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Miami-Dade Commissioners reject mayor's veto on urban boundary. What's next?

Mayor vetoes Urban Development Boundary expansion, halting development project plans

Mayor vetoes Urban Development Boundary expansion, halting development project plans

Jenny Staletovich /WLRN

Overturning the veto clears the way for warehouses on coastal land targeted for Everglades restoration. South Florida water managers have been asked to intervene.


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Mayor vetoes Urban Development Boundary expansion, halting development project plans

Mayor vetoes Urban Development Boundary expansion, halting development project plans

Mayor vetoes Urban Development Boundary expansion, halting development project plans

Standing against the majority of the Board of County Commissioners, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced her veto of a more than 370 acre expansion of the Urban Development Boundary (UDB) on Thursday, Nov. 10.

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Memo: ‘Relationships’ would help pass UDB expansion vote at Miami-Dade

Miami-Dade commissioners just don’t give a damn about the Everglades’ health | Opinion

Miami-Dade commissioners just don’t give a damn about the Everglades’ health | Opinion

A confidential offering memorandum distributed to potential investors last year, shows that the developers of the South Dade Logistics and Technology District — the complex of warehouses they want to build across the Urban Development Boundary — were counting on the “relationships” they had to make it happen.


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Miami-Dade commissioners just don’t give a damn about the Everglades’ health | Opinion

Miami-Dade commissioners just don’t give a damn about the Everglades’ health | Opinion

Miami-Dade commissioners just don’t give a damn about the Everglades’ health | Opinion

Developers are trying to pressure Miami-Dade commissioners to expand the urban development boundary, which would help build a new industrial park in a flood and sea rise prone area. But what is the urban development boundary?



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Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth can’t come at the expense of the Everglades, flood risk

Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth can’t come at the expense of the Everglades, flood risk

Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth can’t come at the expense of the Everglades, flood risk

County commissioners last week decided, for the first time in nine years, to allow development past the boundary line that separates Miami-Dade County’s suburbs from agricultural land and the Everglades. 



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Vote delayed on expanding Urban Development Boundary for industrial building complex

Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth can’t come at the expense of the Everglades, flood risk

Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth can’t come at the expense of the Everglades, flood risk

Developers wanting to expand the Urban Development Boundary for the first time since 2013 fell short on support with the Miami-Dade County Commission on Thursday, securing a last-minute delay on a vote to turn 800 acres of farmland into a warehouse complex in an area environmental groups want protected.


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Will Moving The Urban Development Boundary Improve Affordability? Voters Say No

Will Moving The Urban Development Boundary Improve Affordability? Voters Say No

Will Moving The Urban Development Boundary Improve Affordability? Voters Say No

A recent poll commissioned by the Hold the Line coalition showed that 54% oppose moving the line. When presented with arguments for and against it, 60% of survey participants opposed expanding the UDB, preferring to protect the environment and drinking water supply. In comparison, 29% supported it to build more affordable single-family homes

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Are Miamians Fleeing Our Affordability Crisis?

Will Moving The Urban Development Boundary Improve Affordability? Voters Say No

Will Moving The Urban Development Boundary Improve Affordability? Voters Say No

Miami now ranks as the least affordable region in the country, with the typical tenant paying a staggering 59.5% of monthly household income to pay rent. As Realtor.com notes, the federal housing department considers affordable rent to cost 30% of household income, and anything more to be unaffordable.


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What’s the Urban Development Boundary, and what does it mean for Miami-Dade County?

What’s the Urban Development Boundary, and what does it mean for Miami-Dade County?

What’s the Urban Development Boundary, and what does it mean for Miami-Dade County?

The Urban Development Boundary is a legal divide on Miami-Dade’s land-planning maps that governs how much construction can occur on a piece of land.


The UDB encourages development closer to existing houses and businesses, where roads, transit lines, schools and other government services already exist and also serves as a buffer between development and environmentally sensitive lands around the Everglades.






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Miami-Dade faces big decision on industrial complex in South Dade farmland

What’s the Urban Development Boundary, and what does it mean for Miami-Dade County?

What’s the Urban Development Boundary, and what does it mean for Miami-Dade County?

The fate of Biscayne Bay is once again before the Miami-Dade County Commission, who must now decide whether to extend the county’s boundary to allow a massive industrial complex on what is now farmland in South Dade.


It’s a nearly 800-acre parcel of land environmentalists say is vital to restoring the Everglades and the health of Biscayne Bay.


Developers plan to remedy storm surge issues by raising the elevation of the proposed project by up to 9 feet. But that has neighbors worried.


“So if you let them raise that land all that water is going to be pushed to us. I’m totally against it."

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2022 Polling Results

New polling results show opposition to expanding the Urban Development Boundary.

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Highlights of 2022 Poll

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Additional Coverage

Friends of The Everglades Clean Water Conservations:
Homestead Is At A Tipping Point

 Expanding development near Biscayne Bay blocks options for Everglades, Fla. agency says- Miami Herald  

Letter of concern from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection- Miami Herald 

With UDB vote, Miami-Dade shows how hard it is to stop developing in flood-prone spots - Miami Herald 

Everglades buffer versus new backyards: Developers running out of single-family lots- Miami Herald 

Leonard Abess backs off zoning push for South Dade project that wants UDB moved - Miami Herald

Sen. Marco Rubio letter opposing civilian usage of Homestead Air Force Base - Miami Herald

Only 5 Years' Worth of Land Left? South Florida Developers Looking to Golf Courses, Race Tracks, Landfills Amid Land Crisis | Daily Business Review (law.com)

If Developers Don't Act on Affordable Housing, Miami Could See 'Exodus' of Senior Residents | Daily Business Review (law.com)

Climate Change Is a Business Risk That Can No Longer Be Ignored | New York Law Journal

Expressway authority seeks 2,000 acres for Kendall Parkway - Miami Today (miamitodaynews.com)

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