Miami zoning and commission roundup: week of Oct 19, 2026
For the week of Oct 19, 2026, Dais covered 4 meetings across 4 boards, with 67 agenda items in total. Boards recorded 24 approvals, 1 denial, 16 amended items and 15 deferrals. Below are the biggest decisions, every item by meeting and what is on the calendar next week.
Biggest decisions
Miami-Dade BCC Zoning · File 260644, 261607Approved as amended · security covenant added
Lennar Homes CDMP amendment (CDMP20250021) between SW 272 St and SW 278 St, with security covenant and police impact-fee motion
Between SW 272 Street and SW 278 Street and between SW 157 Avenue and SW 159 Avenue
Vote: Unanimous
The Board approved Lennar's Comprehensive Plan amendment unanimously after a new safety-and-security covenant condition was added. Commissioner Cohen Higgins also won a separate motion on directing police impact fees from this development toward a future Eureka station. She withdrew a second motion to study police impact fees.
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Miami-Dade BCC · File 261706, 261711, 261769, 261750, 261741, 261745, 261742, 261746, 261748, 261858, 261801, 261798, 260972, 261859Passed on first reading
Ordinances on first reading: economic advocacy trust, South Dade Black History Center, CDMP applications (incl. Sea Aquarium), CDD expansions, special taxing districts, Class C signs, Rapid Transit zone
Countywide; includes SW 288 St & SW 177 Ave (4L), 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway (4M), 1250 Harriet Tubman Highway (14A6)
Vote: Unanimous
The board passed the first-reading ordinances as a block, unanimously, including the two Comprehensive Development Master Plan applications (SW 288 St and the Sea Aquarium site) and added the Rapid Transit zone ordinance. Public hearings were set mostly for Nov 17.
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Miami-Dade BCC · File 261735Approved as amended
County procurement overhaul: new Chapter 3 of the Code, cone of silence and bid protest portal
Countywide · County Code Chapters 2 and 3
Vote: Unanimous
The procurement reorganization passed on second reading with the chair's amendment on the cone of silence. The Clerk of the Board's counsel warned that the bid protest portal is unfunded and that protest fees and hearing examiner pay have not changed since 2001.
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Miami-Dade BCC Zoning · File 261623Approved · per staff, with covenant
Homestead Office and Centerhome zoning request (Z2025000183) at SW 288 St and SW 157 Ave to extend Leisure City urban center zoning
Southeast of SW 288 Street and SW 157 Avenue, aka 15600 SW 288 Street and 28801 SW 157 Avenue
Vote: Unanimous
The Board unanimously approved extending Leisure City urban center zoning, up to 90 units an acre near the corner, to a roughly 7-acre site. The approval comes with a covenant capping height at 11 stories and a 60-foot landscape buffer on the south side.
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Miami PZAB · File 19881Appeal granted · permit reversed
Ransom Everglades construction parking at 3227 & 3247 Charles Ave
3227 and 3247 Charles Ave, Coconut Grove (Village West)
Vote: 7–1
The board sided with Village West neighbors 7–1 and reversed the city's temporary permit letting Ransom Everglades-related cars park on two Charles Ave lots. The clerk said the decision is final and not appealable to the City Commission.
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