Ordinance 91-2744 ORDINANCE NO. 91-2744
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE
CHAPTER 39, ENTITLED ',STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC
FACILITIES," AMENDING ARTICLE V, ENTITLED "NAMING OF
PUBLIC FACILITIES AND STREETS,“ AMENDING SECTION 39-
25 BY ADDING DEFINITIONS FOR ',PLAZA" AND ',PUBLIC
FACILITY"; AMENDING SECTION 39-27 BY EXEMPTING NAMES
SELECTED FOR PLAZAS AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF PUBLIC
BUILDINGS FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF APPROVAL BY A
MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORATE AT A REFERENDUM;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA.
Section 1.
That Section 39-25 of Article V, entitled "Naming of Public
Facilities and Streets" of Miami Beach City Code Chapter 39,
entitled, "Streets, Sidewalks and Public Facilities" is hereby
amended to read as follow:
Sec. 39-25 Definitions.
(a) City Commission. The governing body of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida.
(b) Committee. The Rules and Special Events Committee
created by the city commission on January 22 , 1986 or any other
such committee designated by the city commission to review and
recommend names for public facilities and streets located within or
owned by the City of Miami Beach.
(c) Main Street. One of the following roadways located in the
City of Miami Beach: MacArthur Causeway - 5th Street, Venetian
Causeway, Dade Boulevard, 41st Street, 71st Street, Normandy Drive,
Collins Avenue, Washington Avenue, Indian Creek Drive, Pine Tree
Drive, Alton Road, Lincoln Road and Ocean Drive.
(d) Plaza. An open public square.
(e) Public facility. Any public building, plaza or park
owned by the City of Miami Beach.
Section 2
That Section 39-27 of Article V, entitled "Naming of Public
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Facilities and Streets" of Miami Beach City Code Chapter 39,
entitled "Streets, Sidewalks and Public Facilities" is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 39-27 . Public hearing; selection of name by City
Commission; referendum.
(a) Within a reasonable time after receiving the
recommendation for a naming or renaming from the committee, the
city commission shall call a public hearing.
(b) Notice of a public hearing regarding the naming or
renaming of a public facility or street shall be published at least
ten days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Miami Beach.
(c) At the close of the public hearing the city commission
may select a name for or rename the subject public facility or
street. In selecting the name, the commission shall be governed by
its established selection criteria; however, the name selected need
not be one recommended by the committee.
(d) Where a public facility other than a plaza or any
interior portion of a public facility or main street is to be
named, the city commission may only consider a name which has been
approved by a majority of the members of the Rules and Events
Committee. Additionally, any name so selected by the city
commission must be approved by a 5/7th's vote and must be submitted
to the electorate of the City by referendum at the next regularly
scheduled election. The name selection shall be approved by a
majority of the electorate voting in the referendum.
SECTION 2 . SEVERABILITY
If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this ordinance is for any reason, held invalid or
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion
shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provisions and
such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance.
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SECTION 3 REPEALER
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict be and
the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE
That this ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days after its
adoption, on June 1 ,1991.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of May , 1991.
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1st reading 4/24/91 FORM APPROVED
2nd reading 5/22/91 LEGAL DEPT.
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