectively and City Attorney said that was fine. City Clerk Hines read the title. Mayor EdeIcup said all of these are basically the same, this item is 9E relating to the Multifamily Residential Zoning District, RMF-2, Item 9F relates to the Neighborhood Business District B-1, and Item 9G relates to the Town Center Zoning, so all three (3) of these are identical in nature except that we are taking each Zoning District independently even though we can discuss them all in total. Assistant City Manager Vera reported that a couple of months back we had a workshop regarding the look that we would like to achieve along Collins A venue. He said the Commission took a hard look at this and they decided that they would like to have the open- air effect instead of a canyon effect, which the current B-1 would have created and so the Town Center zoning was recreated with the step-back, the building sets back as we get farther into the properties. He said they took a look at all the parcels abutting Collins A venue and took the depth of them, and depending on the depth, we assumed different scenarios and within those scenarios, just to be sure that all the property owners reserved their rights to build what originally was permitted there. He said right now as it stands, the property owners could build what is permitted there from what was there before, the previous zonmg. Public Speakers: Sagi Shaked, Esq. Commissioner Goodman asked if he meant grand fathering in for the people who own property and we are changing it now. Assistant City Manager Vera said no, when we are doing these modifications to the ordinance, we need to assure the property owners that we do not take away any rights from them and we do not leave them with an non-buildable site. He said right now all the property owners, after taking a look at it and with the modification we've made, can still build a building within the parameters that they had previously, just a little bit different, a little more setback, a little different design but they can still build it. Mayor EdeIcup said basically it is assuring that the same volume can be built on the property, and Assistant City Manager Vera said the height, the FAR, everything remains the same, it is just the design, just like we saw earlier today [6A]. Sagi Shaked, Esq. said he is here on behalf of Texaco on 183 rd Street and Collins A venue. He said what they have issue with is the 50-foot setback and for this specific property with 9