Ord No 19-16-2252ORDINANCE NO.19-16-2252
An Ordinance of the City of South Miami establishing a moratorium on the
subdivision of parcels of land pending the adoption of an amendment to the City's
Land Development Code,Section 20-4.2,governing subdivision of land.
WHEREAS,theCityCommissionhasexpressedconcernsastothemannerand
procedurethroughwhichpropertyintheCity of SouthMiamiisbeingsubdivided;and
WHEREAS,theCity Commission hasbeenintheprocess of amending 20-4.2forovera
year;and
WHEREAS,on March 15,2016,theCity Commission passed,onfirst reading
amendments to Sections 20-5.17 and 20-4.2,of the City's Land Development Code;and
WHEREAS,on April 12,2016,the Planning Board reviewed the proposed ordinances
and recommended that thelotsplit ordinance be adopted with amendments,andthe other
ordinance not be enacted;and
WHEREAS,itis anticipated thattheCity Commission will address the ordinance on
thi
and
fourth reading on July 19th,2016 and itis anticipated that the ordinances may need a fifth reading;
WHEREAS,the Mayor and Commission desire to maintain thestatusquountilthe
ordinances canbe approved or rejected bytheCity Commission.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,FLORIDA:
Section 1.TheCityherebyenactsa temporary moratorium onthe processing of any
applications forthe subdivision of landintheCity.The moratorium shallexpireon August 19,
2016_or thedate that theCity Commission enacts or rejects an amendment to section 20-4.2 of the
Land Development Code,whichever occursfirst,providedthe expiration datehasnotbeen
extendedbyresolutionasprovidedherein.TheCityCommissionmayextendtheexpirationdate
foran additional 30daysby written resolution inthe event that section 20-4.2 hasnotbeen
enacted or rejected by August 19,2016.
Section 2.Determination of Vested Rights or Denial of All Economic Use.
(A)Nothing inthisOrdinanceshallbeconstruedorappliedtoabrogatethe
vestedright of apropertyownertocompletesubdivision of aparcelwheretheproperty
ownercandemonstratebysubstantialcompetentevidenceeach of thefollowing:
1.A governmental action occurred prior tothe effective date of this
Resolution uponwhichthepropertyownerhas detrimentally relied,ingoodfaith,
by making substantial expenditures;and
2.It would behighlyinequitabletodenythe property owner therightto
complete the subdivision of the owner's land.
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(B)Any property owner claiming vested rights or denial ofalluseunderthis
Resolution mustfilean application withtheCity Commission fora determination within
90 days afterthe effective dateofthis Resolution.Thetimelimitfor filing an application
shall be jurisdictional.The application shall contain a sworn statement astothebasis
upon which the vested rights or denial ofalluseare asserted,together with
documentation requiredbytheCityandanyother documentary desirestosupportthe
claim.Each document submitted shallhave,attached toitorbe accompanied by,a sworn
statementattesting,underpenaltyof perjury,tothetruthofthefactscontainedinthe
documentandattestingthatthe document,ifacopy,isatrueandaccurateduplicateof
theoriginal.TheCity Commission shallholdapublichearingonthe application and,
baseduponthe competent substantial evidence presented atthe hearing,shallmakea
determinationastowhetherthepropertyownerhasestablishedavestedright.
Section 3.Judicial Review.Judicial review of final decisions bytheCity Commission
underSection1aboveshallbebyfilinganactioninCircuitCourtandunderSection2ofthis
Ordinanceshallbebythefiling of aPetitionforWritofCertiorariintheCircuitCourtofthe
EleventhJudicialCircuitinandforMiami-DadeCountyin accordance withtheFloridaRules of
AppellateProcedureforthereviewofthe quasi-judicial decisionsof municipalities.
Section 4.Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies.No property ownerclaimingthat
thisOrdinance,asapplied,constitutesorwouldconstituteatemporaryorpermanenttakingof
privatepropertyoranabrogationofvestedrightsmaypursuesuchclaimincourt,unlessheorshe
hasfirstexhaustedtheapplicableadministrativeremediesprovidedinSections2 of this
Ordinance.
Section 5.Severability.Ifanysectionclause,sentence,orphrase of thisordinanceisfor
anyreasonheldinvalidor unconstitutional byacourt of competent jurisdiction,theholdingshall
notaffectthe validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 6.Effective Date.This Ordinance shallbe effective immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ENACTED this 2nd day of August 2016.
lstReadingr 7/12/16
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Mayor Stoddard:y
Vice Mayor Welsh:Yea
CommissionerHarris yea
Commissioner Liebman:]\jay
Commissioner Edmond:Yea
24SE NEIGHBORS SUNDAY JULY 24 2016
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CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
COURTESY NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY giventhattheCityCommissionoftheCity of SouthMiami,
FloridawillconductPublicHearing(s)atitsregularCityCommissionmeeting
scheduledforTuesday,August 2,2016,beginningat7:00p.m.,intheCityCommission
Chambers,6130 Sunset Drive,to consider thefollowingitem(s):
AResolutionoftheMayorandCity Commission oftheCity of SouthMiami,
Florida,placingaquestionontheballotforTuesday,November 8,2016,
PresidentialElection,tocorrectlanguagemadeobsoletebystatelaworprevious
charter changes,andto clarify existing Charter language without changein
functionorintentbyamendingArt.II,Sec.8.A,Art.Ill,Sec.5.E,Art.IV Sec.
2.B,Art.IV,Sec.2.C.,Art.V,Sec.l.B.4-5,Art.V,Sec.5.B.,Art.V;Sec.6.,
includinganeffectivedatefortheamendment,anddirectingtheCityClerkto
incorporate the amendment intothe Charter andtofiletherevised charter with
the Florida Department of State;providing ballot language and directing the City
Clerktotakeall necessary actions to carry outthe provisions of this resolution.
A Resolution of theCity of South Miami,Florida,placing a question onthe
ballotforTuesday,November 8,2016,PresidentialElection,toamendtheCity
Charter.Article Jl,SECTION6,subsectionDVotingProcedure,toreducethe
numberofvotesnecessarytomakeland use anddevelopmentregulationsless
restrictivefortheMadisonSquareaffordablehousingproject.
A Resolution of theCity of SouthMiami.Florida,placing a non-binding ballot
questionontheTuesdayNovember8,2016.PresidentialElectionballot,to
determinewhether the voterssupportthebuilding of*anewCityHall,Police
StationandLibraryusingthevalueoftheexistingLibrary and/or CityHall/Police
Station property,andhowsurplusfundsfromsuchatransactionshouldbespent.
AnOrdinanceamendingChapter I,Section1-8 of theCityofSouthMiami's
CodeofOrdinancesregardinggeneralpenaltiesforoffenses.
AnOrdinanceamendingChapter 5,ArticleI,Section5-1oftheCityofSouth
Miami'sCodeof Ordinances protecting wild parrots,theirnestingtreesand
theireggsand establishing criminalpenaltiesand enforcement procedures.
/An Ordinance establishing a moratorium on the subdivision ofparcels of land \
/pending the adoption of an amendment to the City's Land Development Code,J
I Section 20-4.2,governing subdivision ofland and buildable sites./
ALLinterestedpartiesareinvitedtoattendandwillbeheard.
Forfurtherinformation,pleasecontacttheCityClerk'sOfficeat:305-663-6340.
Maria M.Mcnendez,CMC
CityClerk
PursuanttoFloridaStatutes 286.0105,theCityherebyadvisesthepublicthatifa persoD decidesto
appealany decision made bythisBoard.Agency or Commissiou withrespecttoanymatterconsidered
atitsmeetingor hearing,heorshewillneeda record of the proceedings,andthatforsuch purpose,
affected pcn>onmayneedtoensurethataverbatimrecord of the proceedings ismadewhichrecord
includesthetestimonyand evidence uponwhich the appealistobebased.
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Public Notice
The Public is advised thatthe SouthA Municipal AdvisoryCommittee (MAC)will be holding a meeting
on Tuesday,July 26,2016 at 6:30 P.M.at Deerwood Bonita Lakes Park,14445 SW 122nd Avenue,
Miami,33186.
The MAC will be evaluating the potential incorporation ofthearea into a separate municipality;it will also
be meeting with staff to discuss the County's concerns regarding any adverse impact to the remaining
unincorporated municipal service areaor other regional municipal-type services that could occur dueto
anysuchincorporation.
TheMAC areais generally bounded as follows:
NORTHERN MOST BOUNDARY:
SW 120thStreet
SOUTHERNMOST BOUNDARY:
SW 232nd Street
EASTERN MOSTBOUNDARY:
US1
WESTERNMOSTBOUNDARY;
SW 157th Avenue
(Boundaries onlyinclude areaswithin
County Commission District 9forstudyarea)
The public is Invited toshareits thoughts on Incorporation,the proposed boundaries,services it wishes to
seeenhancedandany additional information thatmayassistthe MAC Inits deliberations.
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