Public Hearing MIAMI-DADE COUNTY C O M M U N I T Y Z O N I N G A P P E A L S B O A R D 8 will hold a Public Hearing on the following zoning applications on April 29, 2026, at 7:00p.m. at Martin Luther King, Jr. Center, Conference Rooms 1-4, 2525 NW 62 Street, Miami, Fl. THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING APPLICANT: LR MIAMI AIRPORT HOTEL, LLC. Z2024000244 The application seeks to modify a previously approved Development Order (DO) for the “Waterford at Blue Lagoon” Development of Regional Impact (DRI) in order to reduce the acreage by removing the subject property from the boundaries of the DRI. Additionally, the application seeks to permit approval of the general development plans for a subject property located within the SMART Corridor and assign to it the permitted uses and development regulations applicable under the County Code for the SMART Corridor Subzone, in order to develop the property with a mixed-use development, including workforce housing. The application also seeks to modify a condition of a previously approved resolution in order to submit a revised general development plan reflecting the proposed mixed-use development, including the existing hotel that shall continue to be located on the subject property, and to permit a combination of both landscaped and hard surface within the building frontage zone, which is otherwise not permitted by Code. (1) DELETION of ±11.3-gross (±10-net) acres of the DRI (“Blue Lagoon”) legally described as follows: “LOT 5, BLOCK 2, BLUE LAGOON WEST SECTION TWO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 122 AT PAGE 74 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA.” The purpose of request #1 is to allow the applicant to remove the subject property from the legal description of the “Waterford at Blue Lagoon” DRI, and to reflect the removal of the subject property from the DRI Master Development Plan (Map H), dated February 2022, as shown on the updated Map H dated and stamped received March 11, 2026 (2) SPECIAL EXCEPTION for a general development plan with the purpose of assigning to the subject property, located in the “SMART Corridor Subzone of the Rapid Transit Zone”, the applicable permitted uses and development regulations for the subzone in accordance with Section 33C-3.3 of the County Code. (3) MODIFICATION of Condition #2 of Resolution #4-ZAB-406-84, passed and adopted by the Metropolitan Dade County Zoning Appeals Board, reading as follows: FROM: “2. “That the approval of the plan shall be substantially in accordance with the plans submitted for the public hearing entitled “Hotel Sofitel Miami”, prepared by Designmark, consisting of 5 sheets dated 8-21-84; landscape plans entitled “Miami Sofitel”, prepared by Goleman & Rolfe Assoc., Inc., dated revised 8-31-84; fire safety & paving and drainage plans entitled “Miami Sofitel”, as prepared by Bechamps, Aylward & Assoc., Inc., consisting of 2 sheets dated 9-14-84; and lake plans entitled “Lake Cross Sections”, as prepared by Bechamps, Aylward & Assoc., Inc., consisting of 2 sheets and undated.” TO: “2. “That the final site plan must conform to the general development plans dated stamped received 6/3/2025 as approved pursuant to this Special Exception.” The purpose of request #3 is to allow the applicant to submit general development plans showing the existing hotel as well as the mixed-use development being proposed. (4) NON-USE VARIANCE of zoning regulations requiring that the building frontage zone shall be hard-surfaced; to waive same to permit a combination of both landscaped and hard-surfaces in some areas of the building frontage zone. LOCATION: 5800 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami-Dade County, Florida SIZE OF PROPERTY: ± 11.3-gross (± 10-net) acres This is an in-person meeting. Visi t our website at : https://www.miamidade.gov/zoning/community-council-08.asp For legal ads online, go to http://legalads.miamidade.gov