2008 0417 Regular City Commission Meeting

Home Browse Search

Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting April 17,2008 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 7C. An Ordinance ofthe City Commission ofthe City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending Sections 135-1, 135-2 and 135-3 of the Construction Sites Code; Establishing Guidelines for Area Adjacent to Construction Entrances as Approved by the City Engineer; Establishing Daily Job Site Maintenance; Providing for Increase in Penalties; Providing for Severability; Providing for Inclusion in the Code; Providing for Repealer; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Community Development Director Robert Solera reported. Public Speakers: none Commissioner Goodman asked who is responsible if construction debris (pouring cement) is blown onto vehicles, and it was determined that a procedure is already in place through the Building Department that the Developer is responsible. City Manager Szerlag will have Administrative Services Director Alyce Hanson place something in the next issue of the Sunny Isles Beach Sun indicating if anyone has any problems with their vehicles to contact the Building Department. Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Goodman seconded a motion to approve the proposed ordinance on first reading, as amended. The motion was approved by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor. Second reading, public hearing will be held on Thursday, May 15, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. V ote: Commissioner Brezin yes Commissioner Goodman yes Commissioner Scholl yes Vice Mayor Thaler yes Mayor Edelcup yes 7D. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Creating a New Chapter of the City Code Entitled "Vacant Property Registry Maintenance Code"; Providing for Purpose and Intent; Providing for Definitions; Providing Registration of Vacant Lots and Buildings; Providing for Vacant Lot and Building Plan; Providing for Standards for Maintenance of Vacant Lots and Buildings; Providing for Inspections; Providing for Exemptions; Providing for a Waiver of Requirements; Providing for Annual Reports; Providing for Penalties and Enforcement; Providing for Severability; Providing for Repealer; Providing for Inclusion in the Code; Providing for an Effective Date. . Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Attorney Ottinot reported. He said that the Commission asked to provide some flexibility to vacant property owners who would like to use their site as a staging area for future development that may be adjacent to them, and he will include that before second reading of this ordinance, to provide the Commission with the ability to waive this requirement on a case-by-case basis. Public Speakers: none Vice Mayor Thaler asked then if you maintain it in a park-like setting there is no annual registration fee, and City Attorney Ottinot said the City Manager has a right to waive that fee noting that the registration fee is an administrative fee to ensure compliance with the 4