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Design Review Board actions: approvals, continuances and conditions from Oct. 23 meeting
Summary
The City of Miami Beach Design Review Board approved a slate of facade, residential and signage applications, continued several items at applicants’ request, and set conditions on approvals where staff and residents asked for additional mitigation.
At its Oct. 23 meeting the Miami Beach Design Review Board disposed of multiple agenda items, including approvals for facade renovations, residential projects and signage modifications and continuances for several applicants requesting time to revise plans.
Votes and formal outcomes (high level) - Continued to Jan. 8, 2026: DRB24‑1061 (1414 Alton Road, Bank of America site) — applicant requested the continuance to revise plans. - Continued to Nov. 20, 2025: DRB25‑1100 (28 Venetian Way right‑of‑way / city project) — city project refined plans and requested continuance. - Continued to Nov. 20, 2025: DRB24‑1026 (94 Palm Avenue) — applicant requested continuance. - Approved (with conditions): DRB20‑51080 (6788 Collins Avenue) — facade recladding, revised lighting and landscape; board approved subject to conditions in staff order. - Approved: DRB25‑1113 (900 South Shore Drive, Lot 10) — new two‑story residence (lot split result); board added a condition that stone/paver tones differ from the adjacent lot to preserve distinction. - Approved: DRB25‑1114 (900 South Shore Drive, Lot 9) — companion lot split unit; board required contrasting driveway/paver tones and compliance with fence code (chain‑link prohibited between the lots). - Approved: DRB25‑1116 (1664 Lenox Avenue) — change of ownership/operator for an existing restaurant and reaffirmation of operational controls; staff to require an affidavit acknowledging operational conditions. - Approved: DRB25‑1085 (1824 Alton Road, former Michaels / Ross) — building identification sign modification to allow Ross branding subject to the same quality standards in the previous order. - Approved: DRB24‑1074 (6940 Howard Avenue) — mixed‑use 10‑story building modifications and waivers, subject to recommended conditions. - Approved: DRB25‑1112 (50 West Toledo Drive) — two waivers (3‑ft height + fence treatment) with conditions on southern buffer landscaping.
Findings and context Staff recommended most approvals subject to the conditions listed in the draft orders: revised landscape plans, minor design clarifications, compliance with the city’s signage standards, and coordination with Transportation and FDOT where projects interact with the right‑of‑way. Applicants who were granted continuances cited plan refinements, busy agendas and requests from neighbors as reasons to return with updated materials.
Ending: Several items were continued to the board’s November 20 meeting for additional materials; the board also asked staff to prepare a limited code‑amendment request to explore allowing engineered grid/paving solutions under certain understory/permeability tests (see separate action item).
