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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, MORE SPECIFICALLY
BY MODIFYING ARTICLE 7, SECTION 7.1.1.4(d)(4), ENTITLED "PLANNING,
ZONING, AND APPEALS BOARD", SUBSECTION (D)(4), ENTITLED
"PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD", TO PROVIDE THAT TO APPROVE CERTAIN
ACTIONS, OR TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF CERTAIN ACTIONS, AS
SPECIFIED BELOW, THE CONCURRING VOTES OF A SUPERMAJORITY OF
BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH CONSISTS OF ONE (1) MORE MEMBER THAN A
SIMPLE MAJORITY, BE REQUIRED; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the voting requirements in Section 62-17(d) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida,
as amended ("City Code"), call for a supermajority of the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board
("PZAB") to approve certain actions or recommend approval of certain actions to the City Commission
while the voting requirements in Section 7.1,1.4(d) of Miami 21 call for the concurring votes of at least
seven (7) members of the PZAB; and
WHEREAS, the provision of Miami 21 being amended below was adopted earlier and the voting
requirement of Section 62-17(d) of the City Code was adopted at a later time; and
WHEREAS, the later ordinance normally controls on the same subject; and
WHEREAS, the PZAB, at its meeting on September 3, 2014, Item No. 1, following an advertised
public hearing, adopted Resolution No. PZAB 14-054 by a vote of eight to zero (8-0), recommended
APPROVAL of an amendment to Ordinance No. 13114, as amended; 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 of Miami and its citizens to amend its Zoning
Ordinance 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 as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Ordinance No. 13114, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida, is hereby
amended by amending Article 7, Section 7.1.1.4(d)(4) in the following particulars: {1 }
"Article 7. Procedures and Nonconformities
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7.1 Procedures
7.1.1.4 Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board
* * *
d. Proceedings of the Board
* * *
4, Quorum; public records. Quorum requirements are governed by the provisions of section 2- 887 of
the City Code. However, no action to recommend adoption of amendments to the city Comprehensive
Plan, or to recommend the amendment of the text of the Miami 21 Code, rezoning, or Special Area
Plan, or to approve an Exception shall be taken without the concurring votes of at least coven
members of the Board a supermajority of board members present. Said supermaiority consists of one
(1) more member than a simple majority. The Executive Secretary of the Planning, Zoning and
Appeals Board shall keep minutes of board proceedings, showing the vote of each member or
alternate member, if sitting for a member, or if absent or failing to vote under paragraphs five (5) and
six (6) below, indicating such fact. It shall be the responsibility of the executive secretary of the
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board to handle all procedural activities for all public hearings held by
the board, including the preparation of detailed minutes and official records of such hearings. The
official records of such public hearings shall be filed with the City Clerk.
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. It is the intention of the City Commission that the provisions of this Ordinance shall
become and be made a part of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami, Florida, which provisions
may be renumbered or relettered and that the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article",
or other appropriate word to accomplish such intention.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and adoption
thereof.{2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM ANcJ CORRECTNESS:
VITORIA MENDEZ
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 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, whichever is later.
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