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Coral Gables board adopts comprehensive plan amendments to accommodate University Station overlay
Summary
The Coral Gables Planning & Zoning Board approved comprehensive plan text changes to allow a University Station Rapid Transit overlay with a 3.5 FAR and simplified mixed-use rules, while members and residents raised concerns about county jurisdiction, measurement of the quarter-mile RTZ boundary, and impacts on nearby single-family neighborhoods.
Coral Gables — The City of Coral Gables Planning & Zoning Board voted to approve comprehensive plan text amendments on Dec. 10 that implement a University Station Rapid Transit District overlay, set a maximum floor-area ratio of 3.5 for qualifying projects and simplify mixed-use requirements.
The amendments, read into the record as Item E‑1, were presented to the board by Mr. Garcia, the planning director, who said the changes were intended to align the city’s rules with a recently adopted county subzone and to create a local option that could keep development and impact-fee revenue under city control. “Staff report and recommend approval,” Mr. Garcia told the board during the presentation.
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