Miami 21 meeting tomorrow morning

As you know, Miami 21 is a complete overhaul of our zoning laws. In part, it is intended to avoid circumstances where twenty-story buildings can be built adjacent to single family homes, as has happened around the city. It is also intended to create walking communities by allowing mixed use residential/office/commercial environments along transportation corridors.

There have been workshops for Miami 21, including two in Coconut Grove, and there will be an open house tomorrow where the planners will show how they have mapped the South Quadrant, which includes Coconut Grove. Residents will be able to see where they want to allow buildings of various heights and so on and residents will be able to comment.

This may be our only opportunity to give our input on the mapping before the Miami 21 plan is presented to the City Commission for approval.

Again, the meeting is this Saturday, August 23, from 8 am to noon at City Hall, right here in the Groovy Grove - 3500 Pan American Drive.

The latest drafts and maps are here.