07-13-1999 Commission Meeting MINUTES
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1999
6p.m.
Biscayne Medical Arts Center
21110 Biscayne Boulevard Suite t01
Aventura, Florida
1, CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. by
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder. Present were Commissioners Jay R. Beskin, Ken Cohen,
Harry Holzberg, Jeffrey M. Pedow, Vice Mayor Patricia Rogers-Liber[, Mayor
Snyder, City Manager Edc M. Soroka, City Clerk Teresa M. Soroka, and City
Attorneys Richard Jay Weiss and Jeff Sheffel. Commissioner Arthur Berger wes
absent. As a quorum was determined to be present, the meeting commenced.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Margo Absher led the pledge of allegiance.
3. PUBLIC HEARING: ORDINANCES- SECOND READING:
A. Mr. Sheffel read the following ordinance by title:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA ADOPTING
THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THE CITY OF
AVENTURA; RESCINDING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
INCLUSION IN THE CODE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
A motion for approval wes offered by Vice Mayor Rogers-Libert and seconded
by Commissioner Beskin.
Mr. Soreka requested that the Commission address the revisions made to the
Land Development Regulations, as directed by Commission at first reading, and
as outlined in his memorandum to the Commission dated July 9, 1999.
A motion to approve item 1 (Section 506.9) was offered by Commissioner
Beskin, seconded by Vice Mayor Rogers-Libert and unanimously passed.
A motion to approve item 2 (Section 513.5) was offered by Commissioner
Beskin, seconded by Vice Mayor Rogers-Libert and unanimously passed.
At this time, Mayor Snyder opened the public hearing and the following
individuals addressed the Commission: William Landa, owner of office
buildings on NE 191~ Street; Jim Pappas, part owner of Bagel Cove Shopping
Center; Clifford Schulman, Esq., 1221 Bdckell Avenue; Jeffrey Bereow, Esq.,
200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Miami; Stanley Price, Esq., 2500 First Union Financial
Center; Alan Rosenthal, Esq., 2875 NE 191st Street; James Pappas, Sr., part
owner of Biscayne Cove; Ed Henshen, Gretchen Smith Architects, Fort
Lauderdale; Neisen Kasdin, Esq. There being no further speakers, the public
hearing was closed.
A motion to approve items 5 and 6 (Sections 704.6.1 and 704.6.4) of the July 9
memorandum was offered by Commissioner Pedow, seconded by Vice Mayor
Rogers-Libert and unanimously passed.
A motion to approve item 7 (Town Center Marine District) of the memorandum,
incorporating conditions as suggested by Mr. Bercow, was offered by
Commissioner Perlow, and seconded by Commissioner Holzberg. An
amendment was offered by Commissioner Pedow, seconded by Vice Mayor
Rogers-Libert and unanimously passed to provide for an aggregate view
corridor of 20% and not less than 10% per view corridor. The motion for
approval of item 7, as amended, passed unanimously.
A motion for approval of item 8 (Section 1205.4.2) was offered by
Commissioner Pedow and seconded by Commissioner Cohen. An
amendment to inciude the CF District was offered by Commissioner Perlow and
seconded by Commissioner Beskin and passed 4-1, with Commissioner
Holzberg voting no and Commissioner Perlow out of the room. After further
discussion, the motion for approval of item 8, as amended, failed, 1-5, with
Mayor Snyder voting yes. A motion to provide that all commercial areas have
same provisions as residential regarding this section was offered by
Commissioner Perlow, seconded by Commissioner Cohen and failed, 3-3, with
Mayor Snyder, Commissioners Cohen and Perlow voting yes and
Commissioners Beskin, Hoizberg and Vice Mayor Rogers-Libert voting no.
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A motion was offered by Commissioner Beskin, seconded by Vice Mayor
Rogers-Libert and unanimously passed to provide that the CF district have
same regulations as residential regarding reconstruction in event of major
disaster.
A motion to reconsider item 8 was offered by Commissioner Perlow, seconded
by Mayor Snyder and failed, 2-4, with Mayor Snyder and Commissoner Perlow
voting yes and Commissioners Cohen, Beskin, Holzberg and Vice Mayor
Rogers-Libed voting no.
Relative to item 4 (Section 703.5), a motion was offered by Vice Mayor Rogers-
Libert, and seconded by Commissioner Holzberg to amend units per acre to 45,
amend FAR to max of 1.5 for 7 stories and 4 stories same as RMF-3. The
motion passed unanimously.
A motion to approve item 3 (Section 701.2) was offered by Vice Mayor Rogers-
Libert, seconded by Commissioner Beskin and unanimously passed.
A motion to change the zoning of property located at the SW corner of NE 207t~
Street and 30th Avenue from B1 to B2 was offered by Commissioner Perlow,
seconded by Commissioner Beskin and unanimously passed.
A motion to change the Point East residential development zoning from RMF4
to RMF3A was offered by Vice Mayor Rogers-Libert, seconded by
Commissioner Perlow and unanimously passed.
A motion was offered by Commissioner Pedow and seconded by Commissioner
Cohen to reduce the lot size requirement in the Medical Office District to 1 acre.
The motion failed, 3-3, with Commissioners Perlow, Cohen and Beskin voting
yes and Commissioner Holzberg, Vice Mayor Rogers-Libert and Mayor Snyder
voting no.
A motion was offered by Commissioner Beskin and seconded by Vice Mayor
Rogers-Libert to amend Section 503.1 by deleting "and of the public need". The
motion passed unanimously.
A motion was offered by Commissioner Perlow and seconded by Vice Mayor
Rogers-Libert to amend the second zoning map relative the Pappas property
and Mobil property from TCl to B2. The motion passed, 5-1, with
Commissioner Holzberg voting no.
The motion for approval of the ordinance, as amended, passed 5-1, with
Commissioner Perlow voting no and Ordinance No. 99-09 was enacted.
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B. Mr. Sheffel read the following ordinance by title:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA,
ADOPTING THE ZONING MAP AS REQUIRED BY THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR RE-ZONING OF
ALL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF AVENTURA IN CONFORMANCE
WITH THE ZONING DESIGNATIONS CONTAINED ON THE ZONING
MAP; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
A motion was offered by Vice Mayor Rogera-Libert, seconded by Commissioner
Holzberg and unanimousry passed to incorporate in this public hearing all
testimony from the previous public hearing.
A motion for approval, incorporating changes enacted during previous public
hearing above, was offered by Vice Mayor Rogers-Libert and seconded by
Commissioner Holzben3. Mayor Snyder opened the public hearing. There being
no speakers, the public hearing was closed. The motion for approval of the
Zoning Map, as amended, passed unanimously and Ordinance No. 99-10 was
enacted.
4. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the
Commission at this time, after motion made, seconded and unanimously passed,
the meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
Teresa M. Soroka, CMC/AAE, City Clerk
Approved by the Commission on August 5, 1999.
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