HomeMy WebLinkAboutLTC 535-2025 - Court Victory in Arcadia Reyes v. State of Florida (City of Miami Beach)MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
LTC No. ______ _
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Ricardo J. Dopico, City Attorne y®
DATE: December 18, 2025
SUBJECT: Court Victory in Arcadia Reyes v. State of Florida (City of Miami Beach)
This purpose of this L TC is to inform you of the City's appellate victory in a challenge to
certain City parking ordinances.
The appellant, Arcadia Reyes, appearing on his own behalf (prose), appealed a decision
by the Miami-Dade County Parking Violations Bureau after being cited and adjudged
guilty for parking in a residential zone without the required permit. On appeal, the
appellant claimed that the City's policies of requiring residential-parking permits in certain
designated parking zones and its voluntary parking registration program for disabled
persons allegedly "restricts access to residential zones for unregistered disabled visitors"
in violation of state and federal law. The Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit -
Appellate Division issued a per curiam opinion affirming the violation.
On behalf of the City, the case was litigated entirely in-house by First Assistant City
Attorney Freddi Mack.
As always, please feel free to contact me or Rob Rosenwald for further information about
this or any City litigation matter.
RJD/fm/ag
535-2025