03-15-2018 Regular Workshop Agenda The City ®f CityCommission
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March 15, 2018
Following 9:00 A.M. Commission Meeting
19200 west Country Club Drive Aventura,FL 33180 Executive Conference Room
AGENDA
1. Port Aventura (Akerman, Joanne Carr)**
2. Proposed Code Amendment for Sun Shadow
(Jeffery Bercow, Joanne Carr)*
3. Resolution on Attending Advisory Meetings (Susan Grant)*
4. Jazz, Wine, and Cheese Event (Kimberly Merchant)"
5. Medical Marijuana (Commissioner Mezrahi)
6. Adjournment
* Back-up Information Exists
** PowerPoint Presentation
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(Updated March 9, 2018)
CITY OF AVENTURA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: City Commission,
FROM: Susan Grant .1
City Manager lie
BY: Joanne Carr, AICP(
Community Development Director
DATE: March 8, 2018
SUBJECT: Proposed Code Amendment for Sun Shadow
March 15, 2018 City Commission Workshop Meeting
The attorney for Turnberry Associates is proposing an amendment to the RMF4 (High
Density Residential) District in the City's Land Development Regulations to allow sun
shadow to fall upon public and private waterways and docks. The proposed
amendment is shown in underlined and bold text below.
31-143(f) Multifamily High Density Residential Districts (RMF4). The following regulations shall apply to
all RMF4 Districts.
...(3) Site development standards.
a. Minimum lot area and width:
Duplexes,townhouses, low-and mid-rise [apartments]: As required in the RMF3 and RMF3A Zoning
Districts.
2. High-rise apartments: Not less than 100 feet in width and 16,000 square feet in plot area.
b. Maximum height:
Duplexes:Two stories or 25 feet.
2. Townhouses:Three stories or 35 feet.
3. High-rise apartments:25 stories or 250 feet.
Each proposed building or structure which exceeds 100 feet in height shall be designed and situated
such that the shadow created by the sun at 12:00 noon on December 21 (a sun angle of 41 degrees)
will not fall on any adjacent property except for public road rights-of-way public or private
waterways and docks. Shadow studies shall be provided to the Community Development
Department.
The current site development standards in the RMF4 zoning district require that any
building exceeding 100 feet in height be designed so that the shadow created by the
sun at 12 noon on December 21 (the day of the longest shadow) will not fall on any
adjacent property other than public road rights-of-way. This request is to amend the
standard to allow a sun shadow to fall on public and private waterways and docks.
Staff will provide its comments at the workshop meeting.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-21
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, CONCERNING CITY
COMMISSION MEMBERS ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS
OF CITY OF AVENTURA BOARDS AND AGENCIES;
PROVIDING STANDARD OF CONDUCT FOR MAYOR
AND COMMISSIONERS; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.03 of the City Charter, the Mayor and
Commissioners are subject to standards of conduct for public officers as provided by
federal, state, county or other applicable law, and the City Commission is authorized to
adopt additional standards of conduct that are not inconsistent with applicable laws; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that if individual Commission members
attend, make presentations or engage in discussions at meetings of the City of Aventura
boards and agencies, such practice may interfere with the free exchange of ideas
between members of such boards and agencies and the public and may dilute the
effectiveness of the advisory responsibilities of such boards and agencies; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to provide an additional standard of
conduct for the Mayor and Commissioners, as set forth herein, concerning the activities
of Commissioners at meetings of the City's boards and agencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1, That the above stated recitals are hereby confirmed and adopted.
Section 2. That the Mayor and City Commissioners shall abide by the following
additional standard of conduct:
STANDARD OF CONDUCT CONCERNING CONDUCT AT
MEETINGS OF CITY BOARDS AND AGENCIES:
Resolution No. 2001-21
Page 2
Neither the Mayor nor any Commissioner shall attend any
meeting of any City board or agency which has been
established by the City Commission in accordance with
Section 3.11 of the City Charter, other than for the purpose
of simply quietly observing the proceedings of such board or
agency as a member of the public. The Mayor or any
Commissioner attending any meeting of a City board or
agency, shall not engage in discussions or make
presentations at the meeting, and if called upon to respond
to a question, shall simply state that he or she is present
solely to observe the proceedings as authorized by this
Resolution.
Section 3. Any members of the City Commission, including the Mayor, violating
the standards of conduct set forth above, shall be subject to reprimand by the City
Commission. The City Commission reserves the right, by subsequent ordinance or
resolution, to prospectively implement other sanctions, in the event that the sanction
provided for above is not effective in implementing the purposes of this Resolution.
Section 4. Effective Date. That this Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon adoption hereof.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Commissioner Rogers-Libert,
who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Perlow, and
upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Arthur Berger no
Commissioner Ken Cohen no
Commissioner Harry Holzberg no
Commissioner Jeffrey M. Perlow yes
Commissioner Patricia Rogers-Libert yes
Vice Mayor Jay R. Beskin yes
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder yes
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Resolution No. 2001- 21
Page 3
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of March, 20 i 1.
4fr -'�' . Y. R, MAYOR
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY
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