Board backs rezoning and variances for 76 W. 14th St.; applicant to provide $5,000 parking mitigation

The Hialeah Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval of a rezoning and multiple variances for a development at 76 West Fourteenth Street that would preserve an existing single-family residence and add a new three-story two-unit building with parking on the ground floor.

Planning staff said the site is in the extended Hialeah Downtown Urban Center District and that the project proposes to keep the existing 1939 single-family home on the south portion of the lot while building a three-story, two-unit building on the north portion. The proposed new building would provide six on-site parking spaces; city code requires seven parking spaces for the proposed units. As allowed by the extended downtown district, staff said the applicant may instead provide a one-time monetary mitigation payment of $5,000 to the city to address the missing guest parking space. Staff recommended approval of the rezoning and variances with conditions, including a signed and sealed declaration of restrictions and payment of the mitigation amount at site-plan submittal.

Owner Jose Pena and architect German Agudelo presented project illustrations and architectural intent, emphasizing the retention of the existing house and provision of “affordable units” in the architect’s remarks. Board members asked whether the existing house would remain; the applicant confirmed the house will be retained. The board then approved the rezoning and variances with conditions (motion by Missus Enriquez; second by mister Ilesias) and recorded affirmative votes.

As recommended by staff, the approval is conditioned on the applicant executing a declaration of restrictions and submitting the $5,000 one-time parking mitigation payment at site-plan submittal. The matter now moves to city council for final action.