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Final Action Date:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
54/ARTICLE V/SECTION 54-190 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS/BASE
BUILDING LINES/NONSTANDARD STREET WIDTHS," BY REDUCING THE
ZONED STREET WIDTH OF NORTH MIAMI AVENUE BETWEEN NORTH 11TH
TERRACE AND NORTH 14TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, FROM NINETY FIVE
(95) FEET TO SEVENTY (70) FEET; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Article V of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code")
establishes base building line locations for all public streets within the City of Miami ("City"); and
WHEREAS, North Miami Avenue between North 11th Terrace and North 14th Street, Miami,
Florida, was originally dedicated as a seventy (70) foot wide roadway; and
WHEREAS, the zoned street width of this roadway was increased to ninety five (95) feet wide but
has not been dedicated or developed to the ninety five (95) foot width; and
WHEREAS, the City's Administration review of this transportation corridor reveals that the current
seventy (70) foot wide developed roadway adequately serves the present and future transportation
needs of the public; and
WHEREAS, to accommodate the pedestrian and traffic impacts, utility and access needs
compatible with new development now being realized in this area, a reduction in the zoned street width
of North Miami Avenue between North11th Terrace and North14th Street, Miami, Florida, from ninety
five (95) feet to seventy (70) feet is warranted; and
WHEREAS, the reduction of the zoned street width will reduce the amount of right of way
dedication required from adjacent private property; and
WHEREAS, required building setbacks will be measured from the reduced width base building line;
and
WHEREAS, the Departments of Police, Fire -Rescue, and Solid Waste have evaluated the effect of
the reduction of the zoned street width of these roadways on their operations and have no substantial
objections;
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.
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Ordinance
File Number: 09-00286
Final Action Date:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
54/ARTICLE V/SECTION 54-190 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS/BASE
BUILDING LINES/NONSTANDARD STREET WIDTHS," BY REDUCING THE
ZONED STREET WIDTH OF NORTH MIAMI AVENUE BETWEEN NORTH 11TH
TERRACE AND NORTH 14TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, FROM NINETY FIVE
(95) FEET TO SEVENTY (70) FEET; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Article V of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code")
establishes base building line locations for all public streets within the City of Miami ("City"); and
WHEREAS, North Miami Avenue between North 11th Terrace and North 14th Street, Miami,
Florida, was originally dedicated as a seventy (70) foot wide roadway; and
WHEREAS, the zoned street width of this roadway was increased to ninety five (95) feet wide but
has not been dedicated or developed to the ninety five (95) foot width; and
WHEREAS, the City's Administration review of this transportation corridor reveals that the current
seventy (70) foot wide developed roadway adequately serves the present and future transportation
needs of the public; and
WHEREAS, to accommodate the pedestrian and traffic impacts, utility and access needs
compatible with new development now being realized in this area, a reduction in the zoned street width
of North Miami Avenue between North11th Terrace and North14th Street, Miami, Florida, from ninety
five (95) feet to seventy (70) feet is warranted; and
WHEREAS, the reduction of the zoned street width will reduce the amount of right of way
dedication required from adjacent private property; and
WHEREAS, required building setbacks will be measured from the reduced width base building line;
and
WHEREAS, the Departments of Police, Fire -Rescue, and Solid Waste have evaluated the effect of
the reduction of the zoned street width of these roadways on their operations and have no substantial
objections;
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.
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Section 2. Chapter 54/Article V/Section 54-190 of the City Code, entitled "Streets and
Sidewalks/Base Building Lines/Nonstandard Street Widths," is amended in the following particulars:
{1}
"CHAPTER 54
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
ARTICLE V. BASE BUILDING LINES
Sec. 54-190. Nonstandard street widths.
Base building lines shall be located from the centerline as specified for each of the following streets:
Streets, Avenues, Roads Etc.,
in Alphabetical Order:
Distance in Feet from
Centerline to Base
Building Line
(253) Miami Avenue, North, North 5th Street
to North 8th Street and North 9th Street
to North 44th StFeet 11th Terrace...........................................47.5
(254) Miami Avenue, North, North 8th Street
To North 9th Street and North 14th -Street
11th Terrace to North 36th Street..........................................35
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 30 days after final reading and adoption
thereof.{2}
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O. BRU �✓�' ���
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
{1} 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 indicate omitted
and unchanged material.
{2} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within (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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