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Board grants variances to restore 239 First Street building, citing life-safety and accessibility upgrades
Summary
The Historic Preservation Board approved variances to allow several apartment units at a contributing 1936 building at 239 First Street to remain under local minimum unit-size standards after a rehabilitation that adds an elevator, stair upgrades and sprinklers.
The Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board unanimously approved variances on June 13 to allow five reconfigured apartment units at a contributing 1936 building at 239 First Street to remain smaller than the city’s minimum unit size, permitting an overall rehabilitation that upgrades life-safety and accessibility systems.
Staff and the applicants told the board the project reduces the building’s unit count from 12 to 11 in order to add an elevator, bring stairways and egress closer to current fire-safety standards, and install a sprinkler system. As a consequence of those code-driven changes and the building’s fixed footprint, five units will be smaller than the 400-square-foot minimum; the smallest unit shown in…
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