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Sunny Isles Beach planning body delays vote on comprehensive plan cleanup after debate over developer bonuses
Summary
The Local Planning Agency tied 2-2 on transmitting a comprehensive-plan text cleanup that includes language on maximum densities and references to development bonuses; commissioners said the bonus program must be defined in the land development regulations before being reflected in the plan.
The Local Planning Agency of the City of Sunny Isles Beach tied 2-2 on a motion to transmit to the state a proposed ordinance amending the comprehensive plan’s future land use element, after commissioners expressed concern that references to bonuses and numeric “maximums” could be read as entitlements for developers.
The ordinance presented by Caitlin Forbes, of Complete Cities Planning Group, would update definitions, outdated statutory and data references, compatibility language and “maximum level of development” figures for the plan’s land‑use categories. “This was really a cleanup effort,” Forbes said, adding that staff recommended approval and that the next step if approved would be to transmit the ordinance to the state land…
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