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• <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 2017 - 415 <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF <br /> SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE <br /> CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH TO <br /> REQUIRE GOOD CAUSE FOR EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO CORRECT <br /> CODE VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING <br /> FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF <br /> CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE <br /> DATE. <br /> WHEREAS, Chapter 14 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sunny Isles Beach <br /> authorizes the Code Enforcement Department to initiate code enforcement proceedings and issue <br /> warning and civil violation notices for violations of the City Code; and <br /> • <br /> WHEREAS, enforcement procedures are initiated upon the issuance of a warning notice <br /> followed by a civil violation notice, in the event correction is not met within the designated time <br /> to correct the warning notice; and <br /> WHEREAS, it is within the discretion of the Code Enforcement Department to extend <br /> times to correct code violations during either the warning notice or civil violation notice period; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, Chapter 14 of the City Code does not currently require good cause to be <br /> shown in order to grant extension of time to correct underlying code enforcement violations; and <br /> WHEREAS, City staff requests that Chapter 14 of the City Code be amended to require <br /> that good cause be shown in order to grant extension of time during the warning or civil violation <br /> notice periods in order to ensure timely compliance with the City Code. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY <br /> OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: <br /> Section 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are hereby ratified <br /> and confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part by this Ordinance <br /> upon adoption hereof. <br /> Section 2. Amendment. Chapter 14 of the City Code is amended to read as follows: <br /> § 14-6.—Enforcement procedures. <br /> A. A Code Enforcement Officer is authorized to issue a warning notice of violation, in a form <br /> approved by the Department Director, prior to the issuance of a civil violation notice to a <br /> person based upon personal investigation, if the officer has reason to believe that the <br /> violator has committed a civil infraction in violation of a duly enacted ordinance. The <br /> 1 <br /> Words added underlined,words stricken deleted <br />