HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2021-4447 ORDINANCE NO. 2021-4447
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE
CITY CODE, ENTITLED "BUILDING REGULATIONS," BY AMENDING
ARTICLE VII, ENTITLED "PERMITS APPLIED FOR ON OR AFTER
MARCH 1, 2002," BY CREATING SECTION 14-600, ENTITLED
"DELIVERY OF ENGINEERING REPORTS," CREATING SECTION
14-600 TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY TO THE CITY OF BUILDING
ENGINEERING REPORTS WHICH REFLECT BUILDING
CONDITIONS, INCLUDING STRUCTURAL AND LIFE SAFETY
COMPONENTS; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY,
CODIFICATION AND FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, Florida (the "City")
finds that it is necessary to further enhance the monitoring of building conditions within
the City to ensure compliance by private property owners with life safety requirements of
the Florida Building Code and applicable Miami-Dade County and City Ordinances; and;
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the timely delivery of engineering
reports to the City as provided herein will serve to promote the health, safety and welfare
of the residents of the City.; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 14, Article VII, of the Code of the City of Miami Beach is
hereby amended by creating Section 14-600, as follows:
CHAPTER 14
BUILDING REGULATIONS
ARTICLE VII. DIVISION 5 — ENGINEERING REPORT
Section 14-600 - Delivery of Engineering Reports.
(a) The duties imposed by this Section are applicable to any engineer retained by
a private property owner to assess the structural and life safety components of
private property.
(b) The engineer's report described in paragraph (a) above shall be filed with the
City officials within 24 hours of the delivery of said engineer's report by the
engineer. The filing shall be accomplished by hand delivery to the Office of the
City's Building Official and City Manager at City Hall 1700 Convention Center
Drive Miami Beach FL 33139 and by email filing at the following link:
build ingviolations(abmiamibeachfl.gov or other link provided for this purpose on
the City's website Engineer's reports which have been provided to a
Responsible Person before the effective date of this Section shall be filed by
the Responsible Person with the City within 24 hours of City's written request.
c Penalty. A violation of this Ordinance by the engineer shall be subject to the
penalties provided in Section 30-74 of the City Code. This Ordinance shall also be
subject to enforcement under the code enforcement process provided by Chapter
30 Article III — Enforcement Procedure of the City Code as amended from time to
time.
SECTION 2. REPEALER.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances and all sections and parts of sections in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid, the
remainder shall not be affected by such invalidity.
SECTION 4. CODIFICATION.
It is the intention of the Mayor and City Commission, and it is hereby ordained that
the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of the City
of Miami Beach as amended that the sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or
relettered to accomplish such intention, and the word "ordinance" may be changed to
"section," "article," or other appropriate word.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days following adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of f(-10bff' , 2021.
ATTEST:
Dan Gelber, Mayor
OCT 1 5,2021
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk = �P.
S onsored b Commissioner Mick Steinber Iwo ORATED APPROVED AS TO
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MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Rafael A. Paz,Acting City Attorney
DATE: October 13, 2021
10:25 a.m.Second Reading Public Hearing
SUBJECT:AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE CITY
CODE, ENTITLED "BUILDING REGULATIONS," BY AMENDING ARTICLE
VI I, ENTITLED "PERMITS APPLIED FOR ON OR AFTER MARCH 1, 2002,"
BY CREATING SECTION 14-600, ENTITLED "DELIVERY OF
ENGINEERING REPORTS," CREATING SECTION 14 600 TO REQUIRE
THE DELIVERY TO THE CITY OF BUILDING ENGINEERING REPORTS
WHICH REFLECT BUILDING CONDITIONS, INCLUDING STRUCTURAL
AND LIFE SAFETY COMPONENTS; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER,
SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATIONAND FORAN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ANALYSIS
Pursuant to the request of Commissioner Micky Steinberg,the attached Ordinance is submitted
for consideration by the Mayor and City Commission at the September 17, 2021 Commission
Meeting.
SUPPORTING SURVEY DATA
N/A
Is this a"Residents Right Does this item utilize G.O.
to Know" item pursuant to Bond Funds?
City Code Section 2-14?
No No
Legislative Tracking
Office of the City Attorney
Sponsor
Commissioner Micky Steinberg
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