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File Number: 9377 Final Action Date: 3/24/2022
MAY BE DEFERRED
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"),
TITLED "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES;" MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING
SECTION 4-6 OF THE CITY CODE TO RENAME THE "OVERTOWN
ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT" TO THE "HISTORIC OVERTOWN CULTURE AND
ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT"; MODIFYING THE DISTRICT'S BOUNDARIES AS
DEPICTED IN EXHIBIT "O"; AND MAKING GRAMMATICAL CORRECTIONS;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Jeffrey Watson
WHEREAS, the State of Florida expressly allows municipalities to enact ordinances
regulating alcoholic beverages with regards to hours of operation, locations of businesses, and
types of entertainment among others; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has incorporated regulations with respect to the
sale of alcoholic beverages in Chapter 4 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended
("City Code"); and
WHEREAS, renaming the Overtown Entertainment District to the Historic Overtown
Culture and Entertainment District ("District") will better reflect the nature of the District and
hopefully inspire any redevelopment efforts within the District to be attentive to the historic and
cultural significance of the District; and
WHEREAS, the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board ("PZAB"), at its meeting on
September 1, 2021, following an advertised public hearing, adopted Resolution No. PZAB-R-
21- by a vote of to ( - ), Item No. PZAB._, to make a
recommendation for the Text Change as stated herein; 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 and its residents to amend
Chapter 4 of the City Code 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 if fully set forth in this Section.
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Section 2. Chapter 4 of the City Code, titled "Alcoholic Beverages," is further amended
in the following particulars:'
"CHAPTER 4
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Sec. 4-6. Entertainment Districts.
The restrictions as to distances between Alcohol Service Establishments herein shall not be
applicable within Entertainment Districts as defined in Section 4-2 of the City Code and as
designated by the City Commission. Location of Alcohol Service Establishments within
Entertainment Districts shall not be utilized when calculating distance requirements of religious
facilities and Alcohol Service Establishments located outside the Entertainment District, whether
existing or new. The following Entertainment Districts within the City are described below:
Entertain
Permit and
Hours of
Notes
ment
Caa
Closina
District
Brickell
Village
Exhibit "K"
Warrant
6 Total
5:00 a.m.
• Shall not be located less fewer than 300 feet
from a religious facility or a school.
Brickell
Riverside
Exhibit "L"
Warrant
5 Total
5:00 a.m.
• Shall not be located less fewer than 300 feet
from a religious facility or school.
Park West
Exhibit
Warrant
11 Total
N/A
• Shall not be located le-f) fewer than 300 feet
from a religious facility or school.
Media
Exhibit "N"
Warrant
7 Total
5:00 a.m.
• Shall not be located le-f) fewer than 300 feet
from a religious facility or school.
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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Historic
Warrant
12 Total
5:00 a.m.
• Shall not be located less fewer than 300 feet
Overtown
Culture
from a school.
• Shall have no distance separation
and
requirements from a religious facility.
Entertain
ment
Exhibit "0"
*„
Section 3. The boundaries of the Historic Overtown Culture and Entertainment
District are hereby modified as depicted in Exhibit"O" attached and made a part
hereof.
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 thirty (30) days after final reading
and adoption thereof.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
2 This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten 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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