1967-563ORDINANCE NO. 563
ORDINANCE OF CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AMENDING SECTION 20 -22 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF CITY OF SOUTH`MIAMI, FLORIDA,
THEREBY PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL USES IN
COMMERCIAL ZONES; PROVIDING ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO
SOME USES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE,
WHEREAS, after -a duly convened public hearing, the Planning
Board of the City has recommended amending Section 20 -22 of
the Code of'Ordinances of City-of South Miami, Florida, so as
to provide for additional uses in the commercial zones and
provide for additional conditions and restrictions, and
WHEREAS, after the holding of a duly advertised public
hearing, the City Council concurs with said 'recommendation and
finds that the proposed uses and restrictions are reasonable
and just;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF CITY
OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA: -_
1. Section 20 -22 of the Code of`Ordinances of the City
Of South Miami, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 20 -22. COMMERCIAL ZONES.
(1) RESTRICTIONS APPLYING TO ALL COMMERCIAL ZONES:
Each individual business shall have a minimum
frontage of fifteen feet.
New cons"truction'shall provide sidewalks, curbs
and gutters: Adequate provision'shall be made
for disposal•'of rainwater an .
d/or water used for
any purpose on the property Alteration or
addition to nonconforming "structures shall be
dependent "upon all requirements being`met as
would be required of a new structure. All
buildings in commercial zones shall be of masonry
construction and all business uses shall be con-
ducted within such building, and all stock and
equipment shall be stored within such building
unless otherwise provided by these regulations.
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ORDINANCE NO. (continued)
Whenever an area zoned for residential use abuts
any commercial zone, a five foot CBS or precast
louvered type wall shall be erected along the
property line of the commercial property. Where
a dedicated alley separates two districts it is
not required that this condition be met.
Property 'in residential, estate or agricultural
zones may not be used as access to commercial
pr�p;brty • Orily property in' commercial or
industrial zones may be used as access for
ingress or egress to property in commercial
classifications.
Loudspeakers may not be located outside of an
enclosed building nor may they be located so as
to serve area outside of an enclosed building.
SECTION 20 -22. COMMERCIAL; C -1
2. No land, body of water or structure `shall be used, or
permitted to be used, and no structure shall`be hereafter erected,
cot %structed, 'recdlid'fru6ted,- moved or structurally altered or
maintained for any purpose in a C=1 zone district which 'is de -.
signed, arranged or intended to be used or occupied for airy,.
other uses are hereb r �'
.,. a of the follawing uses, and all
purpose, exce t for one or mored. Unless specifically "stated
y p of�ibit
to'the contrary, all-uses listed shall be `for sale of new
merchandise within buildings of masonry construction ad all
stock and equipment shall be stored within the building:
use
Ever"
- y permitted in the 'previous RU and EU -zones upon the
same conditions stated in the zone permitting said user
Antique and "Curio Shops
Architects and Engineers
Art Goods and Brie- a -Brac Shops
Auditoriums
Automobile "'Parts and Accessories (retail only)
Bakery Shops (baking" "'permitted for goods sold on premises
only)
Banks (Drive -In or otherwise)
Barber Shops
Beauty Parlors
Book and Stationery Stores
Broadcasting Stations '(studios only)
Business and Professional Offices
Business Machines, Sales and Service
Carpet Sales
Cerainic'Products, China and Glassware
Clinics - Medical and Dental
Commercial Parking (Garages and Lots)
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ORDINANCE NO. (continued)
Confectionery and Ice Cream Stores. Walk -up trade,
curb service, or drive-in use shall require approval
after public hearing. The intent here is that a
public hearing shall be required in all cases except
where the commodity is dispensed within a building
and all consumption on the premises shall be within
the building.
Contractors Offices (no storage of materials or equip.)
Cosmetics, Perfumes, Toiletries
Dairy Products (drive-in use not permitted)
Dancing Acadamies (in sound -proof buildings. No
intoxicants permitted on premises)
Delicatessen,__.
Dental a -n'd "Opcal Laboratories
Department and Dry Goods Stores
.Detective Agencies
essmaking And Alteration Shops (custom only)
Drug and Sundry Stores
Electrical - Appliances
Fabric Shops
Florist Shops
Food and Vegetable Stores (no outside display permitted)
Furniture Stores (new merchandise only, no outside display)
Gift Shops
Grocery Stores
Haberdashery
Hardware Stores
Hat
Cleani'rig' and Blocking
Hobby Supplies
Hospitals
Interior Decorating and 'Drapery Shops - custom fab'ri-
cation oily
Jewelry Stores
Leather Goods Stores
Liquor Package Stores
Loan 'A` eaces `�„ ,
g (excluding Pawn Stops)
Lodges, Meeting Halls, Fraternities, Sororities and
other private meeting places not operated for profit
Luggage Shops
Medical Laboratories
Meat Markets (no live animals, birds or reptiles per-
mitted on premises)
Messenger Offices
Millinery Shops
Mimeographing and Letter Service, including offset
press work
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ORDINANCE NO. (continued)
Modiste, Wearing Apparel, Furriers
Music Stores
News Stands (to be conducted completely within building)
- Office Supplies
Offices
Optical Stores
Paint Stores
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Photographic Studios__1ncluding developing and printing
Picture Franiiig, Custom only
Post Offices
Premium Coupon Redemption'Stores
Radio & TV 'Stores
(sales and "repair)
Reducing Salons
Restaiirants' or Dining Rooms, but not "to include drive =in
or walk -up restaurants, where kitchen is secured or
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located altogether within an `enclosed building' or_
f=
room and''with'° am le 4
p provis'ioris for carrying away or
dissipating fumes, odors, smoke or nois "e, and where
premises are so arranged and "the" business `is s'o
conducted as not toibe ±offensive or obnoxious to
occu ants of ad oinin
P � g premises or to passersby.'
Per'., ted restaurants or dining rooms may serve
legal °malt, vinous or al'cholic beverages w ere such
service' s strictl incidental'to the serving of
live and frOO na s'er_vice bar only, and" provided no
food and from a ser
is presented. No sign or any
type or character shall be exhibited or displayed
a
to the outside deiiotirig` that malt, vinous, spiritu-
ous or other alcholic beverages are obtainable within.
Shoe Repair Shops
Shoe Stores
slot Car Tracks
Sporting iGoods toles
Stock Exchange and Brokerage Offices
Surgical and 'Orthopedic Appliances
Tail'or'` Shops
Telegraph Stations
Telephone Exchanges
Theaters and Motion Picture 'Houses (not including
drive -in theaters)
Ticket Offices
Tobacco Stores
Tropical Fish Sales
Travel Agencies
Wall Paper Stores
Watch Sales and Repair
Wearing Apparel or Costuming Stores
Wig Making, Custom only
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ORDINANCE NO. (continued)
SECTION 20 -22, COMMERCIAL; C -2
3.- No land, body of water or structure shall be used, or
permitted to be used, and no structure shall be hereafter erected,
constructed,-.reconstructed,,-moved or structurally altered or
maintained fr any purpose in a C -2 zone district which is
designed, arranged, or intended to be used or occupied for any
purpose, except for one or more of the following uses, and all
other uses 'ate h u hereby Unless specifically stated
to the listed shall be for sale of new
merchandise within buildings of masonry construction end all
stock and equipment shall be stored within the building.
Every use permitted in the previous RU, EUa'nd C -1 zones upon
the same conditions stated in the zone first permitting said use.
Air Conditioning Repair
Automobile Agencies for New Cars, incliiding 'sale of
used cars taken on tirade " "therewith, provided
the area used is' enclosed`by''a bu ldiilg'or a wall
not less than six feet nor more than eight `feet
in
w.
height,, said wall to be,painte`d grid permanently
maintained 'in an attractive'condition'.
Autcir6&6ile Storage, sale, or cars for hire (no repair -
perm`itted "65h premises)
Automobile Ti`re`s � " ° ` recapp "
(no ing'`permitted= installation
wit building only)
Automobile Washing "(steam cleaning not permitted)
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i Bait and Tackle Shops
Bars and Saloons
Bicsto" "age or display
sales, and repair (no outside
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Billiard Rooms and Pool Rooms
Boat Sales and Storage, provided'the a "rea'u`sed is
enclosed by a buildiTfcj 6r `a wall "not less `than
six feet nor more 'than eight feet in height, said
wall to be painted' and''permaneritly maintained in
an attractive condition
! Bowling Alleys, whieh'shall be located entirely within
a soundproof building -at least 100 feet from the
nearest residential zone
Catering `Serv'ices
Coin Laundries
Convention Halls
DAiiy`Stores, including drive -in windows
Driving "Schools
Dry Cleaning Plants using nori- inflammable solvents—in
self- contained dry cleaning units of the Prosperity
or Dietrick type, or equal
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ORDINANCE NO. (continued)
Electrical Repair Shops (domestic appliances only)
Employment Agencies, provided they are located not
less than 100 feet from adjacent properties of R
classification"
Express Companies
Food Storage Lockers
Lawn Maintenance and Spraying Operations, storage of
equipment to be within a' building or within a yard
enclosed by a masonry wall not less than six feet
nor more than eight feet in height, said wall to
be painted and maintained in an attractive condition
Lawnmower__ rental, sales and service (no outside storage
or display)_
Liquor Package Stores, including drive -in window
Material Storage Yards in connection with retail sales
of products where storage is incidental to use in
an existin buildin
9 =''on the 9 premises, provided all
products, materials and vehicles used are stored in
per,
such yard a`re enclosed by a masonry wall° riot less
than six Ieet'nor more than eight feet in height,
said wall to be painted and maintained in an
attractive conld-jao
Motor Fuel and `Oil Filling Stati''ons. Minor auto repairs
may be performed I cidental 'to the °sale of fuel and
(1) and the
of sL ark11M
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g p p ugs `and batteries
(3) Re lacemair and servicing, but no recapping
(2) Tire repair d= pipes, ent of snufflers and tail pipes, water
hose, fan belts, brake fluid, light` bulbs,
floor mats, seatcovers, windshield wipers
and replacement of grease retainers and wheel
bearings
(4) Radiator cleaning and flushing
(5) washing and polishing
(6) Gre yasin . g� and 1'ubrication
(7) Exchanging fuel pumps and installing 'fuel fines
(8) Mi "nor servicing or replacement of carbureators
(9) Emergency wiring repairs
(10) Adjusting brakes and installing exchange brake
shoes
(11) Tuning engines, with thie exception of 'grinding
'id iCk
valves cleaning carbon or removing the head
of engines and/or crankcases
(12) Rental of sin `le -axle lu +g" g a' e trailers
g g g (or U -Haul
type) from open lots; 'total of five trailers
permitted on the premises, one of which may
be exhibited for display purposes, balance of
which may be stored on premises, provided
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ORDINANCE NO. (continued)
they are suitably screened on all sides by a
CBS wall, a landscape screen or other method
to be approved by the director. This use shall
be subject to the approval of a plot use plan to
be submitted to the iffiiictor. The use shall be
approved only if the same does not interfere with
traffic conditions, entrance and exit driveways to
the service station. This regulation shall not be
interpreted to mean that more than five trailers
cannot be kept within an enclosed building
Photostatic and Blueprinting Services
Printing Shops
Studios for Artists and ScXdptors
Thrift Sho-ps, Chail"table 0-6-l"r,
Trade and Business Schools, excluding" _s'c'h'o6'l'8 for main-
tenance or repa1r-of internal combustion engines
Tropical Fish, wholesale
SECTION-20-22- COMMERCIAL C-3
4. No land, body of 'waiter or structure -i4haill- be used or
permief6d'to be 'used, and no structure shall be hereSftbr erected,
d, reconstructed, moved or structurally aff'6rib'd or
-cons Mete reconstru
maintained for an
y''purpose in a C-3 zone district which is
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desi'g'ned, arranged, or iKt led 'ed'be used or 6cc4ied &r any
purpose, except 'for 'one or more of the 'f 0_1:lbwin4 -uses. and all
other uses are hereby 'pr6hib ' it6d.
Uhle'ss specifically stated
to the contrary, all uses "listed sha . 11 be for sale of new
merchandise from within 'build inq 6f-mA , sonry 'construction an I d
all stock and equipment shall be st6red'within the building:
Every use permitted in the previous
RU, EU, C-1 And C-2 zones
upan the same conditions stated in the zone first I permitting
said use.
A n imia"d '' 9 -6 a:U t y ' Parlors and Boardi_6cj'!WfinelS
Anima -H
`1 ospitafs and Veterinary
ices
Armories
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Aufom'6_b1"ies, open lot sales and rd-ftals of cars, boats,
trailers and -trucks up to one and one-half tons,
subject to the following conditions:
plan (a) Th:J't a plot use plan be submitted to and meet
with the approval of the i8nih` Director, I who
shall require the same to
appl`cablb zo"
comply with all
niftL�JrIdWi`ati_ons; said plan to
include' among other things Ings, but "not be Almiited
thereto, location of buiidilnlg or buildiWqs type
and location of signs, parki�i4 areas, exits and
entrances, drainage, walls, fences, landscaping,
display area
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ORDINANCE NO.
(continued)
(b) That the type and location of lights and signs
meet with the approval of the director, so that
the installation of the same shall not be detri-
mental to adjacent areas, and shall not become
a traffic hazard. No stringer lights, pe,;nai,t.,
mehile or stable visual devices except as per-
mitted under point of sale sign regulations shall
be used or displayed.
(c) All vehicles located on-the lot must be in _usable
operating - and - saleable condition and no wrecked
vehicles shall be placed thereon.
(d) A landscaped buffer of at least 7 feet shall be
provided from all right-of-way lines. -
(e) That the use be established and maintained in
accordance with the approved plan.
(f) The occupational license may be revoked, modified
or changed for failure to comply with4applicable
.conditions after notice.
Automobile Painting - installations must have Dade County
Fire Code approval
Automobile Parts, 'used, from within a building only:
Automobile Repair - storage of vehicles to be with n'`a
building or enclosed.by a wall not less than 6 feet
and not more than 8, 'feet in7bAgfit, said wall to '-be
painted and permanently maintained in an attractive
condition
Automobile Top and "b`6'dy'Work - storage of vehicles to be
within'a building`or enclosed by a wall not less than
6 feet and no more than 8 "feet in hei'glKh said wall
to be painted and''permanently maintained in an
a ttractive'condition
Awning, Seat Covers and Cartops
Bakeries
Book Binding
Cabinet Makin'g', ' where not located nearer than 200 feet
to an "R° zone
Cigar and'Cigarette`Manufacturing
Cloth' Awning Alffl ' facture
Cold Storage Warehouses and Free Cooling Plants
Confectionery Manufacture
O .,d
Contractor Plants and'Stora`ge Yards, provide., d the area
used for either is enclosed by a build "- or a wall
�:.,
not less than 6'feet nor more than 8 feet in height,
said wall to be painted and permanently maintained
in an attractive condition
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ORDINANCE NO. (continued)•
Dance Halls,- within a sound -proof building
Driftwood Manufacture
Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Establishments
Feed "and- -Grain Stores
Glass Installation
Green Houses
Heavy Machinery Sales and Rental
Insect and Rodent Exterminating Agencies
Laundries
Leather Goods Manufacture , -no tanning permitted
Lumber Yards
Night Clubs
Optical Goods Manufacture
Outboard Motor Repair
Passenger Stations
Pawn Shops
Poultry Markets, no outside storage or dis'pl'ay
Publishing Companies
Cleaning', flW61Aii, Broad repair
Radio
casting Stations, towers,
power plants and other incidental and usual `uses
pertaining thereto
Roof "Spray Painting Equipment - to be stored within`
the building
Sea Food Stores, provided no such store is located within
200 feet °of` Residential zoned
Ji, � : a ti
Second''Hand Stores and Trading Posts - no outside dis-
play or storage permitted
Sharpening and Grinding Shops, where located not -nearer
than 20`0 feet "to Residential zones
Shooting'Galler es from with "n air conditioned,
sound =proof building"
Sign Painting' and Car Lettering, provided the area
used is en'losed'by a building or wall not less than
6 feet nor more than 8 feet in height, said wall to
be painted and maintained in an attractive condition
Tire Vulcanizing, retreading aid sale of used tires
Transfer and Moving Companies, including Warehouse
storage in conjunction 'therewith
Transmission and Muffler Shops
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ORDINANCE NO. (continued)
Trucks Storage, provided the area used is enclosed
by a building or wall not less than 6 feet nor
more than 8 feet in height, said wall to be
painted and maintained _ in an attractive condition
Upholstery Shops
Warehouses (must meet business parking requirements)
Wholesale business, sales rooms and storage,
The following uses-may be permitted after an ddvertUsed
public hearing for the purpose of determi- n4 the suitability
of the use on the site requiksted. A determination shadl'be
made- ass to the effect bf the use on the - public -health',- welfare
and safety and such conditions as may appear ppear desira]Ae.to
alleviate any detrimental , effect of the use may be imposed
upon those uses approved:
Auction Houses
Billboards
Bath and.Massa-ge Parlors
carnivals and 6' es
Commercial Breeding of Animals and Birds
Convalescent Homes
Crematories
Drive-in and Walk= Vp Restaurants
Foftu-Ife'Te'Ifing, Astrology and Palmistry
Fruit Stands
Funeral-Homes, Mortuaries and :Maus o l6umt
Health and Athletic Clubs
Nursing Homes of any ki nd
Poultry and Fish Hatcheries
Sanitotiums
Trailer Parks
It is the intent that this ordinance and every provision
thereof shall be considered separable, and the invalidity of
any section, clause, provision or portion or part of any section,
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ORDINANCE NO. 563 (continued)
clause, or provision of this ordinance shall not affect the
validity of any other portion of this ordinance.
This ordinance shall become effective upon -its adoption
in the manner prescribed by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of May,-A.D. 1967.
APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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