Ordinance 1923ORDINANCE NO. 1923
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 39
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA, BY ADDING A NEW
SECTION THERETO AUTHORIZING
POLICE OFFICERS TO CREATE POLICE
LINES OR AREAS AND MAKING THIS
ORDINANCE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 39 of the Code of the City of
Miami Beach be and the same is hereby amended
by adding a new section thereto to be numbered and to read
as follows:
Section 39-7.1
When fires, accidents, wrecks, explosions,
riots, unlawful assemblies and disorderly
gatherings, parades, or other exigency
cause or may cause persons to collect on
the public streets, alleys, highways, or
parks, parking areas or other public
property, the Chief of Police, or officer
acting for him, may establish such area
or zone as he considers necessary for the
purpose of affording a clearing for: (1) the
operation of firemen or policemen; (2) the
passage of a parade; (3) the movement of
traffic; (4) the exclusion of the public
from the vicinity of a riot, disorderly
gathering, accident, wreck, explosion, or
other e,igency; and (5) the protection of
persons and property. Every person present
at the scene of such an occasion, shall
comply with any necessary order or instruc-
tion of any police officer. No person shall
enter such area or zone, unless duly author-
ized by the person in command on such an
occasion; provided that bona fide representa-
tives of the press and bona fide insurance
adjusters or underwriters and such other
persons as the Chief of Police may authorize
to be within such space, and who shall have
plainly exposed to view the press pass or
fire pass described in this section, shall
be permitted within the lines established by
the Police Department.
SECTION 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance be and the same is hereby
adopted as an emergency ordinance under the
provisions of Section 9 of the Charter of the City and
shall be effective immediately.
Attest:
PASSED and ADOPTED this 28th day of June , 1972.
WAUtfi-
City
Clerk -Finance Director
Mayor
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1st reading - June 28, 1972
2nd reading - June 28, 1972
POSTED - June 29, 1972
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - 1130 WASHINGTON AVENUE - MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DADE:
I, RUTH B. ROULEAU, City Clerk and Finance Director in
and for the City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that
Ordinance No. 1923 entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 39, OF "THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA", BY ADDING A NEW SECTION THERETO
AUTHORIZING POLICE OFFICERS TO CREATE POLICE LINES OR AREAS
AND MAKING THIS ORDINANCE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE.
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 29th day of June, 1972,
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 16th
day of August, 1972.
City Clerk and Finance Director
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