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try Ordinance: 13826
File Number: 5194
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 3/14/2019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
62 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; MORE
SPECIFICALLY BY ADDING ARTICLE XVII, TITLED "COVENANTS FOR
AFFORDABLE OR WORKFORCE HOUSING," TO INCORPORATE SPECIFIC
ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS, PENALTIES, AND REQUIREMENTS FOR
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS ASSOCIATED WITH AFFORDABLE OR
WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT MAY PROVIDE PROPERTY OWNERS OR
DEVELOPERS WITH DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES OR BENEFITS; MAKING
FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Mayor Francis X. Suarez, Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort,
Commissioner Ken Russell, Commissioner Joe Carollo, Commissioner Manolo
Reyes, Commissioner Keon Hardemon
WHEREAS, Chapter 62 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City
Code"), titled "Planning and Zoning," establishes various boards and trust funds associated with
planning and zoning, and provides general rules and regulations regarding planning and zoning
issues not within the scope of Ordinance No. 13114, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended ("Miami 21 Code"); and
WHEREAS, Article 2, Section 2.1.3.1(h) of the Miami 21 Code lists Affordable and
Workforce Housing distribution throughout the City of Miami ("City") as a Guiding Principle; and
WHEREAS, Affordable and Workforce Housing is of great significance to the City; and
WHEREAS, the Miami 21 Code provides development incentives for developments that
include Affordable and Workforce Housing, including those specified in Article 3, Sections 3.14,
3.15, and 3.16 of the Miami 21 Code, respectively titled "Public Benefits Program," "Affordable
and Attainable Mixed -Income Housing Special Benefits Program Supplemental Regulations,"
and "Workforce Housing Special Benefit Program Supplemental Regulations;" and
WHEREAS, these development incentives include bonus Height, Floor Lot Ratio
("FLR"), Density, design standard modifications, and parking reductions; and
WHEREAS, the nature of the incentives and the importance of Affordable and Workforce
Housing creates the necessity to include specific enforcement provisions, penalties, and
requirements for noncompliance in the Declarations of Restrictive Covenants Running with the
Land ("Covenants") that are associated with Affordable and/or Workforce Housing, wherein the
developer or property owner receives development incentives; and
WHEREAS, providing specific enforcement provisions, penalties, and requirements will
afford the City a specific and uniform process to handle noncompliance of Covenants
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associated with development incentives given by the City and discourage noncompliance of
such Covenants; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that it is in the best interest of the City and its
residents to amend the City Code for the purposes stated herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are
hereby adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 62, Article XVII of the City Code is hereby amended in the following
particulars:'
"CHAPTER 62
PLANNING AND ZONING
ARTICLE XVII. COVENANTS FOR AFFORDABLE OR WORKFORCE HOUSING.
Sec. 62- 663. Requirements, enforcement provisions, and penalties for restrictive covenants
associated with Affordable or Workforce Housing related to development incentives, benefits, or
bonuses.
Enforcement of this Article shall be by Chapter 2, Article X of the City Code or any other
remedies as provided by law and as further stated herein.
All Covenants for Affordable or Workforce Housina that may be associated with develoament
incentives, benefits, or bonuses, shall be subject to the following requirements, enforcement
procedures, and penalties. This includes any Covenants associated with providing Affordable
or Workforce Housing voluntarily proffered with a request for a change of zoning.
1. All such Covenants shall only be released after the initial required term, according to the
City Code or the Miami 21 Code, as applicable, by the City Commission at a publicly
noticed hearing, unless otherwise specified in the Covenant. All costs, expenses, and
fees associated with releasing the Covenant at the publicly noticed hearing, shall be the
sole responsibility of the party requesting the release unless the Covenant being
released is an Individual Covenant as defined herein.
2. All such Covenants shall include a provision that requires each Affordable or Workforce
Housing unit that is sold to include a deed restriction, that the unit shall only be sold with
a purchase cost equal to or less than the standards for those individuals whose income
is at or below the Area Median Income CAMI"), as established in the Covenant and shall
further indicate that the unit shall only be rented to individuals whose income is at or
below the AMI as established in the Covenant. The deed restriction must specify the
specific applicable AMI. All Covenants shall also reference the requirements as stated
in this Section.
' 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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3. Any violation or noncompliance of the Covenant for Affordable or Workforce Housing
shall be immediately referred to Code Compliance Department for enforcement
proceedings, lien placement, and citations pursuant to Chapter 2, Article X of the City
Code.
4. Any violation or noncompliance of the Covenant for Affordable or Workforce Housing
shall result in a monetary penalty to be deposited into the Affordable Housing Trust
Fund. Such monetary penalty shall be assessed as a daily fine of two hundred fifty
dollars ($250.00) per day per violation until proof of compliance has been provided to the
City. The monetary penalty shall not be subject to mitigation or otherwise modified by
any body including, but not limited to the Code Enforcement Board.
5. Any violation or noncompliance of the Covenant for Affordable or Workforce Housing
shall be referred to the City Attorney's Office for enforcement, including but not limited to
injunctive relief and/or any other remedies in law or equity.
6. The use of one remedy shall not preclude the use of another.
7. All such Covenants for Affordable or Workforce rental housing must include a provision
that requires the Covenantor to receive written authorization from the City Manager prior
to converting any rental housing units to homeownership units. In the event that the
conversion is authorized, the City shall record covenants on individual units ("Individual
Covenants") in a manner that creates the same amount of affordable or workforce
homeownership units specified in the Covenant for Affordable or Workforce Housing.
Each Individual Covenant must (i) specify the applicable AMI for any purchaser during
the term of the Individual Covenant and (ii) expire on the same date as the Covenant for
Affordable or Workforce Housing.
8. Any modification of a Covenant shall require approval of the City Commission at a
Publicly noticed hearing, unless otherwise specified in the Covenant. All costs,
expenses, and fees associated with modifying the Covenant at the publicly noticed
hearing shall be the sole responsibility of the party requesting the modification unless the
Covenant being modified is an Individual Covenant as defined herein.
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 should not be
affected.
Section 4. It is the intention of the City Commission that the provisions of this
Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the City Code, which provisions may be
renumbered or relettered and that the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section",
"article", or other appropriate word to accomplish such intention.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after 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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