Miami-Dade BCC Comprehensive Development Master Plan & Zoning Meeting - June 26, 2025
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Miami-Dade BCC Comprehensive Development Master Plan & Zoning Meeting - June 26, 2025
The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners held a Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) and Zoning hearing on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at 9:30 AM. The meeting addressed several CDMP amendments, zoning applications, and public testimony. Key outcomes included adoption of small-scale CDMP amendments, approval of zoning changes, and a contentious vote on a jobs-to-housing ratio policy amendment.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Item 7A (LU-8H Amendment): Scott Polowitz, representing the Hold the Line Coalition, opposed the staff recommendation to change the jobs-to-housing ratio from 1.5:1 to 1:1, arguing it would worsen traffic and affordability. Jose Gonzalez, Jeff Burkhout, and Graham Penn, representing the Builders Association of South Florida, supported the 1:1 ratio as transmitted, stating it would help address the housing crisis and not block moderately priced units.
Discussion Items
- Item 3A, 3A Supplement, 3A1 (CDMP20240003) & Zoning 8C1: D.R. Horton, Inc. requested a small-scale CDMP amendment at SW 197 Ave and theoretical SW 328 St. Vice Chairman McGee moved to adopt with acceptance of the proper declaration of restrictions. Unanimously approved (10-0). The companion resolution (3A1) was withdrawn.
- Item 3B, 3B Supplement, 3B1 (CDMP20240008) & Zoning 8C2: BlueNest Development, LLC requested a small-scale CDMP amendment near SW 232 St and SW 114 Path. Moved to adopt with declaration of restrictions. Unanimously approved (10-0). Companion resolution (3B1) withdrawn.
- Item 7A, 7A Supplement (CDMP20240005): Out-of-cycle standard amendment to Policy LU-8H, sponsored by Chairman Anthony Rodriguez, proposing to change the jobs-to-housing ratio from 1.5:1 to 1:1 for UDB expansion projects. Staff recommended adoption, but after public testimony, Chairman Rodriguez moved to reject staff recommendation and adopt as originally transmitted (a 1:1 ratio). The first vote failed 6-4, but after a motion to reconsider, the motion passed 7-3.
- Item 8A1 (Z2022000118): Appeal from the Community Zoning Appeals Board – Garcia Carrillo 56 Street Revocable Trust for a rezone at 5979 SW 56 St. After neighborhood negotiations, the applicant and neighbors agreed to approve with modifications: approve the non-use variance (keeping the street closed) and remove road dedication conditions. Approved unanimously (10-0).
- Item 8A2 (Z2024000125): 14th Street Miami Investments, LLC – zoning application in District 3. Commissioner Keon Hardeman was absent. The applicant proffered increased contributions ($300,000 each for transit and affordable housing). Deferred to July 17, 2025 CDMP & Zoning meeting (11-0).
- Item 8C3 (Z2024000239): Sylvia G. George and New Life Chapel, Inc. – zoning at SW 216 St and SW 112 Ave. The applicant (owner for 74 years) requested commercial zoning due to neighborhood growth. Vice Chairman McGee moved to approve per staff conditions. Unanimously approved (11-0).
Key Outcomes
- Item 3A/3B (Small-Scale CDMP): Adopted as amended with proffered declarations of restrictions (10-0 each).
- Item 7A (LU-8H Policy): Motion to reject staff recommendations and adopt the 1:1 jobs-to-housing ratio passed 7-3 (with Commissioners Cohen Higgins, Senator García, and Vice Chairman McGee voting no).
- Item 8A1 (Garcia Carrillo zoning): Approved with modifications (including non-use variance) by unanimous vote (10-0).
- Item 8A2 (14th Street zoning): Deferred to July 17, 2025 (11-0).
- Item 8C3 (George/New Life Chapel): Approved per staff recommendation (11-0).
Meeting Transcript
Of setting the agenda signified by saying aye. All opposed nay. So the agenda hereby set. Alright, Mr. Attorney, is it time for the director to read a statement? Go ahead and swear in the speakers as well. Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Commissioners. In accordance with the code of Miami D County, all items to be heard today have been legally advertised in the newspaper. Notes have been mailed and the properties have been posted. Additional copies of the agenda are available here in the chambers. Items will be called up to be heard by agenda number in name of applicant. Please note. Board action. I'm sorry. Okay. Please note board action on any item at today's meeting may be reconsidered. Additional action may be taken on such item at the same meeting. Applicants and members of the public may wish to govern themselves accordingly. The record and file for the hearing on each application will include documents from the public agencies, the department of regulatory and economic resources, where there's an appeal from the community appeals board. We also have the transcript from those hearings. All documents are physically present today, available to all interested parties and available to the members of the Board of County Commissioners who may examine these items from the record during the hearing. Parties have the right of cross-examination. This statement along with the fact that all witnesses have been sworn in shall be included in any transcript of these recordings. Proceedings. In addition, there's an official translator present in the chambers for those individuals requiring such assistance. Will the clerk please turn the witnesses? Please stand and raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So hope you got. Thank you. You may be seated. Interpreters. Do you swear or affirm that you will make a true interpretation of the questions asked in testimony given? Thank you. All right, Mr. Attorney, can we go ahead and take item 383 supplement and 3A1 with its companion item and zoning 8C1? And if the director again needs to read anything into the record, now's the yes, sir. Um the first two CDMP items are small scale applications previously heard on first reading. These applications are before you today for public hearing and final action. For each, I'll read the ordinance title and also reference the companion resolution in the event that the board wishes to convert the item to a standard application and transmit. However, the board takes final action today on the small scale. The companion resolution will be deemed withdrawn. These two C DMP items also have concurrent zoning applications associated with them for each. A single public hearing will be held and incorporated into the record as to both the CDMP and zoning items, and this hearing will be conducted in accordance with quasi judicial principles. Item 3A is an ordinance relating to Miami Day County Comprehensive Development Master Plan providing disposition of application number CDMP 2024 3 located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Southwest 197 Avenue and theoretical Southwest 328 Street, followed by D.R. Horton Inc. in the January 2024 cycle to amend the CDMP providing several exclusion from the code and an effective date. That is item 3A along with 3A supplement and 3A1. This is a public hearing.
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