Ordinance 1091 ORDINANCE NO. 1091
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5 OF ORDINANCE
NO. 289 COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE "ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA".
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1 : That Section 5 of Ordinance No, 289 of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"SECTION 5
USE REGULATIONS
Multiple-Family District
In the "RE" Multiple-Family District, no building or
land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter
erected, constructed, reconstructed or structurally
altered which is designed, arranged or intended to be
usedfor any purpose, unless otherwise provided for in
this ordinance, except for one or more of the following
uses :
1. Any use permitted in the "RDE" Restricted
Multiple-Family District.
2. Multiple-Family dwellings or apartments in
accord with the area provisions hereinafter
defined, and accessory buildings.
3. Hotels.
4. Hotels consisting of one hundred (100) or more
guest rooms may contain cabarets and the following
service facilities, to-wit: Dance studios, barber
shops, beauty shops, dining rooms, restaurants,
coffee shops, tobacco, magazine, newspaper and drug
sundry shops, and valet and massage service utilities,
provided that said cabarets or service facilities
shall be located and conducted entirely within said
hotel building in such manner that no sign, advertise-
ment or other appearance or indication of the existence
of such cabaret or service facility, nor any activity
of whatsoever nature connected therewith shall be
visible at any time or in any manner from any public
street, avenue, walk or other public way, and such
cabaret and service facility shall not be accessible
to patrons thereof directly from a public street,
avenue, walk or other public thoroughfare nor
indirectly by means of any vestibule, foyer, entry-
way or room unless such vestibule, foyer, entry-way
or room is accessible only from the main entrance
and main lobby of the hotel as such entrance or
lobby has been designated on plans for the construction
or alteration of said hotel building filed with and
approved by the Chief Building Inspector, and the door
of any emergency exit provided for such cabaret or
service facility shall be identified as such exit door
by words or letters on the interior thereof only, and
suchexit shall be kept closed at all times except
for emergency use and the door shall be so constructed,
equipped and fitted that no entry into such cabaret
or service facility can be obtained by opening it from
the exterior thereof; and provided further that such
cabaret or service facility may be accessible to
patrons thereof from a patio, yard, court or other
open area adjoining the hotel building where such
area is enclosed on the side or sides abutting or
visible from a public street, avenue or thoroughfare,
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by an opaque wall containing no facilities for
entrance into such open area from the exterior of
the wall, and any emergency exit door which may
be provided in such wall shall be identified as
such exit by words or letters on the interior of
the exit door only, and such exit door shall not
be visible from any public street, way or thorough-
fare, and such exit door or doors shall be kept
closed and locked at all times except it case of
emergency and shall be so constructed and equipped
that entry into said open area cannot be obtained
through said exit by opening the door from the
exterior thereof; and provided further that compliance
with all requirements, restrictions and conditions
herein provided have been certified to by the Chief
Building Inspector and that said requirements,
restrictions and conditions are maintained at all
times; and provided further that proof to the
satisfaction cf the City Council of the failure by
the owner, manager or person in control or custody of
the cabaret or service facility or his or its agents
or employees to comply with conditions as hereinabove
set forth for the use of said premises shall be
sufficient cause for the revocation by the City Council
of the license or permit theretofore issued for the
said cabaret or service facility or facilities; and
provided further that in addition to the penalties
provided for in this ordinance for the violation thereof,
the City Council may, in its own discretion, upon the
conviction of any person, firm or corporation for the
violation of this provision, revoke the license, or permit
held by the said person, firm or corporation for the
cabaret or service facility herein provided for.
5. Private clubs, only upon approval and permit by the
City Council of the City of Miami Beach.
6. Apartment hotels. Provision for exterior appearances
to be the same as provided in item No. 4 for Hotels.
7. Public Schools.
8. Accessory uses for tenants only, provided that where
dining rooms, restaurants, coffee shops and other places
where food or beverages are served, are operated as
accessory uses hereunder, such rooms or places shall be
entered only from within the building in the same manner
and subject to the same requirements, rest,^ictions and
conditions as hereinabove provided for service facilities
in hotels with one hundred (100) or more guest rooms, and
no sign, advertisement or other appearance or indication
of the e;:istence of such accessory use or uses shall be
visible at any time or in any manner from any public
street, avenue, walk or other public ray.
9. Telephone exchanges, only upon approval and permit by
the City Council of the City of Miami Beach.
10. Parking lots, only upon approval and permit of the City
Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, and in no
case permits to be issued for more than one year.
11. Public buildings and Public Utility Buildings, only
upon approval and permit by the City Council of the
City of Miami Beach.
12. Private schools, only upon approval and permit by the
City Council of the City of Miami Beach.
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l3. Lodge Halls.
114. Churches and syna vogue s. "
SECTION 2: That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That this ordinance shall go into effect immediately upon
its passage and posting as required by law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th day of November, A.D. 1953.
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ATTEST: C . W. Tomlinson, City Clerk
By:
Deputy ity Clerk
(SEAL)
1st reading - October 7, 1953
2nd reading - October 7, 1953
3rd reading -- November 4, 1953
Posted - November 5, 1953
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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. 1091, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5 OF
ORDINANCE NO. 289 COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE 'ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA", having been 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 5th day of November,
1953, and that said Ordinance 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
affixed the official seal of the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
on this the 23rd day of December, A. D. 1953.
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