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Miami Beach DRB: votes at a glance — Jan. 3, 2023 meeting
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by the Miami Beach Design Review Board on Jan. 3, 2023: a continuance, a design approval with variances, and two design approvals with modified waivers and conditions.
At its Jan. 3 meeting in Miami Beach City Hall the Design Review Board recorded several formal actions: the board continued one application at the applicant’s request; approved design review and five variances for a new home at 4315 Nautilus Drive; and approved two design-review applications for newly created West Toledo Drive lots with reduced height waivers and conditions. Votes were unanimous where recorded.
Votes at a glance
• DAB2028706 (333 East Riva Alto Drive) — Continuance to the February 7 meeting. Motion to continue was made by Mr. Difenderfner, seconded by Mr. Sheldon; motion passed (6-0).
• DRB22-0867 (4315 Nautilus Drive) — Approval of design review and five variance requests to permit the construction of a new two-story home with partial understory and related variances (front and rear setbacks, minimum pervious open space, etc.). The board approved the five variance requests (mover: Board member), seconded by Mr. Agopian; vote 6-0. The board then approved the design review (mover: Board member), seconded by Ms. Go Nelson; vote 6-0. Staff recommended, and the board included, a condition to reduce the driveway entrance width to 10 feet at the property line in the final order.
• DRB22-0891/22-0892 (302 West Toledo Drive — North and South lots) — Each lot’s design-review application was approved with a modified height waiver allowing a 25-foot flat-roof height (applicants had requested a 2-foot waiver to reach 26 feet). Each motion passed 6-0. Conditions included removal of a connecting band on the south lot, refined corner treatments and façade articulation, daytime renderings at the next submittal, and staff-level coordination on guest-house placement.
The Nautilus Drive item and the West Toledo items generated the most substantive discussion. Nautilus received generally positive comments from the board after the applicant revised the front elevation to emphasize horizontal lines; staff noted the revised plans now “fully comply” with board direction from an earlier hearing. The West Toledo items produced a longer debate about understory height, whether the understory was being activated as usable space or functioning mainly as screened parking, and how two adjacent maximum-size houses would read as massing on the street.
All formal approvals were recorded on Jan. 3, 2023. Applicants were directed to work with staff on final order language and to return with any required clarifying submittals.
