Ordinance 87-2542 ORDINANCE NO. 87-2542
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 25-2 OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,
PROVIDING FOR CITY MANAGER APPROVAL FOR
HELICOPTER LANDINGS ON MIAMI BEACH; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
SECTION I: That Section 25-2 of the City Code of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 25-2 . Aircraft - Minimum height over
city; exceptions.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
operate, fly or cause to be operated any kind of
aircraft, except a balloon, over any part of the
city at a height of less than one thousand feet
above the surface of land or water over which such
craft may be operated or flown; provided, that
nothing contained in this section shall be deemed
to regulate the height at which any aircraft is
used by any governmental authority for the purpose
of spraying insecticides , when a helicopter is
being used for life-saving operations under
emergency conditions or when landing on or taking
off from a police department heliport/helistop or
is a police department helicopter, or to prohibit
the landing of a helicopter engaged in the
carriage and delivery of United States mail or
newspapers; and further provided, that the city
commission manager may, in special cases, grant
permission for an exception from the provisions of
this section and, at ire his discretion, may
require such insurance or surety bond as may be
appropriate to protect the safety of the city and
its residents against any and all liabilities .
Where city ee rissiei manager approval is
requested, under the provisions of this section ,
special consideration shall be given to the
operation of a helicopter and the establishment of
a helipad which will augment promotion activities
directed at obtaining conventions and hotel
business . However , no person , agent , or
corporation representing any hotel shall operate a
helicopter for commercial purposes or otherwise
obtain direct profit through the lease, rental, or
charter of such aircraft . In addition, no person,
agent, or corporation representing any hotel with
less than three hundred fifty rooms shall be
permitted to operate a helicopter under the
provisions of this section. Operation of any such
helicopter service shall be subject to the
issuance of a revocable permit by the city
eemtm esgers manager and in granting such permit,
the city ee tffrissiers manager shall impose such
terms and conditions as is necessary to protect
the health , safety and welfare of the city ' s
residents and tourists .
SECTION 2 : That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
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SECTION 3 : SEVERABILITY : If any section , sub-section ,
sentence , clause , phrase , or portion of this
Ordinance is , for any reason , held invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction , such portion shall be deemed a
separate , distinct and independent provision and
such hold shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4 : This Ordinance shall take effect 10 days after
adoption on March 28 , 1987 .
PASSED and ADOPTED this 18th day of March , 1987 .
YOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
1st Reading - March 4, 1987
2nd Reading - March 18, 1987
Words in etf- e+e through type are deletions from existing
Ordinance;
Words in underscored type are additions .
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