Class II
Permits Class II Special Permits are governed by
regulations applying to Special Permits
generally as set out in Article 13 of the Zoning
Ordinance. Class II Special Permits apply to
issues related to design, character, and
compatibility of a proposed application as
specified within different sections of the
Zoning Ordinance and the City Code. Where a use
is permissible by Class II Special Permit, the
purpose of the Class II Special Permit shall be
for design review. The governing criteria shall
include the applicable criteria and
considerations enumerated in Section 1305.2 of
the Zoning Ordinance in addition to any other
specific criteria and/or considerations that may
be set out elsewhere in the City Code, the
Zoning Ordinance.
No formal public notice and hearing are
required in connection with Class II Special
Permit procedures except as follows:
· At the time of initial application, the
applicant shall notify all abutting property
owners including those across a street or alley,
in approved city form, by certified mail, and
shall submit with the application said certified
receipt(s), except in the case of signs, where
no notice is required.
· In the case of adjacent condominiums, only
one (1) notice to the condominium association
will be sent.
· All neighborhood and/or homeowner
associations that wish to receive a courtesy
notice of Class II Special Permit applications
in their areas shall register with their
Neighborhood Enhancement Team (NET) Office on a
yearly basis. Such registration shall consist of
a letter to the applicable NET office in which
the association shall request such notification
and shall specify the name, address and
telephone number of the official representatives
of the association designated to receive said
notice and a list of all the officers of said
association.
· At the time of initial application, the
applicant shall obtain the list of all
registered neighborhood and/or homeowner
associations pertaining to the applications in
question from the Planning Department and shall notify the official
representative of all such registered
associations in writing, by certified mail, of
the application; the applicant shall submit with
the application said certified receipts, except
in the case of applications for signs, in which
case no notice is required.
A building permit for the work proposed
and/or a certificate of occupancy and/or
certificate of use for the use proposed, must
be obtained within one (1) year from the
issuance of the special permit, at which
point the subject special permit shall expire,
unless extended.
Class II Special Permits shall be initially
referred to the Office of Zoning located at the Miami
Riverside Center , 4th Floor. Download
application form.
Special Exceptions
Generally, within the City or within certain
zoning districts, certain structures, uses,
and/or occupancies specified in the Zoning
Ordinance are of a nature requiring special and
intensive review to determine whether or note
they should be permitted in specific locations,
and if so, the special limitations, conditions,
and safeguards which should be applied as
reasonably necessary to promote the general
purposes of the Zoning Ordinance and, in
particular, to protect adjoining properties and
the neighborhood from avoidable potentially
adverse effects.
Formal public notice and hearing are mandatory
for Special Exceptions.
Major Use Special Permits
(MUSP)
MUSP's are required where specified uses and/or
occupancies involve matters deemed to be of
city-wide or area-wide importance.
A MUSP is one which must be secured in the
manner set out in the Zoning Ordinance prior to
obtaining a building permit for:
· Any residential development involving in
excess of two hundred (200) dwelling units;
·
Nonresidential uses involving in excess of two
hundred thousand (200,000) square feet of floor
area;
· Hotels involving in excess of three hundred
fifty (350) rooms;
· Hospitals involving in excess of four hundred
(400 beds);
· Cemeteries involving in excess of five
thousand (5,000) crypts;
· Recreational, cultural, or entertainment
facilities involving in excess of fifteen
hundred (1,500) offstreet parking spaces'
·
Any single use or combination of uses requiring
or proposing to provide in excess of five
hundred (500) offstreet parking spaces; any
project, which due to a change in tenant mix
within two (2) years of completing the
construction of the building, exceeds ten (10)
percent of the above established threshold,
shall be authorized by MUSP only.
· Any increased development bonus pursuant to
section 914 of the Zoning Ordinance;
· Any Planned Development District;
· Any development which, by the terms of the
Zoning Ordinance, is required to secure MUSP
approval;
· Any individual phase of a multiphase project
which in the aggregate with other phases (not
previously permitted by a MUSP), reaches the
above established thresholds taking into account
only those portions built after June 27, 1983,
shall only be authorized by MUSP and
furthermore, every time a new phase,
individually, or in the aggregate, reaches the
next established MUSP threshold, a separate MUSP
must be obtained for said phase and previous
aggregated phases not permitted by a MUSP.
