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2-1-74
ORDINANCE NO. 8230
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BY REPEALING SECTION
38-45 AND SUBSTITUTING A NEW SECTION
38-45 PROHIBITING THE COMMISSION,
OFFERING TO COMMIT SOLICITATION,
INDUCEMENT, ENTICEMENT OR PROCUREMENT
OF ANOTHER TO COMMIT PROSTITUTION,
LEWDNESS OR ASSIGNATION; FURTHER PRO-
HIBITING THE DIRECTION, TRANSPORTATION,
OR AGREEMENT TO TRANSPORT ANY PERSON
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSTITUTION, LEWDNESS
OR ASSIGNATION; FURTHER PROHIBITING THE
MAINTENANCE OF ANY PLACE, STRUCTURE,
BUILDING OR CONVEYANCE OR THE RECEPTION
OR OFFER OR AGREEMENT TO RECEIVE ANY
PERSON INTO ANY PLACE, STRUCTURE, BUILD-
ING OR CONVEYANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROSTITUTION, LEWDNESS OR ASSIGNATION:
FURTHER PROHIBITING THE USE OF ANY PLACE,
STRUCTURE, BUILDING, OR CONVEYANCE FOR
THE PURPOSE OF PROSTITUTION, LEWDNESS, OR
ASSIGNATION; FURTHER PROHIBITING AIDING,
ABETTING OR PARTICIPATING IN THE DOING OF
ANY OF THE ACTS PROHIBITED; PROVIDING FOR
THE PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATION OF THE ORDI-
NANCE: FURTHER PROVIDING FOR MANDATORY
SENTENCE TO CONFINEMENT AND MINIMUM FINES
FOR THE FIRST, SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS
OF THIS ORDINANCE; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT
A CERTIFIED COPY OF A JUDGMENT OF CON-
VICTION SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF
SUCH PRIOR CONVICTION; FURTHER PROVIDING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE,
SUPPLEMENTAL AND IN ADDITION TO ANY
PRESENTLY EXISTING PROVISIONS; CONTAINING
A SEVERABILITY PROVISION; DECLARING THIS
ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE;
DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING
THE SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF
NOT LESS THAN FOUR-FIFTHSOF THE MEMBERS
OF THE COMMISSION.
WHEREAS, the crime of prostitution has become all too
common within the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, prostitution is frequently allied with numerous
other offenses, including, but not limited to, mugging, blackmail,
larceny, assault, and other crimes of violence; and
WHEREAS, prostitution is a hazard to the health, welfare
and morals of the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, a stronger Ordinance is necessary to combat
the problems presented by prostitution and the activities as-
sociated with it;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Code of the City of Miami is hereby
amended by repealing Section 38-45, entitled Prostitution --
Inducing Others to Prostitution and substituting therefor a new
Section to read as follows:
"It shall be unlawful for any person in the City of
Miami:
(a) To offer to commit or to commit or to engage in
prostitution.
(b) To solicit, induce, entice or procure another
to commit prostitution, lewdness or assignation.
(c) To offer another or offer or agree to secure
another for the purpose of prostitution or for
any other lewd or indecent act.
(d) To direct, take or transport or to offer
or agree to take or transport any person to
any place, structure or building or to any
other place with knowledge or reasonable
cause to believe that the purpose of such
directing, taking or'transporting is prosti-
tution, lewdness or assignation.
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(e) To keep, set up, maintain or operate
ar?y place, structure, buildings, or coi?-
v`yance for the purpose. of leviness, as-
signation or prostitution.
(f) To receive or offer or agree to re-
ceive any person into any place, structure,
building or conveyance for the purpose of
prostitution, lewdness or assignation or
to permit any person to remain there for
such purpose.
(g) To reside in, enter into or remain in
any place, structure or building or to
enter into or remain in any conveyance for
the purpose of prostitution, lewdness or
assignation.
(h) To aid, abet or participate in the
doing of any of the acts or things enumerated
in this Section.
(i) Any person who shall violate any provision
of this Ordinance shall, upon conviction there-
of, be punished by a fine of not more than
$500.00 or imprisonment for not more than sixty
(60) days or both, such fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the Judge.
(j) Any person who shall be found guilty of
violating any provision of this Ordinance
shall be sentenced to on first conviction
not less than fifteen days and $200.00; up-
on second conviction not less than thirty
days and $500.00; and upon third and subse-
quent convictions not less than sixty days
and $500.00.
(k) For the purpose of this Ordinance, a
certified copy of the judgment of conviction
shall be deemed prima facie evidence of each
prior conviction.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be cumulative, supple-
mental and in addition to any presently existing City Code pro-
vision or Ordinance cr any law of any nature whatsoever which
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may have similar, like or overlapping provisions and which
may be available for use by the City.
Section 3. If any section, sentence, clause, phrase
or word of this Ordinance is for any reason held or declared to
be unconstitutional, inoperative or void, such holding or in-
validity shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordi-
nance, and it shall be construed to have been the intent of the
Commission of the City of Miami to pass this Ordinance without
such unconstitutional, invalid, or inoperative part therein, and
the remainder of this Ordinance, after the exclusion of such
part or parts shall be deemed and held to be valid as if such
parts had not been included therein.
Section 4. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be
an emergency measure on the ground of urgent public need for the
preservation of peace, health, safety and property in the City
of Miami.
Section 5. The requirement of reading this Ordinance
on two separate days is hereby dispensed with by a vote of not
less than four -fifths of the members of the Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY TITLE ONLY this F,tl, day
of February , 1974.
ATTEST:
H.D. SOUTHERN
CITY CLERK
MAURICE A FERRE
MAYOR
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PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
VIIXNK }1i WESTON
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO VORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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MiAMI R "Vii :W
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Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and
Legal Holidays
Miami, Dade County, Florida
StAtE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DADE:
Before the undersigned authority personally ap.
peered Ruth Olatter, who on oath says that she is
Assistant to the Publisher of the Miami Review and
Deity Record, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday and
Legal Holidays) newspaper, published et Miami In
Dade County, Florida; that the attached copy of adver-
tisement, being a Legal Advertisement or Notice In
the matter of
City of Miami, Florida
Re:
Adoption of Ordinance No. 8230
in the XXX Court,
was published in said newspaper In the issues of
February 12, 1974
Affiant further says that the said Miami Review
and Daily Record Is a newspaper published at Miami,
In said Dade County, Florida, and that the said news.
paper has heretofore been continuously published In
said Dade County Florida, each day (except Saturday,
Sunday and Legal Holidays) and has been entered as
second class mall matter at the post office in Miami,
in said Dade County, Florida, for a period of one year
next preceding the first publication of the attached
copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that
she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm
or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or
refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement
for publication in the said newspaper,
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this
12th day of ... February i.e. 19 74
Marjorie T. Smith
Notary Public, State of Florida at Large.
(SEAL)
My Commission expires September 1, 1977.
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PANE ('Oi'NTY', ,FLONIIIA
t,EG.tr, :(OV('F
.\II interested will tnl:c n, fir•c
that on the 6th day of Febru:rrv,
1974. the Commission of the Cit•:
of Miami. Florida adopted ar.
urdinance entitled -
AN ORDINANCE AMEND -
IN(; THE CODE OF THE
•CITY OF MIAMT BY RF
PP.\LI\G SECTION 3R-i5
AND SURST1TUTING A
NE\\' SECTION aR-45 PT10-
TiIBITIN(; THE C(:\1AiIS-
SioN, OFF'F:RTN(; TO
\1 IT PROSTITUTION,
INDUCEMENT, ENTICE-
MENT OR P•R'OC'URE-
NEXT OF ANOTHER TO
COMMIT PROSTITUTION.
LEWDNESS OR ASSIGNA-
TION: FURTHER PRO-
HIRITING THE DIREC-
TION. TRANSPORTATION.
OR AGREEMENT TO
TRANSPORT ANY PERSON
FOP. THE PURPOSE CIF
•PROSTITUTION. LEWD-
NESS OR ASSi(;NATION:
FURTHER PROHIBITING
THE MAINTENANCE OF
'ANY PLACE. STRl'CTL'RE,
'Rt'ILDiNG OR CON\'F:V-
ANCE OR THIE RECEP-
TiON OR OFFER OR
'AGREEMENT- TO RECEIVE
ANY PERSON INTO ANY
PLACE. ST11UCTI'RE.
BUILDING OR CONVEY-
AN('E FOR THE PURPOSE
OF PROSTITUTION. LEWD-
NESS C.•1l ASSIGNATION:
d'T'RTRER PROTTT)ITTINI
'1'IIF: U.iL OF ANY PLACE.
•s-rRt'CTl'RF:, I:1'11J)TNi;.
on CONVEYANCE FOR
TiIE PURPOSE. OF I'RO-
STITUTION. LEWDNESS.
oil ASSIGNATION; F'UR-
'1'HF.R PROHIBITING .\ID-
1Ni;. ABETTING OF PAR-
TI':SJ'ATIN(; IN TiiF:
DOING OF ANY OF THE
ACTS 1'11('1111:ITED: P110-
VIDINt; 1" It THE i'1'Niili-
\iENT F'on VIOLATION OF
THE ORDINANCE: FUR-
THER PROVIDING FOR
MANDATORY SENTENCE
TO CONFINEMENT AND
MINIMU\1 EINE Volt
THE SECONI) AND ,l713-
SEQUENT ViOLAT1(:NS OF
T1ili ORDINANCE; FUR-
THER PROVIDING THAT
A C'ERTiFiED COPY OF
A JUD(;MENT OF CON-
VICTION SHALL BE
PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE
OF SUCH PRiOR CONVIC-
TION: FU'RTiHER PROVID-
ING THAT THIS
X A'N (' E SITALL RE
('t'MULATIVE. SUPPLE-
MENTAT AND IN .1DDI-
TiON TO ANY PRESENTLY
EXISTING PROVISIONS:
CONTAINING A SEVER-
.\I11LiTY PROVISION: DE-
CLARING TI(IS ORDI-
NANCE TO BE AN
E\iERGENCY MEASURE:
DISPENSING \VITII TILE
REQUIREMENT OF READ-
ING THE SAME ON TWO
SEPARATE DAYS BY
A VOTE OF NOT LESS
THAN POUIl-F'JFTIIS OF
THE ME\1RERS OP TIIE
COMMISSION.
a•Llrl, is di'.Ii;n:(led Ordiu:,mve
No. 8230.
II. D. SOUTIIERN
CITY CLERK
CITY OF MIAMI.
FLORIDA
Pul.11,atl 'n , f this nit!,
Ihr 111t1i clay of F't•l lii rv. Ifi:1
2/12 Ad ?:, . 2,1:192
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BY REPEALING SECTION
38-45 AND SUBSTITUTING A NEW SECTION
38-45 PROHIBITING THE COMMISSION,
OFFERING TO COMMIT SOLICITATION,
INDUCEMENT, ENTICEMENT OR PROCUREMENT
OF ANOTHER TO COMMIT PROSTITtTrION,
LEWDNESS OR ASSIGNATION; FURTHER PRO-
HIBITING THE DIRECTION, TRANSPORTATION,
OR AGREEMENT TO TRANSPORT ANY PERSON .
FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSTITUTION, LEWDNESS
OR. ASSIGNATION; FURTHER PROHIBITING THE
-s-y4 MAINTENANCE OF ANY PLACE, STRUCTURE,
BUILDING.-,OW:CONVEYANCE'. OR:-.THETRECEPTION
OR. OFFER *OR AGREEMENT_ TO RECEIVE ANY;
PERSON INTO ANY PLACE, STRUCTURE, BUILD-
ING: OR CONVEYANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROSTITUTION, LEWDNESS OR ASSIGNATION:
FURTHER PROHIBITING THE USE OF ANY PLACE,
STRUCTURE, BUILDING, OR CONVEYANCE FOR
THE PURPOSE OF PROSTITUTION, LEWDNESS, OR
ASSIGNATION; FURTHER PROHIBITING AIDING,
ABETTING OR PARTICIPATING IN THE DOING OF
ANY OF THE ACTS PROHIBITED; PROVIDING FOR
THE PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATION OF THE ORDI-
NANCE: FURTHER PROVIDING FOR MANDATORY
SENTENCE TO CONFINEMENT AND MINIMUM FINES
FOR THE SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS
OF THIS ORDINANCE; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT
A CERTIFIED COPY OF A JUDGMENT OF CON-
VICTION . SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF
SUCH PRIOR CONVICTION; FURTHER PROVIDING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE,
SUPPLEMENTAL AND IN ADDITION TO ANY
PRESENTLY EXISTING PROVISIONS; CONTAINING
A SEVERABILITY PROVISION; DECLARING THIS
. ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE;
- • DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING
THE SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF
NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS •
OF THE COMMISSION.
WHEREAS the crime of prostitution has become all too
common within the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, prostitution is frequently allied with numerous
other offenses, including, but not limited to, mugging, blackmail,
larceny, assault, and other crimes of violence; and
AREAS, prostitution is a hazard to the health, welfare
and morals of the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, a stronger Ordinance is necessary to combat
the problems presented by prostitution and the activities as-
sociated with it;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Code of the City of Miami is hereby
amended by repealing Section 38-45, entitled Prostitution
Inducing others to Prostitution and substituting therefor a new
Section to read as follows:
"it shall be unlawful for any person in the City of
Miami:
(a) To offer to commit or to commit or to engage in
prostitution.
(b) To solicit, induce, entice or procure another.
to commit prostitution, lewdness or assignation.
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(c) oforrtheanother
purp se ofoffer
prostitutiontorsecure
another
any other lewd or indecent act.
(d) To direct, take or transport or to offer
or agree to take or transport any person to
any place, structure or building or to any
other place with knowledge or reasonable
cause to believe that the purpose of such
directing, taking or'transporting is prosti-
tution, lewdness or assignation.
(e) To keep, set up, maintain or operate
any place, structure, building, or con-
veyance for the purpose of lewdness, as-
signation or prostitution.
(f) To receive or offer or agree to re-
ceive any person into any place, structure,
building or conveyance for the purpose of
prostitution, lewdness or assignation or
to permit any person to remain there for
such purpose.
(g) To reside in, enter into or remain in
any place, structure or building or to
enter into or remain in any conveyance for
the purpose of prostitution, lewdness or
assignation.
(h) To aid, abet or participate in the
doing of ,any of the acts or things enumerated
in this Section.
(i) Any person who shall violate any provision
of this Ordinance shall, upon conviction there-
of, be punished by a fine of not more than
$500.00 or imprisonment for not more than sixty
(60) days or both, such fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the Judge.
(j) Any person who shall be found guilty of
violating any provision of this Ordinance
who has previously been convicted of violat-
ing any provision of this Ordinance shall,
upon such second conviction, be sentenced to
not less than ten (10) days confinement and
a fine of $200.00; upon the third and each
subsequent such conviction, the punishment
shall be not less than thirty (30) days con-
finement and a fine of $300.00.
(k) For the purpose of this Ordinance, a
certified copy of the judgment of conviction
shall be deemed prima facie evidence of each
prior conviction.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be cumulative, supple-
mental and in addition to any presently existing City Code pro-
vision or Ordinance or any law of any nature whatsoever which
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may have similar, like or overlapping provisions and which
may be available for use by the City.
Section 3. If any section, sentence, clause, phrase
or word of this Ordinance is for any reason held or declared to
be unconstitutional, inoperative or void, such holding or in-
validity shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordi-
nance, and it shall be construed to have been the intent of the
Commission of the City of Miami to pass this Ordinance without
such unconstitutional, invalid, or inoperative part therein, and
the remainder of this Ordinance, after the exclusion of such
part or parts shall be deemed and held to be valid as if such
parts had not been included therein.
Section 4. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be
an emergency measure on the ground of urgent public need for the
preservation of peace, health, safety and property in the City
of Miami.
Section 5. The requirement of reading this Ordinance
on two separate days is hereby dispensed with by a vote of not
less than Pour -fifths of the members of the Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY TITLE ONLY this day
, 1974.
of
ATTEST:
MAYOR
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
FRANK H. WESTON
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
7JOHN S. LLOYD - CITY ATTO Y
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