ZONING IN THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH- IMPORTANT

IMPORTANT SUNNY ISLES BEACH CONDO OWNERS UNITY COALITION UPDATE Dear SIBCOUC Members, If this Coronavirus has taught us anything, it is that open spaces protect our health and mental well-being while advancing our safety and our quality of life. Now, As our city begins to assemble for public debate over land-use and zoning ordinances within Town Center District, it is also the time to re-evaluate zoning ordinances throughout our city to protect ourselves from overdevelopment and thoughtless encroachment between builds. If you do not think this is your problem,  the owners of the King David next door to Walgreens now has a high-rise built only feet away from their balconies facing the ocean. City leaders, developers, and their lawyers have used zoning codes to turn our city into a concrete jungle, filled with high-rises and hotels that block our beaches from sun-light, overtax the use of our water & sewage systems, overcrowd our school, increase traffic congestion, strain police resource, and all while creating an investors-buyer market comprised of absentee owners that do not spend their disposable income in our local shops and restaurants, gyms, and other local businesses that count on local traffic.   The very strip malls that make Sunny Isles Beach the walkable city it is today may be replaced with high-rise condo and rental properties.  So while we're discussing whether to raise density and intensity for particular areas of the city, down-zoning must also be part of the discussion.   For the SIBCOUC to have maximum impact during these discussions with our elected leaders and city officials, we must all come prepared with the necessary zoning knowledge and its impact.  Zoning is personal; it dictates our economic options and our quality of life, so let's get personal. Below are the tools and instructions you will need to prepare for the upcoming zoning debates.  Let's begin with the map of the West side of Collins Avenue:  Color-Coded Map and How to Read It When you open the map: https://www.dropbox.com/s/14ne2cwk32i9oy5/PZ021A_building_height_limits_by_zone.jpg?dl=0 1. Find your address location, 2. Note the color of the map where your address is located 3. Once you have located your address location and its color designation, look at the upper left-hand side of the map marked "Zoning Designation" and find the color block associated with your address location. Each color block is marked with either R-1 (35 feet height limit), R-TH (45 feet height limit), RMF-1 (50 feet height limit), B-1 (190 feet height limit), or RMF-2 (190 feet height limit).  4. Once you find your "Zoning Designation," look below these designations to find the conversion table, this will tell you how many stories are currently allowed for new builds.