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City of Miami Beach

Meeting

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

What happened

Statura summary

The real action was not a ribbon cutting item. It was the stack of land use ordinances teeing up a harder turn in Miami Beach development policy, especially the paired residential incentive changes and the rollback of co living and hotel incentives. The city has on the table a Comprehensive Plan amendment and matching Resiliency Code amendment to expand residential use incentives, while separately moving to repeal CD 2 co living incentives, cut the TC C co living cap, and eliminate the 0.5 FAR hotel bonus in CD 2. Read together, that is a policy signal, not random housekeeping: the commission is trying to shift entitlement value away from transient product and toward conventional residential development. The second big bucket was operating mechanics for business and government. The city also has pending ordinances to create a procurement protest process in Chapter 2, require posting tied to local business tax rules, and set Live Local Act application fees. Those are process items, but they matter because they change friction points: who can challenge awards, what businesses must display, and what housing applicants pay to get in the door. On the money side, the notable live item was the proposed small business grant program for businesses in August and September, plus the FY2024 federal action plan allocating about $1.4 million in CDBG and HOME funds. Everything else was mostly setup: millage resolutions, parking permit zones, consultant hires, and a long tail of referrals and discussion items that signal where the next fights are headed, especially traffic, permitting, short term rentals, and vacant storefront policy.

Statura-generated summary of the official agenda and minutes. Verbatim per-item votes and dollar figures are in the Agenda & votes tab.

Key decisions

  1. Residential use incentives, Comprehensive Plan amendment
    Pending

    This would amend the 2040 Comprehensive Plan to support more residential use, and because it is a plan level change under the expedited state review process, it is the policy foundation for later zoning changes.

  2. Residential use incentives, LDR amendment
    Pending

    This companion zoning amendment would implement the residential incentive policy in the Resiliency Code, shifting development economics toward housing rather than other uses.

  3. Repeal of CD 2 co living incentives and reduction of TC C co living cap
    Pending

    This would remove one incentive program and tighten another, cutting back entitlement room for co living projects in key districts.

  4. Eliminate the 0.5 FAR bonus for hotels in the CD 2 district
    Pending

    This would strip a hotel specific density incentive from CD 2, reducing upside for hotel projects and reinforcing the broader move away from transient use incentives.

  5. Live Local Act application fees
    Pending

    This would set application fees for Live Local Act projects, which matters because it defines the cost of entry for developers using that state housing pathway.

  6. Procurement code amendment creating a protest process in contract procedures
    Pending

    This would change how city procurements are challenged, giving losing bidders a formal mechanism and adding process risk and delay to contract awards.

  7. Small business grant program for businesses in August and September
    Pending

    This resolution would authorize targeted grant support for businesses during those months, putting direct relief on the table rather than another study or referral.

  8. One year action plan for FY2024 federal funds
    Pending

    This would adopt the city's spending plan for about $1.4 million in CDBG and HOME funds, steering federal housing and community development dollars into specific local uses.