Miami’s Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board (PZAB) voted Wednesday to advance a proposal that could help market-driven developers buy more density credits from affordable housing projects, but not before tweaking the measure to protect Coconut Grove and other neighborhoods from that added density. The density-transfer proposal, which advocates say will help fund more affordable housing, is now headed back to the City Commission, which will have the final say. PZAB urged the commission to exclude Neighborhood Conservation Districts (NCDs) and historic districts from the proposed ordinance, and require density-credit developments within 500 feet of single-family zoning to build more parking. Opponents of the measure urged PZAB to protect neighborhoods already reeling from overdevelopment. The PZAB vote was 10-to-1.
Another controversial agenda item before PZAB this week – the county’s much-debated Coconut Grove Playhouse plan – was deferred until the board’s May 6 meeting.
