Ordinance 1245 ORDINANCE NO, 12145
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5 OF 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 1 : That Item 4 of Section 5 of Ordinance No, 289 of
The City of Miami Beach, Florida, reading as follows :
"4. Hotels consisting of one hundred (100) or
more guest rooms may contain cabarets and the
following service facilities, when designed and
intended for use solely and exclusively as an
incident to the principal hotel use, it having
been found and determined that such service facilities,
notwithstanding their commercial nature, are
necessary and convenient to the comfort and
convenience of hotel guests, to wit: Dance Studios,
barber shops, beauty shops, dining rooms, restaurants,
coffee shops, modistes, sale of wearing apparel,
furriers, millinery shops, antique shops, jewelry
stores, gift shops, telegraph stations, fruit
shippers, photograph galleries, tobacco, magazine,
newspaper and drug sundry shops, and valet and
massage service utilities, provided that said
cabarets 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 existence of such
cabaret or service facility, nor any activity of
whatsoever nature connected therewith shall be
visible at any time or in any manner from any public
street, avenue, 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 thoroughfare nor in-
directly 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 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 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 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 the 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
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
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 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 compliance 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
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 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 person, 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."
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows :
"LE. Hotels consisting of one hundred (100) or more
guest rooms may contain cabarets and the following
service facilities, when designed and intended for
use solely and exclusively as an incident to the
principal hotel use, it having been found and determined
that such service facilities, notwithstanding their
commercial nature, are necessary and convenient to
the comfortfand convenience of hotel guests, to wit:
Dance studios, barber shops, beauty shops, dining
rooms, restaurants, coffee shops, modistes, sale of
wearing apparel, furriers, millinery shops, antique
shops, jewelry stores, gift shops, telegraph stations,
florist shops, fruit shippers, photograph galleries,
tobacco, magazine, newspaper and drug sundry shops,
and valet and massage service utilities, provided that
said cabarets 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 existence of such
cabaret or service facility, nor any activity of
whatsoever nature connected therewith shall be visible
at any time or in any manner from any public street,
avenue, 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 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 and approved by the Chief Building Inspector,
and the door of any emergency exit provided for such
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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 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 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 the 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
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 compliance 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 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
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 person, 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."
SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That this ordinance shall go into effect immediately
upon its passage and posting as required by law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 6th day of February , A. D. 1957.
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1st reading - January 16, 1957
2nd reading - January 16, 1957
3rd reading - February 6, 1957
POSTED - February 7, 1957
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. 1245 , entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5 OF 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 7th day of February, 1957,
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 20th day of March , A.D. 1957 .
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