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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcover memo• QL OOan- I •1, CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO : FROM : The Honora bers or ission J•- Arriola Ch •f Administrator/City Manager RECOMMENDATION: AUG 2 3 2004 DATE ; FILE ; SUBJECT: Amendments to Section 2-269, Chapter 2, and Section 55-6, Chapter 55, of the City of REFERENCES:Miami Code ENCLOSURES: It is respectively recommended that the City Commission adopt an ordinance amending Section 2-269 of Chapter 2, Administration, and Section 55-6 of Chapter 55, Subdivision Regulations, of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida. Amending Section 2-269 will provide for an expedited process for reviewing and recording plats; and amending Section 55-6 will provide for certain changes, erasures, modifications or revisions to a plat after approval by the City Commission and prior to its recordation. BACKGROUND: The Department of Public Works feels that an expedited review and recording process by outside consultants for plats is desirable and recommends that City Code Section 2-269 be amended to read as follows: The fees to be charged for an expedited review for processing tentative plats and recording plats submitted for approval of the City, including inspection of the permanent reference monuments set in the field, are hereby fixed as follows: Outside source review fee - Actual Cost Plus 15%. administrative fee for processing Also, the Department of Public Works feels that present Code Section 55-6, which prohibits any changes, erasures, modifications or revisions to a final plat after it has been approved by the City Commission, unless the plat is resubmitted for new approval, with the necessary fees, is very restrictive and can hinder the processing of a plat; and, therefore, recommends that City Code Section 55-6 be amended to read as follows: C:IMyDirectorylAmendments to Sec, 55-6, Chapter 55, City Code.doc The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission Amendments to Section 2-269, Chapter 2, and Section 55-6,Chapter 55, of the City of Miami Code Page two Any changes, erasures, modifications or revisions to an approved plat prior to recordation may only be made by the Plat Section with the approval of the Supervisor of Plats to correct scriveners errors, reflect accurate legal descriptions and locate right-of-way dedications, drainage ways and easements. No changes, erasures, modifications or revisions to an approved plat prior to recordation shall be made unless resubmitted for new approval provided, however, that the governing body may, after public hearing and based only upon a recommendation by the Supervisor of Plats, change, modify or revise dedicated road rights -of -way or drainage easements. F I S • M, PA . : NONE JA/ IS/SNG c: Stephanie N. Grindell, Director Public Works Department C:IMyDirectorylAmendments to Sec. 55-6, Chapter 55, City Code,doc