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Miami Planning Board Evaluating Special Area Plans

A stalled development near Miami's Little Haiti is prompting a review of the 10-year-old zoning vehicle used for large-scale projects.

By Lidia Dinkova | December 03, 2019 at 07:10 AM
A rendering of the proposed Eastside Ridge project that will span 22.5 acres on the southeast corner of Northeast 54th Street and Second Avenue near Little Haiti. Courtesy rendering A rendering of the proposed Eastside Ridge project that will span 22.5 acres on the southeast corner of Northeast 54th Street and Second Avenue near Little Haiti. Courtesy rendering

A Miami board wants to evaluate an increasingly controversial development regulation that has allowed large-scale projects despite concerns that neighborhoods are gentrifying and losing their character.

Special area plans, or SAPs, allow developers of nine or more abutting acres to build higher and denser than normally allowed in exchange for community benefits such as affordable housing and parks.

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