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Miami planning board defers Coconut Grove lot-diminishment appeal after heated public comment
Summary
The Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board deferred a warrant appeal that would have allowed an existing 21,000-square-foot Coconut Grove parcel to be subdivided into three 7,000-square-foot lots. Staff had recommended upholding a denial; neighbors urged protection of the Neighborhood Conservation District.
The Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board voted on May 20 to defer a warrant appeal for 4055 Poinciana Avenue to its June 4 meeting after lengthy presentations and public comment.
The appeal was filed by Mark Grafton on behalf of Ponce Cana Avenue LLC, asking the board to overturn a Planning Department denial of a lot-diminishment warrant that would divide a 21,000‑square‑foot single-family building site into three 7,000‑square‑foot lots to allow construction of three single-family homes. “The planning department did deny the warrant,” Savanne Steiner, assistant director of planning, told the board, and staff recommended the board uphold that denial.
The issue matters, neighbors and staff said, because Coconut Grove’s Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD 3) and Miami 21 policies aim to preserve the neighborhood’s historic lot patterns, scale and tree canopy. Steiner told the board the average lot on the…
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