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County commission overrides veto, clears project outside urban boundary near Biscayne Bay [View all]
Miami HeraldNo paywall
Developers thwarted Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on Tuesday when commissioners voted to overturn a veto and allow construction of a new warehouse complex outside the current Urban Development Boundary.
Only three of the 12 commissioners sided with Levine Cava in the vote allowing first UDB expansion since 2013 and the conversion of farmland into a commercial complex in an area the federal government may want for a major Everglades restoration project.
“It opens the floodgates for sprawl and unsustainable development that threatens our economy and our health,” Levine Cava said before the override vote. It was the second veto since she took office in 2020, and the first one overriden by the County Commission.
Approval also requires loosening county restrictions on new commercial construction in areas vulnerable to storm surge, a change Levine Cava’s planning staff recommended against.
Only three of the 12 commissioners sided with Levine Cava in the vote allowing first UDB expansion since 2013 and the conversion of farmland into a commercial complex in an area the federal government may want for a major Everglades restoration project.
“It opens the floodgates for sprawl and unsustainable development that threatens our economy and our health,” Levine Cava said before the override vote. It was the second veto since she took office in 2020, and the first one overriden by the County Commission.
Approval also requires loosening county restrictions on new commercial construction in areas vulnerable to storm surge, a change Levine Cava’s planning staff recommended against.
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