MEMORANDUM

TMPC
Agenda Item No. 1(G)1

TO: Honorable Chairman Jose "Pepe" Diaz DATE: September 13, 2022
and Members, Board of County Commissioners

FROM: Geri Bonzon-Keenan SUBJECT: Ordinance relating to the fixed-

County Attorney guideway Rapid Transit System-
Development Zone; amending
section 33C-2 of the Code;
expanding the Metromover
Subzone of the Rapid Transit
Zone to encompass certain
private property located between:
(1) NE 2 Street and NE 1 Street
and NE 3 Avenue and Biscayne
Boulevard, (2) SW 9 Street and
SW 10 Street and SW 1 Avenue
and SW 2 Avenue, and
(3) Brickell Avenue and
Biscayne Bay and SE 12 Street
and SE 13 Street

The accompanying RUGLQDQFH was prepared and placed on the agenda at the request of Prime
Sponsor Commissioner Eileen Higgins.

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To: Honorable Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz

and Members, Board of County Commissioners

From: Daniella Levine Cava

Mayor

Subject: Fiscal Impact Statement for Ordinance Relating to the Fixed-Guideway Rapid Transit

The implementation of this ordinance will not have a fiscal impact to Miami-Dade County, as the
proposed changes will not require additional staffing resources nor generate additional operational
expenses.

_______________________________
Jimmy Morales
Chief Operations Officer

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Date: 2FWREHU
To: Honorable Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz
and Members, Board of County Commissioners
From: Daniella Levine Cava
Mayor
Subject: Social Equity Statement for Ordinance Relating to the Rapid Transit System-
Development Zone - Establishing the Metromover Subzone

The proposed ordinance relating to the Rapid Transit System-Development Zone (RTZ) amends
Chapter 33C-2 of the Code of Miami-Dade County (Code) and provides for more uniform
coordination of the land use adjacent to existing and future transit facilities surrounding the
Metromover Subzone of the Rapid Transit Zone (RTZ) to include three private properties (10
unique folio numbers).

When included as part of the Metormover RTZ, the land use, zoning, and permitting authority will
be under the County’s jurisdiction. The expansion of the RTZ supports the County’s goals,
objectives, and policies, for the coordination of land uses and transportation facilities to attract
transit ridership, establish a more compact and efficient urban form and to promote the
redevelopment of properties along existing and planned transit corridors and designated urban
centers.

The proposed ordinance aligns with the County’s effort of establishing consistent land uses
surrounding mass transit stations and corridors which in turn could result in additional housing and
business opportunities in the vicinity of Metrorail and Metromover stations in the Brickell and West
Brickell area. No other specific social equity or benefit can be determined at this time.

___________________________
Jimmy Morales
Chief Operations Officer

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Approved Mayor Agenda Item No. 4(C)
Veto __________ --
Override __________

ORDINANCE NO.

ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE FIXED-GUIDEWAY RAPID

TRANSIT SYSTEM-DEVELOPMENT ZONE; AMENDING
SECTION 33C-2 OF THE CODE OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY,
FLORIDA; EXPANDING THE METROMOVER SUBZONE OF
THE RAPID TRANSIT ZONE TO ENCOMPASS CERTAIN
PRIVATE PROPERTY LOCATED BETWEEN: (1) NE 2
STREET AND NE 1 STREET AND NE 3 AVENUE AND
BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, (2) SW 9 STREET AND SW 10
STREET AND SW 1 AVENUE AND SW 2 AVENUE, AND
(3) BRICKELL AVENUE AND BISCAYNE BAY AND SE 12
STREET AND SE 13 STREET; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY,
INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 21-33 created the Metromover Subzone of the Rapid Transit

Zone (RTZ), which consisted of properties adjacent to the Metromover rail line, provided for the

County to exercise land use regulatory jurisdiction over properties within the Metromover

Subzone, and provided procedures for zoning approval within the Metromover Subzone; and

WHEREAS, the County’s Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) calls for

the coordination of land uses and transportation facilities to, among other things, attract transit

ridership, produce short trips, and minimize transfers; and

WHEREAS, providing for increased density and transit-oriented development adjacent to

the County's existing mass transit system will increase ridership on the County's public

transportation system and further the health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity and welfare of

the present and future citizens of the County; and

WHEREAS, the CDMP calls for the highest level of development density and intensity

within the urban area that includes the Metromover Subzone; and

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 Agenda Item No. 4(C)
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WHEREAS, as described in Exhibits 22(A) and 22(B) attached hereto, there are certain

private properties that are less than a five-minute walk from a Metromover station; and

WHEREAS, the owners of private properties located at 100 Biscayne Boulevard, 130

Biscayne Boulevard, 136 Biscayne Boulevard, 316 NE 2 Street, 141 NE 3 Avenue, 180 SW 9

Street, 160 SW 9 Street, 955 SW 2 Ave, 1221 Brickell Avenue, and 1201 Brickell Bay Drive, have

requested to be included within the Metromover Subzone; and

WHEREAS, this Board seeks to expand the Metromover Subzone to include the above

identified private properties,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA:

Section 1. The foregoing recitals are incorporated into this ordinance and are

approved.

Section 2. Section 33C-2 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida is hereby

amended to read as follows: 1

Sec. 33C-2. Rapid Transit Zone.

* * *

(B) Designation of lands included in the Rapid Transit Zone.

(1) The Board of County Commissioners hereby

designates, as necessary for the construction,
operation, maintenance, and support of the County’s
Rapid Transit System, and includes within the Rapid
Transit Zone, all land areas (including surface,
subsurface, and appurtenant airspace) shown on the
following exhibits bearing the following effective
dates, certified by the Clerk of the Board as a portion

1
Words stricken through and/or [[double bracketed]] shall be deleted. Words underscored
and/or >>double arrowed<< constitute the amendment proposed. Remaining provisions are now
in effect and remain unchanged.

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 Agenda Item No. 4(C)
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of this chapter, incorporated herein by reference, and

transmitted to the custody of the Department: Exhibit
1, July 31, 1998; Exhibits 2 through 9 and Exhibits
11 through 16, July 13, 1979; Exhibit 10, May 26,
1983; Exhibit 17, February 13, 2014; Exhibit 18,
February 1, 2020; Exhibit 19, February 1, 2020;
Exhibit 20, December 27, 2019; Exhibit 21, June 12,
2020; Exhibit 22(A), >>[insert effective date];<<
[[April 30, 2021, and]] Exhibit 22(B), >>[insert
effective date]<< [[March 11, 2022]]; and Exhibit
23, December 11, 2021.

(2) The Director shall submit to each affected

municipality an official map or maps designating the
Rapid Transit Zone which may from time to time be
altered, enlarged, added to, amended or deleted by
ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners.

* * *

Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this ordinance is

held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such invalidity.

Section 4. It is the intention of the Board of County Commissioners, and it is hereby

ordained that the provisions of this ordinance, including any sunset provision, shall become and

be made a part of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The sections of this ordinance may

be renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intention, and the word "ordinance" may be

changed to "section," "article," or other appropriate word.

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Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after the date of

enactment unless vetoed by the Mayor, and if vetoed, shall become effective only upon an override

by this Board.

PASSED AND ADOPTED:

Approved by County Attorney as

to form and legal sufficiency: ________

Prepared by: ________

_________
__
__

Lauren E. Morse

Prime Sponsor: Commissioner Eileen Higgins

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 EXHIBIT 22 (A)
ST
NW 16TH NE 15TH TER

NE MIAMI PL
NE MIAM I CT
N MIAM I AVE
VE NE TIAN CSWY
NW 15TH ST NE 15TH ST
Legend NE 14TH TER

HERALD PLZ
NW 14TH TER

NE 1ST CT
RTZ Subzone
NE 14TH ST
RTZ-Metromover
NW 14TH STExpansion
I 39
RTZ-Historic
5 E Overtown (for reference only) NE 13TH TER
XP
RTZ-DowntownY Intermodal (for reference only) WY
H UR C S
NE 13TH ST M ACART
NW 1ST PL

RTZ-Government NW 13THonly)
Center (for reference ST
NW 13T H ST
A MP
I 3 9 (for reference only) RR
NW 1ST AVE

RTZ-Metromover County-owned 5R T HU
AM AR
RTZ-Metromover (for reference only) P NE 12TH ST C
NW 12TH ST MA
RTZ-Corridor (for reference only) NE 11TH TER
Metromover (for reference only)
NW 11TH TER NE 11TH ST
NW 11TH ST

NE 10TH ST
NW 10TH-ST
RTZ Expansion Metromover Subzone

Fixed Guideway and the

BISCAYNE BLVD
NE 9TH ST

NE 2ND AVE
ST
NW 9TH(folios):
NW 3RD AVE

following parcels
01-0110-020-1010
I 95 RAM P

01-0110-020-1020 NE 8TH ST
N MIAMI AVE

NW 8TH ST
01-0110-020-1030
01-0110-020-1040
NW 2ND AVE

01-0110-020-2010 NE 7TH ST
NW 1

NW 7TH ST
ST

D
PO RT BLV
NW 1ST CT

A VE

NE 6TH ST
NW 6TH ST

NE 5TH ST
NW 5TH ST

NE 4TH ST
NW 4TH ST NE 4TH ST
NW 4TH ST
NW 3RD CT

NE 3RD ST
NW 3RD ST
I 95 EXPY

NE 2ND ST
NW 2ND ST
NW 2ND ST
NE 3RD AVE
I 95 R

NE 1ST ST
NW MIAMI CT
AM P

NW 1ST ST

E FLAG LER ST
S BISC

W FLAGLE R ST
SW 1ST AVE

AYN E

SE 1ST ST
SW

SW 1ST ST
SE 2ND AVE

SE 3RD AVE
S MIAM I AVE

SE 1ST AVE
N

CHOPIN PLZ
RI

B LV D
SW 2ND AVE

I 95 RAMP
VE

SE 2ND ST
R

P
DR

M
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AM P SE 3RD ST
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SW 3RD ST SE 4TH ST

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 EXHIBIT 22 (B)
SW 1ST ST
SW

S BISCAYNE BLVD
SE 1ST AVE
SE 2ND ST
N

SE 3RD AVE
Legend
RI
VE

I 95
RAM
R

RTZ Subzone

SE 2ND AVE
P
DR

SE 3RD ST
RTZ-Metromover Expansion
SW 3RD ST
RTZ-Brickell (for reference only) SE 4T H S T

SW 1ST AVE
RTZ-Metromover County-owned (for reference only) BISC AYNE BDWY
SW 4TH ST
RTZ-Metromover (for reference only)
P
RAM

RTZ-Corridor (for reference only)

I 95

Metromover (for reference only)

SW 5TH ST
RTZ Expansion - Metromover Subzone RD
I AV SE 5T
AM HS
MI T
Fixed Guideway and the SW SE 6TH
ST
SW 1ST CT

SW 6THfollowing
ST parcels (folios):
01-0207-000-1080
01-0207-000-1090
01-0207-000-1110 SE 7TH
ST
SW 7TH ST
01-4139-035-0010
01-4139-071-0010
SW 4TH AVE

SE 8T
I 95 RAM P

SW 8TH ST H ST
S MIAMI AVE

BRIC K
VE

E LL KE
Y DR
TA
SE 1S

SW 9TH ST
SW 3RD AVE

A VE

SE 10T
SW 10TH ST HS T
KE LL
PL Z

BRIC
SW 1ST AVE

BRIC
KE LL

SW 11TH ST
KE LL
BRIC

SE 11
BA Y D

TH ST
SW 12TH ST
R

SE 12
TH S T
SE 12
TH TE
SW 13TH ST R

SW SE 13
TH ST
15
CT TH
ND RD SW 14TH ST
2
SW 1ST CT

SE 14
SW TH ST
SW
SW

17
18

TH

SW 14TH TER
TH

RD

E
RD

SE 1
AV 4T H
T
T ER
1S
SW
SE 14
TH L
N

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