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Local Planning Agency endorses ordinance changing how Sunny Isles Beach measures building height to align with flood elevations
Summary
The Local Planning Agency voted to approve an ordinance amendment that would measure building height from the minimum required design flood elevation rather than the crown of the road, aiming to protect developers from losing allowable height when floodproofing and to align local rules with FEMA guidance.
The Local Planning Agency of the City of Sunny Isles Beach voted to approve an ordinance amending the citycodedefinition of building height, shifting the reference point from the crown of the road to the minimum required design flood elevation.
A planning staff member told the agency the change, proposed in Chapter 265, Article 2, Section 265-5 of the CityofSunnyIslesBeach Code of Ordinances, would allow new structures to be floodproofed "without losing allowable height," and would make the city's measurement method consistent with the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Flood Insurance Program and any future federal or state changes to flood elevation requirements. The presenter also said the revised ordinance package adds a diagram showing how to measure building height and new definitions for "low slope roof" and "mean roof height."
No members of the public spoke on the item. The presiding official asked for a motion; a motion was made and seconded and the commission members present voted by voice. The transcript records affirmative "Aye" responses and shows the motion carried; the names of the motion mover and seconder are not recorded in the meeting transcript.
The ordinance had its first reading before the City Commission last month, according to staff. The Local Planning Agencyaction at this meeting records the agency's approval on the proposed measurement change. The meeting then adjourned.
