H RESILIENCY CODE AND LDR UPDATE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, HEREAFTER KNOWN AS THE "RESILIENCY CODE," FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 163.3202, FLORIDA STATUTES AND CONSISTENT WITH THE MIAMI BEACH 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE ERECTION, RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, LOCATION, PRESERVATION, SUBDIVISION, RESILIENCY, DESIGN, AND USE OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, LAND, AND WATER, FOR COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, RESIDENCE, OR OTHER PURPOSES; TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES HEREAFTER ERECTED OR ALTERED; TO REGULATE THE SIZE AND DIMENSIONS OF YARDS, COURTS, AND OTHER OPEN SPACES SURROUNDING BUILDINGS; TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT BUILDING LINES AND THE PERCENTAGE OF LOTS THAT MAY BE OCCUPIED, UNIT SIZES, AND THE DENSITY OF POPULATION; TO REGULATE SIGNAGE; TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LANDSCAPING; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LANDS AND WATERBODIES; TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY FEES, CONCURRENCY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE; AND FOR SAID PURPOSES TO ESTABLISH A ZONING ATLAS THAT DIVIDES THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH INTO DISTRICTS OF SUCH NUMBER, SHAPE AND AREA AS MAY BE DEEMED BEST SUITED TO CARRY OUT THESE REGULATIONS, AND FOR EACH SUCH DISTRICT TO IMPOSE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS DESIGNATING THE KINDS OR CLASSES OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRIES, RESIDENCES, OR OTHER PURPOSES AS DESCRIBED ABOVE; TO PROVIDE A METHOD FOR AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT, CHANGE, MODIFICATION AND REPEAL OF REGULATIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND BOUNDARIES; TO PROVIDE FOR A DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, A PLANNING BOARD, A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, AND A HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, AND TO PRESCRIBE THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES; TO PROVIDE PROVISIONS FOR APPEAL; AND TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE AND ALSO TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ENFORCEMENT; REPEALING ZONING ORDINANCE 89-2665, AS AMENDED, IN ITS ENTIRETY; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, APPLICABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.