O-403-78 ORDINANCE No. 403-78
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 225, ARTICLE II, OF MIAMI
SHORES VILLAGE ORDINANCE NO. 270; REDEFINING MASONRY
CONSTRUCTION; RESTRICTING MATERIALS TO BE USED IN ROOF
CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION OR REPAIR; RESTRICTING MATERIALS
AUTHORIZED FOR USE ON MANSARD FACIAS; and AUTHORIZING
FLAT ROOFS AS ADDITIONS TO PITCHED ROOF STRUCTURES; PRO-
VIDING EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE:
Section 1.
Section 225 of Article II, of Miami Shores Village ordinance
No. 270, provides a definition of Masonry Construction, as follows:
Masonry Construction:
Construction of all exterior walls, and all structural
elements of a building with stone, cement, or cement
products, brick, or tile, and the roof thereof with
fire-resisting or non-combustible material, except that
. . . (exceptions omitted) .
Section 2.
Section 225, Article II, Miami Shores Village Ordinance
No. 270, shall become, and the same is hereby amended to read
as follows:
MASONRY CONSTRUCTION:
Construction of all exterior walls, and all structural
elements of a building with stone, cement, or cement
products, brick, or tile, and the roof thereof with fire-
resisting or non-combustible material. All roofs with
inclines of not less than 2 1/2 inches per foot, and all
mansard facias, shall be of one of the following materials:
1. Clay Tile.
2. White concrete tile.
3. Solid colored cement tile which color is impregnated
with the same color intensity throughout.
4. Thick butt variegated slate.
with the following exceptions:
(a) Door and window spaces may be trimmed in any material.
(b) An open porch, so long as it remains unenclosed,
may be framed in wood construction of a structural
strength not less than that required for comparable
parts of the remainder of the building.
(c) A carport, every part of which is situated to the rear
of the building and between the prolongations of the
side lines thereof, may be of other than the foregoing
construction, provided that all parts of such carport
except any fabric covering, shall be of a structural
strength not less than that required for comparable
parts of the main building.
(d) A covered passageway, with sides unenclosed, between
a main building and an accessory building may be
constructed of other than the materials first
listed above.
(e) Flat roofs are permitted on additions to existing
pitched-roof structures providing:
(1) A cement or tile roof is not practical, and
this shall be determined by the Planning
Board.
(2) The addition shall not exceed 15%o of the
ground area of the existing building.
(3) The addition is not visible from the front
elevation of the building on an inside lot,
or is not visible from the front or side
streets elevations on a corner lot.
(f) All roofs having an incline of less than 2 1/2
inches per foot shall be constructed of built-up
roofing material and gravel and shall require the
approval of the Planning Board as being harmonious
with other buildings in the proximity thereof.
Section 3.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its
passage.
PASSED on first readirgthis 20th day of June -, 1978.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on final reading this 18th day of
July 1978.
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ATTEST:
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lage Clerk
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