Commissioners Approve Buena Vista Yards Intensity Preservation Area In Midtown Miami

Miami commissioners voted February 23 to approve the Buena Vista Yards Intensity Preservation Area.

They also voted to approve a second item amending the Midtown overlay district.

The items cover residential density, floor area, and building height in the area.

According to an explanation attached to the Buena Vista Yards Intensity Preservation Area legislation, a total of 6,654 units would be permitted in the zone.

 

 

 

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Confused
9 months ago

Sorry – could you explain what this means?

Casey
9 months ago

This

Anonymous
9 months ago

clear as mud

Melo is sigma and chad
9 months ago

All zoning will be set in midtown for height and density.

Vincent
9 months ago

Literally.

Melo is sigma and Chad
9 months ago

read the link

New CAP / Same CAPacity
9 months ago

Basically, I think it reclassifies Buena Vista’s status to allow more density… but keeps current density capacity in place.See line: “the effect of this ordinance on residential density will be to remove the cap [for Buena Vista]…” but then it says the capacity will remain.**

Anon
9 months ago

As long as they are pairing this transit solutions to accommodate that number of people, then great!

Anonymous
9 months ago

Hahahahahaha, good one.

Melo is sigma and chad
9 months ago

As a midtown owner, good but we need to amend for part of that giant grassy lot to be a park with shade trees as well.

Anynymous
9 months ago

I always wondered about that lot. It could be an amazing park and it needs a huge illuminated centerpiece sculpture in the middle!

Anoooooon
9 months ago

Does anyone remember the insane park they built here with lagoons, ponds, etc? Then it was just ripped out with little to no explanation.

Anonymous
9 months ago

Why doesn’t downtown Miami have more ponds and lakes, like Central Park? That sounds so cool.

Anon
9 months ago

Downtown needs a large manmade lake.it can provide water to incoming units

Anonymous
9 months ago

No, that lot is needed to help build those 2,000 more units.

Anonymous
9 months ago

Biscayne Park will never be Central Park because it only serves one row of billionaires who would rather spend tome on yachts. We need a large park in the center of each neighborhood and more pocket parks with ponds and trees to bring nature to a quickly transforming concrete city.

Anonymous
9 months ago

In reading the ordinance, it increases the cap which was 4,500 units.

Anon
9 months ago

Yes it seems to increase the cap (old Regional Activity Center designation) from 4500 residential units to 6654 residential units. So it can now have 2000 extra residential units.

Anon
9 months ago

That is how I read it too. However, I think it “maintains the established development capacity.” With the cap raised, I think it gives the city the ability to expand capacity, rather than outright expanding the capacity.

Anonymous
9 months ago

huh??…..where and what is this….

Anonymous
9 months ago

sorry, but no entendí ni pinXA. What does it mean?

Organize
9 months ago

For those of you that live in Mid-Town, get up off your ……. And force the city to make that grassy area a park before they stick another high rise in it. Organize and get active.

ANON
9 months ago

From reading the links it increases density in the special district and increases the height allowed for mixed use development on some of the streets.

anonbttm
9 months ago

The regional activity center suppressed the density below the future land use/zoning but it also allowed for an increased intensity. The regional activity center is no longer needed by state law. This preserves the increased intensity but removes the density limitation so that density is ruled by the comprehensive plan/zoning, same as the rest of the city.

You’re welcome
9 months ago

Translation- the area by lagniappe, from 29th st to 1-95 is getting higher density. 2100 more housing units