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File ID: #7629
Ordinance
Second Reading
Sponsored by: Francis Suarez, Mayor, Ken Russell, Commissioner, Manolo
Reyes, Commissioner
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 49 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"),
TITLED "SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL," IN ORDER TO DELETE OBSOLETE
REFERENCES TO THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") FORMER SANITARY SEWER
SYSTEM AND UPDATE REFERENCES TO THE CITY'S CURRENT STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; PROVIDING FOR A LIMITATION ON DISCHARGING
SILTED WASTEWATER INTO THE CITY'S STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE
EFFECTIVE DATE.
City of Miami File ID: 7629 (Revision: A) Printed On: 5/6/2025
City of Miami
Legislation
Ordinance
Enactment Number: 13917
File Number: 7629 Final Action Date: 9/24/2020
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 49 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"),
TITLED "SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL," IN ORDER TO DELETE OBSOLETE
REFERENCES TO THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") FORMER SANITARY SEWER
SYSTEM AND UPDATE REFERENCES TO THE CITY'S CURRENT STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; PROVIDING FOR A LIMITATION ON DISCHARGING
SILTED WASTEWATER INTO THE CITY'S STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 49 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City
Code"), establishes regulations for discharge into storm and sanitary sewers and sewage
disposal; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") no longer operates sanitary sewers but continues
to operate and maintain storm sewers; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to delete obsolete references in the City Code to the City's
former sanitary sewers while updating the regulations prohibiting discharge to the City's
stormwater management system;
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 if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 49 of the City Code, titled "Sewers and Sewage Disposal", is further
amended in the following particulars:1
"CHAPTER 49
SANITARY SEWERS, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Sec. 49-2. Liquid products of petroleum not to be allowed to escape into sewers.
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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It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any liquid product of petroleum to escape
into any public drain the City's stormwater management system or any sanitary sewer within the
city.
Sec. 49-4. Discharge of wastewater or other non -potable fluids into city storm sewer stormwater
management system regulated.
It shall be illegal to discharge wastewater (including wastewater with a turbidity of 29
Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTUs) or greater), stormwater, or groundwater from a
construction excavation or other non -natural sources into a the city's storm sewer stormwater
management system until unless the rules, regulations, and requirements of the resilience and
public works department governing such discharge have been fulfilled and a permit has been
obtained from such department allowing same.
Sec. 49-5. Discharge or dumping of septic tank contents into city storm or sanitary sewers
stormwater management system prohibited.
It shall be illegal to dump or discharge the contents of septic tanks and portable toilets into
city sanitary sewer or stormwater management systems by any manner or means whatsoever.
Sec. 19 Resection otice req i i.rg-sewers-;,nect+ens-
Where sewer laterals have been constructed, the city commission may, by resolution,
require property owners to connect their premises with such laterals, such resolution to describe
the property where such laterals are to be connected. Notice of such resolution shall be served
on the owner of the property or the agent who collects his/her rents, or the occupant of the
property, or in case the property is unimproved, posted on the property or published in a
newspaper published in the city.
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Sec TSewer connections made ity upon fails ire of 11rope�'}„ Ters-to cooTnTnect.
In case of the refusal of property owners to connect their premises with sewer laterals, the
connection shall be made by the city and the cost thereof shall constitute a lien upon the
building, land and premises thereby affected.
Sec. 49-86. Sinks and adequate facilities for disposal of human excreta required.
Every residence, store, establishment, building or place in the city where human beings
reside, stay, are employed or are congregated shall have a sink for wash water, and shall have
adequate facilities, approved by the county health director, for the disposal of human excreta.
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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. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
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.
City of Miami File ID: 7629 (Revision: A) Printed On: 5/6/2025
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
City of Miami File ID: 7629 (Revision: A) Printed On: 5/6/2025