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ORDINANCE NO. ____ _
An Ordinance relating to the City's Historic Preservation Board,
amending Section 20-6.1(D)(4)(a) i and iii; changing the number of
members required to constitute a quorum from five members to three
members.
WHEREAS, the City's Historic Preservation Board does not currently have its
full complement of nine (9) members established by Section 20-6.1(D)(1)(a) of the Land
Development Code; and
WHEREAS, on several occasions Board members have expressed concerns that
the current quorum requirements of five (5) members makes it difficult to conduct the
Board's business; and,
WHEREAS, an amendment to the Board's quorum and voting procedures
enumerated in Section 20-6. 1 (D)(4)(a) i and ii, to specifY that a quorum consists of three
(3) members would help assure that the Board could continue to address Historic
Preservation issues in the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 20-6.1 (D)( 4( a) i and ii of the City's Land Development Code is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 20-6.1 -Administrative Entities
(D) Historic Preservation Board
(4) Procedures.
33 (a) Quorum and voting.
34 i. A quorum shall be five (5) three (3) members.
35 ii. An affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be
36 required to pass upon any matter on which the board is required to act
37 under this Code.
38 iii. In instances when the board considers a designation report, a quorum
39 shall consist of five (5) three (3) members, at least one (1) of whom shall
40 be an architect.
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Section 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval
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2 PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of 2012.
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8 CITY CLERK MAYOR
9 1st Reading
10 2nd Reading
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12 READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM
13 LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND
14 EXECUTION THEREOF: Commission Vote
15 Mayor Stoddard:
16 Vice Mayor Liebman:
17 Commissioner Newman:
18 CITY ATTORtl\JEY Commissioner Harris:
19 Commissioner Welsh
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