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Planning board approves multiple rezonings, right‑of‑way vacation and special permits; summary of votes
Summary
At its Feb. 12 meeting the Hialeah Planning & Zoning Board recommended approval of several rezoning requests, a right‑of‑way vacation, multiple special‑use permits and variances. Items will go to City Council or proceed to site‑plan and concurrency review as required.
The City of Hialeah Planning & Zoning Board on Feb. 12 approved a slate of planning items, including a right‑of‑way vacation, rezonings, special‑use permits and variances. The board voted to forward recommendations to the City Council or to allow projects to proceed to site‑plan and concurrency review, subject to staff conditions.
Votes at a glance (board action and key details):
• East 20 Seventh Street right‑of‑way vacation (Item 2): The board recommended vacating a portion of East 20 Seventh Street — a dead‑end frontage that staff said had been used for parking, dumping and construction staging — to allow the creation of a pedestrian plaza and entry drive for adjacent TOD projects controlled by Metro Station entities. Staff cited an applicable Florida statute for returning dedicated land not used for its intended purpose. The board approved recommendation to council with the condition that new utility easements be established and easement relocation costs be covered by the developer.
• Rezoning and variances…
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