Planning & Zoning - Regular Meeting
The Hialeah Planning and Zoning Board tabled a proposed psychology office and an oversized carport variance. They approved a reduced multifamily development, a variance for duplexes, and a parking variance for a fireworks business. Discussion occurred on a cafeteria's variances and waiver for a revoked business tax receipt, but no vote was recorded.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Planning & Zoning
- Meeting Type
- Planning & Zoning
- Location
- Hialeah, FL
- Meeting Date
- September 9, 2026
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23 sections (from 30 segments)
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Mr. Castellanos? Is absent. Mr. Iglesias? Mr. Yuch? Here. It's absent. Mr. Morales? Mrs. Doritos? Here. We have a quorum. Administration of both tool applicants and anyone who will be speaking before the board on any item.
Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before this board? Juras o afirma de decir la verdad hasta esta junta.
Summary minutes are a copy of the audio file that proceedings before the planning and zoning board shall be prepared and submitted to the city council before its hearing. The planning and zoning board recommendations for the following public hearing requests will be heard by the city council at its scheduled meeting of Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026. All you want. Small scale future land use map amendment from low density residential to office and professional services. The property is located at one East 52nd place, highly assumed and one industrial district. Applicant Frank de la Paz on behal
I'm sorry, before we proceed, I would like to mention that the property is sold R11 Family District, not M1.
Sorry, excuse me. I would like to mention into the record that we did receive two opposition letters. One was from Tamaki, 51 East 51st Place, and another one from Kelly J. Walker, 51 East 51st Place.
So we have a motion to table by Mr. By Mrs. Inglis. Yes. I mean, Mrs. Indica's second by Mr. Lesson. Mr. Perez. Yes. Summer Alice.
Mrs. Castellano. I'm getting all of that mixed up. Yes. Okay. So the item has been tabled until September 23rd to 2026.
Item number one, approval of planning and zoning board summary agenda of August 26, 2026 as submitted.
So we had a motion by Mrs. Enriquez, second by Mr. Iglesias. Mr. Perez? Yes. Mrs. Enriquez? Yes. Mr. Morales? Yes. Mr. Iglesias?
Item has been approved. A written decision, resolution, and or ordinance will be prepared and presented to the City Council for review. The City Council is authorized to affirm, affirm with conditions, or override the decisions by resolution. Following adoption of the resolution and or ordinance, contact the City Clerk's Office to obtain a copy. Upon receipt, contact the Building Department to obtain any required building permits. Summary minutes or a copy of the auto file that proceeds before the planning and zoning board shall be prepared and submitted to the city council prior to its hearin
So item number three. Rezoning property from R1 One Family District to OPS Office and Professional Services District. Variants permit to allow the front setback of 10 feet where 20 feet is required and to allow 22% pervious area where a minimum of 30% pervious area is required. The property is located at 1 East 52nd Place, Hialeah Zone, R1 One Family District. Applicant Frank De La Paz on behalf of Sunny Comfort Home LLC.
We had a motion by Mrs. Enriquez, second by Mr. Iglesias. Mr. Morales? Yes. Mr. Perez?
Item has been tabled until September 23rd, 2026. Okay.
Amendments to City of Hialeah Ordinance Number 2023-086 to permit a three-story multifamily development with 14 residential units instead of a four-story multifamily development with 18 residential units. Variants permit to allow a single-use multifamily residential building wherein vertical mix of uses is required. To allow a front setback of 6.4 feet where 17 feet built to line is required. And to allow a street size setback of 6.08 feet where 10 feet is required. The property is located at 3011 East 8th Avenue, Hialeah Zone, TOD, Transit Oriented Development District. Applicant, Cesar Mestr
Okay. Sorry. We had a motion by Mr. Morales and Mr. Iglesias. And we had a second by Mrs. Enriquez. Mr. Morales?
Mr. Perez? Yes. Mrs. Enriquez? Yes. Mr. Iglesias? Yes. Item has been approved. With conditions. Pattern number four, variance permit to replant the property into two substandard lots and to allow the construction of a duplex on each substandard lot, having a frontage of approximately 50 feet and a total lot area of approximately 5,500 square feet and 5,365 square feet, where a frontage of 75 feet and a total lot area of 7,500 square feet are required. To allow the following setback adjustments for the west lot. Allow a rear setback of 13 feet where 25 feet is required. To allow the following s
We had a motion by Mr. Iglesias, second by Mr. Morales. Mrs. Enriquez?
So item number five is actually a tabled item from August 26th, a meeting. You will need to remove it from the table. So we had a motion by Mrs. Enriquez, second by Mr. Iglesias. Mr. Perez? Mr. Iglesias? Yes. Mrs. Enriquez? Yes. Mr. Morales? Item has been removed from table. Item number five. Variants permit to allow 34 parking spaces where 45 parking spaces are required. The property is located at 2122-2124 West 62nd Street, Hialeah Sound M1, Industrial District. Applicant, Cesar Mestre, square on behalf of Level 2 Palmetto LLC and Samurai Fireworks.
We had a motion by Mrs. Enriquez, second by Mr. Morales. Mr. Iglesias?
Item number six, variance permit to allow the legalization of an oversized carpool with an area of approximately 879 square feet, where a maximum of 400 square feet is permitted. So allow a rear setback of 10 feet, where a minimum of 20 feet is required. To allow an interior south side setback of eight inches, where a minimum of two feet is required. and to allow the carport to have a height of 14.3 feet, where 10 feet is the maximum height allowed. The property is located at 4698 East 9th Court, Hialeah Zones, R11 Family District. Applicant, Armando Llanes.
We had a motion by Mrs. Henriquez, second by Mr. Iglesias. Mr. Perez? Yes. Mr. Morales? Yes. Mrs. Henriquez? Yes. Mr. Iglesias? Item has been tabled on to further notice.
Item number seven. Variance permit to allow 11 on-site parking spaces where 24 parking spaces are required. To allow a one-way driveway of seven feet where 10 feet is the minimum required. To allow two parking spaces within the public right-of-way along West 2nd Avenue where parking spaces within the right-of-way are prohibited. It's a lot of 1% pervious area where a minimum of 10% pervious area is required. The applicant is also seeking a waiver from the city council pursuant to section 86-53B of the city code to allow the issuance of a business tax receipt for a use that has been revoked wit
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