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NEW BUSINESS  7.

COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM

TO: Public Safety and Neighborhood Quality of Life Committee Members


FROM:
Rafael A. Paz, City Attorney


DATE: March 23, 2022


SUBJECT:

DISCUSSION REGARDING 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.


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