ORDINANCE 747ORDINANCE NO. 4-72-747
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,.
FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 9, CODE OF
ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO ELECTIONS BY
ADDING THERETO P SECTION 9-10 PROVIDING
FOR RUN-OFF ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF
MAYOR; EXPRESSING INTENT OF SEPARABILITY;;
EXPRESSING INTENT THAT SAME BE INCLUDED IN
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; DECLARING ORDINANCE
TO BE EMERGENT; AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE
DATE'
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 22 of the Charter of
the City of South Miami provides that run-off elections, if
necessary, for the office of Mayor be held within 30 days from
the canvas of the votes cast in an election; and
WHEREAS, said Section has not been implemented by
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, an election is scheduled for Tuesday, February
8, 1972 and one candidate for Mayor may not receive a majority
of the votes oast for Mayor;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED ;BY'THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That Chapter 9, Code of Ordinances, City
of South Miami, Plorida, is hereby amended by adding thereto as
Section 9-10 the following:
l'see.9-10. Run-off elections tar Mayor.
in the event no candidate for Mayor sha i
receive a niaJori ty of the votes east for
mayor in a general or uneeiai election, a
rnn-tiff election, shall be 'held on the seeond.
Tudsday f6ildwittl gueh genertil or special
election. Kun-oflf elections shall be conducted
in the mAhftde ptotaddd in chjjtt -e 9 hAreoft
mecept as ;fo la
Iya) The reg1strdU6ft b k gh-111 mitt b� edtterted
prior Lfo t'ke ftan-off @fie to 4
or le'6 of vleckatoa s1k.al1
bo-
LplblfttkEd off foaly tznt' ttgn vzaln 1 d'17a prior
t,
Section 2. If any section, sentence, clause,,
phrase, or word of this ordinance is for any reason held or
declared to be unconstitutional, inoperative or void, such holding
or invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this
ordinance; and it shall be construed to have been the intent
of the Council of the City of South Miami to pass this ordinance
without such unconstitutional, invalid, or inoperative part
therein; and the remainder of this ordinance, after the ;ex-
clusion of such part or parts shall be deemed and held to be
valid as if such parts had not been included therein.
Section 3. It is intended that this ordinance be
permanent in nature and shall be included in the Code of
ordinances, City of South Miami, Florida.
Section 4. Necessity in passage of this ordinance
being emergent as set forth above, reading hereof at a second
meeting shall not be required.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect January
19, 1972, and shall apply to all general and special elections
held subsequent to said date.
PASSED and ADOPTED this lSth day of January, 1972.
Atteatr
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APPROVED.-
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