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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:	Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM:	Rafael A. Paz, City Attorney
DATE:	February 9, 2022
	First Reading
SUBJECT:	AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED “BUSINESSES,” BY AMENDING ARTICLE I, ENTITLED “IN GENERAL,” BY CREATING SECTION 18-4 THEREOF, ENTITLED “RESUSCITATION EQUIPMENT REQUIRED; CONTENTS; LABELING REQUIREMENTS; NOTICE; PENALTIES,” BY REQUIRING SPECIFIED BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS TO MAINTAIN CERTAIN RESUSCITATION (CPR) EQUIPMENT, AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE, LABELING, AND PENALTY PROVISIONS; AND BY CREATING SECTION 18-5 THEREOF, ENTITLED “DISLODGING FOOD FROM PERSON CHOKING; SIGN REQUIRED; NO DUTY TO ACT; PENALTIES,” BY REQUIRING BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS THAT SELL FOOD AND DESIGNATE SEATING AREA(S) FOR ITS CONSUMPTION TO POST SIGNAGE INSTRUCTING HOW TO DISLODGE FOOD FROM CHOKING PERSONS, AND SETTING FORTH NO DUTY TO ACT AND PENALTY PROVISIONS; AND BY CREATING SECTION 18-6 THEREOF, ENTITLED “ENFORCEMENT; PENALTIES; APPEALS; UNPAID FINES TO CONSTITUTE LIENS,” TO ESTABLISH THE ENFORCEMENT, PENALTY, AND APPEAL PROVISIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTIONS 18-4 AND 18-5; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ANALYSIS

See attached Commission Memorandum.

SUPPORTING SURVEY DATA

N/A

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

If this Ordinance is approved on first reading, the fiscal impact statement will be submitted by the Administration at second reading.

Applicable Area

Citywide

Is this a "Residents Right to Know" item, pursuant to City Code Section 2-14?		Does this item utilize G.O. Bond Funds?
No		No

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Sponsor
Commissioner Alex Fernandez