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File Number: 15-00234 Final Action Date:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 35,
ARTICLE V OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "COCONUT GROVE BUSINESS DISTRICT AND DESIGN DISTRICTS
PARKING IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS," TO CLARIFY AND CORRECT
LANGUAGE AS TO EXCLUSIONS OF PARKING REDUCTIONS AND RELAXATION
OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE ALREADY ESTABLISHED PARKING
TRUST FUND; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it has been identified that some areas within the City of Miami ("City") may possess
a concentration of sites where minimum parking requirements may not be accommodated on -site; and
WHEREAS, parking trust funds have been established to allow payment in lieu of off-street
minimum parking requirements; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City to facilitate public off-street parking, infrastructure
improvements and maintenance, and marketing to serve the area through improvement trust funds;
and
WHEREAS, the City Commission sees this ordinance as in the best interest of the community;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION FOR 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 35/Article V of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City
Code"), is amended in the following particulars:{1}
"CHAPTER 35
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
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ARTICLE V
COCONUT GROVE BUSINESS DISTRICT AND DESIGN DISTRICT PARKING IMPROVEMENT
TRUST FUNDS
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Sec. 35-220. Required off-street parking and payment in lieu of required off-street parking
The minimum off-street parking requirements shall be as depicted herein and in the zoning ordinance
of the city. Said minimum parking requirements may be satisfied by providing the parking as stated in
the zoning ordinance or by payment in lieu of required off-street parking, as described herein.
Parking Reductions,
Off -site Parking, or any other relaxation of parking requirements used to calculate the wai„ers granted
herein, no parking requirements shall be diminished below that which was provided prior to the
adoption of the allowed pursuant to the Miami 21 Code, prior to October 22, 2009, shall not be made
available within areas of the city for which a parking trust fund has been established and is in effect
pursuant to this chapter.
Section 3. 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 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and
adoption thereof. {2}
APP •VED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
V ' TORIA N ENDEZ
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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