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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA RELATING TO AMENDING THE
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI CODE OF ORDINANCES, BY REVISING
CHAPTER 11 (GARBAGE & TRASH), SECTION 11 -21(B) ENTITLED
"EXTENT OF SERVICE AND POINTS OF COLLECTION - DOMESTIC
TRASH" IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE PLACEMENT OF LAWN AND
YARD CLIPPINGS AT THE CURB FOR COLLECTION MORE THAN
TWENTY -FOUR (24) HOURS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED PICKUP
DAY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, certain homeowners have expressed that the provisions of Chapter 11, Sec.
11- 21(b), which limits the placing of domestic trash at the curb for collection to no more than
twenty -four (24) hours prior to the scheduled pickup day, constitute a hardship; and
WHEREAS, after hearing their concerns, the Mayor and Commission recommend that
the particular code provision be amended as to regular lawn and yard clippings, so as to facilitate
the maintenance of private yard landscaping on the weekends
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA THAT:
Section 1 Section 11 -21(B) Entitled "Extent of Service and Points of Collection -
Domestic Trash" of the South Miami Land Development Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
b) Domestic trash. Domestic trash in containers and bundled domestic trash shall be placed at
the curb for collection not more thean twenty -four (24) hours prior to be the scheduled pickup
day and removed from the curb within twenty -four (24) hours after pickup. In no case shall the
bundled trash weigh more than fifty (50) pounds or be longer than four (4) feet in length. The
amount of domestic trash shall not exceed the equivalent in volume of two (2) 30- gallon
containers for each collection. The collection procedure for domestic trash as described herein
may change due to emergencies and circumstances beyond the control of the city. In such
situations the collection of domestic garbage shall be given priority. Grass, hedge clippings,
leaves, branches and vines are not required to be bundled as domestic trash and may be placed
at the curb a maximum of?'hours 7 days before the scheduled pickup day. This bundled
domestic trash and unbundled grass, hedge clippings, leaves, branches and vines may be
placed in automated domestic garbage container defined in section 11- 19(a).
Section 2 All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
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I Section 3. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason
2 held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this holding shall not affect
3 the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
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5 Section 4. This ordinance shall be effective immediately after the adoption hereof.
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8 PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 2005.
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10 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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15 CITY CLERK MAYOR
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17 1St Reading COMMISSION VOTE:
18 2nd Reading Mayor Russell:
19 Vice Mayor Palmer:
20 READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM: Commissioner Wiscombe:
21 Commissioner Birts- Cooper:
22 Commissioner Sherar:
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26 CITY ATTORNEY
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37 J:\ Code Sec 11- 21(Cblazekon'McGruft \Ordinances \Ordinance Amending Trash b)
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