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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AMENDING CHAPTER 62/ARTICLE XIII/DIVISION 5 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "PLANNING AND
ZONING/PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVAL FOR TEMPORARY USES AND
OCCUPANCIES; PERMIT REQUIRED/MURALS", MORE PARTICULARLY BY
AMENDING SECTIONS 62-602 AND 62-606, WITH RESPECT TO THE MURAL
REGULATIONS BY AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI MURAL GEOGRAPHICAL
AREA, ATTACHED AS "EXHIBIT A", TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL AREAS WITHIN
THE DESCRIBED CITY OF MIAMI URBAN CORE FOR THE PLACEMENT OF
MURALS AND TO MIRROR THE MIAMI-DADE URBAN CORE MAP AMENDMENT,
ATTACHED AS "EXHIBIT B"; 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, 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,
adopted 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, the Miami -Dade Board of County Commissioners amended their Urban Core Map, to
include additional areas and locations wherein murals can be placed on pursuant to Ordinance No. 12
-09 and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance will allow for a boundary change to include small expansions to the
southwest boundary and the north east boundary as depicted in "Exhibit A," attached and
incorporated, to mirror additions in the Miami -Dade County Urban core map, as depicted in "Exhibit B,"
attached and incorporated; and
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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.
Section 2. Chapter 62/Article XIII/Division 5 of the City Code entitled "Planning and Zoning/Zoning
Approval for Temporary Uses and Occupancies; Permit Required", is further amended in the following
particulars:{1}
"CHAPTER 62
PLANNING AND ZONING
ARTICLE XIII. PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVAL FOR TEMPORARY USES AND
OCCUPANCIES; PERMIT REQUIRED
DIVISION 5. MURALS
Sec. 62-602. Definitions.
For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply:
Geographical area is the mural area, amended as of October 2012, described in "Exhibit
A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, as amended from time to time by the
city commission, as delineated in "Exhibit A" and kept on file in the city clerk's office and the
office of zoning.
Sec. 62- 606. Criteria for issuing a mural permit.
As part of the review and qualification process, the city zoning administrator shall apply
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the following criteria:
(1)Geographical area. No more than 35 mural permits may be issued and outstanding at any one time.
Murals permits shall only be issued within the Mural geographical area, as delineated in "Exhibit A" and
kept on file in the city clerk's office and the office of zoning.
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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. BRU
CITY ATTORNEY
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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