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Miami Beach DRB approves two West Toledo understory homes with reduced height waivers after design debates
Summary
The Design Review Board on Jan. 3 approved two new understory homes on split lots at West Toledo Drive after trimming requested height waivers and adding design conditions following extended discussion about massing and understory use.
The Miami Beach Design Review Board on Tuesday approved two new two-story residences created by a recent lot split at 302 West Toledo Drive, granting a reduced height waiver and design conditions after extended debate about understory height, massing and streetscape impacts.
Board members voted 6-0 to approve each application with a modified waiver allowing a 25-foot flat-roof height (the applicants had requested a 2-foot waiver to reach 26 feet). The approvals included conditions: the applicant must remove a connecting concrete band on the front structure, incorporate rounded corners on the primary facade per board comment, provide daytime renderings at a future hearing, and work with staff on street-facing articulation and the guest-house placement so the two adjacent designs relate better to each other.
The projects result from a prior planning-board-approved lot split that produced two buildable lots.…
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