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Ordinance: 12497
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 04-00002a Final Action Date: 2/26/2004
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 62,
ARTICLE VII OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD" BY
PROVIDING THAT THE BOARD MAY INCLUDE PALEONTOLOGICAL SITES ON
A HISTORIC SURVEY, AND THAT PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO THE BOARD
WILL INCLUDE AN ARCHEOLOGICAL STAFF MEMBER OR CONSULTANT AND
CORRECTING NAME OF PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT;
CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to enact certain housekeeping amendments to the Article in the
City Code which deals with the Historic and Environmental Preservation Board in order to provide
that the Board may maintain and update files concerning paleontological sites and further that the
Board will have assigned to it an archeologist as a staff member or as consultant to be utilized by
the Board whenever it is required;
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 hereby
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 62, Article VII, entitled "Historic and Environmental Preservation Board" of
the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, is amended in the following particulars: /
CHAPTER 62, ARTICLE VII - HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD
Sec. 62-188. Functions, powers and duties, generally.
In addition to such other powers, duties, and authority as may be set forth elsewhere in the
Miami City Code and in the zoning ordinance, the board is hereby authorized to:
(1) Maintain and update files from the county historic survey within the city for the purpose of
identifying and preserving those properties and neighborhoods of special historic, aesthetic,
architectural, archeological, paleontological, cultural, social, or political value or interest. It shall
endeavor to improve and expand the survey with additional sites, documentary information, oral
histories, and other such materials as may become available; and to periodically reevaluate the
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survey to determine whether changing times and values warrant recognition of new or different
areas of significance.
Sec. 62-189. Proceedings.
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(g) Assignment of personnel. The city manager shall assign adequate staff for the board to
carry out its responsibilities and duties, including but limited to, representatives from the
departments of planning, building and zoning and law. Personnel shall include, at a minimum, a
preservation officer as set forth in section 62-191 below, and an archeological staff member or
consultant, pursuant to Section 16A-3(2)(c) of the Code of Miami -Dade County, Florida.
(h) Public record. Minutes of each board meeting shall be prepared by staff representatives
assigned by the city manager, under the supervision and direction of the board. Copies of the
minutes and all certificates issued by the board shall be filed with the planning, building and zoning
department.
Sec. 62-190. Compensation.
Members and alternate members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties, subject to the
prior approval of the director of the planning, building and zoning department.
Sec. 62-191. Preservation officer.
The city manager shall appoint a person from the planning, building and zoning department to
serve as preservation officer to assist the board. The appointee shall be experienced and
knowledgeable in respect to architectural history, urban design, local history, landscape materials,
site planning, and land use control regulations. In addition to such duties as may be set forth in
chapters 17 and 23 of the Miami City Code and article 7 of the zoning ordinance, the preservation
officer shall:
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Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict
with the provisions of this Ordinance 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 thirty (30) days after final reading and
adoption thereof.
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