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File Number: 05-00919 Final Action Date:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
54/ARTICLE II/SECTION 54-56 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS/CONSTRUCTION,
EXCAVATION AND REPAIR/CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR
OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED WHEN PROPERTY IS IMPROVED BY
CONSTRUCTION OF $25,000.00 OR MORE IN VALUE OR EXCEEDING 650
SQUARE FEET 1N FLOOR AREA," BY CLARIFYING THE REQUIRED LIMITS OF
THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS OF SAID SECTION; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, improvement of property places an increased burden and wear and tear on the
roadways serving the buildings to be constructed, reconstructed, remodeled, renovated or repaired;
and
WHEREAS, the Miami City Commission, after careful consideration of this matter deems it
advisable and in the best interest of the general welfare of the City of Miami ("City") and its inhabitants
to amend the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, to clarify the limits of street
improvements required when property is improved amounting to $25,000 or more in value or when new
construction is 650 square feet or more in floor area;
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.
Section 2. Chapter 54/Article I I/Section 54-56 of the City Code entitled "Streets and
Sidewalks/Construction, Excavation and Repair/Construction, reconstruction or repair of street
improvements required when property is improved by construction of $25,000.00 or more in value or
exceeding 650 square feet in floor area," is amended in the following particulars:{1}
"Chapter 54
STREETS AND SIDEWALK
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ARTICLE IL CONSTRUCTION, EXCAVATION AND REPAIR
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Sec. 54-56. Construction, reconstruction or repair of street improvements required when
property is improved by construction of $25,000.00 or more in value or exceeding 650 square feet in
floor area.
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(b) The director of the public works department of the city shall notify the applicant/qualifier for the
permit by noting on the approved plans that the street improvements adjacent to the lot or parcel to be
improved, altered or modified shall be constructed, reconstructed or repaired. Said street
improvements may extend to the centerline of tho street full width of the right of way and shall be
constructed within or adjacent to the established base building lines to the proper line and grade as
determined by the public works department on all roadways within the corporate limits. In the event
that the surface of any existing street improvement is uneven, cracked, broken or marred, these
portions of the street improvements shall be replaced by the applicant/qualifier.
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Section 3. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances that are inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are repealed.
Section 4. 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 5. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty days after final reading and adoption
thereof. {2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESSV
JORG
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FERNANDEZ
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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} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten
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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