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Planning commission approves zoning text amendments to implement Northwest Seventh Avenue arts and innovation overlay
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of Ordinance PC 17‑111, which amends Chapter 29 of the North Miami code to implement the Northwest Seventh Avenue Cultural Arts and Innovation Overlay District and adds use‑table updates, a new outdoor‑venue definition and limits on amplified outdoor entertainment after 11 p.m.
The North Miami Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of Ordinance PC 17‑111, a package of text amendments to Chapter 29 of the City Code to implement the Northwest Seventh Avenue Cultural Arts and Innovation Overlay District. The amendments add and refine uses, create new definitions (including "outdoor venue"), establish site‑plan and special‑exception requirements for some uses, and set operating and nuisance rules for outdoor music and events.
Debbie Love, development services director, said the ordinance implements the earlier establishment of the overlay district and cleans up code sections that ripple through Articles 4, 5 and 7. She told commissioners that staff added a definition for "outdoor venue" and wrote a new section (referenced in the record as 5‑16) limiting amplified…
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