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Ordinance 14400
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3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 17770 Final Action Date: 10/9/2025
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
2/ARTICLE II, SECTION 2-32 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "TIME AND PLACE OF
MEETING", TO PERMIT CANCELLATION OF CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS
BY SPECIFIED ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH ADVANCE WRITTEN NOTICE TO
THE CITY CLERK; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Mayor Francis X. Suarez
WHEREAS, Section 2-32 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City
Code"), currently provides for the time and place of City Commission meetings and allows
changes to meeting schedules under limited circumstances; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to provide flexibility in the meeting schedule by
permitting the Mayor, the presiding officer/chair, or any three City Commissioners to cancel a
City Commission meeting, provided that written notice is delivered to the City Clerk at least 72
hours in advance; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the proposed amendment to Section 2-32 of
the City Code serves the public interest by formalizing a process for the orderly cancellation of
meetings and ensuring notice is timely provided to City officials and the public;
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 2/Article II, Section 2-32 of the City Code is further amended in the
following particulars:1
"CHAPTER 2"
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE II. MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
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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Sec. 2-32. — Time and place of meeting.
(a) City hall, located at 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, is hereby designated
as the meeting place for the city commission. All meetings of the city commission shall be held
on the first floor of city hall. The city commission may designate alternate meeting places and
times from time to time as may appear appropriate by resolution. Such resolution shall specify
the date, time, and place and shall be limited to one city commission meeting per resolution.
The date so specified shall be not sooner than 30 days subsequent to the effective date of the
resolution.
(b) Regular meetings of the city commission shall be held on the second and fourth
Thursdays of each month beginning at 9:00 a.m. except the months of August, November, and
December and unless otherwise provided by city commission action. During the month of
November, the regular meeting shall be held on the third Thursday at 9:00 a.m. During the
month of December, the regular meeting shall be held on the second Thursday at 9:00 a.m.
Proposed ordinances changing the actual list of permitted, conditional, or prohibited uses within
a zoning category or changes to the Zoning Atlas of the Miami 21 Code involving parcels of ten
contiguous acres or more shall be held after 5:00 p.m. at any city commission meeting and
pursuant to the provisions of F.S. § 166.041(3)(c)(2), as amended. The city commission shall be
in recess during the month of August.
(c) The city commission may, by resolution, designate a substitute day or time upon
which regular city commission meetings shall be held whenever, in the opinion of a majority of
the members of the city commission, there is good cause for such substitution.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Mayor, the presiding officer/chair, or three City
Commissioners may cancel a regular city commission meeting at any time provided that written
notice of the cancellation is delivered to the City Clerk at least 72 hours in advance. The City
Clerk shall then notify the Mayor, each member of the commission, the City Manager, the City
Attorney, and the public of the cancellation. Cancelled meetings shall be rescheduled pursuant
to 2-33(o) of the City Code.
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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 final reading and
adoption thereof.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 or upon the effective date stated
herein, whichever is later.
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File ID: 17770
Enactment Number: 14400
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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