99-054 RESOLUTION NO. 99-$4
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA APPROVING A SIGN
VARIANCE FOR DIM WATERWAYS, LP (SHOPPES AT
THE WATERWAYS), TO ALLOW AN EXISTING
MONUMENT SIGN THAT IS 66 SQUARE FEET IN AREA
WHERE CITY CODE ALLOWS MONUMENT SIGNS TO BE
A MAXIMUM OF 48 SQUARE FEET IN AREA;
APPROVING A SIGN VARIANCE TO ALLOW SAID SIGN
TO CONTINUE TO BE LOCATED OFF THE PREMISES
OF THE SHOPPING CENTER AT THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF BISCAYNE BOULEVARD AND NE 207
STREET, WHERE NO OFF-PREMISE SIGNS ARE
ALLOWED BY CODE; APPROVING A SIGN VARIANCE
TO ALLOW A MONUMENT SIGN TO BE LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY 85 FEET FROM ANOTHER
MONUMENT SIGN WHERE THE CITY'S SIGN CODE
REQUIRES A MINIMUM SPACING OF 200 FEET;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the property described herein is zoned OP, Office Park District, a
non-residential district; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant, DIM Waterways, LP, (Shoppes at the Waterways)
through Application No. 9-SV-99, has requested the following: 1) a sign variance to
permit an existing, legal, non-conforming monument sign for the Shoppes at the
Waterways that is 66 square feet in area where City code allows monument signs to be
a maximum of 48 square feet in area; and 2) a sign variance to allow said sign to
continue to be located off the premises of the shopping canter at the northeast corner
of Biscayne Boulevard and NE 207 Street, where no off-premises signs are allowed by
Code; and 3) a sign variance to allow a monument sign to be located approximately 85
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feet from another monument sign where the City's sign code requires a minimum
spacing of 200 feet; and
WHEREAS, following proper notice, the City Commission has held a public
hearing as provided by law and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the unique location of this shopping
center places merchants at this location at a competitive disadvantage to other retail
centers located on Biscayne Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the Application meets the criteria of
the applicable codes and ordinances to the extent the application is granted herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. Application No. 9-SV-99, for sign variance to permit an existing,
legal, non-conforming monument sign for the Shoppes at the Waterways that is 66
square feet in area where City code allows monument signs to be a maximum of 48
square feet in area, on property legally described as:
Tract "C' Biscayne Waterways First Addition Subdivision, Plat Book 126, Page
18, Official Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Aka Aventura Corporate
Center 20801 Biscayne Boulevard
is hereby granted exclusively to Shoppes at the Waterways (DIM Waterways, LP).
Section 2. Request for a sign variance to allow said sign to continue to be
located off the premises of the shopping center at the northeast corner of Biscayne
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Boulevard and NE 207 Street, where no off-premises signs are allowed is hereby
approved.
Section 3. Request for a sign variance to allow a monument sign to be located
approximately 85 feet from another monument sign where the City's sign code requires
a minimum spacing of 200 feet is hereby approved.
Section 4. This approval shall be subject to applicant assuming full
responsibility for sign maintenance.
Section ,5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Vice Mayor Rogers-Libert, who moved
its adoption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Cohen, and upon being put
to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Arthur Berger yes
Commissioner Jay R. Beskin yes
Commissioner Ken Cohen yes
Commissioner Harry Holzberg yes
Commissioner Jeffrey M. Perlow yes
Vice Mayor Patricia Rogers-Libert yes
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder yes
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5t' day of October, 19~J~ /?
L-~rthLf'r L Sny"der, M~yor
ATTEST:
Teresa M. Soroka, CMC/AAE, City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
CITY ATTORNEY
This Resolution was filed in the Office of the City Clerk this ,, day of ' ,1999.
CITY CLERK