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3/3/77
t.)Etl)INANCI:: NO.
AN oRDINANCE AMENDING SECE'1t N b2-22 OI' THE
CITY CODE ENTITLED "REMOVAL" CONCERNING RE.MOVAE,
OF MLMBERS AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING
ADVISORY BOARD AND ZONING BOARD BY DELE'E'ING SUB-
SECTION b. THEREOF AND BY ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION
b. TO PROVIDE A POINT SYS l E;M FOR ABSENCES Atru
TARDINESS OF MEMBERS AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS;
REPEAL.ING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS
THEREOF IN CONFLICT INSOFAR AS ` ill:;Y ARE IN CON-
FLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVLRABILITY PROVISION.
WHEREAS, on July lb, 1975, Dr. E::. R. Bartley, the
City of Miami's Zoning Consultant prepared a report on the
implementation of the; two board system; and
W11h.RE;AS, Dr. Bartley, in ni.s report, indicate, a
problem hdd arisen regarding absenteeism; and
WHEREAS, on 1'ebruar, , 12, 1976, the City Commission
stet in joint meeting with the Planning Advisory board and the
Zoning Board to consider Dr. Bart l ey' s Report; and
WHEREAS, the Conu+ission passed a Motion of intent,
asking for a revision of the rules regarding absenteeism, and
su,jytsted that a point system be established; and
WHEREAS, the Miami Planning Advisory Board, at, its
meeting of February 1u, 1977, Item WI. 2, following an advertised
Hearing, adopted Resolution No. PAt3 14-77 by a 7 to 0 vote,
'c conunendiny the revision of the City Code, Chapter 62, Section 62-22
as hereinafter set forth;
NOW, `I'JIEREVOR , BE 1'1' ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF
'J'JIL CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA;
Section 1, Section 62-22 of the City Code, entitled
,l1t.emoval " be and the same: is hereby amended by deleting Subsection b,
thereof and by adding a new Subsection b, to read as follows:
"b. 'Where is hereby established a point system.
EaCh member or alternate membef of the
Planning Advisory Board and the Zoning Board
who has an unexcused absence from a regularly
scheduled meeting of the Hoard, shall. receive
5 points. For the purpose of this Article an
excused absence shall be defined as personal
or family illness, death in the family or
away on City business. tf a member arrives
after the beginning of the first agenda item
or leaves before the termination of the last
agenda item, 2 points shall be added, A
member of the Planning Advisory Board and of
the Zoning Board shall automatically be
removed when any member or alternate member
of either Board at any in one calendar
year has more than 15 points."
Section 2. All ordinances, code sections, or parts
thereof in conflict herewith, insofar as they are in conflict,
are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Should any part or provision of this
ordinance be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, the same shall not at1ect the validity of the
ordinance as a whole.
,PASSED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY this 23RD
day of MARCH , 1977.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING BY
TITLE ONLY this
ATTEST;
day of , 1977.
CITY CLERK
PREPARED AND APPROVED aY;
MIC#DEL 4Er._ ANPIRSON
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
I;:D AS TO FORM AND C ECTNESS ;
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�'l�Y A'1'TO
MAYOR