Board backs Little River transit‑oriented node map change, approving comprehensive‑plan amendment sent to state review

The Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board voted on May 20 to recommend approval of a comprehensive‑plan text amendment that creates a Transit Oriented Node (TOD) future‑land‑use designation and to amend the Future Land Use Map for roughly 143.75 gross acres in the Little River/Little Haiti area to TOD Node 1 and TOD Node 2.

City planning staff presented the amendment as a two‑part action: (1) a text amendment defining the TOD node designation and its tiered density and non‑residential floor‑area ratios, and (2) a map amendment that applies TOD Node 1 and Node 2 to an area generally bounded by NW Seventh Avenue (west), NW 70th Street (north), NE Second Avenue (east) and NW 70th Street (south). Staff said the change directs higher‑intensity, mixed‑use development around an anticipated fixed‑rail station and clarifies how the existing future‑land‑use designations would correspond to the TOD tiers.

Under the proposed text, TOD Node 1 would allow up to 150 dwelling units per acre and a non‑residential maximum floor‑to‑lot ratio (FLR) of 11; TOD Node 2 would allow up to 250 dwelling units per acre and an FLR…