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Design Review Board approves 3‑foot height waiver for new Toledo Island residence despite neighbor objections
Summary
The DRB approved a 3‑foot height waiver and a request to allow a solid 7‑foot wall at 50 West Toledo Drive. Neighbors argued the increase would set a precedent and cause property‑value and privacy impacts; the board approved the waivers after finding the proposed design and enhanced landscaping mitigations acceptable.
The Miami Beach Design Review Board approved a 3‑foot height waiver and a companion fence waiver for a proposed two‑story residence at 50 West Toledo Drive in the Venetian Islands, overruling objections from immediate neighbors who said the extra height would be out of scale and could create an undesirable precedent.
The applicant presented a contemporary, two‑story residence on what was described at the hearing as a large corner lot; plans show travertine and board‑form concrete walls, deep eaves, wide glazed openings and layered landscaping. Architect Cody Thangamani told the board the design concentrated the building mass toward the north side of the lot — adjacent to a public street end — and enlarged…
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