Ordinance 1195 ORDINANCE NO. 1195
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF
"THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA, 1950"
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1 : That Chapter 12 of "The Code of the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, 1950" be and the
same is hereby amended by adding thereto,
immediately after Section 12.11 thereof an additional
section to be known as Section 12.11.1 reading as follows :
"SECTION 12.11.1 : A harbor line is hereby
established in the Atlantic
Ocean between the northerly lines of Lot "A" and
Lot 6 of the Indian Beach Corporation's Subdivision,
produced easterly located as follows:
Beginning at a point which is on the northerly line
produced easterly of Lot "A" of The Indian Beach
Corporation' s Subdivision, and five hundred sixty-
two and four-tenths (562.4) feet easterly of the
easterly line of Collins Avenue, measured along the
said northerly line of Lot "A" and said northerly
line of Lot "A" produced easterly;
Thence run in a northerly direction two hundred
fifty (250) feet, more or less, to a point on the
centerline produced easterly of Lot Three (3) of
the above-mentioned subdivision, said point being
five hundred fifty-eight (558) feet easterly of the
easterly line of Collins Avenue, measured along said
centerline and said centerline produced easterly;
Thence run in a westerly direction twenty (20) feet
along the said centerline of Lot Three (3) produced
easterly to a point;
Thence run in a northerly direction three hundred fifty
(350) feet, more or less, to a point on the northerly
line produced easterly of Lot Six (6) of the above-
mentioned subdivision, said point being five hundred
twenty-six (526) feet easterly of the easterly line
of Collins Avenue measured along said northerly line
of Lot Six (6) and said northerly line of Lot Six (6)
produced easterly;
As said Lots, Avenue and Subdivision are shown on
a Plat recorded in Plat Book Eight (8), page sixty-
one (61 ) of the Public Records of Dade County, Florida."
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
SECTION 2: That Section 12.12 of "The Code of the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, 1950" reading as
follows :
"SECTION 12.12: That no bulkhead or other structure,
except groynes shall be constructed
or erected which shall be easterly of the line described
in the preceding section.
That no material shall be excavated
from the Atlantic Ocean for the purpose of backfilling
any bulkhead.
That no groynes shall be constructed
or erected which shall extend into the ocean a distance
of more than 200 feet from the harbor line described in
the preceding section.
That, notwithstanding the location of
the harbor line described in the preceding section, no
seawall, bulkhead, fill or other structure shall be con-
structed on or across the foreshore of the Atlantic
Ocean, as the same shall exist and be located from day
to day, being that area lying east of the mean high water
line of the Atlantic Ocean, except that groynes or jetties
built at right angles to the beach in an east-west direc-
tion, the object and purpose of which are to preserve the
existing beach, to trap the sand and to improve or enlarge
the beach may be constructed, but the authority for the
erection of such groynes or jetties shall not include
authorizing or permitting erection of fences or walls
across the foreshore or out into the ocean, the object
or effect of which are to obstruct and prevent passage
of the public along the foreshore portion of the beach, "
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows :
"SECTION 12.12: That no bulkhead or other structure,
except groynes shall be constructed
or erected which shall be easterly of the line described
in any of the Sections of this article .
That no material shall be excavated
from the Atlantic Ocean for the purpose of backfilling
any bulkhead.
That no groynes shall be constructed
or erected which shall extend into the ocean a distance
of more than 200 feet from the harbor line described in
any Section of this article .
That notwithstanding the location
of the harbor line described in this article, no seawall,
bulkhead, fill or other structure shall be constructed
on or across the foreshore of the Atlantic Ocean, as the
same shall exist and be located from day to day, being
that area lying east of the mean high water line of the
Atlantic Ocean, except that groynes or jetties built at
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
right angles to the beach in an east-west direction,
the object and purpose of which are to preserve the
existing beach, to trap the sand and to improve or
enlarge the beach may be constructed, but the authority
for the erection of such groynes or jetties shall not
include authorizing or permitting erection of fences or
walls across the foreshore or out into the ocean, the
object or effect of which are to obstruct and prevent
passage of the public along the foreshore portion of
the beach. "
SECTION 3: That Section 12.13 of "The Code of the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, 1950" reading as
follows :
"SECTION 12.13: Any person convicted of the
violation of any of the provisions
of the two preceding sections shall, upon conviction,
be fined not exceeding $500.00 or be imprisoned in the
city jail not exceeding sixty (60) days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the
municipal judge. Each day that a violation is permitted
to exist shall constitute a separate offense . "
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows :
"SECTION 12.13: Any person violating the provisions
of any section of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not
exceeding $500.00 or by imprisonment in the city jail
not exceeding sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the municipal judge .
Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall
constitute a separate offense . "
SECTION )I That Ordinance No . 1137 and all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: That this ordinance shall go into effect
immediately upon its passage and posting as
required by law .
PASSED and ADOPTED this 18thday of January
A.D. 1956 .
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Attest:
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1st reading - January 4, 1956
2nd reading - January 4, 1956
3rd reading - January 18,1956
Posted - January 18, 1956
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DADE:
I, R. WM. L. JOHNSON, City Clerk in and for the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that Ordinance
No. 1195 , entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF "THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, 1950"
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 18th day of January, 1956
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 7th day of March, A.D. 1956 .
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