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Design Review Board approves North Bay Road home, grants setback variance
Summary
The Miami Beach Design Review Board approved design and granted a variance allowing a two-story portion of a new North Bay Road residence to sit 30 feet from the front lot line instead of the required 40 feet; board and staff cited shallow lot depth as a practical difficulty.
The Miami Beach Design Review Board on July 5 approved design review for a new two‑story residence at North Bay Road (DRB 23‑09154447) and granted a variance that reduces the required second‑floor front setback from 40 feet to 30 feet.
The board approved the project and the related design waiver by unanimous votes after staff and the architect said the lot’s shallow depth creates a practical difficulty in meeting the code’s two‑tiered setback requirement. Planning staff told the board the lot’s 100‑foot depth is below the typical RS‑4 lot depth and supports the variance and the related waiver identified in the staff report and draft conditions.
Tom Weber, the project architect for Andrew and Maxine Krupa, said the irregular, curtailed depth “pushes everything back” on a full 40‑foot second‑floor setback and that the family asked to set the second floor back to 30 feet so the house will have a usable backyard for their three children. Andrew Krupa, the owner, told the board he and his family moved to Miami Beach in 2008, bought the house in 2012 and described the redevelopment as their “dream project.”
Staff recommended approval subject to draft conditions in the board packet. Board members said the design is appropriate for the curving, shallow lots along North Bay Road and emphasized that the second‑floor setback approach still presents a single‑story portion at the street, with the two‑story mass receding behind it — a mitigation the board found acceptable.
Votes and formal actions: the board first voted 5–0 to approve the architectural design and then separately voted 5–0 to grant the requested front‑setback variance and the related front‑elevation waiver. The board recorded the approvals as conditioned by the draft final order in the packet.
The applicants were advised to file any required final documentation with staff per the conditions in the draft final order; no additional changes were required by the board at the July 5 hearing.
