HomeMy WebLinkAboutM-79-0418Mr. Bob Homan
Assistant to ;the Manager.
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Mrs. Rose Gordon
City Commissioner,
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Agenda
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Submission to Comniisslofl of the ptoposed charter amendments providing for
setbacks and occupancy limits on waterfroflt properties and approval by; voters
of leasingand contracting standards and leases and contracts 'by voters and
approval of form of initiative -petition.
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PROPOSED CITY OF MIAMI CHARTER AMENDMENTS
of ` any of the City
City of Miami
any of its agencies shall issue building permits or certificates
of occupancy for any enclosed structure located on Biscayne
Bay, Government Cut, or the Miami River from its mouth to the,
7th Street Bridge which is not set back at least 50.feet from
the bulkhead line or seawall whichever is greater or which.
ground level obstructs the public's' view of Biscayne Bay,
Government Cut or the Miami River by
75% of the water frontage of each lot or tract on which the
structure .is to be built. The City in its zoning code may grant
floor areas ratio and height bonuses
occupancy limits.
Amendment 2
for observing
Charter or
the.
Amendment 1
The right of access of the. public to Biscayne Bay,
Government Cut, and the Miami River, shall.. remain inviolate.
Anything in this. Charter or the ordinances of the City of
Miami to the contrary notwithstanding neither the City nor
occupying more than
at
such property`
ordinances of the
Anything in this.
to the contrary notwithstanding,`until such time
as the proposed standards governing., such leasing and
contracting which have been approved by the voters of the City
of Miami the City shall not lease to or contract with private
persons for the use or management for a period in excess of
City has
3 years.
Government Cut, the Miami River or Rickenbacker
s property along. Biscayne Bay,
Causeway or on
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Watson Island or Virginia Key without first submitting such
lease or contract to the voters of the City for approval or.
rejection and any such existing lease or contract shall not
extended by the City without first submitting.;
such modification or extension to the voters of the City of Miami
for approval or rejection.
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P ECT OUR WATERFRONT AMENDMENTSIlk
Amendment No, 1
PETLTION
The undersigned duly qualified electors of the City of Miami, Florida petition
the Miami City Commission to place before the electors of this City at the regular City
primary election on November 6, 1979 thefollowing proposed Amendment to the Miami City
Charter, in accordance with Section 5.03`of:;the Home Rule Charter of Metropolitan Dade
County, Florida:.
Effective immediately `upon its adoption byMiami majority
of shall i amended as follows :
the electors voting on
this proposed
In order to preserve the City's natural scenic beauty, to guarantee open spaces
for light, air, and significant visual access, and
ttosprotect
trthe
ecthologyioof the wawaterfront
and Biscayne Bay and the Miami River, anything
in City of Miami to the contrary notwithstanding neither the City nor any of its agencies shall
issue building permits for or permit anyj'parking or enclosed structure (except structures
not in excess of 500 sq. feet each related to docks and structures at the Port of Miami)
and,_the€onvention Center) located on Biscayne Bay, Government Cut, or the Miami River
from its mouth to the South Miami Avenue Bridge:
1. Which is not set back at least 50 feet from the bulkhead line or seawall whichever
is greater except that where the depth of the lot is less than 150 feet the
setback shall be 25% of the lot depth. The City after public hearing may grant
an exception to this setback requirement if the landowner dedicates a permanent
public right-of-way along the waterfront not less than 25 eetaverage depth and
at no point less than 20 feet in width and provides acceptable landscaping and
maintenance for such right-of-way; or
2. Which at ground level obstructs the public's view of Biscayne Bay, Government
Cut or the Miami River by occupying more than 75% of the water frontage of each
lot or tract on which the structure is to be built. The frontage shall be comrphuted
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by a straight line calculation measured from the major public right-of-way.
City in its zoning code may grant floor areas ratio and height bonuses for observing
such property occupancy limits.
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STATE OF FLORIDA'
COUNTY OF DADE
Undersigned being duly sworn deposes and says that the undersigned. is the;ersons
circulator of the foregoing petition, that the foregoing petition signed by ____p ..
was signed by the above -named petitioners in undersigned's presence on the dates set opposite
their respective names.
Date
Residence Print
Address Last Name
Precinct
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this _ day o
, 1979.
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Notary Public
My Commission expires:
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PRCrr'DL'r CUR WATERER= AMENDMINTS
Amendment No. 2
PETITI O N
The undersigned duly qualified electors of the City of Miami, Florida petition
the Miami City Commission to place before the electors of this City at the regular City
primary election on November 6, 1979 the following proposed -Amendment to the Miami City
Charter, in accordance with Section 5.03 of the Home Rule Charter of Metropolitan Dade
County, Florida:
"Effective immediately upon its adoptionbyMaamijorityll bef the amended ctorsoloting on
this proposed amendment, the Charter of the City of
Anything in this Charter or the ordinances of the City of Miami to the contrary
notwithstanding, until such time as the City has proposed standards governing such leasing
and contracting which have been approved by the voters of the City of Miami the City shall
not lease to or contract with private persons for the use
ecor management for atperiodtin
excess of 3 years of any of the City's property along Biscayne Bay,
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Miami River or Rickenbacker Causeway or on Watson Island or Virginia Key without first
submitting such lease or contract to the voters of the City for approval or rejection and
ed or
any such itinsuchsmodificationtorhall not extensi netootheivoterseofethedby Citythe City without
leae or of Miami for
first submitting
approval or rejection.
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STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DADE
Undersigned being duly sworn deposes and says that the undersigned is the circulator of the foregoing petition, that the foregoing petition signed by persons
was signed by the above -named petitioners in undersigned's presence on the dates set opposite
their respective names.
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Precinct
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this day o
1979.
Notary Public
My Commission expires:
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