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GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE 6TH BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING.UM, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS SINCE WE HAD A MEETING, SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE BACK.
UH, WE'RE BACK HERE IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS.
UM, WE DO ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM, SO IT SHOULD BE A PRETTY QUICK MEETING.
UM, HOPE EVERYONE HAS A, HAS A GREAT SUMMER.
AND, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND KICK IT
[ATTENDANCE]
OFF WITH ATTENDANCE.WE HAVE SIX OF SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENT.
UH, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, UH, IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES, UH, ARE THERE ANY UPDATES THIS MORNING? NO UPDATES, MR. CHAIR.
[SWEARING IN OF PUBLIC]
THAT YOU SWEAR IN THE PUBLIC THAT IS, WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU, YOU'LL FIRST ADVISE HOW TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM AND THEN SWEAR IN, UM, ANYONE HERE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WILL SPEAK AND YOU'LL SWEAR IN ANYONE THAT PARTICIPATES VIA ZOOM, UM, AS THEY'RE CALLED.UH, TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED IN A HYBRID FORMAT WITH A QUORUM OF THE BOARD PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE COMMISSION.
CHAMBERS LOCATED AT 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE AND APPLICANT STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC APPEARING EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY VIA THE ZOOM PLATFORM.
IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S MEETING, THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE VIA THE ZOOM PLATFORM MAY DIAL 8 8 8 8 5 3 5 2 5 7.
AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH IS 8 2 8 6 9 6 1 5 3 0 9, OR LOG INTO THE ZOOM APP AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH IS 8 2 8 6 9 6 1 5 3 0 9.
ANY INDIVIDUAL WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON IF THEY'RE USING THE ZOOM APP, OR DIAL STAR NINE.
IF THEY ARE PARTICIPATING BY PHONE BEFORE I SWEAR IN THOSE THAT I'LL BE TESTIFYING TODAY, I'M GOING TO ADVISE ALL AND READ INTO THE RECORD THE CITY'S A NOTICE REGARDING LOBBYIST REGISTRATION.
IF YOU ARE APPEARING ON BEHALF OF A BUSINESS, A CORPORATION, OR ANOTHER PERSON, YOU NEED TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED YET, YOU SHOULD REGISTER BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO THE BOARD.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST IF YOU ARE SPEAKING ONLY ON YOUR BEHALF AND NOT ON ANY OTHER PARTY.
OR IF YOU ARE TESTIFYING AS AN EXPERT WITNESS, PROVIDING ONLY SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, OR OTHER SPECIALIZED INFORMATION OR TESTIMONY IN THIS PUBLIC MEETING, OR IF YOU ARE APPEARING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR YOUR APPEARANCE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT OF OR OPPOSITION TO ANY ITEM.
EXPERT WITNESSES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SHALL PRIOR TO APPEARING DISCLOSE IN WRITING TO THE CITY CLERK, THEIR NAME, ADDRESS, AND THE PRINCIPAL ON BEHALF OF WHO THEY ARE COMMUNICATING.
IF YOU ARE AN ARCHITECT, ATTORNEY, OR EMPLOYEE REPRESENTING AN APPLICANT OR AN INJECTOR, YOU MUST REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST.
THESE RULES APPLY WHETHER YOU'RE APPEARING IN FAVOR OF OR AGAINST AN ITEM, OR ENCOURAGING OR ARGUING AGAINST ITS PASSAGE, DEFEAT, MODIFICATION, OR CONTINUANCE.
UM, AT THIS POINT, UM, ALL THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO BE TESTIFYING TODAY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL BE GIVING IN THIS PROCEEDING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO DO.
AND WITH THAT, UH, MR. CHAIR, UH, TURN IT BACK TO YOU.
UM, MR. MADDEN, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS? WE HAVE NO DISCUSSION ITEMS TODAY.
[1. After Action Report – March 7, 2025 ]
YOUR PACKAGE, YOU HAD THE MINUTES FROM OUR MARCH 7TH MEETING.HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE.
UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN IF THERE'S ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
IF NOT, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES.
[2. ZBA22-0143, 125-153 Collins Ave. ]
TWO REQUESTS FOR CONTINUANCES.THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE ZBA TWO TWO DASH OH 1 43.
SO THE, THE, UH, APPLICANT'S, THE APPLICANT FOR THIS APPEAL IS CURRENTLY, THEY'RE STATING THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING IT OUT WITH, UH, WITH OTHER PARTIES AND THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT THE ITEM BE CONTINUED TO THE OCTOBER 17TH MEETING.
UM, AND THEY'RE HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTINUANCE.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTINUANCE.
[3. ZBA24-0161, 605 LINCOLN ROAD UNIT 800RF]
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REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE IS ZBA TWO FOUR DASH OH 1 6 1 6 0 5 LINCOLN ROAD UNIT 8 0 0 RF.MR. MED, THIS, THIS ITEM IS WHILE THEY'RE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE AND THEY ARE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO THE JULY 30TH MEETING.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CONTINUANCE? UM, UH, YOU WANNA RECOGNIZE OR IF YOU'D LIKE A DIFFERENT DATE, FEEL FREE.
YEAH, I, I, I HAD SPOKEN TO NICK UHLER, JUST, OH, I APOLOGIZE.
THERE IS LITIGATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES IN, IN INVOLVED IN THIS.
WE ACTUALLY, FOR THE RECORD STATEMENT, I APOLOGIZE.
MY NAME'S CARTER MCDOWELL WITH BILL IN SOME 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
UM, WE ACTUALLY WOULD ALSO ASK THAT THIS BE CONTINUED TO THE OCTOBER MEETING.
WE'RE HOPING THAT IF THE LITIGATION GETS RESOLVED, WE MAY NOT COME BACK TO BOTHER YOU.
UM, AND, BUT IT LITIGATION TAKES TIME AND WE'RE NOT HANDLING THE LITIGATION.
UH, CO-COUNSEL IS HANDLING THAT.
SO WE WOULD ASK THAT THIS ALSO BE CONTINUED TO THE OCTOBER 17TH MEETING, PLEASE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL? OKAY.
OKAY, SO LET'S GO ON TO, UH, ARE THERE ANY PREVIOUSLY CONTINUED APPLICATIONS? THERE ARE NO PREVIOUSLY CONTINUED APPLICATIONS.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET INTO
[4. ZBA25-0179 3741 Royal Palm Avenue]
THE ONE APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS GONNA BE ZBA TWO FIVE DASH OH 1 79.37 41 RELL PALM AVENUE, MR. MADDEN.
UM, I'LL READ THE TITLE AND APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING VARIANCES OF THE MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE AND LOT COVERAGE TO ALLOW FOR THE ENCLOSURE OF AN OUTDOOR TERRACE FOR AN APPROVED TWO-STORY HOME THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THIS IS A, A RARE CASE WHERE WE HAVE A HOME THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THEY HAVE AN APPROVED BUILDING PERMIT.
UM, AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE SEEKING A VARIANCE WHILE THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS, UH, BEFORE THE HOME IS COMPLETED.
UH, THE HOME IS CURRENTLY APPROVED WITH AN OUTDOOR TERRACE IN THE REAR YARD.
UH, THIS IS A COVERED TERRACE, UM, WITH COLUMNS AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE OF THE LOT SIZE AND UNIT SIZE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ENCLOSE THAT TERRACE.
SO THEY'RE PROPOSING, ESSENTIALLY KEEP THE TERRACE AS IT IS, BUT PUT WINDOWS UP SO THAT IT BECOMES AN INTERIOR SPACE RATHER THAN AN OUTDOOR SPACE.
UM, THIS DOES RESULT IN A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE UNIT SIZE AND LOT COVERAGE.
UM, SO THE, THE, UH, THE UNIT SIZE WOULD GO UP TO THE, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE UNIT SIZE IS 50%.
THEY'RE REQUESTING TO GO TO 54 POINT 13%.
SO THIS WOULD RESULT, UM, IN A HOME WITH A UNIT SIZE OF 6089.54 SQUARE FEET.
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, A UNIT SIZE OF 5,432 SQUARE FEET, AND THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED WOULD BE 5,625 SQUARE FEET.
THE SAME WOULD GO FOR THE LOT COVERAGE.
ANYTHING, UH, ANY PROJECTIONS FROM THE ENCLOSED SPACE THAT PROJECT BEYOND FIVE FEET HAVE TO COUNT TOWARDS THE LOT COVERAGE.
CURRENTLY, THE APPLICANT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE, WHICH IS 30%.
THEY'RE AT 29.91%, UM, WHICH IS A, A SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 3,365 SQUARE FEET IS THE, IS THE CURRENT LOT COVERAGE, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO GO TO 4,023 SQUARE FEET.
UM, SO THAT WOULD TAKE THEM TO 35.76% OF A LOT COVERAGE.
THE HOME IN AND OF ITSELF IS NOT INCREASING IN MASS BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS APPROVED, UM, THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO THERE'S NO, UH, NEGATIVE IMPACTS IN TERMS OF THE MASSING.
UM, AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT IF THE VARIANCE IS APPROVED, THAT THERE BE A CONDITION INCLUDED THAT, UM, THAT THEY NOT BE ALLOWED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR TERRACES TO THE REAR OF THE HOME, UM, SO THAT THE MASSING OF THE HOME DOESN'T GROW BEYOND WHAT IS, WHAT IS CURRENTLY THERE.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED, UM, UH, TWO HARDSHIPS.
THE FIRST IS A PERSONAL, IT'S A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY THAT THEY HAVE A, A, A, UH, ELDERLY FAMILY THAT THEY WISH TO MOVE INTO THE HOME.
AND SO THEY WOULD LIKE A LITTLE ADDITIONAL SPACE.
UM, THAT'S, SO THAT WOULD BE A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY.
THE SECOND HARDSHIP THAT THEY IDENTIFY IS THAT THEY ARE ON THE SAME BLOCK AS THE 40TH STREET, UH, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION OVERLAY.
SO THE NORTHERN, UH, PARCELS ON THIS BLOCK ARE SINGLE, ARE ARE DESIGNED LIKE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND THEY DO CONTAIN SEVERAL RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, UM, IN THOSE STRUCTURES.
UM, SO THIS BLOCK IS, UH, THE APPLICANT CLAIMS IS SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL NOISE AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS THAT, UH, YOUR TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL BLOCK MAY NOT BE SUBJECT TO, UM, CREATING THE NEED TO HAVE MORE INDOOR SPACE AS OPPOSED TO OUTDOOR SPACE.
UM, STAFF IS NOT OPPOSED TO THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE, GIVEN THAT IT DOES NOT INCREASE THE, THE OVERALL MASSING OF THE HOME.
UM, THE, THE VARIANCE IS MINIMAL.
IT IS A SPACE THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND WITH THE CONDITION THAT NO ADDITIONAL TERRACES BE ADDED ONTO, UH, THE MASS OF THE HOME WON'T GROW ANY FURTHER.
UM, SO WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE ATTACHED ORDER.
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PROBABLY, UH, HAND IT OVER TO, UH, THE COUNSEL.ARE THERE ANY DISCLOSURES ON THE DAS? NO.
SO I'LL GO AND HAND IT OVER TO MR. RICCIO.
TO START, DO YOU NEED MORE? LET ME KNOW.
YEAH, I CAN PROBABLY GO QUICKER THAN THAT.
MY FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS TONY CIO WITH LAW OFFICES AT 2,800 PO LEON BOULEVARD, SUITE 1200 IN CORAL GABLES.
UH, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE AM AMINOV FAMILY.
UH, THEY'RE THE, THEY, THAT'S THEIR FAMILY ENTITY, 37 41 ROYAL, LLC, THAT'S TECHNICALLY THE APPLICANT 'CAUSE THEY'RE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
BUT THIS IS THE AMINOV FAMILY HOME.
IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS WE SPEAK.
UH, THEY'RE ABOUT SIX MONTHS AWAY FROM FINISHING.
AND THE REASON WE ARE HERE IS BECAUSE, UH, MR. AMINOV HAS HAD A KIND OF A CHANGE IN FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO AND, UH, SINCE THEY DESIGNED THE HOME AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE REALIZED THAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE THAN WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED FOR THEIR FOREVER HOME.
SO LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THIS APPLICATION ENTAILS.
OH, AND I ALSO HAVE MR. FERNANDEZ HERE, UH, MANNY FERNANDEZ, WHO IS THE ARCHITECT OF THE PROJECT, IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS HE CAN RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, THE PROPERTY, LEMME GIVE YOU KIND OF THE LAY OF THE LAND.
IT'S JUST OVER 11,000 SQUARE FEET ZONED RSS FOUR SINGLE FAMILY.
UH, AS I SAID, THE OWNER'S HOME IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, UNDER BUILDING PERMIT 2 0 0 46 31.
AND THE HOME INCLUDES AN L-SHAPED COVERED TERRACE IN THE REAR YARD.
THAT'S THE RED THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE.
THAT IS, THAT IS ALREADY A COVERED TERRACE.
IT'S JUST OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS.
UH, UH, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? UH, PARDON ME,
YOU ALL RIGHT? I JUST HAVE TO WALK UP.
UH, SO THIS, UH, THIS COVERED TERRACE, WHICH IS OPEN ON, ON THE THREE SIDES.
THE THREE SIDES ARE, ARE SET BACK ABOUT 22 FEET FROM THE EAST SIDE.
UH, ABOUT 11 FEET FROM THE NORTH SIDE, ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE SOUTH SIDE.
UH, THAT COVERED TERRACE IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO ENCLOSE.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE PUTTING WINDOWS.
UH, IT'S WHEN WE'RE ENCLOSING IT IN WINDOWS.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THIS APPLICATION.
UH, AND THEN WE ARE RECONFIGURING SPACE INSIDE.
UM, WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? OKAY.
UH, THE ENOS HAVE REALIZED THAT THEY GOTTA MOVE THEIR PARENTS IN.
UM, THEIR PARENTS ARE GETTING ON IN YEARS.
THE CURRENT WALK TO TEMPLE IS, UH, ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES, WHICH DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT THE OLDER YOU GET WITH THIS HEAT AND HUMIDITY, THAT'S WHAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM.
UH, THIS HOUSE IS MUCH CLOSER.
SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS RECONFIGURE THE SPACE TO INCLUDE A BEDROOM ON A SECOND BEDROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
THEY ALREADY HAD THEIR MASTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
THEY'RE ADDING A BEDROOM FOR THEIR PARENTS.
IT'S GOT ITS OWN BATHROOM, UH, TO GIVE THEM KIND OF THE, THE PRIVACY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, THAT WALK, AS I TOLD YOU, THIS IS WHERE THE HOUSE IS ON THE SOUTH.
AND THEIR TEMPLE IS, UH, JUST ABOUT A THREE TO FIVE MINUTE WALK AWAY.
SO IT'S VERY CONVENIENT FOR THE AMINOV.
IT'S ALSO VERY CONVENIENT FOR, FOR THEIR, UH, PARENTS.
UM, MORE SO EVEN, UM, THERE ARE, THIS IS THE BEFORE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT TOP.
UH, THAT WOULD BE THE, THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE HOUSE, THE TOP LEFT, THAT WAS A KITCHENETTE AND LAUNDRY BEFORE, UH, THAT'S BEING REDISTRIBUTED AS A BEDROOM.
THAT'S THE BEDROOM THAT I SHOWED YOU BEFORE.
THE OTHER PARTS OF THE HOUSE ARE, ARE, ARE BEING A LITTLE BIT REDISTRIBUTED.
THAT PANTRY IS MOVING OVER TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER.
AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE THAT, THAT THE PANTRY IS NOW IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER.
I THINK I HAVE A, THAT HIGHLIGHTED.
UM, THE KITCHEN HAS ALSO BEEN REDISTRIBUTED, UH, BECAUSE THE AMINOS, UM, CELEBRATE CERTAIN HOLIDAY HOL EXCUSE ME, HOLIDAYS THAT REQUIRE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CLEANLINESS IN THE, UH, IN THE KITCHEN AREA.
THE PANTRY, THE SPACIOUS PANTRY AFFORDS THEM THE ABILITY TO DO THAT IN A SEPARATE SPACE, UM, AND KEEP THAT CLEAN AND CLEAN IT WHEN NECESSARY WITHOUT DISRUPTING THE KITCHEN, UH, FOR DURING THOSE DAYS.
UM, THE AMINOV ARE ALSO MANNY AMINOV, THE, THE PATRIARCH
UH, HE DOES HOST SHABBAT, UH, UH, ON, ON FAIRLY REGULARLY.
SO THE DINING ROOM HAS BEEN EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT JUST TO PROVIDE THE SPACE NECESSARY.
SO THE PARTICULAR REQUESTS SPECIFICALLY ARE ABOUT A FIVE, JUST A, JUST UNDER A 5% INCREASE TO THE MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE.
UH, THE MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE FOR THIS LOT IS 50% OF THE LOT.
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SQUARE FEET.WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO EXCEED THAT BY ABOUT 4%.
UH, THE LOT COVERAGE IS ALSO TECHNICALLY AFFECTED, BUT I WANNA STRESS, NO, THERE'S NO ADDED FOOTPRINT TO THE HOME.
IT'S JUST ENCLOSING WHAT WAS ALREADY COVERED SPACE WITH WINDOWS.
AND I KNOW I'VE SAID THAT A COUPLE TIMES.
I JUST WANNA REALLY, REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT.
UM, THESE TWO REQUESTS ARE VARIANCES.
VARIANCES UNDER YOUR CODE CAN BE JUSTIFIED FOR TWO WAYS, EITHER THROUGH A HARDSHIP, THE TRADITIONAL HARDSHIP CRITERIA, OR THROUGH WHAT'S KNOWN AS A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY.
AND WHAT WE ARE, WE ARE, UH, SUBMITTING TO YOU IS THAT THE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY HERE IS OCCASIONED.
IT'S, IT'S BOTH A PERSONAL, PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY, UM, AND JUST A, A FUNCTION OF WHAT THEY DO.
SO IT'S, IT, IT'S IT THAT IS THE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY HERE.
THE FACT THAT THEY'RE MOVING THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PARENTS IN AND NEED TO RECONFIGURE THE SPACE FOR IT.
UM, AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT ADDING TO THAT FOOTPRINT.
I KNOW I KEEP SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT CHANGING THE SETBACKS.
THEY'RE NOT MODIFYING ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE HOUSE, UM, OTHER THAN THE INTERIOR CONFIGURATION AND JUST ENCLOSING THAT AREA.
UM, THE, IN TERMS OF THE, THE BUFFERING AROUND IT, THEY'VE GOT, UH, THREE LEVEL.
THEY'VE GOT WALLS AND FENCES THROUGHOUT THE PERIMETER.
THEY'VE GOT, UM, UH, THREE LEVELS OF LANDSCAPING AT 16 FEET, AT, AT 12 FEET AND AT EIGHT FEET, UH, TO, TO BASICALLY PROVIDE THE PRIVACY BOTH TO THEM AND TO THEIR NEIGHBORS.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE ENCLOSED SPACE AND THE GATHERING THAT CAN OCCUR IN THE ENCLOSED SPACE IS GONNA BE A LOT QUIETER FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS THAN ANYTHING OUTDOORS.
SO, AND I'LL JUST SHOW YOU A COUPLE MORE THINGS.
THIS IS THE SITE, THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY TO THE, UH, TO THE REAR OF IT IS ABOUT A SEVEN, JUST OVER 7,000 SQUARE FOOT HOME, ABOUT 15% LARGER.
UH, SO THIS HOUSE, EVEN WITH THE ENCLOSURE, IS STILL VERY MUCH IN SCALE, UH, WITH, WITH A LOT.
UM, AND AS MR. MILAN HAD HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, THE AREA INCLUDES THE, THE RELIGIOUS, UH, INSTITUTION OVERLAY.
UM, THERE ARE AC THERE'S ACTUALLY A FUNCTION, A A NON-HOME LIKE, UH, UH, CONGREGATION THAT MEETS ON THE NORTH END OF THE BLOCK.
UH, IT'S GOT, THAT'S THE PARKING LOT THAT YOU SEE THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, JUST, JUST NORTH OF THAT.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE CONCEPT.
UM, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, UM, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
UH, WE DO HAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM FOUR NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA.
STEPHANIE, PLEASE, UH, SUBMIT THAT, UH, FOR THE RECORD THAT WE'D LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR THE RECORD, UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND THOSE FOR YOU.
TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE FAST FORWARD VERSION, BUT THESE ARE WHERE THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT ARE.
UH, THEY'RE, UH, THE HOUSE IS THE, THE GRAY ONE THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR WE'VE GOT MR. FERNANDEZ HERE TO ANSWER ANY, ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU, THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
SO, UM, BEFORE WE OPEN UP THE VOID QUESTIONS, I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON ZOOM, MR. MADDEN? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED ON ZOOM.
I DO SEE THAT THE OWNER IS ON, IN CASE ANYBODY HAS ANY, ANY QUESTIONS.
HE WAS ON BUSINESS, SO HE, HE, I'M GLAD THAT HE WAS ABLE TO LOG ON.
WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, UH, FROM THE BOARD THROUGH THE CHAIR.
MR. CHAIR, IF, IF, IF I JUST MAY MAKE ONE CLARIFICATION.
UM, IN THE DRAFT ORDER, UH, THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PACKET, WE HAD AN INCORRECT NAME FOR THE APPLICANT LISTED FROM OUR, FROM THE TEMPLATE THAT WE USED.
UM, SO WE HAVE SINCE CORRECTED THE DRAFT ORDER, WE'VE HANDED OUT COPIES.
UM, AND, AND IT'S JUST THE, THE NAME CHANGE, IT JUST SAYS THAT IT'S, UH, THE APPLICANT IS 3 7 4 1 ROYAL, LLC.
QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, MR. RENICK? SO THE, THE ADDITIONAL BEDROOM IS IN PART OF THE TERRACE AREA, OR IT'S NEXT TO THE TERRACE AREA? NO, THE BEDROOM IS ACTUALLY ON THE CORNER, THE FRONT CORNER OF THE HOUSE.
WHAT THE TERRACE AREA NOW WILL BE EXPANDED, WILL BE IN A, UH, THE PANTRY.
THE, I SAID A EXPANSION OF THE DINING ROOM A LITTLE BIT ON EXPANSION OF THE LIVING AREA.
AND JUST THE, THE OPERATING CONGREGATION THAT'S CLOSE BY, I MEAN, I ASSUME THAT THAT CONGREGATION'S BEEN OPERATING FOR A WHILE OR YES.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
OTHER QUESTIONS, MS. SILVERMAN? SO IT'S JUST TECHNICAL, BUT ON THE NEW DRAFT ORDER THAT WE HAVE, IT SAYS THAT IT'S FILE NUMBER ZBA 25 0 1 6 1.
AND ON THE AGENDA IT SAYS 0 1 7 9.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
THAT'S PROBABLY CARRIED OVER FROM THE OTHER.
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CARRIED OVER.THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT CATCH QUESTION.
OTHER QUESTIONS? MSRE? NOTHING.
WE GOOD? I I, I'LL JUST SAY GIVEN, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE COMMUNITY, I THINK IT IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ENCLOSE IT.
IT LOOKS QUITE LARGE RELATIVE TO THE OTHER PROPERTIES ON THIS SIDE.
I KNOW YOU, YOU'VE SAID THERE'S THE HOUSE ON SHERIDAN.
IT'S, IT'S, I DIDN'T SEE COULD, SORRY, COULD YOU TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE? I APOLOGIZE.
AH, SEE THE PROPERTY IS QUITE LARGE RELATIVE TO THE, TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES ON ROYAL PALM.
IT'S ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER, WHICH DIDN'T EXCITE ME, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE NOT EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT, SO THAT DOESN'T, SO MY EXCITEMENT IS IRRELEVANT.
I I WILL SAY IT LOOKS LARGER, UH, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE HIGHER.
THE HIGHER ELEVATION, I UNDERSTAND THAT PLAYS WITH THAT FLOOD RESILIENCY IS VERY POSITIVE IN THE CITY OF MIAMI.
UM, I'VE GOT A COUPLE, CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND PUT BACK UP THE SLIDE WHERE YOU HAD THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT? ABSOLUTELY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I SAYING, WHICH ONE IS THE, THE SUBJECT, THE GRAY ONE.
SO THE FIRST ONE ON THE BOTTOM IS THE SUBJECT HOUSE, RIGHT? OR I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE NO, SO THE, THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM THAT, SO THE, THE FOUR HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE FOUR LETTERS FROM THE, FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND THEN THE ONE AND THE SUBJECT, SUBJECT PROPERTY IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIGHT IN BETWEEN THOSE, THOSE TWO MIDDLE ONES? YES.
SO THE ONE BEHIND YOU, I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE EAST, YOU DIDN'T GET A LETTER SUPPORT FROM THE HOUSE DIRECTLY BEHIND THEM? YEAH, I HAVE THEY BEEN SPOKEN TO? HE HAD OR HE HE WAS DEFINITELY SPOKEN TO.
HE, I THINK HE ORIGINALLY WANTED TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY, UH, FROM THE OWNER.
'CAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT WOULD BE MOST IMPACTED.
Y YEAH, WELL HE WOULD, EXCEPT THAT, UH, REMEMBER THE, THE SETBACK, WHAT'S GONNA BE ENCLO THE SETBACK ISN'T CHANGING ALL.
IT'S GONNA BE ENCLOSED, BUT I WOULD CORRECT.
SO HE WOULDN'T, HE WOULDN'T DO A LIST FOR IT.
UM, COUPLE OTHER QUICK THINGS.
UM, IT'S UNDER AN LLC AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S RELEVANT, BUT I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS.
WHEN SOMEONE TYPICALLY BUYS A HOUSE TO BE THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE, IT'S BOUGHT UNDER A PERSONAL NAME, NOT AN LLC.
UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY IT WAS PURCHASED ON AN LLCI? I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, WITH, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION THEY WERE TRYING TO MITIGATE THEIR, THEIR LIABILITY.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT TOTAL TOTALLY MAKES SENSE.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONVEY IT TO THEMSELVES ANYWAY BECAUSE IF THEY WANT HOME, THEY CAN'T DO HOMESTEAD.
THEY'LL TAKE, THEY'LL TAKE A HIT ON THAT.
UM, THE OTHER THING, AND THIS IS REALLY, UM, A QUESTION FOR STAFF, UM, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SIX YEARS, I'LL BE TERMED OUT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY IS THIS, THE APPLICANT IDENTIFIED A NEED TO ALLOW FOR A MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILY TO OCCUPY THE HOME AS A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY.
I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR STANDARDS OF OUR PRACTICAL DIF DIFFICULTY AS IN HARDSHIP, THAT DOESN'T REALLY FALL UNDER THAT.
OR I JUST, I JUST KIND OF WANNA EXPAND ON THAT BECAUSE MM-HMM
PRECEDENT AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, ONCE WE, WE APPROVE THIS.
WE HAVE THE, THE HARDSHIP STANDARD AND THE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY STANDARD.
THE, THE HARDSHIP STANDARD IS VERY PRECISE AND YOU SEE THOSE CRITERIA, UM, LISTED IN THE CODE AND, AND LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORTS.
AND THEN PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY IS SORT OF OPEN-ENDED.
THERE'S NO PRECISE DEFINITION OF WHAT THAT IS.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY UP TO THIS BOARD TO DETERMINE IF THEY FEEL, UM, THAT WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING IS A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY.
IT'S, IT'S NOT A VERY PRECISE, UH, SET FORWARD STANDARD THAT, THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT LITTLE BIT, LITTLE BIT OF SUBJECTIVITY, LITTLE BIT OF, AND IF, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THE HOUSE IS SOLD AND THEY DON'T MOVE INTO IT, I MEAN, EVERYTHING, I ALWAYS SAY EVERYTHING'S FOR SALE, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
THEY CAN'T REFUSE TO SELL THE HOUSE.
I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
YEAH, I, I WOULD WANNA EMPHASIZE MR. CHAIR THAT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE AND IT'S SO CONVENIENT.
YOU KNOW, I, I, I WANNA JUST PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
THEY'RE NOT SELLING, THEY'RE ON, THEY'RE ON WEST 40, THEY'RE ON 47TH STREET NOW.
THE, THE PARENTS YOU'RE SAYING, OR YEAH, THE PARENT, THE PARENTS LIVE WHERE THE PARENTS ARE ON 43RD.
UH, AND ADAMS ABOUT 15, 20 MINUTES AWAY.
THEY HAVE A HOUSE ON 47TH, WHICH IS, THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROPERTY THAT THEY OWNED.
OH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROPERTY.
AND NOT, NOT NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
UM, AND THE REASON FOR THE REDESIGN IS MOSTLY BECAUSE THE PARENTS NEED TO BE DOWNSTAIRS, RIGHT? YEAH.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE IF THE PARENTS COULD BE UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS, THEN THERE'S EXTRA BEDROOMS IN THIS HOUSE.
THEY, THEY IF BUT IF THEY COULD BE UPSTAIRS, IF THEY WERE, IF THEY COULD MAKE THE 15 TO 20 MINUTE WALK, THEY COULD PROBABLY BE UPSTAIRS
I DROVE BY THE HOUSE THIS MORNING, WHICH I ALWAYS DO.
I ALWAYS LOOK AT THE PROPERTIES AND, YOU KNOW, UM, YEAH, IT'S AMAZING.
AND I'M BORN AND RAISED ON THE BEACH AND YOU SEE THESE HOUSES AND
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YOU WANNA MAXIMIZE THE BEST YOU CAN, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSES THAT, AND THE ONE BEHIND IS, IS, IS, IS IS LARGER.UM, BUT THEY'RE MAKING A BIG INVESTMENT IN BUILDING THE HOUSE.
AND I, I AGREE WITH YOU IN CLOSING, IT IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE A BENEFIT, TANYA, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE IF IT'S OPEN, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A POOL IN THE BACKYARD.
I, I DON'T, YEAH, THERE IS SEPARATE PERMIT.
IF IT WAS OPEN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, POOL PARTIES, YADA, YADA.
YOU KNOW, SO IT'S REALLY MORE, IT'S GONNA BE MORE, IF I WAS A NEIGHBOR, I WOULD BE HAPPY.
SO, I, I, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE.
I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS.
SO, UM, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY.
WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MS. MELLI, MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, THE VARIANCE AS STATED WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THE CITY PUT IN, PUT IN THERE.
OPPOSED A CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING HERE.
OKAY GUYS, SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS GONNA BE JUNE, JULY 30TH.
'CAUSE THE ONE THING WAS CONTINUED.
ARE THERE OTHER THINGS ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT MEETING? WE, WE DO HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENT THOUGH.
YEAH, WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF JUST TAKE A STRAW POLL ON, IS THERE ANYONE THAT CAN, I KNOW IT'S SUMMER, SOME PEOPLE GO AWAY.
ANYONE IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
THE JULY 30TH MEETING IS THE DAY BEFORE JULY 30TH.
WE PULL, WE POLL THE BOARD A FEW MONTHS AGO.
'CAUSE THE COMMISSION REQUESTED THAT THE, UH, THE DATE THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED, THE, THE COMMISSION TOOK THE DATE OR ONE OF THE COMMITTEES OF THE COMMISSION TOOK THE DATE.
SO EV EVERYONE'S GOOD FOR THAT DATE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF WE GO DOWN TO FIVE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE MAY PULL OR, OR WANNA CONTINUE ON ITEM.
BUT, BUT JUST MENTIONING, I DIDN'T REALIZE THE OCTOBER MEETING WAS ON THE 17TH AND WE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE DO END UP HEARING THOSE CONTINUANCES, I WON'T BE AT HERE ON THE 17TH.
SO WE'LL BE GOOD FOR THE JULY 30TH MEETING THEN.
UM, AND, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GOOD AND WELFARE BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT THE MEETING? I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, UM, MR. NAGGER INDICATED THAT HE WOULD ALSO BE, HE WOULD BE OUTTA THE COUNTRY ON JULY 30TH.
SO, SO WE DO HAVE ONE CONFIRMED ABSENCE.
AS OF TODAY,
ALRIGHT, THAT MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH Y ALL ENJOY THE SUMMER.