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Hialeah planning board approves multiple variances and mixed‑use projects
Summary
On March 11, 2026 the Hialeah Planning & Zoning Board approved several variance requests and two mixed‑use projects with conditions, including accessory‑building legalizations and a three‑story, 44‑unit mixed‑use development at West 29th/12th.
The City of Hialeah Planning & Zoning Board on March 11 approved multiple variances and two mixed‑use proposals, voting to recommend or approve staff‑recommended conditions for each project.
Staff presented each item and recommended conditions intended to legalize existing alterations or to bind future development to mitigation measures. For 7200 West 11th Court (Eastpointe Properties LLC) staff said the applicant sought legalization of an 832‑square‑foot accessory building in an R‑3 district where 500 sq ft is the maximum; staff recommended approval contingent on reactivating building permit Multi‑002917‑2023, recording a declaration restricting use to resident storage and removing discarded materials from a canvas roof structure. The board approved the variance with conditions.
For 640 East 60th Street (Orlando Lopez) staff described an 881‑square‑foot accessory building and recommended approval with conditions including required building permits (BLDR‑006679‑2025), demolition of an attached aluminum cover/utility room and a recorded declaration preventing conversion to living quarters. The board approved with conditions.
The board also approved a variance at 4698 East 10th Lane allowing reduced north setbacks and landscape buffer for a proposed warehouse (staff required a site plan and concurrency approval within six months), and a package of variances at 2440 West 8th Avenue to allow conversion to an adult day care with reduced parking, a backing‑out space and landscape mitigation (staff emphasized a site plan signed and sealed and a parking study supporting the change of use). In each case staff recommended, and the board adopted, conditions tying approvals to permit reactivation, plan revisions, recorded declarations of use, and landscape/parking mitigation measures.
Separately the board recommended approval of a 3‑story mixed‑use project located on several parcels along West 29th Street (1160/1170 West 29th St and 2855/2801 West 12th Ave) by Prestige 209th Street. Attorney Valerie Sanchez said the project includes 44 one‑bedroom units (610–699 sq ft), a 670‑sq‑ft fitness center and an arrangement to share parking with an adjacent medical center (a covenant in lieu of unity of title for 81 provided spaces vs. 84 required). Staff recommended approval with conditions including a recorded covenant for shared parking, a declaration of restrictions, a tree protection/mitigation plan and compliance with submitted, signed-and‑sealed plans. The board voted to approve the item with conditions.
Planning staff repeatedly emphasized that approvals were subject to conditions recorded in declarations or covenants, required permitting and any necessary site plan/concurrency reviews before building permits could issue. “Therefore, staff recommends approval with conditions,” planning staff told the board.
The actions approved at this meeting will be forwarded to City Council where applicable per the established review process.
