Sec. 2-1102. - Functions, powers, and duties generally.
The advisory committee is hereby authorized to:
(1) Review the established policies, procedures, ordinances, land development regulations, and Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan ("MCNP") of the city on an annual basis and recommend specific actions or initiatives to encourage or facilitate affordable housing while protecting the ability of the property to appreciate in value. The recommendations of the advisory committee may include the modification or repeal of existing policies, procedures, ordinances, regulations, or plan provisions; the creation of exceptions applicable to affordable housing; or the adoption of new policies, procedures, regulations, ordinances, or plan provisions, including recommendations to amend the MCNP and corresponding regulations, ordinances, and other policies. At a minimum, the advisory committee shall submit an annual report to the city commission and to the entity providing statewide training and technical assistance for the affordable housing catalyst program which includes recommendations on the implementation of affordable housing incentives in the following areas:
a. The processing of approvals of development orders or permits for affordable housing projects is expedited to a greater degree than other projects as provided in F.S. § 163.3177(6)(f)(3);
b. All allowable fee waivers provided for the development or construction of affordable housing;
c. The allowance of flexibility in densities for affordable housing;
d. The reservation of infrastructure capacity for housing for very-low-income persons, low-income persons, and moderate-income persons;
e. Affordable accessory residential units;
f. The reduction of parking and setback requirements for affordable housing;
g. The allowance of flexible lot configurations, including zero-lot-line configurations for affordable housing;
h. The modification of street requirements for affordable housing;
i. The establishment of a process by which the city considers, before adoption, policies, procedures, ordinances, regulations, or plan provisions that increase the cost of housing;
j. The preparation of a printed inventory of locally owned public lands suitable for affordable housing; and
k. The support of development near transportation hubs and major employment centers and mixed-use developments.
(2) The advisory committee's recommendations may also include other affordable housing incentives identified by the advisory committee. The advisory committee may perform other duties at the request of the city commission, including:
a. The provision of mentoring services to affordable housing partners including developers, banking institutions, employers, and others to identify available incentives, assist with applications for funding requests, and develop partnerships between various parties, and
b. The creation of best practices for the development of affordable housing in the community.
(3) The approval by the advisory committee of its local housing incentive strategies recommendations and its review of the city's implementation of previously recommended strategies must be made by affirmative vote of a majority of the membership of the advisory committee taken at a public hearing. Notice of the time, date, and place of the public hearing of the advisory committee to adopt its evaluation and final local housing incentive strategies recommendations must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Miami-Dade County. The notice must contain a short and concise summary of the evaluation and local housing incentives strategies recommendations to be considered by the advisory committee. The notice must state the public place where a copy of the evaluation and tentative advisory committee's recommendations can be obtained by interested persons. The final report, evaluation, and recommendations shall be submitted to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation ("corporation").
(4) Within 90 days after the date of receipt of the evaluation and local housing incentive strategies recommendations from the advisory committee, the city commission shall adopt an amendment to its local housing assistance plan to incorporate the local housing incentive strategies to be implemented by the city. The amendment must include, at a minimum, the local housing incentive strategies required by F.S. § 420.9071(16). The city commission must consider the strategies specified in subsections (1)a.—k. above as recommended by the advisory committee.
(5) The city shall notify the corporation by certified mail of its adoption of an amendment of its local housing assistance plan to incorporate local housing incentive strategies, which shall include a copy of the approved amended plan.
(6) The city commissioner serving on the advisory committee, or a locally elected designee, must attend biannual regional workshops convened and administered under the Affordable Housing Catalyst Program as provided for in F.S. § 420.531(2).
(Ord. No. 13967, § 3, 2-25-21)
