Ordinance 1518 ORDINANCE NO. 1518
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 289,
COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE "ZONING ORDINANCE
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA".
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
SECTION l: That Section 8 of Ordinance No. 289, commonly known
as the "Zoning Ordinance of Miami Beach, Florida",
be and the same is hereby amended by deleting Paragraph 2
thereof and substituting therefor the following:
" (2) Automobile rental agencies, provided that
such agencies comply with the following
requirements:
a. Provision is made for a suitably enclosed
office space within a proper building
structure and a garage or parking area
adjacent thereto of sufficient size to
park a minimum of 15 rental automobiles
in parking spaces of 160 square feet
each; storage of wrecked cars or others
not in operating condition being
prohibited.
b. Parking space provided must be retained
for automobile rental parking and not to
be used for public parking or other main
uses. Parking area for car rental must
be in addition to the area used for
service station uses.
C. Repairs on parking areas to be limited
to cars used for rental purposes only
and such repairs being limited to those
permitted in service stations as defined
in this ordinance. However, this pro-
vision shall not permit use of gasoline
pumps or oil storage unless the property
is licensed also as a service station,
and such service station use is in add-
ition to the foregoing requirements.
d. Parking areas provided must meet the
requirements of Chapter 24 of the Code
of the City of Miami Beach regulating
parking lots, and all rental cars in
excess of the 15 space minimum require-
ment shall not be stored or serviced
on city streets while awaiting delivery
to prospective customers. "
SECTION 2: That Paragraph 4 of Section 4C of said ordinance be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"4. Hotels consisting of two hundred (200) or
more guest rooms may contain cabarets, club
cabaret 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 service facilities
for guests of the hotel only, and wherein
the installation or use of laundry or dry
cleaning machinery or equipment shall not
be permitted, massage service facilities,
automobile rental sub-agencies, subject -Co
the same requirements as other accessory use
facilities enumerated in the aforementioned
sections, provided that no rental cars be
stored on the controlled premises or parking
areas of such hotels unless there is a bona-
fide contract on file at such hotel automo-
bile rental sub-agency as proof that a par-
ticular car stored is under hire in that
area by a guest of the establishment, and
further provided that during such normal
parking the rented vehicle may not be ser-
viced with gasoline or oil or repaired in
such parking area while awaiting use by the
rental customer, provided that said cabaret
or service facilities shall be located and
conducted entirely within said hotel building
in such manner that no sign, advertisement or
other appearance or indication of the exis-
tence of such cabaret or service facility,
nor any activity of whatsoever nature con-
nected therewith shall be visible at any time
or in any manner from any public street, ave-
nue, 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 thorough-
fare, nor indirectly by means of any vestibule,
foyer, entryway or room unless such vestibule,
foyer, entryway or room is accessible only
from the main entrance and main lobby of the
hotel, as such entrance or lobby has been des-
ignated on plans for the construction or alter-
ation 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 let-
ters on the interior thereof only, and such
exit 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 caba-
ret 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 by an opaque wall con-
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taining 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
thoroughfare, and such exit door or doors shall
be kept closed and locked at all times except
in case of emergency, and shall be so con-
structed 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 require-
ments, restrictions and conditions are main-
tained at all times; and provided further that
proof to the satisfaction of 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 fac-
ilities; 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 viola-
tion of this provision, revoke the license, or
permit held by the said person, firm or corp-
oration for the cabaret or service facility
herein provided for. "
SECTION 3 : That Paragraph 4 of Section 4D of said ordinance be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"4. Hotels consisting of one hundred (100) or more
guest rooms may contain cabarets, club cabaret
and the following service facilities, to wit:
Dance studios, barber shops, beauty shops, din-
ing rooms, restaurants, coffee shops, tobacco,
magazine, newspaper and drug sundry shops, and
valet service facilities for guests of the hotel
only, and wherein the installation or use of
laundry or dry cleaning machinery or equipment
shall not be permitted, massage service facil-
ities, automobile rental sub-agencies, subject
to the same requirements as other accessory
use facilities enumerated in the aforementioned
sections, provided that no rental cars be
stored on the controlled premises or parking
areas of such hotels unless there is a bonafide
contract on file at such hotel automobile rental
sub-agency as proof that a particular car stored
is under hire in that area by a guest of the
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establishment, and further provided that during
such normal parking the rented vehicle may not
be serviced with gasoline or oil or repaired
in such parking area while awaiting use by the
customer, shall be located and conducted en-
tirely within said hotel building in such
manner that no sign, advertisement or other
appearance or indication of the existence of
such cabaret or service facility, nor any
activity of whatsoever nature connected there-
with shall be visible at any time or in any
manner from any public street, avenue, walk
or other public way and such cabaret and ser-
vice facility shall not be accessible to pat-
rons thereof directly from a public street,
avenue, walk or other public thoroughfare, nor
indirectly by means of any vestibule, foyer,
entryway or room, unless such vestibule, foyer,
entryway 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 andapproved 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 such exit shall be kept closed
at all times except for emergency use, and the
door shall be 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 access-
ible 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 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 vis-
ible from any public street, way or thoroughfare,
and such exit door or doors shall be kept closed
and locked at all times except in cases of emer-
gency, 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 com-
pliance 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 of the City
Council of the failure by the owner, manager or
person in control or custody of the cabaret or
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service facility or his or its agents or employees
to comply with conditions as herein above 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 add-
ition to the penalties provided for in this ord-
inance for the violation thereof, the City Council
may, in its own discretion, upon the conviction
of any person, firm or corporation for the vio-
lation of this provision, revoke the license, or
permit held by the said person, firm or corpor-
ation for the violation of this provision, for
the cabaret or service facility herein provided
for. "
SECTION 4: That Paragraph 4 of Section 5 of said ordinance be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"4. Hotels consisting of one hundred (100) or more
guest rooms may contain cabarets, club cabaret,
and the following service facilities, when de-
signed and intended for use solely and exclu-
sively as an incident to the principal hotel
use, to-wit: Dance studios, barber shops,
beauty shops, dining rooms, restaurants, coffee
shops, Modistes, sale or wearing apparel, fur-
riers, millinery shops, antique shops, jewelry
stores, gift shops, telegraph stations, Llorist
shops, fruit shippers, photograph galleries,
tobacco, magazine, newspaper and drug sundry
shops, and valet service facilities for guests
of the hotel only, and wherein the installation
or use of laundry or dry cleaning machinery or
equipment shall not be permitted, massage ser-
vice facilities, automobile rental sub-agencies,
subject to the same requirements as other access-
ory use facilities enumerated in the aforemen-
tioned sections, provided that no rental cars
be stored on the controlled premises or parking
areas of such hotels unless there is a bonafide
contract on file at such hotel automobile rental
sub-agency as proof that a particular car stored
is under hire in that area by a guest of the
establishment, and further provided that during
such normal parking the rented vehicle may not
be serviced with gasoline or oil or repaired
in such parking area while awaiting use by the
rental customer, provided that said cabarets
or service facilities shall be located and con-
ducted entirely within said hotel building in
such manner that no sign, advertisement or
other appearance or indication of the existence
of such cabaret or service facility, nor any
activity of whatsoever nature connected there-
with shall be visible at any time or in any
manner from any public street, avenue, walk
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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 in-
directly 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 such exit shall be kept closed
at all times except for emergency use, and the
door shall be so constructed, equipped and fit-
ted 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 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 sucJI.i 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 thoroughfare, and such exit door or doors
shall be kept closed and locked at all times ex-
cept in case of emergency, and shall be so con-
structed 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 re-
quirements, 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 of the City Council of the
failure by the owner, manager or person in con-
trol or custody of the cabaret or service fac-
ility or his or its agents or employees to com-
ply 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 per-
son, 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. "
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SECTION 5 : That Section 5A of said ordinance be and the same
is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph thereto,
to be numbered Paragraph 21 and to read as follows :
" (21) Automobile rental sub-agencies, provided
that such agencies do not store cars for
rental use on the premises in public or
private parking areas. "
SECTION 6: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7: This ordinance shall go into effect immediately upon
its passage and posting as required by law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 5th day of August , 1964.
a or
ATTEST:
R. Wm. L. Johnson, City Clerk
By
Deputy
lst reading - July 15, 1964
2nd reading - July 15 , 1964
3rd reading - August 5, 1964
POSTED - August 5, 1964
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY- 1130 WASHINGTON AVENUE-MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DADE:
I , R. WM. L. JOHNSON, City Clerk of the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that
Ordinance No. 1518 entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 289,
COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ' ZONING ORDINANCE 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 August, A,D. 1964 , 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 17th day of September 1964.
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