92-2826 Ordinance
ORDINANCE NO.
92-2826
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING MIAMI
BEACH CITY CODE CHAPTER 17A ENTITLED "RENTAL
HOUSING", ARTICLE II THEREOF ENTITLED
"DISCRIMINATION IN RENTAL HOUSING UNITS" BY
REPEALING PROVISIONS CONCERNING AGE
DISCRIMINATION REFERRED TO IN CODE SECTIONS
17A-S AND 17A-9; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA.
SECTION 1.
That Sections 17A-5 and 17A-9 in Chapter 17A of the Miami Beach
City Code entitled "Rental Housing", Article II thereof entitled
"Discrimination in Rental Housing units" reading as follows, are
hereby repealed in their entirety:
See. 17A s. reliey.
It io hereby declared to be the public policy of the City
of Uiami Beach that in order to continue to have Q
mixture of ci ~izcno and r:::aidento of all age groupo
w4:thin the city, and further in view of the limited
rental houoing accommodationo exioting within the city
for familieo with minor children, it io hereby declared
that oound public policy directo that diocrimination
againot familieo with children in reoidential rental
unito within the city ohould be prohibited.
It is
further declared to be againot public policy to
diocriminate in the oale of unito converted from rental
to condominium on the baoio of age of the propooed
reoidento.
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Soe. 17A 9. Tenant age peliey not prohibited.
(a) In reoidential buildingo otherwioe covered by thio
article, where the owner hao publicly eotabliohed and
carried out Q policy of renting exclusively to peroono
who are defined herein ao elderly, the owner or any other
peroon enumerated in oection 17A 6 hereinabove, ohall be
exempt from the provioiono of thio article, provided,
however, that deviation from or abandonment of the policy
shall automatically oubjeot the OWRer to all of the
provioioRo of thio artiole.
(b) Definition. Elderly perooRo. All perooRo who have
attained the age of oixty two or more ycaro.
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SECTION 2.
REPEALER
All Ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and
the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
SEVERABILITY
If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, then said holding shall in no way affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
SECTION 4.
EFFECTIVE DATE
on December 2
(10) days after its adoption,
This ordinance shall take effect
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
1st reading 11/8/92
2nd reading 12/2/92
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