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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM |
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| | | | | | | | | TO: | Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission | | | FROM: | Raul J. Aguila, City Attorney | | | DATE: | July 20, 2016 | | | |
| | SUBJECT: | A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 8, 2016, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORATE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA AN ADVISORY, NONBINDING STRAW BALLOT QUESTION ASKING WHETHER THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION SHOULD ADOPT AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THAT ANY INCREASE IN ZONED BUILDING HEIGHT, EXCEPT FOR VARIANCES NO GREATER THAN THREE FEET AND HEIGHT REGULATION EXCEPTIONS IN CITY CODE SECTION 142-1161, BE SUBJECT TO 6/7THS APPROVAL BY VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION, AND FURTHER THAT SUCH ORDINANCE SHALL NOT BE REPEALED OR AMENDED UNLESS ALSO APPROVED BY 6/7THS VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION. |
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| | Pursuant to the request of Vice-Mayor Michael Grieco, the following advisory, nonbinding straw ballot question has been prepared for a Special Election to be held in the City of Miami Beach on November 8, 2016. The proposed ballot question asks whether the Mayor and City Commission should adopt an Ordinance requiring that any increase in zoned building height, except for variances no greater than three feet and height regulation exceptions in City Code Section 142-1161, be subject to 6/7ths approval by vote of the City Commission, and further that such Ordinance shall not be repealed or amended unless also approved by 6/7ths vote of the City Commission. |
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