View original filePUBLIC HEARING THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS will hold a Public Hearing on the following zoning applications on September 24, 2026, at 9:30a.m. in the Miami-Dade County Commission Chambers, located on the 2nd Fl, Stephen P. Clark Center, 111 NW 1st St, Miami, Fl 33128.
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APPLICANT: AMERICAN BANKERS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA Z20250001117 TO: “1. Implement best management practices to minimize air pollution, including: The application is to permit a rezoning of the subject parcel from Office Park District to Limited Business District (Commercial) and Light Manufacturing (Industrial), which will allow for the development of the a. Traffic flow improvements pursuant to Conditions 21 and 22 below; site with non-residential uses consistent with existing vested development approvals for the Property. In b. Provision of bus schedules and routes in project common areas; addition, the application seeks an unusual use to permit a recreational facility, an amendment to the DRI c. Expansion of the existing van and car pool program to maintain 20 percent ridership.” Development Order Master Plan along with a Land Use Equivalency Matrix, that will establish the future permitted uses for the subject parcel and to amend and delete prior conditions of the approved ABIG DRI FROM: “3. Remove all invasive exotic and noxious vegetation during site preparation, and use only those Development Order (DO). species listed in Table 5 of the South Florida Regional Planning Council DRI Assessment in
future project landscaping.” REQUEST #1 ON PARCEL A
TO:“3 Pursuant to CON-8I, and in accordance with section 24-49.9 of the Code, if 1. DISTRICT BOUNDARY CHANGE from OPD, Office Park District, to BU-1A, Limited Business District. exotic pest plants and/or nuisance species exist on the site, they shall be removed prior to development or redevelopment, and developed parcels shall be maintained to
REQUESTS #2 AND #3 ON PARCEL B prevent the growth or accumulation of prohibited species. Moreover, pursuant to section 18A-12 of the code, controlled species and, particularly, the West Indian Mahogany
(Swietenia mahagoni) shall not be planted within five hundred (500) feet of the Pine 2. DISTRICT BOUNDARY CHANGE from OPD, Office Park District, to IU-1, Industrial, Light Manufacturing Rockland Preserve or any remnant native habitat. Furthermore, pursuant to section District. 24-49(4)(f) of the code, any forest maintenance in areas protected by a covenant running with the land in favor of Miami-Dade County, including, but not limited to, preservation areas, 3. UNUSUAL USE to permit a multi-purpose recreational facility. shall require a separate tree removal permit.”
REQUESTS #4 THROUGH #6 FOR THE ENTIRE SUBJECT PARCEL FROM: “4. Preserve at least 2 acres of pine flatwoods and the additional Dade County Pine (Pinus elliotti) planted on-site adjacent to the Florida Turnpike. All specimens of two on-site threatened
(FCREPA) species, Coontie (Asmia floridana) and a low shrub (Ernodia littoralis car. Agusta), 4. AMENDMENT to the ABIG DRI Development Program of Resolution No. Z-240-84, as last amended will be preserved within the Pine Flatwood area.” by Resolution No. Z-180-95, both passed and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners, reading as follows: TO: “4. A 2.75 acre continuous pine rockland habitat surrounded by a 15-foot native plant buffer
(except for the area that abuts Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike) shall be set aside FROM: The current approved DRI Development Program: and preserved in the eastern portion of the Property, as identified on the DRI Master Plan. • 470,000 square feet of office use The pine rockland habitat shall be maintained in a natural state, free of exotic vegetation • 30,000 square feet of warehouse use and remain as pine rockland habitat in perpetuity, protected from development. The Pine • 250 hotel rooms Rockland Preserve and surrounding 15-foot native plant buffer shall be separated from the • 330 student day care facility development areas of the subject property through the installation of a fence and the
placement of environmental protection signage.”
TO: The proposed DRI Development Program: FROM: “5. A. Design and construct the stormwater drainage system to meet the following standards: • 1,091,500 square feet Industrial/Warehouse, consisting of: a. On-site retention, in upland vegetated swales, of at least the first 0.75 inch of stormwater runoff • 568,000 square feet of high-cube fulfillment center warehouse from all project surfaces. The vegetated retention areas will allow the retained stormwater to • 523,500 square feet of high-cube parcel hub warehouse infiltrate in less than 24 hours. • 20,000 square feet of retail b. Retention areas interconnected by culverts, as necessary to provide the required capacity. • 75,000 square feet of office c. Runoff in excess of the proposed retention capacity routed into raised-rims catch basin, • 75,000 sf of Multipurpose Recreational Facility containing pollutant-retardant structures, and then into underground exfiltration pipes that are • 50 room hotels surrounded by gravel and enclosed by polypropylene filter cloth.
d. Oil and grease traps or receptors at all inlets and outfalls for all road and parking surfaces. Or an equivalent combination of said uses pursuant to an equivalency matrix. The DRI Master Plan for the development is provided as Exhibit 1 and the Land Use Equivalency Matrix is provided as Exhibit 2. B. The applicant will prepare and submit to the County and the South Florida Water Management District
(SFWMD) detailed drainage plans for Phase II within two years, and for Phase III within 5 years, from The purpose of request #4 is to allow the applicant to submit a revised DRI Development Order Master the effective date (November 29, 1984) of the ABIG Development Order. Any application to the Plan and Land Use Equivalency Matrix for the development of the subject property consistent with existing SFWMD and the County for drainage plan approval shall be accompanied by a transmittal vested development approvals. letter referring to this Condition of the Development Order, a copy of the Development Order, and the
water quality monitoring program design required by Condition 12 herein. A copy of all such applications and correspondence shall be submitted to the Council.”
5. MODIFICATION of Conditions #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 28, and 35 of Resolution No. Z-186-81, as last amended by Resolution No. Z-180-95 both passed and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners, reading as follows: TO: “5. A. Design and construct the stormwater drainage system to meet the following standards:
a. On-site retention, in upland vegetated swales, exfiltration trenches or other stormwater accepted best management practice (BMPs) of at least the first 0.75 inch of stormwater runoff
FROM: “1. Implement best management practices to minimize air pollution, including: from all project surfaces. The vegetated retention areas will allow the retained stormwater to a. Traffic flow improvements pursuant to Conditions 21 and 22 below; infiltrate in less than 24 hours. b. Provision of bus schedules and routes in project common areas; b. Retention areas interconnected by culverts, as necessary to provide the required capacity. c. Provision of at least five percent of all employee parking spaces, preferentially located and clearly c. Runoff in excess of the proposed retention capacity routed into raised-rims catch basin, marked, for car and van pool parking; containing pollutant-retardant structures, and then into underground exfiltration pipes or other d. Expansion of the existing van and car pool program to maintain 20 percent ridership throughout accepted BMPs that are surrounded by gravel and enclosed by polypropylene filter cloth. the ABIG program expansion and operation.”
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