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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 62
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED
"ZONING AND PLANNING", BY AMENDING ARTICLE XIII, ENTITLED, "ZONING
APPROVAL FOR TEMPORARY USES AND OCCUPANCIES; PERMIT
REQUIRED", MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 62-604 TO
ALLOW NO MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE (25) MURAL PERMITS TO BE ISSUED
AT ANY ONE TIME AND IN ANY ONE CITY COMMISSION DISTRICT;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Miami -Dade County Board of County Commissioners enacted Ordinance No. 07-
61 on April 26, 2007 ("County Ordinance"), authorizing the display of art or graphics on buildings and
walls within certain commercial and special districts in the City of Miami ("City"); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has determined that certain blank walls and unoccupied
buildings would be aesthetically enhanced by the display of art or graphics on walls within certain
commercial and special districts within the City as reflected by adopting Ordinance No. 12983, on April
10, 2008; and
WHEREAS, in order to promote quality of life and regulate visual blight, the City needs to allow for
the control of the display of art or graphics on buildings and walls within certain commercial and
special districts in the City; and
WHEREAS, it is determined that the prominent display of large outdoor advertisements in the
commercial and industrial Urban Core areas of Miami, as defined by Miami -Dade County, was a
predominant and customary use up to and including 1972, and that permitting wall murals as
designated in this Ordinance is consistent with such customary use and the intent of the Highway
Beautification Act of 1965; and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance will allow for no more than twenty-five (25) mural permits to be issued
at any one time and in any one City Commission District.; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission after careful consideration of this matter deems it advisable and
in the best interest of the general welfare of the City and its citizens to amend the Code of the City of
Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code") as hereinafter set forth;
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 herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
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Section 2. Chapter 62 of the City Code entitled "Zoning and Planning", is further amended in the
following particulars:{1}
"CHAPTER 62
ZONING AND PLANNING
ARTICLE XIII. ZONING APPROVAL FOR TEMPORARY USES AND OCCUPANCIES;
PERMIT REQUIRED
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DIVISION 5. MURALS
Sec. 62-604. - Mural permit required; application for a mural permit by a qualified applicant.
Murals may not be erected, hung, placed, posted, painted, displayed, or maintained in the city except
as provided by this article. The city shall issue no more than 35 mural permits at any one time;
however, no more than 2-8 25 mural permits may be issued at any one time and in any one city
commission district. An applicant shall submit to the city zoning administrator a single permit
application listing each and every site sought to be permitted
Section 3. 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 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS
JULIE O. B
CITY ATTORNEY
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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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