Alton Road Zoning Changes -- Tues, Oct 27, likely around 5pm -- City of Miami Beach Planning Board

The City of Miami Beach Planning Board is scheduled to meet from 3pm on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, in the City Commission Chambers.  Among the matters to be considered is a proposed ordinance creating the Alton Road Historic District Overlay District.

Among the purposes of the proposed legislation is to require a more compatible relationship of scale and massing between new development along the east side of the Alton Road corridor and the adjoining residential neighborhoods.  A copy of the Staff Report & Recommendation and the proposed ordinance may be found at -- http://flamingomb.org/AltonRoadHistoricDistrctBufferOverlay102709.pdf .

While the Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association is supportive of the setback requirement proposed in the draft ordinance, there remains considerable concern over the failure to permit adequate community input into the development of the proposal and the following substantive issues:  Use, Height, FAR, and Aggregation.  A copy of the Association's recommendations may be found at --  http://flamingomb.org/FPNAResolution011209.docx .