HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #39 - First Reading OrdinanceJ-88-924
9/27/98
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING AN OATH OR AFFIRMATION
BY PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE CITY
COMMISSION DURING ITS CONSIDERATION OF A
MATTER ARISING FROM OR UNDER THE PROVISIONS
OF ORDINANCE NO. 9500, AS AMENDED, THE ZONING
1 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI; PRESCRIBING
THE FORM OF SAID OATH AND AFFIRMATION TO BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY CLERK; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. Any person w shing to testify 1�9( t e
City Commission during its co i ation of a matte aising from
or under the provisions once No. 950 aI amended, the
Zoning Ordinance of the t of Miam a testifying, shall
declare that or ah w 1 testify hfu ly by taking an oath
or making an ff rmati n to be adminis Bred by the City Clerk in
substantially a following form: "Do you swear or affirm that
the evidence you are about to give will be the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth?"
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar
as they are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of
this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 3. If any section, part of section, paragraph,
clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is declared invalid, the
remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
This Ordinance shall be effective and the provisions thereof,
unless otherwise indicated he•ein, shall become operative in
accordance with City Charter provisions.
Section 4. It is the intention of the City Commission that
the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part
of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, which
provisions may be renumbered or relettered and that the word