Planning & Zoning Board

CITY OF HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING 2025 LAND USE MAP AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN February 12th, 2025 Summary Agenda-Minutes HIALEAH CITY HALL 6:00 P.M. 501 PALM AVENUE-3RD FLOOR HIALEAH Call to order. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Chairman, Diego Perez called the meeting to order at 6:02 P.M. Invocation and pledge of allegiance. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Member, John Ulloa, led the 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. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Planner I, Yiselis Gato read the meeting guidelines for the record. 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. Roll Call. 1  HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING- FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025 Present: Mr. Perez, Mr. Iglesias, Mr. Santiesteban, Mr. Ulloa, Mr. Masson, Mr. Jimenez, Yiselis Gato, Planner I, Debora Storch, Planning and Zoning Official, Claudia Hasbun, Principal Planner and Alexander J. Magrisso, Esq, Assistant City Attorney. Absent: Mrs. Henriquez. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH TO ALL APPLICANTS AND ANYONE WHO WILL BE SPEAKING BEFORE THE BOARD ON ANY ITEM. REPORT: All were duly sworn in by Planning and Zoning Planner I, Yiselis Gato. 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, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025. LU-1. Small Scale Map Amendment from Low-Density Residential and Commercial to Transit Oriented Development District. Properties are located at 2590 East 9th Avenue, 851 East 25th Street, 865 East 25th Street, 879 East 25th Street, 899 East 25th Street, 820 East 26th Street, 824 East 26th Street, 830 East 26th Street, 838 East 26th Street, 846 East 26th Street, 854 East 26th Street, 860 East 26th Street, 866 East 26th Street, 874 East 26th Street, 880 East 26th Street, and 890 East 26th Street, Hialeah, Florida. Zoned: R-1 (One-Family District), C-1 (Restricted Retail Commercial District), and C-2 (Liberal Retail Commercial District). Applicant: Maritza Haro Salgado, Esq. on behalf of Metro Park West, LLC. Planner’s recommendation: Approval with conditions. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Director, Debora Storch spoke on this item. REPORT: Maritza Haro Salgado, Esq. (Lobbyist), 200 S. Biscayne Blvd. Suite 300, Miami, Florida 33131, addressed the Planning and Zoning Board. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Chairman, Mr. Perez spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Jimenez spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Ulloa spoke on this item. Motion to Approve with conditions: Mr. Jimenez; Second: Mr. Iglesias and Mr. Santiesteban. Motion Passed: 6-0-1 with Planning and Zoning Board Vice Chairwoman, Mrs. Henriquez absent. Item approved with the condition that a Unity of Title applicable to all parcels is recorded. 2  HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING- FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025 REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Chairman, Diego Perez adjourned the meeting at 6:19 P.M. CITY OF HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Vice Chairman, Diego Perez called the meeting to order at 6:19 P.M. 1. Approval of Planning and Zoning Board Summary Agenda of January 29th, 2025 as submitted. Motion to Approve: Mr. Ulloa, Second: Mr. Santiesteban and Masson. Motion Passed: 6-0-1 with Planning and Zoning Board Vice Chairwoman, Mrs. Henriquez absent. Item approved. A WRITTEN DECISION AND RESOLUTION WILL BE PREPARED AND PRESENTED FOR REVIEW TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED TO AFFIRM, 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, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025. 2. Closing, vacating, and abandoning for public use a portion of the right-of-way located on East 27th Street, east of East 11th Avenue and west of the railroad tracks. Applicant: Maritza Haro Salgado, Esq. On behalf of Metro Station II Propco, LLC and Metro Station, LLC. Planner’s recommendation: Approval. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Director, Debora Storch spoke on this item. REPORT: Maritza Haro Salgado, Esq. (Lobbyist), 200 S. Biscayne Blvd. Suite 300, Miami, Florida 33131, addressed the Planning and Zoning Board. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Chairman, Mr. Perez spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Jimenez spoke on this item. 3  HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING- FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025 Motion to Approve with Conditions: Mr. Jimenez and Mr. Masson; Second: Mr. Iglesias. Motion Passed: 6-0-1 with Planning and Zoning Board Vice Chairwoman, Mrs. Henriquez absent. Item approved. 3. Rezoning properties from R-1 (One-Family District), C-1 (Restricted Retail Commercial District), and C-2 (Liberal Retail Commercial District) to TOD (Transit-Oriented Development District). Properties are located at 2590 East 9th Avenue, 851 East 25th Street, 865 East 25th Street, 879 East 25th Street, 899 East 25th Street, 820 East 26th Street, 824 East 26th Street, 830 East 26th Street, 838 East 26th Street, 846 East 26th Street, 854 East 26th Street, 860 East 26th Street, 866 East 26th Street, 874 East 26th Street, 880 East 26th Street, and 890 East 26th Street, Hialeah, zoned R-1 (One-Family District), C-1 (Restricted Retail Commercial District), and C-2 (Liberal Retail Commercial District). Applicant: Maritza Haro Salgado, Esq. on behalf of Metro Park West, LLC. Planner’s recommendation: Approval with conditions. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Director, Debora Storch spoke on this item. REPORT: Maritza Haro Salgado, Esq. (Lobbyist), 200 S. Biscayne Blvd. Suite 300, Miami, Florida 33131, addressed the Planning and Zoning Board. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Chairman, Mr. Perez spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Ulloa spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Jimenez spoke on this item. Motion to Approve with Conditions: Mr. Jimenez; Second: Mr. Iglesias. Motion Passed: 6-0-1 with Planning and Zoning Board Vice Chairwoman, Mrs. Henriquez absent. Item approved with the condition that a Declaration of Restrictive Covenants to be proffered by the applicant to include the $25,000 one-time monetary contribution to the Friends of the Hialine to be paid at the time of site plan and concurrency. 4. Rezoning properties from R-1 (One-Family District) and R-2 (One-and Two-Family Residential District) to R-3-3 (Multiple-Family District). Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow the expansion of the Neighborhood Business District (NBD) overlay in relation to a proposed development including 40 residential units. Variance to allow 28 units (70%) with total area of less than 700 square feet, where 700 square feet is the minimum required and only 25% of residential units may have a minimum area of 500 square feet; allow front setback of 5 feet, where 10 feet built-to-line are required; allow rear setback of 5 feet, where 15 feet are required; allow 42 parking spaces, where 50 parking spaces are required; allow 14.7% pervious area, where 30% is the minimum required, and variance to allow partial waiver of minimum landscape requirements through landscape mitigation as per Sec. 98- 4  HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING- FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025 2235. Properties are located at 4935 East 8th Avenue and 4955 East 8th Avenue, Hialeah, zoned R-1 (One-Family District) and R-2 (One- and Two-Family Residential District). Applicant: Felix Lasarte, Esq., on behalf of JEC Property Holdings, LLC. Planner’s recommendation: Approval with conditions. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Director, Debora Storch spoke on this item. REPORT: Felix Lasarte, Esq. (Lobbyist), 3250 NE 1st Avenue, Suite 334, Miami, Florida 33137, addressed the Planning and Zoning Board. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Chairman, Mr. Perez spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Masson spoke on this item. Motion to Approve with Conditions: Mr. Santiesteban; Second: Mr. Iglesias. Motion Passed: 6-0-1 with Planning and Zoning Board Vice Chairwoman, Mrs. Henriquez absent. Item approved with the following conditions:  Declaration of Restrictive Covenants to be proffered by the applicant to include a $5,000 one-time monetary contribution to the Friends of the Hialine to be paid at the time of site plan and concurrency.  Provide Unity of Title for the two parcels.  Project shall be developed according to plans prepared by Pascual Perez Kiliddjian Starr Architects + Planners signed and sealed by Eduardo Perez, and dated September 16th, 2024. 5. Rezoning properties from R-3 (Multiple-Family District) to R-3-3 (Multitple-Family District). Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow the expansion of the Neighborhood Business District (NBD) overlay in relation to a proposed development including 176 residential units. Variance to allow 80 units (45%) with total area less than 700 square feet, where 700 square feet is the minimum required and only 25% of residential units may have a minimum area of 500 square feet; Variance to waive the building mass and building frontage development standards; allow rear setback of 12.2 feet, where 15 feet are required; allow 12.2% pervious area, where 30% is the minimum required, and variance to allow partial waiver of minimum landscape requirements through landscape mitigation as per Sec. 98- 2235. Properties are located at 1155 West 24th Street, 1165 West 24th Street, 1175 West 24th Street, 1150 West 25th Street, 1160 West 25th Street, 1170 West 25th Street, 2415 West 12th Avenue, 2435 West 12th Avenue, 2465 West 12th Avenue, and 2495 West 12th Avenue, Hialeah, zoned R-3 (Multiple-Family District). Applicant: Felix Lasarte, Esq. on behalf of Hialeah 40 Investments, LLC. Planner’s recommendation: Approval with conditions. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Director, Debora Storch spoke on this item. REPORT: Felix Lasarte, Esq. (Lobbyist), 3250 NE 1st Avenue, Suite 334, Miami, Florida 33137, addressed the Planning and Zoning Board. 5  HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING- FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025 REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Chairman, Mr. Perez spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Jimenez spoke on this item. Motion to Approve with Conditions: Mr. Ulloa; Second: Mr. Masson and Mr. Santiesteban. Motion Passed: 6-0-1 with Planning and Zoning Board Vice Chairwoman, Mrs. Henriquez absent. Item approved with the following conditions:  Provide a Declaration of Restrictions and a Unity of Title for all the parcels; and  Provide the list of rental prices and the percentage of units offered at affordable and workforce housing at the Hialeah prices range or alternatively improve façade design by adding articulation; and  Project shall be developed according to plans prepared by Acebal Huembes Fontana Design Studio, LLC. signed and sealed by Javier Acebal and dated May 12, 2024. 6. Rezoning properties located at 1420 West 68th Street and 1480 West 68th Street from RO (Residential Office District) to C-2 (Liberal Retail Commercial District). Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow the expansion of the Neighborhood Business District (NBD) overlay in relation to a proposed development including 78 residential units and approximately 6,852 square feet of commercial space. Variance to allow 121 parking spaces, where 153 parking spaces are required. Properties are located at 1420 West 68th Street, 1460 West 68th Street, and 1480 West 68th Street, Hialeah, zoned RO (Residential Office District) and C-2 (Liberal Retail Commercial District). Applicant: Ceasar Mestre, Esq., on behalf of Lago Bello Property Holdings, LLC and Vistalago Properties, Corp. Planner’s recommendation: Approval with conditions. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Director, Debora Storch spoke on this item. REPORT: Ceasar Mestre, Esq. (Lobbyist), 8105 NW 155 Street, Miami Lakes, Florida 33016, addressed the Planning and Zoning Board. REPORT: Josenrique Cueto (Owner), 850 NW 42nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33126, addressed the Planning and Zoning Board. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Chairman, Mr. Perez spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Jimenez spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Ulloa spoke on this item. Motion to Approve with Conditions: Mr. Ulloa; Second: Mr. Iglesias. Motion Passed: 6-0-1 with Planning and Zoning Board Vice Chairwoman, Mrs. Henriquez absent. Item approved with the following conditions: 6  HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING- FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025  Provide a Declaration of Restrictions stipulating hours of operation of the commercial component, number of employees, and a parking management plan.  Remove the tandem parking spaces and restrict the dropoff and pickup of customers to only the interior dropoff and pickup area; and  Profer that no transportation vans will stop or park in the neighboring residential streets; and  Project shall be developed according to plans prepared by Caymares Martin Architecture & Engineering Design, Inc. signed and sealed by Nidia Cardona and dated December 11, 2024.  Provide Unity of Title for all parcels. 7. Variance permit to allow 17 parking spaces, where 32 parking spaces are required; allow all parking spaces to back out into the right-of-way, where backing out into the right-of- way is only permitted in Low-Density Residential properties, and release the existing Declaration of Restrictive Covenants recorded in Official Record Book 30444, Page 2955, and the amended Declaration of Restrictive Covenants recorded in Official Record Book 32418, Page 1253 of the public records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Property is located at 1395 East 11th Avenue, Hialeah, zoned M-1 (Industrial District). Applicant: Maritza Haro Salgado, Esq. on Behalf of 1395 E 11th Ave HIL, LLC. Planner’s recommendation: Approval with conditions. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Director, Debora Storch spoke on this item. REPORT: Maritza Haro Salgado, Esq. (Lobbyist), 200 S. Biscayne Blvd. Suite 300, Miami, Florida 33131, addressed the Planning and Zoning Board. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Chairman, Mr. Perez spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Jimenez spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Ulloa spoke on this item. Motion to Approve with Conditions: Mr. Jimenez; Second: Mr. Masson. Motion Passed: 6-0-1 with Planning and Zoning Board Vice Chairwoman, Mrs. Henriquez absent. Item approved with the condition that a Declaration of Restrictions related to the parking mitigation lease agreement be presented before the second reading of the City Council to secure the parking mitigation proposal and ensure that no negative parking impacts are imposed on the public right-of-way or neighboring properties. 8. Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow the expansion of the Neighborhood Business District (NBD) overlay in relation to a proposed development including 18 residential units. Variance to allow 12 units (67%) with a total area of less than 700 square feet, where 700 square feet is the minimum required and only 25% of residential units may have a minimum area of 500 square feet; Variance permit to allow interior west side setback of 10 feet, where 15 feet are required; allow 3.7% of pervious area, where 30% is the minimum required, and variance to allow partial waiver of minimum landscape requirements through 7  HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING- FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025 landscape mitigation as per Sec. 98-2235. Properties are located at 167 West 6th Street, and 175 West 6th Street, Hialeah, zoned R-3-D (Multifamily District). Applicant: Manny Reus, Architect on Behalf of 167 W 6 ST, LLC. Planner’s recommendation: Approval with conditions. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Director, Debora Storch spoke on this item. REPORT: Manny Reus (Architect), 10501 Pines Boulevard, Suite 342, Pembroke Pines, Florida 33029, addressed the Planning and Zoning Board. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Chairman, Mr. Perez spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Jimenez spoke on this item. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board member, Mr. Santiesteban spoke on this item. Motion to Approve with Conditions: Mr. Jimenez; Second: Mr. Igelsias. Motion Passed: 6-0-1 with Planning and Zoning Board Vice Chairwoman, Mrs. Henriquez absent. Item approved with the following conditions:  Provide a Declaration of Restrictions and a Unity of Title for the two parcels.  Provide a 6-foot concrete wall surrounding the west, north, and east property lines.  Provide the tree mitigation payment for the reduction of trees on-site.  Project shall be developed according to plans prepared by Manny Reus Architecture – Space Planning signed and sealed by Manny Reus and dated November 26th, 2024. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS NOT REQUIRING ADVERTISING: 9. TENTATIVE PLAT OF NEXUS LEAH. Planner’s recommendation: Approval subject to comments. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Director, Debora Storch spoke on this item. Motion to Approve: Mr. Iglesias; Second: Mr. Santiesteban. Motion Passed: 6-0-1 with Planning and Zoning Board Vice Chairwoman, Mrs. Henriquez absent. Item approved subject to comments. 10. Old Business. None. 11. New Business. None. REPORT: Planning and Zoning Board Chairman, Diego Perez adjourned the meeting at 7:54 P.M. 8  HIALEAH PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING- FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025 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, FEBRUARY 26TH, 2025 AT 6:00 P.M. 9