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Planning board approves targeted T4 ‘missing middle’ amendments to encourage infill housing
Summary
The Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board unanimously approved targeted changes to T4 (general urban/missing-middle) transect rules — including larger allowable lot area, a flexible lot-coverage program, reduced side/rear setbacks (except along T3), and revised roof-element allowances — aimed at encouraging compact, well-designed infill housing.
The Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board voted unanimously June 4 to recommend code amendments targeting the T4 transect zone, a form-based category intended for “missing middle” housing such as duplexes, fourplexes and small apartment buildings.
Grama Jones, assistant director of planning, framed the package as a set of narrow, targeted interventions designed to unlock more T4 development without changing basic density or core Miami 21 transect rules. Jones said the city will return later with broader options but first is seeking incremental changes to remove regulatory barriers that have limited T4 development.
Key changes approved by the board include: - Increasing the by-right maximum lot area for T4 parcels…
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