97-3068 ORD
ORJ)INANCE NO. 97-3068
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING MIAMI BEACH
CITY CODE CHAPTER 8, ENTITLED "BUILDING REGULATIONS" BY
AMENDING SECTION 8-3 ENTITLED "SCHEDULE OF PERMIT FEES",
BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (1..) GENERAL INFORMATION, TO
PROVIDE FOR A SANITATION IMPACT FEE; PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION AND SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Miami Beach. Florida finds it in the public
interest to ensure that all areas within the City limits are adequately provided with high-quality
waste colle~tion and disposal service; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds it in the public interest to retain regulatory authority as
permined by law over waste collection and disposal because of the overriding public health,
safety, welfare and ecological considerations associated with the provision of this service; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission fmds it in the public interest to retain control over the use of
public rights of way to ensure against interference with the public convenience, to promote
aesthetic considerations, and to protect the public invesonent in right of way property; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the adding of a "Sanitation Impact Fee" to heJp
offset the enormous costs related to the collection and disposal of illegally dumped construction
related debris within the City is the best means of assuring that the above described interests of
the City are served.
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1.. AMENDMENT OF CHAYfER 8 ENTITLED "BUILDING REGULA TIONSfI
That Section 8-3 of the Code of the City of Miami Beach is hereby amended to read as
follows:
SECTION 8-3. SCHEDULE OF PERMIT FEES.
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(1...) GENERAL INFORMATION
Following is a list of other fees collected by the Building Department for other Departments or
Agencies.
1) A fee of $0.01 per Sq. Ft. of covered area will be added to Building Permits for the State
of Florida to study building code requirements for Radon Gas.
2) A Surcharge of $0.50 per $1000.00 of work valuation will be added to Building Permits
for the Code Compliance Program established by Dade County.
3) A Surcharge to the Building Permits will be added when processing "Marine Structures II
according to schedule established by City Ordinance.
4) A Surc;harge to the Building Permits will be added for the Fire Safety Process according
to schedule established by City Ordinance.
5) For Building Permits Walk-Thru process a surcharge will be added for Zoning Process
based on schedule established by City Ordinance.
6) An Interim General and Proprietary Fee shall be charged to any building or structure for
which a Certificate of Occupancy is being issued based on $0.04 per Square Foot of floor
area, per month of part thereof, until the last day of December of that year.
T1 A Sanitation Impact Fee shall be charied for all Building. Electrical. Plumbing
M ech::tnical and Demolition Permits. The Fee is O. 15 % of the estim::tted cost of the project
for which the permit is bein.i 'lPplied. The minimum fee is $15.00 and the ma~imum fee
is $1.500.00.
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SECTION 2. CODIFICATION.
It is the intention of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach. and it is hereby
ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made part of the Code of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida. The sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered
to accomplish such intention, and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article, ,.
or other appropriate word.
SECTION 3. REPEALER..
All ordinances or parts in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is b:ld to be invalid or unconstitutional
by any court of competent jurisdiction. then said holding shall in no way affect the validity of the
remaining portion of this Ordinance. '
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days after its adoptil>n on the ~ day of
January
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PASSED and ADOPTED this ~ day of January
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CITY CLERK
1st reading 12/1'8/96
2nd reading 1/8/97
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO
FORM & lANGUAGE
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CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. ~
TO:
Mayor Seymour Gelber and
Members of the City Commission
DATE:
January 8, 1997
FROM:
Jose Garcia_pedroil!a
City Manager
AN ORDINAN E AMENDING MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE CHAPTER
8, SECTION 3, SifBSECTION (L), ENTITLED "BUILDING REGULATIONS
SCHEDULE OP'PERMIT FEES, GENERAL INFORMATION" BY ADDING
A SANITATION IMPACT FEE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABD..ITY;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SUBJECT:
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDA nON:
The administration recommends that the city commission adopt an ordinance on this second reading
amending Chapter 8, Section 3, Subsection (L), of the Miami Beach City Code to add a Sanitation
Impact Fee; providing for severability; repealing all ordinances in conflict therewith; and providing
an effective date.
BACKGROUND
The City Commission approved on first reading on December 18, 1996. The City of Miami Beach
Sanitation Department removes an enonnous amount of illegal dumping of debris by unknown
person(s) in back alleys, streets, private property, and City right of ways generated from various types
of new construction permits; such as building demolition, electrical, plumbing, mechanical,
remodeling and rehabs of existing properties. The City's cost to collect, clean, transport and dump
this debris is estimated at more than $185,000 annually.
ANALYSIS
To offset this cost to the City, a Sanitation Impact Fee for all Building, Electrical, Plumbing,
Mechanical and Demolition Pennits based upon 0.15% of the projected cost of the project for which
the pennit is being applied is recommended. The proposed fee structure would have a minimum fee
of$15.00 and a maximum fee of$1,500.00.
AGENDA ITEM f\ 6 c..
DATE 1-8-9~
Commission Memorandum
Page 2
January 8, 1997
CONCLUSION
This Sanitation Impact Fee would help offset the enormous costs related to the collection and
disposal of construction related debris illegally dumped in the City of Miami Beach estimated at more
than $185,000 annually.
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