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PLANNING FACT SHEET LEGISTAR FILE ID: 07-00535mu May 16,2007 Item # 2 APPLICANT Tibor Hollo REQUESTILOCATION Consideration of a Major Use Special Permit for the One Bayfront Plaza project, located at approximately 100 South Biscayne Boulevard. [Downtown NET District] COMMISSION DISTRICT ZONING DISTRICT(S) CBD (Central Business District) SITE AREA 3.35k acres (Gross) and 2.20k acres (Net) LEGAL DESCRIPTION See supporting documentation PETITION Consideration of a Resolution, approving with conditions, a Major Use Special Permit pursuant to Articles 13 and 17 of Zoning Ordinance No. 11000, as amended, for the One Bayfront Plaza project, to be located at approximately 100 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida, to construct a mixed use tower of approximate 1,049 feet and 0 inches in height with 70 story; to be comprised of approximately 850 hotel rooms and recreational amenities; approximately 112,000 square feet of retail space, approximately 120,000 square feet of exhibitionlbanquet floor area; approximately 2,125,000 square feet of office space, approximately 535,960 square feet of hotel use; and approximately 2,563 total parking spaces. PLANNING RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL with conditions BACKGROLIND AND ANALYSIS See supporting documentation PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD VOTE: ClTY COMMISSION ClTY OF MIAMI PLANNING DEPARTMENT 444 SW 2NDAVENUE. 3RDFLOOR MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33130 PHONE (305) 416-1 500 Page 1 ANALYSIS MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT for One Bayfront Plaza located at approximately 100 South Biscayne Boulevard. FILE ID: 07-00535rnu Pursuant to Ordinance 11000, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida, the subject proposal for the One Bayfront Plaza project, located at approximately 100 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida, has been reviewed to allow a Major Use Special Permit per Articles 13 and 17, to construct a mixed use tower of approximate 1,049 feet and 0 inches in height with 70 story; to be comprised of approximately 850 hotel rooms and recreational amenities; approximately 112,000 square feet of retail space, approximately 120,000 square feet exhibitionlbanquet floor area; approximately 2,125,000 square feet of office space, approximately 535,960 square feet of hotel use; and approximately 2,563 total parking spaces. This Permit also includes the following requests: MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 17, Section 1701, Definition (2), to allow non-residential uses involving in excess of two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet of floor area; MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 17, Section 1701, Definition (3), to allow a hotel involving in excess of three hundred fifty (350) rooms; MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 17. Section 1701, Definition (7), for any single use or combination of uses requiring or proposing to provide in excess of five hundred (500) off-street parking spaces; The Major Use Special Permit encompasses the following Special Permits and requests: CLASS II SPECIAL PERMIIT, as per ARTICLE 4, Section 401, Class II Special Permits, to allow erection of any new building in CBD district; CLASS II SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 4, Section 401, Class II Special Permits, to allow a waiver of the required five-foot setback on lots which have less than two hun- dred (200) linear feet of frontage on a given street and where the location, size and na- ture of adjacent buildings would preclude future redevelopment with a consistent set- back along at least one half (%) of the block; CLASS I1 SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 4, Section 401, under Conditional princi- pal uses (8) of C-I Restricted Commercial District, to allow banquet hall; CLASS II SPECIAL PERMIT, as per Article 15, Sect.1512 Off-Street Parking Guides & Standards, to allow reduction of required parking backup distance from 23'-0" to 22'-0". 07-00535mu Page 1 of 7 CLASS II SPECIAL PERMIT, as per Article 15, Sect.1512, Section 1512, Class II Spe- cial Permit required for waiver of design standard and guidelines to allow a waiver of City of Miami Parking Guides & Standards requirement of one (1) additional foot in stall dimension where the side of any stall abuts a wall, fence, building, or other physical ob- struction, to allow the minimum stall width dimension of 8'-6" from face of any obstruc- tion: CLASS II SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 9, Section 923, Sub-section 923.2, Sub- Section 923.2.1. Reduction in stall dimensions by Class II Special Permit; criteria and limitations on reductions, to allow reduction of eight (8) 12'x35'~15'loading berth dimen- sions to eight (8) 10'x 25x15' as follows; Required Four (4) 12 feet wide x 35 feet long x 15 feet high Five (5) 12 feet wide x 55 foot long x 15 feet high Proposed Three (3) 12 feet wide x 55 feet long x 15 feet high Eight (8) 10 feet wide x 25 foot long x 15 feet high CLASS II SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 9, Section 927. Temporary structures, occupancies, and uses during construction, criteria for special permits, to allow tempo- rary structures, occupancies, and uses reasonably necessary for construction such as construction fence, covered walkway and if encroaching public property must be ap- proved by other city departments; CLASS II SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 9, Section 917, Sub-section 917.1.I, Parking maneuvers on public streets or sidewalks prohibited; backing into an alley by Class II Special Permit; exceptions, to allow maneuvering on public street (S.E. 1st Street) of three (3) loading trucks; CLASS I SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 9, Section 906, Sub-section 906.9. Tem- porary special events; special permits; criteria, to allow temporary carnival, festival, fair or similar type event on privately owned or City-owned land such as a ground breaking ceremony; CLASS I SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 9, Section 916, Sub-section 916.2.1. Temporary special event parking, to allow parking for temporary special event such as ground breaking ceremonies; CLASS I SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 9, Section 918, Sub-section 918.2. Tem- porary off-street offsite parking for construction crews, criteria, to allow temporary off- street offsite parking, for construction crews working on a residential project under con- struction, within R-3 or more permissive zoning district; CLASS I SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 9, Section 920, Sub-section 920.1.2. Limitations on occupancy of mobile homes, to allow parking of mobile homes, trailers or manufactured homes, when authorized for security or other purposes in connection with land development such as construction trailer(s) and other temporary construction of- fices such as watchman's quarters, leasing and sales centers; 07-00535mu Page 2 of 7 CLASS I SPECIAL PERMIT, as per ARTICLE 10, Section 10.5, Sub-section 10.5.4.5, CBD-Central Business District Commercial, Temporary Signs (3) , to allow temporary development signs; REQUEST, for waiver of CHAPTER 36 NOISE, Section 36-6 Construction Equipment (a) permitting the operation of construction equipment exceeding the sound level of a reading of 0.79 weighted average dBA at any time and/or day subject to the City Man- ager Exception pursuant to Section 36-6 (c) and all the applicable criteria; REQUEST for applicable MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT, that the following conditions be required at the time of issuance of Shell Permit instead of at issuance of Foundation Permit: - The requirement to record in the Public Records a Declaration of Covenants and/or Restrictions providing that the ownership, operation and maintenance of all common areas and facilities will be by the property owner and/or a mandatory property owner association; - And the requirement to record in the Public Records a Unity of Title or a covenant in lieu of a Unity of Title. In determining the appropriateness of the proposed project, the Planning Department has referred this project to the Large Scale Development Committee (LSDC), to the Planning Internal Design Review Committee, Urban Development Review Board and Historic Environmental and Preservation Board for additional input and recommendations; the following findings have been made: It is found that the proposed development project will benefit the area by creating additional commercial opportunities in the Downtown NET District, bounded by SE 1'' Street, to the north; SE 2ndStreet, to the South; Biscayne Boulevard, to the east and SE 3rd Avenue, to the west. It is found that the subject property is located in the "PLAT BLOCK 127N AND PORTION of 120N" plat within the Central Business District neighborhood of the City. It is found that pursuant to the Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan of the City of Miami, Florida, the existing Future Land Use category for the property is "Central Business District". It is found that the proposed project is located along a Primary Pedestrian Pathway. It is found that the project has convenient access to the Metromover system at the Bayfront Plaza station, located adjacent east of the subject property, with connections to the Metrorail and Tri-Rail systems, for efficient use of existing mass transit systems. It is found that the proposed project is located within an Archeological Conservation area and a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Environmental and Preservation Board (HEPB) on April 3, 2007 with Resolution HEPB-2007-20 . It is found that the proposed residential density of the project (425 units at 193 units per acre) is below the maximum 2,200 units (1,000 units per acre) on the 2.20k net 07-00535mu Page 3 of 7 acre site. Per Section 903.4, the 850 hotel rooms are equivalent to 425 dwelling units (hotel rooms = 0.50 of dwelling units). It is found that the total allowable combined floor area without bonuses for the 3.35* gross acre site is unlimited.