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Part A. Subsection (b) of "Residential Areas" Section 2.3 of the City Charter of the City of Sunny Isles Beach is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2.3 Election and Term of Office. (b) Residential Areas. The City shall be divided into four (4) residential areas. The Northern Residential Area shall be called Seat 1. The Central Residential Area shall be called Seat 2. The Southern Residential Area shall be called Seat 3 and the Mid-South Residential Area shall be called Seat 4. The boundaries of each residential area shall be established by Ordinance based on population. Said Ordinance is required to be adopted by a super-majority vote or 4-1 vote of the City Commission. The City Commission may from time to time redraw the boundaries of the residential areas to ensure proportionality based on population growth. The boundary changes shall be made available to public immediately upon the adoption of the Ordinance. One Commissioner shall reside in the Northern Residential Area (Seat 1), one Commissioner shall reside in the Central Residential Area (Seat 2); one Commissioner shall reside Southern Residential Area (Seat 3); and one Commissioner shall reside in the Mid-South Residential Area (Seat 4). Persons running from a particular Residential Area must be a resident of the Residential Area which s/he proposes to represent on the Commission continuously for at least one year prior to at the time of qualifying, at the time of his/her election and must continue to reside in such Residential Area during his/her term of office. Commissioners holding Seats 1, 2, 3 or 4 are collectively referred to as the "Residential Area Commissioners", individually as a "Residential Area Commissioner". Section 3. Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same, are hereby repealed. Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this Ordinance is declared invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder shall not be affected by such invalidity. Section 5. Directions to Clerk. The City Clerk is hereby directed to amend the City Charter in accordance with the election results and this ordinance. Section 6. Inclusion in the Code. It is the intention of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Charter and Code of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. The sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or re-lettered to accomplish such intention, and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article", or other appropriate word. Section 7. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption on second reading. However, this Ordinance shall not apply to any subsequent election unless a year has elapsed from the date of approval of the proposed Charter Amendment by the electors. PASSED and ADOPTED on First Reading the \ S~ day of ~vtJ~ 2011. PASSED and ADOPTED on Second Reading this -:2-lS+ day of ~UL-'? 2011. 02011- Charter Amendment Approved At Election 052411 Page 2 of3