2006 1116 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting November 16,2006 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Providing for Purpose and Intent; Establishing Building Separation Requirements; Providing for Landscape and Utility Easement; Providing for Severability; Providing for Repealer; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title and Mayor Edelcup said we are going to be discussing 7F, 7G, and 7H one at a time but they are all essentially going to be the same thing, they just refer to different zoning areas within the City. Assistant City Manager Jorge Vera reported noting that we have had a workshop on the issue of vertical setbacks on Collins Avenue and the changes occur to properties abutting Collins A venue and within the Town Center. Public Speakers: Kobi Karp; Sagi Shaked, Esq. Mayor Edelcup said what we are doing is on the west side of Collins A venue adopting an Ordinance change that would be very similar to what we did in Town Center. He said that is to have the vertical setback requirements and an additional 1 0- foot landscape easement along the sidewalk so that we can create a more pedestrian friendly walkway. He said we are covering this under three (3) different sections of the City but essentially it covers all the commercial or retail operations outside of the Town Center that had been previously covered. Assistant City Manager Vera said although we are making some modifications as to setting back, etc., all the zoning districts will still be able to, if they are able to achieve the bonuses, etc., no rights have been taken away, you still have your density and intensities, as before, just the step back effect along Collins A venue. Mayor Ede1cup said we are just requiring a change ill; the shapes of the buildings but not in the cubic volume of that building, so whatever cubic feet can be built there, will still be able to be built there, it is just in the front setback. Assistant City Manager Vera said yes if the design allows it or the height, etc. Commissioner Thaler asked if we are raising the height limitations, and Assistant City Manager Vera said no, everything remains the same, it is just the issue of the setbacks. City Attorney Ottinot stated for the record, a I O-foot easement will require that easement in a similar fashion that requires the easement on the east side through a site plan review process. He said whereas, any development on the east side has to give us a beach access easement also has to give us a 10-foot landscape easement as part of the site plan process. Mayor Edelcup said okay. Kobi Karp said as a side note that the same thing as they did on the east side, sometimes when you put pencil to paper, that there might be some opportunities to look at some design details. He said that you may want to put some terminology in there to help staff as we go through the projects, based on a project by project, or design, that they have the opportunity to work with the project to meet the intent of the Code. He said just like we did Bay Side or the Town Center that we give ourselves the opportunity to work on a project by project or when we meet the design intent that we might want to actually put pencil to paper and might need to make some modifications to certain details and to give staffthe ability to look at minor little details to meet the intent of the Code as we have had to look in the past not to create hardships or variances but to obviously have the design and quality that meets the intent. Mayor Edelcup said that he can meet with staff on suggested modifications, but he can't give them the authority to do that because that rests with the Commission and they would treat it as a variance request. 9