The Office Park District (OPD) incorporates a concept which delineates an open space character for buildings whose principal uses are administrative, professional or research. The major objectives to be achieved by this district are to provide office complexes in an open space environment, to provide freedom for the designer to take a creative approach to the development of an office park and thereby to enhance the visual quality of Miami-Dade County, to encourage developers to seek professional design expertise in the design of office parks, to promote the use of energy saving techniques, to provide a variety of office uses with associated service facilities, and to encourage the efficient use of land with reduction of street and utility networks.

(Ord. No. 77-64, § 1, 9-20-77)

(A)

No land, body of water and/or structures shall be used or permitted to be used, and no structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, moved, reconstructed, or structurally altered or maintained in any OPD District, which is designed, arranged or intended to be used or occupied for any purpose, unless otherwise herein provided, excepting for one (1) or more of the following uses:

(1)

Principal uses. Principal uses are those permitted uses that will form the major use concentration within the office park complex and include the following:

(a)

Office buildings for business, professional and secretarial uses that cater to the provision of services. Retail and industrial activities are not permitted as principal uses.

(b)

Laboratories for scientific and industrial research and development, including the use of scientific laboratory equipment and devices, shall be permitted. Assembly of precision instruments requiring a clinical environment in conjunction with scientific and medical research and development is also permitted upon approval of the Director. Any dust, fumes, gases, noises, odors and vibrations resulting from industrial or scientific research shall be completely contained within an enclosed building. It shall be the applicant's responsibility to provide sufficient data demonstrating that all potential impacts as listed above are so contained.

(c)

Commuter colleges/universities.

(2)

Accessory uses. Accessory uses are those uses that are associated with the principal use(s) and which provide service primarily to employees and patrons of the office park. The accumulative total of all accessory uses shall be limited to a maximum of fifteen (15) percent of the total gross interior square footage of the buildings proposed for the site. Such uses shall have no outside advertising. Areas devoted to structure parking shall not be included in the above calculations. Service facilities shall constitute the following:

(a)

Auditorium(s).

(b)

Eating establishments such as a cafeteria, coffee shop, food carry-out, restaurant and sandwich shop. Liquor, beer and wine, if associated with normal restaurant operation, shall be permitted under the terms specified in the BU-1 District. Drive-in facilities are prohibited.

(c)

Office and stationery supplies.

(d)

Personal services such as:

(i)

Banks and savings and loans;

(ii)

Barbershop;

(iii)

Beauty shop;

(iv)

Chapel;

(v)

Day care center, nursery and kindergarten, subject to compliance with the requirements of Sections 33-151.11 through 33-151.22 of this Code;

(vi)

Dry cleaning and laundry (pickup only, no cleaning or washing on premises);

(vii)

Newsstands;

(viii)

Shoe repair shop and shoeshine parlor;

(ix)

Tobacco shops;

(x)

Adult day care center, in accordance with the conditions set forth in Section 33-223.1 of this Code.

(e)

Pharmacies restricted to the preparation and sale of drugs and medicines and other pharmaceutical supplies.

(f)

Print shops.

(g)

Private clubs.

(h)

Recreational facilities within enclosed structures:

(i)

Court games;

(ii)

Putting greens;

(iii)

Saunas;

(iv)

Swimming pool.

(i)

Other similar uses as approved by the Director, provided such uses are primarily accessory uses to the principal office park use(s).

(B)

All uses shall be within enclosed building(s) except for approved passive and active recreational uses.

(Ord. No. 77-64, § 1, 9-20-77; Ord. No. 95-215, § 1, 12-5-95; Ord. No. 02-46, § 8, 4-9-02; Ord. No. 09-102, § 6, 11-17-09; Ord. No. 11-04, § 8, 2-1-11; Ord. No. 23-85, § 7, 10-3-23)

In order to preserve the integrity of the plan and ensure its execution, the Office Park District shall be maintained under one (1) ownership or so designed and planned that it can logically be developed in sections or units, each complying independently with all district regulations.

A unity of title agreement, suitable for recording, shall be submitted to and meet with the approval of the Director at the time of the filing of the application for rezoning, unless the application is filed in the name of the Director, in which case the agreement shall be submitted with the application for permit. In those cases where the project is designed and planned to be developed in sections, the agreement shall permit the severance of the property into sections or units providing that the sections or units are placed under a unity of ownership and further provided that the section or unit complies with minimum lot width and area requirements.

(Ord. No. 77-64, § 1, 9-20-77; Ord. No. 95-215, § 1, 12-5-95)

The minimum frontage requirements shall be one hundred (100) feet, with a minimum lot area of three (3) net acres including right-of-way dedications.

(Ord. No. 77-64, § 1, 9-20-77)

The floor area ratio shall be thirty one-hundredths (0.30) at one (1) story and shall be increased by eight one-hundredths (0.08) for each additional story. Structure parking shall not count as part of the floor area, but shall be counted in computing building height and number of stories.

(Ord. No. 77-64, § 1, 9-20-77)

The maximum permitted height for any structure shall be eight (8) stories or one hundred (100) feet above finished grade, whichever is less.

(Ord. No. 77-64, § 1, 9-20-77)

(A)

[Landscaped open space.] Landscaped open space, unencumbered with any structure or off-street parking, ingress or egress drives or private drives, shall be provided in accordance with the requirements herein established. Areas to be credited toward the landscaped open space requirements are categorized as follows:

(1)

Not less than eighty (80) percent of the required landscaped open space shall be provided at ground level, outside of any structure and such area shall be well maintained with grass, trees and shrubbery, and may include water bodies which are completely enclosed within the office park development, provided, however, that such water areas shall not exceed fifty (50) percent of the required landscaped open space. Entrance features, passive recreational uses, pedestrian walks, permanent outdoor art displays, sitting areas and putting greens may also be included in the required landscaped open space.

(2)

Specific areas within the enclosed or nonenclosed malls which are landscaped with grass, trees and/or shrubbery, water areas therein, and areas therein with permanent art displays.

(3)

Roof decks and other above-grade surfaces.

The minimum landscaped open space shall be in accordance with the following:

The minimum landscaped open space shall be increased by three (3) percent for each additional story or part thereof above two (2) stories, based on the tallest structure on the property. Each parking level within the structure shall be calculated as one story.

(B)

Trees. Landscaping and trees shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 18A of this Code.

(C)

Landscape maintenance. Sprinkler systems shall be provided that are adequately sized to provide water for landscaped areas. All plant material shall be maintained in a healthy condition.

(Ord. No. 77-64, § 1, 9-20-77; Ord. No. 95-223, § 1, 12-5-95; Ord. No. 03-130, § 1, 6-3-03)

All structures shall be setback a minimum of thirty (30) feet from property lines abutting any residential zoning districts in which only single-family, duplex or townhouse uses are permitted. Setbacks from front street property lines shall be a minimum of fifty (50) feet for structures and twenty-five (25) feet for paved parking areas. All other setbacks shall not be less than fifteen (15) feet.

(Ord. No. 77-64, § 1, 9-20-77)

Parking shall meet the applicable requirements provided elsewhere in the Miami-Dade County Zoning Code.

(Ord. No. 77-64, § 1, 9-20-77)

All development shall be reviewed in accordance with Section 33-310.4.

(Ord. No. 19-51, § 31, 6-4-19)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 19-51, § 31, adopted June 4, 2019, repealed the former § 33-284.38, and enacted a new § 33-284.38 as set out herein. The former § 33-284.38 pertained to site plan review and derived from Ord. No. 77-64, § 2, adopted Sept. 20, 1977; Ord. No. 95-19, § 20, adopted Feb. 7, 1995; Ord. No. 95-215, § 1, adopted Dec. 5, 1995; Ord. No. 95-223, § 1, adopted Dec. 5, 1995; Ord. No. 96-127, § 28, adopted Sept. 4, 1996; Ord. No. 98-125, § 21, adopted Sept. 3, 1998; Ord. No. 99-38, § 21, adopted April 27, 1999; Ord. No. 18-134, § 15, adopted Nov. 8, 2018.

Editor's note— Section 1 of Ord. No. 85-59, adopted July 18, 1985, repealed § 33-284.39, concerning signs, as derived from § 1 of Ord. No. 83-66, adopted July 19, 1983.