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Commission approves rezoning, comprehensive plan change for Sunnyside West Miami project at 6020 and 6024 SW 8th Street
Summary
The City Commission voted 5-0 on Nov. 5 to adopt a comprehensive plan amendment and rezoning that create a new Corridor Residential designation for two Sunnyside West Miami LLC properties at 6020 and 6024 SW 8th Street. The development now proceeds with conditions, state review and letters of no objection from county and neighboring Coral Gables.
The City Commission of West Miami unanimously approved a comprehensive plan amendment and companion rezoning on Nov. 5 that change the future land-use and zoning designations for 6020 and 6024 Southwest 8th Street to a newly created Corridor Residential district.
The decisions follow a public hearing and a second reading of both an amendment to the city's Comprehensive Development Master Plan and a zoning ordinance creating Section 3.2, Corridor Residential. The commission recorded identical 5-0 votes to adopt the plan amendment and to rezone the parcels, clearing a major procedural step for Sunnyside West Miami LLC's project.
City staff said the application was reviewed by the State of Florida, which found the submittal in compliance and recommended approval. The manager reported that both Miami-Dade County and the City of Coral Gables sent letters of no objection. Planning staff said a set of conditions recommended on first reading have been included in the developer's covenant and will be enforced as part of site-plan review.
An applicant representative told the commission the project had been revised after neighborhood outreach, including a well-attended town hall, and that the developer incorporated residents' input and conditions recommended by staff. "We've walked the neighborhoods. We held a very well attended town hall meeting...we're honored to have had the positive recommendation unanimous from your planning and zoning board," the representative said during the second-reading remarks.
Planning consultant Mark Albers of the Corradino Group explained the new Corridor Residential designation was created to preserve primarily residential character while allowing limited ground-floor ancillary commercial uses: "This is a residential category. So we had to allow [ancillary commercial] only as an ancillary use to the residential and not have it be a mixed use," he told commissioners.
Commissioners confirmed changes discussed earlier in the review were included in the final ordinance, including an increase in allowed commercial square footage to roughly 16,975 square feet across the site, according to the manager.
Action on the pair of ordinances was motioned and adopted after a public hearing and roll-call votes. The rezoning ordinance requires that the developer follow the site-plan conditions adopted with the zoning action; the site plan itself will return to city staff and boards for subsequent approvals.
The commission's approval authorizes city staff to transmit the plan amendment and to implement the new Corridor Residential zoning on the two parcels.
