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Ordinance: 13921
File Number: 7819
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 9/24/2020
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING
EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 13902 ("TOLLING ORDINANCE") TO END
THE TOLLING AND SUSPENSION OF APPLICABLE DEADLINES AND TIME
PERIODS PRESCRIBED IN THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AS AMENDED; ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; AND RESOLUTION NO. R-20-0015,
ADOPTED ON JANUARY 23, 2020 RELATING TO THE MIAMI 21 REPORT AD
HOC TASKFORCE THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY SUSPENDED BY THE
ADOPTION OF THE EMERGENCY TOLLING ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING
AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, under the provisions of law and Sections 252.31 - 252.60, Florida Statutes,
Mayor Francis X. Suarez ("Mayor") of the City of Miami ("City") declared, on March 12, 2020,
that a State of Local Emergency existed within the City in response to the Novel Coronavirus
("COVID-19"); and
WHEREAS, since March 17, 2020, in accordance with the provisions of Section
252.38(3)(a), Florida Statutes, the Mayor has extended the State of Local Emergency for
additional seven (7) day periods; and
WHEREAS, the effects of COVID-19 continue to require extraordinary and immediate
actions by the City in order to protect the public's health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, on May 28, 2020, Ordinance No. 13902 ("Tolling Ordinance") was adopted
as an emergency by the City Commission tolling and suspending all applicable deadlines and
time periods prescribed by the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code");
Ordinance No. 13114, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended (Miami
21 Code"); and Resolution No. R-20-0015 adopted on January 23, 2020; and
WHEREAS, when the emergency Tolling Ordinance was originally adopted, most City
facilities had been shut down, public hearings had been cancelled, and routine City business
was significantly curtailed; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of the emergency Tolling Ordinance, the City has been
able to conduct the majority of its business remotely, conduct meetings virtually, and otherwise
address the concerns originally raised by the Tolling Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the effects of COVID-19 have also significantly improved including
improvements in hospitalizations and positivity rates; and
WHEREAS, due to improved conditions, the necessity to begin recovery efforts, and the
City's ability to reopen business, the necessity for the tolling and suspension of deadlines is no
longer necessary; and
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File ID: 7819
Enactment Number: 13921
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds it appropriate at this time to hereby amend the
Tolling Ordinance and abate the tolling and suspension of applicable deadlines and time periods
prescribed in the City Code, the Miami 21 Code, and Resolution No. R-20-0015; and
WHEREAS, any time periods and deadlines that were tolled and/or suspended as a
result of the emergency Tolling Ordinance will now be back in effect as of the effective date of
this Ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are
adopted and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission hereby amends emergency Ordinance No. 13902 in
order to end the suspension and tolling of all applicable deadlines and time periods prescribed
in the City Code, the Miami 21 Code, and Resolution No. R-20-0015.
Section 3. Upon the adoption of this amendment, all such deadlines and time periods
shall apply to any new matter or item.
Section 4. All deadlines and time periods for any matter or item that was previously
suspended by the Tolling Ordinance shall resume upon the date of the adoption of this
amendment.
Section 5. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or word of this
Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.'
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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' This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten (10)
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective date stated
herein, whichever is later.
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