HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #27 - First Reading OrdinanceJ-93-512
8/30/93
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC", BY
ADDING A NEW ARTICLE IX ENTITLED "SILVER
BLUFF COMMERCIAL PARKING IMPROVEMENT TRUST
FUND"; DESCRIBING THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH SUCH
FUND IS ESTABLISHED, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
FEES TO BE PAID IN LIEU OF REQUIRED PARKING,
THE MANNER IN WHICH FUNDS ARE DEPOSITED TO
THE FUND, AND THE RESTRICTIONS ON HOW FUNDS
MAY BE SPENT; MORE PARTICULARLY BY ADDING NEW
SECTIONS 35-196 AND 35-197; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Silver Bluff commercial neighborhood of the
City of Miami has enjoyed a re urgence of noTiAdustrial business
activity in the area; and
WHEREAS, the ail supply o o site parking spaces in
close proximity to t e center of cvities is not sufficient to
meet requ em nt and 6i a parking deficiency is now
commonplace- and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to make possible the
creation of new offstreet parking spaces, as well as provide for
greater utilization of existing nearby spaces; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the establishment of
a trust fund to receive and expend funds to create and improve
offstreet parking facilities serving the Silver Bluff Commercial
Overlay District is in the best interest of the citizens of the
City of Miami; and