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Planning board backs change to pervious-surface rules, urges applicability clause for pending projects
Summary
The Miami Beach Planning Board voted to forward revisions to city pervious-surface requirements to the City Commission with a favorable recommendation and an applicability clause to protect projects already in process.
The Miami Beach Planning Board voted April 8 to recommend changes to the city's pervious-surface requirements and to ask the City Commission to include an applicability clause that would protect projects already in the permitting pipeline.
Staff told the board the county recently amended its rules and that state of the law now requires municipalities to confirm by Dec. 30 that local rules meet the county's minimum standard. "We are recommending that the board review the ordinance and transmit this to the City Commission with a favorable recommendation," staff said during the hearing.
Board discussion focused on small-lot homeowners and recent county thresholds. Staff explained…
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