OrdinanceWatch

County: Miami-Dade   City: Miami

Date Created: 12/05/24
Last updated:01/17/25

Miami, FL to Consider Ordinance Affecting Tree Violation Payments
The Commission will Consider An Ordinance of the Miami City Commission Repealing Chapter 62/article X of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as Amended (“city Code”), Titled “planning and Zoning/tree Trust Fund,” in Its Entirety; Further Amending Chapter 17 of the City Code, Titled “environmental Preservation,” to Rename Chapter 17 “tree Preservation and Protection,” to Clarify Definitions and Procedures Throughout Chapter 17, Including Providing New Exemptions, and to Establish a New Chapter17/article Iv, Titled “tree Trust Fund” Providing That Payments for Tree Violations Be Remitted to the Tree Trust Fund and to Provide That a Specified Percentage From the Tree Trust Fund Be Expended for Educating City Residents on Tree Planting and Tree Maintenance and a Specified Percentage Be Expended by the City for Maintenance of Trees on Public Property and Further Slightly Adjusting the Percentages in Tree Trust Fund Expenditures to Accommodate for These New Percentages; Containing a Severability Clause and Providing for an Effective Date.

Issue History

01/17/25  The Commission will hold first reading at the 1/23/25 meeting.

12/05/24  The Commission will hold first reading at the 12/12/24 meeting.

Related Documents

1/23/25 Meeting Agenda
12/12/24 Background
12/12/24 Meeting Agenda

Lobbying Information

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