Miami Beach officials and dozens of residents gathered Tuesday morning on the boardwalk in front of the Fontainebleau Hotel to voice their opposition to a state House bill that would allow the hotel to build water slides on its pool deck.
Language added to the legislation late last month as a result of lobbying by the Fontainebleau would let the hotel bypass a review process by the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board and install the water slides, a proposal that has drawn a wave of backlash in the Mid Beach neighborhood.
The legislation seeks to streamline development processes throughout Florida by including a number of new requirements in local governments’ comprehensive development plans. Provisions contained in both the House and Senate versions aim to reduce development application fees and provide more clarity to builders whose plans get rejected.
“Tallahassee is not the zoning board of Miami Beach,” Mayor Steven Meiner said at Tuesday’s press conference. “That’s what this is about.” #miami #miamibeach #tallahassee #fountainbleau #waterpark #development
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