Ordinance 1148 ORDINANCE No . 1148
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 13 .65 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 Section 13 .65 of ''The Code of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, 1950'' be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows :
''SEC . 13 .65 SAME-REGULATIONS CONCERNING PREMISES
WHERE FRESH FISH SOLD.
The operator or person in charge of any store or
other place for keeping, handling or sale of fresh
fish, or fresh fish products, shall comply with
the following requirements :
a. Establishments where the handling or selling
of fresh fish, or fresh fish products is a principal
business , shall be in completely enclosed buildings
except where permitted otherwise herein. Doors shall
not exceed four feet in width and shall be solid . Such
buildings shall have hard, smooth, impervious and wash-
able floors, such as concrete, terrazzo, or tile, and
shall have floor drains properly trapped, and connected
to the city sewer. The walls and ceiling shall be
plastered with a hard coat plaster and shall be wains-
cotted to a height of six feet from the floor with a
hard, smooth, impervious, washable material , such as
tile or glass, provided that it shall not be required
that such wainscotting extend more than six (6) feet
in front of the display counter or other barrier which
separates the prospective customer from the work area .
Such establishments shall be equipped with air condition-
ing or mechanical ventilation systems . Doors in
buildings equipped with air conditioning systems shall
have self-closing devices . The mechanical ventilation
system shall consist of ducts and exhaust fans for
the removal of air from within the building. There
shall be a complete change of air at least once per
minute within the Thilding during business hours
except when cleaning tables are provided with metal hoods
connected to the duct system,in which event the
change of air shall be at least every two minutes .
Provisions for entrance of fresh air into the building
may be made through a closeable transom above any outside
door of the building. The main door of the building
may be left open during business hours provided the
mechanical ventilation system is operating and does not
permit any of the air within the building to escape
to the outside through the open door. All other outside
doors shall remain closed. The mechanical ventilation
system shall operate only during business hours . The
air removed from within the building shall be discharged
through the duct system which shall extend at least
thirty inches above the roof of the building . The duct
outlet shall be located not less than twenty feet from
the front building line and any openable window of the
same premises or any nearby building, except'where
conditions make it impracticable to so locate the duct
outlet, in which event it shall be located where
directed by the Chief Building Inspector .
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
b . Establishments such as grocery markets,
having the sale of fresh fish, or fresh fish
products, as an adjunct or accessory feature,
shall not be required to be totally enclosed or
air-conditioned, but those areas used for the
selling of fresh fish, or fresh fish products,
shall meet the requirements of paragraph (a)
as to floors, walls and ceilings, and wain-
scotting . In all such establishments there
shall be provided a separate preparation room
where all cleaning, dressing and preparation
of fresh fish for sale shall be done , and which
shall be fully enclosed with floors, drains,
walls, ceiling and wainscotting provided as
specified in paragraph (a) . Such preparation
room shall be equipped with an air condition-
ing or mechanical system as described in para-
graph (a) .
c . No false floors or treads shall be per-
mitted unless facilities to clean and dry them
are provided within the building .
d. All work tables and' counters shall have
stainless steel, tile, or similar impervious,
smooth and washable work surfaces . All cleaning
sinks shall be provided with hot and cold running
water.
e . Display counters and other fresh fish
storage places shall be refrigerated and pro-
perly fitted with all necessary drains connect-
ed to the sewer system.
f . Fresh fish wastes shall be kept in re-
frigerated containers at all times, so located
as to be readily accessible for garbage collect-
ion. In establishments where the selling or
handling of fresh fish is an accessory business,
there shall be provided an adequate enclosed space
for the storage of empty fresh fish barrels and
boxes within the preparation room, which space
shall be accessible for the collection of such
trash.
g . Adequate toilet facilities shall be pro-
vided together with lavatories equipped with hot
and cold water, and a supply of disposable towels
and soap shall be kept available, at all times .
h. It shall be the duty of the Chief Building
Inspector to enforce the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2 : That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That this ordinance shall go into effect
immediately upon its passage and posting
as provided by law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this - , day of 11Janua,
A.D. 1955.
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Vice ay or
Attest :
C. W cmlinson, City C erk
r 1st reading - December 8, 1954
B j�, 2nd eading - December 8, 19524
Deputy Ci y er 3rd reading - January 5, 1955
Posted - January 5, 1955
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
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.
1148, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 13.65 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 ;n 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 January, 1955,
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 February , A. D. 1955.
C . W. Tomlinson, City Clerk
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