Votes at a glance: Planning Board actions on continuances, progress reports and code amendments (April 8)

The Miami Beach Planning Board took the following actions on April 8. Where recorded, the item file number and the board's outcome are listed. Vote tallies were recorded as voice votes in the transcript; individual roll-call votes were not read into the record in most cases.

- PB file PB2406561235 (Washington Avenue nightclub) — Applicant withdrew; no board action required (staff note at meeting).

- PB file 220539660 (Anglers Hotel, Washington Avenue) — Applicant requested continuance to May 6, 2025; board approved continuance (motion moved and seconded; voice vote: "Aye").

- PB file 240661 (Commercial/industrial/residential height and setback regulations) — City commission requested continuance to June 10; board approved continuance to June.

- PB file 250758670 (Collins Avenue and Indian Creek Drive; Deauville development agreement) — Applicant requested continuance to May 6; board approved continuance.

- PB file 2104042743 (Vendome revocation/modification) — Board concluded revocation-modification hearing after staff and attorney reported no new violations; motion to conclude carried by voice vote.

- Progress reports (selected): - Ocean Drive (file 180252928) — Concluded (staff recommended conclude; board approved). - 520 Third Street (file 210448235) — Continued to June meeting at applicants' request due to outstanding issues related to code enforcement interactions and change of operator. - Lincoln Road (file 220518818; Oro and Elixir) — Concluded (no complaints; board approved). - Collins Avenue Parkview Lodge (file 2046400) — Continued to May 6 to allow staff inspection; if staff verifies compliance prior to May 6 the item will be administratively removed from the agenda.

- Code and LDR amendments (forwarded to City Commission with favorable recommendation): - Pervious-surface / porous-surface amendments (file 2407347) — Favorable recommendation; board requested inclusion of an applicability clause and recommended counting interior courtyards consistent with county calculations. - Commercial use of single-family homes (file 2500744) — Favorable recommendation (bans for-profit sponsorship and social-media promotion of commercial events at single-family homes). - LDR advertising amendments (file 25745) — Favorable recommendation (allow certain LDR items to be advertised on county website; board recommended adding an obvious hyperlink on the city site to the county posting). - Vote requirement for releasing covenants on non-transient uses (file 250746) — Favorable recommendation (requires City Commission supermajority to release covenants tied to incentives). - Variance fee waivers for building recertification (file 250748) — Favorable recommendation (allows City Commission to waive variance application fees associated with building recertification in qualifying cases). - Setback regulations for air-conditioning units (file 250750) — Favorable recommendation (expanded reduced-setback allowances for mini-splits and similar equipment in certain residential districts); board approved. - RO-district limited alcohol sales for an existing cafe (file 250750) — Favorable recommendation (limited beer-and-wine sales for an existing nursery/cafe; indoor seating closing no later than 10 p.m., outdoor seating no later than 8 p.m.). - Distance-separation exemptions for adult material in cosmetic stores (file 250753) — Favorable recommendation with an amendment: the board narrowed the exception to permit "personal massagers" sold in a limited portion of the retail area (board directed staff to craft recital language explaining the carve-out).

Procedure notes: most procedural votes (continuances, progress-report conclusions, and transmittals) were recorded as voice votes and the transcript shows motions being moved and seconded; explicit roll-call tallies were not read in the record for most items. Items that were continued typically were re-noticed for the May 6 or June 10 planning board meeting as noted above.

The board concluded the April 8 meeting after those items and several others were addressed. Items forwarded to the City Commission will appear on that body's agenda for final action.