Planning & Zoning Board

CITY OF HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING October 9th, 2024 Agenda HIALEAH CITY HALL 6:00 P.M. 501 PALM AVENUE-3RD FLOOR HIALEAH Call to order. Invocation and pledge of allegiance. MEETING GUIDELINES The following guidelines apply to today’s Planning and Zoning Board Meeting:  Any person, whether participating via the web platform, telephonic conferencing or physical presence at City Hall, interested in making comments or posing questions on any item on the agenda, may do so during the meeting.  Members of the public may hear the meeting live through telephonic conferencing using any telephone or cellular phone service. A smart device or computer are not necessary to participate in the meeting if you join by phone.  All persons participating via the web platform will be muted during the meeting until called upon to be heard. Participation through Zoom requires a computer or smart mobile device with a microphone and web camera. The participant may elect to participate in the meeting using audio only or appear through both audio and video. The video function of all participants appearing through video will be turned off until called upon to be heard. ALL LOBBYISTS MUST REGISTER WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD PRIOR TO ITEM BEING HEARD A MAXIMUM OF 4 SPEAKERS IN FAVOR AND 4 SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD ON ANY ITEM. EACH SPEAKER’S COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES. 1. Roll Call. 2. Approval of Planning and Zoning Board Summary Agenda of September 25th, 2024 as submitted. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO ALL APPLICANTS AND ANYONE WHO WILL BE SPEAKING BEFORE THE BOARD ON ANY ITEM. A WRITTEN DECISION AND RESOLUTION WILL BE PREPARED AND PRESENTED FOR REVIEW TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED TO AFFIRM, 1  HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING- OCTOBER 9TH, 2024 AFFIRM WITH CONDITIONS, OR OVERRIDE THE DECISIONS BY RESOLUTION. AFTER THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED, CONTACT A MEMBER OF THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE FINAL DECISION AND RESOLUTION. UPON YOUR RECEIPT OF THE FINAL DECISION AND RESOLUTION, CONTACT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO OBTAIN YOUR REQUIRED BUILDING PERMIT. SUMMARY MINUTES, OR A COPY OF THE AUDIO FILE OF THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, SHALL BE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE ITS HEARING. THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARING REQUESTS WILL BE HEARD BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AT ITS SCHEDULED MEETING OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024. 3. Final decision to allow rear setback of 8.7 feet, where 20 feet are required for an existing addition to be legalized. Property is located at 681 East 12th Place, Hialeah, zoned R-1 (One-Family District). Applicant: Taimi Sotolongo. 4. Final decision to allow front setback of 17.90 feet, where 20 feet are required for the legalization of an existing aluminum porch, and allow rear setback of 3.1 feet, where 20 feet are required for the legalization of the rear guest house porch. Property is located at 217 West 35th Street, Hialeah, zoned R-1 (One-Family District). Applicant: Silvia Lopez Calderon. THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARING REQUESTS WILL BE HEARD BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AT ITS SCHEDULED MEETING OF TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, 2024. 5. Variance permit to allow a proposed 11-story parking garage, where 2 stories is the maximum allowed. Properties are located at 3667 NW 48th Terrace and 3666 NW 49th Street, Hialeah, zoned M-1 (Industrial District). Applicant: Avra Jain on behalf of BATTLEMAP FT QOZB RE LLC. 6. Variance permit to allow a lot coverage of 44%, where 30% is the maximum allowed, allow rear setback of 9.93 feet, where 25 feet are required, and allow interior east side setback of 2 feet, where 7.5 feet are required for an existing aluminum terrace to be legalized. Property is located at 1286 West 38th Place Unit 1, Hialeah, zoned R-2 (One- and Two-Family Residential District). Applicant: Adriana Yanetsy Nunez and Cesar Ricardo Nunez. 7. Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to allow the expansion of an existing school with grades 6-12th grade and to allow an increase of 250 students for a maximum population of 1,250 students. Property is located at 2590 West 76th Street, Hialeah, zoned R-1 (One-Family District). Applicant: Alejandro J. Arias, Esq on behalf of City of Hialeah Educational Academy (COHEA). 2  HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING- OCTOBER 9TH, 2024 8. Rezoning property from R-1 (One-Family District) to R-2 (One-and Two-Family Residential District). Variance to allow one of the units to have a floor area of 787.2 square feet, where 1,000 square feet is the minimum required. Property is located at 991 East 17th Street, Hialeah, zoned R-1 (One-Family District). Applicant: Isis M. Sieira TABLED ITEM FROM SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024 MEETING. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ADVERTISING: 9. Old Business. 10. New Business. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990, PERSONS NEEDING, A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING SHOULD CONTACT THE PLANNING DIVISION NO LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE PROCEEDING. TELEPHONE (305) 883-8075 OR (305) 883-8076 FOR ASSISTANCE; IF HEARING IMPAIRED, TELEPHONE THE FLORIDA RELAY SERVICE NUMBERS (800) 955-8771 (TDD) OR (800) 955-8770 (VOICE) FOR ASSISTANCE. If you decide to appeal any decision made by the board, with respect to any matter considered at the meeting, you will need a record of the proceedings, and you may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. NEXT PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, 2024 AT 6:00 P.M. 3