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Coral Gables planning board backs rezoning of four Anastasia Avenue lots over residents’ design concerns
Summary
The Planning & Zoning Board recommended approval of a comprehensive-plan amendment and rezoning that would change four lots near the Biltmore from religious/institutional to multifamily low density and from special use to MF‑3. Neighbors raised concerns about massing and lack of an accompanying site plan; staff and the applicant said architecture and detailed site review will follow at other boards.
The City of Coral Gables Planning & Zoning Board on Sept. 17 recommended that the City Commission approve a future land‑use map amendment and a zoning map amendment for four lots on Anastasia Avenue (627 and 635 Anastasia and two adjoining parcels), moving the parcels from religious/institutional designation and special‑use zoning back to multifamily (MF‑3).
The change would restore a multifamily designation that staff and the applicant say dates to 1949 and would allow the applicant to pursue development of eight fee‑simple townhomes across the two lots. Craig Southern of the Planning and Zoning Department told the board the parcels have long been used as multifamily and that staff finds the requested FLUM and zoning changes consistent with the…
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