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Developers urge lifting of Mixed Use Resort zoning‑in‑progress; city attorney and staff say it provides legal notice while bonuses are reviewed
Summary
Developers with a pending Mixed Use Resort application told the Sunny Isles Beach commission their financing is strained by a multi‑year zoning‑in‑progress; the city attorney and planning staff said the moratorium is a legal notice tool while the commission refines development bonus rules.
Developers and property owners with a pending application in the Mixed Use Resort (MUR) district asked the Sunny Isles Beach City Commission on Wednesday to remove the MUR district from a citywide “zoning in progress” so their project could move forward. Applicants said they are far along in plan review and that continued delay threatens financing and project timelines.
“...we were supposed to close on it almost 18 months ago. We delayed it because of the zoning in progress,” developer Eric Forden told the commission, adding the owner had closed and was incurring significant financing costs. Tracy Slavens, representing the…
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