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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, AMENDING CHAPTER
62/ARTICLE III OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD," MORE PARTICULARLY
BY AMENDING SECTION 62-16, ENTITLED "APPOINTMENTS,
QUALIFICATIONS," ALLOWING FOR WAIVERS OF A CERTAIN PRECLUSION TO
QUALIFICATIONS BY FOUR VOTES; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1.
Chapter 62/Article III of the City Code, is amended in the following particulars:{1}
"CHAPTER 62
PLANNING AND ZONING
ARTICLE III. PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD
* * * *
Sec. 62-16. Appointments; qualifications
(e) The city commission shall appoint the board members from the nominations made by each city
commissioner, for ten members of the planning, zoning and appeals board. The mayor shall appoint
one member and the alternate member. Appointees shall be persons in a position to represent the
public interest, and no person shall be appointed having personal or private interests likely to conflict
with the public interest. No person shall be appointed who:
(1) has any interest in the profits or emoluments of any contract, job, work, or service for the City„ No
person shall be appointed who
(2) holds any elective office of
(3) is employed in a full-time capacity by any governmental authority in the county or the city, however
a person so employed may be appointed if the city commission waives this restriction by a four -fifths
affirmative vote of its membership.
Before making any appointment, the city commission shall determine that the person so appointed
satisfies the requirements of sections 2-611 et seq., and no person shall be confirmed for any
appointment who has not filed the statement required by section 2-615. In addition, the code of ethics
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of Miami -Dade County shall apply to members and the alternate member of the planning, zoning and
appeals board.
Section 2. 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 3. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately after its adoption and signature
of the Mayor.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESSG-----
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} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within
ten (10) 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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