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Miami 21 Zoning Overhaul May Be Dead

MIAMI-The plan to change city density rules is voted down by councilmen vying for mayor.

By Eric Kalis | Updated on August 07, 2009

(This story, in slightly different form, originally appeared in Incisive Media’s Daily Business Review.)

MIAMI-The city’s proposed zoning code overhaul, dubbed Miami 21, is on life support after commissioners voted against it Thursday night. Outgoing Mayor Manny Diaz had called the unusual August meeting to debate and vote on the measure.

After a public hearing that stretched into the night, the city’s mayoral candidates, commission chairman Joe Sanchez and commissioner Tomas Regalado, voted against the controversial plan on its first reading. Commissioners Marc Sarnoff and Michelle Spence-Jones voted in favor. Commissioner Angel Gonzalez was absent.

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