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Ordinance 14070
Legislation
File Number: 11921
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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Final Action Date: 6/9/2022
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
54/ARTICLE V/SECTION 54-187 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, AS
AMENDED, TITLED "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS/BASE BUILDING
LINES/STANDARD STREET WIDTHS," TO PROVIDE THAT THE ROUNDING
OF CORNERS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS THE BASE BUILDING LINE;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Ken Russell
WHEREAS, Article V of Chapter 54 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended ("City Code"), establishes Base Building Lines within the City of Miami ("City"); and
WHEREAS, the City has approved Special Area Plans ("SAPs"), Major Use Special
Permits ("MUSPs"), and Neighborhood Revitalization Districts ("NRDs") that contemplate
building facades at corners that would otherwise encroach into the building setbacks and
require special consideration; and
WHEREAS, this amendment will allow for uniformity in the interpretation of the Base
Building Line throughout the City for implementation of building developments that comply with
the City Code and the Florida Building Code;
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 by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 54/Article V/Section 54-187 of the City Code, titled "Base Building
Lines," is amended in the following particulars:'
"CHAPTER 54
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
ARTICLE V. BASE BUILDING LINES
Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be
added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicated omitted
and unchanged material.
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File ID: 11921
Enactment Number: 14070
Sec. 54-187. Standard street widths.
All public streets in the city not otherwise designated by this article shall be established at a
minimum width of 50 feet, and the base building line shall be located 25 feet from the official
centerline, said official centerline to be determined and established by the director of the
department of resilience and public works of the city. The rounding of corners at street
intersections shall not be considered as the base building line."
Section 3. 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 4. This Ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after final reading and
adoption thereof.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
1
i 4naindez, City Attor iey 5/3/2022
2 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.
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