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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE(S)
Notice is hereby given that the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, will consider the following ordinance(s) on second and final reading on Thursday, April 9, 2026, commencing at 9:00 A.M., in the City Commission Chambers located at 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133:
ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION," PROVIDING GUIDELINES AND TIMELINES FOR RE-CERTIFICATION OF EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, PROVIDING A FEE FOR THE RE-CERTIFICATION REVIEW, ESTABLISHING REPORTING CRITERIA FOR COMPLIANCE, AND ALIGNING DRAINAGE RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS WITH THE CITY'S BUILDING RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 18/ARTICLE III OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "FINANCE/CITY OF MIAMI PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE", BY AMENDING SECTION 18-119, TITLED "UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS", TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS FOR EVALUATING UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND PROVIDING FOR UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION REPEALING, IN ITS ENTIRETY, ORDINANCE NO. 14382, ADOPTED ON JULY 10, 2025, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO.14422 ADOPTED ON DECEMBER 11, 2025, PRIOR TO ITS SCHEDULED EFFECTIVE DATE OF JULY 15, 2026, SAID ORDINANCE HAVING ABOLISHED THE BAYFRONT PARK MANAGEMENT TRUST ("TRUST") AND AMENDED VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), INCLUDING: CHAPTER 38/ARTICLE III OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "PARKS AND RECREATION/BAYFRONT PARK MANAGEMENT TRUST," CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 2 TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF BOARDS GENERALLY," CHAPTER 18/ARTICLE III/SECTION 18-72 TITLED "FINANCE/CITY OF MIAMI PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE/APPLICATION AND EXCLUSIONS," AND CHAPTER 54/ARTICLE I/SECTION 54-9 TITLED "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS/IN GENERAL/ PLACING SIGNS, ADVERTISEMENT, OR DISPLAYS ON ANY PORTION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, STREET OR SIDEWALK SURFACE"; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE IV OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/DEPARTMENTS," MORE SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING DIVISION 2, TITLED "PLANNING, BUILDING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT," DIVISION 3, TITLED "DEPARTMENT OF FIRE-RESCUE," AND DIVISION 4, TITLED "RESILIENCE AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT"; CHAPTER 3 OF THE CITY CODE, MORE SPECIFICALLY AMENDING ARTICLE II TITLED, "ALARM SYSTEMS/BURGLARY AND ROBBERY ALARMS"; AND ARTICLE III TITLED, "FIRE ALARMS"; CHAPTER 10/ARTICLE I/DIVISION1 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "BUILDINGS/IN GENERAL," MORE SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, TITLED "REGISTRATION OF VACANT, BLIGHTED, UNSECURED OR ABANDONED STRUCTURES, AND OF DEFAULTED MORTGAGED PROPERTIES," AND ARTICLE V, TITLED "CODE RELIEF PROGRAM"; CHAPTER 11 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED, "CABLE TELEVISION"; CHAPTER 12 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED, "AMUSEMENT GAMES OR MACHINES"; CHAPTER 17 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED, "ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION," MORE SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, TITLED, "TREE PROTECTION IN GENERAL" AND ARTICLE II, TITLED, "ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION DISTRICTS"; CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED, "FINANCE," MORE SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, TITLED "IN GENERAL," AND ARTICLE III, TITLED, "CITY OF MIAMI PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE"; AND ARTICLE VIII, TITLED "STORMWATER UTILITY FEES" AND ARTICLE XI TITLED, "LEASES OF CITY OWNED SUBMERGED LANDS"; CHAPTER 19 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "FIRE PROTECTION"; CHAPTER 22/ARTICLE I OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "GARBAGE AND OTHER SOLID WASTE/IN GENERAL"; CHAPTER 22.5 OF THE CITY CODE, "GREEN INITIATIVES," MORE SPECIFICALLY AMENDING ARTICLE VI TITLED, "SOIL EROSION, WATERWAY SEDIMENTATION, AND AIRBORNE DUST GENERATION CONTROL"; CHAPTER 23/ARTICLE I OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "HISTORIC PRESERVATION/HISTORIC PRESERVATION"; CHAPTER 32/ARTICLE I, TITLED "MERCHANDISING/BANKRUPTCY AND CLOSING-OUT SALES"; CHAPTER 35 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED, "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC," MORE SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE IV, TITLED "PARKING RATES," AND ARTICLE IX TITLED, "VALET PARKING"; CHAPTER 38/ARTICLE I OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "PARKS AND RECREATION/IN GENERAL"; CHAPTER 39/ARTICLE II OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "PEDDLERS AND ITINERANT VENDORS/SIDEWALK AND STREET VENDORS"; CHAPTER 42 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED, "POLICE" MORE SPECIFICALLY ARTICLE I TITLED, "IN GENERAL"; CHAPTER 53 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "STADIUMS AND CONVENTION CENTERS," MORE SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, TITLED "IN GENERAL," ARTICLE II/DIVISION 2, TITLED "CITY STADIUMS/MARINE STADIUM," AND ARTICLE IV, TITLED "CONVENTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, JAMES L. KNIGHT"; CHAPTER 54 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED, "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS," MORE SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, TITLED "IN GENERAL," ARTICLE II, TITLED CONSTRUCTION, EXCAVATION, AND REPAIR," ARTICLE VI, TITLED "SIDEWALK AND STREET CAFES," ARTICLE VII, TITLED "NEWSRACKS ON PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY," AND ARTICLE IX, TITLED "COCONUT GROVE SPECIAL EVENTS DISTRICT"; CHAPTER 57/ARTICLE III OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "VEHICLES FOR HIRE/PEDICABS FOR HIRE;" AND CHAPTER 62 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "PLANNING AND ZONING," MORE SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, TITLED "IN GENERAL," ARTICLE III, TITLED "PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD," ARTICLE VII, TITLED "HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD," ARTICLE XII, TITLED "PARKS AND OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND," AND ARTICLE XIII/DIVISION 8, TITLED "PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVAL FOR TEMPORARY USES AND OCCUPANCIES; PERMIT REQUIRED/TEMPORARY BANNERS," AND ARTICLE XIII/DIVISION 9 TITLED, "PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVAL FOR TEMPORARY USES AND OCCUPANCIES; PERMIT REQUIRED /FARMERS' MARKET," TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR FEES TO BE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE AND PROVIDE FOR FEES TO BE SET BY THE CITY COMMISSION THROUGH RESOLUTION; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 18/ARTICLE III OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "FINANCE/CITY OF MIAMI PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE," BY AMENDING SECTIONS 18-73 AND 18-111, TITLED "DEFINITIONS," AND "CONTRACTS OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES," RESPECTIVELY, TO DEFINE "COOPERATIVE PURCHASING ORGANIZATION," AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO UTILIZE COMPETITIVELY AWARDED CONTRACTS OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND COOPERATIVE PURCHASING ORGANIZATIONS SUBJECT TO SPECIFIED CONDITIONS, REPORTING, AND COMMISSION NOTICE FOR CERTAIN PURCHASES; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
Said proposed ordinance(s) may be inspected by the public at the Office of the City Clerk, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida 33133, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., or http://miamifl.iqm2.com five days before the date of the Commission Meeting.
All interested persons are invited to appear at the meeting and may be heard with respect to the proposed ordinance(s). Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission with respect to any matter to be considered at this meeting, that person shall ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including all testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105).
Pursuant to Miami City Code Section 2-33(o), whenever a scheduled City Commission meeting is cancelled or is not held due to a lack of a quorum or other emergency, a special City Commission meeting will be automatically scheduled for the Tuesday immediately following the cancelled meeting. In the event of one of the aforementioned circumstances, the special meeting would be held on April 14, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. in the City Commission chambers located at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133. All of the scheduled agenda items from that cancelled meeting shall automatically be scheduled as an agenda item at the special City Commission meeting. The City Clerk shall notify the public of the special meeting that is to take place by placing a notice of the special City Commission meeting at the entrance of City Hall and the City's main administrative building, placing a notice on the City's website, and, if feasible, placing an ad in a newspaper of general circulation before the special meeting on the immediately following Tuesday. There shall be no additional notice by publication required for any such scheduled agenda item that is moved to the special City Commission meeting.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later than five (5) business days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Service) no later than five (5) business days prior to the proceeding.
Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
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