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Aventura LPA approves uniform sign graphics for Central Aventura development
Summary
The City of Aventura’s Local Planning Agency approved a uniform sign graphics resolution for the multi-tenant Central Aventura project at 20955 Biscayne Boulevard after a staff presentation and brief applicant remarks; no public opposition was recorded.
The Local Planning Agency of the City of Aventura on April 8 approved a resolution adopting uniform sign graphics criteria for the mixed‑use development Central Aventura at 20955 Biscayne Boulevard.
City Planner Sudiska Martirena presented the uniform sign plan to the panel, saying it was tailored to the project’s mixed‑use “typology” and “will provide cohesive and uniform sign graphic criteria” for the building. The clerk then read the resolution language on the record before the vote.
Alan Rosenthal, the applicant’s representative, addressed the commission after being sworn in and described the project’s multi‑year development history; he said the team had worked through delays including COVID and that “it’s a wonderful project” and “the first thing you’re gonna see when you go into the city of Aventura when you’re going north on Biscayne Boulevard.” Rosenthal also noted the project will replace the prior funeral‑parlor site and that existing oak trees from the site will be re‑installed on the boulevard.
The commission opened public comment; only one brief supportive remark was offered and no speakers opposed the sign package. The commission then voted in favor of the resolution; roll call on the motion was unanimous and the chair announced, “Motion passes.”
The resolution cites the city’s code provisions for sign graphics (read into the record during the hearing). The approval applies specifically to the uniform sign graphics criteria for Central Aventura; separate permits and building approvals remain subject to standard review and permitting processes.
The LPA adjourned after the vote and the commission reconvened in regular session.
Details the commission recorded on the transcript show the hearing followed the city’s quasi‑judicial procedures: the city attorney read the requirement that testimony be sworn and disclosed any ex parte communications; witnesses were sworn before giving substantive testimony.
