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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 TO BE HELD 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 ENACT AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THAT ANY INCREASE IN ZONED BUILDING HEIGHT EXCEPT FOR (1) VARIANCES NO GREATER THAN THREE FEET, (2) HEIGHT REGULATION EXCEPTIONS IN CITY CODE SECTION 142-1161, AND (3) FUTURE HEIGHT INCREASES TO MITIGATE OR PROTECT AGAINST THE IMPACTS OF INCREASED FLOODING DUE TO SEA LEVEL RISE, REQUIRE A 6/7TH VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION, AND FURTHER THAT SUCH ORDINANCE SHALL NOT BE REPEALED OR AMENDED UNLESS ALSO APPROVED BY A 6/7 VOTE. |
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| | Pursuant to the request of Commissioner Ricky Arriola, the following advisory, non-binding 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 (1) variances no greater than three feet, (2) height regulation exceptions in City Code Section 142-1161, and (3) height increases to mitigate or protect against the impacts of flooding due to sea level rise, require a 6/7th vote of the City Commission; and further that such Ordinance shall not be repealed or amended unless also approved by 6/7th vote? |
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