DIRECTING CDMP AMENDMENT RE VERTICAL FARMING

Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee · 2026-07-14 · resolution

Miami-Dade County legislative item 261141 is a resolution directing the County Mayor or designee to consider recommendations in an Agriculture Report and file an application to amend the Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) to provide for or encourage greater allowances inside urbanized areas for high-intensity, closed agricultural production systems such as vertical farming. The resolution was introduced on 6/23/2026, forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners with a favorable recommendation by the Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee on 7/14/2026, and is scheduled for the Board agenda on 9/1/2026 as item 11A3. The prime sponsor is Roberto J. Gonzalez. The document does not state a specific project site, address, parcel, acreage, or applicant. Public comment sentiment is not stated, but the document references over 70 stakeholders interviewed for the Report who expressed frustration with overlapping regulations and a lack of County support for agriculture, citing the need for more flexible policies such as enabling vertical agriculture in urbanized zones.