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File Number: 03-0243
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING SECTION 62
-156(b) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BY
ADDING "RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS" AS A CLASS OF ENTITIES FOR
WHICH FEES FOR ZONING CHANGES OR VARIANCES SHALL BE CAPPED;
FURTHER, CLARIFYING THE DEPARTMENT WHICH IS TO MAKE SUCH
DECISIONS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to add Religious Institutions as a class of
entities for which fees for zoning changes or variances shall be capped; and
WHEREAS, Departmental organization has undergone several changes over the years
as the result of the merger, division or dissolution of existing departments; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary, as a result of such a bifurcation to clarify and specify
departmental authority and conform the City Code with said organizational change; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission, after careful consideration of this matter, deems it
advisable and in the best interests of the general welfare of the City of Miami and its citizens
to amend the City Code as hereafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORI DA:
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.
Section 2.The Code of the City of Miami, Florida as amended, is amended to read as in
the following particulars:{1}
"Chapter 62
ZONING AND PLANNING
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ARTICLE VI. Zoning and Planning Fees
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Sec. 62-156. Schedule of fees.
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(b) The maximum fee to be charged any governmental agency other than the
city for any public hearing shall be $900.00. The maximum fee to be charged
any religious institution or any institution of an eleemosynary character for any
change of zoning or variance shall be $900.00; any institution so applying shall
submit its articles of incorporation to the director of the department of planning
mil and zoning for review prior to acceptance of the application.
Section 3.AII ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as they are inconsistent or in
conflict with the providisons of this Oridnance are repealed.
Section 4.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.
Section 5.This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.{2}
2003.
PASSED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY this 23th day of NnvpmhPr
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING BY TITLE ONLY this
day of , 2003.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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JANDRO VI RELLO
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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} If the Mayor does not sign this Ordinance, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar 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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