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Ordinance: 12854
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 06-01209zt2 Final Action Date: 9/28/2006
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 62/
ARTICLE IV/ SECTION 62-93, ENTITLED "ZONING AND PLANNING/ZONING
BOARD/PROCEEDINGS," TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT OF OBTAINING
FIVE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES FOR THE PASSAGE OF ANY ITEM PRESENTED TO
THE ZONING BOARD; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Chapter 62, Article IV, Section 62-93 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, is
amended in the following particulars:{1}
"Chapter 62
ZONING AND PLANNING
ARTICLE IV. ZONING BOARD
Sec. 62-93. Proceedings.
(a) Officers and voting. The zoning board shall select a chairman and a vice-chairman from among
its members and may create and fill such other offices as it may determine. All members or the
alternate member, sitting in place of a member, shall be required to vote on matters before the board,
subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section and applicable Florida statutes.
(b) Rules of procedure. The zoning board shall establish rules of procedure necessary to its
governance and the conduct of its affairs, in keeping with the applicable provisions of Florida law, the
city Charter and city ordinances and resolutions. Such rules of procedure shall be available in written
form to persons appearing before the zoning board and to the public upon request.
(c) Meetings. The zoning board shall hold at least two regularly scheduled meetings each month,
except the month of August, on days to be determined by the board. Other regularly scheduled
meetings may be set by the board and additional meetings may be held at the call of the chairman
and at such other times as the zoning board may determine. Meetings that are not regularly
scheduled shall not be held without at least 24 hours' notice to each member and alternate member.
The zoning board shall have the power to take testimony under oath.
(d) Quorum; public records. The zoning board shall keep detailed minutes of its proceedings,
showing the vote of each member or alternate member, if sitting for a member, or if absent or failing
to vote under subsection (e) of this section, indicating such fact. The zoning board shall keep records
of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be a public record and filed
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immediately in the office of the city clerk. A quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of five
members, and each item before the board shall require the affirmative vote of at least five members
of the board for passage. In the absence of a full board, the applicant shall be allowed, upon request,
one deferral.
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Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict with
the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 3. 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 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
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 or upon the effective date stated herein, whichever is later.
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