16South Miami
To: The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
Via: Hector Mirabile, Ph.D., City Manager / p
From: Victor Citarella, P ,, Building Department Director
Date: March'15, 2011 Agenda Item No:
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of South
Miami, Florida, amending Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of South Miami to remove the wording South Florida Building Code and
adopting the Florida Building Code and all other codes adopted by the
Florida Building Code as the city codes together with all amendments
thereinafter made, and all subsequent editions, to said codes; providing for
severability; providing for ordinances in conflict; providing an effective date.
BACKGROUND:
Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of South Miami provides for Building
regulations that protect the safety, health and welfare of its citizens, and Section 7 -1 provides for
the adoption of the South Florida Building Code and other codes. The South Florida Building
Code, with jurisdiction over Palm Beach, Miami -Dade and Monroe counties, has been replaced
by the Florida Building Code, with state -wide jurisdiction, which adopts other related codes.
It is required to replace the South Florida Building Code with the Florida Building Code with all
amendments thereinafter made and all subsequent editions to the Florida Building Code at the
time they are published.
PROPOSED CITY CODE AMENDMENT:
Change Section 7.1 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of South Miami, to read as follows:
"Chapter 7
BUILDINGS
Sec. 7.1 Adoption of 9##&-Florida Building Code and other codes.
The Florida Building Code, is adopted as the building code of the City of South
Miami, together with the provisions of Part V, Chapter 553 of the Florida Statutes and all
codes adopted by the Florida Building Code
Tkffeirs, the
REP t respectively, as the city's codes for aoeessibiI43� of
together
with all amendments thereinafter made, and all subsequent editions, to said codes."
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the South Florida Building Code previously adopted by the City of South
Miami, be replaced by the Florida Building Code and all its adopted codes. The attached draft
ordinance should be adopted on first reading.
Attachment
Draft Ordinance
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ORDINANCE NO.
An Ordinance of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of South
Miami, Florida, amending Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of South Miami to remove the wording South Florida Building
Code and adopting the Florida Building Code and all other codes
adopted by the Florida Building Code as the city codes together with
all amendments thereinafter made, and all subsequent editions, to
said codes; providing for severability; providing for ordinances in
conflict; providing an effective date.
WHEREAS, Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of South Miami
provides for Building regulations that protect the safety, health and welfare of its citizens,
and Section 7 -1 provides for the adoption of the South Florida Building Code and other
codes; and
WHEREAS, the South Florida Building Code has been replaced by the Florida
Building Code which adopts all other related codes, and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Commission want to replace the South
Florida Building Code with the Florida Building Code with all amendments thereinafter
made and all subsequent editions to the Florida Building Code at the time they are
published.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1: That the Mayor and City Commission authorize the change of Section 7 -1
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of South Miami as follows:
Chapter 7
BUILDINGS
Sec. 7.1 Adoption of goo&Florida Building Code and other codes.
The Florida Building Code, is adopted as the building code of the City of
South Miami, together with the provisions of Part V, Chapter 553 of the Florida
Statutes and
respectively, as
the city's codes d life safety , together with all amendments
thereinafter made, and all subsequent editions, to said codes.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
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Section 3. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance is for any
reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this
holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be effective immediately after the adoption hereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this—, day of 2011.
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Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Newman:
Commissioner Palmer:
Commissioner Beasley:
Commissioner Harris: