Planning Advisory Board votes to transmit Kelly Tractor CDMP amendment despite wetlands and UDB concerns

The Miami‑Dade County Planning Advisory Board voted to transmit to state and regional reviewing agencies an application from Kelly Tractor Company to amend the county Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) to allow a heavy‑equipment dealership and service campus on a roughly 246.07‑acre site largely outside the county's urban development boundary.

Staff presented the application and recommended transmittal for state review while noting multiple unresolved issues, including impacts to wetlands of regional significance, potential endangered‑species habitat, and traffic mitigation on Northwest 137th Avenue. Alex Dambach, planning development manager in the county’s planning division, told the board the site “has 246.07 acres” and that staff’s recommendation at this stage was “to transmit the application.”

The recommendation matters because transmittal triggers statutorily required review by state and regional agencies under Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, and does not itself approve the land‑use change. Board Chair Frank Lago called for questions after the staff presentation; after public comment and applicant presentations, the…