Pre Charrette
Board/Committee Meeting
Synopsis of Flipchart Notes from Public Comment/Input
November 17, 2001
City of Coral Gables Planning Department/University of Miami
10:00 a.m., Youth Center Theater
1 - Land Use
- Reassess permitted growth allowed under current land use regulations
- Encourage vertical growth vs. sprawl
- Regulate
for controlled/programmed growth
2 - Zoning
- Existing zoning allows to much/dense development
- Is permitted height a vested right?
- Reduce
maximum permitted height of buildings from 13 stories to 10 stories
(3 additional stores as Mediterranean bonus)
3 - Urban Character
- Define and develop desired urban character
- Encourage mix of downtown uses
- Existing lack of green spaces/shade trees in CBD
- Is mixed-use still a goal?
- Do we want to help or limit development?
- Encourage educational/cultural uses to establish urban character
- Coral
Gables is a residential community with support retail/commercial
4 - Traffic & Transportation
- Citizens must "let go" of cars
- Provide local transit/trolley as circulator
- Traffic problem is county wide
- Create a bike path/green way master plan
- Slow traffic
down
5 - Parking
- What are the costs of public garages
- Insufficient parking requirements in Zoning Code
- Revisit need for Mediterranean parking bonus
- Should the City be in the "parking business"
- Invite private developers to construct/manage parking garages
- Can't find parking downtown/won't use valet service
- No parking required for 1-2 story buildings - maybe should provide parking
- Create
"parking fund" to pay for required parking
6 - Streetscape
- Create pedestrian system - links to downtown
- No shade in CBD/too hot!
- Incorporate pocket parks into City developments and private projects
- Encourage tree lined streets
- Promote arcades
- Prepare a landscape master plan
- Provide a median down Ponce Boulevard
- Require "street level" lighting vs. tall overhead lights
- Improve
and utilize downtown alleyways
7 - Architecture
- Improve visibility of signage (trees block view)
- Assess impacts of Mediterranean program
- Revisit/revise
concept of TDR's
8 - Infrastructure
- Safety and security - police and fire protection needs to be addressed
- Impact of storm water drainage capacity on residential areas
- Water service for buildings - costs to developers of extending water lines
- Consider implementing impact fees
- How do you pay for infrastucture improvement?
- How do we accommodate communication towers?
9 - Miscellaneous
- Budget - how do we assure implementation of Charrette recommendation?
- Invite
School board representatives to Charrette