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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-00243ORDItiA:ri NO. W. All oRDIVANOS OF THE OITY OF MIA►'i, FLORIDA, ADOPT/NC TH /TY ;ODE of THE OITY Op' MIAMI, AS uOw ?1LED PY P. W. CASON, BY VIRTUE OF THE AU HO iITY VESTED IN HIM BY AN ORDItr'ANCE, PASSED THE 6 TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER A4 D, 1917 AND ENT/'LED "AN ORDfl AiiUE OF THE O1TY OF M.IAii1 FLoR/DA, APPOINT/NC '. W, CASON; AND AUTHORIZING H/M TO ARRANGE, CODIFY, ADI) TO AND SUPPLEMENT THE ORDINANCE!:S O' THE SAID CITY OF MIA'.Wi, FLORIDA, OF A GENERAL AND PERMANENT OHARAOTE :, NOT IN THE MATURE OP MANCH/6ES OR AGREEMENTS AND NOT If,",LUsDIfG THE BUILD/NO 00D8 0P SAID CITY; PREPARATORY TO THE ADOPTION AND PUBLIOATIOf THEREOF. IN AN APPROPRfATE VOLUME TO BE ItNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS "THE CODE 0P THE CITY OF MIAMI". WHICH SHALL BECOME THE LAW OF THE CITY OF MIAMI UPON ITS ADOPTION BY ORDINANCE; E; AS REQUIRED BY THE 'CITY CHARTER, PRESCRIBING IBIi G A TIME FOR TIUE COMPLETION OF SAID OR; ; AND REPORTING THEREOF TO THE CITY COUNCIL; AND AUTHORI VO THE SAID F. W. CASON TO EMPLOY SUCH CLERICAL ASSISTANCE I.: TIE COi r'LETION OF SAID CODE AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR SAID PUR- POSE," AS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AT THT3, ITS REG- ULAR MEETING, HELD AT THE CITY HALL OF SAID CITY, AT 7:30 P. M. SEPTEMB R 20TH, A. D. 1917, IN PURSUANCE OF SAID ORDINANCE; AID REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDI- NANCES OF THE SAID CITY CF MV.IAMI OF A GENERAL 02 PERMANENT ENT 1L 1 ��!'1 "'•, NATURE AND NOT IN �}Ttt11 NATURE a'+ /`'1 t;'� */n♦ ^�•� OHARA0 aEP. OR NAi U:tE AI.D NOT INY THE NA1 Uit�. C. a� 1AI ..dTS 3 OR AGREEMENTS NOT CONTAINED IN SAID CODE EXCEPT THE PUILDING CODE OF .;AID CITY OF MlAd; AND PROVIDING FOR THE; PUBLICA- TION OF 20O V iLUmEd Or SAID CODE. BE IT ORDAINED BY TAE CITY JOURCIL OF THE CITY OF •MIA.. t: Se :ticn 1. That there be and the same le hereby adopted as the law of the City of Miami the compilation prepared b;; ?. V. Cason by virtue of the authority vested in hiiz by crdinanoe paseed September 6th, 1917; and entitled "An ordinance cf the City of Miami, Florida, arpo1ntirg F. W. Cason and authorizing slim to arrange, codify, add to and supplement the ordinances. of the Said City of Miami, Florida, of a general and permanent shara;;ter, , not in the nature cf franchises or agreements and not including the Building Code of said City; prepara- tory to the adoption and publication thereof, in an appropriate volume to be ,.Harm and designated as "The Code of the City of Miami", which shall become the law of the said 'City of Miami upon its adoption by orainan4e as required by the City charter; prescribing a time for the oou►pletion of said work; and the reporting thereof to the 0itg' Council; and authorizing the said i', Cason to employ such clerical assistance in the 4ompleton of said bode as may be ne essary for said purpose;" wh1414 said oouspilation., prepared by F. .V, ;Aeon as aforesaid, 4on ists of 19 4haptcre and 7, 1 se :tione and follows iuu;:ediatel y after this ordinan4o be finning with 3e3ti on I. 1 1 1 tectioh lt. That Said compilation, 'biz& aeotione l to 76., both innlusive, following in regular se4uenoe immediately after this ordina1oe shall be and the same is hereby designated the Code of the City of Miami. Section lit. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general dr permanent oharaoter or nature and not in the nature of .franohises or agreements, except the wilding Code of the said City of Miami, adopted by the City Council of the City of Miami, prior to its meeting held on this September 20th, 1917, and not contained in the said "The Code of the City of Miami" shall be and the same are hereby repealed upon the new Code taking effect as provided in the next fol- lowing sections. Section IV. That there shall be on or before January lst, 1918 published 200 volumes of the said "The Code of the city of Miami." Section V. That the Code of the City of Miami hereby adopted shall go into effect and be operative upon the publication of the said 200 volumes of the said "The Code of the City of Miami," and their delivery in the City of Miami to the City Clerk of said City: and on the fifth day after the date of the Mayor's Proclamation, announcing the publication thereof, which proclamation he shall make immediately after notification by the City k;ounoi1 that said publication is com- pleted, which notice shall be given to the Mayor at the first meeting of Council after the delivery of the eaid 200 volumes to tLe said City Clerk. PASSED this 20th day of September, A. D. , 1917. (Signed) CASPAR HEFTY President City Council. Attest: (Signed) W. B. MOOR ►ity Clerk APP;iO4D thi a , the 20th day of September, A. D. , 1917. ( ai erred) 1'. A. PHVDERSON Mayor ctTY =TER SSOTTOg SO (gg) The Ce n&sstoa shall have the power by reoolution or variance to prescribe the width of every, sidewalk in the city and the material of w, elt the grime shell be constructed, and shall have power on such notice as may be prescribed by resolution, to require owners of property to lay, oonstruot or repair sidewalks in front of their property; the Commission shall also'have the power en such notime ae may to prescribed by resolution, to require more of property to altar the ss►me of, and destroy weeds, undergrowth, rubbish, debris, trash, and unsightly and unsanitary matter; to fill in unsanitary excavations or depressions, acid if the owner or mars shall not comply with any suah requirement within the time limited in the resolution, the Coremideion may clause such work to be done, and may make the cost thereof a charge and lien against suah property respectively, of the same extent and oharacter as the lien herein provided for special assessments) which charge shall be forthwith due and payable unless the time tor such payments shall bo oxtondod by the Commission, with tho sane penalties and with tho sumo rights of collection and sale and forfeiture as obtained for City taxes. ltathing heroin contained shall prevent the City from con. struoting sidewalks and providing for the payment therefor as elsowhore providod in the section.* *Local assessment. ORDINANCE NO. 243 CHAPTER XV. STREETS AND SIDEWALKS Section 575. That from and after the passage of this ordinance, and its publication as required by law, it shall be unlawful for any owner, occupant or, agent of any walk or sidewalk, i.e., the owner, occupant, or agent of any property to which such sidewalk is contiguous, to allow such walk or sidewalk to remain in such a condi— tion as to bo dangerous or detrimental to citizons or their property. Section 576. That for the purposo of this ordinance, any walk or sidewalk in the said city that has beoomo in such condition that its surface is so uneven, dither from wear or other cause, that it is uncomfortable to walk over it, or ono tho curbing of which has decayed or worn out or broken, shall be doomed to be dang©rous or detrimental to citizons or their property. Section 577. That in case any rralk or sidewalk in tho City of Miami shall reach such condition dofined in the two pr000ding sections, i.o., if the surfaco of the swag shall become so uneven as to make walking over them uncomfortablo, or if the curbing shall become decayed, worn out or brokon, it shall bo tho duty of the Ghiof of Polioo to notify tho owner, and if tho owner cannot bo served, to notify tho occupant, and if there to no occupant, than to notify tho agent of the property to which the sidewalk is contiguous, to repair such walk or sidowwalk. Section 575. Such notico sh411 be in writing and allow such owner, agent or occupant thirty days in which to repair such walk or sidowa)k; shall describe tho walk or sidewalk to bo repaired, and shall set forth that such walk or sidowal.k shall be ropai.rod, if surface work is to be done, with tho sczo material as such walk or side. walk was originally construotod; and if curbing is to bo put in, with concrete; and shall bo served, roturnod and fil.9d in tho offioo of the,City Clerk. Section 505. Any person or persons, firm or oorporatton, violating any pro• vision of this chapter, the penalty for which is not specially provided, shall be &eemod guilty of a misdemeanor, oand•upon conviction thereof, shall bo punished by a Sine not exennding fifty dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding sixty days •