Ordinance 372ORDINANCE NO .72
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, REGULATING THETREC-
TION OF BILLBOARDS, SIGNBOARDS, AND OTHER AD-
VERTIEING DEVICE, AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR
VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF.
vHEREAS, billboards, signboards and other adver-
tising devices heretofore and now being erected and/or construct -
led and installed are in many cases dangerous to the public,
increase the danger of losF by fire, are unsanitary, and have a
tendency to collect trash and ruLlish and are in other ways
detrimental to the best intcrests and general -,elfare of the City
of thiami Beach; and
V=REAS, it is deemed necessary to the public
health, safety, morals and general welfare of said City that the
construction, erection, and/or installation of billboards, sign-
boerds and advertising devices be controlled;
NO, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
It shall be unlawful to erect or construct any
SECTION billboard, signboard or other advertising device
in the City of Miami Beach li.ithout a permit
therefor of the Building Inspector.
Ai,_,lications for the erection or construction of
SECTION 2, any billboards, signboard, or other advertising
device shall be accompanied by the written consent
of the oval.er or owners of the lessee or lessees of the property
on which it is to be erected or constructed, and the applicr,ttons
shall also designate the location and specify the plans and
specifications of the proposed construction and set out the exact
words of the proposed advertisement, to the end that the public
health, safety, morals and general welfare nay be preserved and
maintained.
Applications made by one purporting to be a real
SECTION 3. est4-2te broker or salesman must be accompanied
by proof shov,im:, that said broker or salesman is
licensed as such under the laws of the State of Florida.
It shall be unlawful to erect or construct any
nclior 4. bilibo(erd, signboard or other adve, Using evice
in resileatial sections of the Cityithin ten
(13) feet of any public high.v.ay abutting the land upon -hich such
erection or construction shall be proposed.
Upon the receipt of said application it shall be
SECTION 5. the duty of the building inspector to make a
thorough examination of the plans and specifica-
tions of the proposed biltboard, signboard or other advertising
devices and of the place %.here it is proposed that said billboard
signboard or other advertisin devices is proposed to be construct-
ed and/or installed. If upon such examination the building
inspector is of the opinion that the construction, erection and/
or installation of said billboard, signboard or other advertising
devices is detrimental to the health, safety, .21orals and/or
general welfare of said City, he shall reject such application,
otherv.ise he shall approve same.
Appeals from the decision of the building inspect-
SECTION 6, or shall be to the City janner, ndfrom the
decision of the City Manager to the City Council
whose discretion and decision in the matter shall be final.
Before any permit herein provided for shall be
SECTION 7. granted the a_lieant therefor shall pay to the
-itsy of Beach a fee in the sum of Ten
(1,LJO) vhich is hereby declared to be a reasonable
Dollos
sum to provide for the inspections, approvals and hearing herein-
above provided.
Any person who shall violate or fail to comdy
SECTION 8. 1;;it1 any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be punished by a fine of not less than
Five Dollars ($5.33) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars (,50J.00)
or be imprisoned for not more than ninety (90) days, with or
without hard labor, or both, in the discretion of the court.
In the event any section, sub -section, sentence
SECTION 9. clause or phrase of this ordinance shall be
declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional
such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses, or 2hrases of this ordinance
vvhic,) shall be in full force and effect, as if the Section,
sub -section, sentence, clause or phrase so declared or adjudged
invalid or unconstituional vas not originally a part thereof.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
ECTION 10. herewith or inconsistent with the provisions of
this ordinance are hereb, reDeeled.
PASSED AND ADOPTED thi cLay o_
. D. 1935.
ATTEST:
1935.
cicy Clerk
February
President City Council
APPROVED by me this 6th day of February
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M A 0 R
1First J:gtnupsy , 1935
second Reading:211ATAngi 1935.
hir Reding: February 6J 1935.
STATE OF FLORIDA)
COUNTY OF DADE )
I , C. W. TOMLINSON, City Clerk in and
for the City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify
that Ordinance No. 372 entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MAIMI BEACH, FLORIDA, REGULATING
THE ERECTION OF BILLBOARDS, SIGNBOARDS, AND OTHER ADVERTIS-
ING DEVICES, AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE
PROVISIONS HEREOF" having been duly passed and adopted by
the City Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, has
been posted by me in three conspicuous places in the City
of Miami Beach, one of which was at the door of the City
Hall in said City on the 8th day of February, A. D., 1935,
and that said ordinances remained posted for a period
of at least thirty days in accordance with the requirements
of the City Charter of the said City of Miami Beach.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set
my hand and affixedthe official seal of the City of Mia, mi
Beach, Florida, on this the 12th day of March, A. D., 1935.
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