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File Number: 15-00356 Final Action Date:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
23/ARTICLE I OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "HISTORIC PRESERVATION/HISTORIC PRESERVATION" MORE
PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 23-6.4 ENTITLED "SIGNAGE," TO
CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF GATEWAY SIGN, AND TO EXEMPT GATEWAY
SIGNS FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, gateway signs marking the entrance to cultural specialty districts and historic districts
serve to identify the area, mark a historic destination for visitors, and reinforce the neighborhood's
character as a destination for art, culture, dining, and entertainment; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami desires to permit gateway signs subject to certain requirements;
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. Chapter 23 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, entitled "Historic
Preservation," is amended in the following particulars:{1}
"CHAPTER 23
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ARTICLE I . HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Sec, 23-6.4 Signage,
A. Historic signs
B. Gateway signs,
i. Definitions,
Gateway Sign is a sign marking the entrance to a neighborhood, park, or other designated historic,
public or geographical areas that serves to identify the area, mark a historic destination for visitors,
and reinforce the neighborhood's character as a destination for art, culture, dining, and entertainment.
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ii. Exemptions.
In addition to certain exeMptions in Sec. 62-611, in areas designated Cultural Spqcialt�; DistriotorArt
to Chapter 23 of the City Code I
,the City Manager, or his/her designee, may pormit one Gateway $ion,
of not qreater th
oriented, to face m�jj��rouAhfares that serve as the gatewav to the district.
Each Gateway Sicin shall be comDrised §gLe t �of "W�ele to (the distrLqA,!,and a commercial,
rnessane related to the unique character of the district and recoqnizing the Gateway Sign sponsor,
whose commercial messaq
Gatewav Slqns as set forth in this paraciraph shall be exempt froM the qpneral provisions of chapter
� - �but for �unifor�tjital�lQatew�aSi ri�sirt subject to compliance with Sections 62-606(3)-( 11),
No Gateway Sign shall contain adult content as defined in the Miami 21 zoninSLordinance.
I Section 3. ofthis Ordinance is
declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected,
800Uon4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and adoption
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� (1}Words ond/orfiQp*s stricken through shall bedeleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be
added. The remaining provisions are now ineffect 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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