Miami board recommends vacating 20-foot alley east of Lejeune Road, requires public access easement

The Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board voted unanimously to recommend the City Commission approve a resolution to close, vacate and abandon a 20-foot public alley running along the eastern boundary of a property east of Lejeune Road between Northwest 11th and Northwest 9th Streets, provided the applicant records a perpetual public ingress/egress and public utility easement on the final plat and reimburses the city for a prior sanitary sewer project.

Carla Diaz, Planner II with the City of Miami planning department, told the board the request was filed pursuant to chapter 55, section 55-15 of the City of Miami Code of Ordinances and was evaluated against the Miami 21 code. Diaz said staff recommended approval with conditions after finding the proposal met the applicable criteria. “We recommend approval with conditions,” she said.

Marissa Neufeld, speaking for the applicant, said the owner will grant a recorded perpetual ingress/egress easement and a public utility easement in the same location as the existing alley, so “there will be no change from a public utilities…