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RESOLUTION 140. 9 5 — 17 8
A RESOLUTION, WITH ATTACHMENT, MAKING
FINDINGS, AND DIRECTING THE PERMANENT
PROHIBITION OF VEHICULAR ACCESS TO CERTAIN
STREETS, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE
METROPOLITAN DARE COUNTY TRAFFIC DIRECTOR, IN
THE CORAL GATE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLAN "A",
ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF,
SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS AS SET FORTH HEREIN.
WHEREAS, a group of property owners has requested that the
City restrict vehicular access to certain streets within the
Coral Gate neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 93-488
on June 22, 1993, authorizing, for a one hundred twenty (120) day -
trial period, temporary barricades and traffic regulatory signs
across certain streets in the Coral Gate neighborhood in the City
of Miami, Florida, in accordance with Plan "A", subject to
certain conditions which have been met; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department, Department of Fire Rescue,
General Services Administration/Solid Waste Department and Public
Works Department have evaluated the effects of the vehicular
access restrictions upon their respective operations during the
trial period; and
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WHEREAS, the recommendations of the various City Departments
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were reviewed by the City Commission and no objections to
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permanent vehicular access restrictions to certain streets in
Proposed Plan 'All were sustained by the City Commission, provided
that emergency vehicles be provided access at all times; and
WHEREAS, Section 54-17 of the Code of the City of Miami,
Florida, gives the City Commission the power, after a properly
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advertised public hearing, to recommend to the Metropolitan Dade
County Traffic Director that vehicular access to a particular
street be prohibited where such prohibition is found to be in the
best interest of the public; and
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WHEREAS, on March 9, 1995, the City Commission accepted the
results of the special neighborhood election held on February 26,.-
1995,
6,-1995, in which property owners in Coral Gate, Davis Citrus Farm
and other affected subdivision areas voted overwhelmingly in
favor of installing permanent barricades and as to any objections
to the permanent prohibition of vehicular access to the streets,
according to Plan "A", and, at which time, no objections of
substance were sustained by the Commission, and the City
Commission .has approved the prohibition of vehicular access,
subject to approval of the Metropolitan Dade County Traffic
Director, to the streets, according to Plan "A", to be
implemented on a permanent basis, provided that specific
requirements set forth herein are met; and
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WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the herein
prohibition of vehicular access is in the best interest of the t
public;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
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OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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Section 1. The recitals and findings set forth in the
Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. It is hereby directed that vehicular access to
certain streets, subject to the approval of the Metropolitan Dade
County Traffic Director, in the Coral Gate neighborhood in the
City of Miami, Florida, in accordance with Plan "A", be_
permanently prohibited in accordance with the findings as set
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forth hereinabove, provided that the following conditions occur:
(a) the type of barricades shall be approved by
the Department of Public Works and the City
Commission;
ib? the property owners in the affected sub-
division areas shall pay for the barricades.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th
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AMITY HIRAI
CITY CLERK
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
G? MIRIAM MAM
CHIEF ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
_ day of March 1995.
STEPAN P. CLAR , MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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