2002-07ORDINANCE NO. 2002- 07
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA,
AMENDING SECTION 31-21 OF THE CITY'S LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO AMEND
DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTION 31-171 OF THE
CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO
AMEND PARKING REGULATIONS FOR MIXED-USE
DEVELOPMENT; AMENDING SECTION 31-191 OF THE
CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO
PROVIDE FOR SlGNAGE REGULATIONS FOR PARKING
STRUCTURES; AMENDING SECTION 31-233 OF THE
CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO
PROVIDE FOR REGULATION OF OUTDOOR
ACCESSORY FURNITURE; AMENDING SECTION 31-239
OF THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
TO PROVIDE FOR CLARIFICATION OF STORMWATER
DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS; AMENDING SECTION 31-
272 OF THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION TO
NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES;
AMENDING SECTION 31-273 OF THE CITY'S LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE
CLARIFICATION TO NONCONFORMING USES AND
STRUCTURES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Aventura is desirous of amending the City's Land
Development Regulations to provide additional language and/or to clarify certain sections
of the Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has been designated as the local planning
agency for the City pursuant to Section 163.3174, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the Local Planning Agency has reviewed the application pursuant to
the required public hearing and has recommended approval to the City Commission;
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and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has held the required public hearings, duly
noticed in accordance with law; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has reviewed the action set forth in this
Ordinance and has determined that such action is consistent with the Comprehensive
Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. That Section 31-21 of the City's Land Development Regulations
are hereby amended so as to provide for clarification of definitions, as follows1:
Sec. 31-21. Definitions.
Retail shall mean establishments engaged in selling goods or merchandise
directly to the ultimate consumer for personal or household consumption and
rendering services incidental to the sale of such goods, r-~,~.,;~,.,~.,o
Section 2. That Section 31-171 of the City's Land Development Regulations
are hereby amended so as to provide for regulations for shared parking for mixed-use
developments, as follows:
Sec. 31-171(b)...
~ Underlined provisions constitute proposed additions to existing text; ................ ,,.. prows~ons ind~cate
proposed deletions from existing text.
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(12) Non-residential: Large Shopping Centers and/or Mixed-Use Developments.
a. Shopping centers over 40,000 square feet...
Shopping centers and/or Mixed-Use Developments may apply for
approval of shared parking. The petition for shared parking shall
include an independent parking study in a form acceptable to the City,
which includes but is not limited to, information indicating that the
shopping center and/or Mixed-Use Developments uses are such that a
sufficient disparity in peak demand for parking spaces exists to suppor~
the concept of shared parking.
At the discretion of the Community Development Director, shopping
centers and/or Mixed-Use Developments utilizing shared parking may
be required to enter into a covenant or other site plan restriction
restricting the size, mix or location of uses within the shopping center
and/or Mixed-Use Development.
Section 3. That Section 31-191 of the City's Land Development Regulations are
hereby amended to add paragraph (g)(10) so as to provide for signage regulations for
parking structures, as follows:
Sec. 31-191. Sign regulations generally.
(g) Nonresidential district signs...
(10) Parking Structure Wall Siqns.
Approval necessary:
Type:
City Manager
Reverse or channel letter
Number (maximum):
Location:
only.
sign
One per entrance and exit drive
Sign to be located immediately
above or adjacent to entrance or
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exit drive.
Si.qn area (maximum):
Where the face of the structure
elevation is setback from the
right-of-way less than 100':
eight square feet
Where the face of the structure
elevation is setback from the
right-of-way more than 100':
twelve square feet
Illumination: Reverse or channel letters or
external illumination, provided
external illumination does not cast
a qlare on an adiacent
residentially zoned property.
Directional si.qns without advertisin.q throuqhout the parking structure are
exempt from this limitation.
Section 4. That Section 31-233 of the City's Land Development Regulations
are hereby amended so as to provide for regulation of outdoor accessory features, as
follows:
Sec. 31-233. Architectural design standards.
(c) Minimum design standards.
(1) Non-residential development...
h. The design dimensions, materials, quantity and location of all outdoor
accessory features, includin.q but not limited to security bollards, trash cans,
liqht poles, street furniture and newspaper racks must be submitted to and
approved by the Community Development Director.
i. No outside display or sale of any merchandise shall be permitted, includin.q
but not limited to sales from vendin.q machines unless approved by the
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Community Development Director or pursuant to other requirements in the
City Code.
The location of public telephones must be submitted to and approved by the
Community Development Director.
The decision of the Community Development Director pursuant to h., and i.,
above, will be based upon findin.qs of compatibility, safety and screenin.q from
view of the public ri.qht-of-way; and as to i., above will be based upon findin.qs
of compatibility and safety.
Section 5. That Section 31-239 of the City's Land Development Regulations
are hereby amended so as to provide for clarification of stormwater drainage
regulations, as follows:
Sec. 31-239. Compliance with Comprehensive Plan.
(5) Stormwater management (drainage)...
Flood protection. The minimum acceptable flood protection level of service
standard shall be protection from the degree of flooding that would result for
a duration of one day from a ten-year storm, with the exceptions in
previously developed canal basins as provided below, where additional
development to this base standard would pose a risk to existing
development All structures shall be .... *"'"+"'~ "* cr "" .... *"" ""~"~ ....
~'~"~'"- elevated no lower than one foot above base flood elevation or 18
inches above the hi.qhest point of the
whichever is hi,qher.
adiacent road crown elevation,
Section 6. That Section 31-272 of the City's Land Development Regulations
are hereby amended so as to provide for clarification of nonconforming uses and
structures regulations, as follows:
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Sec, 31-272. Expansion of nonconforming use or structure.
A nonconforming use or structure shall not be expanded or extended beyond the
floor area or lot area that it occupied on the effective date of these LDRs or the effective
date of any amendment to these LDRs rendering such use nonconforming, except as
provided for development determined to have vested dghts pursuant to subsection 31-
3(b)(2).
Section 7. That Section 31-273 of the City's Land Development Regulations
are hereby amended so as to provide for clarification of nonconforming uses and
structures regulations, as follows:
Sec. 31-273. Discontinuation or abandonment of a nonconforming use o_r
structure.
If a nonconforming use or structure is discontinued or abandoned, whether
intentionally or not for a period of 90 consecutive days, including any period of
discontinuation or abandonment before the effective date of these LDRs, then that use
or structure shall not be renewed or re-established and any subsequent use of the lot or
structure shall conform to the use regulations of the land use district in which it is
located.
Section 8. SeverabiliW. The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be
severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any
reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance but they
shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall stand
notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
Section 9. Inclusion in the Code. It is the intention of the City Commission, and
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it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a
part of the Code of the City of Aventura; that the sections of this Ordinance may be
renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intentions; and that the word "Ordinance"
shall be changed to "Section" or other appropriate word.
Section 10. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon
adoption on second reading.
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner Cohen, who moved its
adoption on first reading. This motion was seconded by Commissioner Grossman, and
upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Arthur Berger
Commissioner Jay R. Beskin
Commissioner Ken Cohen
Commissioner Manny Gressman
Commissioner Harry Holzberg
Vice Mayor Patricia Rogers-Libert
Mayor Jeffrey M. Perlow
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Vice Mayor Rogers-Libert, who moved
its adoption on second reading. This motion was seconded by Commissioner
Grossman, and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Arthur Berger
Commissioner Jay R. Beskin
Commissioner Ken Cohen
Commissioner Manny Grossman
Commissioner Harry Holzberg
Vice Mayor Patricia Rogers-Libert
Mayor Jeffrey M. Perlow
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
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PASSED on first reading this 5th day of February, 2002.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on second reading this 5th day of March, 2002.
'~I~F'SA M. S~ROK~, CM~
Cl~T,~ CLERK ~
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
CITY ATTORNEY
This Ordinance was filed in the Office of the City Clerk this (¢ day of March, 2002.