98-22797 RESO
RESOLUTION NO. 98-22797
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA REPEALING
RESOLUTION NOS. 96-21897 AND 97-22450 AND
PROVIDING AN AMENDED INTERPRETATION OF THE
PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE V ENTITLED "NAMING OF
PUBLIC FACILITIES AND STREETS" OF CHAPTER 39 OF
THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE ENTITLED "STREETS,
SIDEWALKS, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES" TO PROHIBIT
THE "CO-NAMING" OR "SUB-NAMING" OF PUBLIC
FACILITIES AND MAIN STREETS ABSENT REFERENDUM,
TO PROHIBIT THE "CO-NAMING" OF STREETS OR
PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR PERSONS UNDER ONE
HUNDRED (100) YEARS OF AGE, AND FURTHER TO
PROHIBIT THE "CO-NAMING" OR "SUB-NAMING" OF
ANY STREETS WITHIN OR OWNED BY THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH.
WHEREAS, Article V, Sections 39-24 through 39-27 of Chapter 39 of the Miami Beach
City Beach Code provides for the "naming" of new public facilities and streets and for the
"renaming" of existing public facilities or streets within or owned by the City of Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, Sections 39-24 through 39-27 of Chapter 39 of the Miami Beach City Code
do not provide for the "co-naming" or "sub-naming" of streets or public facilities within or owned
by the City of Miami Beach; and
WHEREAS, Section 39-27 of the City Code provides, inter alia, for referendum approval
of the naming of a public facility or main street; and
WHEREAS, on July 2, 1997, the Miami Beach City Commission passed and adopted
Resolution 97-22450, interpreting the provisions of Section 39-27 so as to allow the "co-naming"
or "sub-naming" of public facilities or main streets without adhering to the provisions in Section 39-
27 which require referendum approval; and
WHEREAS, Section 39-26(d) of the City Code provides that streets and public facilities
shall not be "named" for living persons unless such persons are over one hundred (100) years of
ages; and
WHEREAS, on February 20, 1996, the Miami Beach City Commission passed and adopted
Resolution No. 96-21897 interpreting City Code Section 39-26 so as not to prohibit the "co-naming"
of a street or public facility after a living person under one hundred (100) years of age; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission have determined that it is in the best interest
of the City of Miami Beach to no longer interpret the provisions of Chapter 39 of the Miami Beach
City Code as provided in Resolution Nos. 96-21897 and 97-22450; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach further wish to
interpret the provisions of Chapter 39 of the Miami Beach City Code so as to prohibit the "co-
naming" or "sub-naming" of any streets within or owned by the City of Miami Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA that Resolution Nos. 96-21897
and 97-22450 are hereby repealed in their entirety and further, the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach hereby find and determine that the provisions of Chapter 39 entitled
"Street, Sidewalks, and Public Facilities" in Article V thereof, entitled "Naming of Public Facilities
and Streets" prohibit the "co-naming" or "sub-naming" of any streets within or owned by the City
of Miami Beach.
day of
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,1998.
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. ~
TO:
Mayor Neisen Kasdin and
Members of the City Commi~
Murray H. Dubbin h~ ~\iS
CIty Attorney I ~~\
DATE: June 17, 1998
FROM:
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SUBJECT: RESOLUTION REPEALING RESOLUTION NOS. 96-21897 AND 97-22450
AND REPEALING POLICIES PROVIDING FOR CO-NAMING AND SUB-
NAMING OF CITY STREETS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES
Pursuant to the recommendation of The Neighborhoods Committee, the attached Resolution
repealing the policies allowing for the co-naming or sub-naming of streets and public facilities is
submitted for your consideration.
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