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Planning board denies proposed loosening of building‑site separation rules and voluntary demolition pathway
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Board voted 7‑0 to recommend denial of proposed text amendments that would ease certain building‑site separations for lots larger than 20,000 square feet, including a provision to allow voluntary demolition of nonconforming structures to enable lot splits.
On March 12, 2025 the Coral Gables Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously (7‑0) to recommend denial of a proposed zoning text amendment that would have changed the conditional‑use standards for building‑site determinations and allowed voluntary demolition of nonconforming structures on lots larger than 20,000 square feet to permit separation into smaller building sites.
Staff presented the proposal as a limited set of changes focused on two issues: clarifying how building‑site frontage consistency is evaluated in conditional‑use reviews, and adding language to allow voluntary demolition of structures that currently straddle lot lines on building sites larger than 20,000 square feet so the site could be split. Staff also proposed restoring a former code provision limiting the total residence square footage…
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