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Planning agency recommends RM-30 zoning designation to give council a mid-tier multifamily option

3749893 · June 10, 2025
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Summary

The Miami Lakes Local Planning Agency voted unanimously to forward an ordinance creating a new RM-30 (medium-low density residential) zoning classification — an intermediate option between existing RM-23 and RM-36 districts — and noted a correction to the draft height limit to five stories, 65 feet.

The Miami Lakes Local Planning Agency voted unanimously to recommend that the town council advance an ordinance creating a new RM-30 medium-low density residential district (a new Division 6 in Article 4) and to forward the ordinance to the council on second reading as drafted.

Planning Department staffer Susana Alonso presented the ordinance and told the agency the draft adds an intermediary multifamily zoning category between existing RM-23 and RM-36 districts. Alonso said the change is intended to provide the council and applicants with a negotiating option that allows moderate density (the code’s tiered approach lists step…

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