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66 1 ORDINANCE NO. _____ _ 2 3 An Ordinance creating Section 2-4.9 in Chapter 2, Article I, of the City of 4 South Miami's Code of Ordinances establishing an alternative enforcement 5 procedures for ordinances and statutes pursuant to Chapter 162, Florida 6 Statutes. 7 8 WHEREAS, the City of South Miami has been vested with home rwe power to enact 9 ordinances that do not conflict with state law; and 10 11 WHEREAS, the City of South Miami ("City") has previously enacted Section 2-24 and 12 2-25 pursuant to Chapter 162, Florida Statutes, which is a procedure primarily designed to 13 adjudicate violations of the City's building and zoning ordinances; and 14 15 WHEREAS, Chapter 162, Florida Statutes, provides an alternative code enforcement 16 procedure to that provided for a Code Enforcement Board or a Special Master procedures and 17 which authorizes imprisonment for violations of certain City ordinances; and 18 19 WHEREAS, this proposed ordinance will also provide the City's police department with 20 an alternative procedure for enforcement of civil citations issued in lieu of arrest for certain 21 misdemeanors and it will create an additional mechanism under the City's Code to enforce these 22 and other violations. 23 24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY 25 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA: 26 27 Section 1. Chapter 2, Article I, of the City of South Miami's Code of Ordinances, is 28 hereby amended to create a new Section 2-4.9 which shall read as follows: 29 30 31 Section 2-4.9 CODE ENFORCEMENT 32 (1) Intent: The intent of this Section is to provide an alternative to the Special Master code 33 enforcement process set forth in Section 2-24 and 2-25 and for the enforcement of codes 34 and ordinances of the City and all ordinances of Miami-Dade County and statutes of the 35 state that the City is authorized to enforce, unless an alternative enforcement method is 36 designated by an ordinance. 37 (2) Definitions: 38 a. As used in this Section, "code enforcement officer" means any designated 39 employee or agent of the City whose duty it is to enforce codes and ordinances 40 enacted by the county or municipality including law enforcement officers. 41 (3) Code Enforcement Officer: The City may designate certain of its employees or agents as 42 code enforcement officers. The training and qualifications of the employees or agents for 43 such designation shall be determined by the City. Employees or agents who may be 44 designated as code enforcement officers may include, but are not limited to code 45 inspectors. Designation as a code enforcement officer does not provide the code 46 enforcement officer with the power of arrest or subject the code enforcement officer to Page 1 of7 1 the provisions of ss. 943.085-943.255 unless the code enforcement officer is also a law 2 enforcement officer. Nothing in this Section amends, alters, or contravenes the provisions 3 of any state-administered retirement system or any state-supported retirement system 4 established by general law. 5 (4) Issuance of Citations. 6 a. Code enforcement officer are authorized to issue a citation to a person when, 7 based upon personal investigation, the officer has reasonable cause to believe that 8 the person has committed a civil infraction in violation of a duly enacted code or 9 ordinance and that the county court will hear the charge. lOb. Prior to issuing a citation, The code enforcement officer shall provide notice to 11 the person that the person has committed a violation of a code or ordinance and 12 shall establish a reasonable time period within which the person must correct the 13 violation if the violation is correctable. Such time period shall be no more than 30 14 days. If, upon personal investigation, a code enforcement officer finds that the 15 person has not corrected the correctable violation within the time period, the code 16 enforcement officer may issue a citation to the person who has committed the 17 violation. A code enforcement officer does not have to provide the person with a 18 reasonable time period to correct the violation prior to issuing a citation and may 19 immediately issue a citation if a repeat violation is found or if the code 20 enforcement officer has reason to believe that the violation presents a serious 21 threat to the public health, safety, or welfare, or if the violation is irreparable or 22 irreversible. 23 c. A citation issued by a code enforcement officer shall contain the following 24 information: 25 1. The date and time of issuance. 26 11. The name and address of the person to whom the citation is issued. 27 111. The date and time the civil infraction was committed. 28 IV. The facts constituting reasonable cause. 29 v. The number or section of the code or ordinance violated. 30 VI. The name and authority ofthe code enforcement officer. 31 V11. The procedure for the person to follow in order to pay the civil penalty or 32 to contest the citation. 33 V111. The applicable civil penalty if the person elects to contest the citation. 34 IX. The applicable civil penalty if the person elects not to contest the citation. 35 x. A conspicuous statement that if the person fails to pay the civil penalty 36 within the time allowed, or fails to appear in court to contest the citation, 37 the person shall be deemed to have waived his or her right to contest the 38 citation and that, in such case, judgment may be entered against the person 39 for an amount up to the maximum civil penalty. 40 (5) Enforcement: 41 a. After issuing a citation to an alleged violator, if the violator fails to pay the fine 42 within ten (10) days of issuance, and the code enforcement officer intends to seek 43 court enforcement, the officer shall deposit the original citation and one copy of 44 the citation with the county court. 45 b. The enforcement of the City Ordinances may include, but shall not be limited to, 46 the issuance of a citation, a summons, or a notice to appear in county court or Page 2 of7 1 arrest for violation of municipal ordinances as provided for in chapter 901. Unless 2 otherwise specifically authorized and provided for by law, a person convicted of 3 violating a City ordinance may be sentenced to pay a fme, not to exceed $500, 4 and may be sentenced to a defmite term of imprisonment, not to exceed 60 5 ~ 6 c. The code enforcement officer may issue a notice to appear at any hearing 7 conducted by a county court if the officer, based upon personal investigation, has 8 reasonable cause to believe that the person has violated a code or ordinance. A 9 notice to appear means a written order issued by a code enforcement officer in 10 lieu of physical arrest requiring a person accused of violating the law to appear in 11 a designated court or governmental office at a specified date and time. Prior to 12 issuing a notice to appear, a code enforcement officer shall provide written notice 13 to the person that the person has committed a violation of a code or ordinance and 14 shall establish a reasonable time period within which the person must correct the 15 violation if it is correctable. Such time period shall be no fewer than 5 days and 16 no more than 30 days. If, upon personal investigation, a code enforcement officer 17 finds that the person has not corrected the violation within the prescribed time 18 period, the officer may issue a notice to appear to the person who has committed 19 the violation. The code enforcement officer is not required to provide the person 20 with a reasonable time period to correct the violation prior to issuing a notice to 21 appear and may immediately issue a notice to appear if a repeat violation is found, 22 or if the code enforcement officer has reason to believe that the violation presents 23 a serious threat to the public health, safety, or welfare or that the violator is 24 engaged in violations of an itinerant or transient nature, as defined by the City's 25 code or ordinance, or if the violation is irreparable or m\'iiG. 26 27 (6) Any person who willfully refuses to sign and accept a citation issued by a code 28 enforcement officer shall be guiltv of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as 29 provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.rs~C!i31 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 (8) The provisions of this Section are additional and supplemental means of enforcing 37 the City's codes and ordinances and may be used for the enforcement of any code or 38 ordinance, or for the enforcement of all codes and ordinances. Nothing contained in this 39 Section shall prohibit the City from enforcing its codes or ordinances by any other 40 ru:~~ii:~t 41 42 43 Section 2. Codification. The significant provisions of this ordinance shall become and 44 be made part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of South Miami as amended; that the sections 45 of this ordinance may be renumbered or re-Iettered to accomplish such intention; and that the 46 word "ordinance" may be changed to "section" or other appropriate word. Page 3 of7 1 2 Section 3. Severability. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance is 3 for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this holding 4 shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. 5 6 Section 4. Ordinances in Conflict. All ordinances or parts of ordinances and all 7 sections and parts of sections of ordinances in direct conflict herewith are hereby repealed. 8 9 Section 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective upon enactment. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 PASSED AND ENACTED this __ day of _____ , 2015. ATTEST: CITY CLERK 1st Reading 2nd Reading READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM: LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND EXECUTION THEREOF CITY ATTORNEY Page 4 of7 APPROVED: MAYOR COMMISSION VOTE: Mayor Stoddard: Vice Mayor Harris: Commissioner Edmond: Commissioner Liebman: Commissioner Welsh: 1 162.21 Enforcement of county or municipal codes or ordinances; penalties.- 2 (1) As used in this section, "code enforcement officer" means any designated employee or 3 agent of a county or municipality whose duty it is to enforce codes and ordinances enacted by the 4 county or municipality. 5 (2) A county or a municipality may designate certain of its employees or agents as code 6 enforcement officers. The training and qualifications of the employees or agents for such 7 designation shall be determined by the county or the municipality. Employees or agents who 8 may be designated as code enforcement officers may include, but are not limited to, code 9 inspectors, law enforcement officers, animal control officers, or fire safety inspectors. 10 Designation as a code enforcement officer does not provide the code enforcement officer with 11 the power of arrest or subject the code enforcement officer to the provisions of ss. 943.085- 12 943.255. Nothing in this section amends, alters, or contravenes the provisions of any state- 13 administered retirement system or any state-supported retirement system established by general 14 law. 15 (3)(a) A code enforcement officer is authorized to issue a citation to a person when, based upon 16 personal investigation, the officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person has committed 17 a civil infraction in violation of a duly enacted code or ordinance and that the county court will 18 hear the charge. 19 (b) Prior to issuing a citation, a code enforcement officer shall provide notice to the person that 20 the person has committed a violation of a code or ordinance and shall establish a reasonable time 21 period within which the person must correct the violation. Such time period shall be no more 22 than 30 days. If, upon personal investigation, a code enforcement officer finds that the person has 23 not corrected the violation within the time period, a code enforcement officer may issue a 24 citation to the person who has committed the violation. A code enforcement officer does not 25 have to provide the person with a reasonable time period to correct the violation prior to issuing 26 a citation and may immediately issue a citation if a repeat violation is found or if the code 27 enforcement officer has reason to believe that the violation presents a serious threat to the public 28 health, safety, or welfare, or if the violation is irreparable or irreversible. 29 (c) A citation issued by a code enforcement officer shall be in a form prescribed by the county 30 or the municipality and shall contain: 31 1. The date and time of issuance. 32 2. The name and address of the person to whom the citation is issued. 33 3. The date and time the civil infraction was committed. 34 4. The facts constituting reasonable cause. 35 5. The number or section of the code or ordinance violated. 36 6. The name and authority of the code enforcement officer. 37 7. The procedure for the person to follow in order to pay the civil penalty or to contest the 38 citation. 39 8. The applicable civil penalty if the person elects to contest the citation. 40 9. The applicable civil penalty if the person elects not to contest the citation. 41 10. A conspicuous statement that if the person fails to pay the civil penalty within the time 42 allowed, or fails to appear in court to contest the citation, the person shall be deemed to have 43 waived his or her right to contest the citation and that, in such case, judgment may be entered 44 against the person for an amount up to the maximum civil penalty. 45 (4) After issuing a citation to an alleged violator, a code enforcement officer shall deposit the 46 original citation and one copy of the citation with the county court. Page 5 of7 1 (5) A county or a municipality is authorized to enforce codes and ordinances under the 2 provisions of this section and may enact an ordinance establishing procedures for the 3 implementation of such provisions, including a schedule of violations and penalties to be 4 assessed by code enforcement officers. If a county or municipality chooses to enforce codes or 5 ordinances under the provisions of this section, each code or ordinance or the ordinance enacted 6 by the county or municipality establishing procedures for implementation of this section shall 7 provide: 8 (a) That a violation of a code or an ordinance is a civil infraction . . 9 (b) A maximum civil penalty not to exceed $500. 10 (c) A civil penalty of less than the maximum civil penalty if the person who has committed the 11 civil infraction does not contest the citation. 12 (d) For the issuance of a citation by a code enforcement officer who has reasonable cause to 13 believe that a person has committed an act in violation of a code or an ordinance. 14 (e) For the contesting of a citation in county court. 15 (f) Such procedures and provisions as are necessary to provide for the enforcement of a code or 16 an ordinance under the provisions of this section. 17 (6) Any person who willfully refuses to sign and accept a citation issued by a code 18 enforcement officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as 19 provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 20 (7) The provisions of this part shall not apply to the enforcement pursuant to ss. 553.79 and 21 553.80 of the Florida Building Code adopted pursuant to s. 553.73 as applied to construction, 22 provided that a building permit is either not required or has been issued by the county or the 23 municipality. 24 (8) The provisions of this section are additional and supplemental means of enforcing county 25 or municipal codes or ordinances and may be used for the enforcement of any code or ordinance, 26 or for the enforcement of all codes and ordinances. Nothing contained in this section shall 27 prohibit a county or municipality from enforcing its codes or ordinances by any other means. 28 History.-s. 11, ch. 89-268; s. 7, ch. 94-291; s. 1444, ch. 95-147; s. 3, ch. 96-385; s. 4, ch. 98- 29 287;s. 115,ch.2000-141; s. 35,ch.2001-186; s. 4,ch. 2001-372. 30 31 162.22 Designation of enforcement methods and penalties for violation of municipal 32 ordinances.-The governing body of a municipality may designate the enforcement methods and 33 penalties to be imposed for the violation of ordinances adopted by the municipality. These 34 enforcement methods may include, but are not limited to, the issuance of a citation, a summons, . 35 or a notice to appear in county court or arrest for violation of municipal ordinances as provided 36 for in chapter 901. Unless otherwise specifically authorized and provided for by law, a person 37 convicted of violating a municipal ordinance may be sentenced to pay a fine, not to exceed $500, 38 and may be sentenced to a definite term of imprisomnent, not to exceed 60 days, in a municipal 39 detention facility or other facility as authorized by law. 40 History.-s. 1, ch. 94-255. 41 42 162.23 Notice to appear.- 43 (1) Notwithstanding s. 34.07, a code enforcement officer, designated pursuant to s. 162.21(1) 44 and (2), may issue a notice to appear at any hearing conducted by a county court if the officer, 45 based upon personal investigation, has reasonable cause to believe that the person has violated a 46 code or ordinance. A notice to appear means a written order issued by a code enforcement officer Page 6 of7 1 in lieu of physical arrest requiring a person accused of violating the law to appear in a designated 2 court or governmental office at a specified date and time. If a person issued a notice to appear 3 under this section refuses to sign such notice, the code enforcement officer has no authority to 4 arrest such person. 5 (2) Prior to issuing a notice to appear, a code enforcement officer shall provide written notice 6 to the person that the person has committed a violation of a code or ordinance and shall establish 7 a reasonable time period within which the person must correct the violation. Such time period 8 shall be no fewer than 5 days and no more than 30 days. If, upon personal investigation, a code 9 enforcement officer finds that the person has not corrected the violation within the prescribed 10 time period, a code enforcement officer may issue a notice to appear to the person who has 11 committed the violation. A code enforcement officer is not required to provide the person with a 12 reasonable time period to correct the violation prior to issuing a notice to appear and may 13 immediately issue a notice to appear if a repeat violation is found, or if the code enforcement 14 officer has reason to believe that the violation presents a serious threat to the public health, 15 safety, or welfare or that the violator is engaged in violations of an itinerant or transient nature, 16 as defmed by local code or ordinance within the jmisdiction, or if the violation is irreparable or 17 irreversible. 18 History.-s. 1, ch. 96-385; s. 7, ch. 99-360. 19 162.30 Civil actions to enforce county and municipal ordinances.-In addition to other 20 provisions of law authorizing the enforcement of county and municipal codes and ordinances, a 21 county or municipality may enforce any violation of a county or municipal code or ordinance by 22 filing a civil action in the same marmer as instituting a civil action. The action shall be brought in 23 county or circuit court, whichever is appropriate depending upon the relief sought. Counties and 24 municipalities are authorized and required to pay any counsel appointed by the court to represent 25 a private party in such action if the provision of counsel at public expense is required by the 26 Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Florida and if the party is 27 indigent as established pmsuant to s. 27.52. The county or municipality shall bear all court fees 28 and costs of any such action, and may, if it prevails, recover the court fees and costs and expense 29 of the court -appointed counsel as part of its judgment. The state shall bear no expense of actions 30 brought under this section except those that it would bear in an ordinary civil action between 31 private parties in county court. 32 History.-s. 87, ch. 2003-402. Page 7 of? MIAMI HERALD MiamiHerald.com SOAPBOX Residents should question proposal to increase density and widen Old Cutler Road Is it true? The supporters of the proposed land use change at Old Cutler Road and Southwest184th Street that would allow high density, four-story development there say that high density is necessary to accommo- date future population growth in Cutler Bay. They say we must widen Old Cutler Road. They say that high density development will boost the town's reve- nues from property taxes. But, is any of this true? A simple review of Cut- ler Bay's zoning map shows that the current zoning will accommodate at least 92,000 residents (34,000 dwelling units) in Cutler Bay -almost dou- ble today's population and more than enough to ac- commodate future growth without any land use or zoning change. Widening Old Cutler Road is foolish and irre- sponsible -any compe- tent traffic engineer will tell you that widening doesn't work. It just results in more traffic. And I can't help but think that the decline in property values of all the homes around this high density development could offset any tax reve- AJp'''' '='" ""'"", "( h ~t, N z-~,'''''::i2.:l ~'" nue generated by the de- velopment -maybe even resulting in a net loss in revenues. Let's hope our Town Council is not swayed and dazzled by the developer's empty rhetoric but instead think through all of the negative impacts of this proposed development and then vote to deny the land use change. This is my opinion; what do you think? Tell your elected officials. They were elected to protect your interests, not those of out-of-town corporate developers. -Steve Zarzecki, Cutler Bay CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI COURTESY NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY given tlmt the City Commission oftJle City of South Miami, florida will conduct Public I [earing:(~) at its regular City Commission mlW1ing ~beduled rOT Tuesd3V August 4 21115 beginning at 7:00 p.m., in the City COIIUuis.ion Chambers, 6130 Sunset Drive. to cOIlllidcrthc following it"ll1(5): An Ordinance amending the City of South Miami Land Development Code, Article VIII, titled ~Transit-Oriented Development District;' Section 20-8.3jC) to make corrections and add uses permitted in the other TODD districts to theTODD (PI) Public/Institutional zoning district ( An Ordinance creating Section 2-4.9 in c. hapter 2, Article I, of the City of South Miami~' Code of Ordinam;es establishing an alternative enfof{;ement procedures for ordinances and starutes pursuant to Chapter 162, Florida Statutes. An Ordinance amending Chapter 2, Article III, titled BOARDS AND COMMlmES, Sections 2-24 and 2-25 to accommodate the enforcement of civil citations issued for violation of certain misdemeanors, to bring the ordinances into compliance with Chapter 162, Florida Statures, to replace the schedule of fines with reference to City's Schedule of Fees and Fines and to otherwise update and clarify these Sections and provide a mechanism for the enforcement of all ordinances. A LL interested parties an: invited to <Ittend and win he heard For further information. please contact the City Clerk's Office at: 305-663·6340. Maria M. M~'J1endez. CMC City Clerk Purnuant to Florida Statutes 286.0105, the City h<"r~by ad'ises the public thaI if a peuon decides to appeal any decision made by this Board. 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An Ordinance creating Section 2-4.9 in Chapter 2,Article I,of t the City of South Miami's Code of Ordinances establishing an alternative enforcement procedures for 6Mihances andstatutes pursuantto Chapter 162,Florida Statutes. An Ordinance amending Chapter 2,Article III,titled BOARDS AND COMMITTEES,Sections 2-24 arid 2»2$to accommojdate the enforcement of civil citations issued for violation of certain misdemeanors,io bring the ordinances into compliance with Chapter 162,Florida Statutes,to replace the.schedule ofTines With reference to City's Schedule of Fees and Fines and to otherwise update arid clarity these Sections and provide a mechanism for the enforcement ofall ordinances, ALL interested parties are invitea'to attend andwHIberreard. j^furthenhforma^ 305-663-6M&:_——*- Maria M.Menendez,CMC Pursuant tcr Florida Statutes 286,0105,the City hereby advises the public that if a peison decides to appeal any decision made by this Board*Agency or Commission with respejst toanymatterconsidered at. its westing or hearing,heor she will need a record ofthe proceedings, and that for such purposei effected person may need to ensure thata verbatim record ofthe proceedings is made which Vecprd includes the testimony and evidence upon which theappeal ^to b&^aS?^^^M»«7/24 ._^_15-t28/£465553Mj