08-21-07 Item 64/
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3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
4 CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, RELATING TO ALARM
5 SYSTEMS; AMENDING SECTION 15 -4.7 ENTITLED "FALSE ALARM
6 SERVICE CHARGES, ENFORCEMENT AND REVOCATION
7 PROVISIONS" BY EXEMPTING SENIOR CITIZENS FROM FALSE
8 ALARM CHARGES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, ORDINANCES
9 IN CONFLICT, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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12 WHEREAS, Sectionl5 -4.7 of the City of South Miami Code of Ordinances imposes a
13 service charge for the second and every subsequent false alarm; and,
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15 WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission recognize that residential burglar alarm
16 systems are a valuable crime deterrent and. provides safety and security to the businesses and
17 residents of the City of South Miami; and,
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19 WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission recognizes that many senior citizens live
20 on fixed incomes and that the service charges associated with false alarms could pose a financial
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23 WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission desire to assist those residents by
24 amending Section 15 -4.7 to provide an exemption to senior citizens from false alarm charges.
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26 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
27 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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29 Section 1. Section 15 -4.7 of the City's Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as
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32 Section 15 -4.7 "False alarm service charges; enforcement and revocation provisions."
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35 (b) The activation f false alarms within a permit year will be handled according to the
36 following escalating service fee schedule:
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39 (3) Nothing within this chapter shall preclude the police department from
40 responding to panic or ambush alann signals, calls describing emergencies or crimes in progress,
41 or routine calls for service. However, nothing in this chapter may be construed to create a duty
42 to respond in any circumstances where such a duty does not exist pursuant to statutory or
43 common law of the State.
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f4) No fee for false alarms shall be charged to a residential alarm user, who
has registered, is over the age of sixty two, is the primary resident of the residence provided
however, no business is conducted in the residence.
Section 2. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance is for any
reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 3. All ordinances or pants of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be codified and included in the Code of Ordinances.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon enactment.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this — day of , 2007.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Luis R. Figueredo,
Nagin Gallop Figueredo, P.A.
Office of City Attorney
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APPROVED:
1St Reading –
2nd Reading
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COMMISSION VOTE:
Mayor Feliu:
Vice Mayor Wiscombe:
Commissioner Birts:
Commissioner Palmer:
Commissioner Beckman:
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Thomas Aquinas High
School and Cynthia Latika
Toussaint of Noriand
Senior High School were
recognized for their leader -
ship skills, career explora-
tion, self - improvement and
service.
MARIE WALSH SHARPE
ART FOUNDATION
Johad Ellis of Design
and Architecture Senior
High School, and Sheena
Kilmoski, Roman Arevelo
and Cathryn Garcia -Meno-
cal of New World School
of the_ Arts were awarded a
full- tuition, room - and - board
scholarship to attend the
Marie Walsh Sharpe Art
Foundation Summer Seminar
Program:
NORTH BAY 'VILLAGE
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Optimist Club of
North Bay Village awarded
$1,000 scholarships to the fol-
lowing Miami -Dade high
school students:
Julio Tenorio of Miami
Beach Senior High School,
Gabrielle Keane of North.
Miami Beach High School,
Jesus `,Acosta of Miami
Senior High School, Darrly
,Abraham of New World
School of the Arts and Mir-
iam Nek of Hialeah High
School
COLLEGE NOTES
• Miami Dade College
recently formed an articula-
tion agreement with the
International University of
Nursing in St. Kitts.
Students enrolled in the
program will attend the
Internationl University of
Nursing their first year and
then transfer to MDC's nurs-
ing program at the Medical
Center Campus their second
year. The agreement allows
for 20 nursing students to
attend MDC yearly.
COURTESY NOTICE
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI FLORIDA -
On Tuesday, August 21, 2007, beginning at 7:30 p.m., in the City
Commission Chambers, 6130 Sunset Drive, the City Commission
will hold Public Hearings to consider the following items:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 20- 6.1(D) OF THE
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD MEMBERS
FROM SEVEN TO NINE AND TO DESIGNATE THAT TWO
MEMBERS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD
SHALL BE REGISTERED ARCHITECTS.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 20 -5.6 OF THE LAND .,
DEVELOPMENT CODE IN. ORDER TO PROVIDE A
PROCEDURE FOR THE DEFERRAL OF AN APPLICATION
,,.S, CHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ALARM SYSTEMS;
AMENDING SECTION 15 -4.7 ENTITLED "FALSE ALARM
SERVICE `CHARGES, ENFORCEMENT AND REVOCATION
PROVISIONS" BY EXEMPTING SENIOR CITIZENS FROM
FALSE ALARM CHARGES.
If you have any inquiries on the above items please contact the
City Clerk's office at: 305 - 663 -6326.
ALL interested parties are invited to attend and will be heard.
Maria M. Menendez, CMC
City Clerk
Pursuant to Florida Statutes 286.01.05, the City hereby advises the public that if a
person decides to appeal any decision made by this Board, Agency or Commission
with respect to any matter considered at its meeting or hearing, he or she will need
a record of the proceedings, and that for such purpose, affected person may need
to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made which record includes
the testimony.and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.