O-726-16 ORDINANCE NO. 726-16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL,AMENDING
DIVISION 17 LANDSCAPING,SECTION 536—DESIGN STANDARDS;
OF ZONING APPENDIX A,OF THE VILLAGE'S CODE OF ORDINANCES,
RELATING TO DESIGN STANDARDS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS,
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, During the regular meeting of Tuesday,September 22,2015,the Village Council
proposed an amendment topic regarding landscaping and requested that the Planning&Zoning Board
review the applicable Code sections and consider an amendment thereto,and thereafter conducted a
number of workshops and hearings, proposing an amendment to the Code; and,
WHEREAS,The Administration has drafted the requested amending ordinance considering the
comments expressed by the Council Members and residents; and,
WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the Village to amend Sections 536 of the Zoning Appendix;
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL,that:
Section 1. The Village Code of Ordinances,Zoning Appendix, Division 17 Landscaping Sec.536—
Design Standards shall stand amended to read as follows:
Sec. 536.—Design standards.
(a) All green space except village playing fields shall be planted with grass,sod or living ground
cover and a minimum of two trees.
(b) The use of impervious material as ground cover shall be prohibited except for:
1) Areas dedicated to vehicular driveways and where the spaces not more than six(6) inches in
width between driveway slabs may be filled with minimum three-quarter(3/4) inch
dimension natural colored rock including crushed rock, slate, river rock and pebbles;
2] Village playing fields;
31 Patios,tennis courts,or pool decks; or
4), As otherwise permitted by this code
55) Chattahoochee stone or similar materials shall not be substituted for grass,sod or living
ground cover
(c) A boat storage area of 2-00 260 square feet surfaced by gravel rock of one-half inch diameter,or
greater,shall be permitted.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith or inconsistent
herewith,are hereby repealed, but only insofar as such ordinances may be inconsistent or in
conflict with this Ordinance.
Section 3. If any section,sentence,clause or phrase of this Ordinance is held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction,then said holding shall in no
way effect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance,which shall be deemed to be
severable therefrom.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon second and final reading.
APPROVED ON FIRST READING this 17th day of May , 2016.
ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING this 7th day of June , 2016.
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Alice Burch, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Barbara A. Este p, MMC
Village Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Richard Sarafan,Village Attorney