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Ordinance 13854
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 5881 Final Action Date: 7/25/2019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
AMENDING CHAPTER 35/ARTICLE XIII OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "PRIVATE PARKING
LOTS;" MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 35-290 OF THE
CITY CODE, TITLED "COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERIM PARKING IN
CHAPTER 62, ARTICLE XIII, DIVISION 4," TO ADDRESS PERMITS THAT MAY
HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN ERROR UNDER THE TEMPORARY INTERIM
PARKING PROGRAM PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 62-543(4) OF THE CITY
CODE ("PROGRAM"), TO ADDRESS PENDING APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED
PURSUANT TO THE PROGRAM, AND TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY PARKING
NEEDS WITH CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS; PROVIDING FOR REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE PROGRAM; REPEALING SECTION 62-543(4) OF THE CITY CODE
FOR FUTURE APPLICATIONS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Ken Russell
WHEREAS, Chapter 62/Article XIII/Division 4 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida,
as amended ("City Code"), titled "Planning and Zoning Approval for Temporary Uses and
Occupancies; Permit Required/Interim Parking," provides for a mechanism to enable
conditionally, unimproved, and partially improved lots in the City of Miami ("City") to be utilized
for accessory parking purposes in a temporary fashion without having to comply with permanent
parking requirements; and
WHEREAS, Section 62-543 of the City Code, titled "Temporary Permit Required for
Approval," provides for five (5) different types of interim parking in the City including an interim
parking temporary program ("Program"); and
WHEREAS, Chapter 35/Article VIII of the City Code, titled "Private Parking Lots,"
regulates private parking lots located in the City, including those that are part of the Program;
and
WHEREAS, Section 35-290 of the City Code, titled "Compliance with the Interim
Parking in Chapter 62, Article XIII, Division 4," was added to the City Code on or about January
9, 2014 via Ordinance No. 13427; and
WHEREAS, the implementation of Section 35-290 of the City Code essentially
eliminated the Program provided for under Section 62-543(4) of the City Code, as Section 35-
290 of the City Code required all parking lots in the Program to come into full compliance with
the Florida Building Code and Chapter 8C of the Miami -Dade County Code by requiring all
parking lots to comply with all requirements regarding landscaping, lighting, asphalt, and
fencing; and
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WHEREAS, Section 35-290 of the City Code further required all parking lot
owners/operators that have not previously availed themselves of the Program under Section 62-
543(4) of the City Code to comply with all regular requirements of state, county, and local laws
regarding the permitting, operation, and maintenance of parking lots; and
WHEREAS, some permits were issued under the Program after the adoption of
Section 35-290 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, there are currently active and inactive applications for the Program as
detailed in Exhibit "A," attached and incorporated; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission is desirous of addressing any permits issued by the
City after the implementation of Section 35-290 of the City Code, as well as allowing the
pending permit applications under the Program to be processed with certain restrictions; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission is further desirous of clarifying that the Program
under Section 62-543(4) of the City Code is no longer available going forward; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission would additionally like to clarify that interim parking
must comply with the waterfront standards delineated in the Charter of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended, and Ordinance No. 13114, as amended, the Zoning Ordinance of the
City of Miami, Florida ("Miami 21 Code"); and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that it is in the best interest of the City and its
residents to amend the City Code for the purposes stated herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are
hereby adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 35/Article VIII/Section 35-290 of the City Code is hereby amended
as follows:1
"CHAPTER 35
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
ARTICLE VIII. PRIVATE PARKING LOTS
Sec. 35-290. Compliance with the interim parking in chapter 62, article XIII, division 4.
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.
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a) All parking lots in the interim temporary parking pilot program authorized pursuant to
subsection 62-543(4) of the City Code must immediately come into full compliance
with the Florida Building Code, the Florida Building Code -Accessibility and the Miami -
Dade County Code, Chapter 8C, including, but not limited to, the requirements for
landscaping, lighting, asphalt, fencing, etc., based on the date set for compliance in
the original application or achieve full compliance the aforementioned requirements
within one year of the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives,
whichever is lateras set forth in subsection (b) below, whichever is shorter.
(b) Any parking lot owner or operator of lots that is not listed in Exhibit "A,11 attached,
incorporated, and on file with the Office of the City Clerk, and that has not previously
availed themselves of the applied to avail its property of the interim temporary parking
pilot program authorized pursuant to subsection 62-543(4) of the City Code by the
effective date of the ordinance from which thic section derives December 19, 2018-
must comply with and adhere to all regular requirements of state, county, and local
laws and ordinances as it pertains to the permitting, operation, and maintenance of all
parking lots and may not apply for a permit under Section 62-543(4) of the City Code.
Any parking lot owner or operator of a lot who has received an approval after January
9, 2014 and that meets all permit and City Code requirements shall be allowed to
operate pursuant to its permit provided that the all interim parking lots must come into
full compliance with all state, county, and local laws, rules, and regulations regarding
the permitting, operation, and maintenance of parking lots within one (1) year from
obtaining a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy or within one (1) year from one
hundred twenty (120) days from passage of this Ordinance, whichever is shorter.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude the continued use and permitting of
conditionally improved, unimproved, and partially improved temporary parking lots as
authorized pursuant to subsections 62_ti'13(1 r2� and (3) any other subsection of
Section 62-543 of the City Code.
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Section 3. Chapter 62/Article XIII/Division 4/Section 62-543 of the City Code is hereby
amended as follows:2
"CHAPTER 62
PLANNING AND ZONING
ARTICLE XIII. PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVAL FOR TEMPORARY USES AND
OCCUPANCIES; PERMIT REQUIRED
DIVISION 4 — INTERIM PARKING
2 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.
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Sec. 62-543. Temporary permit required for approval.
An interim parking facility or interim parking shall be defined as a surface parking lot
for which paving, drainage and marking of parking spaces as well as other improvements
incidental to permanent parking lots shall not be required on a temporary basis.
Notwithstanding the temporary nature of the parking, all interim parking must fully comply with
the waterfront standards of the City Charter and the Miami 21 Code.
(5)
Interim temporary parking pilot program. Interim temporary parking pilot program is a
five year temporary parking program that encourages the use of properties on a
temporary parking pilot program permits parking as a conditional lice on non_
residentially zoned lots that are a minimum of 10,000 square feet in size, within a
1,000 foot radius of the uses they are intended to serve, pursuant to temporary permit
medium-sized institutional uses, medium sized business uses that serve as critical
economic hubs and medium sized business or institution that employs 100 or more
individuals or serves over 100 people per day. However no such interim temporary
ctroct from singlc family zoned property.
unless such parking facility is in common ownership with the property it is intended to
serve or united with the property it is intended to serve by a covenant in lieu of unity of
title. All parking approved through this interim temporary parking pilot program as
required parking shall be provided free to the public. Reserved.
Temporary parking —Central business district. Temporary commercial or non-
commercial parking lots may be operated within the central business district. Such lots
may be operated independent of a primary use.
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Section 4. 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 5. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption thereof.3
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
3 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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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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