11-20-2003
The City of
AVentura
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MINUTES
LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
MEETING
NOVEMBER 20, 2003 9 AM
Government Center
19200 W, Country Club Drive
Aventura, Florida 33180
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order at 9 a,m. by
Mayor Jeffrey M. Perlow. Present were Commissioners Zev Auerbach, Ken Cohen,
Bob Diamond, Manny Grossman, Harry Holzberg, Vice Mayor Jay R. Beskin (arrived at
9:15 a.m.), Mayor Perlow, City Manager Eric M. Soroka, City Clerk Teresa M. Soroka
and City Attorney David M. Wolpin. Commissioner Manny Grossman was absent due
to illness. As a quorum was determined to be present, the meeting commenced.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A motion to approve the minutes of the November 4,
2003 meeting was offered by Commissioner Cohen, seconded by Commissioner
Auerbach and unanimously passed.
3. PUBLIC HEARING: MOTION RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF THE
FOLLOWING ORDINANCES:
Mr. Wolpin read the following ordinances by title:
A.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AMENDING
THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN BY AMENDING THE FUTURE
LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR SIXTY-FOUR (64) PARCELS OF
LAND ON NE 213 STREET, NE 214 STREET, NE 214 TERRACE AND
ONE (1) PARCEL OF LAND ON BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A", FROM BUSINESS AND
OFFICE TO MEDIUM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL; PROVIDING FOR
TRANSMITTAL TO THE AGENCIES AS REQUIRED UNDER CHAPTER
163, PART II, FLORIDA STATUTES; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
B.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA,
AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA FOR TWELVE (12) PARCELS OF LAND ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF NE 214 TERRACE, FROM MO, MEDICAL OFFICE DISTRICT,
TO RMF3,MULTI-FAMILY MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICT; BY AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA FOR FIFTY-THREE (53) PARCELS OF LAND ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF NE 214 TERRACE, ON NE 214 STREET AND
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NE 213 STREET, FROM MO, MEDICAL
OFFICE DISTRICT TO RMF3B, MULTI-FAMILY MEDIUM DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT; BY AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING
MAP OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA FOR EIGHT (8) PARCELS OF
LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF BISCAYNE BOULEVARD AND TWO
(2) PARCELS OF LAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NE 214 TERRACE
C.
FROM MO, MEDICAL OFFICE DISTRICT TO B1, NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESS DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AMENDING
SECTION 31-143(d), RMF3 DISTRICT, TO PROVIDE FOR REVISED
SETBACKS, ADDITIONAL CONDITIONAL USES, LARGE PARCEL
DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, EXCEPTION AND AMORTIZATION
FOR MEDICAL OFFICE (MO) DISTRICT, STREETSCAPE DESIGN
STANDARDS AND URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS; AMENDING
SECTION 31-143(g), RMF3B DISTRICT, TO CLARIFY PERMITTED
USES, TO PROVIDE FOR REVISED SETBACKS, ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONAL USES, LARGE PARCEL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES,
EXCEPTION AND AMORTIZATION FOR MEDICAL OFFICE (MO)
DISTRICT, STREETSCAPE DESIGN STANDARDS AND URBAN
DESIGN STANDARDS; AMENDING SECTION 31-144(b), B1 DISTRICT,
TO PROVIDE FOR REVISED HEIGHT LIMITATIONS; AMENDING
SECTION 31-144(f), MO DISTRICT, TO PROVIDE FOR REVISED
SETBACKS, LOT COVERAGE, OPEN SPACE AND MINIMUM LOT
SIZE, ADDITIONAL CONDITIONAL USES, LARGE PARCEL
DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, STREETSCAPE DESIGN STANDARDS
AND URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Mr. Wolpin announced that quasi-judicial procedures of the City invoked during the
November 4, 2003 hearing would continue, including the oaths of witnesses previously
sworn.
A motion to recommend adoption of ordinance 3-A was offered by Commissioner
Cohen and seconded by Commissioner Grossman. A motion to recommend adoption
of ordinance 3-B was offered by Commissioner Cohen and seconded by Commissioner
Diamond. A motion to recommend adoption of Ordinance 3-C was offered by
Commissioner Cohen and seconded by Commissioner Diamond. Joanne Carr,
Planning Director, addressed the Commission, entered the staff reports into the record,
and distributed revised ordinances.
Commissioner Grossman left the meeting at this time due to illness.
Mayor Perlow opened the public hearing. The following individuals addressed the
Commission: Michael Snyder, Esq.; Alan Koslow, Esq., Becker & Poliakoff; Ricardo
Winocur; Dr. Barry Silverman; Fran Ricca, 1615 NE 171st Street, North Miami Beach;
Ken Maldonian, 1599 SW 19th Street, Boca Raton; Stanley Price, Esq., 2500 Wachovia
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Towers; Angela Dickenson, 420 N. 28th Avenue, Hollywood; Ira Rothstein. There being
no further speakers, the public hearing was closed.
No action was taken as to item 3-A.
A motion was offered by Commissioner Diamond, seconded by Commissioner Cohen
and unanimously passed to amend ordinance 3-B to delete Sections 1 and 2 in their
entirety and to revise Section 3 and Exhibit "C" to five parcels of land on the west side
of Biscayne Boulevard south of NE 209 Street from MO, Medical Office District, to B 1,
Neighborhood Business District. The motion to recommend adoption of ordinance 3-B,
as amended, passed unanimously by roll call vote.
A motion to amend ordinance 3-C to to delete Sections 1, 2 and 3 in their entirety and to
revise Section 4 to delete subsection (7) on Page 9 and to provide that Section 4 relate
only to those properties in the south portion of the "Hospital District" was offered by
Commissioner Beskin, seconded by Commissioner Cohen and unanimously passed.
The motion to recommend adoption of ordinance 3-C, as amended, passed
unanimously by roll call vote.
4. ADJOURNMENT. There being no further business to come before the Local
Planning Agency, the meeting adjourned a 10: 10 a.m.
Approved by the LPA on February 3, 2004.
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